[B]Australian Gran Turismo champ Dan Holland was evicted from the GT Academy Competition after failing to show up for the opening GT Academy competitor briefing and press conference.[/B]

2009 marked the first year that the competition was open to residents of Australia and New Zealand. Finalist's of the event are chosen to attend the intensive five-day driver "boot camp" at England's Silverstone circuit. The top two competitors are then chosen to prepare for an international driving license. The best competitor then goes on to race a full season in the European GT4 Cup in a Nissan 370Z.

Dan Holland qualified after beating 25,000 Australian gamers to earn the trip to the UK. “I’ll go back to the drawing board when I get home. But I’ll be back,” Holland promised.

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