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Aaron Cameron

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Aaron Cameron
Aaron Cameron driving in the 2019 Hi-Tec Oils Bathurst 6 Hour. He finished first in his class.
NationalityAustralia Australian
Born (2000-01-27) 27 January 2000 (age 25)
Ferntree Gully, Victoria, Australia
TCR Australia career
Debut season2019
Current teamGarry Rogers Motorsport
Racing licence FIA Silver
Car number18
Former teamsMelbourne Performance Centre (2019)
Starts94
Championships0
Wins6
Podiums29
Poles2
Fastest laps4
Best finish2nd in 2021
Previous series
2016-17
2017-18
2018
2018-19
Australian Formula Ford
Toyota 86 Racing Series
SuperUtes Series
Australian Production Car
Championship titles
2018
2021 & 23
Australian KZ2 Kart C/Ship
Tasman Series
Awards
2018
2024
John Pizarro Trophy
Mike Kable Young Gun Award

Aaron Cameron (born 27 January 2000) is an Australian racing driver, competing in the TCR Australia Series in the No. 18 Peugeot 308 TCR for Team Valvoline GRM.

Early career

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Cameron's racing career began in karting in his home state of Victoria, with his breakthrough season coming aged 14 in 2014, as he won various state-level junior titles.[1] In 2015, as well as moving up to the national level, he competed in selected races in Europe, including the Rotax Max Challenge Grand Finals and the KF-Junior category of the Karting World Championship.[2]

Cameron made his first step out of karts in 2016, competing in the Victorian Formula Ford Championship,[3] where he finished third, and two rounds of the 2016 Australian Formula Ford Championship.

2017 saw Cameron race in several grassroots and amateur categories in addition to Formula Ford and karts, including the Toyota 86 Racing Series, the V8 Ute Racing Series, the Keema Cars Excel Cup (a one-make competition for the Hyundai Excel X3), and a one-make endurance race for the Holden HQ Kingswood.[3]

In 2018, Cameron won the KZ2 title in the Australian Kart Championship, driving for James Courtney's team, JC Kart.[4] He also competed in the 2018 SuperUtes Series, finishing fifth overall.

Touring car career

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Cameron made his TCR debut in the 2018 24 Hours of Barcelona, one of five drivers for MARC Cars Australia[5] in the No. 138 Audi RS 3 LMS TCR. However, the team was forced to retire nine hours into the race, and as they had not completed 60% of the total distance, they were not classified in the final results.[6]

On 16 May 2019, Cameron was announced as the driver of the No. 2 Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR for Melbourne Performance Centre in the inaugural season of the TCR Australia Series.[7] He won his first race in the series in the final round, achieving victory in the penultimate race at The Bend Motorsport Park.[8] He finished the season in third place, behind Will Brown in first and Tony D'Alberto in second.

For the 2020 season, Cameron was signed by Garry Rogers Motorsport to drive a Peugeot 308 TCR[9] under the banner of Team Valvoline GRM.[10] He continued at Garry Rogers Motorsport for the next four years, with his best season coming in 2021 where he finished runner up.

Supercars

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In 2024 he joined the Super2 Series driving for Kelly Racing finishing runner up to Zach Bates. This lead to an endurance seat at Blanchard Racing Team in the 2024 Supercars Championship and winning the Mike Kable Young Gun Award[11]

Career results

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Karting career summary

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Season Series Position
2014 Australian National Sprint Kart Championship - Junior National Heavy 4th
2015 Rotax Max Challenge Grand Finals - Junior 31st
2016 Race of Stars - KZ2 15th
Australian Kart Championship - KZ2 5th
2017 Race of Stars - KZ2 5th
Australian Kart Championship - KZ2 4th
2018 Race of Stars - KZ2 7th
Australian Kart Championship - KZ2 1st
2019 Macao International Kart Grand Prix - KZ 5th

Career summary

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Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points Position
2016 Victorian Formula Ford Championship Borland Racing Developments 15 0 1 2 11 374 3rd
Australian Formula Ford Series Aaron Cameron 5 0 0 0 0 39 18th
Heritage Touring Cars - Group C 5 0 0 0 0 16 24th
2017 Victorian Formula Ford Championship 3 0 0 0 0 39 23rd
Australian Formula Ford Series 5 1 1 0 2 50 15th
Australian V8 Ute Racing Series Peters Motorsport 6 0 0 0 2 270 17th
Australian GT Trophy Series - MARC class MARC Cars Australia 2 2 0 1 2 218 1st
Keema Cars Excel Cup 11 0 0 0 0 67 22nd
Toyota 86 Racing Series 10 0 0 0 0 406 21st
2018 SuperUtes Series Peters Motorsport 24 1 0 3 6 935 5th
Heritage Touring Cars - Group C 3 1 1 1 2 22 20th
Toyota 86 Racing Series melbas.com.au 3 0 0 0 0 136 43rd
Australian Production Car Series Red Hot Couriers Racing 2 0 0 0 0 5 60th
24H TCE Series - TCR MARC Cars Australia TCR 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC
2019 TCR Australia Touring Car Series Melbourne Performance Centre 21 1 0 1 6 553 3rd
Heritage Touring Cars - Group C 8 1 1 1 6 69 5th
Australian Production Car Series Aaron Cameron Racing 2 0 0 0 0 50 19th
24H TCE Series - TCR Team Dynamics with WRC Developments 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC
2021 TCR Australia Touring Car Series GRM Team Valvoline 15 1 0 1 6 453 2nd
Supercheap Auto TCR Baskerville Invitational 4 2 0 2 4 134 1st
S5000 Tasman Series 6 1 1 0 4 165 1st
2022 TCR Australia Touring Car Series Peugeot Sport GRM Team Valvoline 19 2 1 1 4 579 8th
S5000 Australian Series Valvoline Garry Rogers Motorsport 9 2 0 2 5 278 5th
2023 TCR Australia Touring Car Series GRM Team Valvoline 21 1 0 0 8 743 4th
TCR World Tour 6 0 0 0 1 61 15th
S5000 Australian Series Garry Rogers Motorsport 18 7 3 4 12 616 1st
S5000 Tasman Series 3 3 1 3 3 130 1st
2024 TCR Australia Touring Car Series GRM Team Valvoline 16 1 0 2 3 475 10th
Super2 Series Kelly Racing 12 2 2 2 4 1359 2nd
Supercars Championship Blanchard Racing Team 2 0 0 0 0 180 49th
2025 Formula Regional Middle East Championship Evans GP 6 0 0 0 0 3 16th
Source:[12]

Complete S5000 results

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Year Series Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Position Points
2021 Tasman Garry Rogers Motorsport SMP
R1

4
SMP
R2

2
SMP
R3

1
BAT
R4

3
BAT
R5

6
BAT
R6

3
BAT
R7

C
1st 165
2022 Australian SYM
R1
SYM
R2
SYM
R3
PHI
R4
PHI
R5
PHI
R6
MEL
R7

2
MEL
R8

8
MEL
R9

4
SMP
R10

2
SMP
R11

Ret
SMP
R12

1
HID
R13

3
HID
R14

4
HID
R15

1
5th 278
2022 Tasman SUR
R1
SUR
R2
SUR
R3
ADL
R4

Ret
ADL
R5

6
ADL
R6

1
8th 88
2023 Australian SYM
R1

2
SYM
R2

6
SYM
R3

4
PHI
R4

4
PHI
R5

7
PHI
R6

4
WIN
R7

5
WIN
R8

3
WIN
R9

3
SMP
R10

1
SMP
R11

1
SMP
R12

1
BEN
R13

2
BEN
R14

2
BEN
R15

1
ADL
R4

1'
ADL
R5

1
ADL
R6

1
1st 616

* Season still in progress.

Complete Formula Regional Middle East Championship results

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(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Entrant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 DC Points
2025 Evans GP YMC1
1

13
YMC1
2

11
YMC1
3

12
YMC2
1

18
YMC2
2

DNS
YMC2
3

Ret
DUB
1
DUB
2
DUB
3
YMC3
1
YMC3
2
YMC3
3
JED
1
JED
2
JED
3
16th* 3*

TCR Australia results

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TCR Australia results
Year Team Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 Position Points
2019 Melbourne Performance Centre Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR SMP
R1

7
SMP
R2

10
SMP
R3

4
PHI
R4

12
PHI
R5

7
PHI
R6

3
BEN
R7

12
BEN
R8

Ret
BEN
R9

13
QLD
R10

6
QLD
R11

3
QLD
R12

5
WIN
R13

5
WIN
R14

3
WIN
R15

2
SAN
R16

9
SAN
R17

5
SAN
R18

6
BEN
R19

2
BEN
R20

1
BEN
R21

10
3rd 553
2021 GRM Team Valvoline Peugeot 308 TCR SYM
R1

4
SYM
R2

15
SYM
R3

8
PHI
R4

6
PHI
R5

7
PHI
R6

10
BAT
R7

2
BAT
R8

2
BAT
R9

2
SMP
R10

9
SMP
R11

11
SMP
R12

Ret
BAT
R13

1
BAT
R14

2
BAT
R15

2
2nd 453
2022 Peugeot Sport GRM Team Valvoline Peugeot 308 TCR SYM
R1

5
SYM
R2

Ret
SYM
R3

9
PHI
R4

6
PHI
R5

Ret
PHI
R6

10
BAT
R7

1
BAT
R8

9
BAT
R9

1
SMP
R10

2
SMP
R11

13
SMP
R12

11
QLD
R13

13
QLD
R14

16
QLD
R15

15
SAN
R16

1
SAN
R17

Ret
SAN
R18

DNS
BAT
R19

4
BAT
R20

C
BAT
R21

4
8th 579
2023 Peugeot Sport GRM Team Valvoline Peugeot 308 TCR SYM
R1

8
SYM
R2

1
SYM
R3

4
PHI
R4

3
PHI
R5

6
PHI
R6

6
WIN
R7

14
WIN
R8

8
WIN
R9

10
QLD
R10

7
QLD
R11

2
QLD
R12

2
SAN
R13

2
SAN
R14

2
SAN
R15

2
SMP
R16

7
SMP
R17

8
SMP
R18

12
BAT
R19

9
BAT
R20

2
BAT
R21

Ret
4th 743
2024 Garry Rogers Motorsport Peugeot 308 TCR SAN
R1

13
SAN
R2

8
SAN
R3

8
SYM
R4

7
SYM
R5

12
SYM
R6

5
PHI
R7

8
PHI
R8

2
PHI
R9

10
BND
R10

5
BND
R11

9
BND
R12

11
QLD
R13

2
QLD
R14

13
QLD
R15

5
SMP
R16

Ret
SMP
R17

5
SMP
R18

3
10th 475
Peugeot 308 P51 TCR BAT
R19

Ret
BAT
R20

DNS
BAT
R21

DNS

Super2 Series results

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(key) (Race results only)

Super2 Series results
Year Team Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Position Points
2024 Kelly Racing Ford Mustang S550 BAT
R1

2
BAT
R2

4
WAN
R3

5
WAN
R4

5
TOW
R5

2
TOW
R6

12
SAN
R7

5
SAN
R8

8
BAT
R9

15
BAT
R10

1
ADE
R11

1
ADE
R12

5
2nd 1359

Supercars Championship results

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(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Supercars results
Year Team Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 Position Points
2024 Blanchard Racing Team Ford Mustang S650 BAT1
R1
BAT1
R2
MEL
R3
MEL
R4
MEL
R5
MEL
R6
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

17
BAT
R20

23
SUR
R21
SUR
R22
ADE
R23
ADE
R24
48th 180

Complete Bathurst 1000 results

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Year Team Car Co-driver Position Laps
2024 Blanchard Racing Team Ford Mustang S650 Australia Aaron Love 23rd 160

Complete Bathurst 12 Hour results

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Year Team Co-drivers Car Class Laps Pos. Class
pos.
2020 Australia MARC Cars Australia Australia Nick Percat
Australia Broc Feeney
Ford Mustang MARC II V8 I-INV 310 15th 1st

Complete Bathurst 6 Hour results

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Year Team Co-drivers Car Class Laps Pos. Class
pos.
2017 Australia Declan Kirkham Racing Australia Declan Kirkham
Australia Philip Kirkham
Mazda MX-6 GE LS D 56 DNF
2019 Australia Aaron Cameron Racing Australia Kyle Gurton
Australia Cooper Murray
Toyota 86 GT D 121 13th 1st
2022 Australia MARC Cars Australia Australia Nicholas McLeod
Australia Cameron McLeod
Ford Mustang MARC II V8 A2 121 20th 2nd

References

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  1. ^ "Busy Year of Top Level Karting For Aaron Cameron". KartSportNews. 18 February 2018. Retrieved 8 May 2020.
  2. ^ "Heat Races: KF & KF-J World Championships". KartSportNews. 27 September 2015. Retrieved 8 May 2020.
  3. ^ a b "YOUNG GUNS: AARON CAMERON". Auto Action. 27 April 2020. Retrieved 8 May 2020.
  4. ^ "AUSTRALIAN KARTING CHAMPIONS CROWNED FOR 2019". Auto Action. 3 September 2018. Retrieved 10 May 2020.
  5. ^ "AARON CAMERON AND MARC CARS TO SAMPLE TCR". Auto Action. 6 September 2018. Retrieved 10 May 2020.
  6. ^ "24H GT Series and 24H TCE Series - Race - per class.pdf" (PDF). Creventic. 9 September 2018. Retrieved 10 May 2020.
  7. ^ Howard, Tom (16 May 2019). "Cameron completes maiden TCR Australia grid". Speedcafe. Retrieved 8 May 2020.
  8. ^ Coch, Mat (17 November 2019). "Cameron storms to maiden TCR race win". Speedcafe. Retrieved 11 May 2020.
  9. ^ Chapman, Simon (12 February 2020). "Cameron joins GRM for second TCR Australia season". Speedcafe. Retrieved 8 May 2020.
  10. ^ "Garry Rogers Motorsport unveil Peugeot livery". TouringCarTimes. 24 February 2020. Retrieved 8 May 2020.
  11. ^ https://speedcafe.com/supercars-news-gala-chaz-mostert-wins-jim-richards-barry-sheene-medal-2024-winners-list/ Mostert clean sweeps top awards at Supercars Gala. Speedcafe.com. Retrieved 20 Nov 2024.
  12. ^ "Career overview – years in numbers". driverdb.com. Driver Database. Retrieved 15 May 2020.
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Sporting positions
Preceded by Tasman Series
Champion

2021
Succeeded by
Nathan Herne
Preceded by
Nathan Herne
Tasman Series
Champion

2023
Succeeded by
Awards and achievements
Preceded by
Joshua Fife
John Pizarro Perpetual Karting Trophy
2018
Succeeded by
Troy Loeskow
Preceded by
Cameron McLeod
Mike Kable Young Gun Award
2024
Succeeded by
Incumbent