Grove Racing

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 Mustangs, driven by Lee Holdsworth and David Reynolds.

Grove Racing

Manufacturer	Ford Porsche
Team Principal	Stephen & Brenton Grove
Team Manager	David Cauchi
Race Drivers	Supercars: 19. Matthew Payne 26. David Reynolds GTWC Australia: 4. Stephen Grove Brenton Grove
Race Engineers	19. Jack Bell 26. Alistair McVean
Chassis	Mustang GT 911 GT3-R
Debut	2011 (Carrera Cup) 2022 (Supercars)
Drivers' Championships	0
Round wins	0
Pole positions	2

History

GT racing

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

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

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

Car No. 19 results

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

Car No. 26 results

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

Supercar drivers

•   David Reynolds (2022–2023)
•   Lee Holdsworth (2022)
•   Matt Campbell (2022)
•   Matthew Payne (2022–present)
•   Garth Tander (2023)
•   Richie Stanaway (2024)

Super2 drivers

•   Brenton Grove (2018)
•   Earl Bamber (2018)
•   Matthew Payne (2021–22)

Super2 Results

Car No. 10 results

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

•   Stephen Grove (2019–present)
•   Brenton Grove (2019–present)
•   Ben Barker (2019–present)
•   Anton De Pasquale (2022–present)
•   Earl Bamber (2023–present)

References

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.

External links

• Official website