Grove Racing is an Australian motor racing team that's previously competed in various series, including the Porsche Carrera Cup Australia Championship and Super2 Series. The team is making its debut in the Supercars Championship in 2022. They will campaign two Ford Mustang S650s, driven by Matthew Payne and Richie Stanaway.

Grove Racing
ManufacturerFord
Mercedes-AMG
Race DriversSupercars:
19. Matthew Payne
26. Richie Stanaway
GTWC Australia:
4. Stephen Grove
Brenton Grove
Race Engineers19. Jack Bell
26. Alistair McVean
ChassisMustang GT
AMG GT3 Evo
Debut2011 (Carrera Cup)
2022 (Supercars)
Drivers' Championships0
Round wins0
Pole positions2

History

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GT racing

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Grove Racing was founded by businessman Stephen Grove in 2011 with a focus on racing Porsches in various categories. Having first competed in the Porsche Sprint Challenge Australia, the team entered the Porsche Carrera Cup Australia Championship in 2012 with Stephen as driver in the elite class.[1] In 2014, the team won the first of its five Bathurst 12 Hour class victories.[2]

Super2 Series

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In 2018, Stephen's son Brenton entered the Super2 Series having also competed in Porsches. The team drafted two-time 24 Hours of Le Mans winner Earl Bamber to co-drive with Brenton at that year's Bathurst 250 endurance race for the series.[3] The team did not continue in the series in 2019 with Brenton moving to drive for Triple Eight Race Engineering in the series.

In 2021, Matthew Payne entered the Super2 Series for the last two rounds in a Nissan Altima L33.

Supercars Championship

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In January 2021, Grove Group purchased 50% of Kelly Racing, which was rebranded Kelly Grove Racing.[4] Six months later, Grove bought out the remainder of the team, to be known as Grove Racing from 2022.[5]

Supercars Results

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Car No. 19 results

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Year Driver No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 Position Pts
2022 Lee Holdsworth 10 Ford SMP
R1

21
SMP
R2

16
SYM
R3

9
SYM
R4

9
SYM
R5

14
MEL
R6

22
MEL
R7

3
MEL
R8

13
MEL
R9

10
BAR
R10

11
BAR
R11

21
BAR
R12

12
WIN
R13

5
WIN
R14

4
WIN
R15

6
HID
R16

15
HID
R17

12
HID
R18

16
TOW
R19

17
TOW
R20

23
BEN
R21

15
BEN
R22

22
BEN
R23

10
SAN
R24

24
SAN
R25

18
SAN
R26

18
PUK
R27

12
PUK
R28

12
PUK
R29

14
BAT
R30

6
SUR
R31

15
SUR
R32

Ret
ADE
R33

10
ADE
R34

9
13th 1734
2023 Matthew Payne 19 NEW
R1
12
NEW
R2
14
MEL
R3
13
MEL
R4
17
MEL
R5
21
MEL
R6
12
BAR
R7
6
BAR
R8
9
BAR
R9
18
SYM
R10
15
SYM
R11
15
SYM
R12
21
HID
R13
19
HID
R14
23
HID
R15
25
TOW
R16
15
TOW
R17
18
SMP
R18
24
SMP
R19
23
BEN
R20
7
BEN
R21
6
BEN
R22
18
SAN
R23
6
BAT
R24
11
SUR
R25
9
SUR
R26
4
ADE
R27
23
ADE
R28
1
14th 1673
2024 BAT1
R1

10
BAT1
R2

7
MEL
R3

3
MEL
R4

3
MEL
R5

Ret
MEL
R6

14
TAU
R7

13
TAU
R8

4
BAR
R9

8
BAR
R10

9
HID
R11

15
HID
R12

20
TOW
R13

4
TOW
R14

1
SMP
R15
SMP
R16
BEN
R17
BEN
R18
SAN
R19

BAT
R20

SUR
R21
SUR
R22
ADE
R23
ADE
R24
4th* 238*

Car No. 26 results

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Year Driver No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 Position Pts
2022 David Reynolds 26 Ford SMP
R1

24
SMP
R2

9
SYM
R3

21
SYM
R4

3
SYM
R5

4
MEL
R6

2
MEL
R7

2
MEL
R8

3
MEL
R9

Ret
BAR
R10

4
BAR
R11

11
BAR
R12

6
WIN
R13

3
WIN
R14

3
WIN
R15

4
HID
R16

25
HID
R17

5
HID
R18

12
TOW
R19

18
TOW
R20

11
BEN
R21

8
BEN
R22

8
BEN
R23

22
SAN
R24

12
SAN
R25

4
SAN
R26

9
PUK
R27

9
PUK
R28

7
PUK
R29

8
BAT
R30

Ret
SUR
R31

2
SUR
R32

4
ADE
R33

11
ADE
R34

15
8th 2132
2023 NEW
R1
10
NEW
R1
12
NEW
R2
3
MEL
R3
19
MEL
R4
23
MEL
R5
14
MEL
R6
8
BAR
R7
3
BAR
R8
14
BAR
R9
4
SYM
R10
16
SYM
R11
23
SYM
R12
12
HID
R13
20
HID
R14
22
HID
R15
12
TOW
R16
21
TOW
R17
17
SMP
R18
Ret
SMP
R19
20
BEN
R20
13
BEN
R21
4
BEN
R22
20
SAN
R23
Ret
BAT
R24
5
SUR
R25
3
SUR
R26
1
ADE
R27
2
ADE
R28
3
9th 1806
2024 Richie Stanaway BAT1
R1

4
BAT1
R2

11
MEL
R3

12
MEL
R4

13
MEL
R5

7
MEL
R6

8
TAU
R7
TAU
R8
BAR
R9
BAR
R10
HID
R11
HID
R12
TOW
R13
TOW
R14
SMP
R15
SMP
R16
BEN
R17
BEN
R18
SAN
R19

BAT
R20

SUR
R21
SUR
R22
ADE
R23
ADE
R24
6th* 226*

Supercar drivers

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Super2 drivers

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Super2 Results

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Car No. 10 results

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Year Driver No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 Position Pts
2018 Brenton Grove 10 Holden ADE
R1

Ret
ADE
R2

17
ADE
R3

18
SYM
R4

18
SYM
R5

19
SYM
R6

16
BAR
R7

21
BAR
R8

21
BAR
R9

18
TOW
R10

Ret
TOW
R11

21
SAN
R12

13
SAN
R13

21
BAT
R14

10
NEW
R15

20
NEW
R16

C
21st 615
2021 Matthew Payne Nissan BAT
R1

BAT
R2

TOW1
R3

TOW1
R4

TOW2
R5

TOW2
R6

SMP
R7

16
SMP
R8

C
BAT
R9

13
BAT
R10

5
17th 234
2022 SMP
R1

4
SMP
R2

2
BAR
R3

1
BAR
R4

2
TOW
R5

10
TOW
R6

Ret
SAN
R7

19
SAN
R8

1
BAT
R9

3
BAT
R10

C
ADE
R11

2
ADE
R12

4
3rd 1209

GT3-Programme drivers

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References

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  1. ^ "ENTRY LIST: Carrera Cup ready for Townsville return". Speedcafe. 3 July 2012. Retrieved 27 July 2021.
  2. ^ "Grove Racing ready for 2020 outright step up". Bathurst 12 Hour. Retrieved 27 July 2021.
  3. ^ Makhoul, Joshua (4 October 2018). "Grove keen to learn from 'world class' Bamber". Supercars.com. Retrieved 8 October 2018.
  4. ^ van Leeuwen, Andrew (14 January 2021). "New ownership structure for Kelly Racing". Motorsport.com. Retrieved 27 July 2021.
  5. ^ Chapman, Simon (26 July 2021). "Grove takes full ownership of KGR, Kelly to depart". Speedcafe. Retrieved 27 July 2021.
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