Nathan Morcom (born 5 April 1992) is an Australian
racing driver
Auto racing (also known as car racing, motor racing, or automobile racing) is a motorsport involving the racing of automobiles for competition. In North America, the term is commonly used to describe all forms of automobile sport including non ...
currently racing the
GT4 Australia
GT4 Australia (known commercially as Monochrome GT4 Australia for 2024–2025) is a motor racing series for SRO GT4-class grand touring cars. The series is promoted by the SRO Motorsports Group, who are the global owner of the category, and also pr ...
championship. Morcom won the
2016 Australian Endurance Championship,
2011 Eastern Creek Six Hour and the
2016 Hi-Tec Oils Bathurst 6 Hour.
Career Summery
Junior formula
Morcom started in Formula Ford in the 2008 season with mixed success. He raced in
2010 Toyota Racing Series
The 2010 Toyota Racing Series was the sixth running of the Toyota Racing Series. The Toyota Racing Series is New Zealand's premier open-wheeler motorsport category. The Series included races for every major trophy in New Zealand circuit racing i ...
before moving into the
United States F2000 Championship Series in
2011
The year marked the start of a Arab Spring, series of protests and revolutions throughout the Arab world advocating for democracy, reform, and economic recovery, later leading to the depositions of world leaders in Tunisia, Egypt, and Yemen ...
and
2012
2012 was designated as:
*International Year of Cooperatives
*International Year of Sustainable Energy for All
Events January
*January 4 – The Cicada 3301 internet hunt begins.
* January 12 – Peaceful protests begin in the R ...
.
Australian Formula 3
Morcom competed in the
Australian Drivers' Championship
The Australian Drivers' Championship is a motor racing championship contested annually since 1957 by drivers of cars complying with Australia's premier open-wheeler racing category. This category was determined by the Confederation of Australia ...
for
Australian Formula 3
Australian Formula 3 has been the name applied to two distinctly different motor racing categories, separated by over twenty years.
The original Australian Formula 3 was introduced in 1964 based on the FIA Formula 3 of the period and intended a ...
cars in
2010
The year saw a multitude of natural and environmental disasters such as the 2010 Haiti earthquake, the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, and the 2010 Chile earthquake. The 2009 swine flu pandemic, swine flu pandemic which began the previous year ...
,
2012
2012 was designated as:
*International Year of Cooperatives
*International Year of Sustainable Energy for All
Events January
*January 4 – The Cicada 3301 internet hunt begins.
* January 12 – Peaceful protests begin in the R ...
and
2013
2013 was the first year since 1987 to contain four unique digits (a span of 26 years).
2013 was designated as:
*International Year of Water Cooperation
*International Year of Quinoa
Events
January
* January 5 – 2013 Craig, Alask ...
with the latter bringing him his best championship result of sixth place.
Production Cars
Morcom moved in to the
Australian Production Car Championship
The Australian Production Car Championship is an Australian motor racing title for production car racing, production cars. The championship was first contested in 1987 and from 2008 to 2015 the title was awarded to the most successful driver in th ...
initially for the endurance races finishing fifth at the
2011 Phillip Island Six Hour and winning the
2011 Eastern Creek Six Hour with
Chaz Mostert
Chaz Michael Mostert (born 10 April 1992) is an Australian professional racing driver competing in the Supercars Championship, Repco Supercars Championship. He currently drives the No. 25 Ford Mustang GT for Walkinshaw Andretti United. Mostert ...
. He again teamed with
Chaz Mostert
Chaz Michael Mostert (born 10 April 1992) is an Australian professional racing driver competing in the Supercars Championship, Repco Supercars Championship. He currently drives the No. 25 Ford Mustang GT for Walkinshaw Andretti United. Mostert ...
to finish third at the
2012 Phillip Island 6 Hour, winning the
2016 Hi-Tec Oils Bathurst 6 Hour and runner up in the
2017 Hi-Tec Oils Bathurst 6 Hour.
In
2013
2013 was the first year since 1987 to contain four unique digits (a span of 26 years).
2013 was designated as:
*International Year of Water Cooperation
*International Year of Quinoa
Events
January
* January 5 – 2013 Craig, Alask ...
he finished third in the championship driving a
Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X
The Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution, popularly referred to as the "Evo", is a sports sedan and rally car based on the Lancer that was manufactured by Japanese manufacturer Mitsubishi Motors from 1992 until 2016. There have been ten official version ...
and again in
2017 Australian Production Car Series driving a
Ford LZ Focus RS.
GT racing
Morcom travelled to Europe to compete in the
2014 ADAC GT Masters Endurance championship for Farnbacher Racing in a
Porsche 911 GT3 R
The Porsche 911 GT3 is a high-performance homologation model of the Porsche 911 sports car. It is a range of high-performance models, which began with the 1973 911 Carrera RS. The GT3 has had a successful racing career in the one-make national ...
. He did all sixteen races finishing thirty seventh in the series.
Moving back to Australia he competed in the
2015 Australian GT Championship and
2016 Australian GT Championship finishing third in 2016. The same year he and
Grant Denyer
Grant Craig Denyer (born 12 September 1977) is an Australian television and radio presenter and motor racing driver, who has worked for several television networks, including Seven Network and Network 10, mostly serving as a presenter. He previ ...
won the
2016 Australian Endurance Championship.
In 2016, he competed in the
GT Asia Series
The GT Asia Series was a sports car racing series based in Asia. The championship combines Group GT3, FIA GT3 specification cars as the elite class of the series with Ferrari Challenge, Porsche Cup and older GT3 machinery competing in the GTM cl ...
for
Matt Stone Racing
Matt Stone Racing is an Australian racing team competing in the Supercars Championship with two Chevrolet Camaro (sixth generation) #ZL1, Chevrolet Camaro ZL1s. Cameron Hill drives the No. 4 car, while Nick Percat drives the No. 10 car.
Superca ...
.
In 2024, he moved back to GT racing in the
2024 GT4 Australia Series. He finished fifth in the Silver Class championship.
Supercars
Morcom drove the No. 54
Holden VF Commodore
The Holden Commodore (VF) is a full-size car that was produced by Holden between June 2013 and October 2017. It was the second and last significantly restyled iteration of the fourth (and final) generation of the Holden Commodore to be manufac ...
for
Eggleston Motorsport
Eggleston Motorsport is an Australian motor racing team which is currently competing in the Dunlop Super2 Series, Dunlop Super3 Series and the Australian GT Championship. The team's current Super2 drivers are Zach Bates, Jordyn Sinni, Elliott ...
in the
Dunlop Super2 Series
The Dunlop Super2 Series (formerly known as Dunlop Series, Fujitsu V8 Supercars Series, HPDC V8 Supercars Series, Konica Minolta V8 Supercars Series and Konica V8 Supercars/Lites Series) is an Australian touring car racing competition, specifical ...
in
2017
2017 was designated as the International Year of Sustainable Tourism for Development by the United Nations General Assembly.
Events January
* January 1 – Istanbul nightclub shooting: A gunman dressed as Santa Claus opens fire at the ...
and
2018
Events January
* January 1 – Bulgaria takes over the Presidency of the Council of the European Union, after the Estonian presidency.
* January 4 – SPLM-IO rebels loyal to Chan Garang Lual start a raid against Juba, capital of ...
with limited success.
TCR Australia
In 2019, Morcom competed in the newly formed
TCR Australia Touring Car Series
The TCR Australia Touring Car Series is a touring car racing series based in Australia. The series is run as part of the Shannons Nationals series.
Background
The TCR Touring Car formula, introduced in 2014, is based on four or five door fron ...
. He signed for HMO Customer Racing and competed in the
2019
This was the year in which the first known human case of COVID-19 was documented, preceding COVID-19 pandemic, the pandemic which was declared by the World Health Organization the following year.
Up to that point, 2019 had been described as ...
,
2021
Like the year 2020, 2021 was also heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, due to the emergence of multiple Variants of SARS-CoV-2, COVID-19 variants. The major global rollout of COVID-19 vaccines, which began at the end of 2020, continued ...
and
2022
The year began with another wave in the COVID-19 pandemic, with SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant, Omicron spreading rapidly and becoming the dominant variant of the SARS-CoV-2 virus worldwide. Tracking a decrease in cases and deaths, 2022 saw ...
years. He was set to drive in the 2020 season,
but this was cancelled due to
COVID-19
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a contagious disease caused by the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2. In January 2020, the disease spread worldwide, resulting in the COVID-19 pandemic.
The symptoms of COVID‑19 can vary but often include fever ...
pandemic.
Career results
Karting career summary
Circuit racing career summary
Complete Toyota Racing Series results
(
key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap)
USF2000 National Championship results
Complete Development Series results
(
key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
TCR Australia results
Complete Bathurst 12 Hour results
Complete Bathurst 6 Hour results
References
External links
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*
Nathan MorcomCareer stats at Third Turn Database.
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Living people
1992 births
Racing drivers from Sydney
Racing drivers from New South Wales
TCR Australia Touring Car Series drivers
Formula Ford drivers
Toyota Racing Series drivers
Australian Endurance Championship drivers
ADAC GT Masters drivers