Aaron Cameron

Aaron Cameron
Aaron Cameron
	Aaron Cameron driving in the 2019 Hi-Tec Oils Bathurst 6 Hour. He finished first in his class.
Nationality	Australian
Born	27 January 2000 (age 22); Ferntree Gully, Victoria, Australia
TCR Australia career
Debut season	2019
Current team	Team Valvoline GRM
Car number	18
Former teams	Melbourne Performance Centre (2019)
Starts	36
Championships	0
Wins	1
Podiums	12
Poles	0
Fastest laps	1
Best finish	2nd in 2021
Previous series
2016-17; 2017-18; 2018; 2018-19	Australian Formula Ford Series; Toyota 86 Racing Series; SuperUtes Series; Australian Production Car Series
Championship titles
2021	Tasman Series

Aaron Cameron (born 27 January 2000) is an Australian racing driver, competing in the TCR Australia Series in the No. 18 Peugeot 308 TCR for Team Valvoline GRM.

Early career[]

Cameron's racing career began in karting in his home state of Victoria, with his breakthrough season coming aged 14 in 2014, as he won various state-level junior titles.^[1] In 2015, as well as moving up to the national level, he competed in selected races in Europe, including the Rotax Max Challenge Grand Finals and the KF-Junior category of the Karting World Championship.^[2]

Cameron made his first step out of karts in 2016, competing in the Victorian Formula Ford Championship,^[3] where he finished third, and two rounds of the 2016 Australian Formula Ford Championship.

2017 saw Cameron race in several grassroots and amateur categories in addition to Formula Ford and karts, including the Toyota 86 Racing Series, the V8 Ute Racing Series, the Keema Cars Excel Cup (a one-make competition for the Hyundai Excel X3), and a one-make endurance race for the Holden HQ Kingswood.^[3]

In 2018, Cameron won the KZ2 title in the Australian Kart Championship, driving for James Courtney's team, JC Kart.^[4] He also competed in the 2018 SuperUtes Series, finishing fifth overall.

Touring car career[]

Cameron made his TCR debut in the 2018 24 Hours of Barcelona, one of five drivers for MARC Cars Australia^[5] in the No. 138 Audi RS 3 LMS TCR. However, the team was forced to retire nine hours into the race, and as they had not completed 60% of the total distance, they were not classified in the final results.^[6]

On 16 May 2019, Cameron was announced as the driver of the No. 2 Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR for Melbourne Performance Centre in the inaugural season of the TCR Australia Series.^[7] He won his first race in the series in the final round, achieving victory in the penultimate race at The Bend Motorsport Park.^[8] He finished the season in third place, behind Will Brown in first and Tony D'Alberto in second.

For the 2020 season, Cameron was signed by Garry Rogers Motorsport to drive a Peugeot 308 TCR^[9] under the banner of Team Valvoline GRM.^[10]

Career results[]

Season	Series	Position	Car	Team
2016	Australian Kart Championship - KZ2	5th
	Victorian Formula Ford Championship	3rd	Spectrum 014	Borland Racing Developments
	Australian Formula Ford Series	18th	Spectrum 014
	Heritage Touring Cars - Group C	24th	Isuzu Gemini PF50
2017	Australian Kart Championship - KZ2	4th	JC Kart	JC Kart
	Victorian Formula Ford Championship	23rd	Spectrum 014
	Australian Formula Ford Series	15th	Spectrum 014
	Australian V8 Ute Racing Series	17th	Ford FG Falcon XR8 Ute	Peters Motorsport
	Australian GT Trophy Series - MARC class	1st	Ford LZ Focus V8	MARC Cars Australia
	Keema Cars Excel Cup	22nd	Hyundai Excel X3
	Toyota 86 Racing Series	21st	Toyota 86
2018	Australian Kart Championship - KZ2	1st	JC Kart	JC Kart
	ECB SuperUtes Series	5th	Mazda BT-50	Peters Motorsport
	Heritage Touring Cars - Group C	20th	Holden LX Torana SS5000 A9X
	Toyota 86 Racing Series	43rd	Toyota 86
	Australian Production Car Series	60th	Toyota 86
2019	carsales TCR Australia Series	3rd	Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR	Melbourne Performance Centre
	Heritage Touring Cars - Group C	5th	Holden LX Torana SS5000 A9X
	MRF Tyres Australian Production Car Series	19th	Toyota 86	Aaron Cameron Racing
2021	TCR Australia Series	2nd	Peugeot 308 TCR	GRM Team Valvoline
2021	S5000 Tasman Series	1st	Rogers AF01- Ford V8	Garry Rogers Motorsport
Source:^[11]

TCR Australia results[]

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	Melbourne Performance Centre	Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR	SMP R1 7	SMP R2 10	SMP R3 4	PHI R4 12	PHI R5 7	PHI R6 3	BEN R7 12	BEN R8 Ret	BEN R9 13	QLD R10 6	QLD R11 3	QLD R12 5	WIN R13 5	WIN R14 3	WIN R15 2	SAN R16 9	SAN R17 5	SAN R18 6	BEN R19 2	BEN R20 1	BEN R21 10	3rd	553
2021	GRM Team Valvoline	Peugeot 308 TCR	SYM R1 4	SYM R2 15	SYM R3 8	PHI R4 6	PHI R5 7	PHI R6 10	BAT R7 2	BAT R8 2	BAT R9 2	SMP R10 9	SMP R11 11	SMP R12 Ret	BAT R13 1	BAT R14 2	BAT R15 2							2nd	453

Complete Bathurst 12 Hour results[]

Year	Team	Co-drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class pos.
2020	MARC Cars Australia	Nick Percat Broc Feeney	Ford Mustang MARC II V8	I-INV	310	15th	1st

Complete S5000 results[]

Year	Series	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	Position	Points
2021	Tasman	Garry Rogers Motorsport	SMP R1 4	SMP R2 2	SMP R3 1	BAT R4 3	BAT R5 6	BAT R6 3	BAT R7 C	1st	165

^* Season still in progress.

References[]

^ "Busy Year of Top Level Karting For Aaron Cameron". KartSportNews. 18 February 2018. Retrieved 8 May 2020.
^ "Heat Races: KF & KF-J World Championships". KartSportNews. 27 September 2015. Retrieved 8 May 2020.
^ ^a ^b "YOUNG GUNS: AARON CAMERON". Auto Action. 27 April 2020. Retrieved 8 May 2020.
^ "AUSTRALIAN KARTING CHAMPIONS CROWNED FOR 2019". Auto Action. 3 September 2018. Retrieved 10 May 2020.
^ "AARON CAMERON AND MARC CARS TO SAMPLE TCR". Auto Action. 6 September 2018. Retrieved 10 May 2020.
^ "24H GT Series and 24H TCE Series - Race - per class.pdf" (PDF). Creventic. 9 September 2018. Retrieved 10 May 2020.
^ Howard, Tom (16 May 2019). "Cameron completes maiden TCR Australia grid". Speedcafe. Retrieved 8 May 2020.
^ Coch, Mat (17 November 2019). "Cameron storms to maiden TCR race win". Speedcafe. Retrieved 11 May 2020.
^ Chapman, Simon (12 February 2020). "Cameron joins GRM for second TCR Australia season". Speedcafe. Retrieved 8 May 2020.
^ "Garry Rogers Motorsport unveil Peugeot livery". TouringCarTimes. 24 February 2020. Retrieved 8 May 2020.
^ "Career overview – years in numbers". driverdb.com. Driver Database. Retrieved 15 May 2020.

External links[]

Aaron Cameron career summary at DriverDB.com

[1] "Busy Year of Top Level Karting For Aaron Cameron". KartSportNews. 18 February 2018. Retrieved 8 May 2020.

[2] "Heat Races: KF & KF-J World Championships". KartSportNews. 27 September 2015. Retrieved 8 May 2020.

[AutoAction1-3] "YOUNG GUNS: AARON CAMERON". Auto Action. 27 April 2020. Retrieved 8 May 2020.

[4] "AUSTRALIAN KARTING CHAMPIONS CROWNED FOR 2019". Auto Action. 3 September 2018. Retrieved 10 May 2020.

[5] "AARON CAMERON AND MARC CARS TO SAMPLE TCR". Auto Action. 6 September 2018. Retrieved 10 May 2020.

[6] "24H GT Series and 24H TCE Series - Race - per class.pdf" (PDF). Creventic. 9 September 2018. Retrieved 10 May 2020.

[7] Howard, Tom (16 May 2019). "Cameron completes maiden TCR Australia grid". Speedcafe. Retrieved 8 May 2020.

[8] Coch, Mat (17 November 2019). "Cameron storms to maiden TCR race win". Speedcafe. Retrieved 11 May 2020.

[9] Chapman, Simon (12 February 2020). "Cameron joins GRM for second TCR Australia season". Speedcafe. Retrieved 8 May 2020.

[10] "Garry Rogers Motorsport unveil Peugeot livery". TouringCarTimes. 24 February 2020. Retrieved 8 May 2020.

[11] "Career overview – years in numbers". driverdb.com. Driver Database. Retrieved 15 May 2020.

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