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Nathan Morcom
NationalityAustralian
Born (1992-04-05) 5 April 1992 (age 32)
Sydney
Related toBarry Morcom (father)
TCR Australia Touring Car Series career
Debut season2019
Current teamHMO Customer Racing
Car number11
Starts57
Wins3
Podiums8
Poles2
Best finish4th in 2019
Previous series
2017-18
2016
2015–16
2014
2012–13
2011–12
2010
2008–10		Super2 Series
Australian Endurance Championship
Australian GT Championship
ADAC GT Championship
Australian Drivers' Championship
USA F2000 Series
Toyota Racing Series
Australian Formula Ford
Championship titles
2016Australian Endurance Championship

Nathan Morcom (born 5 April 1992) is an Australian racing driver currently racing the GT4 Australia championship. Morcom won the 2016 Australian Endurance Championship, 2011 Eastern Creek Six Hour and the 2016 Hi-Tec Oils Bathurst 6 Hour.[1]

Career Summery

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Junior formula

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Morcom started in Formula Ford in the 2008 season with mixed success. He raced in 2010 Toyota Racing Series before moving into the United States F2000 Championship Series in 2011[2][3][4] and 2012.[5]

Australian Formula 3

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Morcom competed in the Australian Drivers' Championship for Australian Formula 3 cars in 2010, 2012[6] and 2013 with the latter bringing him his best championship result of sixth place.[7]

Production Cars

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Morcom moved in to the Australian Production Car Championship initially for the endurance races finishing fifth at the 2011 Phillip Island Six Hour and winning the 2011 Eastern Creek Six Hour with Chaz Mostert. He again teamed with Chaz Mostert to finish third at the 2012 Phillip Island 6 Hour, winning the 2016 Hi-Tec Oils Bathurst 6 Hour[8] and runner up in the 2017 Hi-Tec Oils Bathurst 6 Hour.

In 2013 he finished third in the championship driving a Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X and again in 2017 Australian Production Car Series driving a Ford LZ Focus RS.

GT racing

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Morcom travelled to Europe to compete in the 2014 ADAC GT Masters Endurance championship for Farnbacher Racing in a Porsche 911 GT3 R. He did all sixteen races finishing thirty seventh in the series.[9]

Moving back to Australia he competed in the 2015 Australian GT Championship and 2016 Australian GT Championship finishing third in 2016.[10][11] The same year he and Grant Denyer won the 2016 Australian Endurance Championship.[12]

In 2016, he competed in the GT Asia Series for Matt Stone Racing.[13]

In 2024, he moved back to GT racing in the 2024 GT4 Australia Series. He finished fifth in the Silver Class championship.[14]

Supercars

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Morcom drove the No. 54 Holden VF Commodore for Eggleston Motorsport in the Dunlop Super2 Series in 2017 and 2018 with limited success.[15]

TCR Australia

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In 2019, Morcom competed in the newly formed TCR Australia Touring Car Series. He signed for HMO Customer Racing and competed in the 2019,[16] 2021[17] and 2022[18][19] years. He was set to drive in the 2020 season,[20] but this was cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic.

Career results

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Karting career summary

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Season Series Position
2006 Australian National Sprint Kart Championships - Junior National Light 6th
2007 Australian National Sprint Kart Championships - Junior National Light 10th
Australian National Sprint Kart Championships - Junior Clubman 11th
2008 Australian National Sprint Kart Championships - Junior National Heavy 3rd
Australian National Sprint Kart Championships - Junior Clubman 10th

Circuit racing career summary

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Season Series Position Car Team
2008 New South Wales Formula Ford Championship 5th Comtec Spirit K08 Anglo Australian Motorsport
Australian Formula Ford Championship 19th Spectrum CAMS Rising Star
2009 Australian Formula Ford Championship 13th Spectrum CAMS Rising Star
Victorian Formula Ford Championship 5th
2010 Australian Formula Ford Championship 10th Spectrum Synergy Motorsport
Toyota Racing Series 12th Tatuus - Toyota ETEC Motorsport
Australian Drivers' Championship 16th Dallara F304 R-Tek Motorsport
Australian Formula 3 - National Class 10th
2011 Australian Manufacturers' Championship 7th BMW 335i Eastern Creek Karts
Australian Manufacturers' Championship - Class B 2nd
United States F2000 Championship Series 8th Van Diemen RF06 Primus Racing
2012 Australian Drivers' Championship 14th Dallara F307 Astuti Motorsport
Australian Manufacturers' Championship - Class B 6th BMW 335i Eastern Creek Karts
United States F2000 Championship Series 45th RFR F2000 Primus Racing
2013 Australian Manufacturers' Championship 3rd Mitsubishi Lancer RS Evolution X Eastern Creek Karts
Australian Manufacturers' Championship - Class B 3rd
Australian Drivers' Championship 6th Dallara F307 R-Tek Motorsport
2014 ADAC GT Masters 37th Porsche 911 GT3-R Farnbacher Racing
2015 Australian GT Championship 42nd Lamborghini Gallardo Interlloy M Motorsport
2016 Australian GT Championship 3rd McLaren 650S GT3 Tekno Autosports
Australian Endurance Championship 1st
GT Asia Series 25th Aston Martin Vantage GT3 Matt Stone Racing
2017 Australian Production Car Series 3rd Ford LZ Focus RS Team DPO
Dunlop Super2 Series 13th Holden VF Commodore Eggleston Motorsport
2018 Dunlop Super2 Series 19th Holden VF Commodore Eggleston Motorsport
2019 TCR Australia Touring Car Series 4th Hyundai i30 N TCR HMO Customer Racing
2021 TCR Australia Touring Car Series 6th Hyundai i30 N TCR HMO Customer Racing
2022 TCR Australia Touring Car Series 7th Hyundai i30 N TCR HMO Customer Racing
2024 GT4 Australia Series - Silver Class 5th McLaren Artura GT4 Method Motorsport

Complete Toyota Racing Series 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 D.C. Points
2010 ETEC Motorsport TER
1
9 		TER
2
10 		TER
3
9 		TIM
1
8 		TIM
2
7 		TIM
3
10 		HMP
1 		HMP
2 		HMP
3 		MAN
1 		MAN
2 		MAN
3 		TAU
1 		TAU
2 		TAU
3 		12th 219

USF2000 National Championship results

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Year Entrant Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Pos Points
2011 Primus Racing Van Diemen RF06 VIR1
1 		VIR2
8 		ATL1
5 		ATL2
23 		WGI1
DNS 		WGI2
7 		MDO1
8 		MDO2
6 		MOS1 MOS2 LRP1
7 		LRP2
7 		WGI3
25 		WGI4
29 		8th 246
2012 Primus Racing RFR F2000 VIR1
15 		VIR2
32 		ATL1
15 		ATL2
DNS 		LRP1 LRP2 NJ1 NJ2 MDO1 MDO2 SP1 SP2 WGI3 WGI4 45th 31

Complete Development Series results

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

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
2017 Eggleston Motorsport Holden Commodore VF ADE
16 		ADE
11 		ADE
13 		SYM
13 		SYM
9 		SYM
11 		SYM
7 		PHI
11 		PHI
12 		PHI
14 		PHI
16 		TOW
16 		TOW
Ret 		SMP
17 		SMP
22 		SMP
15 		SMP
18 		SAN
20 		SAN
9 		NEW
9 		NEW
8 		13th 876
2018 Eggleston Motorsport Holden Commodore VF ADE
15 		ADE
20 		ADE
16 		SYM
8 		SYM
16 		SYM
Ret 		BAR
19 		BAR
14 		BAR
17 		TOW
17 		TOW
18 		SAN
Ret 		SAN
Ret 		BAT
7 		NEW
10 		NEW
C 		19th 691

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 HMO Customer Racing Hyundai i30 N TCR SMP
R1
9 		SMP
R2
8 		SMP
R3
11 		PHI
R4
Ret 		PHI
R5
4 		PHI
R6
2 		BEN
R7
4 		BEN
R8
7 		BEN
R9
8 		QLD
R10
7 		QLD
R11
6 		QLD
R12
4 		WIN
R13
4 		WIN
R14
4 		WIN
R15
4 		SAN
R16
10 		SAN
R17
14 		SAN
R18
10 		BEN
R19
Ret 		BEN
R20
6 		BEN
R21
1 		4th 510
2021 SYM
R1
9 		SYM
R2
5 		SYM
R3
5 		PHI
R4
19 		PHI
R5
10 		PHI
R6
3 		BAT
R7
18 		BAT
R8
14 		BAT
R9
9 		SMP
R10
5 		SMP
R11
4 		SMP
R12
3 		BAT
R13
11 		BAT
R14
9 		BAT
R15
Ret 		6th 377
2022 SYM
R1
3 		SYM
R2
13 		SYM
R3
6 		PHI
R4
19 		PHI
R5
9 		PHI
R6
11 		BAT
R7
12 		BAT
R8
20 		BAT
R9
15 		SMP
R10
6 		SMP
R11
3 		SMP
R12
1 		QLD
R13
Ret 		QLD
R14
10 		QLD
R15
10 		SAN
R16
12 		SAN
R17
11 		SAN
R18
11 		BAT
R19
3 		BAT
R20
C 		BAT
R21
6 		10th 471

Complete Bathurst 12 Hour results

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Year Team Co-drivers Car Class Laps Overall
position 		Class
position
2015 Australia Erebus Motorsport United States Austin Cindric
Australia Simon Hodge 		Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG AA 251 21st 7th

Complete Bathurst 6 Hour results

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Year Team Co-drivers Car Class Laps Pos. Class
pos.
2016 Australia Direct Plasterboard Outlet Australia Chaz Mostert BMW 335i E92 B1 125 1st 1st
2017 Australia Direct Plasterboard Outlet Australia Chaz Mostert Ford Focus RS A1 113 2nd 2nd
2018 Australia Direct Plasterboard Outlet Australia Chaz Mostert Ford Focus RS A1 106 16th 11th

References

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  1. ^ "Mostert/Morcom win Bathurst 6 Hour". Speedcafe. 27 March 2016. Retrieved 28 March 2016.
  2. ^ "Two Australians set for USF2000". Speedcafe. 28 February 2011. Retrieved 5 January 2025.
  3. ^ "Morcom in 10 as Spectrum debuts". Speedcafe. 4 July 2011. Retrieved 5 January 2025.
  4. ^ "Nathan Morcom focusing on 2012". Speedcafe. 25 October 2011. Retrieved 5 January 2025.
  5. ^ "Morcom secures F2000 Championship seat". Speedcafe. 13 February 2012. Retrieved 5 January 2025.
  6. ^ "F3 field bolstered by new competitors for Island finale". Speedcafe. 14 September 2012. Retrieved 5 January 2025.
  7. ^ "Morcom takes maiden F3 win at Bathurst". Speedcafe. 31 March 2013. Retrieved 5 January 2025.
  8. ^ "Mostert/Morcom win Bathurst 6 Hour". Speedcafe. 27 March 2016. Retrieved 5 January 2025.
  9. ^ "Morcom cements Euro GT drive with Farnbacher". Speedcafe. 4 February 2014. Retrieved 5 January 2025.
  10. ^ "Quinn wins Aus GT title after Morcom exclusion". Speedcafe. 12 November 2016. Retrieved 5 January 2025.
  11. ^ "Morcom: No regrets over Quinn tangle". Speedcafe. 12 November 2016. Retrieved 5 January 2025.
  12. ^ "Denyer/Morcom win inaugural AEC title". Speedcafe. 13 November 2016. Retrieved 5 January 2025.
  13. ^ "Morcom secures Aston Martin GT Asia drive". Speedcafe. 9 June 2016. Retrieved 5 January 2025.
  14. ^ "McLaren on top in GT4 practice as rain hits Phillip Island". Speedcafe. 12 April 2024. Retrieved 5 January 2025.
  15. ^ "Nathan Morcom". Supercars.com. Retrieved 9 May 2017.
  16. ^ "Nathan Morcom joins HMO Customer Racing for 2019". TCR Australia. 17 April 2019. Retrieved 5 January 2025.
  17. ^ "Nathan Morcom on HMO Customer Racing's journey and expansion". TCR Australia. 6 July 2021. Retrieved 5 January 2025.
  18. ^ "A return to the winner's circle highlights Nathan Morcom's season". TCR Australia. 25 June 2022. Retrieved 5 January 2025.
  19. ^ "D'Alberto wins TCR series title in Bathurst cliffhanger". Speedcafe. 13 November 2022. Retrieved 5 January 2025.
  20. ^ "Nathan Morcom returns for second tilt at TCR Australia title". TCR Australia. Retrieved 14 February 2020.
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Sporting positions
Preceded by
Grant Sherrin
 Australian Endurance Championship
Champion
2016 		Succeeded by
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