2025 Aussie Racing Car Series
The 2025 Battery World Aussie Racing Cars Super Series was the 25th year of national competition in Aussie Racing Cars.
Aussie Racing Cars were a miniature silhouette racing car class, styled as scaled-down versions of sports cars including the Mustang and Camaro used in the Supercars Championship, and powered by a 1300cc motorcycle engine.
Calendar
The 2025 calendar involved the series supporting the Supercars Championship at four events, as well as the GT World Challenge Australia, and the Australian Superbike Championship. The remaining round will be part of the Trophy Tour, a new event series for 2025.[1][2][3][4]
| Rnd | Circuit | Dates | Supporting | Map |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sydney Motorsport Park[5] | 21–23 March | National Sports Sedan Series Trophy Tour Toyota Gazoo Racing Australia Scholarship Series |
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| 2 | Symmons Plains Raceway[6] | 9–11 May | Supercars Championship Super2 Series Touring Car Masters SuperUtes Series | |
| 3 | Wanneroo Raceway | 6–8 June | Supercars Championship SuperUtes Series | |
| 4 | Sandown Raceway | 25–27 July | GT World Challenge Australia GT4 Australia Series Australian National Trans Am Series Radical Cup Australia | |
| 5 | The Bend Motorsport Park | 12–14 September | TCR World Tour TCR Australia Touring Car Series Supercars Championship Porsche Carrera Cup Australia Australian National Trans Am Series Touring Car Masters | |
| 6 | Surfers Paradise Street Circuit | 24–26 October | Supercars Championship Porsche Carrera Cup Australia | |
| 7 | Adelaide Street Circuit | 27–30 November | Supercars Championship Porsche Carrera Cup Australia Australian National Trans Am Series Super2 Series |
Entries
| Manufacturer | Model | Entrant | No. | Driver | Rounds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ford | Mustang | Osborn's Transport | 1 | Joel Heinrich[4] | 1–6 |
| Johnston Craill Racing Enterprises | 8 | Asher Johnston | 1–2 | ||
| 38 | Jack Boyd | 1–2, 4–6 | |||
| Jascott Civil | Reynovate Constructions | 9 | Ryan Reynolds | 1–6 | ||
| Speedliner Adelaide | 11 | Layton McKechnie | 1, 5 | ||
| Mable | 15 | Emma Clark | 1, 5 | ||
| Western Sydney Motorsport | 20 | Craig Thompson | 1, 6 | ||
| 78 | Grant Thompson | 1 | |||
| 96 | Jeff Watters | 1–6 | |||
| Safe Direction Racing | 21 | Shane Mann | 1–5 | ||
| Motorsport 25 | 22 | Scott O'Keefe | 1, 3 | ||
| 25 | Reece Chapman[5] | 1–3 | |||
| Norganic Proteins Australia | 28 | Kent Quinn | 2, 4 | ||
| 101 | Caleb Paterson | 1–6 | |||
| Kody Garland Motorsport | 41 | Kody Garland[5] | 1–6 | ||
| Corish Motorsport | 51 | Oscar Pederson | 4–5 | ||
| 54 | Mason Harvey[6] | 1–6 | |||
| 87 | Andrew Corish | 1–6 | |||
| Riskie Racing | 57 | Brandon Madden | 1–6 | ||
| 58 | Joseph Andriske | 2–5 | |||
| Competition Coatings | 95 | Nathan Williams | 1, 4–6 | ||
| TFH Racing | 777 | Desmond Collier | 3–4, 6 | ||
| 888 | Scott Andriske | 2 | |||
| Josh Thomas | 3, 5–6 | ||||
| Chevrolet | Camaro | Riskie Racing | 4 | Scott Andriske | 3–6 |
| 57 | Brandon Madden | 1–6 | |||
| PCA Racing | 14 | Matt Gooding | 1, 5 | ||
| Butler Fabrication | Team Grand Racing | 17 | Denis Butler | 1–2, 5–6 | ||
| TFH Racing | 18 | Diesel Thomas | 3–6 | ||
| City Sweep Racing | 19 | Chris Mercer | 1, 6 | ||
| Action Line Marking | 23 | Scott Dornan | 1–6 | ||
| K&S Motorsport | 27 | Kyle Lovering | 1–2, 6 | ||
| Team 33 / Everything Fleet | 33 | Andrew Hamilton | 1, 3 | ||
| Corish Motorsports | 36 | Joshua Anderson | 1 | ||
| Johnston Craill Racing Enterprises | 42 | Kim Anderson | 2, 4 | ||
| WSM/NXGEN Cabling | 44 | John Steffenson | 3, 6 | ||
| Pro Cool Racing | Motorsport 25 | 47 | Troy Jones | 1–3, 6 | ||
| Ballarat Performance Wreckers | 55 | Nathan Barber | 4–5 | ||
| Axil Coffee Rosters | 65 | David Makin | 1–2, 4–5 | ||
| Cody McKay Motorsports | 69 | Cody McKay | 1–6 | ||
| Osborn's Transport | 86 | Brett Osborn | 1, 3 | ||
| CNH Racing | 195 | Hayden Nissen | 1, 4, 6 | ||
| Nissan | Altima | Chivas Motorsport | 6 | Ian Chivas | 1 |
| ARC | Euro GT | Eltrix Racing | 24 | Alastair Koenig | 1 |
| TFH Hire Services | 777 | Desmond Collier | 2–3, 6 | ||
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Championship Standings
| Pos. | Driver | SYD |
TAS |
PER |
SAN |
BEN |
SUR |
ADE |
Points | |||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | |||
| 1 | Joel Heinrich | 1 | 3 | C | 1 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 1 | Ret | C | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | C | 296 | ||||
| 2 | Kody Garland | 2 | 1 | C | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | DNS | 2 | C | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | C | 280 | ||||
| 3 | Mason Harvey | 3 | 2 | C | Ret | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 15 | C | Ret | 8 | 8 | Ret | 12 | C | 267 | ||||
| 4 | Brandon Madden | Ret | DNS | C | DNS | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 11 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | C | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 8 | C | 263 | ||||
| 5 | Caleb Paterson | Ret | Ret | C | 16 | 21 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 2 | 3 | C | 6 | 5 | 6 | 4 | Ret | C | 262 | ||||
| 6 | Andrew Corish | 10 | 11 | C | 14 | 8 | 12 | 7 | 10 | 10 | 13 | 13 | 9 | 13 | 16 | 6 | 11 | 24 | C | 19 | 15 | 14 | 8 | 3 | C | 254 | ||||
| 7 | Reece Chapman | 4 | Ret | C | 3 | 7 | Ret | 6 | 3 | Ret | 12 | 11 | 13 | 8 | 9 | Ret | 8 | 4 | C | DNS | Ret | Ret | 7 | 4 | C | 249 | ||||
| 8 | Cody McKay | 7 | Ret | C | 12 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 14 | 8 | Ret | 12 | 10 | 10 | Ret | 15 | 7 | 7 | C | 7 | 6 | 10 | 14 | 16 | C | 248 | ||||
| 9 | Scott Dornan | 6 | 4 | C | 7 | 9 | Ret | 21 | 8 | Ret | 11 | 9 | 20 | 9 | 5 | Ret | 9 | 8 | C | 8 | Ret | Ret | 13 | 9 | C | 239 | ||||
| 10 | Jack Boyd | 5 | 5 | C | 6 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 18 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 6 | C | 5 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | C | 236 | ||||||||
| 11 | Ryan Reynolds | Ret | 6 | C | 18 | 19 | 9 | 11 | 12 | Ret | 10 | 3 | 12 | 4 | Ret | 3 | 4 | 10 | C | 10 | DNS | 9 | 6 | Ret | C | 228 | ||||
| 12 | Scott Andriske | 1 | 3 | Ret | Ret | 7 | 9 | Ret | 16 | 12 | 21 | 11 | 10 | 26 | C | 9 | 7 | 7 | 12 | 14 | C | 208 | ||||||||
| 13 | Jeff Watters | 17 | 14 | C | Ret | 16 | Ret | 16 | 20 | 17 | 18 | 17 | 19 | 21 | 14 | 16 | 17 | 21 | C | 23 | Ret | 19 | 15 | DNS | C | 180 | ||||
| 14 | Nathan Williams | 24 | 7 | C | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 11 | C | 14 | 10 | 5 | Ret | 6 | C | 179 | ||||||||||||
| 15 | Diesel Thomas | 11 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 17 | 7 | Ret | 5 | C | 4 | 3 | Ret | Ret | 11 | C | 164 | ||||||||||||
| 16 | Shane Mann | 21 | 16 | C | 21 | 18 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 12 | 14 | 14 | 17 | 19 | 15 | 14 | 15 | 12 | C | DNS | DNS | 158 | ||||||||
| 17 | Joseph Andriske | 12 | 8 | 10 | 11 | 15 | 15 | Ret | DNS | 16 | 19 | 18 | 14 | 18 | C | 22 | 12 | 146 | ||||||||||||
| 18 | David Makin | 19 | 22 | C | DNS | 14 | 18 | 15 | 15 | 20 | 13 | 9 | 13 | 14 | C | 11 | 18 | 137 | ||||||||||||
| 19 | Hayden Nissen | 14 | 24 | C | 8 | 14 | 12 | 17 | 12 | 12 | 9 | 5 | C | 127 | ||||||||||||||||
| 20 | Josh Thomas | 4 | 8 | 7 | 8 | Ret | C | 12 | 11 | 15 | 11 | 10 | C | 126 | ||||||||||||||||
| 21 | Troy Jones | 22 | 18 | C | 20 | 20 | 15 | 18 | 18 | 14 | 16 | DNS | 18 | 18 | Ret | 18 | C | 124 | ||||||||||||
| 22 | Denis Butler | 15 | Ret | C | 10 | 17 | Ret | 19 | DNS | Ret | C | 25 | 20 | 17 | DNS | DNS | C | 117 | ||||||||||||
| 23 | Scott O'Keefe | 12 | 8 | C | Ret | 6 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 105 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 24 | Kyle Lovering | 16 | 17 | C | 19 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 16 | DNS | Ret | 17 | C | 98 | ||||||||||||||||
| 25 | Desmond Collier | 13 | 13 | 13 | Ret | Ret | Ret | 18 | 16 | 20 | Ret | Ret | C | 96 | ||||||||||||||||
| 26 | Brett Osborn | 9 | 9 | C | 9 | 16 | 17 | 16 | 15 | 82 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 27 | Matt Gooding | 11 | 15 | C | 13 | Ret | C | 21 | DNS | 79 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 28 | Asher Johnston | 26 | 12 | C | 11 | Ret | 19 | 12 | 13 | 74 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 29 | John Steffensen | 13 | Ret | 15 | 14 | 11 | Ret | Ret | C | 74 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 30 | Kent Quinn | 6 | 5 | Ret | 9 | 6 | 8 | Ret | DNS | 73 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 31 | Chris Mercer | 8 | Ret | C | 15 | 16 | 10 | Ret | C | 73 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 32 | Oscar Pederson | 22 | 18 | 12 | 18 | 13 | C | Ret | 14 | 68 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 33 | Craig Thompson | Ret | 10 | C | 17 | 13 | Ret | 13 | C | 66 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 34 | Kim Andersen | 22 | 17 | 19 | 19 | Ret | 20 | 19 | 19 | 62 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 35 | Nathan Barber | 15 | 10 | DNS | DNS | 20 | C | 17 | Ret | 59 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 36 | Layton McKechnie | 25 | 23 | C | 23 | 17 | C | 15 | Ret | 55 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 37 | Andrew Hamilton | 23 | 21 | C | DNS | Ret | Ret | DNS | DNS | 52 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 38 | Emma Clark | 18 | 20 | C | DNS | 25 | C | 24 | 21 | 51 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 39 | Jacob Currie | 9 | C | 13 | 16 | 42 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 40 | Joshua Andersen | Ret | Ret | C | 5 | 36 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 41 | Glenn Boyd | 23 | C | 16 | 17 | 33 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 42 | Keith Bensley | 21 | 16 | 20 | C | 32 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 43 | Grant Thompson | 13 | 19 | C | 22 | 31 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 44 | Greg Edwards | 22 | C | 20 | 19 | 31 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 45 | Hayden Pullen | 22 | 17 | 19 | C | 31 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 46 | William Rowe | 16 | C | 18 | Ret | 28 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 47 | Alastair Koenig | 20 | 13 | C | DNS | 25 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 48 | Dean Michalik | 19 | C | Ret | DNS | 23 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 49 | Anthony Di Mauro | Ret | C | Ret | DNS | 22 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 50 | Ian Chivas | DNS | DNS | DNS | DNS | 20 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Pos. | Driver | SYD |
TAS |
PER |
SAN |
BEN |
SUR |
ADE |
Points | |||||||||||||||||||||
| R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | |||
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References
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