Blanchard Racing Team

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Blanchard Racing Team
Blanchard Racing Team Logo.png
Manufacturer Ford
Team Principal Tim Blanchard
Team ManagerMathew Nilsson
Race DriversSupercars:
3. Aaron Love
7. James Courtney
Race EngineersSupercars:
3. TBA
7. TBA
Chassis Mustang GT
Debut 2017
Drivers' Championships0
Round wins0
Pole positions0
2021 position12th (1627 pts)

Blanchard Racing Team (formerly known as Tim Blanchard Racing) is an Australian motor racing team, currently competing in the Supercars Championship under the commercial title CoolDrive AutoParts. It fields a Blanchard Racing-built No. 3 Ford Mustang GT, driven by Todd Hazelwood.

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History

The team is currently branded as CoolDrive Racing. CoolDrive Racing Logo.png
The team is currently branded as CoolDrive Racing.

Customer Team

Tim Blanchard Racing was formed at the end of the 2016 season when Tim Blanchard purchased a Racing Entitlements Contract (REC) from Super Black Racing with the aim of continuing in the Supercars Championship, after the Britek Motorsport REC that had underpinned Blanchard's entry was taken by owner Jason Bright to Prodrive Racing Australia. [1] Brad Jones Racing maintained the running of the entry. [2] [3] In 2018, the team upgraded to the Holden ZB Commodore.

After Blanchard retired from full time driving at the end of 2018, Macauley Jones took over the driving. [4] For 2020, the team's race number was changed from No. 21 to No. 3.

Stand Alone Team

In 2021, after four seasons running as a satellite team of Brad Jones Racing, the team was renamed to Blanchard Racing Team and switched to a ex-23Red Racing Tickford-built Ford Mustang. Macauley Jones was replaced by Tim Slade. [5]

In 2022 Tim Slade and Tim Blanchard competed as the only single car team in the Supercars Championship finishing their 2nd full-time season finishing the championship in 11th position.

2023 saw the beginning of the new GEN3 rule and the Blanchard Racing Team entered their third year of full-time Supercars racing and were the first team to complete the build of the GEN3 regulation car. Todd Hazelwood was signed as the primary driver of the CoolDrive Racing Ford Mustang and co-driver was Tim Blanchard. 2023 Also saw BRT introduce a Super2 Category entry driven by Aaron Love.

In 2024 BRT expand to a two-car team with a combination of James Courtney will lead the driver line-up in car number 7. Aaron Love will step up from Super2 and drive the second of the BRT Gen3 Ford Mustangs in car number 3.

Supercars Championship history

Drivers

The following is a list of drivers who have driven for the team in the Supercars championship, in order of their first appearance. Drivers who only drove for the team on a part-time basis are listed in italics.

Car No. 3 results

YearDriverNo.Make12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334PositionPts
2017 Tim Blanchard 21 Holden ADE
R1

19
ADE
R2

21
SYM
R3

Ret
SYM
R4

Ret
PHI
R5

15
PHI
R6

15
BAR
R7

26
BAR
R8

23
WIN
R9

17
WIN
R10

21
HID
R11

12
HID
R12

21
TOW
R13

14
TOW
R14

20
QLD
R15

21
QLD
R16

17
SMP
R17

10
SMP
R18

13
SAN
Q

DNS
SAN
R19

DNS
BAT
R20

12
SUR
R21

15
SUR
R22

20
PUK
R23

19
PUK
R24

16
NEW
R25

12
NEW
R26

16
22nd1302
2018 ADE
R1

Ret
ADE
R2

23
MEL
R3

23
MEL
R4

21
MEL
R5

11
MEL
R6

20
SYM
R7

21
SYM
R8

16
PHI
R9

21
PHI
R10

23
BAR
R11

Ret
BAR
R12

24
WIN
R13

24
WIN
R14

18
HID
R15

19
HID
R16

18
TOW
R17

24
TOW
R18

24
QLD
R19

23
QLD
R20

22
SMP
R21

16
BEN
R22

15
BEN
R23

21
SAN
QR

14
SAN
R24

19
BAT
R25

18
SUR
R26

17
SUR
R27

C
PUK
R28

12
PUK
R29

26
NEW
R30

Ret
NEW
R31

22
24th1277
2019 Macauley Jones ADE
R1

DNS
ADE
R2

23
MEL
R3

19
MEL
R4

22
MEL
R5

20
MEL
R6

Ret
SYM
R7

20
SYM
R8

20
PHI
R9

18
PHI
R10

21
BAR
R11

24
BAR
R12

17
WIN
R13

16
WIN
R14

16
HID
R15

22
HID
R16

22
TOW
R17

18
TOW
R18

17
QLD
R19

24
QLD
R20

22
BEN
R21

19
BEN
R22

21
PUK
R23

20
PUK
R24

22
BAT
R25

16
SUR
R26

17
SUR
R27

15
SAN
QR

21
SAN
R28

18
NEW
R29

17
NEW
R30

21
21st1314
2020 3 ADE
R1

17
ADE
R2

19
MEL
R3

C
MEL
R4

C
MEL
R5

C
MEL
R6

C
SMP1
R7

18
SMP1
R8

16
SMP1
R9

20
SMP2
R10

8
SMP2
R11

22
SMP2
R12

23
HID1
R13

Ret
HID1
R14

23
HID1
R15

18
HID2
R16

17
HID2
R17

23
HID2
R18

18
TOW1
R19

Ret
TOW1
R20

18
TOW1
R21

21
TOW2
R22

19
TOW2
R23

18
TOW2
R24

19
BEN1
R25

20
BEN1
R26

18
BEN1
R27

12
BEN2
R28

17
BEN2
R29

14
BEN2
R30

18
BAT
R31

13
19th980
2021 Tim Slade Ford BAT
R1

Ret
BAT
R2

DNS
SAN
R3

13
SAN
R4

9
SAN
R5

17
SYM
R6

17
SYM
R7

12
SYM
R8

12
BEN
R9

14
BEN
R10

15
BEN
R11

7
HID
R12

7
HID
R13

19
HID
R14

9
TOW
R15

6
TOW
R16

8
TOW2
R17

4
TOW2
R18

12
TOW2
R19

22
SYD1
R20

10
SYD1
R21

5
SYD1
R22

9
SYD2
R23

7
SYD2
R24

12
SYD2
R25

5
SYD3
R26

9
SYD3
R27

20
SYD3
R28

20
SYD4
R29

13
SYD4
R30

C
BAT
R31

9
12th1627
2022 SMP
R1

8
SMP
R2

10
SYM
R3

11
SYM
R4

14
SYM
R5

11
MEL
R6

4
MEL
R7

8
MEL
R8

7
MEL
R9

4
BAR
R10

13
BAR
R11

13
BAR
R12

10
WIN
R13

16
WIN
R14

15
WIN
R15

20
HID
R16

12
HID
R17

14
HID
R18

11
TOW
R19

8
TOW
R20

8
BEN
R21

23
BEN
R22

16
BEN
R23

11
SAN
R24

18
SAN
R25

11
SAN
R26

6
PUK
R27

Ret
PUK
R28

15
PUK
R29

10
BAT
R30

19
SUR
R31

12
SUR
R32

10
ADE
R33

5
ADE
R34

13
11th1855

Bathurst 1000 results

YearNo.CarDriversPositionLaps
2017 21 Holden Commodore VF Flag of Australia (converted).svg Tim Blanchard
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Todd Hazelwood
12th160
2018 21 Holden Commodore ZB Flag of Australia (converted).svg Tim Blanchard
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Dale Wood
18th159
2019 21Holden Commodore ZB Flag of Australia (converted).svg Macauley Jones
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Dean Canto
16th160
2020 3Holden Commodore ZB Flag of Australia (converted).svg Macauley Jones
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Tim Blanchard
13th161
2021 3 Ford Mustang GT Flag of Australia (converted).svg Tim Slade
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Tim Blanchard
9th161
2022 3 Ford Mustang GT Flag of Australia (converted).svg Tim Slade
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Tim Blanchard
19th161
2023 3 Ford Mustang GT Flag of Australia (converted).svg Todd Hazelwood
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Tim Blanchard
DNF156
7 Ford Mustang GT Flag of Australia (converted).svg Aaron Love
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jake Kostecki
19th160

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