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Grove Racing

{{Short description|Australian motor racing team}}

{{Infobox V8 Supercar team

|Short_name = Grove Racing

|Logo =

|Image = File:Grove Racing Logo.png

|Manufacturer = Ford
Mercedes-AMG

| Owners = Stephen and Brenton Grove

| Team Principal = David Cauchi

|Drivers = Supercars:
19. Matthew Payne
26. Kai Allen
GTWC Australia:
4. Stephen Grove
Brenton Grove

|Engineers = 19. Jack Bell
26. Alistair McVean

|Chassis = Mustang GT
AMG GT3 Evo

|Debut = 2011 (Carrera Cup)
2022 (Supercars)

|Drivers_champ = 0

|Wins = 0

|Poles = 2

|Last_season =

|Last_position =

}}

Grove Racing is an Australian motor racing team that's previously competed in various series, including the Porsche Carrera Cup Australia Championship and Super2 Series. The team is making its debut in the Supercars Championship in 2022. They will campaign two Ford Mustang S650s, driven by Matthew Payne and Kai Allen.

History

=GT racing=

Grove Racing was founded by businessman Stephen Grove in 2011 with a focus on racing Porsches in various categories. Having first competed in the Porsche Sprint Challenge Australia, the team entered the Porsche Carrera Cup Australia Championship in 2012 with Stephen as driver in the elite class.{{cite news |title=ENTRY LIST: Carrera Cup ready for Townsville return |url=https://www.speedcafe.com/2012/07/03/carrera-cup-townsville-entry/ |access-date=27 July 2021 |work=Speedcafe |date=3 July 2012}} In 2014, the team won the first of its five Bathurst 12 Hour class victories.{{cite news |title=Grove Racing ready for 2020 outright step up |url=https://www.bathurst12hour.com.au/news/grove-racing-ready-for-2020-outright-step-up/ |access-date=27 July 2021 |work=Bathurst 12 Hour |language=en-AU}}

=Super2 Series=

In 2018, Stephen's son Brenton entered the Super2 Series having also competed in Porsches. The team drafted two-time 24 Hours of Le Mans winner Earl Bamber to co-drive with Brenton at that year's Bathurst 250 endurance race for the series.{{cite web|url=https://www.supercars.com/news/super2/grove-keen-to-learn-from-world-class-bamber/|title=Grove keen to learn from 'world class' Bamber|last=Makhoul|first=Joshua|date=4 October 2018|publisher=Supercars.com|accessdate=8 October 2018}} The team did not continue in the series in 2019 with Brenton moving to drive for Triple Eight Race Engineering in the series.

In 2021, Matthew Payne entered the Super2 Series for the last two rounds in a Nissan Altima L33.

=Supercars Championship=

In January 2021, Grove Group purchased 50% of Kelly Racing, which was rebranded Kelly Grove Racing.{{cite news |last1=van Leeuwen |first1=Andrew |title=New ownership structure for Kelly Racing |url=https://au.motorsport.com/v8supercars/news/new-ownership-kelly-racing-grove/5002382/ |access-date=27 July 2021 |work=Motorsport.com |date=14 January 2021 |language=en}} Six months later, Grove bought out the remainder of the team, to be known as Grove Racing from 2022.{{cite news |last1=Chapman |first1=Simon |title=Grove takes full ownership of KGR, Kelly to depart |url=https://www.speedcafe.com/2021/07/26/grove-takes-full-ownership-of-kgr-kelly-to-depart/ |access-date=27 July 2021 |work=Speedcafe |date=26 July 2021}}

Supercars Results

= Car No. 19 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

2022

! Lee Holdsworth

! rowspan=1| 10

! rowspan=4| Ford

|style="background: #dfffdf | SMP
R1
{{small|21}}

|style="background: #dfffdf"| SMP
R2
{{small|16}}

|style="background: #dfffdf"| SYM
R3
{{small|9}}

|style="background: #dfffdf | SYM
R4
{{small|9}}

|style="background: #dfffdf | SYM
R5
{{small|14}}

|style="background: #dfffdf | MEL
R6
{{small|22}}

|style="background: #ffdf9f | MEL
R7
{{small|3}}

|style="background: #dfffdf | MEL
R8
{{small|13}}

|style="background: #dfffdf | MEL
R9
{{small|10}}

|style="background: #dfffdf | BAR
R10
{{small|11}}

|style="background: #dfffdf | BAR
R11
{{small|21}}

|style="background: #dfffdf | BAR
R12
{{small|12}}

|style="background: #dfffdf | WIN
R13
{{small|5}}

|style="background: #dfffdf | WIN
R14
{{small|4}}

|style="background: #dfffdf | WIN
R15
{{small|6}}

|style="background: #dfffdf | HID
R16
{{small|15}}

|style="background: #dfffdf | HID
R17
{{small|12}}

|style="background: #dfffdf | HID
R18
{{small|16}}

|style="background: #dfffdf | TOW
R19
{{small|17}}

|style="background: #dfffdf | TOW
R20
{{small|23}}

|style="background: #dfffdf | BEN
R21
{{small|15}}

|style="background: #dfffdf | BEN
R22
{{small|22}}

|style="background: #dfffdf | BEN
R23
{{small|10}}

|style="background: #dfffdf | SAN
R24
{{small|24}}

|style="background: #dfffdf | SAN
R25
{{small|18}}

|style="background: #dfffdf | SAN
R26
{{small|18}}

|style="background: #dfffdf | PUK
R27
{{small|12}}

|style="background: #dfffdf | PUK
R28
{{small|12}}

|style="background: #dfffdf | PUK
R29
{{small|14}}

|style="background: #dfffdf | BAT
R30
{{small|6}}

|style="background: #dfffdf | SUR
R31
{{small|15}}

|style="background: #efcfff | SUR
R32
{{small|Ret}}

|style="background: #dfffdf | ADE
R33
{{small|10}}

|style="background: #dfffdf | ADE
R34
{{small|9}}

! 13th

! 1734

2023

! rowspan=3 | Matthew Payne

! rowspan=3 | 19

|style="background:#dfffdf | NEW
R1
{{small|12}}

|style="background:#dfffdf | NEW
R2
{{small|14}}

|style="background:#dfffdf | MEL
R3
{{small|13}}

|style="background:#dfffdf | MEL
R4
{{small|17}}

|style="background:#dfffdf | MEL
R5
{{small|21}}

|style="background:#dfffdf | MEL
R6
{{small|12}}

|style="background:#dfffdf | BAR
R7
{{small|6}}

|style="background:#dfffdf | BAR
R8
{{small|9}}

|style="background:#dfffdf | BAR
R9
{{small|18}}

|style="background:#dfffdf | SYM
R10
{{small|15}}

|style="background:#dfffdf | SYM
R11
{{small|15}}

|style="background:#dfffdf | SYM
R12
{{small|21}}

|style="background:#dfffdf | HID
R13
{{small|19}}

|style="background:#dfffdf | HID
R14
{{small|23}}

|style="background:#dfffdf | HID
R15
{{small|25}}

|style="background:#dfffdf | TOW
R16
{{small|15}}

|style="background:#dfffdf | TOW
R17
{{small|18}}

|style="background:#dfffdf | SMP
R18
{{small|24}}

|style="background:#dfffdf | SMP
R19
{{small|23}}

|style="background:#dfffdf | BEN
R20
{{small|7}}

|style="background:#dfffdf | BEN
R21
{{small|6}}

|style="background:#dfffdf | BEN
R22
{{small|18}}

|style="background:#dfffdf | SAN
R23
{{small|6}}

|style="background:#dfffdf | BAT
R24
{{small|11}}

|style="background:#dfffdf | SUR
R25
{{small|9}}

|style="background:#dfffdf | SUR
R26
{{small|4}}

|style="background:#dfffdf | ADE
R27
{{small|23}}

|style="background:#ffffbf | ADE
R28
{{small|1}}

!colspan=6|

! 14th

! 1673

2024

|style=background:#dfffdf| BAT1
R1
{{small|10}}

|style=background:#dfffdf| BAT1
R2
{{small|7}}

|style=background:#ffdf9f| MEL
R3
{{small|3}}

|style=background:#ffdf9f| MEL
R4
{{small|3}}

|style=background:#efcfff| MEL
R5
{{small|Ret}}

|style=background:#dfffdf| MEL
R6
{{small|14}}

|style=background:#dfffdf| TAU
R7
{{small|13}}

|style=background:#dfffdf| TAU
R8
{{small|4}}

|style=background:#dfffdf| BAR
R9
{{small|8}}

|style=background:#dfffdf| BAR
R10
{{small|9}}

|style=background:#dfffdf| HID
R11
{{small|15}}

|style=background:#dfffdf| HID
R12
{{small|20}}

|style=background:#dfffdf| TOW
R13
{{small|4}}

|style=background:#ffffbf| TOW
R14
{{small|1}}

|style="background:#dfdfdf| SMP
R15
{{small|2}}

|style=background:#dfffdf| SMP
R16
{{small|4}}

|style=background:#dfffdf| BEN
R17
{{small|17}}

|style=background:#dfffdf| BEN
R18
{{small|21}}

|style=background:#dfffdf| SAN
R19
{{small|4}}

|style=background:#efcfff| BAT
R20
{{small|Ret}}

|style=background:#dfffdf| SUR
R21
{{small|4}}

|style=background:#dfffdf| SUR
R22
{{small|9}}

|style=background:#dfffdf| ADE
R23
{{small|4}}

|style=background:#dfffdf| ADE
R24
{{small|23}}

!colspan=10|

! 6th

! 2019

2025

|style=background:#dfffdf| SMP
R1
{{small|4}}

| SMP
R2

| SMP
R3

| MEL
R4

| MEL
R5

| MEL
R6

| MEL
R7

| TAU
R8

| TAU
R9

| TAU
R10

| SYM
R11

| SYM
R12

| SYM
R13

| BAR
R14

| BAR
R15

| BAR
R16

| HID
R17

| HID
R18

| HID
R19

| TOW
R20

| TOW
R21

| TOW
R22

| QLD
R23

| QLD
R24

| QLD
R25

| BEN
R26

| BAT
R27

| SUR
R28

| SUR
R29

| SAN
R30

| SAN
R31

| ADE
R32

| ADE
R33

| ADE
R34

!

!

= Car No. 26 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

2022

! rowspan=2 | David Reynolds

! rowspan=6| 26

! rowspan=6| Ford

|style="background: #dfffdf | SMP
R1
{{small|24}}

|style="background: #dfffdf"| SMP
R2
{{small|9}}

|style="background: #dfffdf"| SYM
R3
{{small|21}}

|style="background: #ffdf9f | SYM
R4
{{small|3}}

|style="background: #dfffdf | SYM
R5
{{small|4}}

|style="background: #dfdfdf | MEL
R6
{{small|2}}

|style="background: #dfdfdf | MEL
R7
{{small|2}}

|style="background: #ffdf9f | MEL
R8
{{small|3}}

|style="background: #efcfff | MEL
R9
{{small|Ret}}

|style="background: #dfffdf | BAR
R10
{{small|4}}

|style="background: #dfffdf | BAR
R11
{{small|11}}

|style="background: #dfffdf | BAR
R12
{{small|6}}

|style="background: #ffdf9f | WIN
R13
{{small|3}}

|style="background: #ffdf9f | WIN
R14
{{small|3}}

|style="background: #dfffdf | WIN
R15
{{small|4}}

|style="background: #dfffdf | HID
R16
{{small|25}}

|style="background: #dfffdf | HID
R17
{{small|5}}

|style="background: #dfffdf | HID
R18
{{small|12}}

|style="background: #dfffdf | TOW
R19
{{small|18}}

|style="background: #dfffdf | TOW
R20
{{small|11}}

|style="background: #dfffdf | BEN
R21
{{small|8}}

|style="background: #dfffdf | BEN
R22
{{small|8}}

|style="background: #dfffdf | BEN
R23
{{small|22}}

|style="background: #dfffdf | SAN
R24
{{small|12}}

|style="background: #dfffdf | SAN
R25
{{small|4}}

|style="background: #dfffdf | SAN
R26
{{small|9}}

|style="background: #dfffdf | PUK
R27
{{small|9}}

|style="background: #dfffdf | PUK
R28
{{small|7}}

|style="background: #dfffdf | PUK
R29
{{small|8}}

|style="background: #efcfff | BAT
R30
{{small|Ret}}

|style="background: #dfdfdf | SUR
R31
{{small|2}}

|style="background: #dfffdf | SUR
R32
{{small|4}}

|style="background: #dfffdf | ADE
R33
{{small|11}}

|style="background: #dfffdf | ADE
R34
{{small|15}}

! 8th

! 2132

2023

|style="background:#dfffdf | NEW
R1
{{small|10}}

|style="background:#dfffdf| NEW
R1
{{small|12}}

|style="background:#ffdf9f| NEW
R2
{{small|3}}

|style="background:#dfffdf | MEL
R3
{{small|19}}

|style="background:#dfffdf | MEL
R4
{{small|23}}

|style="background:#dfffdf | MEL
R5
{{small|14}}

|style="background:#dfffdf | MEL
R6
{{small|8}}

|style="background:#ffdf9f | BAR
R7
{{small|3}}

|style="background:#dfffdf | BAR
R8
{{small|14}}

|style="background:#dfffdf | BAR
R9
{{small|4}}

|style="background:#dfffdf | SYM
R10
{{small|16}}

|style="background:#dfffdf | SYM
R11
{{small|23}}

|style="background:#dfffdf | SYM
R12
{{small|12}}

|style="background:#dfffdf | HID
R13
{{small|20}}

|style="background:#dfffdf | HID
R14
{{small|22}}

|style="background:#dfffdf | HID
R15
{{small|12}}

|style="background:#dfffdf | TOW
R16
{{small|21}}

|style="background:#dfffdf | TOW
R17
{{small|17}}

|style="background:#efcfff | SMP
R18
{{small|Ret}}

|style="background:#dfffdf | SMP
R19
{{small|20}}

|style="background:#dfffdf | BEN
R20
{{small|13}}

|style="background:#dfffdf | BEN
R21
{{small|4}}

|style="background:#dfffdf | BEN
R22
{{small|20}}

|style="background:#efcfff | SAN
R23
{{small|Ret}}

|style="background:#dfffdf | BAT
R24
{{small|5}}

|style="background:#ffdf9f | SUR
R25
{{small|3}}

|style="background:#ffffbf | SUR
R26
{{small|1}}

|style="background:#dfdfdf | ADE
R27
{{small|2}}

|style="background:#ffdf9f | ADE
R28
{{small|3}}

!colspan=5|

! 9th

! 1806

rowspan=3| 2024

! Richie Stanaway

|style=background:#dfffdf| BAT1
R1
{{small|4}}

|style=background:#dfffdf| BAT1
R2
{{small|11}}

|style=background:#dfffdf| MEL
R3
{{small|12}}

|style=background:#dfffdf| MEL
R4
{{small|13}}

|style=background:#dfffdf| MEL
R5
{{small|7}}

|style=background:#dfffdf| MEL
R6
{{small|8}}

|style=background:#dfffdf| TAU
R7
{{small|6}}

|style=background:#dfffdf| TAU
R8
{{small|10}}

|style=background:#dfffdf| BAR
R9
{{small|24}}

|style=background:#dfffdf| BAR
R10
{{small|12}}

|style=background:#dfffdf| HID
R11
{{small|14}}

|style=background:#dfffdf| HID
R12
{{small|10}}

|style=background:#dfffdf| TOW
R13
{{small|14}}

|style=background:#dfffdf| TOW
R14
{{small|14}}

|style=background:#dfffdf| SMP
R15
{{small|16}}

|style=background:#dfffdf| SMP
R16
{{small|21}}

|style=background:#dfffdf| BEN
R17
{{small|16}}

|style=background:#dfffdf| BEN
R18
{{small|17}}

|style="background: #efcfff| SAN
R19
{{small|Ret}}

|style=background:#dfffdf| BAT
R20
{{small|9}}

|style=background:#dfffdf| SUR
R21
{{small|9}}

|style=background:#dfffdf| SUR
R22
{{small|7}}

| ADE
R23

| ADE
R24

!colspan=10|

! 19th

! 1447

Dale Wood

| 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

|style="background: #efcfff| SAN
R19
{{small|Ret}}

|style=background:#dfffdf| BAT
R20
{{small|9}}

| SUR
R21

| SUR
R22

|style=background:#dfffdf| ADE
R23
{{small|22}}

| ADE
R24

!colspan=10|

! 46th

! 207

rowspan=2|Kai Allen

| 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

| BAT
R20

| SUR
R21

| SUR
R22

| ADE
R23

|style=background:#dfffdf| ADE
R24
{{small|22}}

!colspan=10|

! 40th

! 243

2025

|style=background:#dfffdf| SMP
R1
{{small|19}}

| SMP
R2

| SMP
R3

| MEL
R4

| MEL
R5

| MEL
R6

| MEL
R7

| TAU
R8

| TAU
R9

| TAU
R10

| SYM
R11

| SYM
R12

| SYM
R13

| BAR
R14

| BAR
R15

| BAR
R16

| HID
R17

| HID
R18

| HID
R19

| TOW
R20

| TOW
R21

| TOW
R22

| QLD
R23

| QLD
R24

| QLD
R25

| BEN
R26

| BAT
R27

| SUR
R28

| SUR
R29

| SAN
R30

| SAN
R31

| ADE
R32

| ADE
R33

| ADE
R34

!

!

= Bathurst 1000 Results =

class="wikitable"

|+

!Year

!No.

!Car

!Drivers

!Position

!Laps

rowspan=2|2022

|align=center|10

|Ford Mustang GT

|{{Flagicon|AUS}} Lee Holdsworth
{{flagicon|NZ}} Matthew Payne

|align=center|6th

|align=center|161

align=center|26

|Ford Mustang GT

|{{Flagicon|AUS}} David Reynolds
{{flagicon|AUS}} Matt Campbell

|align=center|DNF

|align=center|4

rowspan=2|2023

|align=center|19

|Ford Mustang GT

|{{Flagicon|NZ}} Matthew Payne
{{flagicon|FRA}} Kevin Estre

|align=center|11th

|align=center|161

align=center|26

|Ford Mustang GT

|{{Flagicon|AUS}} David Reynolds
{{flagicon|AUS}} Garth Tander

|align=center|5th

|align=center|161

rowspan=2|2024

|align=center|19

|Ford Mustang GT

|{{Flagicon|NZ}} Matthew Payne
{{flagicon|AUS}} Garth Tander

|align=center|DNF

|align=center|130

align=center|26

|Ford Mustang GT

|{{Flagicon|NZ}} Richie Stanaway
{{flagicon|AUS}} Dale Wood

|align=center|9th

|align=center|161

Supercar drivers

{{div col|colwidth=22em}}

Super2 drivers

{{div col|colwidth=22em}}

{{div col end}}

Super2 Results

= Car No. 10 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

! {{Tooltip|Position|Points classification}}

! Pts

2018

! Brenton Grove

! rowspan=3| 10

! Holden

|style="background: #efcfff"| ADE
R1
{{small|Ret}}

|style="background: #dfffdf"| ADE
R2
{{small|17}}

|style="background: #dfffdf"| ADE
R3
{{small|18}}

|style="background: #dfffdf"| SYM
R4
{{small|18}}

|style="background: #dfffdf"| SYM
R5
{{small|19}}

|style="background: #dfffdf"| SYM
R6
{{small|16}}

|style="background: #dfffdf"| BAR
R7
{{small|21}}

|style="background: #dfffdf"| BAR
R8
{{small|21}}

|style="background: #dfffdf"| BAR
R9
{{small|18}}

|style="background: #efcfff"| TOW
R10
{{small|Ret}}

|style="background: #dfffdf"| TOW
R11
{{small|21}}

|style="background: #dfffdf"| SAN
R12
{{small|13}}

|style="background: #dfffdf"| SAN
R13
{{small|21}}

|style="background: #dfffdf"| BAT
R14
{{small|10}}

|style="background: #dfffdf"| NEW
R15
{{small|20}}

|style="background: #ffffff"| NEW
R16
{{small|C}}

!colspan=14|

! 21st

! 615

2021

! rowspan=2| Matthew Payne

! rowspan=2| Nissan

|style="background: #"| BAT
R1
{{small

}

|style="background: #"| BAT
R2
{{small|}}

|style="background: #"| TOW1
R3
{{small|}}

|style="background: #"| TOW1
R4
{{small|}}

|style="background: #"| TOW2
R5
{{small|}}

|style="background: #"| TOW2
R6
{{small|}}

|style="background: #dfffdf"| SMP
R7
{{small|16}}

|style="background: #ffffff"| SMP
R8
{{small|C}}

|style="background: #dfffdf"| BAT
R9
{{small|13}}

|style="background: #dfffdf"| BAT
R10
{{small|5}}

!colspan=20|

! 17th

! 234

|-

! 2022

|style="background: #dfffdf | SMP
R1
{{small|4}}

|style="background: #dfdfdf | SMP
R2
{{small|2}}

|style="background: #ffffbf | BAR
R3
{{small|1}}

|style="background: #dfdfdf | BAR
R4
{{small|2}}

|style="background: #dfffdf | TOW
R5
{{small|10}}

|style="background: #efcfff | TOW
R6
{{small|Ret}}

|style="background: #dfffdf | SAN
R7
{{small|19}}

|style="background: #ffffbf | SAN
R8
{{small|1}}

|style="background: #ffdf9f | BAT
R9
{{small|3}}

|style="background: #ffffff | BAT
R10
{{small|C}}

|style="background: #dfdfdf | ADE
R11
{{small|2}}

|style="background: #dfffdf | ADE
R12
{{small|4}}

!colspan=18|

!style="background: #ffdf9f"| 3rd

!style="background: #ffdf9f"| 1209

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GT3-Programme drivers

  • {{flagicon|AUS}} Stephen Grove (2019–present)
  • {{flagicon|AUS}} Brenton Grove (2019–present)
  • {{flagicon|GBR}} Ben Barker (2019–present)
  • {{flagicon|AUS}} Anton De Pasquale (2022–present)
  • {{flagicon|NZL}} Earl Bamber (2023–present)

References

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External links

  • {{official website|https://www.groveracing.com.au/}}

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