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 thePorsche Carrera Cup Australia Championship andSuper2 Series. The team is making its debut in theSupercars Championship in 2022. They will campaign twoFord Mustang S650s, driven byMatthew Payne andKai Allen.

Grove Racing was founded by businessman Stephen Grove in 2011 with a focus on racingPorsches in various categories. Having first competed in thePorsche Sprint Challenge Australia, the team entered thePorsche Carrera Cup Australia Championship in2012 with Stephen as driver in the elite class.^[1] In 2014, the team won the first of its fiveBathurst 12 Hour class victories.^[2]

In 2018, Stephen's sonBrenton entered theSuper2 Series having also competed in Porsches. The team drafted two-time24 Hours of Le Mans winnerEarl Bamber to co-drive with Brenton at that year'sBathurst 250 endurance race for the series.^[3] The team did not continue in the series in 2019 with Brenton moving to drive forTriple Eight Race Engineering in the series.

In 2021,Matthew Payne entered theSuper2 Series for the last two rounds in aNissan Altima L33.

In January 2021, Grove Group purchased 50% ofKelly 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]

Year	No.	Car	Drivers	Position	Laps
2022	10	Ford Mustang GT	Lee Holdsworth Matthew Payne	6th	161
	26	Ford Mustang GT	David Reynolds Matt Campbell	DNF	4
2023	19	Ford Mustang GT	Matthew Payne Kevin Estre	11th	161
	26	Ford Mustang GT	David Reynolds Garth Tander	5th	161
2024	19	Ford Mustang GT	Matthew Payne Garth Tander	DNF	130
	26	Ford Mustang GT	Richie Stanaway Dale Wood	9th	161

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

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• 2011 establishments in Australia
• Porsche in motorsport
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