Jarrod Hughes

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Jarrod Hughes
Jarrod Hughes at the 2025 Sydney 500.jpg
Hughes in 2025
Nationality Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australian
Born (2005-02-18) 18 February 2005 (age 20)
Brisbane, Australia
Racing licence FIA Silver Driver.png FIA Silver
Championship titles
2025 TA2 Racing Muscle Car Series

Jarrod Hughes (born 18 February 2005) is an Australian racing driver set to compete for Erebus Motorsport in Supercars Championship.

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Career

Hughes made his car racing debut in 2020, racing in the EFS Excel Cup Series. [1] The following year, Hughes moved to the Toyota Gazoo Racing Australia 86 Series, in which he contested the full season but wasn't classified as no points were given after not enough rounds took place. [2] Returning to the series the following year, Hughes scored his only win of the season at Sandown en route to a seventh-place points finish and earning the Kaizen award, [3] [4] in a year in which he won the Series X3 Queensland title. [5]

In 2023, Hughes mainly competed in the Toyota Gazoo Racing Australia 86 Series for his own team, [6] scoring three podiums and finishing fifth in points, and also made his TA2 Racing Muscle Car Series debut late in the year, [7] in which he finished second on debut behind Nash Morris. [8] The following year, Hughes joined Image Racing to make his Super2 debut, [9] with whom he took pole with at Sandown, [10] and scored a best race result of fourth three times to end the year fourth in points as the highest-placed rookie. [11] During 2024, Hughes also competed in GT4 Australia and the TA2 Racing Muscle Car Series, [12] [13] in which he most notably took two wins in the latter series at Calder Park alongside Tyler Cheney. [14]

Hughes returned to Super2 and Image Racing in 2025, [15] only taking a best result of eighth at Townsville as he ended the year 18th in the standings. [16] In parallel to his Super2 campaign, Hughes also returned to the TA2 Racing Muscle Car Series with IES Motorsport, [17] and took eight wins en route to his maiden TA2 title, [18] whilst also finishing runner-up in the TA2 Kings of the West sub-championship. [19] Hughes also returned to GT4 Australia, joining Triple Eight Race Engineering alongside Summer Rintoule, [20] with whom he finished third in the Silver Cup standings after scoring eight podiums across the 12-race season. [21] During 2025, Hughes made his Supercars debut as Jack Le Brocq's co-driver at Erebus Motorsport for the Enduro Cup. [22] [23]

Ahead of 2026, Hughes was retained by Erebus Motorsport as their co-driver for the endurance races of the following year's Supercars Championship season. [24]

Karting record

Karting career summary

SeasonSeriesTeamPosition
2018Australian Kart Championship — KA214th
2019Australian Kart Championship — KA215th
Sources: [25]

Racing record

Racing career summary

SeasonSeriesTeamRacesWinsPolesF/LapsPodiumsPointsPosition
2020EFS 4x4 Accessories Excel InvitationalJLX Productions30000623rd
2021 Toyota Gazoo Racing Australia 86 Series 800000 [a]
2022 Toyota Gazoo Racing Australia 86 Series ACDelco / JGI1512138607th
Bathurst 6 Hour – C Levitt Motorsports00000WD
Circuit Excel Racing Association Nationals4001209th
2023 Toyota Gazoo Racing Australia 86 Series Jarrod Hughes Motorsport15001310025th
EFS 4x4 Accessories Australian Excel Cup400002766th
TA2 Racing Muscle Car Series Team RSG400010NC
2024 Super2 Series Image Racing12010011674th
GT4 Australia Series – Pro-Am Mark Cotterell Motorsport80003697th
TA2 Racing Muscle Car Series PHD Motorsport821260NC
2025 Super2 Series Image Racing11000054318th
TA2 Racing Muscle Car Series IES Motorsport178381511001st
TA2 Kings of the West 421342262nd
Trico Trans-Am Series 600006320th
Bathurst 6 Hour – A210000DNF
GT4 Australia Series – Silver Triple Eight Race Engineering 1205731603rd
Supercars Championship Erebus Motorsport 200000NC
2026 Supercars Championship Erebus Motorsport
Sources: [26] [25]

Super2 Series results

(key) (Race results only)

Super2 Series results
YearTeamCar123456789101112PositionPoints
2024 Image Racing Holden Commodore ZB BAT1
R1

5
BAT1
R2

9
BAR
R3

7
BAR
R4

18
TOW
R5

6
TOW
R6

10
SAN
R7

6
SAN
R8

11
BAT2
R9

4
BAT2
R10

5
ADE
R11

4
ADE
R12

4
4th1167
2025 Image Racing Holden Commodore ZB SMP
R1

13
SMP
R2

20
SYM
R3

Ret
SYM
R4

10
TOW
R5

8
TOW
R6

13
QLD
R7

Ret
QLD
R8

DNS
BAT
R9

13
BAT
R10

Ret
ADE
R11

12
ADE
R12

15
18th543

Complete GT4 Australia Series results

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

YearTeamCarClass123456789101112PosPoints
2024 Mark Cotterell Motorsport Ginetta G55 GT4 Pro-Am PHI
R1

2
PHI
R2

2
BEN
R3

DNS
BEN
R4

DNS
QLD
R5

Ret
QLD
R6

5
PHI
R7

PHI
R8

SMP
R9

7
SMP
R10

8
BAT
R11

BAT
R12

7th69
2025 Triple Eight Race Engineering Mercedes-AMG GT4 Silver PHI
R1

5
PHI
R2

6
SMP
R3

2
SMP
R4

5
QLD
R5

10
QLD
R6

2
SAN
R7

2
SAN
R8

4
BEN
R9

3
BEN
R10

2
HAM
R11

3
HAM
R12

3
3rd160

Supercars Championship results

Supercars results
YearTeamCar12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334353637PositionPoints
2025 Erebus Motorsport Camaro ZL1 SYD
R1

SYD
R2

SYD
R3

MEL
R4
MEL
R5
MEL
R6
MEL
R7
TAU
R8
TAU
R9
TAU
R10
SYM
R11
SYM
R12
SYM
R13
BAR
R14

BAR
R15

BAR
R16

HID
R17

HID
R18

HID
R19

TOW
R20
TOW
R21
TOW
R22
QLD
R23
QLD
R24
QLD
R25
BEN
R26

12
BAT
R27

14
SUR
R28
SUR
R29
SAN
R30
SAN
R31
ADE
R32
ADE
R33
ADE
R34
NC0
2026 Erebus Motorsport Camaro ZL1 SYD
R1

SYD
R2

SYD
R3

MEL
R4

MEL
R5

MEL
R6

MEL
R7

TAU
R8

TAU
R9

TAU
R10

CHR
R11

CHR
R12

CHR
R13

SYM
R14

SYM
R15

SYM
R16

BAR
R17

BAR
R18

BAR
R19

HID
R20

HID
R21

HID
R22

TOW
R23

TOW
R24

TOW
R25

QLD
R26

QLD
R27

QLD
R28

BEN
R28

BAT
R30

SUR
R31

SUR
R32

SAN
R33

SAN
R34

ADE
R35

ADE
R36

ADE
R37

Notes

  1. Championship was declared null and void as not enough events were completed.

References

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  2. "TOYOTA GAZOO RACING AUSTRALIA 86 SERIES LINES UP AT BATHURST FOR FINAL 2021 ROUND". toowoombatoyota.com.au. 29 November 2021. Retrieved 4 December 2025.
  3. "All you need to know about the 2022 Bathurst 1000". autocar.co.nz. 6 October 2022. Retrieved 4 December 2025.
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  5. "Past Champions". seriesx3qld.com.au. Retrieved 4 December 2025.
  6. "ACDELCO ALL MAKES AUTO PARTS BACKS TGRA 86 SERIES AWARD WINNER". velocitymagazine.com.au. 6 July 2023. Retrieved 4 December 2025.
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  9. O'Brien, Connor (23 January 2024). "Erebus/Image announce all-new Super2 roster". V8 Sleuth. AN1 Media. Retrieved 4 December 2025.
  10. "Rookie upstages title rivals for Super2 Sandown pole". v8sleuth.com.au. 15 September 2024. Retrieved 4 December 2025.
  11. "Top Super2 rookie credits no-bullshit mentoring". v8sleuth.com.au. 12 December 2024. Retrieved 4 December 2025.
  12. "Grid set for new-look GT4 Australia opener". speedcafe.com. 9 April 2024. Retrieved 4 December 2025.
  13. "Hughes keen to win TA2 again". autoaction.com.au. 27 June 2024. Retrieved 4 December 2025.
  14. "Hughes and Cheney win TA2 round and $20,000". speedcafe.com. 1 September 2024. Retrieved 4 December 2025.
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  18. "Hughes celebrates TA2 title". autoaction.com.au. 29 October 2025. Retrieved 4 December 2025.
  19. "Herne and Rayner Crowned Novus Glass TA2 Kings of the West". ta2racingaustralia.com. 9 June 2025. Retrieved 4 December 2025.
  20. "888 ANNOUNCES GT4 ENTRY FOR SUMMER RINTOULE AND JARROD HUGHES". velocitymagazine.com.au. 6 February 2025. Retrieved 4 December 2025.
  21. "Whincup commends Rintoule's 'truly remarkable' GT4 season". speedcafe.com. 25 November 2025. Retrieved 4 December 2025.
  22. Chapman, Simon (19 December 2024). "Erebus Motorsport reveals all-new co-driver line-up". Speedcafe . Retrieved 4 December 2025.
  23. Chapman, Simon (9 February 2025). "Erebus Motorsport confirms endurance co-driver pairings". Speedcafe . Retrieved 4 December 2025.
  24. Bartholomaeus, Stefan (17 November 2025). "Erebus signs Tickford young gun for 2026". Speedcafe. Retrieved 4 December 2025.
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