Warren Luff

Warren Luff (born 21 April 1976), is best known as a race driver, stunt driver and driver training instructor. He is the son of well-known driver training instructor Ian Luff. He currently co-drives for Walkinshaw Andretti United in the Repco Supercars Championship with Bryce Fullwood in the No. 2 Holden ZB Commodore.

Warren Luff
Nationality Australian
Born21 April 1976 (1976-04-21) (age 44)
Sydney, New South Wales
Supercars Record
Car number2
Current teamWalkinshaw Andretti United
(Endurance Race Co-Driver)
Series championships0
Races130
Race wins3
Podium finishes11
Pole positions0
2019 Championship position28th (258 pts)

After starting in the Improved Production category in the early 1990s, he progressed to the Australian Super Touring Championship in 1997 & 1998 and his V8 Supercar debut was at the 1999 Queensland 500. He then joined various one make categories with great success. He was champion of the Australian Mitsubishi Mirage Cup in 1999 and 2000, then champion in the Brute Utes series in 2002 and 2003, as well as one off's in the Porsche 944 Challenge in 2003 [1] and the Australian Mini Challenge in 2009 and 2010 [2] seasons.

On 16 September 2012, Luff won his first ever V8 Supercars race, teaming up with Vodafone's Craig Lowndes at the Sandown 500. On 7 October 2012, Luff and Lowndes finished 3rd in the Supercheap Bathurst 1000, the 50th running of the event, where their car ran special Peter Brock livery to commemorate the history of Bathurst and Lowndes' mentor. In 2013, again with Lowndes, Luff won the inaugural Enduro Cup. For 2014 Luff teamed up with Garth Tander to contest the 2014 Pirtek Enduro Cup for the Holden Racing Team. Tander and Luff joined forces again in 2015, and despite not winning a race, won the 2015 Enduro Cup, resulting in Luff becoming the first driver to win the award twice.

Career results

Season Series Position Car Team
1995 Australian Suzuki Swift Series 4th Suzuki Swift GTi Ian Luff Motivation
1999 Australian Mitsubishi Mirage Series 1st Mitsubishi Mirage RS Ian Luff Motivation
Australian GT Production Car Championship - Class E 5th Peugeot 306 Style Northshore Rallysport
2000 Australian Mitsubishi Mirage Series 1st Mitsubishi Mirage RS Ian Luff Motivation
Australian GT Production Car Championship - Class E 3rd Peugeot 306 Style Northshore Rallysport
2002 V8 Brute Utes Series 1st Ford AU Falcon XR8 Ute Coopers Racing
V8 Supercar Championship Series 58th Holden VX Commodore Lansvale Racing Team
2003 V8 Brute Utes Series 1st Ford AU Falcon XR8 Ute Coopers Racing
V8 Supercar Championship Series 49th Ford BA Falcon Dick Johnson Racing
2004 V8 Supercar Championship Series 21st Ford BA Falcon Dick Johnson Racing
2005 V8 Supercar Development Series 2nd Ford BA Falcon Paul Cruickshank Racing
V8 Supercar Championship Series 55th Stone Brothers Racing
2006 V8 Supercar Championship Series 27th Ford BA Falcon Britek Motorsport
2007 V8 Supercar Championship Series 60th Ford BF Falcon Britek Motorsport
2008 V8 Supercar Championship Series 37th Ford BF Falcon Dick Johnson Racing
2009 V8 Supercar Championship Series 48th Ford FG Falcon Dick Johnson Racing
Australian Mini Challenge 21st Mini John Cooper Works Challenge Decorug Racing
2010 V8 Supercar Championship Series 28th Ford FG Falcon
Holden VE Commodore
Dick Johnson Racing
Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport
Australian Mini Challenge 19th Mini John Cooper Works Challenge McElrea Racing
2011 International V8 Supercars Championship 28th Holden VE Commodore Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport
2012 International V8 Supercars Championship 30th Holden VE Commodore Triple Eight Race Engineering
V8 Ute Racing Series 41st Holden VE Ute SS Auto One Wildcard
Australian GT Championship 19th Audi R8 LMS Melbourne Performance Centre
2013 Australian Carrera Cup Championship 3rd Porsche 997 GT3 Cup McElrea Racing
International V8 Supercars Championship 29th Holden VF Commodore Triple Eight Race Engineering
Australian GT Championship 28th Audi R8 LMS Ultra Melbourne Performance Centre
V8SuperTourers Championship 40th Ford FG Falcon John McIntyre Racing
2014 Australian Carrera Cup Championship 2nd Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 991 No Second Chance / Phase 8
Australian GT Championship 17th Audi R8 LMS Ultra JAMEC PEM Racing
International V8 Supercars Championship 38th Holden VF Commodore Holden Racing Team
2015 Australian GT Championship 40th Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Car
McLaren 650S GT3
Fastway Couriers
Objective Racing
International V8 Supercars Championship 27th Holden VF Commodore Holden Racing Team
2016 International V8 Supercars Championship 37th Holden VF Commodore Holden Racing Team
Australian Endurance Championship 21st McLaren 650S GT3 McElrea Racing
2017 Virgin Australia Supercars Championship 33rd Holden VF Commodore Walkinshaw Racing
2018 Virgin Australia Supercars Championship 31st Holden ZB Commodore Walkinshaw Andretti United
2019 Virgin Australia Supercars Championship 29th Holden ZB Commodore Walkinshaw Andretti United
2020 Virgin Australia Supercars Championship 28th Holden ZB Commodore Walkinshaw Andretti United

Complete Bathurst 1000 results

Year Team Car Co-driver Position Laps
19971 FAI Insurance Honda Accord Julian Bailey 10th 138
19981 Knight Racing Ford Mondeo Mark Zonneveld DNF 18
2002 Lansvale Racing Team Holden Commodore VX Cameron McConville 15th 159
2003 Dick Johnson Racing Ford Falcon BA Steven Johnson 13th 156
2004 Dick Johnson Racing Ford Falcon BA Steven Johnson 7th 161
2005 Stone Brothers Racing Ford Falcon BA Marcos Ambrose DNF 144
2006 Britek Motorsport Ford Falcon BA Adam Macrow DNF 102
2007 Britek Motorsport Ford Falcon BF Alan Gurr DNF 134
2008 Dick Johnson Racing Ford Falcon BF Steve Owen 11th 161
2009 Dick Johnson Racing Ford Falcon FG Jonathon Webb DNF 84
2010 Dick Johnson Racing Ford Falcon FG James Courtney 5th 161
2011 Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport Holden Commodore VE Nathan Pretty 15th 161
2012 Triple Eight Race Engineering Holden Commodore VE Craig Lowndes 3rd 161
2013 Triple Eight Race Engineering Holden Commodore VF Craig Lowndes 3rd 161
2014 Holden Racing Team Holden Commodore VF Garth Tander DNS 0
2015 Holden Racing Team Holden Commodore VF Garth Tander 3rd 161
2016 Holden Racing Team Holden Commodore VF Garth Tander DNF 150
2017 Walkinshaw Racing Holden Commodore VF Scott Pye 2nd 161
2018 Walkinshaw Andretti United Holden Commodore ZB Scott Pye 2nd 161
2019 Walkinshaw Andretti United Holden Commodore ZB Scott Pye 7th 161
2020 Walkinshaw Andretti United Holden Commodore ZB Chaz Mostert 3rd 161

^1 - Super Touring 1000

Complete Bathurst 24 Hour results

Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps Pos. Class
Pos.
2002 Compuware Terry Bosnjak
Ian Palmer
Ray Sidebottom
Mitsubishi Magna 10 424 22nd 7th
2003 Scott Loadsman Scott Loadsman
Ian Luff
David Russell
Holden Commodore VY SS E 382 26th 3rd

Complete Bathurst 12 Hour results

Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps Pos. Class
Pos.
2008 The Car Stockade/Blue Oval Garage David Heath
Ian Luff
Ford BF Falcon XR8 D 193 23rd 3rd
2010 West Surfing Products Glyn Crimp
Stuart Kostera
Mitsubishi Lancer RS Evo X A 106 DNF DNF
2011 Audi Race Experience Team Joest Mark Eddy
Craig Lowndes
Audi R8 LMS GT3 A 292 2nd 2nd
2012 Phoenix Racing Mark Eddy
Craig Lowndes
Audi R8 LMS GT3 A 156 DNF DNF
2013 Rod Salmon Racing Rod Salmon
Craig Lowndes
Audi R8 LMS A 162 DNF DNF
2014 Rod Salmon Racing Rod Salmon
Jason Bright
Liam Talbot
Audi R8 LMS Ultra A 0 DNS DNS
2015 Jamec Pem Racing Greg Crick
Alessandro Latif
Audi R8 LMS Ultra AA 0 13th 5th
2016 Objective Racing Matt Campbell
Tim Slade
Tony Walls
McLaren 650S GT3 AA 49 DNF DNF
2017 Objective Racing Alex Davison
Tim Slade
Tony Walls
McLaren 650S GT3 APA 268 20th 6th
2018 Objective Racing
McElrea Racing
Jaxon Evans
Tim Slade
Tony Walls
McLaren 650S GT3 APA 260 DNF DNF
2019 Objective Racing Andrew Watson
Tony Walls
McLaren 650S GT3 APA 268 23rd 6th

References

  1. http://www.944challenge.com/2003_Points.htm 2003 Porsche 944 Cup Pointscore
  2. http://www.natsoft.com.au/cgi-bin/results.cgi?02/05/2010.QRI.MINI.M 2010 Mini Challenge QLD Raceway Pointscore
Sporting positions
Preceded by
None
Winner of the Pirtek Enduro Cup
2013
(with Craig Lowndes)
Succeeded by
Jamie Whincup
Paul Dumbrell
Preceded by
Jamie Whincup
Paul Dumbrell
Winner of the Pirtek Enduro Cup
2015
(with Garth Tander)
Succeeded by
Shane van Gisbergen
Alexandre Prémat
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