Aaron Cameron
Aaron Cameron driving in the 2019 Hi-Tec Oils Bathurst 6 Hour. He finished first in his class.
NationalityAustralia Australian
Born (2000-01-27) 27 January 2000
Ferntree Gully, Victoria, Australia
TCR Australia career
Debut season2019
Current teamGarry Rogers Motorsport
Racing licence FIA Silver
Car number18
Former teamsMelbourne Performance Centre (2019)
Starts73
Championships0
Wins6
Podiums23
Poles2
Fastest laps2
Best finish2nd in 2021
Previous series
2016-17
2017-18
2018
2018-19
Australian Formula Ford Series
Toyota 86 Racing Series
SuperUtes Series
Australian Production Car Series
Championship titles
2021 & 23Tasman Series

Aaron Cameron (born 27 January 2000) is an Australian racing driver, competing in the TCR Australia Series in the No. 18 Peugeot 308 TCR for Team Valvoline GRM.

Early career

Cameron's racing career began in karting in his home state of Victoria, with his breakthrough season coming aged 14 in 2014, as he won various state-level junior titles.[1] In 2015, as well as moving up to the national level, he competed in selected races in Europe, including the Rotax Max Challenge Grand Finals and the KF-Junior category of the Karting World Championship.[2]

Cameron made his first step out of karts in 2016, competing in the Victorian Formula Ford Championship,[3] where he finished third, and two rounds of the 2016 Australian Formula Ford Championship.

2017 saw Cameron race in several grassroots and amateur categories in addition to Formula Ford and karts, including the Toyota 86 Racing Series, the V8 Ute Racing Series, the Keema Cars Excel Cup (a one-make competition for the Hyundai Excel X3), and a one-make endurance race for the Holden HQ Kingswood.[3]

In 2018, Cameron won the KZ2 title in the Australian Kart Championship, driving for James Courtney's team, JC Kart.[4] He also competed in the 2018 SuperUtes Series, finishing fifth overall.

Touring car career

Cameron made his TCR debut in the 2018 24 Hours of Barcelona, one of five drivers for MARC Cars Australia[5] in the No. 138 Audi RS 3 LMS TCR. However, the team was forced to retire nine hours into the race, and as they had not completed 60% of the total distance, they were not classified in the final results.[6]

On 16 May 2019, Cameron was announced as the driver of the No. 2 Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR for Melbourne Performance Centre in the inaugural season of the TCR Australia Series.[7] He won his first race in the series in the final round, achieving victory in the penultimate race at The Bend Motorsport Park.[8] He finished the season in third place, behind Will Brown in first and Tony D'Alberto in second.

For the 2020 season, Cameron was signed by Garry Rogers Motorsport to drive a Peugeot 308 TCR[9] under the banner of Team Valvoline GRM.[10]

Career results

Karting career summary

Season Series Position
2014 Australian National Sprint Kart Championship - Junior National Heavy 4th
2015 Rotax Max Challenge Grand Finals - Junior 31st
2016 Race of Stars - KZ2 15th
Australian Kart Championship - KZ2 5th
2017 Race of Stars - KZ2 5th
Australian Kart Championship - KZ2 4th
2018 Race of Stars - KZ2 7th
Australian Kart Championship - KZ2 1st
2019 Macao International Kart Grand Prix - KZ 5th

Circuit Career

Season Series Position Car Team
2016 Victorian Formula Ford Championship 3rd Spectrum 014 Borland Racing Developments
Australian Formula Ford Series 18th Spectrum 014
Heritage Touring Cars - Group C 24th Isuzu Gemini PF50
2017 Victorian Formula Ford Championship 23rd Spectrum 014
Australian Formula Ford Series 15th Spectrum 014
Australian V8 Ute Racing Series 17th Ford FG Falcon XR8 Ute Peters Motorsport
Australian GT Trophy Series - MARC class 1st Ford LZ Focus V8 MARC Cars Australia
Keema Cars Excel Cup 22nd Hyundai Excel X3
Toyota 86 Racing Series 21st Toyota 86
2018 ECB SuperUtes Series 5th Mazda BT-50 Peters Motorsport
Heritage Touring Cars - Group C 20th Holden LX Torana SS5000 A9X
Toyota 86 Racing Series 43rd Toyota 86
Australian Production Car Series 60th Toyota 86
2019 carsales TCR Australia Series 3rd Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR Melbourne Performance Centre
Heritage Touring Cars - Group C 5th Holden LX Torana SS5000 A9X
MRF Tyres Australian Production Car Series 19th Toyota 86 Aaron Cameron Racing
2021 TCR Australia Series 2nd Peugeot 308 TCR GRM Team Valvoline
Supercheap Auto TCR Baskerville Invitational 1st
S5000 Tasman Series 1st Rogers AF01/V8
2022 TCR Australia Series 8th Peugeot 308 TCR GRM Team Valvoline
S5000 Australian Series 5th Rogers AF01- Ford V8 Garry Rogers Motorsport
2023 TCR Australia Series 4th Peugeot 308 TCR GRM Team Valvoline
TCR World Tour 15th
S5000 Australian Series 1st Rogers AF01- Ford V8 Garry Rogers Motorsport
S5000 Tasman Series 1st
Source:[11]

TCR Australia results

TCR Australia results
Year Team Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 Position Points
2019 Melbourne Performance Centre Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR SMP
R1

7
SMP
R2

10
SMP
R3

4
PHI
R4

12
PHI
R5

7
PHI
R6

3
BEN
R7

12
BEN
R8

Ret
BEN
R9

13
QLD
R10

6
QLD
R11

3
QLD
R12

5
WIN
R13

5
WIN
R14

3
WIN
R15

2
SAN
R16

9
SAN
R17

5
SAN
R18

6
BEN
R19

2
BEN
R20

1
BEN
R21

10
3rd 553
2021 GRM Team Valvoline Peugeot 308 TCR SYM
R1

4
SYM
R2

15
SYM
R3

8
PHI
R4

6
PHI
R5

7
PHI
R6

10
BAT
R7

2
BAT
R8

2
BAT
R9

2
SMP
R10

9
SMP
R11

11
SMP
R12

Ret
BAT
R13

1
BAT
R14

2
BAT
R15

2
2nd 453
2022 Peugeot Sport GRM Team Valvoline Peugeot 308 TCR SYM
R1

5
SYM
R2

Ret
SYM
R3

9
PHI
R4

6
PHI
R5

Ret
PHI
R6

10
BAT
R7

1
BAT
R8

9
BAT
R9

1
SMP
R10

2
SMP
R11

13
SMP
R12

11
QLD
R13

13
QLD
R14

16
QLD
R15

15
SAN
R16

1
SAN
R17

Ret
SAN
R18

DNS
BAT
R19

4
BAT
R20

C
BAT
R21

4
8th 579
2023 Peugeot Sport GRM Team Valvoline Peugeot 308 TCR SYM
R1

8
SYM
R2

1
SYM
R3

4
PHI
R4

3
PHI
R5

6
PHI
R6

6
WIN
R7

14
WIN
R8

8
WIN
R9

10
QLD
R13

7
QLD
R14

2
QLD
R15

2
SAN
R16

2
SAN
R17

2
SAN
R18

2
SMP
R19

7
SMP
R20

8
SMP
R21

12
BAT
R22

9
BAT
R23

2
BAT
R24

Ret
4th 743

Complete Bathurst 12 Hour results

Year Team Co-drivers Car Class Laps Pos. Class
pos.
2020 Australia MARC Cars Australia Australia Nick Percat
Australia Broc Feeney
Ford Mustang MARC II V8 I-INV 310 15th 1st

Complete S5000 results

Year Series Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Position Points
2021 Tasman Garry Rogers Motorsport SMP
R1

4
SMP
R2

2
SMP
R3

1
BAT
R4

3
BAT
R5

6
BAT
R6

3
BAT
R7

C
1st 165
2022 Australian SYM
R1
SYM
R2
SYM
R3
PHI
R4
PHI
R5
PHI
R6
MEL
R7

2
MEL
R8

8
MEL
R9

4
SMP
R10

2
SMP
R11

Ret
SMP
R12

1
HID
R13

3
HID
R14

4
HID
R15

1
5th 278
2022 Tasman SUR
R1
SUR
R2
SUR
R3
ADL
R4

Ret
ADL
R5

6
ADL
R6

1
8th 88
2023 Australian SYM
R1

2
SYM
R2

6
SYM
R3

4
PHI
R4

4
PHI
R5

7
PHI
R6

4
WIN
R7

5
WIN
R8

3
WIN
R9

3
SMP
R10

1
SMP
R11

1
SMP
R12

1
BEN
R13

2
BEN
R14

2
BEN
R15

1
ADL
R4

1'
ADL
R5

1
ADL
R6

1
1st 616

* Season still in progress.

References

  1. "Busy Year of Top Level Karting For Aaron Cameron". KartSportNews. 18 February 2018. Retrieved 8 May 2020.
  2. "Heat Races: KF & KF-J World Championships". KartSportNews. 27 September 2015. Retrieved 8 May 2020.
  3. 1 2 "YOUNG GUNS: AARON CAMERON". Auto Action. 27 April 2020. Retrieved 8 May 2020.
  4. "AUSTRALIAN KARTING CHAMPIONS CROWNED FOR 2019". Auto Action. 3 September 2018. Retrieved 10 May 2020.
  5. "AARON CAMERON AND MARC CARS TO SAMPLE TCR". Auto Action. 6 September 2018. Retrieved 10 May 2020.
  6. "24H GT Series and 24H TCE Series - Race - per class.pdf" (PDF). Creventic. 9 September 2018. Retrieved 10 May 2020.
  7. Howard, Tom (16 May 2019). "Cameron completes maiden TCR Australia grid". Speedcafe. Retrieved 8 May 2020.
  8. Coch, Mat (17 November 2019). "Cameron storms to maiden TCR race win". Speedcafe. Retrieved 11 May 2020.
  9. Chapman, Simon (12 February 2020). "Cameron joins GRM for second TCR Australia season". Speedcafe. Retrieved 8 May 2020.
  10. "Garry Rogers Motorsport unveil Peugeot livery". TouringCarTimes. 24 February 2020. Retrieved 8 May 2020.
  11. "Career overview – years in numbers". driverdb.com. Driver Database. Retrieved 15 May 2020.
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