2024 TCR Australia Touring Car Series

The 2024 TCR Australia Series (known for sponsorship reasons as the 2024 Supercheap Auto TCR Australia Series) was the fifth season of the TCR Australia Touring Car Series. The series ras as part of the Australian Racing Group's SpeedSeries. Initially, the rounds at Sydney Motorsport Park and Mount Panorama Circuit were scheduled to be part of the TCR World Tour, but the rounds were removed from that championship due to logistics issues for teams transporting cars in to the country.[1]

Josh Buchan became the first multiple time and back to back champion of the series, after securing the championship.

Calendar

Round Circuit Location Date Map
1 Sandown Raceway Springvale, Victoria 9–11 February
2 Symmons Plains Raceway Launceston, Tasmania 15–17 March
3 Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit Phillip Island, Victoria 12–14 April
4 The Bend Motorsport Park Tailem Bend, South Australia 31 May–2 June
5 Queensland Raceway Ipswich, Queensland 2–4 August
6 Sydney Motorsport Park Eastern Creek, New South Wales 18–20 October
7 Mount Panorama Circuit Bathurst, New South Wales 8–10 November
[2][3]

Calendar changes

The round at Queensland was originally set to be held on 12–14 July, but on 6 June, the event was moved to 2–4 August.[4]

Entry list

The following teams and drivers are contracted to compete in the 2024 championship.

Team Car No. Drivers Class Rounds Ref.
HMO Customer Racing Hyundai i30 N TCR 1 Josh Buchan 1–3 [5]
Hyundai Elantra N TCR 4–7 [6]
Hyundai i30 N TCR 15 Tom Oliphant All [7]
Wall Racing[a] Honda Civic Type R TCR (FL5) 2 Tony D'Alberto 1–6 [8]
74 Brad Harris All [9]
Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK8) 76 John Martin 1 [10]
William Harris 2–6 [9]
Honda Civic Type R TCR (FL5) 7 [9]
Carl Cox Motorsport Cupra León Competición TCR 4 Clay Richards 1–4 [11]
Ashley Seward Motorsport[b] Lynk & Co 03 TCR 11 Dylan O'Keeffe All [12]
Garry Rogers Motorsport[c] Peugeot 308 TCR 18 Aaron Cameron 1–6 [13]
33 Jordan Cox 1–5 [14]
71 Ben Bargwanna 1–6 [15]
79 Ryan Casha 1–5 [13]
Peugeot 308 P51 TCR 18 Aaron Cameron 7 [16]
33 Jordan Cox 6 [17][18]
71 Ben Bargwanna 6
79 Ryan Casha 7 [16]
Challenge Motorsport Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2017) 22 Iain McDougall 1, 4 [19][20]
BRM Motorsport Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2021) 29 Glenn Nirwan 1–6 [21]
Team Soutar Motorsport[d] 110 Zac Soutar All
99Motorsport Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2017) 99 Marcus LaDelle 1 [22][23]
Ben Stewart 5 [24]
Blake Knowles 7 [25]
Jude Bargwanna Motorsport Alfa Romeo Giulietta Veloce TCR 179 Jude Bargwanna 3 [26]

Results and standings

Season summary

Round Race Event Pole position Fastest Lap Winning Driver Winning Team
1 1 Sandown Raceway Josh Buchan Josh Buchan Ben Bargwanna Garry Rogers Motorsport
2 Aaron Cameron Jordan Cox Garry Rogers Motorsport
3 Josh Buchan Ben Bargwanna Garry Rogers Motorsport
2 1 Symmons Plains Raceway Tony D'Alberto Tony D'Alberto Tony D'Alberto Wall Racing
2 Tom Oliphant Dylan O'Keeffe Ashley Seward Motorsport
3 Dylan O'Keeffe Tom Oliphant HMO Customer Racing
3 1 Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit Tony D'Alberto Josh Buchan Josh Buchan HMO Customer Racing
2 Brad Harris Brad Harris Wall Racing
3 Ben Bargwanna Brad Harris Wall Racing
4 1 The Bend Motorsport Park Tony D'Alberto Zac Soutar Jordan Cox Garry Rogers Motorsport
2 Tom Oliphant Zac Soutar Team Soutar Motorsport
3 Josh Buchan Zac Soutar Team Soutar Motorsport
5 1 Queensland Raceway Tom Oliphant Aaron Cameron Tony D'Alberto Wall Racing
2 Tom Oliphant Ryan Casha Garry Rogers Motorsport
3 Tom Oliphant Tony D'Alberto Wall Racing
6 1 Sydney Motorsport Park Josh Buchan Josh Buchan Josh Buchan HMO Customer Racing
2 Jordan Cox Dylan O'Keeffe Garry Rogers Motorsport
3 Josh Buchan Aaron Cameron HMO Customer Racing
7 1 Mount Panorama Circuit Zac Soutar Zac Soutar Zac Soutar Team Soutar Motorsport
2 Jordan Cox William Harris Garry Rogers Motorsport
3 Dylan O'Keeffe Zac Soutar Ashley Seward Motorsport

Championship standings

Points system
Position  1st   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th   7th   8th   9th   10th   11th   12th   13th   14th   15th   16th   17th   18th   19th   20th   DNF 
Qualifying 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 0
Races 1 & 3 50 46 44 42 40 38 36 34 32 30 28 26 25 24 23 22 21 20 19 18 0
Race 2 35 31 29 27 25 23 21 19 17 15 13 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 0
  • The driver who sets the fastest lap in a race receives one additional point.

Drivers' championship

Pos. Driver SAN
 SYM1
 PHI
 BEN
 QLD
 SMP
 BAT
 Points
1 Josh Buchan 21 6 2 22 6 11 13 Ret 3 32 3 2 6 3 3 11 3 1 33 6 6 747
2 Zac Soutar 42 4 4 33 5 4 26 7 6 94 1 1 33 6 2 66 Ret 8 11 7 3 729
3 Brad Harris 6 11 12 124 9 7 92 1 1 7 2 4 54 5 9 22 7 4 54 8 7 677
4 Dylan O'Keeffe 9 9 9 10 1 3 34 Ret 8 4 8 5 Ret6 7 6 33 2 2 25 4 1 654
5 Jordan Cox 5 1 3 6 3 6 11 6 11 13 6 7 8 2 7 8 1 Ret 6 1 10 651
6 Ryan Casha 74 3 5 Ret6 10 5 6 3 12 6 4 3 10 1 10 11 8 6 7 5 4 649
7 Ben Bargwanna 13 7 1 5 4 8 4 5 2 10 7 9 7 12 8 9 6 7 8 Ret 8 623
8 Tom Oliphant 11 12 Ret 8 2 1 7 9 7 11 5 Ret 41 11 4 45 Ret 5 46 3 2 536
9 Tony D'Alberto 35 7 6 11 8 WD 141 8 4 21 13 6 12 4 1 54 Ret DNS 490
10 Aaron Cameron 136 8 8 75 12 9 8 2 10 56 9 11 25 13 5 Ret 5 3 Ret DNS DNS 475
11 William Harris 9 Ret DNS 10 10 9 13 12 10 9 8 11 7 4 Ret 92 2 5 369
12 Clay Richards 8 2 7 4 7 2 55 4 5 85 Ret 8 347
13 Glenn Nirwan 14 Ret 14 11 11 10 12 Ret Ret 14 11 Ret 11 10 Ret 10 9 9 226
14 John Martin 10 5 11 83
15 Iain McDougall Ret 13 10 12 10 Ret 81
16 Ben Stewart 12 9 12 69
17 Blake Knowles 10 Ret 9 62
18 Marcus LaDelle 12 Ret 13 51
19 Jude Bargwanna 13 11 Ret 38
Key
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver Second place
Bronze Third place
Green Other points position
Blue Other classified position
Not classified, finished (NC)
Purple Not classified, retired (Ret)
Red Did not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black Disqualified (DSQ)
White Did not start (DNS)
Race cancelled (C)
Blank Did not practice (DNP)
Excluded (EX)
Did not arrive (DNA)
Withdrawn (WD)
Did not enter (cell empty)
Text formatting Meaning
Bold Pole position
Italics Fastest lap

Notes:
1 2 3 4 5 6 – Qualifying positions

  • ^1 No points were awarded for race 1 at Symmons Plains due to the race not reaching sufficient distance.

Notes

  1. ^ Car #2 entered under the commercial title "Honda Racing Team Wall", Cars #74 and #76 entered under the commercial title "Exclusive Switchboards".
  2. ^ Car #11 entered under the commercial title "Autoglym Team Ashley Seward Motorsport".
  3. ^ Cars #18 and #79 entered under the commercial title "GRM Team Valvoline", Car #33 entered under the commercial title "GRM Team Schaeffler", and Car #71 entered under the commercial title "GRM Hangcha Racing".
  4. ^ Car #110 entered under the commercial title "Tufflift Racing".

References

  1. ^ "Both Australia races removed from 2024 FIA TCR World Tour calendar". touringcartimes.com. TouringcarTimes. February 15, 2024. Retrieved February 16, 2024.
  2. ^ "2024 SUPERCHEAP AUTO TCR AUSTRALIA CALENDAR CONFIRMED". TCR Australia. 11 November 2023.
  3. ^ "KUMHO FIA TCR WORLD TOUR NOT RETURNING TO AUSTRALIA IN 2024". TCR Australia. 16 February 2024. Retrieved 16 February 2024.
  4. ^ O'Brien, Garry (6 June 2024). "The two Queensland Raceway SpeedSeries rounds are now one". Speedcafe. Retrieved 6 June 2024.
  5. ^ "TCR Australia champion Josh Buchan lands two-year extension with HMO". TouringCarTimes. 18 January 2024. Retrieved 18 January 2024.
  6. ^ "Josh Buchan switches back to Elantra for The Bend". TouringCarTimes. 28 May 2024. Retrieved 28 May 2024.
  7. ^ "Oliphant signs with HMO Customer Racing". TCR Australia. 2 February 2024.
  8. ^ "Honda Australia and Tony D'Alberto Confirm Return to TCR Australia". TCR Australia. 6 December 2023. Retrieved 6 December 2023.
  9. ^ a b c "Harris brothers confirm 2024 TCR Australia season with Wall Racing". TouringCarTimes. 13 December 2023. Retrieved 13 December 2023.
  10. ^ "Driver Coach's last minute Sandow call-up". V8 Sleuth. AN1 Media. 11 February 2024. Retrieved 29 May 2024.
  11. ^ "Clay Richards Teams up with Carl Cox Motorsport". TCR Australia. 6 February 2024.
  12. ^ "O'Keeffe Returns to ASM Fold in Autoglym Lynk & Co". TCR Australia. 7 February 2024.
  13. ^ a b "Toyota 86 Champion Joins Cameron for Valvoline TCR Effort". TCR Australia. 25 January 2024.
  14. ^ "Schaeffler, Cox Continue Partnership for 2024". TCR Australia. 7 February 2024.
  15. ^ "Ben Bargwanna returns for 2024 TCR Australia season". TouringCarTimes. 29 January 2024. Retrieved 29 January 2024.
  16. ^ a b "GRM confirms full P51 entry for TCR Australia finale". TouringCarTimes. 5 November 2024. Retrieved 5 November 2024.
  17. ^ "New Peugeot challenger to make TCR Australia debut". TouringCarTimes. 14 October 2024. Retrieved 14 October 2024.
  18. ^ "GRM reveals liveries for new Peugeot entries". TouringCarTimes. 16 October 2024. Retrieved 16 October 2024.
  19. ^ "Cox, McDougall and Richards completes 15-car 2024 TCR Australia entry list". TouringCarTimes. 6 February 2024. Retrieved 6 February 2024.
  20. ^ Dale, Will (29 May 2024). "TCR Australia The Bend entry list". V8 Sleuth. AN1 Media. Retrieved 29 May 2024.
  21. ^ "Tufflift Racing expands to two car for the 2024 season". TCR Australia. 29 January 2024.
  22. ^ "99motorsport Announce Entry to TCR Australia". TCR Australia. 15 December 2023. Retrieved 15 December 2023.
  23. ^ O'Brien, Garry (2024-01-05). "99motorsport's owner to drive in TCR Australia Series opener". Speedcafe.com. Retrieved 2024-01-07.
  24. ^ Dale, Will (12 July 2024). "Kiwi young gun gets TCR Series debut". V8 Sleuth. AN1 Media. Retrieved 12 July 2024.
  25. ^ "Blake Knowles to Make TCR Australia Debut in Bathurst". 4 November 2024.
  26. ^ Coch, Mat (3 April 2024). "Last minute deal lands Bargawanna TCR debut". Speedcafe. Retrieved 3 April 2024.
  27. ^ "D'Alberto sits out TCR finale in protest". speedcafe.com. Speedcafe. 17 March 2024. Retrieved 17 March 2024.
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