Paul Stokell

{{short description|Australian racing driver (born 1968)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=June 2021}} {{Use Australian English|date=June 2012}} {{Infobox racing driver | name = Paul Stokell | image = | imagesize =  | caption = | nationality = Australian | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1968|3|8}} | birth_place = Tasmania, Australia | retired = | relatives = | last_series = Australian Mini Challenge | years_active = 2008-2010 | teams = Decorug Racing | starts = 62 | wins = 16 | poles = 6 | fastest_laps = 15 | best_finish = 1st | year = 2009 Australian Mini Challenge | prev_series_years = Pre 1990 1990 1992-96, 2001 1994 1995 1998 2000-04 2000-04 2004 2007-08 2007 | prev_series = Formula Vee Aust. Formula Ford Australian Drivers' Championship EFDA Nations Cup Indonesian Grand Prix Australian GT Production Nations Cup V8 Supercar Australian GT Performance Australian Carrera Cup Australian GT Championship | title_years = 1994 1995 1995 1996 2003 2004 2009 2018-19 | titles = Australian Drivers' Championship Australian Drivers' Championship Indonesian Grand Prix Australian Drivers' Championship Australian Nations Cup Australian Nations Cup Australian Mini Challenge Australian Targa Championship | awards = | award_years = }}

'''Paul Francis Stokell''' (born 8 March 1968 in Tasmania) is an Australian racing driver. Highly decorated in every category he has competed, Stokell has been a race and multiple championship winning driver in open wheel, sportscar racing and tarmac rallying, consistently since the early 1990s and remains so today having won back to back Australian Targa Championship in 2018/2019.

While Tasmanian born, today Stokell is Queensland based where he has operated a performance driving school since 2008, and has been involved with the Sherrin Motor Sport Porsche Carrera Cup team taking their maiden victory in 2007.

==Open wheelers== Stokell first emerged into the national spotlight racing in the national Australian Formula Ford series, taking a Reynard to runner up in the 1990 title behind Russell Ingall.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.formulaford.com.au/content/records/1990.php |title=Formula Ford - About - Records and Statistics |access-date=2012-05-16 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120516083312/http://www.formulaford.com.au/content/records/1990.php |archive-date=16 May 2012 }} 1990 Australian Formula Ford pointscore</ref> Stokell tried to push his career in England in the next couple of years however a lack of support forced his return to Australian racing in 1993 driving for Malcolm Ramsay's South Australian Birrana Racing team in Formula Brabham (which reverted to its original name of Formula Holden in 1996). With Stokell leading, Birrana came to dominate the category and Stokell took a trifecta of Australian Drivers' Championships in the mid-90s. In 1994, he represented Australia in the EFDA Nations Cup but the highlight of the era was his first international victory, winning the 1994 New Zealand International Series and 1995 Pan Pacific title including the Indonesian Grand Prix.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://jawawa.id/newsitem/paul-stokell-storms-opening-win-1447893297|title=Paul Stokell storms opening win|website=Jawawa.id|date=13 August 1995|access-date=16 July 2025}}</ref>

==Sports cars== [[File:Stokell-lambo.jpg|thumb|left|Stokell driving a Lamborghini Diablo SVR in the 2001 Australian Nations Cup Championship.]]In 1998, Stokell led an importer supported team driving Lotus Elise in the Australian GT Production Car Championship and against larger and more powerful cars Stokell became a giant-killer in the Lotus, finishing sixth in the championship. Out of this effort came an invitation to join the newly formed Team Lamborghini Australia, to race Lamborghini Diablos in the Australian Nations Cup Championship. Starting in 2000, Stokell was a constant front runner in the black Diablo and again became a championship winner in 2003 and 2004. In 2005, he drove in one round of the FIA GT Championship<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.teamdan.com/archive/2005/fiagt9.html |title=2005 FIA GT Championship: Zhuhai, Round 9 |access-date=20 January 2010 |archive-date=24 February 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120224114626/http://www.teamdan.com/archive/2005/fiagt9.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> in a Lotus placing second in the G2 class.

Since then Stokell has made sporadic appearances in a variety of categories and became a competitor and entrant in the new Mini Challenge series in 2008 and became series champion in 2009.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://speedcafe.com/stokell-bound-for-spain-after-mini-win/|title=Stokell bound for Spain after MINI win|website=Speedcafe.com|date=8 December 2009|access-date=18 April 2021}}</ref> He followed that by representing Australia for the second time in the Spanish Mini Challenge in 2010<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://speedcafe.com/mixed-results-for-aussies-in-spanish-minis/|title=Mixed results for Aussies in Spanish MINIs|website=Speedcafe.com|date=7 June 2010|access-date=18 April 2021}}</ref> as well as finishing second in the Australian Mini Challenge in 2010.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.speedcafe.com/2010/12/05/alajajian-takes-all-in-mini-challenge-finale/|title=Alajajian takes all in MINI Challenge finale - Speedcafe|date=11 June 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120611073108/http://www.speedcafe.com/2010/12/05/alajajian-takes-all-in-mini-challenge-finale/|access-date=18 April 2021|archive-date=11 June 2012}}</ref> {{Clear}}

==Career results== Some results sources from:<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.paulstokell.com/career.htm |title=Paul Stokell Online |access-date=2009-12-27 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041016015828/http://paulstokell.com/career.htm |archive-date=16 October 2004 }} PaulStokel.com Career Highlights</ref> {| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;" |- ! Season ! Series ! Position ! Car ! Team |- ! 1990 | Motorcraft Formula Ford Driver to Europe Series |align="center" style="background:#dfdfdf;"| '''2nd''' | Reynard FF88 Ford Swift FB90 Ford | Phoenix Motorsport Swift Australia |- ! 1992 | Australian Drivers' Championship |align="center" | 15th | Shrike NB89H Holden | |- ! 1993 | Australian Drivers' Championship |align="center" style="background:#ffdf9f;" | '''3rd''' | Reynard 90D Holden | Birrana Racing |- !rowspan=2| 1994 | Australian Drivers' Championship |align="center" style="background:#ffffbf;"| '''1st''' | Reynard 91D Holden | Birrana Racing |- | EFDA Nations Cup |align="center" | 16th † | Van Diemen – Opel | Team Australia |- !rowspan=2| 1995 | Australian Drivers' Championship |align="center" style="background:#ffffbf;"| '''1st''' |rowspan=2| Reynard 91D Holden |rowspan=2| Birrana Racing |- | Pan-Pacific Formula Brabham Championship |align="center" style="background:#ffffbf;"| '''1st''' |- ! 1996 | Australian Drivers' Championship |align="center" style="background:#ffffbf;"| '''1st''' | Reynard 91D Holden | Birrana Racing |- ! 1998 | Australian GT Production Car Championship |align="center" | 6th | Lotus Elise Sport 19 | |- !rowspan=2| 2000 | Australian Nations Cup Championship |align="center" | 4th | Lamborghini Diablo SVR | Team Lamborghini Australia |- | Shell Championship Series |align="center" | 50th | Ford Falcon (AU) | Steven Ellery Racing |- !rowspan=3| 2001 | Australian Drivers' Championship |align="center" | 11th | Reynard Holden | Birrana Racing |- | Australian Nations Cup Championship |align="center" style="background:#dfdfdf;"| '''2nd''' | Lamborghini Diablo SVR | Team Lamborghini Australia |- | Shell Championship Series |align="center" | 74th | Ford Falcon (AU) | Dick Johnson Racing |- !rowspan=2| 2002 | Australian Nations Cup Championship |align="center" | 4th | Lamborghini Diablo GTR | Team Lamborghini Australia |- | V8Supercar Championship Series |align="center" | 47th | Ford Falcon (AU) | Paul Little Racing |- !rowspan=3| 2003 | Australian Nations Cup Championship |align="center" style="background:#ffffbf;"| '''1st''' | Lamborghini Diablo GTR | Team Lamborghini Australia |- | V8Supercar Championship Series |align="center" | 69th | Ford Falcon (BA) | Paul Little Racing |- | Australian GT Performance Championship |align="center" | 21st | Volkswagen Golf R32 | Volkswagen Australia |- !rowspan=3| 2004 | Australian Nations Cup Championship |align="center" style="background:#ffffbf;"| '''1st''' | Lamborghini Diablo GTR | Team Lamborghini Australia |- | Australian GT Performance Championship |align="center" style="background:#dfdfdf;"| '''2nd''' | Volkswagen Golf R32 | Volkswagen Australia |- | V8 Supercar Championship Series |align="center" | 57th | Holden Commodore (VY) | Team Dynamik |- !rowspan=2| 2007 | Australian Carrera Cup Championship |align="center"| 14th | Porsche 997 GT3 Cup | |- | Australian GT Championship |align="center"| 24th | Lamborghini Gallardo | Team Palmer |- !rowspan=2| 2008 | Australian Carrera Cup Championship |align="center"| 19th | Porsche 997 GT3 Cup | Sherrin Motor Sport |- | Australian Mini Challenge |align="center" style="background:#dfdfdf;"| '''2nd''' | Mini John Cooper Works Challenge | Decorug Racing |- ! 2009 | Australian Mini Challenge |align="center" style="background:#ffffbf;"| '''1st''' | Mini John Cooper Works Challenge | Decorug Racing |- ! 2010 | Australian Mini Challenge |align="center" style="background:#dfdfdf;"| '''2nd''' | Mini John Cooper Works Challenge | Decorug Racing |- ! 2021 | GT World Challenge Australia - GT Am |align="center"| 6th | Audi R8 LMS (2015) | Melbourne Performance Centre |- ! 2022 | GT World Challenge Australia - GT Am |align="center" style="background:#ffffbf;"| '''1st''' | Audi R8 LMS Evo II | Melbourne Performance Centre |- ! 2023 | GT World Challenge Australia - GT Am |align="center" style="background:#dfdfdf;"| '''2nd''' | Audi R8 LMS Evo II | Melbourne Performance Centre |- !rowspan=2| 2024 | GT World Challenge Australia - Sprint Series |align="center"| 8th |rowspan=2| Audi R8 LMS Evo II |rowspan=2| Melbourne Performance Centre |- | GT World Challenge Australia - Endurance Cup |align="center"| 5th |- ! 2025 | GT World Challenge Australia - Trophy |align="center" style="background:#ffdf9f;" | '''3rd''' | Audi R8 LMS Evo | Melbourne Performance Centre |} * † Team result

===Complete Indonesian Grand Prix results=== (key) (Races in '''bold''' indicate pole position; races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap) {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:90%" ! Year ! Car ! 1 ! 2 ! Rank ! Points |- ! 1993 ! Reynard 90D Mugen-Honda |style="background:#DFDFDF;"| SEN {{small|2}} |style="background:#DFDFDF;"| SEN {{small|2}} !style="background:#DFDFDF;"| 2nd !style="background:#DFDFDF;"| 30 |}

=== Complete V8 Supercar results === {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:90%" ! Year ! Team ! 1 ! 2 ! 3 ! 4 ! 5 ! 6 ! 7 ! 8 ! 9 ! 10 ! 11 ! 12 ! 13 ! 14 ! Final pos ! Points |- ! 2000 ! Steven Ellery Racing |PHI |PTH |ADL |ECK |HDV |CAN |QLD |WIN | OPK | CDR | style="background:#dfffdf;"| QLD {{small|13}} |SAN | style="background:#EFCFFF;"| BAT {{small|Ret}} ! ! 50 ! 56 |- ! 2001 ! Dick Johnson Racing |PHI |ADL |ECK |HDV |CAN |PTH |CDR |OPK | style="background:#EFCFFF;"| QLD {{small|Ret}} | WIN | BAT | PUK | SAN ! ! 74th ! 72 |- ! 2002 ! Toll Racing || ADL || PHI || ECK || HDV || CAN || PTH || ORP || WIN |style="background:#dfffdf;"|QLD {{small|21}} |style="background:#dfffdf;"|BAT {{small|12}} || SUR || PUK |style="background:#dfffdf;"| SAN 1 {{small|24}} |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| SAN 2 {{small|Ret}} ! 47th ! 81 |- ! 2003 ! Toll Racing || ADL || PHI || ECK || WIN || PTH || HDV || QLD || ORP |style="background:#dfffdf;"|SAN {{small|30}} |style="background:#dfffdf;"|BAT {{small|11}} || SUR || PUK || ECK ! ! 69th ! 80 |- ! 2004 ! Team Dynamik || ADL || ECK || PUK || HDV || PTH || QLD || WIN || ORP |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| SAN {{small|Ret}} |style="background:#dfffdf;"| BAT {{small|13}} || SUR || SYM || ECK ! ! 57th ! 144 |}

=== Complete Australian Nations Cup results === {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:90%" ! Year ! Team ! Car ! 1 ! 2 ! 3 ! 4 ! 5 ! 6 ! 7 ! 8 ! Final pos ! Points |- ! 2000 ! Team Lamborghini Australia ! Lamborghini Diablo SVR |style="background:#ffdf9f;"| ADL {{small|3}} |ECK {{small|4}} |CAN {{small|7}} |style="background:#dfdfdf;"| QLD {{small|2}} |ORA {{small|9}} |CAL {{small|4}} |style="background:#ffdf9f;"| SUR {{small|3}} |style="background:#ffffbf;"| BAT {{small|1}} ! 4th ! 147 |- ! 2001 ! Team Lamborghini Australia ! Lamborghini Diablo SVR |style="background:#ffffbf;"| ADL {{small|1}} |style="background:#dfdfdf;"| WAK {{small|2}} |CAN {{small|20}} |style="background:#ffffbf;"| QLD {{small|1}} |style="background:#ffffbf;"| ECK {{small|1}} |SAN {{small|DNF}} |style="background:#ffffbf;"| SUR {{small|1}} |ORA {{small|5}} !style="background:#dfdfdf;"| 2nd !style="background:#dfdfdf;"| 876 |- ! 2002 ! Team Lamborghini Australia ! Lamborghini Diablo GTR |style="background:#ffffbf;"| ADL {{small|1}} |SYM |ORA {{small|9}} |style="background:#ffffbf;"| WIN {{small|1}} |QLD |WAK {{small|4}} |style="background:#ffdf9f;"| PHI {{small|3}} |style="background:#dfdfdf;"| SUR {{small|2}} ! 4th ! 855 |- ! 2003 ! Team Lamborghini Australia ! Lamborghini Diablo GTR |style="background:#dfdfdf;"| ADL {{small|2}} |SYM {{small|4}} |style="background:#dfdfdf;"| WAK {{small|2}} |style="background:#ffffbf;"| QLD {{small|1}} |style="background:#ffffbf;"| ORA {{small|1}} |style="background:#ffffbf;"| PHI {{small|1}} |style="background:#dfdfdf;"| WIN {{small|2}} |style="background:#ffffbf;"| SUR {{small|1}} !style="background:#ffffbf;"| '''1st''' !style="background:#ffffbf;"| '''539''' |- ! 2004 ! Team Lamborghini Australia ! Lamborghini Diablo GTR |style="background:#ffffbf;"| ADL {{small|1}} |style="background:#dfdfdf;"| ORA {{small|2}} |style="background:#ffffbf;"| SAN {{small|1}} |style="background:#dfdfdf;"| WIN {{small|2}} |style="background:#ffffbf;"| ECK {{small|1}} |style="background:#ffffbf;"| WAK {{small|1}} |style="background:#dfdfdf;"| MAL {{small|2}} | !style="background:#ffffbf;"| '''1st''' !style="background:#ffffbf;"| '''572''' |}

===Complete Bathurst 1000 results=== {| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;" ! Year ! Team ! Car ! Drivers ! Class ! Laps ! Outright ! Class |- ! 1990 | Toyota Team Australia | Toyota Corolla FX-GT | {{flagicon|AUS}} Mike Dowson {{flagicon|AUS}} John Faulkner |align=center| 3 |align=center| 130 |align=center| 27th |align="center" style="background:#ffdf9f;" | '''3rd''' |- ! 1997 | Wayne Gardner Racing | Holden Commodore VS | {{flagicon|AUS}} Peter Bradbury {{flagicon|AUS}} Anthony Tratt |align=center| L1 |align=center| 16 |align=center| DNF |align=center| DNF |- ! 1998 |align="left"| Wayne Gardner Racing |align="left"| Holden VS Commodore |align="left"| {{flagicon|AUS}} Wayne Gardner |align=center| OC |align=center| 149 |align=center| 13th |align=center| 12th |- ! 2000 | Steven Ellery Racing | Ford AU Falcon | {{flagicon|AUS}} Steven Ellery | | align=center| 82 | align="center" | DNF | align="center" | DNF |- ! 2002 | Paul Little Racing | Ford Falcon AU | {{flagicon|AUS}} Anthony Tratt | |align=center| 160 |align=center| 12th |align=center| 12th |- ! 2003 | Paul Little Racing | Ford Falcon BA | {{flagicon|AUS}} Anthony Tratt | |align=center| 106 |align=center| DNF |align=center| DNF |- ! 2004 | Team Dynamik | Holden Commodore VY | {{flagicon|NZL}} Simon Wills | |align=center| 159 |align=center| 13th |align=center| 13th |}

===Complete Bathurst 24 Hour results=== {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:90%" |- ! Year ! Team ! Co-drivers ! Car ! Class ! Laps ! {{Tooltip|Pos.|Overall position}} ! {{Tooltip|Class pos.|Class position}} |- ! 2003 |align="left"| {{Flagicon|AUS}} Mark Coffey Racing |align="left"| {{Flagicon|DEN}} Allan Simonsen {{Flagicon|AUS}} Luke Youlden {{Flagicon|AUS}} Peter Hackett |align="left"| Lamborghini Diablo GTR | A | 487 | 8th | 6th |}

===Complete Bathurst 12 Hour results=== {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:90%" |- ! Year ! Team ! Co-drivers ! Car ! Class ! Laps ! {{Tooltip|Pos.|Overall position}} ! {{Tooltip|Class pos.|Class position}} |- ! 2009 |align="left"| {{Flagicon|AUS}} Rockstar Energy Drink |align="left"| {{flagicon|AUS}} Josh Hunt {{flagicon|AUS}} Jonathon Webb |align="left"| Nissan 350Z | B | 149 | DNF | DNF |- ! 2014 |align="left"| {{Flagicon|AUS}} Fiat Abarth Motorsport |align="left"| {{flagicon|AUS}} Clyde Campbell {{flagicon|AUS}} Joshua Dowling {{flagicon|AUS}} Toby Hagon |align="left"| Fiat Abarth 500 | F | 236 | 22nd | style="background:#dfdfdf;"| '''2nd''' |- ! 2022 |align="left"| {{Flagicon|AUS}} Supabarn Motorsport |align="left"| {{flagicon|AUS}} James Koundouris {{flagicon|AUS}} Theo Koundouris {{flagicon|AUS}} David Russell |align="left"| Audi R8 LMS Evo II | AAm | 283 | 9th | style="background:#ffffbf;"| '''1st''' |}

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== {{Commons category}} * {{Official website|http://www.paulstokell.com}} * {{DriverDB driver|paul-stokell}} * {{Racing-Reference driver|Paul_Stokell}} * [https://www.thethirdturn.com/wiki/Paul_Stokell Paul Stokell] - Third Turn profile. * [http://www.speedsport-magazine.com/race-driver-database/biography/paul-stokell-,1696.html/ Paul Stokell] - Speedsport Profile. * [http://www.conrod.com.au/stats/drres.cgi?id=161&sc=-t-d+x/ Paul Stokell] - Conrad V8 Profile.

{{S-start}} {{S-sports}} {{Succession box | before = Mark Skaife | title = Winner of the Australian Drivers' Championship | years = 1994, 1995 and 1996 | after = Jason Bright}} {{Succession box|title=Lady Wigram Trophy Winner| before = Craig Baird | after = Darren Palmer | years = 1994}} {{Succession box|title=Pan-Pacific Formula Brabham Championship Champion| before = ''First title'' | after = ''Incumbent'' | years = 1995}} {{Succession box|title=Australian Nations Cup Championship Champion| before = Jim Richards | after = ''Incumbent'' | years = 2003 & 2004}} {{Succession box|title=Australian Mini Challenge Champion| before = Neil McFadyen | after = Chris Alajajian | years = 2009}} {{Succession box|title=GT World Challenge Australia GT Am Champion| before = Andrew Macpherson & Ben Porter | after = Brad Schumacher | years = 2022}} {{s-end}}

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