Warren Luff

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Warren Luff
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NationalityFlag of Australia (converted).svg  Australian
Born21 April 1976 (1976-04-21) (age 47)
Sydney, New South Wales
Supercars Championship career
Car number20
Current team Team 18
(Endurance race co-driver)
Championships0
Races130
Wins3
Podiums11
Pole positions0
2019 position28th (258 pts)

Warren Luff (born 21 April 1976), is best known as a race driver, stunt driver and driver training instructor. He is the son of well-known driver training instructor Ian Luff. He currently co-drives for Team 18 in the Repco Supercars Championship with Scott Pye in the No. 20 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1.

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After starting in the Improved Production category in the early 1990s, he progressed to the Australian Super Touring Championship in 1997 & 1998 and his V8 Supercar debut was at the 1999 Queensland 500. He then joined various one make categories with great success. He was champion of the Australian Mitsubishi Mirage Cup in 1999 and 2000, then champion in the Brute Utes series in 2002 and 2003, as well as one off's in the Porsche 944 Challenge in 2003 [1] and the Australian Mini Challenge in 2009 and 2010 [2] seasons.

On 16 September 2012, Luff won his first ever V8 Supercars race, teaming up with Vodafone's Craig Lowndes at the Sandown 500. On 7 October 2012, Luff and Lowndes finished 3rd in the Supercheap Bathurst 1000, the 50th running of the event, where their car ran special Peter Brock livery to commemorate the history of Bathurst and Lowndes' mentor. In 2013, again with Lowndes, Luff won the inaugural Enduro Cup. For 2014 Luff teamed up with Garth Tander to contest the 2014 Pirtek Enduro Cup for the Holden Racing Team. Tander and Luff joined forces again in 2015, and despite not winning a race, won the 2015 Enduro Cup, resulting in Luff becoming the first driver to win the award twice.

Career results

Luff placed second in the 2014 Australian Carrera Cup Championship Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 991 of Warren Luff.JPG
Luff placed second in the 2014 Australian Carrera Cup Championship
Luff placed eighth in the 2019 Porsche Carrera Cup Australia Porsche 911 GT3 Cup of Warren Luff (Adelaide, 2023).jpg
Luff placed eighth in the 2019 Porsche Carrera Cup Australia
SeasonSeriesPositionCarTeam
1995 Australian Suzuki Swift Series 4th Suzuki Swift GTi Ian Luff Motivation
1999Australian Mitsubishi Mirage Series1st Mitsubishi Mirage RS Ian Luff Motivation
Australian GT Production Car Championship - Class E 5th Peugeot 306 Style Northshore Rallysport
2000Australian Mitsubishi Mirage Series1st Mitsubishi Mirage RS Ian Luff Motivation
Australian GT Production Car Championship - Class E 3rd Peugeot 306 Style Northshore Rallysport
2002 V8 Brute Utes Series 1st Ford AU Falcon XR8 Ute Coopers Racing
V8 Supercar Championship Series 58th Holden VX Commodore Lansvale Racing Team
2003 V8 Brute Utes Series 1st Ford AU Falcon XR8 Ute Coopers Racing
V8 Supercar Championship Series 49th Ford BA Falcon Dick Johnson Racing
2004 V8 Supercar Championship Series 21st Ford BA Falcon Dick Johnson Racing
2005 V8 Supercar Development Series 2nd Ford BA Falcon Paul Cruickshank Racing
V8 Supercar Championship Series 55th Stone Brothers Racing
2006 V8 Supercar Championship Series 27th Ford BA Falcon Britek Motorsport
2007 V8 Supercar Championship Series 60th Ford BF Falcon Britek Motorsport
2008 V8 Supercar Championship Series 37th Ford BF Falcon Dick Johnson Racing
2009 V8 Supercar Championship Series 48th Ford FG Falcon Dick Johnson Racing
Australian Mini Challenge 21st Mini John Cooper Works Challenge Decorug Racing
2010 V8 Supercar Championship Series 28th Ford FG Falcon
Holden VE Commodore
Dick Johnson Racing
Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport
Australian Mini Challenge 19th Mini John Cooper Works Challenge McElrea Racing
2011 International V8 Supercars Championship 28th Holden VE Commodore Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport
2012 International V8 Supercars Championship 30th Holden VE Commodore Triple Eight Race Engineering
V8 Ute Racing Series 41st Holden VE Ute SS Auto One Wildcard
Australian GT Championship 19th Audi R8 LMS Melbourne Performance Centre
2013 Australian Carrera Cup Championship 3rd Porsche 997 GT3 Cup McElrea Racing
International V8 Supercars Championship 29th Holden VF Commodore Triple Eight Race Engineering
Australian GT Championship 28th Audi R8 LMS Ultra Melbourne Performance Centre
V8SuperTourers Championship 40th Ford FG Falcon John McIntyre Racing
2014 Australian Carrera Cup Championship 2nd Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 991 No Second Chance / Phase 8
Australian GT Championship 17th Audi R8 LMS Ultra JAMEC PEM Racing
International V8 Supercars Championship 38th Holden VF Commodore Holden Racing Team
2015 Australian GT Championship 40th Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Car
McLaren 650S GT3
Fastway Couriers
Objective Racing
International V8 Supercars Championship 27th Holden VF Commodore Holden Racing Team
2016 International V8 Supercars Championship 37th Holden VF Commodore Holden Racing Team
Australian Endurance Championship 21st McLaren 650S GT3 McElrea Racing
2017 Virgin Australia Supercars Championship 33rd Holden VF Commodore Walkinshaw Racing
2018 Virgin Australia Supercars Championship 31st Holden ZB Commodore Walkinshaw Andretti United
2019 Porsche Carrera Cup Australia 8th Porsche 911 GT3 McElrea Racing
2019 Virgin Australia Supercars Championship 29th Holden ZB Commodore Walkinshaw Andretti United
2020 Virgin Australia Supercars Championship 28th Holden ZB Commodore Walkinshaw Andretti United
2021 Repco Supercars Championship 32nd Holden ZB Commodore Walkinshaw Andretti United
2022 Repco Supercars Championship 52nd Holden ZB Commodore Walkinshaw Andretti United

Complete Bathurst 1000 results

YearTeamCarCo-driverPositionLaps
1997*FAI Insurance Honda Accord Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Julian Bailey 10th138
1998*Knight Racing Ford Mondeo Flag of Australia (converted).svg Mark ZonneveldDNF18
2002 Lansvale Racing Team Holden Commodore VX Flag of Australia (converted).svg Cameron McConville 15th159
2003 Dick Johnson Racing Ford Falcon BA Flag of Australia (converted).svg Steven Johnson 13th156
2004 Dick Johnson RacingFord Falcon BA Flag of Australia (converted).svg Steven Johnson7th161
2005 Stone Brothers Racing Ford Falcon BA Flag of Australia (converted).svg Marcos Ambrose DNF144
2006 Britek Motorsport Ford Falcon BA Flag of Australia (converted).svg Adam Macrow DNF102
2007 Britek Motorsport Ford Falcon BF Flag of Australia (converted).svg Alan Gurr DNF134
2008 Dick Johnson RacingFord Falcon BF Flag of Australia (converted).svg Steve Owen 11th161
2009 Dick Johnson Racing Ford Falcon FG Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jonathon Webb DNF84
2010 Dick Johnson RacingFord Falcon FG Flag of Australia (converted).svg James Courtney 5th161
2011 Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport Holden Commodore VE Flag of Australia (converted).svg Nathan Pretty 15th161
2012 Triple Eight Race Engineering Holden Commodore VE Flag of Australia (converted).svg Craig Lowndes 3rd161
2013 Triple Eight Race Engineering Holden Commodore VF Flag of Australia (converted).svg Craig Lowndes3rd161
2014 Holden Racing Team Holden Commodore VF Flag of Australia (converted).svg Garth Tander DNS0
2015 Holden Racing TeamHolden Commodore VF Flag of Australia (converted).svg Garth Tander3rd161
2016 Holden Racing TeamHolden Commodore VF Flag of Australia (converted).svg Garth TanderDNF150
2017 Walkinshaw RacingHolden Commodore VF Flag of Australia (converted).svg Scott Pye 2nd161
2018 Walkinshaw Andretti United Holden Commodore ZB Flag of Australia (converted).svg Scott Pye2nd161
2019 Walkinshaw Andretti UnitedHolden Commodore ZB Flag of Australia (converted).svg Scott Pye7th161
2020 Walkinshaw Andretti UnitedHolden Commodore ZB Flag of Australia (converted).svg Chaz Mostert 3rd161
2021 Walkinshaw Andretti UnitedHolden Commodore ZB Flag of Australia (converted).svg Bryce Fullwood 5th161
2022 Walkinshaw Andretti UnitedHolden Commodore ZB Flag of Australia (converted).svg Nick Percat 22nd148
2023 Team 18 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1-1LE Flag of Australia (converted).svg Scott Pye17th160

* Super Touring race

Complete Bathurst 24 Hour results

YearTeamCo-driversCarClassLapsPos.Class
pos.
2002 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Compuware Flag of Australia (converted).svg Terry Bosnjak
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Ian Palmer
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Ray Sidebottom
Mitsubishi Magna 1042422nd7th
2003 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Scott Loadsman Flag of Australia (converted).svg Scott Loadsman
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Ian Luff
Flag of Australia (converted).svg David Russell
Holden Commodore VY SSE38226th3rd

Complete Bathurst 12 Hour results

YearTeamCo-driversCarClassLapsPos.Class
pos.
2008 Flag of Australia (converted).svg The Car Stockade/Blue Oval Garage Flag of Australia (converted).svg David Heath
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Ian Luff
Ford BF Falcon XR8D19323rd3rd
2010 Flag of Australia (converted).svg West Surfing Products Flag of Australia (converted).svg Glyn Crimp
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Stuart Kostera
Mitsubishi Lancer RS Evo XA106DNFDNF
2011 Flag of Germany.svg Audi Race Experience Team Joest Flag of Australia (converted).svg Mark Eddy
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Craig Lowndes
Audi R8 LMS GT3 A2922nd2nd
2012 Flag of Germany.svg Phoenix Racing Flag of Australia (converted).svg Mark Eddy
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Craig Lowndes
Audi R8 LMS GT3 A156DNFDNF
2013 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Rod Salmon Racing Flag of Australia (converted).svg Rod Salmon
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Craig Lowndes
Audi R8 LMS A162DNFDNF
2014 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Rod Salmon Racing Flag of Australia (converted).svg Rod Salmon
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jason Bright
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Liam Talbot
Audi R8 LMS Ultra A0DNSDNS
2015 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jamec Pem Racing Flag of Australia (converted).svg Greg Crick
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Alessandro Latif
Audi R8 LMS Ultra AA013th5th
2016 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Objective Racing Flag of Australia (converted).svg Matt Campbell
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Tim Slade
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Tony Walls
McLaren 650S GT3 AA49DNFDNF
2017 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Objective Racing Flag of Australia (converted).svg Alex Davison
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Tim Slade
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Tony Walls
McLaren 650S GT3 APA26820th6th
2018 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Objective Racing
Flag of New Zealand.svg McElrea Racing
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jaxon Evans
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Tim Slade
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Tony Walls
McLaren 650S GT3 APA260DNFDNF
2019 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Objective Racing Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Andrew Watson
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Tony Walls
McLaren 650S GT3 APA26823rd6th

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Sporting positions
Preceded by
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Winner of the Pirtek Enduro Cup
2013
(with Craig Lowndes)
Succeeded by
Preceded by Winner of the Pirtek Enduro Cup
2015
(with Garth Tander)
Succeeded by