Matt Stone Racing
![]() | |
Manufacturer | Chevrolet |
---|---|
Team Principal | Matt Stone Jason Gomersall |
Race Drivers | 4. Cameron Hill 10. Nick Percat |
Race Engineers | 4. Paul Forgie 10. Jack Bellotti |
Data Engineers | 4. Oliver Boone 10. Rohan Kalisch |
Chassis | Camaro ZL1 |
Debut | 2018 |
Drivers' Championships | 0 |
Round wins | 1 |
Pole positions | 1 |
2020 position | 12th (1561 pts) |
Matt Stone Racing is an Australian racing team competing in the Supercars Championship with two Chevrolet Camaro ZL1s. Cameron Hill drives the No. 4 car, while Nick Percat drives the No. 10 car. They are also competing in the second-tier Dunlop Super2 Series with Aaron Seton and Ryal Harris.
Supercars Championship
Matt Stone Racing moved up into the Supercars Championship for 2018 with Todd Hazelwood. The team started in a Ford FG X Falcon previously owned by DJR Team Penske before switching to their Super 2 winning Holden VF Commodore from The Bend onwards. In 2019 the team upgraded to an ex-Triple Eight Racing Engineering ZB Commodore. Having leased a Racing Entitlement Contract (REC) from Jason Bright for the 2018 and 2019 seasons.
In 2020 the team expanded to two cars having purchased RECs from Garry Rogers Motorsport and Kelly Racing. The new for 2020 number 34 was split between Jake Kostecki and Zane Goddard under the new Superlite Program. The two would also drive together for the Bathurst 1000. The 35 car was driven full time by Garry Jacobson, partnered with David Russell for the Endurance race. Jacobson finished 21st in the championship, with Goddard 25th and Kostecki 27th.
Super 2 Series
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3d/Ford_Falcon_FG_X_of_Todd_Hazelwood_%282018%29.jpg/220px-Ford_Falcon_FG_X_of_Todd_Hazelwood_%282018%29.jpg)
In 2011, Matt Stone the son of Stone Brothers Racing (SBR) co-owner Jim, was given the opportunity to run a former SBR Ford BF Falcon in the 2011 development series with Robert Cregan driving.[1] In 2012, the team expanded to two Falcon BFs, with Daniel Jilesen and Ashley Walsh joining the team.[2] After two rounds the team expanded to three cars, with the SBR entered Ford FG Falcon of Scott McLaughlin entry transferred to the team after the signing of Mahindra Group as a minor sponsor, conflicted with SBR's Ford sponsorship.[3] McLaughlin went on to win the series.[4] In 2013, the team entered three Falcon FGs with Michael Hector, George Miedecke and Ashley Walsh driving.[5][6][7] In 2014, the team again fielded three FGs with Todd Hazelwood, Michael Hector and Ashley Walsh driving.[8][9][10] Steven Johnson drove a fourth car at the Townsville and Queensland rounds.[11] Ryal Harris drove the fourth car at Bathurst. Shae Davies replaced Hector for the final round in Sydney. In 2015, the team only fielded two FG Falcons, with Todd Hazelwood and Shae Davies competing in all of the rounds, finishing the championship in 4th and 8th places respectively. In 2016, the team purchased a Holden VF Commodore for Hazelwood. Adam Marjoram joined the team and raced in an FG Falcon. Hazelwood finished the year in 3rd place, while Marjoram finished in 13th.
In 2017, the team purchased another VF Commodore for Marjoram. Brodie Kostecki joined the team and raced an FG Falcon. Hazelwood won 6 races and was able to win the championship by 95 points. Kostecki finished in 15th, while Marjoram came 18th for the year.
For 2018, Bryce Fullwood joined the team in an ex-DJR Team Penske Ford FG X Falcon, but switched to a VF Commodore after the Perth round. During the first 3 rounds the Commodore was raced by Tyler Greenbury and Jaie Robinson respectively.[12]
For 2019 Ash Walsh will contest the full season. Abbie Eaton entered the first round and Joel Heinrich entered rounds one and two for the team, David Russell would contest the Bathurst round. Walsh finished 9th for the year.
For 2021 MSR has signed Glenn Seton's son Aaron Seton.
For 2022 MSR has signed 2x SuperUtes Series champion Ryal Harris alongside Aaron Seton.
TCR Australia
For the 2019 TCR Australia Touring Car Series the team would enter 2 Volkswagen Golfs in collaboration with former supercars driver Jason Bright known as Alliance Autosport. The 2 drivers would be Bright and New Zealand based Australian Alexandra Whitley. Bright would win the opening race at Sydney and would win another race at round 5 at Winton. Whitley would have more mixed results with only 3 top 10's. The team would hand over running of the cars to Melbourne Performance Centre for rounds 6 & 7.
Touring Car Masters
In 2016 the team entered the Touring Car Masters. Team Owner Jason Gomersall was entered in a Holden Torana Coupe for the full season, along with Darren Beale entered for rounds 3 through 8 in a Holden Monaro GTS. Gomersall would go on to win the Pro Am Category.
For 2016 the team would keep Gomersall and Beale, adding Bob Wisely for select rounds in another Torana. Gomersall would finish 4th in the Pro Masters class, taking his first outright win at Winton. Beale would win the Pro Sports category, with Wisely finishing 3rd in Pro Sports despite missing a round, and failing to start the final two races at Bathurst after retiring from the first.
For the 2018 Season the team would downsize to running Gomersall as their only full time entrant. Beale would contest only a single round. Gomersall would again finish 4th overall in the Pro Masters class, taking another race win.
In 2019 Gomersall would enter only select race, electing to instead focus on his debut in the 2019 Kumho Super 3 Series. He would enter 8 races, taking 2 podiums on his way to 8th in the Pro Masters class.
GT Racing
In 2016 and 2017 Matt Stone Racing collaborated with Miedecke Motorsport to run Aston Martins in GT3 configuration. The highlights for the team were winning the Sydney Motorsport Park 101 as part of the 2016 Australian Endurance Championship and a fourth place in the top-ten shootout of the 2017 Liqui Moly Bathurst 12 Hour.[13][14] The team would record a DNF after a crash 75 laps into the race.
Additionally in 2016, Matt Stone Racing would enter rounds 3 & 4 of the 2016 GT Asia Series. George Miedecke would contest both races, partnered by Nathan Morcom for round 3, and Ashley Walsh for round 4.
V8 Utes Racing Series
In 2014 the team stepped into the V8 Utes Series, beginning at the 5th round at Sandown. They took over the preparation and running of Reigning Champion, Ryal Harris' Ute. The team scored a win on debut and went on to finish 5th overall for the year.[15]
For 2015, Harris Stayed on with the team, and was teamed up with George Miedecke. A third car was run, with rounds split between Grant Johnson, Aaren Russell, Chris Pither, Kurt Kostecki, & Todd Hazelwood. The team won their first championship, with Ryal Harris taking the crown, Miedecke ended the year 6th.[16]
In 2016 the team ran Ryal Harris on a part-time basis, entering 5 rounds and taking 2 race wins along the way. Harris would finish 11th overall in the championship.
Results
Complete Bathurst 1000 results
Year | No. | Car | Drivers | Position | Laps |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
2018 | 35 | Holden Commodore VF | ![]() ![]() | 20th | 159 |
2019 | 35 | Holden Commodore ZB | ![]() ![]() | DNF | 98 |
2020 | 34 | Holden Commodore ZB | ![]() ![]() | DNF | 155 |
35 | Holden Commodore ZB | ![]() ![]() | DNF | 62 | |
2021 | 34 | Holden Commodore ZB | ![]() ![]() | 13th | 161 |
35 | Holden Commodore ZB | ![]() ![]() | DNF | 113 | |
2022 | 34 | Holden Commodore ZB | ![]() ![]() | 14th | 161 |
35 | Holden Commodore ZB | ![]() ![]() | 20th | 159 | |
2023 | 34 | Chevrolet Camaro ZL1-1LE | ![]() ![]() | 9th | 161 |
35 | Chevrolet Camaro ZL1-1LE | ![]() ![]() | 15th | 161 | |
2024 | 4 | Chevrolet Camaro ZL1-1LE | ![]() ![]() | ||
10 | Chevrolet Camaro ZL1-1LE | ![]() ![]() |
Car No. 34 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 | Position | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2020 | Zane Goddard | 34 | Holden | ADE R1 18 | ADE R2 16 | MEL R3 C | MEL R4 C | MEL R5 C | MEL R6 C | SMP1 R7 | SMP1 R8 | SMP1 R9 | SMP2 R10 24 | SMP2 R11 24 | SMP2 R12 10 | HID1 R13 | HID1 R14 | HID1 R15 | HID2 R16 21 | HID2 R17 21 | HID2 R18 21 | TOW1 R19 Ret | TOW1 R20 21 | TOW1 R21 19 | TOW2 R22 | TOW2 R23 | TOW2 R24 | BEN1 R25 16 | BEN1 R26 24 | BEN1 R27 20 | BEN2 R28 | BEN2 R29 | BEN2 R30 | BAT R31 Ret | 25th | 438 | |||
Jake Kostecki | ADE R1 | ADE R2 | MEL R3 C | MEL R4 C | MEL R5 C | MEL R6 C | SMP1 R7 22 | SMP1 R8 24 | SMP1 R9 22 | SMP2 R10 | SMP2 R11 | SMP2 R12 | HID1 R13 Ret | HID1 R14 22 | HID1 R15 14 | HID1 R16 | HID1 R17 | HID1 R18 | TOW1 R19 | TOW1 R20 | TOW1 R21 | TOW2 R22 20 | TOW2 R23 23 | TOW2 R24 22 | BEN1 R25 | BEN1 R26 | BEN1 R27 | BEN2 R28 Ret | BEN2 R29 16 | BEN2 R30 20 | BAT R31 Ret | 27th | 290 | ||||||
2021 | BAT R1 13 | BAT R2 17 | SAN R3 23 | SAN R4 18 | SAN R5 14 | SYM R6 13 | SYM R7 15 | SYM R8 21 | BEN R9 21 | BEN R10 18 | BEN R11 16 | HID R12 5 | HID R13 24 | HID R14 25 | TOW1 R15 19 | TOW1 R16 DSQ | TOW2 R17 16 | TOW2 R18 13 | TOW2 R19 14 | SYD1 R20 23 | SYD1 R21 21 | SYD1 R22 17 | SYD2 R23 16 | SYD2 R24 21 | SYD2 R25 Ret | SYD3 R26 17 | SYD3 R27 22 | SYD3 R28 16 | SYD4 R29 18 | SYD4 R30 C | BAT R31 13 | 19th | 1157 | ||||||
2022 | Jack Le Brocq | SMP R1 13 | SMP R2 22 | SYM R3 Ret | SYM R4 Ret | SYM R5 23 | MEL R6 25 | MEL R7 15 | MEL R8 12 | MEL R9 16 | BAR R10 16 | BAR R11 17 | BAR R12 13 | WIN R13 18 | WIN R14 13 | WIN R15 17 | HID R16 13 | HID R17 6 | HID R18 13 | TOW R19 10 | TOW R20 14 | BEN R21 21 | BEN R22 15 | BEN R23 Ret | SAN R24 19 | SAN R25 25 | SAN R26 Ret | PUK R27 23 | PUK R28 Ret | PUK R29 21 | BAT R30 14 | SUR R31 13 | SUR R32 16 | ADE R33 18 | ADE R34 Ret | 21st | 1237 | ||
2023 | Chevrolet | NEW R1 9 | NEW R2 8 | MEL R3 8 | MEL R4 Ret | MEL R5 6 | MEL R6 5 | BAR R7 12 | BAR R8 15 | BAR R9 24 | SYM R10 7 | SYM R11 8 | SYM R12 5 | HID R13 11 | HID R14 20 | HID R15 1 | TOW R16 12 | TOW R17 10 | SMP R18 4 | SMP R19 10 | BEN R20 15 | BEN R21 25 | BEN R22 10 | SAN R23 16 | BAT R24 9 | SUR R25 Ret | SUR R26 14 | ADE R27 14 | ADE R28 23 | 12th | 1715 |
Car No. 35 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 | Position | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2017 | Todd Hazelwood | 35 | Holden | ADE R1 | ADE R2 | SYM R3 | SYM R4 | PHI R5 | PHI R6 | BAR R7 | BAR R8 | WIN R9 | WIN R10 | HID R11 | HID R12 | TOW R13 | TOW R14 | QLD R15 22 | QLD R16 18 | SMP R17 | SMP R18 | SAN Q | SAN R19 | BAT R20 | SUR R21 | SUR R22 | PUK R23 | PUK R24 | NEW R25 | NEW R26 | 54th | 90 | |||||||
2018 | Ford | ADE R1 22 | ADE R2 21 | MEL R3 22 | MEL R4 Ret | MEL R5 18 | MEL R6 19 | SYM R7 22 | SYM R8 20 | PHI R9 23 | PHI R10 24 | BAR R11 22 | BAR R12 25 | WIN R13 21 | WIN R14 25 | HID R15 25 | HID R16 24 | TOW R17 20 | TOW R18 23 | QLD R19 27 | QLD R20 23 | SMP R21 24 | 26th | 1201 | |||||||||||||||
Holden | BEN R22 26 | BEN R23 25 | SAN QR 23 | SAN R24 21 | BAT R25 20 | SUR R26 20 | SUR R27 C | PUK R28 24 | PUK R29 25 | NEW R30 13 | NEW R31 21 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2019 | Holden | ADE R1 12 | ADE R2 10 | MEL R3 23 | MEL R4 17 | MEL R5 14 | MEL R6 13 | SYM R7 14 | SYM R8 18 | PHI R9 11 | PHI R10 16 | BAR R11 23 | BAR R12 14 | WIN R13 19 | WIN R14 15 | HID R15 18 | HID R16 13 | TOW R17 14 | TOW R18 16 | QLD R19 19 | QLD R20 13 | BEN R21 Ret | BEN R22 14 | PUK R23 14 | PUK R24 5 | BAT R25 Ret | SUR R26 20 | SUR R27 20 | SAN QR 11 | SAN R28 20 | NEW R29 18 | NEW R30 10 | 18th | 1609 | |||||
2020 | Garry Jacobson | ADE R1 Ret | ADE R2 20 | MEL R3 C | MEL R4 C | MEL R5 C | MEL R6 C | SMP1 R7 16 | SMP1 R8 21 | SMP1 R9 19 | SMP2 R10 22 | SMP2 R11 7 | SMP2 R12 24 | HID1 R13 19 | HID1 R14 19 | HID1 R15 13 | HID2 R16 22 | HID2 R17 24 | HID2 R18 16 | TOW1 R19 14 | TOW1 R20 16 | TOW1 R21 18 | TOW2 R22 15 | TOW2 R23 17 | TOW2 R24 20 | BEN1 R25 19 | BEN1 R26 22 | BEN1 R27 13 | BEN2 R28 18 | BEN2 R29 Ret | BEN2 R30 21 | BAT R31 Ret | 21st | 833 | |||||
2021 | Zane Goddard | BAT R1 12 | BAT R2 16 | SAN R3 19 | SAN R4 16 | SAN R5 21 | SYM R6 18 | SYM R7 18 | SYM R8 7 | BEN R9 18 | BEN R10 20 | BEN R11 21 | HID R12 16 | HID R13 21 | HID R14 23 | TOW R15 24 | TOW R16 18 | TOW2 R17 12 | TOW2 R18 22 | TOW2 R19 19 | SYD1 R20 24 | SYD1 R21 20 | SYD1 R22 22 | SYD2 R23 21 | SYD2 R24 22 | SYD2 R25 13 | SYD3 R26 8 | SYD3 R27 11 | SYD3 R28 17 | SYD4 R29 19 | SYD4 R30 C | BAT R31 Ret | 20th | 1088 | |||||
2022 | Todd Hazelwood | SMP R1 14 | SMP R2 13 | SYM R3 10 | SYM R4 10 | SYM R5 5 | MEL R6 19 | MEL R7 5 | MEL R8 14 | MEL R9 14 | BAR R10 9 | BAR R11 10 | BAR R12 8 | WIN R13 23 | WIN R14 17 | WIN R15 18 | HID R16 16 | HID R17 24 | HID R18 23 | TOW R19 21 | TOW R20 15 | BEN R21 18 | BEN R22 17 | BEN R23 21 | SAN R24 21 | SAN R25 24 | SAN R26 24 | PUK R27 15 | PUK R28 20 | PUK R29 23 | BAT R30 20 | SUR R31 18 | SUR R32 Ret | ADE R33 Ret | ADE R34 21 | 18th | 1345 |
Supercars Championship drivers
The following is a list of drivers who have driven for the team in V8 Supercars, in order of their first appearance. Drivers who only drove for the team in an endurance race co-driver basis are listed in italics.
Todd Hazelwood (2017–19, 2022)
Bryce Fullwood (2018)
Jack Smith (2019)
Garry Jacobson (2020)
Zane Goddard (2020–21)
Jake Kostecki (2020–21)
David Russell (2020)
Jayden Ojeda (2021, 2023)
Kurt Kostecki (2021)
Jack Le Brocq (2022–2023)
Aaron Seton (2022)
Cameron Hill (2023–present)
Nick Percat (2024–present)
Super2 Championship drivers
Stephen Voight (2011)
Robert Cregan (2011)
Daniel Jilesen (2012)
Ashley Walsh (2012–14, 2019)
Scott McLaughlin (2012)
George Miedecke (2013)
Michael Hector (2013–14)
Todd Hazelwood (2014–17)
Shae Davies (2014–15)
Ryal Harris (2014, 2016, 2022)
Steven Johnson (2014)
Adam Marjoram (2016–17)
Bryce Fullwood (2018)
Tyler Greenbury (2018)
Jaie Robson (2018)
Abbie Eaton (2019)
David Russell (2019)
Joel Heinrich (2019)
Aaron Seton (2021–present)
References
- ^ "Jim Stone's son starts V8 Supercars team". Speedcafe. 3 February 2011.
- ^ "Ash Walsh completes Matt Stone Racing line-up". Speedcafe. 21 February 2012.
- ^ "Scott McLaughlin switches Dunlop series teams". Speedcafe. 26 June 2012.
- ^ V8 Supercar Development Series 2012 standings Driver Database
- ^ "Miedecke gets new sponsor, team for 2013". Speedcafe. 5 February 2013.
- ^ "Ash Walsh confirms 2013 Dunlop series program". Speedcafe. 13 February 2013.
- ^ V8 Supercar Development Series 2013 standings Driver Database
- ^ "Hazlewood completes MSR Dunlop line-up". Speedcafe. 17 February 2014.
- ^ "Ash Walsh signs new Dunlop Series deal". Speedcafe. 5 January 2014.
- ^ V8 Supercar Development Series 2014 standings Driver Database
- ^ "Steven Johnson to join Dunlop series". Speedcafe. 25 June 2014.
- ^ Adam, Mitchell (18 December 2017). "Fullwood to race MSR's second ex-Shell Ford". Supercars.com. Retrieved 5 March 2018.
- ^ "Father and Son duo win emotion charged Sydney Motorsport Park 101". Australian GT. 27 August 2016. Retrieved 5 March 2018.
- ^ Lomas, Gordon (4 February 2017). "Walsh: The most committed lap I've ever done". Speedcafe. Retrieved 5 March 2018.
- ^ "Win on debut for Matt Stone Racing in V8 Utes". Speedcafe. 13 September 2014. Retrieved 26 October 2020.
- ^ "East Coast Bullbars Australian V8 Ute Racing Series 2015 standings | Driver Database". www.driverdb.com. Retrieved 26 October 2020.
External links
- Facebook page
- v
- t
- e
Scheduled events | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|