Aaron Cameron

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Aaron Cameron
Cameron Gurton Murray 2019 Bathurst 6 Hour.jpg
Aaron Cameron driving in the 2019 Hi-Tec Oils Bathurst 6 Hour. He finished first in his class.
Nationality Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australian
Born (2000-01-27) 27 January 2000 (age 24)
Ferntree Gully, Victoria, Australia
TCR Australia career
Debut season 2019
Current team Garry Rogers Motorsport
Racing licence FIA Silver Driver.png FIA Silver
Car number18
Former teamsMelbourne Performance Centre (2019)
Starts95
Championships0
Wins7
Podiums29
Poles2
Fastest laps4
Best finish2nd in 2021
Previous series
2016-17
2017-18
2018
2018-19
Australian Formula Ford Series
Toyota 86 Racing Series
SuperUtes Series
Australian Production Car Series
Championship titles
2021 & 23 Tasman Series
Awards
2024 Mike Kable Young Gun Award

Aaron Cameron (born 27 January 2000) is an Australian racing driver, competing in the TCR Australia Series in the No. 18 Peugeot 308 TCR for Team Valvoline GRM.

Contents

Early career

Cameron's racing career began in karting in his home state of Victoria, with his breakthrough season coming aged 14 in 2014, as he won various state-level junior titles. [1] In 2015, as well as moving up to the national level, he competed in selected races in Europe, including the Rotax Max Challenge Grand Finals and the KF-Junior category of the Karting World Championship. [2]

Cameron made his first step out of karts in 2016, competing in the Victorian Formula Ford Championship, [3] where he finished third, and two rounds of the 2016 Australian Formula Ford Championship.

2017 saw Cameron race in several grassroots and amateur categories in addition to Formula Ford and karts, including the Toyota 86 Racing Series, the V8 Ute Racing Series, the Keema Cars Excel Cup (a one-make competition for the Hyundai Excel X3), and a one-make endurance race for the Holden HQ Kingswood. [3]

In 2018, Cameron won the KZ2 title in the Australian Kart Championship, driving for James Courtney's team, JC Kart. [4] He also competed in the 2018 SuperUtes Series, finishing fifth overall.

Touring car career

Cameron made his TCR debut in the 2018 24 Hours of Barcelona, one of five drivers for MARC Cars Australia [5] in the No. 138 Audi RS 3 LMS TCR. However, the team was forced to retire nine hours into the race, and as they had not completed 60% of the total distance, they were not classified in the final results. [6]

On 16 May 2019, Cameron was announced as the driver of the No. 2 Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR for Melbourne Performance Centre in the inaugural season of the TCR Australia Series. [7] He won his first race in the series in the final round, achieving victory in the penultimate race at The Bend Motorsport Park. [8] He finished the season in third place, behind Will Brown in first and Tony D'Alberto in second.

For the 2020 season, Cameron was signed by Garry Rogers Motorsport to drive a Peugeot 308 TCR [9] under the banner of Team Valvoline GRM. [10]

Career results

Karting career summary

SeasonSeriesPosition
2014Australian National Sprint Kart Championship - Junior National Heavy4th
2015 Rotax Max Challenge Grand Finals - Junior31st
2016Race of Stars - KZ215th
Australian Kart Championship - KZ25th
2017Race of Stars - KZ25th
Australian Kart Championship - KZ24th
2018Race of Stars - KZ27th
Australian Kart Championship - KZ21st
2019Macao International Kart Grand Prix - KZ5th

Circuit Career

SeasonSeriesPositionCarTeam
2016Victorian Formula Ford Championship3rd Spectrum 014 Borland Racing Developments
Australian Formula Ford Series 18th Spectrum 014
Heritage Touring Cars - Group C24th Isuzu Gemini PF50
2017Victorian Formula Ford Championship23rd Spectrum 014
Australian Formula Ford Series 15th Spectrum 014
Australian V8 Ute Racing Series 17th Ford FG Falcon XR8 Ute Peters Motorsport
Australian GT Trophy Series - MARC class1st Ford LZ Focus V8 MARC Cars Australia
Keema Cars Excel Cup22nd Hyundai Excel X3
Toyota 86 Racing Series 21st Toyota 86
2018 ECB SuperUtes Series 5th Mazda BT-50 Peters Motorsport
Heritage Touring Cars - Group C20th Holden LX Torana SS5000 A9X
Toyota 86 Racing Series 43rd Toyota 86
Australian Production Car Series 60th Toyota 86
2019 carsales TCR Australia Series 3rd Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR Melbourne Performance Centre
Heritage Touring Cars - Group C5th Holden LX Torana SS5000 A9X
MRF Tyres Australian Production Car Series 19th Toyota 86 Aaron Cameron Racing
2021 TCR Australia Series 2nd Peugeot 308 TCR GRM Team Valvoline
Supercheap Auto TCR Baskerville Invitational 1st
S5000 Tasman Series 1st Rogers AF01/V8
2022 TCR Australia Series 8th Peugeot 308 TCR GRM Team Valvoline
S5000 Australian Series 5thRogers AF01- Ford V8 Garry Rogers Motorsport
2023 TCR Australia Series 4th Peugeot 308 TCR GRM Team Valvoline
TCR World Tour 15th
S5000 Australian Series 1stRogers AF01- Ford V8 Garry Rogers Motorsport
S5000 Tasman Series 1st
2024 TCR Australia Series 10th Peugeot 308 TCR
Peugeot 308 P51 TCR
GRM Team Valvoline
Super2 Series 2nd Kelly Racing Ford Mustang S550
Supercars Championship 48th Blanchard Racing Team Ford Mustang S650
Source: [11]

Complete S5000 results

YearSeriesTeam123456789101112131415161718PositionPoints
2021 Tasman Garry Rogers Motorsport SMP
R1

4
SMP
R2

2
SMP
R3

1
BAT
R4

3
BAT
R5

6
BAT
R6

3
BAT
R7

C
1st165
2022 Australian SYM
R1
SYM
R2
SYM
R3
PHI
R4
PHI
R5
PHI
R6
MEL
R7

2
MEL
R8

8
MEL
R9

4
SMP
R10

2
SMP
R11

Ret
SMP
R12

1
HID
R13

3
HID
R14

4
HID
R15

1
5th278
2022 Tasman SUR
R1
SUR
R2
SUR
R3
ADL
R4

Ret
ADL
R5

6
ADL
R6

1
8th88
2023 Australian SYM
R1

2
SYM
R2

6
SYM
R3

4
PHI
R4

4
PHI
R5

7
PHI
R6

4
WIN
R7

5
WIN
R8

3
WIN
R9

3
SMP
R10

1
SMP
R11

1
SMP
R12

1
BEN
R13

2
BEN
R14

2
BEN
R15

1
ADL
R4

1'
ADL
R5

1
ADL
R6

1
1st616

* Season still in progress.

TCR Australia results

TCR Australia results
YearTeamCar123456789101112131415161718192021PositionPoints
2019 Melbourne Performance Centre Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR SMP
R1

7
SMP
R2

10
SMP
R3

4
PHI
R4

12
PHI
R5

7
PHI
R6

3
BEN
R7

12
BEN
R8

Ret
BEN
R9

13
QLD
R10

6
QLD
R11

3
QLD
R12

5
WIN
R13

5
WIN
R14

3
WIN
R15

2
SAN
R16

9
SAN
R17

5
SAN
R18

6
BEN
R19

2
BEN
R20

1
BEN
R21

10
3rd553
2021 GRM Team Valvoline Peugeot 308 TCR SYM
R1

4
SYM
R2

15
SYM
R3

8
PHI
R4

6
PHI
R5

7
PHI
R6

10
BAT
R7

2
BAT
R8

2
BAT
R9

2
SMP
R10

9
SMP
R11

11
SMP
R12

Ret
BAT
R13

1
BAT
R14

2
BAT
R15

2
2nd453
2022 Peugeot Sport GRM Team Valvoline Peugeot 308 TCR SYM
R1

5
SYM
R2

Ret
SYM
R3

9
PHI
R4

6
PHI
R5

Ret
PHI
R6

10
BAT
R7

1
BAT
R8

9
BAT
R9

1
SMP
R10

2
SMP
R11

13
SMP
R12

11
QLD
R13

13
QLD
R14

16
QLD
R15

15
SAN
R16

1
SAN
R17

Ret
SAN
R18

DNS
BAT
R19

4
BAT
R20

C
BAT
R21

4
8th579
2023 Peugeot Sport GRM Team Valvoline Peugeot 308 TCR SYM
R1

8
SYM
R2

1
SYM
R3

4
PHI
R4

3
PHI
R5

6
PHI
R6

6
WIN
R7

14
WIN
R8

8
WIN
R9

10
QLD
R13

7
QLD
R14

2
QLD
R15

2
SAN
R16

2
SAN
R17

2
SAN
R18

2
SMP
R19

7
SMP
R20

8
SMP
R21

12
BAT
R22

9
BAT
R23

2
BAT
R24

Ret
4th743
2024 Garry Rogers Motorsport Peugeot 308 TCR SAN
R1

13
SAN
R2

8
SAN
R3

8
SYM
R4

7
SYM
R5

12
SYM
R6

5
PHI
R7

8
PHI
R8

2
PHI
R9

10
BND
R10

5
BND
R11

9
BND
R12

11
QLD
R13

2
QLD
R14

13
QLD
R15

5
SMP
R19

Ret
SMP
R20

5
SMP
R21

3
10th475
Peugeot 308 P51 TCR BAT
R22

Ret
BAT
R23

DNS
BAT
R24

DNS

Super2 Series results

(key) (Race results only)

Super2 Series results
YearTeamCar123456789101112PositionPoints
2024 Kelly Racing Ford Mustang S550 BAT1
2
BAT1
4
WAN
5
WAN
5
TOW
2
TOW
12
SAN
5
SAN
8
BAT
15
BAT
1
ADE
1
ADE
5
2nd1359

Supercars Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Supercars results
YearTeamCar123456789101112131415161718192021222324PositionPoints
2024 Blanchard Racing Team Ford Mustang S650 BAT1
R1
BAT1
R2
MEL
R3
MEL
R4
MEL
R5
MEL
R6
TAU
R7
TAU
R8
BAR
R9
BAR
R10
HID
R11
HID
R12
TOW
R13
TOW
R14
SMP
R15
SMP
R16
BEN
R17
BEN
R18
SAN
R19

17
BAT
R20

23
SUR
R21
SUR
R22
ADE
R23
ADE
R24
48th180

Complete Bathurst 6 Hour results

YearTeamCo-driversCarClassLapsPos.Class
pos.
2017 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Declan Kirkham Racing Flag of Australia (converted).svg Declan Kirkham
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Philip Kirkham
Mazda MX-6 GE LS D56DNF
2019 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Aaron Cameron Racing Flag of Australia (converted).svg Kyle Gurton
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Cooper Murray
Toyota 86 GT D12113th1st
2022 Flag of Australia (converted).svg MARC Cars Australia Flag of Australia (converted).svg Nicholas McLeod
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Cameron McLeod
Ford Mustang MARC II V8 A212120th2nd

Complete Bathurst 12 Hour results

YearTeamCo-driversCarClassLapsPos.Class
pos.
2020 Flag of Australia (converted).svg MARC Cars Australia Flag of Australia (converted).svg Nick Percat
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Broc Feeney
Ford Mustang MARC II V8 I-INV31015th1st

Complete Bathurst 1000 results

YearTeamCarCo-driverPositionLaps
2024 Blanchard Racing Team Ford Mustang S650 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Aaron Love 23rd160

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Sporting positions
Preceded by Tasman Series
Champion

2021
Succeeded by
Nathan Herne
Preceded by
Nathan Herne
Tasman Series
Champion

2023
Succeeded by