2025 Aussie Racing Car Series
The 2025 Aussie Racing Cars Series (known for commercial reasons as the 2025 Battery World Aussie Racing Cars Super Series) was the 25th year of national competition in Aussie Racing Cars. The series utilised miniature silhouette racing car class, styled as scaled-down versions of sports cars including the Mustang and Camaro used in the Supercars Championship, and powered by a 1300cc motorcycle engine. The season began at Sydney Motorsport Park on 21 March and concluded at the Adelaide Street Circuit on 30 November.
The season was won by Kody Garland; clinching the title in the final round in a thrilling battle with title rival and defending champion, Joel Heinrich.[1]
Calendar
The 2025 calendar involved the series supporting the Supercars Championship at four events, as well as the GT World Challenge Australia, and the Australian Superbike Championship. The remaining round will be part of the Trophy Tour, a new event series for 2025.[2][3][4][5]
| Rnd | Circuit | Dates | Supporting | Map |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sydney Motorsport Park[6] | 21–23 March | National Sports Sedan Series Trophy Tour Toyota Gazoo Racing Australia Scholarship Series |
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| 2 | Symmons Plains Raceway[7] | 9–11 May | Supercars Championship Super2 Series Touring Car Masters SuperUtes Series | |
| 3 | Wanneroo Raceway | 6–8 June | Supercars Championship SuperUtes Series | |
| 4 | Sandown Raceway | 25–27 July | GT World Challenge Australia GT4 Australia Series Australian National Trans Am Series Radical Cup Australia | |
| 5 | The Bend Motorsport Park | 12–14 September | TCR World Tour TCR Australia Touring Car Series Supercars Championship Porsche Carrera Cup Australia Australian National Trans Am Series Touring Car Masters | |
| 6 | Surfers Paradise Street Circuit | 24–26 October | Supercars Championship Porsche Carrera Cup Australia | |
| 7 | Adelaide Street Circuit | 27–30 November | Supercars Championship Porsche Carrera Cup Australia Australian National Trans Am Series Super2 Series |
Entries
| Manufacturer | Model | Entrant | No. | Driver | Rounds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ARC | Euro GT | Eltrix Racing | 24 | Alastair Koenig | 1 |
| TFH Hire Services | 777 | Desmond Collier | 2–3, 6 | ||
| Chevrolet | Camaro | Riskie Racing | 4 | Scott Andriske | 3–7 |
| 57 | Brandon Madden | All | |||
| Star Electrical/Active Asphalt | 11 | Layton Mckechnie | 7 | ||
| PCA Racing | 14 | Matt Gooding | 1, 5, 7 | ||
| Butler Fabrication | Team Grand Racing | 17 | Denis Butler | 1–2, 5–6 | ||
| TFH Racing | 18 | Diesel Thomas | 3–7 | ||
| City Sweep Racing | 19 | Chris Mercer | 1, 6 | ||
| Action Line Marking | 23 | Scott Dornan | All | ||
| K&S Motorsport | 27 | Kyle Lovering | 1–2, 6 | ||
| Team 33 / Everything Fleet | 33 | Andrew Hamilton | 1, 3 | ||
| Corish Motorsports | 36 | Joshua Anderson | 1, 7 | ||
| Johnston Craill Racing Enterprises | 42 | Kim Anderson | 2, 4 | ||
| WSM/NXGEN Cabling | 44 | John Steffenson | 3, 6 | ||
| Pro Cool Racing | Motorsport 25 | 47 | Troy Jones | 1–3, 6–7 | ||
| Ballarat Performance Wreckers | 55 | Nathan Barber | 4–5, 7 | ||
| Axil Coffee Rosters | 65 | David Makin | 1–2, 4–5, 7 | ||
| Cody McKay Motorsports | 69 | Cody McKay | All | ||
| Osborn's Transport | 86 | Brett Osborn | 1, 3, 7 | ||
| Koan Solutions - Crete & Works | 91 | Anthony Di Mauro | 7 | ||
| Norganic Proteins Australia | 101 | Caleb Paterson | 7 | ||
| CNH Racing | 195 | Hayden Nissen | 1, 4, 6 | ||
| Cottrell Racing | 410 | Adrian Cottrell | 7 | ||
| Ford | Falcon | Stonkin Donks | 8 | Glenn Boyd | 7 |
| Mustang | Osborn's Transport | 1 | Joel Heinrich[5] | All | |
| Johnston Craill Racing Enterprises | 8 | Asher Johnston | 1–2 | ||
| 38 | Jack Boyd | 1–2, 4–6 | |||
| Jascott Civil | Reynovate Constructions | 9 | Ryan Reynolds | 1–6 | ||
| Speedliner Adelaide | 11 | Layton McKechnie | 1, 5 | ||
| Mable | 15 | Emma Clark | 1, 5, 7 | ||
| Western Sydney Motorsport | 20 | Craig Thompson | 1, 6 | ||
| 72 | 7 | ||||
| 78 | Grant Thompson | 1 | |||
| 96 | Jeff Watters | All | |||
| Safe Direction Racing | 21 | Shane Mann | 1–5 | ||
| Motorsport 25 | 22 | Scott O'Keefe | 1, 3, 7 | ||
| 25 | Reece Chapman[6] | 1–3, 7 | |||
| Norganic Proteins Australia | 28 | Kent Quinn | 2, 4, 7 | ||
| 101 | Caleb Paterson | 1–6 | |||
| Kody Garland Motorsport | 41 | Kody Garland[6] | All | ||
| WSM/NXGEN Cabling | 44 | John Steffensen | 7 | ||
| Corish Motorsport | 51 | Oscar Pederson | 4–5, 7 | ||
| 54 | Mason Harvey[7] | 1–6 | |||
| 87 | Andrew Corish | All | |||
| Riskie Racing | 57 | Brandon Madden | 1–6 | ||
| 58 | Joseph Andriske | 2–5, 7 | |||
| Competition Coatings | 95 | Nathan Williams | 1, 4–7 | ||
| TFH Racing | 777 | Desmond Collier | 3–4, 6 | ||
| Josh Thomas | 7 | ||||
| 888 | Scott Andriske | 2 | |||
| Josh Thomas | 3, 5–6 | ||||
| Nissan | Altima | Chivas Motorsport | 6 | Ian Chivas | 1 |
| Toyota | Aurion | Kart Mania | 16 | William Rowe | 7 |
| Precision International | 26 | Jacob Currie | 7 | ||
| Fair Dinkum Builds | 33 | Greg Edwards | 7 | ||
| Johnston Craill Racing Enterprises | 38 | Jack Boyd | 7 | ||
| Holidays of the World | 176 | Dean Michalik | 7 | ||
| [8][9][10] | |||||
Results and standings
Results
| Rnd | Circuit | Date | Pole position | Fastest lap | Winning driver | Winning team | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | R1 | Sydney Motorsport Park (Eastern Creek, New South Wales) |
21–23 March | Kody Garland | Mason Harvey | Joel Heinrich | Osborn's Transport |
| R2 | Joel Heinrich | Kody Garland | Kody Garland Motorsport | ||||
| R3 | Race cancelled | ||||||
| R4 | Reece Chapman | Joel Heinrich | Osborn's Transport | ||||
| 2 | R1 | Symmons Plains Raceway (Launceston, Tasmania) |
9–11 May | Scott Andriske | Kody Garland | Scott Andriske | TFH Racing |
| R2 | Mason Harvey | Mason Harvey | Corish Motorsport | ||||
| R3 | Mason Harvey | Kody Garland | Kody Garland Motorsport | ||||
| R4 | Scott Andriske | Mason Harvey | Corish Motorsport | ||||
| 3 | R1 | Wanneroo Raceway (Neerabup, Western Australia) |
6–8 June | Joel Heinrich | Joel Heinrich | Joel Heinrich | Osborn's Transport |
| R2 | Joel Heinrich | Joel Heinrich | Osborn's Transport | ||||
| R3 | Joel Heinrich | Mason Harvey | Corish Motorsport | ||||
| R4 | Joel Heinrich | Joel Heinrich | Osborn's Transport | ||||
| 4 | R1 | Sandown Raceway (Melbourne, Victoria) |
25–27 July | Joel Heinrich | Joel Heinrich | Kody Garland | Kody Garland Motorsport |
| R2 | Joel Heinrich | Joel Heinrich | Osborn's Transport | ||||
| R3 | Kody Garland | Kody Garland | Kody Garland Motorsport | ||||
| R4 | Joel Heinrich | Joel Heinrich | Osborn's Transport | ||||
| 5 | R1 | The Bend Motorsport Park (Tailem Bend, South Australia) |
12–14 September | Joel Heinrich | Joel Heinrich | Brandon Madden | Riskie Racing |
| R2 | Race cancelled | ||||||
| R3 | Joel Heinrich | Brandon Madden | Riskie Racing | ||||
| R4 | Kody Garland | Brandon Madden | Riskie Racing | ||||
| 6 | R1 | Surfers Paradise Street Circuit (Surfers Paradise, Queensland) |
24–26 October | Joel Heinrich | Kody Garland | Kody Garland | Kody Garland Motorsport |
| R2 | Kody Garland | Kody Garland | Kody Garland Motorsport | ||||
| R3 | Kody Garland | Kody Garland | Kody Garland Motorsport | ||||
| R4 | Race cancelled | ||||||
| 7 | R1 | Adelaide Street Circuit (Adelaide, South Australia) |
27–30 November | Kody Garland | Kody Garland | Kody Garland | Kody Garland Motorsport |
| R2 | Kody Garland | Kody Garland | Kody Garland Motorsport | ||||
| R3 | Race cancelled | ||||||
| R4 | Kody Garland | Kody Garland | Kody Garland Motorsport | ||||
Standings
| Pos. | Driver | SYD |
TAS |
PER |
SAN |
BEN |
SUR |
ADE |
Points | |||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | |||
| 1 | Kody Garland | 2 | 1 | C | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | DNS | 2 | C | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | C | 1 | 1 | C | 1 | 300 |
| 2 | Joel Heinrich | 1 | 3 | C | 1 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 1 | Ret | C | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | C | 2 | 2 | C | 13 | 296 |
| 3 | Brandon Madden | Ret | DNS | C | DNS | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 11 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | C | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 8 | C | 5 | 5 | C | 3 | 290 |
| 4 | Caleb Paterson | Ret | Ret | C | 16 | 21 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 2 | 3 | C | 6 | 5 | 6 | 4 | Ret | C | 4 | 3 | C | 2 | 285 |
| 5 | Reece Chapman | 4 | Ret | C | 3 | 7 | Ret | 6 | 3 | Ret | 12 | 11 | 13 | 8 | 9 | Ret | 8 | 4 | C | DNS | Ret | Ret | 7 | 4 | C | 11 | Ret | C | 5 | 256 |
| 6 | Andrew Corish | 10 | 11 | C | 14 | 8 | 12 | 7 | 10 | 10 | 13 | 13 | 9 | 13 | 16 | 6 | 11 | 24 | C | 19 | 15 | 14 | 8 | 3 | C | Ret | Ret | C | 17 | 254 |
| 7 | Cody McKay | 7 | Ret | C | 12 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 14 | 8 | Ret | 12 | 10 | 10 | Ret | 15 | 7 | 7 | C | 7 | 6 | 10 | 14 | 16 | C | 8 | 11 | C | 9 | 251 |
| 8 | Scott Dornan | 6 | 4 | C | 7 | 9 | Ret | 21 | 8 | Ret | 11 | 9 | 20 | 9 | 5 | Ret | 9 | 8 | C | 8 | Ret | Ret | 13 | 9 | C | 13 | 10 | C | 18 | 246 |
| 9 | Jack Boyd | 5 | 5 | C | 6 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 18 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 6 | C | 5 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | C | 3 | 4 | C | 4 | 240 | ||||
| 10 | Mason Harvey | 3 | 2 | C | Ret | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 15 | C | Ret | 8 | 8 | Ret | 12 | C | 229 | ||||
| 11 | Nathan Williams | 24 | 7 | C | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 11 | C | 14 | 10 | 5 | Ret | 6 | C | 10 | 8 | C | 24 | 219 | ||||||||
| 12 | Scott Andriske | 1 | 3 | Ret | Ret | 7 | 9 | Ret | 16 | 12 | 21 | 11 | 10 | 26 | C | 9 | 7 | 7 | 12 | 14 | C | 6 | 6 | C | 7 | 217 | ||||
| 13 | Diesel Thomas | 11 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 17 | 7 | Ret | 5 | C | 4 | 3 | Ret | Ret | 11 | C | 9 | 9 | C | 6 | 210 | ||||||||
| 14 | Ryan Reynolds | Ret | 6 | C | 18 | 19 | 9 | 11 | 12 | Ret | 10 | 3 | 12 | 4 | Ret | 3 | 4 | 10 | C | 10 | DNS | 9 | 6 | Ret | C | 204 | ||||
| 15 | Jeff Watters | 17 | 14 | C | Ret | 16 | Ret | 16 | 20 | 17 | 18 | 17 | 19 | 21 | 14 | 16 | 17 | 21 | C | 23 | Ret | 19 | 15 | DNS | C | 27 | 24 | C | 22 | 184 |
| 16 | Joseph Andriske | 12 | 8 | 10 | 11 | 15 | 15 | Ret | DNS | 16 | 19 | 18 | 14 | 18 | C | 22 | 12 | 28 | 29 | C | 28 | 168 | ||||||||
| 17 | Shane Mann | 21 | 16 | C | 21 | 18 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 12 | 14 | 14 | 17 | 19 | 15 | 14 | 15 | 12 | C | DNS | DNS | 158 | ||||||||
| 18 | David Makin | 19 | 22 | C | DNS | 14 | 18 | 15 | 15 | 20 | 13 | 9 | 13 | 14 | C | 11 | 18 | 18 | 27 | C | DNS | 156 | ||||||||
| 19 | Troy Jones | 22 | 18 | C | 20 | 20 | 15 | 18 | 18 | 14 | 16 | DNS | 18 | 18 | Ret | 18 | C | 25 | 25 | C | 27 | 150 | ||||||||
| 20 | Josh Thomas | 4 | 8 | 7 | 8 | Ret | C | 12 | 11 | 15 | 11 | 10 | C | 26 | 21 | C | DNS | 144 | ||||||||||||
| 21 | Scott O'Keefe | 12 | 8 | C | Ret | 6 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 15 | 14 | C | 14 | 143 | ||||||||||||||||
| 22 | Hayden Nissen | 14 | 24 | C | 8 | 14 | 12 | 17 | 12 | 12 | 9 | 5 | C | 127 | ||||||||||||||||
| 23 | Denis Butler | 15 | Ret | C | 10 | 17 | Ret | 19 | DNS | Ret | C | 25 | 20 | 17 | DNS | DNS | C | 117 | ||||||||||||
| 24 | Brett Osborn | 9 | 9 | C | 9 | 16 | 17 | 16 | 15 | 23 | 26 | C | 25 | 111 | ||||||||||||||||
| 25 | Matt Gooding | 11 | 15 | C | 13 | Ret | C | 21 | DNS | 17 | 17 | C | Ret | 110 | ||||||||||||||||
| 26 | Kent Quinn | 6 | 5 | Ret | 9 | 6 | 8 | Ret | DNS | 14 | 13 | C | 19 | 109 | ||||||||||||||||
| 27 | Oscar Pederson | 22 | 18 | 12 | 18 | 13 | C | Ret | 14 | 21 | 18 | C | 12 | 105 | ||||||||||||||||
| 28 | Craig Thompson | Ret | 10 | C | 17 | 13 | Ret | 13 | C | 16 | 12 | C | 21 | 100 | ||||||||||||||||
| 29 | Kyle Lovering | 16 | 17 | C | 19 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 16 | DNS | Ret | 17 | C | 98 | ||||||||||||||||
| 30 | Desmond Collier | 13 | 13 | 13 | Ret | Ret | Ret | 18 | 16 | 20 | Ret | Ret | C | 96 | ||||||||||||||||
| 31 | John Steffensen | 13 | Ret | 15 | 14 | 11 | Ret | Ret | C | 19 | 32 | C | Ret | 94 | ||||||||||||||||
| 32 | Nathan Barber | 15 | 10 | DNS | DNS | 20 | C | 17 | Ret | 22 | 15 | C | 20 | 92 | ||||||||||||||||
| 33 | Layton McKechnie | 25 | 23 | C | 23 | 17 | C | 15 | Ret | 31 | 31 | C | 23 | 79 | ||||||||||||||||
| 34 | Asher Johnston | 26 | 12 | C | 11 | Ret | 19 | 12 | 13 | 74 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 35 | Chris Mercer | 8 | Ret | C | 15 | 16 | 10 | Ret | C | 73 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 36 | Joshua Andersen | Ret | Ret | C | 5 | Ret | 20 | C | 8 | 71 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 37 | Jacob Currie | 9 | C | 13 | 16 | Ret | 33 | C | 15 | 70 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 38 | Emma Clark | 18 | 20 | C | DNS | 25 | C | 24 | 21 | 30 | 28 | C | DNS | 68 | ||||||||||||||||
| 39 | Glenn Boyd | 23 | C | 16 | 17 | 24 | 22 | C | 16 | 65 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 40 | Anthony Di Mauro | Ret | C | Ret | DNS | 12 | 16 | C | 11 | 63 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 41 | Kim Andersen | 22 | 17 | 19 | 19 | Ret | 20 | 19 | 19 | 62 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 42 | William Rowe | 16 | C | 18 | Ret | 20 | 19 | C | Ret | 55 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 43 | Greg Edwards | 22 | C | 20 | 19 | 32 | 30 | C | 26 | 52 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 44 | Andrew Hamilton | 23 | 21 | C | DNS | Ret | Ret | DNS | DNS | 52 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 45 | Dean Michalik | 19 | C | Ret | DNS | 29 | 23 | C | 29 | 46 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 46 | Adrian Cottrell | 7 | 7 | C | 10 | 44 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 47 | Keith Bensley | 21 | 16 | 20 | C | 32 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 48 | Grant Thompson | 13 | 19 | C | 22 | 31 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 49 | Hayden Pullen | 22 | 17 | 19 | C | 31 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 50 | Alastair Koenig | 20 | 13 | C | DNS | 25 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 51 | Ian Chivas | DNS | DNS | DNS | DNS | 20 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Pos. | Driver | SYD |
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