Matt Stone Racing

Matt Stone Racing is an Australian racing team competing in the Virgin Australia Supercars Championship with two Holden ZB Commodores. Garry Jacobson drives the No. 35 car, while Zane Goddard and Jake Kostecki are sharing the No. 34 car. They are also competing in the second-tier Dunlop Super2 Series with Ash Walsh in the No. 35 Holden VF Commodore.

Matt Stone Racing
ManufacturerHolden
Team PrincipalMatt Stone
Jason Gomersall
Race DriversSupercars:
34. Zane Goddard
34. Jake Kostecki
35. Garry Jacobson
ChassisZB Commodore, FG Falcon
Debut2018
Drivers' Championships0
Round wins0
Pole positions0
2019 position12th (1560 pts)

History

Super2 Series
Matt Stone Racing Ford FG Falcon in which Ashley Walsh placed second in the 2013 Dunlop V8 Supercar Series

In 2011, Matt Stone the son of Stone Brothers Racing (SBR) co-owner Jim, was given the opportunity to run a former SBR Ford BF Falcon in the 2011 development series with Robert Cregan driving.[1] In 2012, the team expanded to two Falcon BFs, with Daniel Jilesen and Ashley Walsh joining the team.[2] After two rounds the team expanded to three cars, with the SBR entered Ford FG Falcon of Scott McLaughlin entry transferred to the team after the signing of Mahindra Group as a minor sponsor, conflicted with SBR's Ford sponsorship.[3] McLaughlin went on to win the series.[4] In 2013, the team entered three Falcon FGs with Michael Hector, George Miedecke and Ashley Walsh driving.[5][6][7] In 2014, the team again fielded three FGs with Todd Hazelwood, Michael Hector and Ashley Walsh driving.[8][9][10] Steven Johnson drove a fourth car at the Townsville and Queensland rounds.[11] Ryal Harris drove the fourth car at Bathurst. Shae Davies replaced Hector for the final round in Sydney. In 2015, the team only fielded two FG Falcons, with Todd Hazelwood and Shae Davies competing in all of the rounds, finishing the championship in 4th and 8th places respectively. In 2016, the team purchased a Holden VF Commodore for Hazelwood. Adam Marjoram joined the team and raced in an FG Falcon. Hazelwood finished the year in 3rd place, while Marjoram finished in 13th.

In 2017, the team purchased another VF Commodore for Marjoram. Brodie Kostecki joined the team and raced an FG Falcon. Hazelwood won 6 races and was able to win the championship by 95 points. Kostecki finished in 15th, while Marjoram came 18th for the year. In 2018, Bryce Fullwood joined the team in an ex-DJR Team Penske Ford FG X Falcon, but switched to a VF Commodore after the Perth round. During the first 3 rounds the Commodore was raced by Tyler Greenbury and Jaie Robinson respectively.[12] For 2019 Ash Walsh will contest the full season. Abbie Eaton entered the first round and Joel Heinrich entered rounds one and two for the team.

Supercars Championship

Matt Stone Racing moved up into the Supercars Championship for 2018 with Todd Hazelwood. The team started in a Ford FG X Falcon previously owned by DJR Team Penske before switching to their Super 2 winning Holden VF Commodore from The bend onwards. In 2019 the team upgraded to an ex-Triple Eight Racing Engineering ZB Commodore. Having leased a Racing Entitlement Contract (REC) from Jason Bright for the 2018 and 2019 seasons, in 2020 the team will expand to two cars having purchased RECs from Garry Rogers Motorsport and Kelly Racing.

Miedecke Stone Motorsport

In 2016 and 2017 Matt Stone Racing collaborated with Miedecke Motorsport to run Aston Martins in GT3 and GT4 configuration. The highlights for the team were winning the Sydney Motorsport Park 101 as part of the 2016 Australian Endurance Championship and a fourth place in the top-ten shootout of the 2017 Liqui Moly Bathurst 12 Hour.[13][14]

Results

Complete Bathurst 1000 results
Year No. Car Drivers Position Laps
2018 35 Holden Commodore VF Todd Hazelwood
Bryce Fullwood		 20th 159
2019 35 Holden Commodore ZB Todd Hazelwood
Jack Smith		 DNF 98

Supercars Championship drivers

The following is a list of drivers who have driven for the team in V8 Supercars, in order of their first appearance. Drivers who only drove for the team in an endurance race co-driver basis are listed in italics.

References
  1. "Jim Stone's son starts V8 Supercars team". Speedcafe. 3 February 2011.
  2. "Ash Walsh completes Matt Stone Racing line-up". Speedcafe. 21 February 2012.
  3. "Scott McLaughlin switches Dunlop series teams". Speedcafe. 26 June 2012.
  4. V8 Supercar Development Series 2012 standings Driver Database
  5. "Miedecke gets new sponsor, team for 2013". Speedcafe. 5 February 2013.
  6. "Ash Walsh confirms 2013 Dunlop series program". Speedcafe. 13 February 2013.
  7. V8 Supercar Development Series 2013 standings Driver Database
  8. "Hazlewood completes MSR Dunlop line-up". Speedcafe. 17 February 2014.
  9. "Ash Walsh signs new Dunlop Series deal". Speedcafe. 5 January 2014.
  10. V8 Supercar Development Series 2014 standings Driver Database
  11. "Steven Johnson to join Dunlop series". Speedcafe. 25 June 2014.
  12. Adam, Mitchell (18 December 2017). "Fullwood to race MSR's second ex-Shell Ford". Supercars.com. Retrieved 5 March 2018.
  13. "Father and Son duo win emotion charged Sydney Motorsport Park 101". Australian GT. 27 August 2016. Retrieved 5 March 2018.
  14. Lomas, Gordon (4 February 2017). "Walsh: The most committed lap I've ever done". Speedcafe. Retrieved 5 March 2018.
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