Zachary Bates (born 8 April 2004) is a racing driver from Australia who currently competes in the Super2 Series for Walkinshaw Andretti United.[1] The son of former rally driver Rick, Bates was runner-up in the 2022 Toyota Gazoo Racing Australia 86 Series and the 2024 Super2 Series champion.[2][3][4][5][6]
Career results
Summary
| 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 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 | 7th* | Holden Commodore ZB | Eggleston Motorsport |
Super2 Series results
(key) (Race results only)
| Super2 Series results | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Team | Car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Position | Points |
| 2023 | Walkinshaw Andretti United | 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 | Walkinshaw Andretti United | Holden Commodore ZB | 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 | Holden Commodore ZB | SMP 1 |
SMP 2 |
SYM 1 |
SYM 2 |
TOW 1 |
TOW 2 |
QLD 1 |
QLD 2 |
BAT 1 |
BAT 2 |
ADE 1 |
ADE 2 |
7th | 195 |
Complete Bathurst 6 Hour results
| Year | Team | Co-drivers | Car | Class | Laps | Pos. | Class pos. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 |  Osborne Motorsport
|
Colin Osborne Rick Bates
|
Renault Mégane RS265 | C | 0 | DNS | DNS |
Notes
- ^ Not enough rounds were held to declare championship results.
References
- ^ "Zach Bates Bio". Supercars Championship. Retrieved 17 November 2024.
- ^ "No stopping Zach when it comes to racing cars". Canberra City News. 22 June 2022.
- ^ "CRUNCH TIME AT BATHURST FOR ZACH BATES". Auto Action. 3 October 2022.
- ^ "Bates withstands pressure to win Super2 title". V8 Sleuth. 17 November 2024.
- ^ "Triple Eight welcomes Zach Bates to Supercheap Auto Racing". Triple Eight Race Engineering. 5 November 2024.
- ^ "Will Brown gaffe reveals big Super2 news". Speedcafe. 15 November 2024.
External links
- Official website
- Zach Bates career summary at DriverDB.com
- Zach Bates at Third Turn