Renee Gracie

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Renee Gracie
NationalityFlag of Australia (converted).svg  Australian
Born (1995-01-05) 5 January 1995 (age 30)
Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
GT World Challenge Australia career
Debut season 2023
Current teamMelbourne Performance Centre
Racing licence FIA Silver Driver.png FIA Silver
Car number181
Starts19
Wins8
Podiums11
Poles4
Best finish1st in 2023
Previous series
2012
2013–14
2015–16
Aussie Racing Cars
Porsche Carrera Cup Australia
V8 Supercars
Championship titles
2023 GT World Challenge Australia GT Trophy

Renee Elise Gracie (born 5 January 1995) is an Australian adult film actress and racing driver. [1]

Contents

Early life

Gracie was born in Brisbane and grew up in the southern outskirts in Kuraby. [2] She attended John Paul College throughout her upbringing [3] and moved with her family to the northern suburbs of the Gold Coast in her teenage years. [4]

Racing career

Porsche Carrera Cup

After a successful stint in kart racing, Gracie contested the 2014 and 2015 seasons of the Porsche Carrera Cup Australia Championship. In 2013, she was the first female to compete in that championship. [5] The following year, she achieved five top 10 race results and a 100 percent race finishing record. [6]

V8 Supercars

In 2015, Gracie switched to the Supercars Dunlop Series, in which she drove for Paul Morris Motorsport, and was the first full-time female competitor in 14 years. [6] [7] [8] At the end of that year, she was classified 18th in the championship standings, with 634 points and a best race result of 12th. [9] [10]

The Renee Gracie and Simona de Silvestro wildcard entry at the 2016 Bathurst 1000 De Silvestro Gracie 2016 Bathurst 1000.jpg
The Renee Gracie and Simona de Silvestro wildcard entry at the 2016 Bathurst 1000

On 19 August 2015, it was announced that Gracie would partner Simona de Silvestro in a Ford FG X Falcon fielded by Prodrive Racing Australia in the Bathurst 1000 for V8 Supercars. [11] [12] It was the first female pairing at Bathurst since Melinda Price and Kerryn Brewer finished 11th in 1998. [12] [13] On lap 15 of the race, the Falcon, running under the "Harvey Norman Supergirls" banner, [14] was severely damaged in an oil slick-induced impact by Gracie with the wall at Forrest's Elbow. After undergoing extensive repairs, it was sent back out, with de Silvestro at the wheel, to finish 21st, 40 laps down on the winning pair of Craig Lowndes and Steven Richards. [6] [15] [16]

In 2016, Gracie competed in her second season of the Supercars Dunlop Series, once again for Paul Morris Motorsport. [17] She also teamed up with de Silvestro for a second assault at the Bathurst 1000, this time in a Nissan Altima L33 prepared by Nissan Motorsport. [6] Despite starting the race on the back row in 26th position, Gracie and de Silvestro had no major issues during the race, and managed stay out of trouble to finish 14th in the chaotic final laps. [18] [19] [20]

Gracie moved to Dragon Motor Sport for a third season in the renamed Super2 Series. After a string of poor results with only one top-10 finish in 17 races and a lack of available funds, she was replaced with Kumho Series driver Jordan Boys.

GT World Challenge Australia

Gracie returned to racing through the GT World Challenge Australia series at the 2023 Perth SuperSprint. [21] Driving a first-generation Audi R8 GT3 LMS Ultra in the Trophy Class, she won the title as one of only two concurrent entries in her class and four in total. [22]

Gracie returned to the series in 2024, driving an up-to-date Audi R8 in the top class alongside Paul Stokell. [23]

Adult film career

In 2019, Gracie began working as an adult film actress and uploading adult content to subscription site OnlyFans, claiming "racing cars is not my passion anymore." [1] She joined the adult industry after not being able to make money from racing cars. Her father also supports her career in pornography. [24]

Racing record

Career summary

SeasonSeriesTeamRacesWinsPolesF/lapsPodiumsPointsPosition
2012Aussie Racing Cars Super SeriesAussie Racing Cars400003831st
2013 Porsche Carrera Cup Australia Championship McElrea Racing190000173.519th
2014 Porsche Carrera Cup Australia Championship McElrea Racing220000322.515th
2015 V8 Supercars Dunlop Series Paul Morris Motorsport 16000063418th
International V8 Supercars Championship Prodrive Racing Australia 100008421st
2016 Supercars Dunlop Series Paul Morris Motorsport 15000059419th
International V8 Supercars Championship Nissan Motorsport 1000012614th
2017 Super2 Series Dragon Motor Racing
Image Racing
17000053423rd
2023 GT World Challenge Australia - GT Trophy Nineteen Corporation [a] 883882001st
GT World Challenge Australia - GT Am 30003347th
Shannons Trophy Series - GT430101 ?3rd
2024 GT World Challenge Australia - Pro-Am Melbourne Performance Centre [b] 100000608th

Complete Super2 Series results

(key) (Round results only)

Super2 Series results
YearTeamCarNo.12345678PositionPoints
2015 Paul Morris Motorsport Ford FG Falcon 55 ADE
21
BAR
16
WIN
21
TOW
20
QLD
20
BAT
19
HOM
14
18th634
2016 Paul Morris Motorsport Ford FG Falcon 98 ADE
22
PHI
22
BAR
19
TOW
15
SAN
12
BAT HOM
12
19th594
2017 Dragon Motor Racing
Image Racing
Holden VF Commodore ADE
12
SYM
19
PHI
20
TOW
12
SYD
19
SAN BAT NEW 23rd534

Complete Supercars Championship results

V8 Supercar results
YearTeamCar123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233343536PositionPoints
2015 Prodrive Racing Australia Ford FG X Falcon ADE
R1
ADE
R2
ADE
R3
SYM
R4
SYM
R5
SYM
R6
BAR
R7
BAR
R8
BAR
R9
WIN
R10
WIN
R11
WIN
R12
HID
R13
HID
R14
HID
R15
TOW
R16
TOW
R17
QLD
R18
QLD
R19
QLD
R20
SMP
R21
SMP
R22
SMP
R23
SAN
R24
BAT
R25

21
SUR
R26
SUR
R27
PUK
R28
PUK
R29
PUK
R30
PHI
R31
PHI
R32
PHI
R33
SYD
R34
SYD
R35
SYD
R36
54th84
2016 Nissan Motorsport Nissan Altima L33 ADE
R1
ADE
R2
ADE
R3
SYM
R4
SYM
R5
PHI
R6
PHI
R7
BAR
R8
BAR
R9
WIN
R10
WIN
R11
HID
R12
HID
R13
HID
R14
TOW
R15
QLD
R16
QLD
R17
SMP
R18
SMP
R19
SAN
R20
BAT
R21

14
SUR
R22
SUR
R23
PUK
R24
PUK
R25
PUK
R26
PUK
R27
SYD
R28
SYD
R29
54th126

Complete Bathurst 1000 results

YearTeamCarCo-driverPositionLaps
2015 Prodrive Racing Australia Ford Falcon FG X Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Simona de Silvestro 21st121
2016 Nissan Motorsport Nissan Altima L33 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Simona de Silvestro 14th159

Notes

  1. Car entered under the commercial title "OnlyFans".
  2. Car entered under the commercial title "OnlyFans Team MPC".

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