Warren Luff

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Warren Luff
Nationality Australian
Born21 April 1976 (1976-04-21) (age 48)
Sydney, New South Wales
Racing licence FIA Silver
Supercars Championship career
Car number20
Current teamTeam 18
(Endurance race co-driver)
Championships0
Races130
Wins3
Podiums11
Pole positions0
2019 position28th (258 pts)

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 Team 18 in the Repco Supercars Championship with Scott Pye in the No. 20 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1.

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[edit]

Luff placed second in the 2014 Australian Carrera Cup Championship
Luff placed eighth in the 2019 Porsche Carrera Cup Australia
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 Porsche Carrera Cup Australia 8th Porsche 911 GT3 McElrea Racing
2019 Virgin Australia Supercars Championship 29th Holden ZB Commodore Walkinshaw Andretti United
2020 Virgin Australia Supercars Championship 28th Holden ZB Commodore Walkinshaw Andretti United
2021 Repco Supercars Championship 32nd Holden ZB Commodore Walkinshaw Andretti United
2022 Repco Supercars Championship 52nd Holden ZB Commodore Walkinshaw Andretti United

Complete Bathurst 1000 results[edit]

Year Team Car Co-driver Position Laps
1997* FAI Insurance Honda Accord United Kingdom Julian Bailey 10th 138
1998* Knight Racing Ford Mondeo Australia Mark Zonneveld DNF 18
2002 Lansvale Racing Team Holden Commodore VX Australia Cameron McConville 15th 159
2003 Dick Johnson Racing Ford Falcon BA Australia Steven Johnson 13th 156
2004 Dick Johnson Racing Ford Falcon BA Australia Steven Johnson 7th 161
2005 Stone Brothers Racing Ford Falcon BA Australia Marcos Ambrose DNF 144
2006 Britek Motorsport Ford Falcon BA Australia Adam Macrow DNF 102
2007 Britek Motorsport Ford Falcon BF Australia Alan Gurr DNF 134
2008 Dick Johnson Racing Ford Falcon BF Australia Steve Owen 11th 161
2009 Dick Johnson Racing Ford Falcon FG Australia Jonathon Webb DNF 84
2010 Dick Johnson Racing Ford Falcon FG Australia James Courtney 5th 161
2011 Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport Holden Commodore VE Australia Nathan Pretty 15th 161
2012 Triple Eight Race Engineering Holden Commodore VE Australia Craig Lowndes 3rd 161
2013 Triple Eight Race Engineering Holden Commodore VF Australia Craig Lowndes 3rd 161
2014 Holden Racing Team Holden Commodore VF Australia Garth Tander DNS 0
2015 Holden Racing Team Holden Commodore VF Australia Garth Tander 3rd 161
2016 Holden Racing Team Holden Commodore VF Australia Garth Tander DNF 150
2017 Walkinshaw Racing Holden Commodore VF Australia Scott Pye 2nd 161
2018 Walkinshaw Andretti United Holden Commodore ZB Australia Scott Pye 2nd 161
2019 Walkinshaw Andretti United Holden Commodore ZB Australia Scott Pye 7th 161
2020 Walkinshaw Andretti United Holden Commodore ZB Australia Chaz Mostert 3rd 161
2021 Walkinshaw Andretti United Holden Commodore ZB Australia Bryce Fullwood 5th 161
2022 Walkinshaw Andretti United Holden Commodore ZB Australia Nick Percat 22nd 148
2023 Team 18 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1-1LE Australia Scott Pye 17th 160

* Super Touring race

Complete Bathurst 24 Hour results[edit]

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

Complete Bathurst 12 Hour results[edit]

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

References[edit]

  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

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Sporting positions
Preceded by
None
Winner of the Pirtek Enduro Cup
2013
(with Craig Lowndes)
Succeeded by
Preceded by Winner of the Pirtek Enduro Cup
2015
(with Garth Tander)
Succeeded by