2024 TCR Australia Touring Car Series explained

The 2024 TCR Australia Series (known for sponsorship reasons as the 2024 Supercheap Auto TCR Australia Series) was the fifth season of the TCR Australia Touring Car Series. The series ras as part of the Australian Racing Group's SpeedSeries. Initially, the rounds at Sydney Motorsport Park and Mount Panorama Circuit were scheduled to be part of the TCR World Tour, but the rounds were removed from that championship due to logistics issues for teams transporting cars in to the country.^[1]

Josh Buchan became the first multiple time and back to back champion of the series, after securing the championship.

Calendar

Round	Circuit	Location	Date	Map
1	Sandown Raceway	Springvale, Victoria	9–11 February
2	Symmons Plains Raceway	Launceston, Tasmania	15–17 March
3	Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit	Phillip Island, Victoria	12–14 April
4	The Bend Motorsport Park	Tailem Bend, South Australia	31 May–2 June
5	Queensland Raceway	Ipswich, Queensland	2–4 August
6	Sydney Motorsport Park	Eastern Creek, New South Wales	18–20 October
7	Mount Panorama Circuit	Bathurst, New South Wales	8–10 November
^[2] ^[3]

Calendar changes

The round at Queensland was originally set to be held on 12–14 July, but on 6 June, the event was moved to 2–4 August.^[4]

Entry list

The following teams and drivers are contracted to compete in the 2024 championship.

Team	Car		Drivers	Class	Rounds	Ref.
HMO Customer Racing	Hyundai i30 N TCR	1	Josh Buchan		1–3	^[5]
	Hyundai Elantra N TCR				4–7	^[6]
	Hyundai i30 N TCR	15	Tom Oliphant		All	^[7]
Wall Racing	Honda Civic Type R TCR (FL5)	2	Tony D'Alberto		1–6	^[8]
		74	Brad Harris		All	^[9]
	Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK8)	76	John Martin		1	^[10]
			William Harris		2–6
	Honda Civic Type R TCR (FL5)				7
Carl Cox Motorsport	Cupra León Competición TCR	4	Clay Richards		1–4	^[11]
nowrap	Ashley Seward Motorsport	Lynk & Co 03 TCR	11	Dylan O'Keeffe		All	^[12]
Garry Rogers Motorsport	Peugeot 308 TCR	18	Aaron Cameron		1–6	^[13]
		33	Jordan Cox		1–5	^[14]
		71	nowrap	Ben Bargwanna		1–6	^[15]
		79	Ryan Casha		1–5
	Peugeot 308 P51 TCR	18	Aaron Cameron		7	^[16]
		33	Jordan Cox		6	^[17] ^[18]
		71	nowrap	Ben Bargwanna			6
		79	Ryan Casha		7
Challenge Motorsport	Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2017)	22	Iain McDougall		1, 4	^[19] ^[20]
BRM Motorsport	Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2021)	29	Glenn Nirwan		1–6	^[21]
Team Soutar Motorsport		110	Zac Soutar		All
99Motorsport	Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2017)	99	Marcus LaDelle		1	nowrap	^[22] ^[23]
			Ben Stewart		5	^[24]
			Blake Knowles		7	^[25]
nowrap rowspan="1"	Jude Bargwanna Motorsport	nowrap rowspan="1"	Alfa Romeo Giulietta Veloce TCR	179	nowrap	Jude Bargwanna		3	^[26]

Results and standings

Season summary

	Race	Event
1	1	Sandown Raceway	Josh Buchan	Josh Buchan	Ben Bargwanna	Garry Rogers Motorsport
	2			Aaron Cameron	Jordan Cox	Garry Rogers Motorsport
	3			Josh Buchan	Ben Bargwanna	Garry Rogers Motorsport
2	1	Symmons Plains Raceway	Tony D'Alberto	Tony D'Alberto	Tony D'Alberto	Wall Racing
	2			Tom Oliphant	Dylan O'Keeffe	Ashley Seward Motorsport
	3			Dylan O'Keeffe	Tom Oliphant	HMO Customer Racing
3	1	Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit	Tony D'Alberto	Josh Buchan	Josh Buchan	HMO Customer Racing
	2			Brad Harris	Brad Harris	Wall Racing
	3			Ben Bargwanna	Brad Harris	Wall Racing
4	1	The Bend Motorsport Park	Tony D'Alberto	Zac Soutar	Jordan Cox	Garry Rogers Motorsport
	2			Tom Oliphant	Zac Soutar	Team Soutar Motorsport
	3			Josh Buchan	Zac Soutar	Team Soutar Motorsport
5	1	Queensland Raceway	Tom Oliphant	Aaron Cameron	Tony D'Alberto	Wall Racing
	2			Tom Oliphant	Ryan Casha	Garry Rogers Motorsport
	3			Tom Oliphant	Tony D'Alberto	Wall Racing
6	1	Sydney Motorsport Park	Josh Buchan	Josh Buchan	Josh Buchan	HMO Customer Racing
	2			Jordan Cox	Dylan O'Keeffe	Garry Rogers Motorsport
	3			Josh Buchan	Aaron Cameron	HMO Customer Racing
7	1	Mount Panorama Circuit	Zac Soutar	Zac Soutar	Zac Soutar	Team Soutar Motorsport
	2			Jordan Cox	William Harris	Garry Rogers Motorsport
	3			Dylan O'Keeffe	Zac Soutar	Ashley Seward Motorsport

• For race 1 of the round at Symmons Plains Raceway, no points were awarded following a protest from Garry Rogers Motorsport that the race had not reached sufficient distance. Race 1 winner Tony D'Alberto elected not to start Race 3 of the event in protest of the result being nullified.^[27]

Championship standings

Points system

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	11th	12th	13th	14th	15th	16th	17th	18th	19th	20th	DNF
Qualifying	6	5	4	3	2	1	0	0
Races 1 & 3	50	46	44	42	40	38	36	34	32	30	28	26	25	24	23	22	21	20	19	18	0
Race 2	35	31	29	27	25	23	21	19	17	15	13	11	10	9	8	7	6	5	4	3	0

• The driver who sets the fastest lap in a race receives one additional point.

Drivers' championship

Driver SAN SYM PHI BEN QLD SMP BAT Points 1 Josh Buchan 2^1 6 2 2^2 6 11 1^3 Ret 3 3^2 3 2 6 3 3 1^1 3 1 3^3 6 6 2 Zac Soutar 4^2 4 4 3^3 5 4 2^6 7 6 9^4 1 1 3^3 6 2 6^6 Ret 8 1^1 7 3 729 3 Brad Harris 6 11 12 12^4 9 7 9^2 1 1 7 2 4 5^4 5 9 2^2 7 4 5^4 8 7 677 4 Dylan O'Keeffe 9 9 9 10 1 3 3^4 Ret 8 4 8 5 Ret^6 7 6 3^3 2 2 2^5 4 1 654 5 Jordan Cox 5 1 3 6 3 6 11 6 11 1^3 6 7 8 2 7 8 1 Ret 6 1 10 651 6 Ryan Casha 7^4 3 5 Ret^6 10 5 6 3 12 6 4 3 10 1 10 11 8 6 7 5 4 649 7 Ben Bargwanna 1^3 7 1 5 4 8 4 5 2 10 7 9 7 12 8 9 6 7 8 Ret 8 623 8 Tom Oliphant 11 12 Ret 8 2 1 7 9 7 11 5 Ret 4^1 11 4 4^5 Ret 5 4^6 3 2 9 Tony D'Alberto 3^5 7 6 1^1 8 WD 14^1 8 4 2^1 13 6 1^2 4 1 5^4 Ret DNS 490 10 Aaron Cameron 13^6 8 8 7^5 12 9 8 2 10 5^6 9 11 2^5 13 5 Ret 5 3 Ret DNS DNS 475 11 William Harris 9 Ret DNS 10 10 9 13 12 10 9 8 11 7 4 Ret 9^2 2 5 12 Clay Richards 8 2 7 4 7 2 5^5 4 5 8^5 Ret 8 347 13 Glenn Nirwan 14 Ret 14 11 11 10 12 Ret Ret 14 11 Ret 11 10 Ret 10 9 9 14 John Martin 10 5 11 83 15 Iain McDougall Ret 13 10 12 10 Ret 81 16 Ben Stewart 12 9 12 69 17 Blake Knowles 10 Ret 9 62 18 Marcus LaDelle 12 Ret 13 51 19 Jude Bargwanna 13 11 Ret 38

Notes: ^1 2 3 4 5 6 – Qualifying positions

• No points were awarded for race 1 at Symmons Plains due to the race not reaching sufficient distance.

External links

• Official website

Notes and References

1. Web site: Both Australia races removed from 2024 FIA TCR World Tour calendar. February 15, 2024. February 16, 2024. touringcartimes.com. TouringcarTimes.
2. News: 11 November 2023 . 2024 SUPERCHEAP AUTO TCR AUSTRALIA CALENDAR CONFIRMED . .
3. News: KUMHO FIA TCR WORLD TOUR NOT RETURNING TO AUSTRALIA IN 2024 . . 16 February 2024 . 16 February 2024.
4. News: The two Queensland Raceway SpeedSeries rounds are now one. Speedcafe. O'Brien. Garry. 6 June 2024. 6 June 2024.
5. Web site: TCR Australia champion Josh Buchan lands two-year extension with HMO. TouringCarTimes. 18 January 2024. 18 January 2024.
6. Web site: Josh Buchan switches back to Elantra for The Bend. TouringCarTimes. 28 May 2024. 28 May 2024.
7. News: 2 February 2024 . Oliphant signs with HMO Customer Racing . TCR Australia.
8. News: 6 December 2023. Honda Australia and Tony D'Alberto Confirm Return to TCR Australia. TCR Australia. 6 December 2023.
9. Web site: Harris brothers confirm 2024 TCR Australia season with Wall Racing. TouringCarTimes. 13 December 2023. 13 December 2023.
10. News: Driver Coach's last minute Sandow call-up. V8 Sleuth. AN1 Media. 11 February 2024. 29 May 2024.
11. News: 6 February 2024. Clay Richards Teams up with Carl Cox Motorsport. TCR Australia.
12. News: 7 February 2024. O'Keeffe Returns to ASM Fold in Autoglym Lynk & Co. TCR Australia.
13. News: 25 January 2024. Toyota 86 Champion Joins Cameron for Valvoline TCR Effort. TCR Australia.
14. News: 7 February 2024. Schaeffler, Cox Continue Partnership for 2024. TCR Australia.
15. Web site: Ben Bargwanna returns for 2024 TCR Australia season. TouringCarTimes. 29 January 2024. 29 January 2024.
16. Web site: GRM confirms full P51 entry for TCR Australia finale. TouringCarTimes. 5 November 2024. 5 November 2024.
17. Web site: New Peugeot challenger to make TCR Australia debut. TouringCarTimes. 14 October 2024. 14 October 2024.
18. Web site: GRM reveals liveries for new Peugeot entries. TouringCarTimes. 16 October 2024. 16 October 2024.
19. Web site: Cox, McDougall and Richards completes 15-car 2024 TCR Australia entry list. TouringCarTimes. 6 February 2024. 6 February 2024.
20. News: TCR Australia The Bend entry list. V8 Sleuth. AN1 Media. Dale. Will. 29 May 2024. 29 May 2024.
21. News: 29 January 2024. Tufflift Racing expands to two car for the 2024 season. TCR Australia.
22. News: 15 December 2023. 99motorsport Announce Entry to TCR Australia. TCR Australia. 15 December 2023.
23. Web site: O'Brien. Garry. 2024-01-05. 99motorsport's owner to drive in TCR Australia Series opener. 2024-01-07. Speedcafe.com. en-AU.
24. News: Kiwi young gun gets TCR Series debut. V8 Sleuth. AN1 Media. Dale. Will. 12 July 2024. 12 July 2024.
25. News: 4 November 2024 . Blake Knowles to Make TCR Australia Debut in Bathurst .
26. News: Last minute deal lands Bargawanna TCR debut. Speedcafe. Coch. Mat. 3 April 2024. 3 April 2024.
27. Web site: D'Alberto sits out TCR finale in protest. 17 March 2024. 17 March 2024. speedcafe.com. Speedcafe.