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

Zach Bates
Nationality	Australian
Born	(2004-04-08) 8 April 2004 (age 21) Canberra, Australian Capital Territory
Relatives	Rick Bates (father) Neal Bates (uncle) Harry Bates (cousin)
Super2 Series
Years active	2023–2025
Teams	Eggleston Motorsport
Car number	1
Former teams	Walkinshaw Andretti United
Starts	32
Championships	1 (2024)
Wins	2
Podiums	11
Poles	3
Best finish	1st in 2024
Previous series
2019,2021 2019 2021–2022 2022,2024	Australian Formula Ford Championship NSW Formula Ford Championship Toyota Gazoo Racing Australia 86 Series Australian National Trans-Am Series
Championship titles
2024	Super2 Series
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Summary

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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

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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

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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

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Year	Team	Co-drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class pos.
2024	Osborne Motorsport	Colin Osborne Rick Bates	Renault Mégane RS265	C	0	DNS	DNS