Grove Racing is an Australian motor racing team that's previously competed in various series, including the

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and

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. The team is making its debut in the

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in 2022. They will campaign two

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s, driven by

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and David Reynolds.

History

GT racing

Grove Racing was founded by businessman Stephen Grove in 2011 with a focus on racing

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s in various categories. Having first competed in the

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, the team entered the

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with Stephen as driver in the elite class. In 2014, the team won the first of its five

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class victories.

Super2 Series

In 2018, Stephen's son

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entered the

having also competed in Porsches. The team drafted two-time

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winner

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to co-drive with Brenton at that year's Bathurst 250 endurance race for the series. The team did not continue in the series in 2019 with Brenton moving to drive for

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in the series. In 2021, Matthew Payne entered the

for the last two rounds in a

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Supercars Championship

In January 2021, Grove Group purchased 50% of

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, which was rebranded Kelly Grove Racing. Six months later, Grove bought out the remainder of the team, to be known as Grove Racing from 2022.

Supercars Results

Car No. 19 results

Car No. 26 results

Supercar drivers

* David Reynolds (2022–present) *

(2022) * '' Matt Campbell'' (2022) * Matthew Payne (2022–present) * ''

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'' (2023)

Super2 drivers

* Matthew Payne (2021–22)

Super2 Results

Car No. 10 results

GT3-Programme drivers

* Stephen Grove (2019–present) * Brenton Grove (2019–present) * ''Ben Barker'' (2019–present)

References

External links

* Australian auto racing teams 2011 establishments in Australia Porsche in motorsport Auto racing teams established in 2011 Supercars Championship teams