Warren Luff Explained

Warren Luff
Nationality: Australia
Racing Licence: FIA Silver
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Car Number:20
Team:Team 18
Races:130
Championships:0
Wins:3
Podiums:11
Poles:0
Position Year:2019
Championship Position:28th (258 pts)
Birth Place:Sydney, New South Wales

Warren Raymond Luff (born 21 April 1976), is best known as a race driver, stunt driver and driver training instructor. He is the son of well-known driver training instructor Ian Luff. He currently co-drives for Team 18 in the Repco Supercars Championship with Scott Pye in the No. 20 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1.

After starting in the Improved Production category in the early 1990s, he progressed to the Australian Super Touring Championship in 1997 & 1998 and his V8 Supercar debut was at the 1999 Queensland 500. He then joined various one make categories with great success. He was champion of the Australian Mitsubishi Mirage Cup in 1999 and 2000, then champion in the Brute Utes series in 2002 and 2003, as well as one off's in the Porsche 944 Challenge in 2003[1] and the Australian Mini Challenge in 2009 and 2010[2] seasons.

On 16 September 2012, Luff won his first ever V8 Supercars race, teaming up with Vodafone's Craig Lowndes at the Sandown 500. On 7 October 2012, Luff and Lowndes finished 3rd in the Supercheap Bathurst 1000, the 50th running of the event, where their car ran special Peter Brock livery to commemorate the history of Bathurst and Lowndes' mentor. In 2013, again with Lowndes, Luff won the inaugural Enduro Cup. For 2014 Luff teamed up with Garth Tander to contest the 2014 Pirtek Enduro Cup for the Holden Racing Team. Tander and Luff joined forces again in 2015, and despite not winning a race, won the 2015 Enduro Cup, resulting in Luff becoming the first driver to win the award twice.

Career results

SeasonSeriesPositionCarTeam
1995Australian Suzuki Swift Series4thSuzuki Swift GTiIan Luff Motivation
1999Australian Mitsubishi Mirage Series1stMitsubishi Mirage RSIan Luff Motivation
Australian GT Production Car Championship - Class E5thPeugeot 306 StyleNorthshore Rallysport
2000Australian Mitsubishi Mirage Series1stMitsubishi Mirage RSIan Luff Motivation
Australian GT Production Car Championship - Class E3rdPeugeot 306 StyleNorthshore Rallysport
2002V8 Brute Utes Series1stFord AU Falcon XR8 UteCoopers Racing
V8 Supercar Championship Series58thHolden VX CommodoreLansvale Racing Team
2003V8 Brute Utes Series1stFord AU Falcon XR8 UteCoopers Racing
V8 Supercar Championship Series49thFord BA FalconDick Johnson Racing
2004V8 Supercar Championship Series21stFord BA FalconDick Johnson Racing
2005V8 Supercar Development Series2ndFord BA FalconPaul Cruickshank Racing
V8 Supercar Championship Series55thStone Brothers Racing
2006V8 Supercar Championship Series27thFord BA FalconBritek Motorsport
2007V8 Supercar Championship Series60thFord BF FalconBritek Motorsport
2008V8 Supercar Championship Series37thFord BF FalconDick Johnson Racing
2009V8 Supercar Championship Series48thFord FG FalconDick Johnson Racing
Australian Mini Challenge21stMini John Cooper Works ChallengeDecorug Racing
2010V8 Supercar Championship Series28thFord FG Falcon
Holden VE Commodore
Dick Johnson Racing
Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport
Australian Mini Challenge19thMini John Cooper Works ChallengeMcElrea Racing
2011International V8 Supercars Championship28thHolden VE CommodoreLucas Dumbrell Motorsport
2012International V8 Supercars Championship30thHolden VE CommodoreTriple Eight Race Engineering
V8 Ute Racing Series41stHolden VE Ute SSAuto One Wildcard
Australian GT Championship19thAudi R8 LMSMelbourne Performance Centre
2013Australian Carrera Cup Championship3rdPorsche 997 GT3 CupMcElrea Racing
International V8 Supercars Championship29thHolden VF CommodoreTriple Eight Race Engineering
Australian GT Championship28thAudi R8 LMS UltraMelbourne Performance Centre
V8SuperTourers Championship40thFord FG FalconJohn McIntyre Racing
2014Australian Carrera Cup Championship2ndPorsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 991No Second Chance / Phase 8
Australian GT Championship17thAudi R8 LMS UltraJAMEC PEM Racing
International V8 Supercars Championship38thHolden VF CommodoreHolden Racing Team
2015Australian GT Championship40thPorsche 911 GT3 Cup Car
McLaren 650S GT3
Fastway Couriers
Objective Racing
International V8 Supercars Championship27thHolden VF CommodoreHolden Racing Team
2016International V8 Supercars Championship37thHolden VF CommodoreHolden Racing Team
Australian Endurance Championship21stMcLaren 650S GT3McElrea Racing
2017Virgin Australia Supercars Championship33rdHolden VF CommodoreWalkinshaw Racing
2018Virgin Australia Supercars Championship31stHolden ZB CommodoreWalkinshaw Andretti United
2019Porsche Carrera Cup Australia8thPorsche 911 GT3McElrea Racing
2019Virgin Australia Supercars Championship29thHolden ZB CommodoreWalkinshaw Andretti United
2020Virgin Australia Supercars Championship28thHolden ZB CommodoreWalkinshaw Andretti United
2021Repco Supercars Championship32ndHolden ZB CommodoreWalkinshaw Andretti United
2022Repco Supercars Championship52ndHolden ZB CommodoreWalkinshaw Andretti United

Complete Bathurst 1000 results

YearTeamCarCo-driverPositionLaps
1997FAI InsuranceHonda Accord Julian Bailey10th138
1998Knight RacingFord Mondeo Mark ZonneveldDNF18
2002Lansvale Racing TeamHolden Commodore VX Cameron McConville15th159
2003Dick Johnson RacingFord Falcon BA Steven Johnson13th156
2004Dick Johnson RacingFord Falcon BA Steven Johnson7th161
2005Stone Brothers RacingFord Falcon BA Marcos AmbroseDNF144
2006Britek MotorsportFord Falcon BA Adam MacrowDNF102
2007Britek MotorsportFord Falcon BF Alan GurrDNF134
2008Dick Johnson RacingFord Falcon BF Steve Owen11th161
2009Dick Johnson RacingFord Falcon FG Jonathon WebbDNF84
2010Dick Johnson RacingFord Falcon FG James Courtney5th161
2011Lucas Dumbrell MotorsportHolden Commodore VE Nathan Pretty15th161
2012Triple Eight Race EngineeringHolden Commodore VE Craig Lowndes3rd161
2013Triple Eight Race EngineeringHolden Commodore VF Craig Lowndes3rd161
2014Holden Racing TeamHolden Commodore VF Garth TanderDNS0
2015Holden Racing TeamHolden Commodore VF Garth Tander3rd161
2016Holden Racing TeamHolden Commodore VF Garth TanderDNF150
2017Walkinshaw RacingHolden Commodore VF Scott Pye2nd161
2018Walkinshaw Andretti UnitedHolden Commodore ZB Scott Pye2nd161
2019Walkinshaw Andretti UnitedHolden Commodore ZB Scott Pye7th161
2020Walkinshaw Andretti UnitedHolden Commodore ZB Chaz Mostert3rd161
2021Walkinshaw Andretti United Holden Commodore ZB Bryce Fullwood5th161
2022Walkinshaw Andretti United Holden Commodore ZB Nick Percat22nd148
Team 18Chevrolet Camaro ZL1-1LE Scott Pye17th160
2024Team 18Chevrolet Camaro ZL1-1LE David Reynolds

* Super Touring race

Complete Bathurst 24 Hour results

YearTeamCo-driversCarClassLaps
2002 Compuware Terry Bosnjak
Ian Palmer
Ray Sidebottom
Mitsubishi Magna1042422nd7th
2003 Scott Loadsman Scott Loadsman
Ian Luff
David Russell
Holden Commodore VY SSE38226th3rd

Complete Bathurst 12 Hour results

YearTeamCo-driversCarClassLaps
2008 The Car Stockade/Blue Oval Garage David Heath
Ian Luff
Ford BF Falcon XR8D19323rd3rd
2010 West Surfing Products Glyn Crimp
Stuart Kostera
Mitsubishi Lancer RS Evo XA106DNFDNF
2011 Audi Race Experience Team Joest Mark Eddy
Craig Lowndes
Audi R8 LMS GT3A2922nd2nd
2012 Phoenix Racing Mark Eddy
Craig Lowndes
Audi R8 LMS GT3A156DNFDNF
2013 Rod Salmon Racing Rod Salmon
Craig Lowndes
Audi R8 LMSA162DNFDNF
2014 Rod Salmon Racing Rod Salmon
Jason Bright
Liam Talbot
Audi R8 LMS UltraA0DNSDNS
2015 Jamec Pem Racing Greg Crick
Alessandro Latif
Audi R8 LMS UltraAA013th5th
2016 Objective Racing Matt Campbell
Tim Slade
Tony Walls
McLaren 650S GT3AA49DNFDNF
2017 Objective Racing Alex Davison
Tim Slade
Tony Walls
McLaren 650S GT3APA26820th6th
2018 Objective Racing
McElrea Racing
Jaxon Evans
Tim Slade
Tony Walls
McLaren 650S GT3APA260DNFDNF
2019 Objective Racing Andrew Watson
Tony Walls
McLaren 650S GT3APA26823rd6th

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Notes and References

  1. http://www.944challenge.com/2003_Points.htm 2003 Porsche 944 Cup Pointscore
  2. http://www.natsoft.com.au/cgi-bin/results.cgi?02/05/2010.QRI.MINI.M 2010 Mini Challenge QLD Raceway Pointscore