Nathan Morcom

Nathan Morcom
Nationality	Australian
Born	(1992-04-05) 5 April 1992 (age 33) Sydney
Related to	Barry Morcom (father)
TCR Australia Touring Car Series career
Debut season	2019
Current team	HMO Customer Racing
Car number	11
Starts	57
Wins	3
Podiums	8
Poles	2
Best finish	4th in 2019
Previous series
2017-18 2016 2015–16 2014 2012–13 2011–12 2010 2008–10	Super2 Series Australian Endurance Championship Australian GT Championship ADAC GT Championship Australian Drivers' Championship USA F2000 Series Toyota Racing Series Australian Formula Ford
Championship titles
2016	Australian Endurance Championship

Nathan Morcom (born 5 April 1992) is an Australian racing driver currently racing the GT4 Australia championship. Morcom won the 2016 Australian Endurance Championship, 2011 Eastern Creek Six Hour and the 2016 Hi-Tec Oils Bathurst 6 Hour. ^[1]

Career Summery

Junior formula

Morcom started in Formula Ford in the 2008 season with mixed success. He raced in 2010 Toyota Racing Series before moving into the United States F2000 Championship Series in 2011 ^{[2] [3] [4]} and 2012. ^[5]

Australian Formula 3

Morcom competed in the Australian Drivers' Championship for Australian Formula 3 cars in 2010, 2012 ^[6] and 2013 with the latter bringing him his best championship result of sixth place. ^[7]

Production Cars

Morcom moved in to the Australian Production Car Championship initially for the endurance races finishing fifth at the 2011 Phillip Island Six Hour and winning the 2011 Eastern Creek Six Hour with Chaz Mostert. He again teamed with Chaz Mostert to finish third at the 2012 Phillip Island 6 Hour, winning the 2016 Hi-Tec Oils Bathurst 6 Hour ^[8] and runner up in the 2017 Hi-Tec Oils Bathurst 6 Hour.

In 2013 he finished third in the championship driving a Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X and again in 2017 Australian Production Car Series driving a Ford LZ Focus RS.

GT racing

Morcom travelled to Europe to compete in the 2014 ADAC GT Masters Endurance championship for Farnbacher Racing in a Porsche 911 GT3 R. He did all sixteen races finishing thirty seventh in the series. ^[9]

Moving back to Australia he competed in the 2015 Australian GT Championship and 2016 Australian GT Championship finishing third in 2016. ^{[10] [11]} The same year he and Grant Denyer won the 2016 Australian Endurance Championship. ^[12]

In 2016, he competed in the GT Asia Series for Matt Stone Racing. ^[13]

In 2024, he moved back to GT racing in the 2024 GT4 Australia Series. He finished fifth in the Silver Class championship. ^[14]

Supercars

Morcom drove the No. 54 Holden VF Commodore for Eggleston Motorsport in the Dunlop Super2 Series in 2017 and 2018 with limited success. ^[15]

TCR Australia

In 2019, Morcom competed in the newly formed TCR Australia Touring Car Series. He signed for HMO Customer Racing and competed in the 2019, ^[16] 2021 ^[17] and 2022 ^{[18] [19]} years. He was set to drive in the 2020 season, ^[20] but this was cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic.

Career results

Karting career summary

Season	Series	Position
2006	Australian National Sprint Kart Championships - Junior National Light	6th
2007	Australian National Sprint Kart Championships - Junior National Light	10th
	Australian National Sprint Kart Championships - Junior Clubman	11th
2008	Australian National Sprint Kart Championships - Junior National Heavy	3rd
	Australian National Sprint Kart Championships - Junior Clubman	10th

Circuit racing career summary

Season	Series	Position	Car	Team
2008	New South Wales Formula Ford Championship	5th	Comtec Spirit K08	Anglo Australian Motorsport
	Australian Formula Ford Championship	19th	Spectrum	CAMS Rising Star
2009	Australian Formula Ford Championship	13th	Spectrum	CAMS Rising Star
	Victorian Formula Ford Championship	5th
2010	Australian Formula Ford Championship	10th	Spectrum	Synergy Motorsport
	Toyota Racing Series	12th	Tatuus - Toyota	ETEC Motorsport
	Australian Drivers' Championship	16th	Dallara F304	R-Tek Motorsport
	Australian Formula 3 - National Class	10th
2011	Australian Manufacturers' Championship	7th	BMW 335i	Eastern Creek Karts
	Australian Manufacturers' Championship - Class B	2nd
	United States F2000 Championship Series	8th	Van Diemen RF06	Primus Racing
2012	Australian Drivers' Championship	14th	Dallara F307	Astuti Motorsport
	Australian Manufacturers' Championship - Class B	6th	BMW 335i	Eastern Creek Karts
	United States F2000 Championship Series	45th	RFR F2000	Primus Racing
2013	Australian Manufacturers' Championship	3rd	Mitsubishi Lancer RS Evolution X	Eastern Creek Karts
	Australian Manufacturers' Championship - Class B	3rd
	Australian Drivers' Championship	6th	Dallara F307	R-Tek Motorsport
2014	ADAC GT Masters	37th	Porsche 911 GT3-R	Farnbacher Racing
2015	Australian GT Championship	42nd	Lamborghini Gallardo	Interlloy M Motorsport
2016	Australian GT Championship	3rd	McLaren 650S GT3	Tekno Autosports
	Australian Endurance Championship	1st
	GT Asia Series	25th	Aston Martin Vantage GT3	Matt Stone Racing
2017	Australian Production Car Series	3rd	Ford LZ Focus RS	Team DPO
	Dunlop Super2 Series	13th	Holden VF Commodore	Eggleston Motorsport
2018	Dunlop Super2 Series	19th	Holden VF Commodore	Eggleston Motorsport
2019	TCR Australia Touring Car Series	4th	Hyundai i30 N TCR	HMO Customer Racing
2021	TCR Australia Touring Car Series	6th	Hyundai i30 N TCR	HMO Customer Racing
2022	TCR Australia Touring Car Series	7th	Hyundai i30 N TCR	HMO Customer Racing
2024	GT4 Australia Series - Silver Class	5th	McLaren Artura GT4	Method Motorsport

Complete Toyota Racing Series results

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

Year	Entrant	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	D.C.	Points
2010	ETEC Motorsport	TER 1 9	TER 2 10	TER 3 9	TIM 1 8	TIM 2 7	TIM 3 10	HMP 1	HMP 2	HMP 3	MAN 1	MAN 2	MAN 3	TAU 1	TAU 2	TAU 3	12th	219

USF2000 National Championship results

Year	Entrant	Car	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	Pos	Points
2011	Primus Racing	Van Diemen RF06	VIR1 1	VIR2 8	ATL1 5	ATL2 23	WGI1 DNS	WGI2 7	MOH1 8	MOH2 6	MOS1	MOS2	LRP1 7	LRP2 7	WGI3 25	WGI4 29	8th	246
2012	Primus Racing	RFR F2000	VIR1 15	VIR2 32	ATL1 15	ATL2 DNS	LRP1	LRP2	NJ1	NJ2	MOH1	MOH2	SP1	SP2	WGI3	WGI4	45th	31

Complete Development Series results

(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	17	18	19	20	21	Position	Points
2017	Eggleston Motorsport	Holden Commodore VF	ADE 16	ADE 11	ADE 13	SYM 13	SYM 9	SYM 11	SYM 7	PHI 11	PHI 12	PHI 14	PHI 16	TOW 16	TOW Ret	SMP 17	SMP 22	SMP 15	SMP 18	SAN 20	SAN 9	NEW 9	NEW 8	13th	876
2018	Eggleston Motorsport	Holden Commodore VF	ADE 15	ADE 20	ADE 16	SYM 8	SYM 16	SYM Ret	BAR 19	BAR 14	BAR 17	TOW 17	TOW 18	SAN Ret	SAN Ret	BAT 7	NEW 10	NEW C						19th	691

TCR Australia results

TCR Australia results
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	HMO Customer Racing	Hyundai i30 N TCR	SMP R1 9	SMP R2 8	SMP R3 11	PHI R4 Ret	PHI R5 4	PHI R6 2	BEN R7 4	BEN R8 7	BEN R9 8	QLD R10 7	QLD R11 6	QLD R12 4	WIN R13 4	WIN R14 4	WIN R15 4	SAN R16 10	SAN R17 14	SAN R18 10	BEN R19 Ret	BEN R20 6	BEN R21 1	4th	510
2021			SYM R1 9	SYM R2 5	SYM R3 5	PHI R4 19	PHI R5 10	PHI R6 3	BAT R7 18	BAT R8 14	BAT R9 9	SMP R10 5	SMP R11 4	SMP R12 3	BAT R13 11	BAT R14 9	BAT R15 Ret							6th	377
2022			SYM R1 3	SYM R2 13	SYM R3 6	PHI R4 19	PHI R5 9	PHI R6 11	BAT R7 12	BAT R8 20	BAT R9 15	SMP R10 6	SMP R11 3	SMP R12 1	QLD R13 Ret	QLD R14 10	QLD R15 10	SAN R16 12	SAN R17 11	SAN R18 11	BAT R19 3	BAT R20 C	BAT R21 6	10th	471

Complete Bathurst 12 Hour results

Year	Team	Co-drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Overall position	Class position
2015	Erebus Motorsport	Austin Cindric Simon Hodge	Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG	AA	251	21st	7th

Complete Bathurst 6 Hour results

Year	Team	Co-drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class pos.
2016	Direct Plasterboard Outlet	Chaz Mostert	BMW 335i E92	B1	125	1st	1st
2017	Direct Plasterboard Outlet	Chaz Mostert	Ford Focus RS	A1	113	2nd	2nd
2018	Direct Plasterboard Outlet	Chaz Mostert	Ford Focus RS	A1	106	16th	11th

References

1. "Mostert/Morcom win Bathurst 6 Hour". Speedcafe . 27 March 2016. Retrieved 28 March 2016.
2. "Two Australians set for USF2000". Speedcafe . 28 February 2011. Retrieved 5 January 2025.
3. "Morcom in 10 as Spectrum debuts". Speedcafe . 4 July 2011. Retrieved 5 January 2025.
4. "Nathan Morcom focusing on 2012". Speedcafe . 25 October 2011. Retrieved 5 January 2025.
5. "Morcom secures F2000 Championship seat". Speedcafe . 13 February 2012. Retrieved 5 January 2025.
6. "F3 field bolstered by new competitors for Island finale". Speedcafe . 14 September 2012. Retrieved 5 January 2025.
7. "Morcom takes maiden F3 win at Bathurst". Speedcafe . 31 March 2013. Retrieved 5 January 2025.
8. "Mostert/Morcom win Bathurst 6 Hour". Speedcafe . 27 March 2016. Retrieved 5 January 2025.
9. "Morcom cements Euro GT drive with Farnbacher". Speedcafe . 4 February 2014. Retrieved 5 January 2025.
10. "Quinn wins Aus GT title after Morcom exclusion". Speedcafe . 12 November 2016. Retrieved 5 January 2025.
11. "Morcom: No regrets over Quinn tangle". Speedcafe . 12 November 2016. Retrieved 5 January 2025.
12. "Denyer/Morcom win inaugural AEC title". Speedcafe . 13 November 2016. Retrieved 5 January 2025.
13. "Morcom secures Aston Martin GT Asia drive". Speedcafe . 9 June 2016. Retrieved 5 January 2025.
14. "McLaren on top in GT4 practice as rain hits Phillip Island". Speedcafe . 12 April 2024. Retrieved 5 January 2025.
15. "Nathan Morcom". Supercars.com. Retrieved 9 May 2017.
16. "Nathan Morcom joins HMO Customer Racing for 2019". TCR Australia. 17 April 2019. Retrieved 5 January 2025.
17. "Nathan Morcom on HMO Customer Racing's journey and expansion". TCR Australia. 6 July 2021. Retrieved 5 January 2025.
18. "A return to the winner's circle highlights Nathan Morcom's season". TCR Australia. 25 June 2022. Retrieved 5 January 2025.
19. "D'Alberto wins TCR series title in Bathurst cliffhanger". Speedcafe . 13 November 2022. Retrieved 5 January 2025.
20. "Nathan Morcom returns for second tilt at TCR Australia title". TCR Australia. Retrieved 14 February 2020.

External links

• Nathan Morcom career summary at DriverDB.com
• Nathan Morcom driver statistics at Racing-Reference
• Nathan Morcom Career stats at Third Turn Database.

Sporting positions
Preceded by Grant Sherrin	Australian Endurance Championship Champion 2016	Succeeded by Peter Hackett Dominic Storey