Dylan O'Keeffe | |
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Nationality | Australian |
Born | Melbourne, Victoria | 4 February 1998
TCR Australia Touring Car Series career | |
Current team | Ashley Seward Motorsport |
Car number | 11 |
Former teams | Garry Rogers Motorsport |
Starts | 63 |
Wins | 5 |
Podiums | 15 |
Poles | 2 |
Best finish | 5th in 2019 |
Previous series | |
2015 2016-18 2019 | Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge Australia Porsche Carrera Cup Australia Championship |
Supercars Championship career | |
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Car number | 31 (Endurance race co-driver) |
Current team | PremiAir Racing |
Championships | 0 |
Races | 6 |
Wins | 0 |
Podiums | 0 |
Pole positions | 0 |
Dylan O'Keeffe (born 4 February 1998) is an Australian racing driver currently competing in the TCR Australia Touring Car Series with Ashley Seward Motorsport.
O'Keeffe started his career in karting before making his car-racing debut in the Victorian-based Porsche 944 Challenge in 2014. [1] O'Keeffe attended St Bede's College (Mentone) during his secondary education.
O'Keeffe competed in the Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge in 2015, driving for Ashley Seward Motorsport. He finished second overall in the standings [2] with one race win and 12 top-three finishes.
For the 2016 racing season, O'Keeffe progressed to the Porsche Carrera Cup, [3] remaining with the Ashley Seward Motorsport team. He finished 10th in the points, with a best race result of fourth at the Hidden Valley round. He remained in Carrera Cup for the 2017 season, achieving top-three race finishes at Adelaide and Phillip Island, before recording a season-best second place at Malaysia's Sepang circuit. He finished sixth in the 2017 series standings.
O'Keeffe's final full season in Carrera Cup was in 2018. After recording his first race win at Sydney Motorsport Park and maiden round win at Darwin, O'Keeffe finished third in the standings.
In both 2017 and '18, O'Keeffe represented Australia at the Porsche Motorsport Junior Programme Shootout. [4]
O'Keeffe made his Bathurst 12 Hour debut in 2017, winning Class B and finishing 15th outright in a Steven Richards Motorsport Porsche.[ citation needed ] He returned to the event in 2018, driving an Audi R8 [5] but the car was classified as a non-finisher. O'Keeffe made his third Bathurst 12 Hour start in 2019 driving a MARC car. [6]
For the 2019 racing season, O'Keeffe was signed by Garry Rogers Motorsport to drive in the Super2 Series, replacing Chris Pither [7]
At the 2019 Gold Coast 600, O'Keeffe made his Supercars Championship racing debut for Garry Rogers Motorsport after Richie Stanaway was stood down from Race 27 for disciplinary reasons. [8]
(key) (Round results only)
Super2 Series results | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Year | Team | Car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | Position | Points | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2019 | Garry Rogers Motorsport | Holden VF Commodore | ADE 8 | BAR 11 | TOW 10 | QLD 5 | BAT 6 | SAN 13 | NEW 7 | 5th | 1142 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Year | Team | Car | Co-driver | Position | Laps |
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2020 | Kelly Racing | Ford Mustang S550 | Andre Heimgartner | 11th | 161 |
2021 | Tekno Autosports | Holden Commodore ZB | Garry Jacobson | 14th | 161 |
2022 | PremiAir Racing | Holden Commodore ZB | James Golding | 12th | 161 |
2023 | PremiAir Racing | Chevrolet Camaro Mk.6 | James Golding | 10th | 161 |
TCR Australia results | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Year | Team | Car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | Position | Points | |||||||||||||||||||
2019 | Ashley Seward Motorsport | Alfa Romeo Giulietta Veloce TCR | SMP R1 4 | SMP R2 2 | SMP R3 2 | PHI R4 1 | PHI R5 1 | PHI R6 Ret | BEN R7 Ret | BEN R8 11 | BEN R9 11 | QLD R10 2 | QLD R11 1 | QLD R12 1 | WIN R13 3 | WIN R14 15 | WIN R15 8 | SAN R16 8 | SAN R17 8 | SAN R18 11 | BEN R19 DNS | BEN R20 Ret | BEN R21 DNS | 5th | 483 | |||||||||||||||||||
2021 | Renault Sport GRM | Renault Mégane R.S TCR | SYM R1 14 | SYM R2 11 | SYM R3 10 | PHI R4 15 | PHI R5 14 | PHI R6 7 | BAT R7 Ret | BAT R8 18 | BAT R9 14 | SMP R10 10 | SMP R11 6 | SMP R12 17 | BAT R19 10 | BAT R20 Ret | BAT R21 13 | 15th | 342 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
2022 | Garry Rogers Motorsport | Peugeot 308 TCR | SYM R1 9 | SYM R2 7 | SYM R3 Ret | PHI R4 3 | PHI R5 5 | PHI R6 4 | BAT R7 3 | BAT R8 5 | BAT R9 3 | SMP R10 4 | SMP R11 7 | SMP R12 5 | QLD R13 11 | QLD R14 Ret | QLD R15 11 | SAN R16 Ret | SAN R17 7 | SAN R18 8 | BAT R19 2 | BAT R20 C | BAT R21 16 | 9th | 577 | |||||||||||||||||||
2024 | Ashley Seward Motorsport | Lynk & Co 03 TCR | SAN R1 9 | SAN R2 9 | SAN R3 9 | SYM R4 10 | SYM R5 1 | SYM R6 3 | PHI R7 3 | PHI R8 Ret | PHI R9 8 | BND R10 | BND R11 | BND R12 | QLD R13 | QLD R14 | QLD R15 | SMP R19 | SMP R20 | SMP R21 | BAT R22 | BAT R23 | BAT R24 | 8th | 242 |
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Year | Team | Car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | DC | Points |
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2020 | Vuković Motorsport | Renault Mégane R.S TCR | BEL 1 13 | BEL 2 12 | GER 1 | GER 2 | SVK 1 | SVK 2 | SVK 3 | HUN 1 | HUN 2 | HUN 3 | ESP 1 | ESP 2 | ESP 3 | ARA 1 | ARA 2 | ARA 3 | NC‡ | 0‡ |
‡ As O'Keeffe was a Wildcard entry, he was ineligible to score points.
Year | Team | Co-drivers | Car | Class | Laps | Pos. | Class pos. |
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2017 | Steven Richards Motorsport | Dean Grant Xavier West David Wall | Porsche 991 GT3 Cup | B | 274 | 15th | 1st |
2018 | Team ASR | Ash Samadi Daniel Gaunt | Audi R8 LMS | AAM | 66 | DNF | DNF |
2019 | MARC Cars Australia | Geoff Taunton Jason Busk | MARC Ford Focus V8 | Invitational | 136 | DNF | DNF |
2020 | Tony Bates Racing | Tony Bates Geoff Emery Max Twigg | Audi R8 LMS Evo | GT3 Silver | 84 | DNF | DNF |
2023 | Myland Team IMS | Andrew Fawcet Daniel Gaunt | Audi R8 LMS Evo II | GT3 Silver | 136 | 12th | 1st |
Year | Team | Co-drivers | Car | Class | Laps | Pos. | Class pos. |
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2022 | GWR Australia | Mike Sheargold Oliver Shannon | Mercedes-Benz A45 AMG | A1 | 130 | 4th | 1st |
2023 | RAM Motorsport | Mike Sheargold Brett Hobson | Mercedes-Benz A45 AMG | A1 | 112 | 10th | 2nd |
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