Aaron Cameron

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.

Aaron Cameron
Nationality Australian
Born (2000-01-27) 27 January 2000
Ferntree Gully, Victoria, Australia
TCR Australia career
Debut season2019
Current teamTeam Valvoline GRM
Car number18
Former teamsMelbourne Performance Centre (2019)
Starts21
Championships0
Wins1
Podiums6
Poles0
Fastest laps1
Best finish3rd in 2019
Previous series
2016-17
2017-18
2018
2018-19		Australian Formula Ford Series
Toyota 86 Racing Series
SuperUtes Series
Australian Production Car Series

Early career
Aaron Cameron driving in the 2019 Hi-Tec Oils Bathurst 6 Hour. He finished first in his class.

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
Season Series Position Car Team
2016 Australian Kart Championship - KZ2 5th
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 Australian Kart Championship - KZ2 4th JC Kart JC Kart
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 Australian Kart Championship - KZ2 1st JC Kart JC Kart
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
Source:[11]

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. "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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