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Nationality | ![]() |
Born | 21 April 1976 Sydney, New South Wales | (age 48)
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Supercars Championship career | |
Car number | 20 |
Current team | Team 18 (Endurance race co-driver) |
Championships | 0 |
Races | 130 |
Wins | 3 |
Podiums | 11 |
Pole positions | 0 |
2019 position | 28th (258 pts) |
Warren Raymond 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
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Complete Bathurst 1000 results
[edit]Year | Team | Car | Co-driver | Position | Laps |
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1997* | FAI Insurance | Honda Accord | ![]() |
10th | 138 |
1998* | Knight Racing | Ford Mondeo | ![]() |
DNF | 18 |
2002 | Lansvale Racing Team | Holden Commodore VX | ![]() |
15th | 159 |
2003 | Dick Johnson Racing | Ford Falcon BA | ![]() |
13th | 156 |
2004 | Dick Johnson Racing | Ford Falcon BA | ![]() |
7th | 161 |
2005 | Stone Brothers Racing | Ford Falcon BA | ![]() |
DNF | 144 |
2006 | Britek Motorsport | Ford Falcon BA | ![]() |
DNF | 102 |
2007 | Britek Motorsport | Ford Falcon BF | ![]() |
DNF | 134 |
2008 | Dick Johnson Racing | Ford Falcon BF | ![]() |
11th | 161 |
2009 | Dick Johnson Racing | Ford Falcon FG | ![]() |
DNF | 84 |
2010 | Dick Johnson Racing | Ford Falcon FG | ![]() |
5th | 161 |
2011 | Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport | Holden Commodore VE | ![]() |
15th | 161 |
2012 | Triple Eight Race Engineering | Holden Commodore VE | ![]() |
3rd | 161 |
2013 | Triple Eight Race Engineering | Holden Commodore VF | ![]() |
3rd | 161 |
2014 | Holden Racing Team | Holden Commodore VF | ![]() |
DNS | 0 |
2015 | Holden Racing Team | Holden Commodore VF | ![]() |
3rd | 161 |
2016 | Holden Racing Team | Holden Commodore VF | ![]() |
DNF | 150 |
2017 | Walkinshaw Racing | Holden Commodore VF | ![]() |
2nd | 161 |
2018 | Walkinshaw Andretti United | Holden Commodore ZB | ![]() |
2nd | 161 |
2019 | Walkinshaw Andretti United | Holden Commodore ZB | ![]() |
7th | 161 |
2020 | Walkinshaw Andretti United | Holden Commodore ZB | ![]() |
3rd | 161 |
2021 | Walkinshaw Andretti United | Holden Commodore ZB | ![]() |
5th | 161 |
2022 | Walkinshaw Andretti United | Holden Commodore ZB | ![]() |
22nd | 148 |
2023 | Team 18 | Chevrolet Camaro ZL1-1LE | ![]() |
17th | 160 |
2024 | Team 18 | Chevrolet Camaro ZL1-1LE | ![]() |
* Super Touring race
Complete Bathurst 24 Hour results
[edit]Year | Team | Co-drivers | Car | Class | Laps | Pos. | Class pos. |
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2002 | ![]() |
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Mitsubishi Magna | 10 | 424 | 22nd | 7th |
2003 | ![]() |
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Holden Commodore VY SS | E | 382 | 26th | 3rd |
Complete Bathurst 12 Hour results
[edit]Year | Team | Co-drivers | Car | Class | Laps | Pos. | Class pos. |
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2008 | ![]() |
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Ford BF Falcon XR8 | D | 193 | 23rd | 3rd |
2010 | ![]() |
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Mitsubishi Lancer RS Evo X | A | 106 | DNF | DNF |
2011 | ![]() |
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Audi R8 LMS GT3 | A | 292 | 2nd | 2nd |
2012 | ![]() |
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Audi R8 LMS GT3 | A | 156 | DNF | DNF |
2013 | ![]() |
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Audi R8 LMS | A | 162 | DNF | DNF |
2014 | ![]() |
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Audi R8 LMS Ultra | A | 0 | DNS | DNS |
2015 | ![]() |
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Audi R8 LMS Ultra | AA | 0 | 13th | 5th |
2016 | ![]() |
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McLaren 650S GT3 | AA | 49 | DNF | DNF |
2017 | ![]() |
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McLaren 650S GT3 | APA | 268 | 20th | 6th |
2018 | ![]() ![]() |
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McLaren 650S GT3 | APA | 260 | DNF | DNF |
2019 | ![]() |
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McLaren 650S GT3 | APA | 268 | 23rd | 6th |
References
[edit]- ^ http://www.944challenge.com/2003_Points.htm 2003 Porsche 944 Cup Pointscore
- ^ 2010 Mini Challenge QLD Raceway Pointscore. natsoft.com.au. Archived 2012-09-10 at archive.today
External links
[edit]- Official V8 Supercars Profile
- NMD Australia Profile
- Warren Luff career summary at DriverDB.com
- Conrod V8 Database Profile