Cameron McLean (born 14 December 1967) is an Australian former racing driver.

Career

McLean began racing at age 14 in karts. He came to prominence when he won the

1995 Australian Sports Sedan Championship The 1995 Australian Sports Sedan Championship was a CAMS sanctioned Australian motor racing title for Group 2D Sports Sedans. The title, which was the 11th Australian Sports Sedan Championship,Records, Titles and Awards, 2006 CAMS Manual of Motor S ...

in a BMW M3. McLean won the

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and

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Privateers’ Cup in the Australian Super Touring Championship. In 1999 he moved to the

V8 Supercars The Supercars Championship is a touring car racing category in Australia, running as an International Series under Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA) regulations, governing the sport. Supercars events take place in all Australian ...

category with Greenfield Mowers Racing, winning the Privateers award in the

1999 Shell Championship Series The 1999 Shell Championship Series was a motor racing series for V8 Supercars which began on 28 March 1999 at Eastern Creek Raceway and ended on 14 November at the Mount Panorama Circuit after 13 rounds. The Australian Touring Car Championship w ...

. From there, he raced in selected events, but was always a regular in the endurance races. For 2001 and 2002, he drove for private team

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, but was never able to land a full-time drive with a professional outfit. McLean drove with a number of different leading teams in the enduros, including

Dick Johnson Racing Dick Johnson Racing (formerly DJR Team Penske), is Australia's oldest motor racing team competing in the Supercars Championship. The team currently fields the #11 and #17 Ford Mustang GTs for Anton de Pasquale and Will Davison respectiv ...

, Kmart Racing,

Stone Brothers Racing Stone Brothers Racing (SBR) was an Australian motor racing team that competed in the International V8 Supercars Championship between 1998 and 2012. The team was formed in 1998 when Ross and Jim Stone bought Alan Jones's shares in Alan Jon ...

, Ford Performance Racing and Garry Rogers Motorsport. His best V8 Supercar result came in the 2004 Sandown 500 where he finished second for Stone Brothers Racing, driving with

Russell Ingall Russell Ingall (born 24 February 1964 in London, England) is a former full-time Australian V8 Supercar driver. He won his V8 Supercars title in 2005, and finished second in 1998, 1999, 2001 and 2004. Ingall has also won the Bathurst 1000, i ...

. McLean also finished fourth in the 2001 Bathurst 1000 with Greg Ritter, driving for Dick Johnson Racing.

Career results

Complete Bathurst 1000 results

* Super Touring race

References

External links

Super Touring register

Driver Database stats

Racing reference profile
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