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Zach Bates
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Zachary Richard Bates (born 8 April 2004) is an Australian racing driver who competes in the Super2 Series for Eggleston Motorsport.[1] The son of former rally driver and V8 Supercars regular Rick, Bates was runner-up in the 2022 Toyota Gazoo Racing Australia 86 Series and the 2024 Super2 Series champion. Zach is the nephew of 4-time Australian Rally Champion Neal Bates. He is also the cousin of 3-time Australian Rally Champion Harry Bates, and cousin of Lewis Bates, also an Australian Rally Champion.[2][3][4][5][6]
Key Information
Career results
[edit]Summary
[edit]| Season | Series | Position | Car | Team |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Australian Formula Ford Championship | N/A | Mygale–Ford SJ10A | Bates Advanced Driving |
| New South Wales Formula Ford Championship | 2nd | Mygale–Ford SJ10A | Bates Advanced Driving | |
| 2021 | Australian Formula Ford Championship | N/A | Mygale–Ford SJ10A | BF Racing |
| Toyota Gazoo Racing Australia 86 Series | –[a] | Toyota 86 | N/A | |
| 2022 | Toyota Gazoo Racing Australia 86 Series | 2nd | Toyota 86 | Bates Advanced Driving |
| Australian National Trans-Am Series | 31st | Ford Mustang | MBSFM | |
| 2023 | Super2 Series | 5th | Holden Commodore ZB | Walkinshaw Andretti United |
| 2024 | Super2 Series | 1st | Holden Commodore ZB | Walkinshaw Andretti United |
| 2025 | Super2 Series | 6th* | Holden Commodore ZB | Eggleston Motorsport |
| Supercars Championship | 26th* | Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 | Triple Eight Race Engineering |
Super2 Series results
[edit](key) (Race results only)
| Super2 Series results | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Team | No. | Car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Position | Points |
| 2023 | Walkinshaw Andretti United | 25 | Holden Commodore ZB | NEW R1 11 |
NEW R2 13 |
BAR R3 10 |
BAR R4 18 |
TOW R5 10 |
TOW R6 7 |
SAN R7 3 |
SAN R8 5 |
BAT R9 4 |
BAT R10 3 |
ADE R11 10 |
ADE R12 3 |
5th | 1143 |
| 2024 | BAT1 R1 3 |
BAT1 R2 19 |
BAR R3 3 |
BAR R4 1 |
TOW R5 17 |
TOW R6 2 |
SAN R7 3 |
SAN R8 3 |
BAT2 R9 5 |
BAT2 R10 4 |
ADE R11 2 |
ADE R12 1 |
1st | 1425 | |||
| 2025 | Eggleston Motorsport | 1 | Holden Commodore ZB | SMP R1 9 |
SMP R2 5 |
SYM R3 14 |
SYM R4 2 |
TOW R5 13 |
TOW R6 10 |
QLD R7 8 |
QLD R8 Ret |
BAT R9 14 |
BAT R10 8 |
ADE R11 2 |
ADE R12 Ret |
11th | 921 |
Supercars Championship results
[edit]| Supercars 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 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 37 | Position | Points | |||
| 2025 | Triple Eight Race Engineering | Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 | SYD R1 |
SYD R2 |
SYD R3 |
MEL R4 |
MEL R5 |
MEL R6 |
MEL R7 |
TAU R8 |
TAU R9 |
TAU R10 |
SYM R11 |
SYM R12 |
SYM R13 |
BAR R14 |
BAR R15 |
BAR R16 |
HID R17 |
HID R18 |
HID R19 |
TOW R20 |
TOW R21 |
TOW R22 |
QLD R23 16 |
QLD R24 17 |
QLD R25 20 |
BEN R26 16 |
BAT R27 10 |
SUR R28 |
SUR R29 |
SAN R30 |
SAN R31 |
ADE R32 |
ADE R33 |
ADE R34 |
33rd | 301 | ||||||
| 2026 | Matt Stone Racing | Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 | SMP R1 |
SMP R2 |
SMP R3 |
MEL R4 |
MEL R5 |
MEL R6 |
MEL R7 |
TAU R8 |
TAU R9 |
TAU R10 |
CHR R11 |
CHR R12 |
CHR R13 |
SYM R14 |
SYM R15 |
SYM R16 |
BAR R17 |
BAR R18 |
BAR R19 |
HID R20 |
HID R21 |
HID R22 |
TOW R23 |
TOW R24 |
TOW R25 |
QLD R26 |
QLD R27 |
QLD R28 |
BEN R28 |
BAT R30 |
SUR R31 |
SUR R32 |
SAN R33 |
SAN R34 |
ADE R35 |
ADE R36 |
ADE R37 |
|||||
Complete Bathurst 6 Hour results
[edit]| Year | Team | Co-drivers | Car | Class | Laps | Pos. | Class pos. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 |  Osborne Motorsport
|
Colin Osborne Rick Bates
|
Renault Mégane RS265 | C | 0 | DNS | DNS |
Notes
[edit]- ^ Not enough rounds were held to declare championship results.
References
[edit]- ^ "Zach Bates Bio". Supercars Championship. Retrieved 17 November 2024.
- ^ "No stopping Zach when it comes to racing cars". Canberra City News. 22 June 2022.
- ^ "CRUNCH TIME AT BATHURST FOR ZACH BATES". Auto Action. 3 October 2022.
- ^ "Bates withstands pressure to win Super2 title". V8 Sleuth. 17 November 2024.
- ^ "Triple Eight welcomes Zach Bates to Supercheap Auto Racing". Triple Eight Race Engineering. 5 November 2024.
- ^ "Will Brown gaffe reveals big Super2 news". Speedcafe. 15 November 2024.
External links
[edit]- Official website
- Zach Bates career summary at DriverDB.com
- Zach Bates at Third Turn