Dylan O'Keeffe

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Dylan O'Keeffe
NationalityFlag of Australia (converted).svg Australian
Born (1998-02-04) 4 February 1998 (age 27)
Melbourne, Victoria
TCR Australia Touring Car Series career
Current teamAshley Seward Motorsport
Racing licence FIA Silver Driver.png FIA Silver
Car number11
Former teams Garry Rogers Motorsport
Starts75
Wins6
Podiums20
Poles2
Best finish5th in 2019
Previous series
2015
2016-18
2019
Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge Australia
Porsche Carrera Cup Australia Championship
Supercars Championship career
Car number10 (Endurance race co-driver)
Current team Matt Stone Racing
Championships0
Races8
Wins0
Podiums0
Pole positions0

Dylan Christopher O'Keeffe (born 4 February 1998) is an Australian racing driver who has competed in categories including Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge Australia, Porsche Carrera Cup Australia and TCR Australia Touring Car Series.

Contents

Biography

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.

Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge

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.

Porsche Carrera Cup

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.

In the 2018 Carrera Cup, O'Keeffe recorded his first race win at Sydney Motorsport Park and maiden round win at Darwin, finishing third in the standings.

In both 2017 and '18, O'Keeffe represented Australia at the Porsche Motorsport Junior Programme Shootout. [4]

In 2022, O'Keeffe returned to Carrera Cup, driving for the Garth Walden Racing Australia team. He finished fourth in the 2022 and 2023 series standings, and third in the 2024 series standings.

Bathurst 12 Hour

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 further Bathurst 12 Hour starts in 2019 (driving a MARC car), [6] 2020 and 2023 (driving an Audi R8). He achieved his second Bathurst 12 Hour class win in 2023, alongside Daniel Gaunt and Andrew Fawcet.

Super2 Series

For the 2019 racing season, O'Keeffe was signed by Garry Rogers Motorsport to drive in the Super2 Series, replacing Chris Pither [7]

Supercars Championship

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]

Career results

SeasonSeriesPositionVehicleTeam
2014Victorian Porsche 944 Challenge18thPorsche 944Dylan O'Keeffe
2015 Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge 2ndPorsche 911 GT3Ashley Seward Motorsport
2016 Porsche Carrera Cup Australia 10thPorsche 911 GT3Ashley Seward Motorsport
2017 Porsche Carrera Cup Australia 6thPorsche 911 GT3Ashley Seward Motorsport
2018 Porsche Carrera Cup Australia 3rdPorsche 911 GT3Ashley Seward Motorsport
2019 TCR Australia Touring Car Series 5th Alfa Romeo Giulietta Ashley Seward Motorsport
Dunlop Super2 Series 5th Holden VF Commodore Garry Rogers Motorsport
Virgin Australia Supercars Championship 53rd Holden ZB Commodore
Porsche Carrera Cup Australia 23rdPorsche 911 GT3Ashley Seward Motorsport
2020 Virgin Australia Supercars Championship 36th Ford Mustang GT Kelly Racing
2021 TCR Australia Touring Car Series 15th Renault Mégane R.S TCR Renault Sport GRM
Supercars Championship 38th Team Sydney Holden ZB Commodore
2022 Porsche Carrera Cup Australia 4th Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 992 RAM Motorsport
TCR Australia Touring Car Series 9th Peugeot 308 TCR Garry Rogers Motorsport
Supercars Championship 41st Holden ZB Commodore PremiAir Racing
2023 Porsche Carrera Cup Australia 4th Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 992 RAM Motorsport
Supercars Championship 39th Camaro ZL1-1LE PremiAir Racing
2024 Porsche Carrera Cup Australia 3rd Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 992 RAM Motorsport
TCR Australia 4th Lynk & Co 03 TCR Ashley Seward Motorsport
Supercars Championship 47th Camaro ZL1-1LE Matt Stone Racing

Complete Super2 Series results

(key) (Round results only)

Super2 Series results
YearTeamCar1234567PositionPoints
2019 Garry Rogers Motorsport Holden VF Commodore ADE
8
BAR
11
TOW
10
QLD
5
BAT
6
SAN
13
NEW
7
5th1142

Supercars Championship results

Supercars results
YearTeamCar12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334PositionPoints
2019 Garry Rogers Motorsport Holden ZB Commodore ADE
R1
ADE
R2
MEL
R3
MEL
R4
MEL
R5
MEL
R6
SYM
R7
SYM
R8
PHI
R9
PHI
R10
BAR
R11
BAR
R12
WIN
R13
WIN
R14
HID
R15
HID
R16
TOW
R17
TOW
R18
QLD
R19
QLD
R20
BEN
R21
BEN
R22
PUK
R23
PUK
R24
BAT
R25
SUR
R26
SUR
R27

18
SAN
QR
SAN
R28
NEW
R29
NEW
R30
53rd81
2020 Kelly Racing Ford Mustang GT ADE
R1
ADE
R2
MEL
R3
MEL
R4
MEL
R5
MEL
R6
SMP1
R7
SMP1
R8
SMP1
R9
SMP2
R10
SMP2
R11
SMP2
R12
HID1
R13
HID1
R14
HID1
R15
HID2
R16
HID2
R17
HID2
R18
TOW1
R19
TOW1
R20
TOW1
R21
TOW2
R22
TOW2
R23
TOW2
R24
BEN1
R25
BEN1
R26
BEN1
R27
BEN2
R28
BEN2
R29
BEN2
R30
BAT
R31

11
36th144
2021 Team Sydney Holden ZB Commodore BAT1
R1

BAT1
R2

SAN
R3

SAN
R4

SAN
R5

SYM
R6

SYM
R7

SYM
R8

BEN
R9

BEN
R10

BEN
R11

HID
R12

HID
R13

HID
R14

TOW1
R15

TOW1
R16

TOW2
R17

TOW2
R18

TOW2
R19

SMP1
R20

SMP1
R21

SMP1
R22

SMP2
R23

SMP2
R24

SMP2
R25

SMP3
R26

SMP3
R27

SMP3
R28

SMP4
R29

PO
SMP4
R30

PO
BAT2
R31

14
38th126
2022 PremiAir Racing Holden ZB Commodore SYD
R1
SYD
R2
SYM
R6
SYM
R7
SYM
R8
MEL
R6
MEL
R7
MEL
R8
MEL
R9
WAN
R10
WAN
R11
WAN
R12
WIN
R13
WIN
R14
WIN
R15
HID
R16
HID
R17
HID
R18
TOW
R19
TOW
R20
BEN
R21
BEN
R22
BEN
R23
SAN
R24

PO
SAN
R25

PO
SAN
R26

PO
PUK
R27
PUK
R28
PUK
R29
BAT
R30

12
SUR
R31
SUR
R32
ADE
R33
ADE
R34
41st138
2023 PremiAir Racing Camaro ZL1-1LE NEW
R1
NEW
R2
MEL
R3
MEL
R4
MEL
R5
MEL
R6
BAR
R7
BAR
R8
BAR
R9
SYM
R10
SYM
R11
SYM
R12
HID
R13
HID
R14
HID
R15
TOW
R16
TOW
R17
SMP
R18
SMP
R19
BEN
R20
BEN
R21
BEN
R22
SAN
R23

15
BAT
R24

10
SUR
R25
SUR
R26
ADE
R27
ADE
R28
39th276
2024 Matt Stone Racing Chevrolet Camaro Mk.6 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

23
BAT
R20

17
SUR
R21
SUR
R22
ADE
R23
ADE
R24
47th180

Complete Bathurst 1000 results

YearTeamCarCo-driverPositionLaps
2020 Kelly Racing Ford Mustang S550 Flag of New Zealand.svg Andre Heimgartner 11th161
2021 Tekno Autosports Holden Commodore ZB Flag of Australia (converted).svg Garry Jacobson 14th161
2022 PremiAir Racing Holden Commodore ZB Flag of Australia (converted).svg James Golding 12th161
2023 PremiAir Racing Chevrolet Camaro Mk.6 Flag of Australia (converted).svg James Golding10th161
2024 Matt Stone Racing Chevrolet Camaro Mk.6 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Nick Percat 17th161

Complete Australian Carrera Cup Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position – 1 point awarded all races) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) (* signifies that driver lead feature race for at least one lap – 1 point awarded)

YearTeamCar1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526PosPts
2016 Dexion Supply Centre Porsche 911 GT3 Cup ADE
R1

DNS
ADE
R2

13
ADE
R3

Ret
ALB
R4

11
ALB
R5

15
ALB
R6

11
ALB
R7

11
SMP
R8

18
SMP
R9

10
HID
R10

4
HID
R11

5
HID
R12

9
SMP
R13

7
SMP
R14

9
SAN
R15

Ret
SAN
R16

8
SAN
R17

6
BAT
R18

9
BAT
R19

11
BAT
R20

8
SUR
R21

8
SUR
R22

Ret
SUR
R23

10
10th435
2017 Ashley Seward Motorsport Porsche 911 GT3 Cup ADE
R1

7
ADE
R2

5
ADE
R3

3
ALB
R4

4
ALB
R5

6
ALB
R6

4
ALB
R7

7
PHI
R8

3
PHI
R9

Ret
HID
R10

4
HID
R11

4
HID
R12

7
SEP
R13

3
SEP
R14

2
SAN
R15

9
SAN
R16

8
SAN
R17

5
BAT
R18

6
BAT
R19

7
BAT
R20

9
SUR
R21

4
SUR
R22

6
SUR
R23

4
6th855
2018 Dexion Supply Centre Porsche 911 GT3 Cup ADE
R1

3
ADE
R2

3
ADE
R3

5
ALB
R4

7
ALB
R5

11
ALB
R6

7
ALB
R7

2
PHI
R8

3
PHI
R9

3
HID
R10

3
HID
R11

2
HID
R12

2
SMP
R13

1
SMP
R14

3
BEN
R15

5
BEN
R16

5
BEN
R17

7
BAT
R18

8
BAT
R19

5
BAT
R20

2
SUR
R21

Ret
SUR
R22

19
SUR
R23

11
3rd957
2019 Ashley Seward Motorsport Porsche 911 GT3 Cup ADE
R1

ADE
R2

ADE
R3

MEL
R4

2
MEL
R5

Ret
MEL
R6

13
MEL
R7

9
PHI
R8

PHI
R9

PHI
R10

HID
R10

HID
R11

HID
R12

TOW
R13

TOW
R14

TOW
R15

BEN
R16

BEN
R17

BEN
R18

BAT
R19

BAT
R20

BAT
R21

SUR
R22

SUR
R23

SUR
R24

23rd69
2022 Garth Walden Motorsport Porsche 992 GT3 Cup ALB
R1

17
ALB
R2

13
ALB
R3

7
ALB
R4

4
WIN
R5

2
WIN
R6

3
WIN
R7

4
HID
R8

4
HID
R9

3
HID
R10

3
TOW
R11

12
TOW
R12

13
TOW
R13

9
BEN
R14

2
BEN
R15

2
BEN
R16

3
SAN
R17

1
SAN
R18

Ret
SAN
R19

15
BAT
R20

3
BAT
R21

C
BAT
R22

C
SUR
R23

5
SUR
R24

4
SUR
R25

5
4th767
2023 RAM Motorsport Porsche 992 GT3 Cup ALB
R1

C
ALB
R2

Ret
ALB
R3

11
HID
R4

28
HID
R5

8
HID
R6

8
TOW
R7

9
TOW
R8

7
TOW
R9

13
BEN
R10

3
BEN
R11

6
BEN
R12

Ret
SAN
R13

1
SAN
R14

2
SAN
R15

1
BAT
R16

4
BAT
R17

8
BAT
R18

6
SUR
R19

2
SUR
R20

3
SUR
R21

4
ADE
R22

9
ADE
R23

8
ADE
R24

2
4th751
2024 RAM Motorsport Porsche 992 GT3 Cup ALB
R1

7
ALB
R2

6
ALB
R3

8
TAU
R4

5
TAU
R5

5
TAU
R6

4
HID
R7

8
HID
R8

3
HID
R9

5
SMP
R10

2
SMP
R11

4
SMP
R12

2
SAN
R13

2
SAN
R14

4
SAN
R15

2
BAT
R16

7
BAT
R17

9
BAT
R18

12
SUR
R19

2
SUR
R20

6
SUR
R21

5
ADE
R22

3
ADE
R23

11
ADE
R24

2
3rd915
2025 RAM Motorsport Porsche 992 GT3 Cup SMP
R1

3
SMP
R2

3
SMP
R3

3
ALB
R4

2
ALB
R5

5
ALB
R6

2
HID
R7

HID
R8

HID
R9

QLD
R10

QLD
R11

QLD
R12

BEN
R13

BEN
R14

BEN
R15

BAT
R16

BAT
R17

BAT
R18

SUR
R19

SUR
R20

SUR
R21

ADE
R22

ADE
R23

ADE
R24

TCR Australia results

TCR Australia results
YearTeamCar123456789101112131415161718192021PositionPoints
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
5th483
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
15th342
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
9th577
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

4
BND
R11

8
BND
R12

5
QLD
R13

Ret
QLD
R14

7
QLD
R15

6
SMP
R19

3
SMP
R20

2
SMP
R21

2
BAT
R22

2
BAT
R23

4
BAT
R24

1
4th654

Complete World Touring Car Cup results

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

YearTeamCar12345678910111213141516DCPoints
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.

Complete Bathurst 12 Hour results

YearTeamCo-driversCarClassLapsPos.Class
pos.
2017 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Steven Richards Motorsport Flag of Australia (converted).svg Dean Grant
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Xavier West
Flag of Australia (converted).svg David Wall
Porsche 991 GT3 CupB27415th1st
2018 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Team ASR Flag of Australia (converted).svg Ash Samadi
Flag of New Zealand.svg Daniel Gaunt
Audi R8 LMS AAM66DNFDNF
2019 Flag of Australia (converted).svg MARC Cars Australia Flag of Australia (converted).svg Geoff Taunton
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jason Busk
MARC Ford Focus V8 Invitational136DNFDNF
2020 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Tony Bates Racing Flag of Australia (converted).svg Tony Bates
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Geoff Emery
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Max Twigg
Audi R8 LMS Evo GT3 Silver84DNFDNF
2023 Flag of New Zealand.svg Myland Team IMS Flag of New Zealand.svg Andrew Fawcet
Flag of New Zealand.svg Daniel Gaunt
Audi R8 LMS Evo II GT3 Silver13612th1st

Complete Bathurst 6 Hour results

YearTeamCo-driversCarClassLapsPos.Class
pos.
2022 Flag of Australia (converted).svg GWR Australia Flag of Australia (converted).svg Mike Sheargold
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Oliver Shannon
Mercedes-Benz A45 AMGA11304th1st
2023 Flag of Australia (converted).svg RAM Motorsport Flag of Australia (converted).svg Mike Sheargold
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Brett Hobson
Mercedes-Benz A45 AMGA111210th2nd

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