Michael Caruso (racing driver)

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Michael Caruso
Michael Caruso (2015).JPG
Caruso in 2015
NationalityFlag of Australia (converted).svg  Australian
Born (1983-05-25) 25 May 1983 (age 41)
Sydney, New South Wales
Racing licence FIA Gold Driver.png FIA Gold
Supercars Championship career
Car number18
Current team Team 18
(Endurance race co-driver)
Championships0
Races357
Wins2
Podiums10
Pole positions0
2021 position40th (114 pts)

Michael Caruso (born 25 May 1983) is an Australian professional motor racing driver. Caruso competes in the Pirtek Enduro Cup, co-driving a Chevrolet Camaro Mk.6 for Team 18 alongside Mark Winterbottom.

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Early career

Caruso began his career in go-karts at age 12, [1] before graduating to Formula Ford in 2001. He moved to Formula 3 in 2002 and won the Australian Formula 3 Championship in 2003. [2] Despite offers to move to FIA Formula 3000 in Europe, he chose to join the Holden Young Lions team in the V8 Supercars Development Series for 2004. [1] After a poor start he quit the team mid-season. In 2005 Caruso competed in the first two rounds of the Australian Formula 3 Championship, before moving to Europe to be test and reserve driver for the F3000 outfit Team Astromega.

Touring cars

Development Series

In 2006 he returned to Australia and to the V8 Supercars Development Series with Jim Morton's Decina Racing, finishing 4th in the championship. In 2007 he was runner-up in the Development Series, again with Jim Morton's renamed Ford Rising Star program. He also made three main-game V8 Supercars starts in this period. The first of which was at the 2006 Bathurst 1000 as a replacement for Mark Porter in a Brad Jones Racing entry. Porter had a serious crash on the Friday of the event and later died in hospital. In 2007, Caruso entered the Sandown 500 and Bathurst 1000 with WPS Racing. [3]

Garry Rogers Motorsport

In 2008, Caruso was signed to compete in his first full season in V8 Supercars, driving a Holden Commodore (VE) for Garry Rogers Motorsport, where he replaced Dean Canto. In 2009, Caruso won his first championship race at the Skycity Triple Crown at Hidden Valley Raceway. He also finished on the podium at the 2009 Bathurst 1000, co-driving with Lee Holdsworth, and in the second race of the Sydney 500. [4] Caruso stayed at the team until 2012, only scoring one further podium in this period.

Caruso placed 15th in the 2012 V8 Supercars Championship driving a Holden Commodore (VE) Holden VE Commodore of Michael Caruso 2012.JPG
Caruso placed 15th in the 2012 V8 Supercars Championship driving a Holden Commodore (VE)

Nissan Motorsport

In 2013, Caruso moved to Nissan Motorsport, a four car team running the Nissan Altima L33. The team was the first to introduce a new manufacturer to the category under the New Generation V8 Supercar (then known as Car of the Future) regulations in 2013. [5] The team largely struggled with the new package and Caruso finished 23rd in the championship. The highlight of the year for Caruso was at the Winton 360, where he finished second in the opening race. Caruso had been leading the race at the conclusion of the first half of the split race, however was beaten by teammate James Moffat to victory in the second half. [6]

In 2014, Caruso finished a career-high 10th in the championship, despite only scoring one podium, in the second race of the Gold Coast 600. Caruso also took pole at the non-championship V8 Supercars Challenge race, a support event to the Australian Grand Prix. Having featured Norton 360 sponsorship in 2013 and 2014, from 2015 onwards, Caruso sported a corporate Nissan and Nismo livery. After another lean year in 2015, Caruso began 2016 strongly at the season-opening Adelaide 500. Caruso finished second in the Sunday race and led the championship following the event. [7] At the 2016 CrownBet Darwin Triple Crown, Caruso won his second career championship race, seven years after his first and coincidentally once again at Hidden Valley Raceway. [8] On 30 January 2019 it was announced that Caruso would lose his drive with Nissan Motorsport. He will not compete full time in 2019 and is yet to announce an ENDURO drive. [9]

Career results

Karting career summary

SeasonSeriesPosition
1997Queensland Junior Kart Championship1st
Victorian Junior Kart Championship1st
Australian Junior Intercontinental A Title1st
North American Junior Intercontinental A Title1st
1998Queensland Intercontinental A Title1st
2000Victorian Formula A Kart Title1st

Racing career summary

SeasonSeriesPositionCarTeam
2001 Australian Formula Ford Championship 23rd Spectrum 06 – Ford Caruso Racing
2002 Australian Formula 3 Championship 5th Dallara F301 – Alfa Romeo Caruso Racing
Victorian Road Racing Championship1st
2003 Australian Formula 3 Championship 1st Dallara F301 – Alfa Romeo Caruso Racing
Australian Drivers' Championship 11th Reynard 94D – Holden Ralt Australia
2004 Konica Minolta V8 Supercar Series 24th Holden Commodore VX Holden Young Lions
2005 Australian Drivers' Championship 5th Dallara F301 – Alfa Romeo Caruso Racing
2006 Fujitsu V8 Supercar Series 4th Ford Falcon BA Decina Racing
2007 Fujitsu V8 Supercar Series 2ndFord Falcon BA Ford Rising Stars Racing
2008 V8 Supercar Championship Series 18th Holden Commodore VE Garry Rogers Motorsport
2009 V8 Supercar Championship Series 11thHolden Commodore VEGarry Rogers Motorsport
2010 V8 Supercar Championship Series 11thHolden Commodore VEGarry Rogers Motorsport
2011 International V8 Supercars Championship 14thHolden Commodore VEGarry Rogers Motorsport
2012 International V8 Supercars Championship 15thHolden Commodore VEGarry Rogers Motorsport
2013 International V8 Supercars Championship 23rd Nissan Altima L33 Nissan Motorsport
2014 International V8 Supercars Championship 10thNissan Altima L33Nissan Motorsport
2015 International V8 Supercars Championship 12thNissan Altima L33Nissan Motorsport
2016 International V8 Supercars Championship 10thNissan Altima L33Nissan Motorsport
2017 Virgin Australia Supercars Championship 13thNissan Altima L33Nissan Motorsport
2018 Virgin Australia Supercars Championship 18thNissan Altima L33Nissan Motorsport
2019 Virgin Australia Supercars Championship 28th Holden Commodore ZB
Ford Mustang GT
Garry Rogers Motorsport
Tickford Racing
2020 Virgin Australia Supercars Championship 32ndFord Mustang GTTickford Racing
TCR Asia Pacific Cup NC Alfa Romeo Giulietta Veloce TCR Garry Rogers Motorsport
2021 Virgin Australia Supercars Championship 40thHolden Commodore ZB Team 18
TCR Australia 11th Alfa Romeo Giulietta Veloce TCR Garry Rogers Motorsport
2022 Repco Supercars Championship 40thHolden Commodore ZBTeam 18
TCR Australia 12th Alfa Romeo Giulietta Veloce TCR Ashley Seward Motorsport
2023 Repco Supercars Championship 51st Camaro ZL1-1LE Team 18

Supercars Championship results

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

Supercars results
YearTeamCar123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233343536373839PositionPoints
2006 Brad Jones Racing 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
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
NC0
2007 WPS Racing 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

15
SUR
R26
SUR
R27
SUR
R28
BHR
R29
BHR
R30
BHR
R31
SYM
R32
SYM
R33
SYM
R34
PHI
R35
PHI
R36
PHI
R37
49th6
2008 Garry Rogers Motorsport Holden Commodore VE ADE
R1

Ret
ADE
R2

11
EAS
R3

25
EAS
R4

26
EAS
R5

14
HAM
R6

12
HAM
R7

18
HAM
R8

17
BAR
R9

Ret
BAR
R10

17
BAR
R11

16
SAN
R12

20
SAN
R13

23
SAN
R14

19
HDV
R15

16
HDV
R16

12
HDV
R17

15
QLD
R18

15
QLD
R19

16
QLD
R20

16
WIN
R21

8
WIN
R22

Ret
WIN
R23

20
PHI
QR

21
PHI
R24

5
BAT
R25

Ret
SUR
R26

20
SUR
R27

18
SUR
R28

19
BHR
R29

15
BHR
R30

14
BHR
R31

17
SYM
R32

17
SYM
R33

16
SYM
R34

18
ORA
R35

8
ORA
R36

11
ORA
R37

10
18th1439
2009 Garry Rogers MotorsportHolden Commodore VE ADE
R1

Ret
ADE
R2

16
HAM
R3

25
HAM
R4

6
WIN
R5

10
WIN
R6

27
SYM
R7

12
SYM
R8

16
HDV
R9

11
HDV
R10

1
TOW
R11

5
TOW
R12

10
SAN
R13

5
SAN
R14

20
QLD
R15

19
QLD
R16

6
PHI
QR

11
PHI
R17

Ret
BAT
R18

3
SUR
R19

Ret
SUR
R20

12
SUR
R21

Ret
SUR
R22

14
PHI
R23

20
PHI
R24

10
BAR
R25

14
BAR
R26

18
SYD
R27

6
SYD
R28

2
11th1977
2010 Garry Rogers MotorsportHolden Commodore VE YMC
R1

15
YMC
R2

11
BHR
R3

10
BHR
R4

9
ADE
R5

8
ADE
R6

10
HAM
R7

5
HAM
R8

3
QLD
R9

25
QLD
R10

6
WIN
R11

8
WIN
R12

8
HDV
R13

17
HDV
R14

15
TOW
R15

19
TOW
R16

11
PHI
QR

Ret
PHI
R17

11
BAT
R18

10
SUR
R19

4
SUR
R20

11
SYM
R21

9
SYM
R22

20
SAN
R23

16
SAN
R24

Ret
SYD
R25

6
SYD
R26

8
11th2004
2011 Garry Rogers MotorsportHolden Commodore VE YMC
R1

15
YMC
R2

5
ADE
R3

16
ADE
R4

21
HAM
R5

15
HAM
R6

Ret
BAR
R7

Ret
BAR
R8

12
BAR
R9

18
WIN
R10

17
WIN
R11

16
HID
R12

6
HID
R13

11
TOW
R14

12
TOW
R15

16
QLD
R16

16
QLD
R17

19
QLD
R18

19
PHI
QR

8
PHI
R19

16
BAT
R20

10
SUR
R21

8
SUR
R22

21
SYM
R23

9
SYM
R24

15
SAN
R25

21
SAN
R26

22
SYD
R27

4
SYD
R28

6
14th1729
2012 Garry Rogers MotorsportHolden Commodore VE ADE
R1

22
ADE
R2

22
SYM
R3

15
SYM
R4

7
HAM
R5

8
HAM
R6

25
BAR
R7

8
BAR
R8

12
BAR
R9

9
PHI
R10

23
PHI
R11

20
HID
R12

Ret
HID
R13

4
TOW
R14

14
TOW
R15

25
QLD
R16

8
QLD
R17

9
SMP
R18

8
SMP
R19

11
SAN
QR

5
SAN
R20

14
BAT
R21

5
SUR
R22

Ret
SUR
R23

Ret
YMC
R24

16
YMC
R25

15
YMC
R26

15
WIN
R27

Ret
WIN
R28

16
SYD
R29

10
SYD
R30

Ret
15th1770
2013 Nissan Motorsport Nissan Altima L33 ADE
R1

12
ADE
R2

Ret
SYM
R3

16
SYM
R4

19
SYM
R5

17
PUK
R6

13
PUK
R7

12
PUK
R8

14
PUK
R9

16
BAR
R10

11
BAR
R11

25
BAR
R12

Ret
COA
R13

20
COA
R14

15
COA
R15

15
COA
R16

24
HID
R17

10
HID
R18

21
HID
R19

11
TOW
R20

18
TOW
R21

22
QLD
R22

25
QLD
R23

24
QLD
R24

18
WIN
R25

2
WIN
R26

Ret
WIN
R27

Ret
SAN
QR

24
SAN
R28

20
BAT
R29

25
SUR
R30

Ret
SUR
R31

10
PHI
R32

10
PHI
R33

Ret
PHI
R34

Ret
SYD
R35

17
SYD
R36

19
23rd1233
2014 Nissan MotorsportNissan Altima L33 ADE
R1

18
ADE
R2

8
ADE
R3

14
SYM
R4

21
SYM
R5

14
SYM
R6

19
WIN
R7

19
WIN
R8

17
WIN
R9

8
PUK
R10

17
PUK
R11

20
PUK
R12

13
PUK
R13

5
BAR
R14

20
BAR
R15

15
BAR
R16

10
HID
R17

12
HID
R18

10
HID
R19

13
TOW
R20

10
TOW
R21

Ret
TOW
R22

11
QLD
R23

13
QLD
R24

24
QLD
R25

8
SMP
R26

5
SMP
R27

20
SMP
R28

8
SAN
QR

13
SAN
R29

18
BAT
R30

15
SUR
R31

5
SUR
R32

3
PHI
R33

5
PHI
R34

7
PHI
R35

9
SYD
R36

22
SYD
R37

8
SYD
R38

Ret
10th1939
2015 Nissan MotorsportNissan Altima L33 ADE
R1

21
ADE
R2

Ret
ADE
R3

14
SYM
R4

15
SYM
R5

23
SYM
R6

19
BAR
R7

18
BAR
R8

15
BAR
R9

10
WIN
R10

3
WIN
R11

10
WIN
R12

4
HID
R13

5
HID
R14

14
HID
R15

21
TOW
R16

15
TOW
R17

11
QLD
R18

17
QLD
R19

11
QLD
R20

12
SMP
R21

16
SMP
R22

15
SMP
R23

7
SAN
QR

21
SAN
R24

11
BAT
R25

13
SUR
R26

20
SUR
R27

10
PUK
R28

6
PUK
R29

15
PUK
R30

5
PHI
R31

19
PHI
R32

7
PHI
R33

22
SYD
R34

12
SYD
R35

15
SYD
R36

8
12th1898
2016 Nissan MotorsportNissan Altima L33 ADE
R1

13
ADE
R2

6
ADE
R3

2
SYM
R4

21
SYM
R5

11
PHI
R6

13
PHI
R7

6
BAR
R8

26
BAR
R9

9
WIN
R10

8
WIN
R11

10
HID
R12

1
HID
R13

6
TOW
R14

9
TOW
R15

8
QLD
R16

22
QLD
R17

4
SMP
R18

13
SMP
R19

10
SAN
QR

9
SAN
R20

14
BAT
R21

8
SUR
R22

17
SUR
R23

9
PUK
R24

8
PUK
R25

9
PUK
R26

13
PUK
R27

12
SYD
R28

13
SYD
R29

14
10th2239
2017 Nissan MotorsportNissan Altima L33 ADE
R1

11
ADE
R2

22
SYM
R3

13
SYM
R4

16
PHI
R5

5
PHI
R6

10
BAR
R7

18
BAR
R8

19
WIN
R9

13
WIN
R10

Ret
HID
R11

16
HID
R12

19
TOW
R13

15
TOW
R14

13
QLD
R15

15
QLD
R16

Ret
SMP
R17

6
SMP
R18

7
SAN
QR

11
SAN
R19

20
BAT
R20

6
SUR
R21

5
SUR
R22

15
PUK
R23

17
PUK
R24

11
NEW
R25

14
NEW
R26

5
13th1776
2018 Nissan MotorsportNissan Altima L33 ADE
R1

14
ADE
R2

9
MEL
R3

13
MEL
R4

8
MEL
R5

16
MEL
R6

8
SYM
R7

16
SYM
R8

24
PHI
R9

18
PHI
R10

5
BAR
R11

20
BAR
R12

26
WIN
R13

6
WIN
R14

5
HID
R15

10
HID
R16

9
TOW
R17

DNS
TOW
R18

Ret
QLD
R19

9
QLD
R20

13
SMP
R21

22
BEN
R22

3
BEN
R23

9
SAN
QR

18
SAN
R24

25
BAT
R25

Ret
SUR
R26

23
SUR
R27

C
PUK
R28

10
PUK
R29

17
NEW
R30

15
NEW
R31

19
18th1765
2019 Garry Rogers Motorsport Holden Commodore ZB 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

22
TOW
R18

9
QLD
R19

17
QLD
R20

20
BEN
R21
BEN
R22
PUK
R23
PUK
R24
28th643
Tickford Racing Ford Mustang S550 BAT
R25

20
SUR
R26

4
SUR
R27

5
SAN
QR

8
SAN
R28

21
NEW
R29
NEW
R30
2020 Tickford RacingFord Mustang S550 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

7
32nd192
2021 Charlie Schwerkolt Racing Holden Commodore ZB 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

16
40th114
2022 Charlie Schwerkolt RacingHolden Commodore ZB SMP
R1
SMP
R2
SYM
R3
SYM
R4
SYM
R5
MEL
R6
MEL
R7
MEL
R8
MEL
R9
BAR
R10
BAR
R11
BAR
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

15
SUR
R31
SUR
R32
ADE
R33
ADE
R34
45th120
2023 Charlie Schwerkolt Racing Chevrolet Camaro Mk.6 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

11
BAT
R24

Ret
SUR
R25
SUR
R26
ADE
R27
ADE
R28
51st144
2024 Charlie Schwerkolt RacingChevrolet 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

16
BAT
R20

SUR
R21
SUR
R22
ADE
R23
ADE
R24
42nd*114*

Bathurst 1000 results

YearTeamCarCo-driverPositionLaps
2006 Brad Jones Racing Ford Falcon BA Flag of Australia (converted).svg Dale Brede
Flag of New Zealand.svg Mark Porter
DNF59
2007 WPS Racing Ford Falcon BF Flag of Australia (converted).svg Grant Denyer 15th159
2008 Garry Rogers Motorsport Holden Commodore VE Flag of Australia (converted).svg Lee Holdsworth DNF139
2009 Garry Rogers MotorsportHolden Commodore VE Flag of Australia (converted).svg Lee Holdsworth3rd161
2010 Garry Rogers MotorsportHolden Commodore VE Flag of Australia (converted).svg Greg Ritter 10th161
2011 Garry Rogers MotorsportHolden Commodore VE Flag of Australia (converted).svg Marcus Marshall 10th161
2012 Garry Rogers MotorsportHolden Commodore VE Flag of Australia (converted).svg Greg Ritter5th161
2013 Nissan Motorsport Nissan Altima L33 Flag of New Zealand.svg Daniel Gaunt 25th147
2014 Nissan MotorsportNissan Altima L33 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Dean Fiore 15th158
2015 Nissan MotorsportNissan Altima L33 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Dean Fiore13th161
2016 Nissan MotorsportNissan Altima L33 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Dean Fiore8th161
2017 Nissan MotorsportNissan Altima L33 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Dean Fiore6th161
2018 Nissan MotorsportNissan Altima L33 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Dean FioreDNF69
2019 Tickford Racing Ford Mustang S550 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Cam Waters 20th148
2020 Tickford RacingFord Mustang S550 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Lee Holdsworth7th161
2021 Charlie Schwerkolt Racing Holden Commodore ZB Flag of Australia (converted).svg Mark Winterbottom 16th161
2022 Charlie Schwerkolt RacingHolden Commodore ZB Flag of Australia (converted).svg Mark Winterbottom15th161
2023 Charlie Schwerkolt Racing Chevrolet Camaro Mk.6 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Mark WinterbottomDNF [10] 160
2024 Charlie Schwerkolt RacingChevrolet Camaro Mk.6 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Mark Winterbottom

† Porter was the entered driver but was killed in a support race. Caruso would replace him.

TCR Australia results

TCR Australia results
YearTeamCar123456789101112131415161718192021PositionPoints
2021 GRM Team Valvoline Alfa Romeo Giulietta Veloce TCR SYM
R1

12
SYM
R2

Ret
SYM
R3

9
PHI
R4

17
PHI
R5

15
PHI
R6

17
BAT
R7

15
BAT
R8

DSQ
BAT
R9

18
SMP
R10

6
SMP
R11

3
SMP
R12

1
BAT
R13

3
BAT
R14

Ret
BAT
R15

3
11th326
2022 Ashley Seward MotorsportAlfa Romeo Giulietta Veloce TCR SYM
R1

12
SYM
R2

9
SYM
R3

8
PHI
R4

17
PHI
R5

8
PHI
R6

7
BAT
R7

10
BAT
R8

4
BAT
R9

11
SMP
R10

20
SMP
R11

14
SMP
R12

20
QLD
R13

10
QLD
R14

Ret
QLD
R15

DNS
SAN
R16

6
SAN
R17

10
SAN
R18

1
BAT
R19

10
BAT
R20

C
BAT
R21

9
12th520

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Sporting positions
Preceded by
James Manderson
Australian Formula 3
Champion

2003
Succeeded by