Paul Stokell

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Paul Stokell
NationalityAustralian
Born (1968-03-08) 8 March 1968 (age 56)
Tasmania, Australia
Australian Mini Challenge
Years active2008-2010
TeamsDecorug Racing
Starts62
Wins16
Poles6
Fastest laps15
Best finish1st in 2009 Australian Mini Challenge
Previous series
Pre 1990
1990
1992-96, 2001
1994
1995
1998
2000-04
2000-04
2004
2007-08
2007
Formula Vee
Aust. Formula Ford
Australian Drivers' Championship

EFDA Nations Cup
Malaysian Grand Prix
Australian GT Production
Nations Cup
V8 Supercar
Australian GT Performance
Australian Carrera Cup
Australian GT Championship
Championship titles
1994
1995
1995
1996
2003
2004
2009
2018-19
Australian Drivers' Championship
Australian Drivers' Championship
Malaysian Grand Prix
Australian Drivers' Championship
Australian Nations Cup
Australian Nations Cup
Australian Mini Challenge
Australian Targa Championship

Paul Francis Stokell (born 8 March 1968 in Tasmania) is an Australian racing driver. Highly decorated in every category he has competed, Stokell has been a race and multiple championship winning driver in open wheel, sportscar racing and tarmac rallying, consistently since the early 1990s and remains so today having won back to back Australian Targa Championship in 2018/2019.

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While Tasmanian born, today Stokell is Queensland based where he has operated a performance driving school since 2008, and has been involved with the Sherrin Motor Sport Porsche Carrera Cup team taking their maiden victory in 2007.

Open wheelers

Stokell first emerged into the national spotlight racing in the national Australian Formula Ford series, taking a Reynard to runner up in the 1990 title behind Russell Ingall. [1] Stokell tried to push his career in England in the next couple of years however a lack of support forced his return to Australian racing in 1993 driving for Malcolm Ramsay's South Australian Birrana Racing team in Formula Brabham (which reverted to its original name of Formula Holden in 1996). With Stokell leading, Birrana came to dominate the category and Stokell took a trifecta of Australian Drivers' Championships in the mid-90s. In 1994, he represented Australia in the EFDA Nations Cup but the highlight of the era was his first international victory, winning the 1994 New Zealand International Series and 1995 Pan Pacific title including the Malaysian Grand Prix.

Sports cars

Stokell driving a Lamborghini Diablo SVR in the 2001 Australian Nations Cup Championship. Stokell-lambo.jpg
Stokell driving a Lamborghini Diablo SVR in the 2001 Australian Nations Cup Championship.

In 1998, Stokell led an importer supported team driving Lotus Elise in the Australian GT Production Car Championship and against larger and more powerful cars Stokell became a giant-killer in the Lotus, finishing sixth in the championship. Out of this effort came an invitation to join the newly formed Team Lamborghini Australia, to race Lamborghini Diablos in the Australian Nations Cup Championship. Starting in 2000, Stokell was a constant front runner in the black Diablo and again became a championship winner in 2003 and 2004. In 2005, he drove in one round of the FIA GT Championship [2] in a Lotus placing second in the G2 class.

Since then Stokell has made sporadic appearances in a variety of categories and became a competitor and entrant in the new Mini Challenge series in 2008 and became series champion in 2009. [3] He followed that by representing Australia for the second time in the Spanish Mini Challenge in 2010 [4] as well as finishing second in the Australian Mini Challenge in 2010. [5]

Career results

Some results sources from: [6]

SeasonSeriesPositionCarTeam
1990 Motorcraft Formula Ford Driver to Europe Series 2nd Reynard FF88 Ford
Swift FB90 Ford
Phoenix Motorsport
Swift Australia
1992 Australian Drivers' Championship 15th Shrike NB89H Holden
1993 Australian Drivers' Championship 3rd Reynard 90D Holden Birrana Racing
1994 Australian Drivers' Championship 1st Reynard 91D Holden Birrana Racing
EFDA Nations Cup 16th † Van DiemenOpel Team Australia
1995 Australian Drivers' Championship 1st Reynard 91D Holden Birrana Racing
Pan-Pacific Formula Brabham Championship1st
1996 Australian Drivers' Championship 1st Reynard 91D Holden Birrana Racing
1998 Australian GT Production Car Championship 6th Lotus Elise Sport 19
2000 Australian Nations Cup Championship 4th Lamborghini Diablo SVR Team Lamborghini Australia
Shell Championship Series 50th Ford Falcon (AU) Steven Ellery Racing
2001 Australian Drivers' Championship 11th Reynard Holden Birrana Racing
Australian Nations Cup Championship 2nd Lamborghini Diablo SVR Team Lamborghini Australia
Shell Championship Series 74th Ford Falcon (AU) Dick Johnson Racing
2002 Australian Nations Cup Championship 4th Lamborghini Diablo GTR Team Lamborghini Australia
V8Supercar Championship Series 47th Ford Falcon (AU) Paul Little Racing
2003 Australian Nations Cup Championship 1st Lamborghini Diablo GTR Team Lamborghini Australia
V8Supercar Championship Series 69th Ford Falcon (BA) Paul Little Racing
2004 Australian Nations Cup Championship 1st Lamborghini Diablo GTR Team Lamborghini Australia
Australian GT Performance Championship 2nd Volkswagen Golf R32
V8 Supercar Championship Series 57th Holden Commodore (VY) Team Dynamik
2007 Australian Carrera Cup Championship 14th Porsche 997 GT3 Cup
Australian GT Championship 24th Lamborghini Gallardo Team Palmer
2008 Australian Carrera Cup Championship 19th Porsche 997 GT3 Cup Sherrin Motor Sport
Australian Mini Challenge 2nd Mini John Cooper Works Challenge Decorug Racing
2009 Australian Mini Challenge 1st Mini John Cooper Works Challenge Decorug Racing
2010 Australian Mini Challenge 2nd Mini John Cooper Works Challenge Decorug Racing
2021 GT World Challenge Australia - GT Am 6th Audi R8 LMS (2015) Melbourne Performance Centre
2022 GT World Challenge Australia - GT Am 1st Audi R8 LMS Evo II Melbourne Performance Centre
2023 GT World Challenge Australia - GT Am 2nd* Audi R8 LMS Evo II Melbourne Performance Centre

Complete V8 Supercar results

YearTeam1234567891011121314Final posPoints
2000 Steven Ellery Racing PHIPTH ADL ECKHDV CAN QLDWINOPKCDR QLD
13
SAN BAT
Ret
5056
2001 Dick Johnson Racing PHI ADL ECKHDV CAN PTHCDROPK QLD
Ret
WIN BAT PUKSAN74th72
2002 Toll Racing ADL PHIECKHDV CAN PTHORPWIN QLD
21
BAT
12
SURPUKSAN 1
24
SAN 2
Ret
47th81
2003 Toll Racing ADLPHIECKWINPTHHDVQLDORP SAN
30
BAT
11
SURPUKECK69th80
2004 Team Dynamik ADLECKPUKHDVPTHQLDWINORP SAN
Ret
BAT
13
SURSYMECK57th144

Complete Bathurst 24 Hour results

YearTeamCo-driversCarClassLapsPos.Class
pos.
2003 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Mark Coffey Racing Flag of Denmark.svg Allan Simonsen
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Luke Youlden
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Peter Hackett
Lamborghini Diablo GTR A4878th6th

Complete Bathurst 12 Hour results

YearTeamCo-driversCarClassLapsPos.Class
pos.
2009 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Rockstar Energy Drink Flag of Australia (converted).svg Josh Hunt
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jonathon Webb
Nissan 350Z B149DNFDNF
2014 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Fiat Abarth Motorsport Flag of Australia (converted).svg Clyde Campbell
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Joshua Dowling
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Toby Hagon
Fiat Abarth 500 F23622nd2nd
2022 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Supabarn Motorsport Flag of Australia (converted).svg James Koundouris
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Theo Koundouris
Flag of Australia (converted).svg David Russell
Audi R8 LMS Evo II AAm2839th1st

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References

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Sporting positions
Preceded by Winner of the Australian Drivers' Championship
1994, 1995 and 1996
Succeeded by
Preceded by Lady Wigram Trophy
Winner

1994
Succeeded by
Darren Palmer
Preceded by
First title
Pan-Pacific Formula Brabham Championship
Champion

1995
Succeeded by
Incumbent
Preceded by Australian Nations Cup Championship
Champion

2003 & 2004
Succeeded by
Incumbent
Preceded by
Neil McFadyen
Australian Mini Challenge
Champion

2009
Succeeded by
Preceded by
Andrew Macpherson & Ben Porter
GT World Challenge Australia
GT Am Champion

2022
Succeeded by
Brad Schumacher