One of the strongest GT3 fields ever assembled is nearing completion as more driver line-ups emerge for the Liqui-Moly Bathurst 12 Hour from February 3-5.
While there remains several entries still to reveal their driver combinations, the latest inclusions in the field see Erebus Supercars driver David Reynolds combining with Dominic Storey and Mark Griffith in a Mercedes AMG GT3.
Meanwhile Kiwis Glenn Smith, John de Vries, Nick Chester and Kevin Bell will pilot a Lamborghini Gallardo R-EX.
Bell has previous experience that includes starts in the Bathurst 24 hour earlier last decade, Bathurst 1000 and Porsche Carrera Cup while Smith, De Vries and Chester regularly feature in New Zealand’s top endurance and GT-style series.
Smith is the reigning champion in New Zealand’s GT1 championship, racing an ex-Grand Am Series Daytona Prototype.
Factory drivers from Audi, Aston Martin, Ferrari, Nissan, Bentley, Mercedes AMG, BMW and Porsche have previously been disclosed however McLaren has not yet shown its hand ahead of its Bathurst title defence.
Privateer Nissan GT-R NISMO GT3 entrant, Hobson Motorsport, is another yet to formally announce their two-car driving squad.
There are 10 former Bathurst 1000 winners on the list along with eight Bathurst 12 Hour winners, DTM champions, WEC and Le Mans 24 Hour winners and ex F1 racers.
BATHURST 12 HOUR ENTRY LIST
| Class A – GT3 Pro-Pro | |||||
| No | Team Name | Manufacturer | Model | Drivers | |
| 7 | BMW Team SRM | BMW | M6 GT3 | Tony | Longhurst |
| Mark | Skaife | ||||
| Russell | Ingall | ||||
| Timo | Glock | ||||
| 8 | Bentley Team M-Sport | Bentley | Continental GT3 | Steven | Kane |
| Guy | Smith | ||||
| Oliver | Jarvis | ||||
| 17 | Bentley Team M-Sport | Bentley | Continental GT3 | Andy | Soucek |
| Maxime | Soulet | ||||
| Vincent | Abril | ||||
| 22 | STM | Mercedes | AMG GT3 | Craig | Baird |
| Shane | Van Gisbergen | ||||
| Maro | Engel | ||||
| 23 | Nissan Motorsport | Nissan | GT-R Nismo GT3 | Katsumasa | Chiyo |
| Alex | Buncombe | ||||
| Michael | Caruso | ||||
| 24 | Nissan Motorsport | Nissan | GT-R Nismo GT3 | Florian | Strauss |
| Todd | Kelly | ||||
| Jann | Mardenborough | ||||
| 25 | BMW Team SRM | BMW | M6 GT3 | Steve | Richards |
| Mark | Winterbottom | ||||
| Marco | Wittmann | ||||
| 38 | Wall Racing | Nissan | GT-R | Chris | Pither |
| Adrian | Flack | ||||
| Daniel | Bilski | ||||
| 1 | Tekno Autosports / McLaren GT | McLaren | 650s GT3 | Alvaro | Parente |
| Come | Ledogar | ||||
| Rob | Bell | ||||
| 59 | Tekno Autosports / McLaren GT | McLaren | 650s GT3 | Will | Davison |
| Jonny | Kane | ||||
| Ben | Barnicoat | ||||
| 74 | Jamec Pem Racing | Audi | R8 LMS | Garth | Tander |
| Christopher | Mies | ||||
| Christopher | Haase | ||||
| 75 | Jamec Pem Racing | Audi | R8 LMS | Markus | Winklehock |
| Robin | Frijns | ||||
| Frank | Stippler | ||||
| 88 | Maranello Motorsport | Ferrari | 488 GT3 | Toni | Vilander |
| Craig | Lowndes | ||||
| Jamie | Whincup | ||||
| 99 | Walkenhorst | BMW | M6 GT3 | Jorg | Muller |
| Ricky | Collard | ||||
| Nico | Menzel | ||||
| 911 | Walkinshaw GT3 | Porsche | 911 GT3 R (Type 991) | Earl | Bamber |
| Kevin | Estre | ||||
| Laurens | Vanthoor | ||||
| 991 | Craft-Bamboo Racing | Porsche | 911 GT3 R | TBA | |
| TBA | |||||
| TBA | |||||
| Class A – GT3 Pro-AM | |||||
| No | Team Name | Manufacturer | Model | Drivers | |
| 11 | Objective Racing | McLaren | 650s | Tony | Walls |
| Warren | Luff | ||||
| Tim | Slade | ||||
| Alex | Davison | ||||
| 12 | Competition Motorsports powered by Ice Break | Porsche | 991 GT3 R | David | Calvert-Jones |
| Patrick | Long | ||||
| Marc | Lieb | ||||
| 83 | HTP Motorsport | Mercedes | AMG GT GT3 | Paul | Dalla Lana |
| Pedro | Lamy | ||||
| Mathias | Lauda | ||||
| Bernd | Schneider | ||||
| Class A – GT3 AM | |||||
| No | Team Name | Manufacturer | Model | Drivers | |
| 2 | DJS Racing | Audi | LMS R8 | Daniel | Stutterd |
| James | Bergmuller | ||||
| Samuel | Fillmore | ||||
| 3 | Team ASR Pty Ltd | Audi | R8 LMS | Ash | Samadi |
| Daniel | Gaunt | ||||
| Matt | Halliday | ||||
| 5 | GT Motorsport Pty Ltd | Audi | R8 LMS | Greg | Taylor |
| Nathan | Antunes | ||||
| Elliot | Barbour | ||||
| 9 | Hallmarc | Audi | R8 LMS | Marc | Cini |
| Lee | Holdsworth | ||||
| Dean | Fiore | ||||
| 29 | Trofeo Motorsport | Lamborghini | Huracan GT3 | Jim | Manolios |
| Ryan | Millier | ||||
| Ivan | Capelli | ||||
| Dean | Canto | ||||
| 32 | Lago Racing | Lamborghini | R-EX | Roger | Lago |
| Steve | Owen | ||||
| David | Russell | ||||
| 35 | Miedecke Stone Motorsport | Aston Martin | V12 Vantage | George | Miedecke |
| Ash | Walsh | ||||
| Tony | Bates | ||||
| 37 | Keltic Racing | McLaren | 650s | Anthony | Quinn |
| Klark | Quinn | ||||
| Grant | Denyer | ||||
| 45 | Supabarn | Audi | R8 LMS | James (Dimitri) | Koundouris |
| Theo | Koundouris | ||||
| Marcus | Marshall | ||||
| Simon | Evans | ||||
| 47 | Kiwi Racing | Lamborghini | Reiter R-EX | Glenn | Smith |
| Kevin | Bell | ||||
| Nicholas | Chester | ||||
| John | De Vries | ||||
| 51 | AMAC Motorsport | Porsche | GT3 R | Andrew | McPherson |
| Neale | Muston | ||||
| Tim | Miles | ||||
| 61 | Hogs | Mercedes | SLS AMG | Mark | Griffith |
| David | Reynolds | ||||
| Dominic | Storey | ||||
| 66 | Wall Racing | Nissan | GT-R | Brett | Hobson |
| Erik | Davis | ||||
| Fred | Poordad | ||||
| 96 | MARC Cars Australia | BMW | M6 GT3 | Chaz | Mostert |
| Max | Twigg | ||||
| Morgan | Haber | ||||
| 912 | Walkinshaw GT3 | Porsche | 911 GT3 R (Type 991) | Liam | Talbot |
| John | Martin | ||||
| Davashen | Padayachee | ||||
Class allocations between GT3 Pro / ProAm / AM are subject to change.
| Class B – GT3 (Cup Cars) | |||||
| No | Team Name | Manufacturer | Model | Drivers | |
| 4 | Grove Motorsport | Porsche | 911 Cup Car | Stephen | Grove |
| Benjamin | Barker | ||||
| Alexandre | Imperatori | ||||
| 6 | Wall Racing | Porsche | 997 GT3 Cup | Richard | Gartner |
| Aaron | Zerefos | ||||
| Indiran | Padayachee | ||||
| Ric | Shaw | ||||
| 14 | IKAD Racing | Porsche | 997 Cup Car | Peter | Major |
| Jordan | Love | ||||
| Nicholas | McBride | ||||
| 21 | Steve Richards Motorsport | Porsche | GT3 Cup | Dean | Grant |
| Dylan | O’Keeffe | ||||
| Xavier | West | ||||
| 50 | Synep Racing | Porsche | 991 Cup Car | Adam | Cranston |
| Josh | Cranston | ||||
| Aaron | Steer | ||||
| James | Winslow | ||||
| Class C – GT4 | |||||
| No | Team Name | Manufacturer | Model | Drivers | |
| 18 | PROsport Performance | Porsche | Cayman PRO 4 | Charles | Putman |
| Charles | Espenlaub | ||||
| Joe | Foster | ||||
| Andrew | Pilgrim | ||||
| 19 | PROsport Performance | Porsche | Cayman PRO 4 | TBA | |
| TBA | |||||
| TBA | |||||
| 40 | Brookspeed | Porsche | Cayman GT4 Clubsport | Aaron | Mason |
| David | Drinkwater | ||||
| TBA | |||||
| 41 | Brookspeed | Porsche | Cayman GT4 Clubsport MR | TBA | |
| TBA | |||||
| TBA | |||||
| 48 | M Motorsport | KTM | X-Bow GT4 | TBA | |
| TBA | |||||
| TBA | |||||
| 56 | RA Motorsports – Ginetta | Ginetta | G55 | TBA | |
| TBA | |||||
| TBA | |||||
| 62 | R-Motorsport | Aston Martin | V8 Vantage | Andreas | Baenziger |
| Peter | Leemhuis | ||||
| Jan | Struve | ||||
| 69 | RA Motorsports – Ginetta | Ginetta | G55 | TBA | |
| TBA | |||||
| TBA | |||||
| Class I – Invitational | |||||
| No | Team Name | Manufacturer | Model | Drivers | |
| 28 | On Track Motorsport | BMW | 335i | Garry | Mennell |
| Bernard | Verryt | ||||
| Steve | Vanbellingen | ||||
| 54 | MARC Cars Australia | MARC | Focus V8 | Tony | Alford |
| Beric | Lynton | ||||
| Jeffrey | Smith | ||||
| 65 | Daytona Sportscars | Dodge | Viper Coupe | Jamie | Augustine |
| Benjamin | Schoots | ||||
| Dean | Lillie | ||||
| 76 | R-Motorsport | Aston Martin | Vantage GT8 | Florian | Kamelger |
| Darren | Turner | ||||
| Markus | Lungstrass | ||||
| 91 | MARC Cars Australia | MARC | Focus V8 | Keith | Kassulke |
| William | Brown | ||||
| Rod | Salmon | ||||
| 92 | MARC Cars Australia | MARC | Focus V8 | Michael | Benton |
| Hadrian | Morrall | ||||
| Aaron | Seton | ||||
| 93 | MARC Cars Australia | MARC | Mazda 3 V8 | Jake | Camilleri |
| Jack | Smith | ||||
| Rob | Thomson | ||||
| 94 | MARC Cars Australia | MARC | Mazda 3 V8 | Leanne | Tander |
| Nicholas | Rowe | ||||
| Gerard | McLeod | ||||
| Tim | Leahey | ||||
| 95 | MARC Cars Australia | MARC | Focus V8 | Geoffrey Peter | Taunton |
| Jason Andrew | Busk | ||||
| Bryce | Fullwood | ||||
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