Will Brown (racing driver)

William Brown
Brown at Sonoma Raceway in 2024
Nationality	Australian
Born	(1998-06-05) 5 June 1998 (age 26) Toowoomba, Queensland
Racing licence	FIA Gold
Previous series
2015–16 2015–16 2016 2017–20 2019, 22	Australian Formula Ford Australian Formula 4 Australian Toyota 86 Series Super2 Series TCR Australia
Championship titles
2016 2016 2019	Australian Formula 4 Australian Toyota 86 Series TCR Australia
Supercars Championship career
Car number	87 (Triple Eight Race Engineering)
Championships	0
Races	115
Wins	9
Podiums	26
Pole positions	5
2023 position	5th (2264 pts)
NASCAR Cup Series career
1 race run over 1 year
Car no., team	No. 33 (Richard Childress Racing)
First race	2024 Toyota/Save Mart 350
Wins Top tens Poles 0 0 0

William Brown (born 5 June 1998) is an Australian racing driver currently competing in the Repco Supercars Championship with Triple Eight Race Engineering, driving the No. 87 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1,^[1] and in the NASCAR Cup Series, driving the No. 33 Chevrolet Camaro for Richard Childress Racing.

With championship wins in both the Formula 4 Australian Championship and the Toyota Gazoo Racing Australia 86 Series in 2016, Brown became one of only five drivers in Australian motorsport history to achieve two national racing titles in one year. In 2017, he received the Mike Kable Young Gun Award and was awarded The Peter Brock Medal by the Confederation of Australian Motorsport (CAMS) for his outstanding year in racing.

Brown started his career in karting in 2011 at the age of thirteen. He won numerous championships in his junior years and had an 80% win rate. He moved up the ranks and competed in the inaugural CAMS Jayco Australian Formula 4 Championship in 2015 with team BRM.^[1]

On the back of his karting form, Brown was signed by AGI Sport to race in the inaugural FIA Formula 4 Australia Championship and claimed victory in the first ever race. Brown was a championship contender for the Formula 4 championship in 2015, winning 3 of the 15 races that season. He finished third overall and crowned Rookie of the Year after his impressive debut.

In 2016, he signed with BRM and recorded six race wins and 12 podiums from 18 races to be crowned Formula 4 Australia Champion. Brown took the title with one round and one race remaining after a controversial race in Tasmania, where he was involved in a collision with rivals Nick Rowe and Jordan Love.

Brown competed in the 2016 Australian Formula Ford Championship. Despite missing the first three rounds due to a date clash with Formula 4, Brown would go on to secure P2 in the 2016 championship, with multiple wins and podiums.

Brown also competed in the one-make Australian Toyota 86 Racing Series in 2016, claiming the Series Title in a field of 39 drivers. With championship wins in both the Australian Formula 4 and the Australian Toyota Racing Series in 2016, Brown became one of only five drivers in Australian motorsport history to achieve two national racing titles in one year.

For the 2017 racing season, Brown was picked up by Eggleston Motorsport to replace the outgoing Liam McAdam.^[2][3] He scored a best finish of 3rd at Symmons Plains and was on course to win the final race of the season in Newcastle before blowing a gearbox. He finished ninth in the championship overall.

In 2019 we drove in the new TCR Australia Touring Car Series. He was crowned champion with one round remaining.^[4]

In 2020 Hyundai Motorsport named Brown in the 2020 Junior Driver Program as one of four drivers who will race Hyndai Motorsport TCR cars in some of the leading championships in the category. Outside of Europe, Will Brown will represent the Customer Racing Junior Driver Program. Brown dominated the inaugural Australian TCR season with 7 wins in his debut driving TCR cars. He remains with HMO Customer Racing team to defend his title.^[5]

Brown was named as a Supercars Endurance Cup co-driver, partnering Anton de Pasquale with Erebus Motorsport, where he immediately showed his elite driving ability throughout the 3 race series. He continued to make solid progress in his Dunlop Super2 Series landing P6 in the 2018 Driver's Championship with Eggleston Motorsport.

Again partnering with Anton de Pasquale at Erebus Motorsport in the Supercars championship, Brown's talent was on show finishing P2 behind Craig Lowndes and ahead of Garth Tander in the Co-driver Race, taking his first podium in the series. Furthermore, Brown also accepted a drive in the inaugural S5000 series, competing alongside former F1 driver Rubens Barrichello.

Brown began 2020 with a multi year signing with Penrite Racing, that would see him compete in the Supercars series as a co-driver to David Reynolds in 2020, before becoming a full time driver for the team from 2021. The Supercars Enduro Cup was reduced to a single race at Bathurst for 2020, where Brown and Reynolds finished P15 due to engine issues.

Brown performed strongly in his first full-time Supercars season, achieving his first Supercars podium with second place in Race 22 at Sydney. He went on to score a maiden Armor All Pole Position the next weekend, starting in P1 for Race 23, again at Sydney Motorsport Park, but had to wait until Race 28 to claim his first Supercars race win. A stunning drive saw the Red Bull Australia drivers pressure Brown, but he held his nerve for become the 82nd driver to win an ATCC/Supercars race. He is the first rookie driver to win a Supercars race since 2013, when Scott McLaughlin and Chaz Mostert both took victories in their first full-time season.

On May 15, 2024, it was announced that Brown will make his NASCAR Cup Series debut at Sonoma Raceway, driving the No. 33 Chevrolet for Richard Childress Racing.^{[6][7][8][9][10]} Brown started 24th and was in the top 20 at one point in the race before electrical issues relegated him to a 31st place finish three laps down.

Outside of racing, Brown is a used car salesman for his father's business in Toowoomba.^[11][12]

Season	Series	Position
2013	Australian National Sprint Kart Championship - Junior National Light	5th
2014	Australian National Sprint Kart Championship - Junior National Light	2nd
	Australian Junior Clubman Kart Championship	3rd

Season	Series	Position
2015	Australian Formula 4 Championship	3rd	Mygale F4 - Ford	AGI Sport
	Australian Formula Ford Series	9th	Mygale SJ12A - Ford	Race Academy
2016	Australian Formula 4 Championship	1st	Mygale F4 - Ford	Team BRM
	Australian Formula Ford Series	2nd	Mygale SJ12A - Ford	BF Racing
	Victorian Formula Ford Championship	4th	Mygale SJ12A - Ford	Race Academy
	Australian Toyota 86 Racing Series	1st	Toyota 86 GT	Will Brown Motorsport
	Mazda Road to Indy Shootout	6th	Ray GR-RSC	Lucas Oil School of Racing
2017	Dunlop Super2 Series	9th	Holden VF Commodore	Eggleston Motorsport
2018	Dunlop Super2 Series	6th	Holden VF Commodore	Eggleston Motorsport
	Supercars Championship	45th	Holden ZB Commodore	Erebus Motorsport
2019	Dunlop Super2 Series	12th	Holden VF Commodore	Eggleston Motorsport
	TCR Australia	1st	Hyundai i30 N TC	HMO Customer Racing
	Virgin Australia Supercars Championship	41st	Holden ZB Commodore	Erebus Motorsport
	Australian S5000 Championship	N/C	Ligier - Ford Coyote V8	Eggleston Motorsport
2020	Super2 Series	2nd	Holden VF Commodore	Image Racing
	Virgin Australia Supercars Championship	40th	Holden ZB Commodore	Erebus Motorsport
2021	Repco Supercars Championship	8th	Holden ZB Commodore	Erebus Motorsport
2022	Repco Supercars Championship	14th	Holden ZB Commodore	Erebus Motorsport
	TCR Australia	2nd	Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2017)	Melbourne Performance Centre
2023	Repco Supercars Championship	5th	Camaro ZL1-1LE	Erebus Motorsport
	TCR Australia	11th	Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2021)	Melbourne Performance Centre
	TCR World Tour	10th

* Season still in progress.

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	DC	Points
2015	AGI Sport	TOW 1 1	TOW 2 4	TOW 3 8	QLD 1 Ret	QLD 2 8	QLD 3 4	SMP 1 8	SMP 2 3	SMP 3 3	SAN 1 8	SAN 2 Ret	SAN 3 5	SUR 1 7	SUR 2 5	SUR 3 4	PHI 1 2	PHI 2 3	PHI 3 6	SYD 1 2	SYD 2 6	SYD 3 3	3rd	216
2016	Team BRM	SYM 1 2	SYM 2 3	SYM 3 2	PHI 1 3	PHI 2 1	PHI 3 2	SMP 1 4	SMP 2 1	SMP 3 5	QLD 1 4	QLD 2 1	QLD 3 2	SAN 1 1	SAN 2 EX	SAN 3 1	SUR 1 1	SUR 2 4	SUR 3 2				1st	316

Year	Series	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	Position	Points
2019	Exhibition	Eggleston Motorsport	SAN R1 5	SAN R2 6	SAN M 4	BMP R1 5	BMP R2 4	BMP M 3	N/C	-

(key) (Round results only), (2020 Race results only)

Super2 Series results
Year	Team	Car	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Position	Points
2017	Eggleston Motorsport	Holden VF Commodore	ADE 6	SYM 6	PHI 7	TOW 9	SYD 8	SAN 5	BAT 8	NEW 17	9th	1078
2018	Eggleston Motorsport	Holden VF Commodore	ADE 4	SYM 8	BAR 17	TOW 9	SAN 14	BAT 13	NEW 3		6th	1068
2019	Eggleston Motorsport	Holden VF Commodore	ADE 13	BAR 3	TOW 14	QLD 11	BAT Ret	SAN 2	NEW 13		12th	960
2020	Image Racing	Holden VF Commodore	ADE 3	ADE 3	ADE 2	SYD 1	SYD 4	BAT 1	BAT 3		2nd	813

Supercars results
Year	Team	Car	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	34	35	Position	Points
2018	Erebus Motorsport	Holden ZB Commodore	ADE R1	ADE R2	MEL R3	MEL R4	MEL R5	MEL R6	SYM R7	SYM R8	PHI R9	PHI R10	BAR R11	BAR R12	WIN R13 PO	WIN R14 PO	HID R15	HID R16	TOW R17	TOW R18	QLD R19 PO	QLD R20 PO	SMP R21	BEN R22	BEN R23	SAN QR 12	SAN R24 12	BAT R25 24	SUR R26 Ret	SUR R27 C	PUK R28	PUK R29	NEW R30	NEW R31			49th	204
2019	Erebus Motorsport	Holden ZB Commodore	ADE R1	ADE R2	MEL R3	MEL R4	MEL R5	MEL R6	SYM R7 PO	SYM R8 PO	PHI R9	PHI R10	BAR R11	BAR R12	WIN R13	WIN R14	HID R15	HID R16	TOW R17	TOW R18	QLD R19	QLD R20	BEN R21 PO	BEN R22 PO	PUK R23	PUK R24	BAT R25 Ret	SUR R26 11	SUR R27 8	SAN QR 2	SAN R28 10	NEW R29	NEW R30				41st	338
2020	Erebus Motorsport	Holden ZB Commodore	ADE R1	ADE R2	MEL R3	MEL R4	MEL R5	MEL R6	SMP1 R7	SMP1 R8	SMP1 R9	SMP2 R10	SMP2 R11	SMP2 R12	HID1 R13	HID1 R14	HID1 R15	HID2 R16	HID2 R17	HID2 R18	TOW1 R19	TOW1 R20	TOW1 R21	TOW2 R22	TOW2 R23	TOW2 R24	BEN1 R25	BEN1 R26	BEN1 R27	BEN2 R28	BEN2 R29	BEN2 R30	BAT R31 15				40th	120
2021	Erebus Motorsport	Holden ZB Commodore	BAT1 R1 16	BAT1 R2 14	SAN R3 16	SAN R4 16	SAN R5 7	SYM R6 9	SYM R7 5	SYM R8 15	BEN R9 11	BEN R10 13	BEN R11 24	HID R12 4	HID R13 8	HID R14 10	TOW1 R15 18	TOW1 R16 5	TOW2 R17 10	TOW2 R18 Ret	TOW2 R19 12	SMP1 R20 5	SMP1 R21 11	SMP1 R22 2	SMP2 R23 11	SMP2 R24 6	SMP2 R25 6	SMP3 R26 3	SMP3 R27 8	SMP3 R28 1	SMP4 R29 7	SMP4 R30 C	BAT2 R31 20				8th	1838
2022	Erebus Motorsport	Holden ZB Commodore	SMP R1 7	SMP R2 8	SYM R3 13	SYM R4 12	SYM R5 15	MEL R6 17	MEL R7 23	MEL R8 24	MEL R9 8	BAR R10 17	BAR R11 Ret	BAR R12 5	WIN R13 27	WIN R14 6	WIN R15 5	HID R16 Ret	HID R17 20	HID R18 7	TOW R19 11	TOW R20 19	BEN R21 20	BEN R22 7	BEN R23 6	SAN R24 4	SAN R25 3	SAN R26 11	PUK R27 19	PUK R28 Ret	PUK R29 DNS	BAT R30 10	SUR R31 24	SUR R32 11	ADE R33 22	ADE R34 6	14th	1714
2023	Erebus Motorsport	Camaro ZL1-1LE	NEW R1 4	NEW R2 13	MEL R3 3	MEL R4 6	MEL R5 3	MEL R6 23	BAR R7 16	BAR R8 1	BAR R9 2	SYM R10 1	SYM R11 3	SYM R12 1	HID R13 7	HID R14 5	HID R15 6	TOW R16 1	TOW R17 6	SMP R18 3	SMP R19 14	BEN R20 Ret	BEN R21 13	BEN R22 13	SAN R23 4	BAT R24 8	SUR R25 11	SUR R26 11	ADE R27 Ret	ADE R28 14							5th	2264
2024	Triple Eight Race Engineering	Chevrolet Camaro ZL1	BAT1 R1 2	BAT1 R2 1	MEL R3 2	MEL R4 1	MEL R5 2	MEL R6 2	TAU R7 9	TAU R8 1	BAR R9 2	BAR R10 3	HID R11 3	HID R12 2	TOW R13 3	TOW R14 24	SMP R15 6	SMP R16 3	SYM R17 7	SYM R18 2	SAN R19 1	BAT2 R20 3	SUR R21 7	SUR R22 2	ADE R23	ADE R24											1st*	2772*

Year	Team	Car	Co-driver	Position	Laps
2018	Erebus Motorsport	Holden Commodore ZB	Anton de Pasquale	24th	143
2019	Erebus Motorsport	Holden Commodore ZB	Anton de Pasquale	DNF	125
2020	Erebus Motorsport	Holden Commodore ZB	David Reynolds	15th	160
2021	Erebus Motorsport	Holden Commodore ZB	Jack Perkins	20th	150
2022	Erebus Motorsport	Holden Commodore ZB	Jack Perkins	10th	161
2023	Erebus Motorsport	Chevrolet Camaro Mk.6	Jack Perkins	8th	161
2024	Triple Eight Race Engineering	Chevrolet Camaro Mk.6	Scott Pye	3rd	161

Year	Team	Co-drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class pos.
2018	MARC Cars Australia	Keith Kassulke Rod Salmon	MARC II V8 - Ford V8	Invitational	258	18th	1st
2017	MARC Cars Australia	Keith Kassulke Rod Salmon	MARC II V8 - Ford V8	Invitational	270	17th	1st
2022	Nineteen Corporation	Jack Perkins Mark Griffith	Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo	A–GT3 Pro-Am	33	DNF
2024	Triple Eight Race Engineering	Broc Feeney Mikaël Grenier	Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo	Pro	275	6th	6th

TCR Australia results
Year	Team	Car	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	Position	Points
2019	HMO Customer Racing	Hyundai i30 N TCR	SMP R1 3	SMP R2 1	SMP R3 1	PHI R4 2	PHI R5 2	PHI R6 1	BEN R7 2	BEN R8 1	BEN R9 5	QLD R10 16	QLD R11 10	QLD R12 8	WIN R13 2	WIN R14 1	WIN R15 1	SAN R16 2	SAN R17 7	SAN R18 7	BEN R19 1	BEN R20 2	BEN R21 3	1st	743
2022	Melbourne Performance Centre	Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2017)	SYM R1 7	SYM R2 4	SYM R3 13	PHI R4 18	PHI R5 7	PHI R6 2	BAT R7 4	BAT R8 10	BAT R9 7	SMP R10 Ret	SMP R11 10	SMP R12 6	QLD R13 8	QLD R14 2	QLD R15 4	SAN R16 2	SAN R17 3	SAN R18 1	BAT R19 6	BAT R20 C	BAT R21 1	2nd	677
2023	Melbourne Performance Centre	Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2021)	SYM R1 DNS	SYM R2 Ret	SYM R3 DNS	PHI R4 Ret	PHI R5 11	PHI R6 8	WIN R7	WIN R8	WIN R9	QLD R13 1	QLD R14 3	QLD R15 1	SAN R16 2	SAN R17 Ret	SAN R18 DNS	SMP R19 1	SMP R20 1	SMP R21 3	BAT R16 13	BAT R17 Ret	BAT R18 DNS	11th	442

Year	Team	Car	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	Position	Points
2023	Melbourne Performance Centre	Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2021)	ALG R1	ALG R2	SPA R3	SPA R4	VAL R5	VAL R6	HUN R7	HUN R8	VBF R9	VBF R10	JCB R11	JCB R12	SMP R13 1	SMP R14 1	SMP R15 3	BAT R16 13	BAT R17 Ret	BAT R18 DNS	MAC R19	MAC R20	10th	95

(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

NASCAR Cup Series results
Year	Team	No.	Make	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	NCSC	Pts	Ref
2024	Richard Childress Racing	33	Chevy	DAY	ATL	LVS	PHO	BRI	COA	RCH	MAR	TEX	TAL	DOV	KAN	DAR	CLT	GTW	SON 31	IOW	NHA	NSH	CSC	POC	IND	RCH	MCH	DAY	DAR	ATL	GLN	BRI	KAN	TAL	ROV	LVS	HOM	MAR	PHO	-*	-*	[13]

^* Season still in progress
¹ Ineligible for series points

• Will Brown career summary at DriverDB.com
• Will Brown driver statistics at Racing-Reference
• V8 Supercars Official Profile
• Will Brown Official Website
• Cartopia.com.au

Sporting positions
Preceded by Jordan Lloyd	Winner of the Australian Formula 4 Championship 2016	Succeeded by Nicholas Rowe
Preceded by Inaugural	Winner of the Australian Toyota 86 Racing Series 2016	Succeeded by Jimmy Vernon
Preceded by Inaugural	Winner of the TCR Australia Touring Car Series 2019	Succeeded by Chaz Mostert
Awards and achievements
Preceded by Cam Waters	Mike Kable Young Gun Award 2017	Succeeded by Thomas Randle