Grove Racing

Grove Racing

Manufacturer	Ford Mercedes-AMG
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	0
Pole positions	2

Grove Racing is an Australian motor racing team that's previously competed in various series, including the Porsche Carrera Cup Australia Championship and Super2 Series. The team is making its debut in the Supercars Championship in 2022. They will campaign two Ford Mustang S650s, driven by Matthew Payne and Kai Allen.

Grove Racing was founded by businessman Stephen Grove in 2011 with a focus on racing Porsches in various categories. Having first competed in the Porsche Sprint Challenge Australia, the team entered the Porsche Carrera Cup Australia Championship in 2012 with Stephen as driver in the elite class.^[1] In 2014, the team won the first of its five Bathurst 12 Hour class victories.^[2]

In 2018, Stephen's son Brenton entered the Super2 Series having also competed in Porsches. The team drafted two-time 24 Hours of Le Mans winner Earl Bamber to co-drive with Brenton at that year's 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 in the series.

In 2021, Matthew Payne entered the Super2 Series for the last two rounds in a Nissan Altima L33.

In January 2021, Grove Group purchased 50% of Kelly 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]

• Stephen Grove (2019–present)
• Brenton Grove (2019–present)
• Ben Barker (2019–present)
• Anton De Pasquale (2022–present)
• Earl Bamber (2023–present)

• Official website