Blanchard Racing Team

Blanchard Racing Team (formerly known as Tim Blanchard Racing) is an Australian motor racing team, currently competing in the Supercars Championship. It fields a Tickford Racing built Ford Mustang, driven by Tim Slade.

Blanchard Racing Team
ManufacturerFord
Team PrincipalTim Blanchard
Team ManagerBrendan Hogan
Race Drivers3. Tim Slade
Race Engineers3. Mirko De Rosa
ChassisMustang GT
Debut2017
Drivers' Championships0
Round wins0
Pole positions0
2020 position10th (1792 pts)

History
The team is currently branded as CoolDrive Racing.

Customer Team

Tim Blanchard Racing was formed at the end of the 2016 season when Tim Blanchard purchased a Racing Entitlements Contract (REC) from Super Black Racing with the aim of continuing in the Supercars Championship, after the Britek Motorsport REC that had underpinned Blanchard's entry was taken by owner Jason Bright to Prodrive Racing Australia.[1] Brad Jones Racing maintained the running of the entry.[2][3] In 2018, the team upgraded to the Holden ZB Commodore.

After Blanchard retired from full time driving at the end of 2018, Macauley Jones took over the driving.[4] For 2020, the team's race number was changed from No. 21 to No. 3.

Stand Alone Team

From 2021, After four seasons running as a satellite team of Brad Jones Racing, the team will be renamed to Blanchard Racing Team and switch to a Tickford-built Ford Mustang. Macauley Jones was replaced by Tim Slade. [5]

Supercars Championship history

Drivers

The following is a list of drivers who have driven for the team in the Supercars championship, in order of their first appearance. Drivers who only drove for the team on a part-time basis are listed in italics.

Year No. Car Drivers Position Laps
2017 21 Holden Commodore VF Tim Blanchard
Todd Hazelwood		 12th 160
2018 21 Holden Commodore ZB Tim Blanchard
Dale Wood		 18th 159
2019 21 Holden Commodore ZB Macauley Jones
Dean Canto		 16th 160
2020 3 Holden Commodore ZB Macauley Jones
Tim Blanchard		 13th 161

References
  1. "Jason Bright Prodrive deal confirmed". Speedcafe. 5 December 2016.
  2. "Blanchard to reassess driving future in 2017". Speedcafe. 2 December 2016.
  3. "Blanchards purchase Super Black REC". Speedcafe. 2 December 2016.
  4. "Macauley Jones graduates to Supercars for 2019". Speedcafe. 6 December 2018.
  5. "CoolDrive Racing Launches New Supercars Team for 2021". Supercars. 14 December 2020.
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