Blanchard Racing Team is an Australian motor racing team, currently competing in the

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under the commercial title CoolDrive Auto Parts. It fields the Blanchard Racing-built No. 3

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, driven by

Aaron Cameron Aaron Cameron (born 27 January 2000) is an Australian racing driver, competing in the Supercars Championship in the No. 3 Ford Mustang S650 for Blanchard Racing Team. Early career Cameron's racing career began in karting in his home state of ...

, and the No. 7 entry, driven by

James Courtney James Anthony Courtney (born 29 June 1980) is an Australian racing driver competing in the Supercars Championship, Repco Supercars Championship. He currently drives the No. 7 Ford Mustang (sixth generation), Ford Mustang GT for Blanchard Racin ...

History

Customer Team

Tim Blanchard Racing was formed at the end of the 2016 season when

Tim Blanchard Timothy William John Blanchard (born 30 June 1987) is an Australian racing driver. Blanchard has raced in several other motor racing series, including the British Formula Ford Championship, and was the winner of the 2007 Australian Formula For ...

purchased a Racing Entitlements Contract (REC) from Super Black Racing with the aim of continuing in the

, after the

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REC that had underpinned Blanchard's entry was taken by owner

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maintained the running of the entry. In 2018, the team upgraded to the Holden ZB Commodore. After Blanchard retired from full time driving at the end of 2018,

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took over the driving. For 2020, the team's race number was changed from No. 21 to No. 3.

Stand Alone Team

In 2021, after four seasons running as a satellite team of

, the team was renamed to Blanchard Racing Team and switched to a ex-

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-built

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was replaced by

Tim Slade Timothy Slade (born 3 August 1985) is a retired Australian racing driver who is best known for competing in the Repco Supercars Championship. Early career Slade first appeared at a national level racing in the 2003 Australian Formula Ford C ...

. In 2022 Tim Slade and Tim Blanchard competed as the only single car team in the Supercars Championship finishing their 2nd full-time season finishing the championship in 11th position. 2023 saw the beginning of the new GEN3 rule and the Blanchard Racing Team entered their third year of full-time Supercars racing and were the first team to complete the build of the GEN3 regulation car. Todd Hazelwood was signed as the primary driver of the CoolDrive Racing Ford Mustang and co-driver was Tim Blanchard. 2023 Also saw BRT introduce a Super2 Category entry driven by Aaron Love. In 2024 BRT expand to a two-car team with a combination of James Courtney will lead the driver line-up in car number 7. Aaron Love will step up from Super2 and drive the second of the BRT Gen3 Ford Mustangs in car number 3.

Supercars Championship history

Drivers

The following is a list of drivers who have driven for the team in the Supercars championship, in order of their first appearance. Drivers who only drove for the team on a part-time basis are listed in italics. *

(2017–18, 2020–2023) *

Todd Hazelwood Todd Matthew Hazelwood (born 25 September 1995) is an Australian professional racing driver competing in the Supercars Championship, Repco Supercars Championship for Dick Johnson Racing as a co-driver in the Shell V-Power Racing Ford Mustang. ...

(2017, 2023) * '' Dale Wood'' (2018) *

(2019–20) * '' Dean Canto'' (2019) *

(2021–2022) * ''

Jake Kostecki Jake Kostecki (born 24 January 2000) is an Australian professional racing driver of Ukrainian descent. He formerly competed in the Supercars Championship. Biography Junior Series Kostecki began his career in karts at the age of 8, in the 2008 ...

'' (2023) * Aaron Love (2023 - 2025) *

(2024-present) *

(2024-present) * ''Jack Perkins'' (2024-present) * ''Zak Best'' (2025)

Car No. 3 results

Car No. 7 results

Bathurst 1000 results

References

External links

* {{Supercars Championship Teams Australian auto racing teams Supercars Championship teams 2017 establishments in Australia Auto racing teams established in 2017