# Mike Kable Young Gun Award

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Touring car award

Mike Kable Young Gun Award Sport Touring car racing Competition Supercars Championship Super2 Series Super3 Series Awarded for Best performing rookie over the course of the Supercars, Super2 or Super3 season Location Sydney, New South Wales, Australia History First winner Matthew White (2000) Most recent Cameron McLeod (2023)

The **Mike Kable Young Gun Award** (also called the **Mike Kable Rookie of the Year**)[1] is an annual motor racing award honouring the achievements of a rookie driver under the age of 30 who competes in either the [Supercars Championship](/source/Supercars_Championship), the second-tier [Super2 Series](/source/Super2_Series) or the third-tier [Super3 Series](/source/Super3_Series).[a][3][4][5] [Tony Cochrane](/source/Tony_Cochrane), the chairman of the championship's organising body Australian Vee Eight Supercar Company (AVESCO),[b][6] instigated the accolade in June 2000.[4][7] It is named after Mike Kable, an Australian motoring journalist, motorsport publicist, and mentor to young racing drivers.[7] The award is presented to the rookie driver adjudged to have performed the best over the course of their first season in either championship following a vote by a panel of motorsport experts.[8][9] The recipient receives a sponsorship grant of A$15,000 to help develop themselves.[4] The winner is announced at the series' end-of-season gala in Sydney.[3]

The inaugural winner was [Matthew White](/source/Matthew_White_(racing_driver)) in 2000.[10] The following year, the [Stone Brothers Racing](/source/Stone_Brothers_Racing) driver [Marcos Ambrose](/source/Marcos_Ambrose) won the award.[11] Ambrose, [James Courtney](/source/James_Courtney), [Rick Kelly](/source/Rick_Kelly), [Scott McLaughlin](/source/Scott_McLaughlin) and [Mark Winterbottom](/source/Mark_Winterbottom) are the five recipients who have gone on to win either the Supercars Championship and/or the [Bathurst 1000](/source/Bathurst_1000) in their careers.[12] Australian drivers have won 21 times and New Zealanders twice. No one has won more than once; drivers from the second-tier championship have been honoured 14 times and Supercars competitors have won on 7 occasions. The 2023 recipient was [Cameron McLeod](/source/Cameron_McLeod), who finished in third place in the Super3 Series drivers' standings.[5]

## Winners

Mike Kable Young Gun Award winners Year Image Winner Nationality Series Ref. 2000 Matthew White Australian Konica V8 Lites Series[a] [10] 2001 Marcos Ambrose Australian V8 Supercars [11] 2002 Rick Kelly Australian [13] 2003 Mark Winterbottom Australian Konica V8 Supercar Series[a] [14] 2004 Warren Luff Australian V8 Supercars [15] 2005 Grant Denyer Australian HPDC V8 Supercar Series[a] [16] 2006 James Courtney Australian V8 Supercars [14] 2007 Dale Wood Australian Fujitsu V8 Supercar Series[a] [17] 2008 Karl Reindler Australian [18] 2009 James Moffat Australian [19] 2010 Tim Blanchard Australian [9] 2011 Chaz Mostert Australian [20] 2012 Scott Pye Australian Dunlop V8 Supercar Series[a] [21] 2013 Scott McLaughlin New Zealander V8 Supercars [22] 2014 Todd Hazelwood Australian Dunlop V8 Supercar Series[a] [12] 2015 Ashley Walsh Australian V8 Supercars [23] 2016 Cameron Waters Australian [24] 2017 Will Brown Australian Super2 Series[a] [3] 2018 Thomas Randle Australian [25] 2019 Tyler Everingham Australian [26] 2020 Not awarded 2021 Matt McLean Australian Super2 Series[a] [27] 2022 Matthew Payne New Zealander Super2 Series[a] [28] 2023 — Cameron McLeod Australian Super3 Series [5] 2024 Aaron Cameron Australian Super2 Series [29]

## Statistics

Winners by nationality Country Winners Australian 23 New Zealander 2 Winners by series Series Winners Super2 Series[a] 15 V8 Supercars 7 Super3 Series 1

## See also

- [Barry Sheene Medal](/source/Barry_Sheene_Medal)

## Notes

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-fn1_3-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-fn1_3-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-fn1_3-2) [***d***](#cite_ref-fn1_3-3) [***e***](#cite_ref-fn1_3-4) [***f***](#cite_ref-fn1_3-5) [***g***](#cite_ref-fn1_3-6) [***h***](#cite_ref-fn1_3-7) [***i***](#cite_ref-fn1_3-8) [***j***](#cite_ref-fn1_3-9) [***k***](#cite_ref-fn1_3-10) The second-tier championship has variously been sponsored by [Konica](/source/Konica_Minolta), Holden Performance Driving Centre (HPDC), [Fujitsu](/source/Fujitsu) and [Dunlop](/source/Dunlop_Tyres).[2]

1. **[^](#cite_ref-8)** AVESCO's name was changed to V8 Supercars Australia in 2005.[6]

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## External links

- [Official website](https://www.supercars.com/)

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