Blanchard Racing Team
Blanchard Racing Team is an Australian motor racing team, currently competing in the Supercars Championship under the commercial title CoolDrive Auto Parts. It fields the Blanchard Racing-built No. 3 Ford Mustang GT, driven by Aaron Love, and the No. 7 entry, driven by James Courtney.
| Manufacturer | Ford |
|---|---|
| Team Principal | Tim Blanchard |
| Team Manager | Kate Harrington |
| Race Drivers | Supercars: 3. Aaron Love 7. James Courtney |
| Race Engineers | Supercars: 3. TBA 7. TBA |
| Chassis | Mustang GT |
| Debut | 2017 |
| Drivers' Championships | 0 |
| Round wins | 0 |
| Pole positions | 0 |
| 2023 position | 13th |
History edit
Customer Team edit
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 edit
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 edit
Drivers edit
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.
- Tim Blanchard (2017–18, 2020–2023)
- Todd Hazelwood (2017, 2023)
- Dale Wood (2018)
- Macauley Jones (2019–20)
- Dean Canto (2019)
- Tim Slade (2021–2022)
- Jake Kostecki (2023)
- Aaron Love (2023 - present)
- James Courtney (2024-present)
Car No. 3 results edit
| 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 | Position | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 22nd | 1302 | |||||||
| 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 | 24th | 1277 | |||||
| 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 | 21st | 1314 | |||||
| 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 | 19th | 980 | |||||
| 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 | 12th | 1627 | ||||
| 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 | 11th | 1855 | |||
Bathurst 1000 results edit
| Year | No. | Car | Drivers | Position | Laps |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 21 | Holden Commodore VF | Tim Blanchard Todd Hazelwood | 12th | 160 |
| 2018 | 21 | Holden Commodore ZB | Tim Blanchard Dale Wood | 18th | 159 |
| 2019 | 21 | Holden Commodore ZB | Macauley Jones Dean Canto | 16th | 160 |
| 2020 | 3 | Holden Commodore ZB | Macauley Jones Tim Blanchard | 13th | 161 |
| 2021 | 3 | Ford Mustang GT | Tim Slade Tim Blanchard | 9th | 161 |
| 2022 | 3 | Ford Mustang GT | Tim Slade Tim Blanchard | 19th | 161 |
| 2023 | 3 | Ford Mustang GT | Todd Hazelwood Tim Blanchard | DNF | 156 |
| 7 | Ford Mustang GT | Aaron Love Jake Kostecki | 19th | 160 |
References edit
- ^ "Jason Bright Prodrive deal confirmed". Speedcafe. 5 December 2016.
- ^ "Blanchard to reassess driving future in 2017". Speedcafe. 2 December 2016.
- ^ "Blanchards purchase Super Black REC". Speedcafe. 2 December 2016.
- ^ "Macauley Jones graduates to Supercars for 2019". Speedcafe. 6 December 2018.
- ^ "CoolDrive Racing Launches New Supercars Team for 2021". Supercars. 14 December 2020.
External links edit
- Official website