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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

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

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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

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

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

Results and standings

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Season summary

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

Championship standings

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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

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Pos. Driver SAN
Victoria (state) 		SYM1
Tasmania 		PHI
Victoria (state) 		BEN
South Australia 		QLD
Queensland 		SMP
New South Wales 		BAT
New South Wales 		Points
1 Australia 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 Australia 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 Australia 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 Australia 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 Australia 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 Australia 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 Australia 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 United Kingdom 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 Australia Tony D'Alberto 35 7 6 11 8 WD 141 8 4 21 13 6 12 4 1 54 Ret DNS 490
10 Australia 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 Australia William Harris 9 Ret DNS 10 10 9 13 12 10 9 8 11 7 4 Ret 92 2 5 369
12 Australia Clay Richards 8 2 7 4 7 2 55 4 5 85 Ret 8 347
13 Indonesia Glenn Nirwan 14 Ret 14 11 11 10 12 Ret Ret 14 11 Ret 11 10 Ret 10 9 9 226
14 Australia John Martin 10 5 11 83
15 Australia Iain McDougall Ret 13 10 12 10 Ret 81
16 New Zealand Ben Stewart 12 9 12 69
17 New Zealand Blake Knowles 10 Ret 9 62
18 Australia Marcus LaDelle 12 Ret 13 51
19 Australia 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

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  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

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  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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