The 21-year old juggles a data entry consulting job in finance, studying for his Cert 4 in finance and mortgage broking as well as racing commitments such as gym work.

The youngest full-time driver in the field races for Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport on the weekends and for Stratton Finance in Port Melbourne during the week.

It’s Heimgartner’s second year in the Championship.

“Towards the end of last year with all the stuff with Super Black, it gets you down and it can consume you ... but when you do a day-to-day job you soon realise that being a race car driver is pretty cool,” Heimgartner said.

“It does keep my motivation up … waiting for the next race meeting, thinking about all that. It keeps me on my toes.

“Last year, I had a lot of free time and now I have hardly any.

“I feel a lot better about it – I’m getting up at 5am in the morning going to the gym, then work at 7 until 5 or 530, going to the gym again and I don’t come home until about 7.30pm. I think it’s good to be busy, keep your mind going.”