# Grove Racing > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Grove_Racing > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Grove_Racing.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grove_Racing > Source revision: 1355325540 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) Australian motor racing team Grove Racing Manufacturer Ford Mercedes-AMG Owner Stephen Grove Brenton Grove Race Drivers Supercars: 19. Matthew Payne 26. Kai Allen GTWC Australia: 4. Stephen Grove Brenton Grove Race Engineers 19. Jack Bell 26. Alistair McVean Chassis Mustang GT AMG GT3 Evo Debut 2011 (Carrera Cup) 2022 (Supercars) Drivers' Championships 0 Round wins 6 position 2 **Grove Racing** is an Australian motor racing team that's previously competed in various series, including the [Porsche Carrera Cup Australia Championship](/source/Porsche_Carrera_Cup_Australia_Championship) and [Super2 Series](/source/Super2_Series). The team made its debut in the [Supercars Championship](/source/Supercars_Championship) in 2022. They will campaign two [Ford Mustang S650s](/source/Ford_Mustang_(seventh_generation)), driven by [Matthew Payne](/source/Matthew_Payne) and [Kai Allen](/source/Kai_Allen). ## History ### GT racing Grove Racing was founded by businessman Stephen Grove in 2011 with a focus on racing [Porsches](/source/Porsche) in various categories. Having first competed in the [Porsche Sprint Challenge Australia](/source/Porsche_Sprint_Challenge_Australia), the team entered the [Porsche Carrera Cup Australia Championship](/source/Porsche_Carrera_Cup_Australia_Championship) in [2012](/source/2012_Australian_Carrera_Cup_Championship) with Stephen as driver in the elite class.[1] In 2014, the team won the first of its five [Bathurst 12 Hour](/source/Bathurst_12_Hour) class victories.[2] ### Super2 Series In 2018, Stephen's son [Brenton](/source/Brenton_Grove) entered the [Super2 Series](/source/Super2_Series) having also competed in Porsches. The team drafted two-time [24 Hours of Le Mans](/source/24_Hours_of_Le_Mans) winner [Earl Bamber](/source/Earl_Bamber) to co-drive with Brenton at that year's [Bathurst 250](/source/Bathurst_250) endurance race for the series.[3] The team did not continue in the series in 2019 with Brenton moving to drive for [Triple Eight Race Engineering](/source/Triple_Eight_Race_Engineering) in the series. In 2021, [Matthew Payne](/source/Matthew_Payne) entered the [Super2 Series](/source/Super2_Series) for the last two rounds in a [Nissan Altima L33](/source/Nissan_Altima_L33). ### Supercars Championship In January 2021, Grove Group purchased 50% of [Kelly Racing](/source/Kelly_Grove_Racing), which was rebranded Kelly Grove Racing.[4] Six months later, Grove bought out the remainder of the team, to be known as Grove Racing from 2022.[5] In January 2021, Grove Group purchased 50% of [Kelly Racing](/source/Kelly_Racing), which was rebranded Kelly Grove Racing. Six months later, Grove acquired the remaining shareholding, with the team competing as Grove Racing from the 2022 season onwards. Ahead of the 2022 season, the team announced that former Supercars champion [Garth Tander](/source/Garth_Tander) would join Grove Racing. Tander officially commenced his role in 2023, working as a driver advisor across both the Supercars program and the Grove Junior Team, while also becoming the team’s endurance co-driver. For the 2022 [Supercars Championship](/source/Supercars_Championship), Grove Racing fielded [David Reynolds](/source/David_Reynolds_(racing_driver)) and [Lee Holdsworth](/source/Lee_Holdsworth). Reynolds remained with the team through 2023, partnering rookie [Matt Payne](/source/Matt_Payne), who graduated from the Grove Junior Team. Reynolds departed at the end of 2023 and was replaced by [Richie Stanaway](/source/Richie_Stanaway) for the 2024 season. Stanaway completed a single season with the team before leaving at the end of 2024, with 2023 [Super2 Series](/source/Dunlop_Super2_Series) champion [Kai Allen](/source/Kai_Allen) signed as his replacement for 2025. The 2025 season marked Grove Racing’s most successful Supercars campaign to date. Payne and Allen achieved multiple podium finishes and delivered the team its first [Bathurst 1000](/source/Bathurst_1000) victory, with Payne becoming one of the youngest winners in the event’s history. The win represented Grove Racing’s maiden triumph in the Bathurst classic. In 2025, the team announced a major technical restructure for the 2026 season, including the recruitment of former [Ferrari](/source/Scuderia_Ferrari) Formula One engineer Riccardo Corte as Technical Director and the promotion of Alistair McVean to Head of Performance. The team also confirmed that 2025 would be the final full-time season for Team Principal David Cauchi, who had overseen the squad’s transition from Kelly Grove Racing and played a central role in its first race win and Bathurst 1000 victory. ## Supercars Results ### Car No. 19 results 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 Position Pts 2022 Lee Holdsworth 10 Ford SMP R1 21 SMP R2 16 SYM R3 9 SYM R4 9 SYM R5 14 MEL R6 22 MEL R7 3 MEL R8 13 MEL R9 10 BAR R10 11 BAR R11 21 BAR R12 12 WIN R13 5 WIN R14 4 WIN R15 6 HID R16 15 HID R17 12 HID R18 16 TOW R19 17 TOW R20 23 BEN R21 15 BEN R22 22 BEN R23 10 SAN R24 24 SAN R25 18 SAN R26 18 PUK R27 12 PUK R28 12 PUK R29 14 BAT R30 6 SUR R31 15 SUR R32 Ret ADE R33 10 ADE R34 9 13th 1734 2023 Matthew Payne 19 NEW R1 12 NEW R2 14 MEL R3 13 MEL R4 17 MEL R5 21 MEL R6 12 BAR R7 6 BAR R8 9 BAR R9 18 SYM R10 15 SYM R11 15 SYM R12 21 HID R13 19 HID R14 23 HID R15 25 TOW R16 15 TOW R17 18 SMP R18 24 SMP R19 23 BEN R20 7 BEN R21 6 BEN R22 18 SAN R23 6 BAT R24 11 SUR R25 9 SUR R26 4 ADE R27 23 ADE R28 1 14th 1673 2024 BAT1 R1 10 BAT1 R2 7 MEL R3 3 MEL R4 3 MEL R5 Ret MEL R6 14 TAU R7 13 TAU R8 4 BAR R9 8 BAR R10 9 HID R11 15 HID R12 20 TOW R13 4 TOW R14 1 SMP R15 2 SMP R16 4 BEN R17 17 BEN R18 21 SAN R19 4 BAT R20 Ret SUR R21 4 SUR R22 9 ADE R23 4 ADE R24 23 6th 2019 2025 SYD R1 4 SYD R2 5 SYD R3 6 MEL R4 9 MEL R5 11 MEL R6 10 MEL R7 C TAU R8 1 TAU R9 4 TAU R10 1 SYM R11 15 SYM R12 7 SYM R13 1 BAR R14 6 BAR R15 5 BAR R16 2 HID R17 3 HID R18 8 HID R19 3 TOW R20 4 TOW R21 3 TOW R22 5 QLD R23 12 QLD R24 6 QLD R25 4 BEN R26 3 BAT R27 1 SUR R28 10 SUR R29 4 SAN R30 6 SAN R31 22 ADE R32 6 ADE R33 6 ADE R34 1 ### Car No. 26 results 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 Position Pts 2022 David Reynolds 26 Ford SMP R1 24 SMP R2 9 SYM R3 21 SYM R4 3 SYM R5 4 MEL R6 2 MEL R7 2 MEL R8 3 MEL R9 Ret BAR R10 4 BAR R11 11 BAR R12 6 WIN R13 3 WIN R14 3 WIN R15 4 HID R16 25 HID R17 5 HID R18 12 TOW R19 18 TOW R20 11 BEN R21 8 BEN R22 8 BEN R23 22 SAN R24 12 SAN R25 4 SAN R26 9 PUK R27 9 PUK R28 7 PUK R29 8 BAT R30 Ret SUR R31 2 SUR R32 4 ADE R33 11 ADE R34 15 8th 2132 2023 NEW R1 10 NEW R1 12 NEW R2 3 MEL R3 19 MEL R4 23 MEL R5 14 MEL R6 8 BAR R7 3 BAR R8 14 BAR R9 4 SYM R10 16 SYM R11 23 SYM R12 12 HID R13 20 HID R14 22 HID R15 12 TOW R16 21 TOW R17 17 SMP R18 Ret SMP R19 20 BEN R20 13 BEN R21 4 BEN R22 20 SAN R23 Ret BAT R24 5 SUR R25 3 SUR R26 1 ADE R27 2 ADE R28 3 9th 1806 2024 Richie Stanaway BAT1 R1 4 BAT1 R2 11 MEL R3 12 MEL R4 13 MEL R5 7 MEL R6 8 TAU R7 6 TAU R8 10 BAR R9 24 BAR R10 12 HID R11 14 HID R12 10 TOW R13 14 TOW R14 14 SMP R15 16 SMP R16 21 BEN R17 16 BEN R18 17 SAN R19 Ret BAT R20 9 SUR R21 9 SUR R22 7 ADE R23 ADE R24 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 SAN R19 Ret BAT R20 9 SUR R21 SUR R22 ADE R23 22 ADE R24 46th 207 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 ADE R24 22 40th 243 2025 SYD R1 19 SYD R2 23 SYD R3 13 MEL R4 20 MEL R5 12 MEL R6 12 MEL R7 C TAU R8 7 TAU R9 10 TAU R10 18 SYM R11 12 SYM R12 18 SYM R13 24 BAR R14 11 BAR R15 11 BAR R16 8 HID R17 11 HID R18 3 HID R19 2 TOW R20 15 TOW R21 19 TOW R22 10 QLD R23 2 QLD R24 20 QLD R25 3 BEN R26 15 BAT R27 8 SUR R28 3 SUR R29 6 SAN R30 7 SAN R31 6 ADE R32 5 ADE R33 5 ADE R34 4 ### Bathurst 1000 Results Year No. Car Drivers Position Laps 2022 10 Ford Mustang GT Lee Holdsworth Matthew Payne 6th 161 26 Ford Mustang GT David Reynolds Matt Campbell DNF 4 2023 19 Ford Mustang GT Matthew Payne Kevin Estre 11th 161 26 Ford Mustang GT David Reynolds Garth Tander 5th 161 2024 19 Ford Mustang GT Matthew Payne Garth Tander DNF 130 26 Ford Mustang GT Richie Stanaway Dale Wood 9th 161 2025 26 Ford Mustang GT Kai Allen Dale Wood 8th 161 100 Ford Mustang GT Matthew Payne Garth Tander 1st 161 ### Teams Championship results Year Car Pos Points 2021 Mustang GT 8th 2818 2022 Mustang GT 5th 3866 2023 Mustang GT 7th 3479 2024 Mustang GT 4th 3544 2025 Mustang GT 2nd 4736 ## Supercar drivers - [David Reynolds](/source/David_Reynolds_(racing_driver)) (2022–2023) - [Lee Holdsworth](/source/Lee_Holdsworth) (2022) - *[Matt Campbell](/source/Matt_Campbell_(racing_driver))* (2022) - [Matthew Payne](/source/Matthew_Payne) (2022–present) - *[Garth Tander](/source/Garth_Tander)* (2023-2025) - *[Kévin Estre](/source/K%C3%A9vin_Estre)* (2023) - [Richie Stanaway](/source/Richie_Stanaway) (2024) - *[Dale Wood](/source/Dale_Wood_(racing_driver))* (2024–2025) - [Kai Allen](/source/Kai_Allen) (2024–present) - *[Tim Slade](/source/Tim_Slade)* (2026–present) - *[Will Davison](/source/Will_Davison)* (2026–present) ## Super2 drivers - [Brenton Grove](/source/Brenton_Grove) (2018) - *[Earl Bamber](/source/Earl_Bamber)* (2018) - [Matthew Payne](/source/Matthew_Payne) (2021–22) ## Stats Year Driver Race Starts Race wins Podiums 2022 Lee Holdsworth 34 0 1 2022–2023 David Reynolds 62 1 13 2022–present Matt Payne 96 7 19 2022 Matt Campbell 1 0 0 2023 Kévin Estre 2 0 0 2023–2025 Garth Tander 6 1 2 2024 Richie Stanaway 22 0 0 2024–2025 Dale Wood 5 0 0 2024–present Kai Allen 44 1 6 ## Super2 Results ### Car No. 10 results 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 Position Pts 2018 Brenton Grove 10 Holden ADE R1 Ret ADE R2 17 ADE R3 18 SYM R4 18 SYM R5 19 SYM R6 16 BAR R7 21 BAR R8 21 BAR R9 18 TOW R10 Ret TOW R11 21 SAN R12 13 SAN R13 21 BAT R14 10 NEW R15 20 NEW R16 C 21st 615 2021 Matthew Payne Nissan BAT R1 BAT R2 TOW1 R3 TOW1 R4 TOW2 R5 TOW2 R6 SMP R7 16 SMP R8 C BAT R9 13 BAT R10 5 17th 234 2022 SMP R1 4 SMP R2 2 BAR R3 1 BAR R4 2 TOW R5 10 TOW R6 Ret SAN R7 19 SAN R8 1 BAT R9 3 BAT R10 C ADE R11 2 ADE R12 4 3rd 1209 ## GT3-Programme drivers - Stephen Grove (2019–present) - Brenton Grove (2019–present) - *[Ben Barker](/source/Ben_Barker_(racing_driver))* (2019–2020) - *[Anton De Pasquale](/source/Anton_De_Pasquale)* (2022–2023) - *[Matt Payne](/source/Matt_Payne)* (2022-present) - *[Earl Bamber](/source/Earl_Bamber)* (2023) - *[Jules Gounon](/source/Jules_Gounon)* (2024-present) ### Bathurst 12 Hours results Year Co-drivers Car Class Laps Ovr. pos. Class pos. 2018 Stephen Grove Brenton Grove Ben Barker Daniel Gaunt Porsche 911 GT3 R B 260 17th 1st 2019 Stephen Grove Brenton Grove Ben Barker Porsche 911 GT3 R B 299 16th 1st 2020 Stephen Grove Brenton Grove Ben Barker Porsche 911 GT3 R APA 312 10th 1st 2022 Stephen Grove Brenton Grove Ben Barker Porsche 911 GT3 R APA 197 DNF DNF 2023 Brenton Grove Stephen Grove Anton De Pasquale Porsche 911 GT3 R A 56 DNF DNF ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["ENTRY LIST: Carrera Cup ready for Townsville return"](https://speedcafe.com/carrera-cup-townsville-entry/). *Speedcafe*. 3 July 2012. Retrieved 27 July 2021. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["Grove Racing ready for 2020 outright step up"](https://www.bathurst12hour.com.au/news/grove-racing-ready-for-2020-outright-step-up/). *Bathurst 12 Hour*. Retrieved 27 July 2021. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** Makhoul, Joshua (4 October 2018). ["Grove keen to learn from 'world class' Bamber"](https://www.supercars.com/news/super2/grove-keen-to-learn-from-world-class-bamber/). Supercars.com. Retrieved 8 October 2018. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** van Leeuwen, Andrew (14 January 2021). ["New ownership structure for Kelly Racing"](https://au.motorsport.com/v8supercars/news/new-ownership-kelly-racing-grove/5002382/). *[Motorsport.com](/source/Motorsport.com)*. Retrieved 27 July 2021. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** Chapman, Simon (26 July 2021). ["Grove takes full ownership of KGR, Kelly to depart"](https://www.speedcafe.com/grove-takes-full-ownership-of-kgr-kelly-to-depart/). *[Speedcafe](/source/Speedcafe)*. Retrieved 27 July 2021. ## External links - [Official website](https://www.groveracing.com.au/) v t e Teams, drivers and events of the 2026 Supercars Championship Scheduled events Sprint Cup Sydney 500 Melbourne SuperSprint Taupō Super 440 Christchurch Super 440 Tasmania Super 440 Darwin Triple Crown Townsville 500 Perth Super 440 Ipswich Super 440 Enduro Cup The Bend 500 Bathurst 1000 The Finals Gold Coast 500 Sandown 500 Adelaide Grand Final Events in italics are two-driver endurance races Teams and drivers contesting the championship Triple Eight Race Engineering Walkinshaw TWG Racing Blanchard Racing Team Matt Stone Racing 11 Jackson Walls 88 Broc Feeney 888 Will Brown 1 Chaz Mostert 2 Ryan Wood 3 Aaron Cameron 7 James Golding 4 Jack Le Brocq 10 Zach Bates Tickford Racing Erebus Motorsport Brad Jones Racing Dick Johnson Racing 6 Cam Waters 55 Thomas Randle 9 Jobe Stewart 99 Cooper Murray 8 Andre Heimgartner 14 Cameron Hill 96 Macauley Jones 17 Brodie Kostecki 38 Rylan Gray Team 18 Grove Racing PremiAir Racing 18 Anton De Pasquale 20 David Reynolds 19 Matthew Payne 26 Kai Allen 31 Jayden Ojeda 777 Declan Fraser --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Grove Racing](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grove_Racing) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grove_Racing?action=history)). 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