Adam Macrow

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Adam Macrow
Nationality Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australian
Born (1978-11-23) 23 November 1978 (age 47)
Related toPeter Macrow (father)
Tim Macrow (brother)
V8 Supercar
Years active1996–09
Teams John Faulkner Racing
Perkins Motorsport
Ford Performance Racing
Triple Eight Race Engineering
Britek Motorsport Howard Racing
Starts20
Best finish36th in 2008
Previous series
1996
1997-2003
1999
2005-06
Victorian Formula Ford
Australian Formula Ford
Australian Drivers' Champ.
Development V8 Supercars
Championship titles
1998
2006
Australian Formula Ford
Fujitsu V8 Supercars Series

Adam Macrow (born 23 November 1978, in Victoria) is a professional race car driver.

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In 1985, he started his motorsports career in karting. Over his time spent in karts, he won two national titles and ten Victorian titles. In 1995, he moved out of karts into Formula Vee, which was followed in 1996 by a move into Formula Ford. He won the National Championship in 1998. Macrow's Formula Ford title was the first title for the Australian manufacturer of Spectrum Cars, which have since run drivers such as Mark Winterbottom and John Martin.

In 1999, Macrow raced in Formula Holden, achieving a fourth-place finish in the series. In the same year, he started his career in V8 Supercars with Longhurst Racing, driving with Tony Longhurst in the Queensland 500 and Bathurst 1000. While this was a prize for winning the Australian Formula Ford Championship, it did not turn out well, with the pair retiring from both races.

In the following years, Macrow continued in his role as a co-driver for various teams. The highlight of his career came in 2005, achieving a fifth place at the Sandown 500 and a third place at the Bathurst 1000 for Triple Eight Race Engineering. In 2006, he continued this success, winning the Fujitsu V8 Supercars Series in his first season in the competition, and winning eight out of the 18 races in the process. He stepped into the Team Kiwi Racing Falcon in 2007, after Paul Radisich was still recovering from an accident at Bathurst in 2006. For the Bathurst 1000 and Sandown 500 he raced the Ford Falcon BF of Britek Motorsport for the second year driving with Jason Bright.

Macrow's younger brother Tim, who also races, won the 2007 Australian Drivers' Championship.

He works as a driver coach for Borland Racing Developments and owns AMR Kartsport, which specialises in engine, chassis and driver development.

Racing record

Karting career summary

SeasonSeriesPosition
1989J.C. Maddox Karting Trophy1st
1992Australian Karting Championship - Junior National Light1st
1995Australian Karting Championship - Junior International1st

Racing career summary

SeasonSeriesPositionCarTeam
1996Victorian Formula Ford Championship4th Spectrum - Ford Stockman Auto Racing
1997 Australian Formula Ford Championship 8th Spectrum 06 Ford Team Arrow
1998 Australian Formula Ford Championship 1stSpectrum 06 Ford Team Arrow
1999 Australian Drivers' Championship 4th Reynard 95D Holden Stockman Auto Racing
2000 Shell Championship Series 49th Holden Commodore VT John Faulkner Racing
2001 Shell Championship Series 63rd Holden Commodore VX Perkins Engineering
2003 V8 Supercar Championship Series 53rd Ford Falcon BA Ford Performance Racing
Australian Formula Ford Championship 11th Spectrum 06 Ford Just Cars Magazine
2004 V8 Supercar Championship Series 63rd Ford Falcon BA Ford Performance Racing
2005 HPDC V8Supercar Series 4th Ford Falcon BA Howard Racing
V8 Supercar Championship Series 39th Triple Eight Race Engineering
2006 Fujitsu V8Supercar Series 1st Ford Falcon BA Howard Racing
V8 Supercar Championship Series 60th Britek Motorsport
2008 V8 Supercar Championship Series 36th Ford BF Falcon Britek Motorsport

Complete V8 Supercars results

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

Supercars results
YearTeamCar123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233343536373839PositionPoints
1999 Longhurst Racing Ford Falcon (AU) EAS
R1

EAS
R2

EAS
R3

ADE
R4

BAR
R5

BAR
R6

BAR
R7

PHI
R8

PHI
R9

PHI
R10

HID
R11

HID
R12

HID
R13

SAN
R14

SAN
R15

SAN
R16

QLD
R17

QLD
R18

QLD
R19

CAL
R20

CAL
R21

CAL
R22

SYM
R23

SYM
R24

SYM
R25

WIN
R26

WIN
R27

WIN
R28

ORA
R29

ORA
R30

ORA
R31

QLD
R32

Ret
BAT
R33

Ret
N/A0
2000 John Faulkner Racing Holden Commodore (VT) PHI
R1
PHI
R2
BAR
R3
BAR
R4
BAR
R5
ADE
R6
ADE
R7
EAS
R8
EAS
R9
EAS
R10
HID
R11
HID
R12
HID
R13
CAN
R14
CAN
R15
CAN
R16
QLD
R17
QLD
R18
QLD
R19
WIN
R20
WIN
R21
WIN
R22
ORA
R23
ORA
R24
ORA
R25
CAL
R26
CAL
R27
CAL
R28
QLD
R29

12
SAN
R30
SAN
R31
SAN
R32
BAT
R33

Ret
49th64
2001 Perkins Engineering Holden Commodore (VX) PHI
R1
PHI
R2
ADE
R3
ADE
R4
EAS
R5
EAS
R6
HDV
R7
HDV
R8
HDV
R9
CAN
R10
CAN
R11
CAN
R12
BAR
R13
BAR
R14
BAR
R15
CAL
R16
CAL
R17
CAL
R18
ORA
R19
ORA
R20
QLD
R21

Ret
WIN
R22
WIN
R23
BAT
R24

Ret
PUK
R25
PUK
R26
PUK
R27
SAN
R28
SAN
R29
SAN
R30
63rd160
2003 Ford Performance Racing Ford Falcon (BA) ADE
R1
ADE
R1
PHI
R3
EAS
R4
WIN
R5
BAR
R6
BAR
R7
BAR
R8
HDV
R9
HDV
R10
HDV
R11
QLD
R12
ORA
R13
SAN
R14

17
BAT
R15

Ret
SUR
R16
SUR
R17
PUK
R18
PUK
R19
PUK
R20
EAS
R21
EAS
R22
53rd128
2004 Ford Performance Racing Ford Falcon (BA) ADE
R1
ADE
R2
EAS
R3
PUK
R4
PUK
R5
PUK
R6
HDV
R7
HDV
R8
HDV
R9
BAR
R10
BAR
R11
BAR
R12
QLD
R13
WIN
R14
ORA
R15
ORA
R16
SAN
R17

19
BAT
R18

Ret
SUR
R19
SUR
R20
SYM
R21
SYM
R22
SYM
R23
EAS
R24
EAS
R25
EAS
R26
63rd120
2005 Triple Eight Race Engineering Ford Falcon (BA) ADE
R1
ADE
R2
PUK
R3
PUK
R4
PUK
R5
BAR
R6
BAR
R7
BAR
R8
EAS
R9
EAS
R10
SHA
R11
SHA
R12
SHA
R13
HDV
R14
HDV
R15
HDV
R16
QLD
R17
ORA
R18
ORA
R19
SAN
R20

5
BAT
R21

3
SUR
R22
SUR
R23
SUR
R24
SYM
R25
SYM
R26
SYM
R27
PHI
R28
PHI
R29
PHI
R30
39th184
2006 Britek Motorsport Ford Falcon (BA) ADE
R1
ADE
R2
PUK
R3
PUK
R4
PUK
R5
BAR
R6
BAR
R7
BAR
R8
WIN
R9
WIN
R10
WIN
R11
HDV
R12
HDV
R13
HDV
R14
QLD
R15
QLD
R16
QLD
R17
ORA
R18
ORA
R19
ORA
R20
SAN
R21

23
BAT
R22

Ret
SUR
R23
SUR
R24
SUR
R25
SYM
R26
SYM
R27
SYM
R28
BHR
R29
BHR
R30
BHR
R31
PHI
R32
PHI
R33
PHI
R34
60th100
2007 Team Kiwi Racing Ford Falcon (BF) ADE
R1

18
ADE
R2

16
BAR
R3
BAR
R4
BAR
R5
PUK
R6
PUK
R7
PUK
R8
WIN
R9
WIN
R10
WIN
R11
EAS
R12
EAS
R13
EAS
R14
HDV
R15
HDV
R16
HDV
R17
QLD
R18
QLD
R19
QLD
R20
ORA
R21
ORA
R22
ORA
R23
SAN
R24
BAT
R25
SUR
R26
SUR
R27
SUR
R28
BHR
R29
BHR
R30
BHR
R31
SYM
R32
SYM
R33
SYM
R34
PHI
R35
PHI
R36
PHI
R37
35th33
Britek Motorsport Ford Falcon (BF) ADE
R1
ADE
R2
BAR
R3
BAR
R4
BAR
R5
PUK
R6
PUK
R7
PUK
R8
WIN
R9
WIN
R10
WIN
R11
EAS
R12
EAS
R13
EAS
R14
HDV
R15
HDV
R16
HDV
R17
QLD
R18
QLD
R19
QLD
R20
ORA
R21
ORA
R22
ORA
R23
SAN
R24

Ret
BAT
R25

Ret
SUR
R26
SUR
R27
SUR
R28
BHR
R29
BHR
R30
BHR
R31
SYM
R32
SYM
R33
SYM
R34
PHI
R35
PHI
R36
PHI
R37
2008 Britek Motorsport Ford Falcon (BF) ADE
R1
ADE
R2
EAS
R3
EAS
R4
EAS
R5
HAM
R6
HAM
R7
HAM
R8
BAR
R9
BAR
R10
BAR
R11
SAN
R12
SAN
R13
SAN
R14
HDV
R15
HDV
R16
HDV
R17
QLD
R18
QLD
R19
QLD
R20
WIN
R21
WIN
R22
WIN
R23
PHI
R24

11
BAT
R25

9
SUR
R26
SUR
R27
SUR
R28
BHR
R29
BHR
R30
BHR
R31
SYM
R32
SYM
R33
SYM
R34
ORA
R35
ORA
R36
ORA
R37
36th320

Complete Bathurst 1000 results

YearNo.ClassTeamCarCo-driverPositionLaps
1998 333EBurwood Motorsport Honda Civic Flag of Australia (converted).svg Allan Letcher
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Cameron Edwards
DNF34
1998 9OC Longhurst Racing Ford EL Falcon Flag of Australia (converted).svg Alan Jones DNF58
1999 25 Longhurst Racing Ford AU Falcon Flag of Australia (converted).svg Tony Longhurst DNF150
2000 46 John Faulkner Racing Holden VT Commodore Flag of New Zealand.svg John Faulkner DNF154
2001 8 Perkins Engineering Holden VX Commodore Flag of Australia (converted).svg Luke Youlden DNF85
2003 5 Ford Performance Racing Ford BA Falcon Flag of Australia (converted).svg Darren Hossack DNF63
2004 5 Ford Performance Racing Ford BA Falcon Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Alain Menu DNF43
2005 88 Triple Eight Race Engineering Ford BA Falcon Flag of Australia (converted).svg Steven Ellery 3rd161
2006 25 Britek Motorsport Ford BA Falcon Flag of Australia (converted).svg Warren Luff DNF102
2007 25 Britek Motorsport Ford BF Falcon Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jason Bright DNF149
2008 25 Britek Motorsport Ford BF Falcon Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jason Bright 9th161

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