Blanchard Racing Team
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2019}}
{{Use Australian English|date=November 2019}}
{{Infobox V8 Supercar team
|Short_name = Blanchard Racing Team
|Logo =
|Manufacturer = Ford
|Principal = Tim Blanchard
|Manager = Kate Harrington
|Drivers = Supercars:
3. Aaron Cameron
7. James Courtney
Super2:
33. Bailey Sweeney
|Engineers = Supercars:
3. Daniel Veronese
7. Matt Saunders
Super2:
33. TBA
|Chassis = Supercars:
Mustang GT
Super2:
Mustang GT
|Debut = 2017
|Drivers_champ = 0
|Wins = 0
|Poles = 0
|Last_season = 2023
|Last_position = 13th
}}
Blanchard Racing Team is an Australian motor racing team, currently competing in the Supercars Championship under the commercial title CoolDrive Auto Parts. It fields the Blanchard Racing-built No. 3 Ford Mustang GT, driven by Aaron Cameron, and the No. 7 entry, driven by James Courtney.
History
=Customer Team=
Tim Blanchard Racing was formed at the end of the 2016 season when Tim Blanchard purchased a Racing Entitlements Contract (REC) from Super Black Racing with the aim of continuing in the Supercars Championship, after the Britek Motorsport REC that had underpinned Blanchard's entry was taken by owner Jason Bright to Prodrive Racing Australia.{{cite web|title=Jason Bright Prodrive deal confirmed|url=http://www.speedcafe.com/2016/12/05/jason-bright-prodrive-deal-confirmed/|work=Speedcafe|date=5 December 2016}} Brad Jones Racing maintained the running of the entry.{{cite web|title=Blanchard to reassess driving future in 2017|url=http://www.speedcafe.com/2016/12/02/blanchard-reassess-driving-future-2017/|work=Speedcafe|date=2 December 2016}}{{cite web|title=Blanchards purchase Super Black REC|url=http://www.speedcafe.com/2016/12/02/blanchards-purchase-super-black-rec/|work=Speedcafe|date=2 December 2016}} In 2018, the team upgraded to the Holden ZB Commodore.
After Blanchard retired from full time driving at the end of 2018, Macauley Jones took over the driving.{{cite web|title=Macauley Jones graduates to Supercars for 2019.
|url=https://www.speedcafe.com/2018/12/06/macauley-jones-graduates-to-supercars-for-2019/|work=Speedcafe|date=6 December 2018}} For 2020, the team's race number was changed from No. 21 to No. 3.
= Stand Alone Team=
In 2021, after four seasons running as a satellite team of Brad Jones Racing, the team was renamed to Blanchard Racing Team and switched to a ex-23Red Racing Tickford-built Ford Mustang. Macauley Jones was replaced by Tim Slade.{{cite web|title=CoolDrive Racing Launches New Supercars Team for 2021|url=https://www.supercars.com/news/championship/cooldrive-racing-launches-new-supercars-team-for-2021/|work=Supercars|date=14 December 2020}}
In 2022 Tim Slade and Tim Blanchard competed as the only single car team in the
Supercars Championship finishing their 2nd full-time season finishing the championship
in 11th position.
2023 saw the beginning of the new GEN3 rule and the Blanchard Racing Team entered
their third year of full-time Supercars racing and were the first team to complete the
build of the GEN3 regulation car. Todd Hazelwood was signed as the primary driver of
the CoolDrive Racing Ford Mustang and co-driver was Tim Blanchard. 2023 Also saw BRT
introduce a Super2 Category entry driven by Aaron Love.
In 2024 BRT expand to a two-car team with a combination of James Courtney will lead the driver line-up in car number 7.
Aaron Love will step up from Super2 and drive the second of the BRT Gen3 Ford Mustangs in car number 3.
Supercars Championship history
=Drivers=
The following is a list of drivers who have driven for the team in the Supercars championship, in order of their first appearance. Drivers who only drove for the team on a part-time basis are listed in italics.
- {{flagicon|AUS}} Tim Blanchard (2017–18, 2020–2023)
- {{flagicon|AUS}} Todd Hazelwood (2017, 2023)
- {{flagicon|AUS}} Dale Wood (2018)
- {{flagicon|AUS}} Macauley Jones (2019–20)
- {{flagicon|AUS}} Dean Canto (2019)
- {{flagicon|AUS}} Tim Slade (2021–2022)
- {{flagicon|AUS}} Jake Kostecki (2023)
- {{flagicon|AUS}} Aaron Love (2023 - 2025)
- {{flagicon|AUS}} James Courtney (2024-present)
- {{Flagicon|AUS}} Aaron Cameron (2024-present)
- {{Flagicon|AUS}} Jack Perkins (2024)
==Car No. 3 results==
class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="text-align:center; font-size:75%"
! 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 ! {{Tooltip|Position|Points classification}} ! Pts |
2017
! rowspan=2| Tim Blanchard ! rowspan=3| 21 ! rowspan=4| Holden |style="background: #dfffdf"| ADE |style="background: #dfffdf"| ADE |style="background: #efcfff"| SYM |style="background: #efcfff"| SYM |style="background: #dfffdf"| PHI |style="background: #dfffdf"| PHI |style="background: #dfffdf"| BAR |style="background: #dfffdf"| BAR |style="background: #dfffdf"| WIN |style="background: #dfffdf"| WIN |style="background: #dfffdf"| HID |style="background: #dfffdf"| HID |style="background: #dfffdf"| TOW |style="background: #dfffdf"| TOW |style="background: #dfffdf"| QLD |style="background: #dfffdf"| QLD |style="background: #dfffdf"| SMP |style="background: #dfffdf"| SMP |style="background: #ffffff"| SAN |style="background: #ffffff"| SAN |style="background: #dfffdf"| BAT |style="background: #dfffdf"| SUR |style="background: #dfffdf"| SUR |style="background: #dfffdf"| PUK |style="background: #dfffdf"| PUK |style="background: #dfffdf"| NEW |style="background: #dfffdf"| NEW !colspan=7| ! 22nd ! 1302 |
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2018
|style="background: #efcfff"| ADE |style="background: #dfffdf"| ADE |style="background: #dfffdf"| MEL |style="background: #dfffdf"| MEL |style="background: #dfffdf"| MEL |style="background: #dfffdf"| MEL |style="background: #dfffdf"| SYM |style="background: #dfffdf"| SYM |style="background: #dfffdf"| PHI |style="background: #dfffdf"| PHI |style="background: #efcfff"| BAR |style="background: #dfffdf"| BAR |style="background: #dfffdf"| WIN |style="background: #dfffdf"| WIN |style="background: #dfffdf"| HID |style="background: #dfffdf"| HID |style="background: #dfffdf"| TOW |style="background: #dfffdf"| TOW |style="background: #dfffdf"| QLD |style="background: #dfffdf"| QLD |style="background: #dfffdf"| SMP |style="background: #dfffdf"| BEN |style="background: #dfffdf"| BEN |style="background: #cfcfff"| SAN |style="background: #dfffdf"| SAN |style="background: #dfffdf"| BAT |style="background: #dfffdf"| SUR |style="background: #ffffff"| SUR |style="background: #dfffdf"| PUK |style="background: #dfffdf"| PUK |style="background: #efcfff"| NEW |style="background: #dfffdf"| NEW !colspan=2| ! 24th ! 1277 |
2019
! rowspan=2| Macauley Jones |style="background: #ffffff"| ADE |style="background: #dfffdf"| ADE |style="background: #dfffdf"| MEL |style="background: #dfffdf"| MEL |style="background: #dfffdf"| MEL |style="background: #efcfff"| MEL |style="background: #dfffdf"| SYM |style="background: #dfffdf"| SYM |style="background: #dfffdf"| PHI |style="background: #dfffdf"| PHI |style="background: #dfffdf"| BAR |style="background: #dfffdf"| BAR |style="background: #dfffdf"| WIN |style="background: #dfffdf"| WIN |style="background: #dfffdf"| HID |style="background: #dfffdf"| HID |style="background: #dfffdf"| TOW |style="background: #dfffdf"| TOW |style="background: #dfffdf"| QLD |style="background: #dfffdf"| QLD |style="background: #dfffdf"| BEN |style="background: #dfffdf"| BEN |style="background: #dfffdf"| PUK |style="background: #dfffdf"| PUK |style="background: #dfffdf"| BAT |style="background: #dfffdf"| SUR |style="background: #dfffdf"| SUR |style="background: #dfffdf"| SAN |style="background: #dfffdf"| SAN |style="background: #dfffdf"| NEW |style="background: #dfffdf"| NEW !colspan=3| ! 21st ! 1314 |
2020
! rowspan="7" | 3 |style="background: #dfffdf"| ADE |style="background: #dfffdf"| ADE |style="background: #ffffff"| MEL |style="background: #ffffff"| MEL |style="background: #ffffff"| MEL |style="background: #ffffff"| MEL |style="background: #dfffdf"| SMP1 |style="background: #dfffdf"| SMP1 |style="background: #dfffdf"| SMP1 |style="background: #dfffdf"| SMP2 |style="background: #dfffdf"| SMP2 |style="background: #dfffdf"| SMP2 |style="background: #efcfff"| HID1 |style="background: #dfffdf"| HID1 |style="background: #dfffdf"| HID1 |style="background: #dfffdf"| HID2 |style="background: #dfffdf"| HID2 |style="background: #dfffdf"| HID2 |style="background: #efcfff"| TOW1 |style="background: #dfffdf"| TOW1 |style="background: #dfffdf"| TOW1 |style="background: #dfffdf"| TOW2 |style="background: #dfffdf"| TOW2 |style="background: #dfffdf"| TOW2 |style="background: #dfffdf"| BEN1 |style="background: #dfffdf"| BEN1 |style="background: #dfffdf"| BEN1 |style="background: #dfffdf"| BEN2 |style="background: #dfffdf"| BEN2 |style="background: #dfffdf"| BEN2 |style="background: #dfffdf"| BAT !colspan=3| ! 19th ! 980 |
2021
! rowspan=2| Tim Slade ! rowspan="7" | Ford |style="background: #efcfff" | BAT |style="background: #ffffff" | BAT |style="background: #dfffdf" | SAN |style="background: #dfffdf" | SAN |style="background: #dfffdf" | SAN |style="background: #dfffdf" | SYM |style="background: #dfffdf" | SYM |style="background: #dfffdf" | SYM |style="background: #dfffdf" | BEN |style="background: #dfffdf" | BEN |style="background: #dfffdf" | BEN |style="background: #dfffdf" | HID |style="background: #dfffdf" | HID |style="background: #dfffdf" | HID |style="background: #dfffdf" | TOW |style="background: #dfffdf" | TOW |style="background: #dfffdf" | TOW2 |style="background: #dfffdf" | TOW2 |style="background: #dfffdf" | TOW2 |style="background: #dfffdf" | SYD1 |style="background: #dfffdf" | SYD1 |style="background: #dfffdf" | SYD1 |style="background: #dfffdf" | SYD2 |style="background: #dfffdf" | SYD2 |style="background: #dfffdf" | SYD2 |style="background: #dfffdf" | SYD3 |style="background: #dfffdf" | SYD3 |style="background: #dfffdf" | SYD3 |style="background: #dfffdf" | SYD4 |style="background: #fffff" | SYD4 |style="background: #dfffdf" | BAT !colspan=3| ! 12th ! 1627 |
2022
|style="background: #dfffdf | SMP |style="background: #dfffdf"| SMP |style="background: #dfffdf"| SYM |style="background: #dfffdf | SYM |style="background: #dfffdf | SYM |style="background: #dfffdf | MEL |style="background: #dfffdf | MEL |style="background: #dfffdf | MEL |style="background: #dfffdf | MEL |style="background: #dfffdf | BAR |style="background: #dfffdf | BAR |style="background: #dfffdf | BAR |style="background: #dfffdf | WIN |style="background: #dfffdf | WIN |style="background: #dfffdf | WIN |style="background: #dfffdf | HID |style="background: #dfffdf | HID |style="background: #dfffdf | HID |style="background: #dfffdf | TOW |style="background: #dfffdf | TOW |style="background: #dfffdf | BEN |style="background: #dfffdf | BEN |style="background: #dfffdf | BEN |style="background: #dfffdf | SAN |style="background: #dfffdf | SAN |style="background: #dfffdf | SAN |style="background: #efcfff | PUK |style="background: #dfffdf | PUK |style="background: #dfffdf | PUK |style="background: #dfffdf | BAT |style="background: #dfffdf | SUR |style="background: #dfffdf | SUR |style="background: #dfffdf | ADE |style="background: #dfffdf | ADE ! 11th ! 1855 |
2023
|style="background:#dfffdf | NEW |style="background:#dfffdf | NEW |style="background: #000000; color:white"| MEL |style="background:#dfffdf | MEL |style="background:#dfffdf | MEL |style="background:#dfffdf | MEL |style="background:#dfffdf | BAR |style="background:#dfffdf | BAR |style="background:#dfffdf | BAR |style="background:#dfffdf | SYM |style="background:#dfffdf | SYM |style="background:#dfffdf | SYM |style="background:#dfffdf | HID |style="background:#dfffdf | HID |style="background:#dfffdf | HID |style="background:#dfffdf | TOW |style="background:#efcfff | TOW |style="background:#dfffdf | SMP |style="background:#dfffdf | SMP |style="background:#dfffdf | BEN |style="background:#dfffdf | BEN |style="background:#dfffdf | BEN |style="background:#dfffdf | SAN |style="background:#efcfff | BAT |style="background:#dfffdf | SUR |style="background:#dfffdf | SUR |style="background:#dfffdf | ADE |style="background:#dfffdf | ADE !colspan=6| ! 21st ! 1221 |
2024
! rowspan=2| Aaron Love |style=background:#efcfff| BAT1 |style=background:#dfffdf| BAT1 |style=background:#dfffdf| MEL |style=background:#dfffdf| MEL |style=background:#dfffdf| MEL |style=background:#dfffdf| MEL |style=background:#dfffdf| TAU |style=background:#dfffdf| TAU |style=background:#dfffdf| BAR |style=background:#dfffdf| BAR |style=background:#dfffdf| HID |style=background:#dfffdf|HID |style=background:#dfffdf| TOW |style=background:#dfffdf| TOW |style=background:#dfffdf| SMP |style=background:#dfffdf| SMP |style=background:#dfffdf| SYM |style=background:#dfffdf| SYM |style=background:#dfffdf| SAN |style=background:#dfffdf| BAT |style=background:#dfffdf| SUR |style=background:#dfffdf| SUR |style=background:#dfffdf| ADE |style=background:#dfffdf| ADE !colspan=10| ! 24th ! 1027 |
rowspan="2" | 2025
|style=background:#dfffdf| SMP | SMP | SMP | MEL | MEL | MEL | MEL | TAU | TAU | TAU | SYM | SYM | SYM | BAR | BAR | BAR | HID | HID | HID | TOW | TOW | TOW | QLD | QLD | QLD | BEN | BAT | SUR | SUR | SAN | SAN | ADE | ADE | ADE ! 23rd* ! 59* |
Aaron Cameron
|SMP |SMP |SMP |MEL |MEL |MEL |MEL |TAU |TAU |TAU |SYM |SYM |SYM |BAR |BAR |BAR |HID |HID |HID |TOW |TOW |TOW |QLD |QLD |QLD |BEN |BAT |SUR |SUR |SAN |SAN |ADE |ADE |ADE ! ! |
==Car No. 7 results==
class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="text-align:center; font-size:75%"
! 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 ! {{Tooltip|Position|Points classification}} ! Pts |
rowspan=2| 2023
! rowspan=4| 7 ! rowspan=4| Ford | NEW | NEW | MEL | MEL | MEL | MEL | BAR | BAR | BAR | SYM | SYM | SYM | HID | HID | HID | TOW | TOW | SMP | SMP | BEN | BEN | BEN |style="background:#dfffdf | SAN |style="background:#dfffdf | BAT | SUR | SUR | ADE | ADE !colspan=6| ! 49th ! rowspan=2| 162 |
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Jake Kostecki
| NEW | NEW | MEL | MEL | MEL | MEL | BAR | BAR | BAR | SYM | SYM | SYM | HID | HID | HID | TOW | TOW | SMP | SMP | BEN | BEN | BEN |style="background:#dfffdf | SAN |style="background:#dfffdf | BAT | SUR | SUR | ADE | ADE !colspan=6| ! 50th |
2024
! rowspan=2|James Courtney |style=background:#dfffdf| BAT1 |style=background:#dfffdf| BAT1 |style=background:#dfffdf| MEL |style=background:#dfffdf| MEL |style=background:#dfffdf| MEL |style=background:#dfffdf| MEL |style=background:#dfffdf| TAU |style=background:#dfffdf| TAU |style=background:#dfffdf| BAR |style=background:#dfffdf| BAR |style=background:#dfffdf| HID |style=background:#dfffdf|HID |style=background:#dfffdf| TOW |style=background:#dfffdf| TOW |style=background:#dfffdf| SMP |style=background:#dfffdf| SMP |style=background:#dfffdf| SYM |style=background:#dfffdf| SYM |style=background:#dfffdf| SAN |style=background:#dfffdf| BAT |style=background:#dfffdf| SUR |style=background:#dfffdf| SUR |style=background:#dfffdf| ADE |style=background:#dfffdf| ADE !colspan=10| ! 21st ! 1298 |
2025
|style=background:#dfffdf| SMP | SMP | SMP | MEL | MEL | MEL | MEL | TAU | TAU | TAU | SYM | SYM | SYM | BAR | BAR | BAR | HID | HID | HID | TOW | TOW | TOW | QLD | QLD | QLD | BEN | BAT | SUR | SUR | SAN | SAN | ADE | ADE | ADE ! ! |
=Bathurst 1000 results=
class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;"
! Year ! No. ! Car ! Drivers ! Position ! Laps |
2017
| align="center" | 21 | {{flagicon|AUS}} Tim Blanchard | align="center" | 12th | align="center" | 160 |
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2018
| align="center" | 21 | {{flagicon|AUS}} Tim Blanchard | align="center" | 18th | align="center" | 159 |
2019
| align="center" | 21 | Holden Commodore ZB | {{flagicon|AUS}} Macauley Jones | align="center" | 16th | align="center" | 160 |
2020
| align="center" | 3 | Holden Commodore ZB | {{flagicon|AUS}} Macauley Jones | align="center" | 13th | align="center" | 161 |
2021
| align="center" | 3 | {{flagicon|AUS}} Tim Slade | align="center" | 9th | align="center" | 161 |
2022
| align="center" | 3 | {{flagicon|AUS}} Tim Slade | align="center" | 19th | align="center" | 161 |
rowspan=2|2023
|align=center|3 |{{flagicon|AUS}} Todd Hazelwood |align=center|DNF |align=center|156 |
align=center|7
|{{flagicon|AUS}} Aaron Love |align=center|19th |align=center|160 |
rowspan=2|2024
|align=center|3 |{{flagicon|AUS}} Aaron Love |align=center|23rd |align=center|160 |
align=center|7
|{{flagicon|AUS}} James Courtney |align=center|21st |align=center|160 |
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- {{official website|https://www.cooldriveracing.com.au/}}
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