Cameron McConville
Cameron McConville (b.
Melbourne,
22 January,
1974) is an
Australian V8 Supercar racing driver.
McConville is currently active in the
V8 Supercar championship. In 2005 he was the lead driver of the Garry Rogers Motorsport team based in Glen Waverley,
Melbourne. In 2006, he has switched to replace
Paul Weel at Super Cheap Auto Racing.
Cameron started his motor racing career at the age of eight racing
go-karts in first local then national championships, culminating in several
Victorian titles. At the age of fifteen, he became the youngest ever holder of a CAMS racing licence with a brief foray into
Formula Vee racing before moving onto the highly competitive
Formula Ford racing category in
1991. In
1992 was chosen to be the 'works'
Van Diemen driver and he won the prestigious 'Driver to Europe' national title beating future champions such as
Craig Lowndes and
Steven Richards. This victory (he was the youngest ever winner of the series) drew national attention and a testing role at
Dick Johnson racing as well as a stint at the
Bathurst 1000 in a
Ford Sierra. A solid performance meant he was invited back to the
Dick Johnson racing outfit for
1993 where he paired with
Paul Radisich in the second team car. Unfortunately, whilst in third position, and gaining on the leaders, he crashed heavily at the infamous 'skyline' bend. This proved to be costly to his stellar rise. After several years of driving for lesser teams his persistence finally paid off when he teamed up with prominent businessman
Tom Warwick to drive a
Porsche RSCS in the Australian GTP championship during the
1996 season. He won the series in the last race of the year beating championship favourite
Jim Richards. In
1997 he was chosen to replace
Greg Murphy as the
Audi Australia 'works' driver (largely due to his success the previous year) where he finished third in the championship. In
1998 he was narrowly beaten to the championship by team owner
Brad Jones in somewhat controversial circumstances.
An impressive part time drive in the
1999 V8 supercar championship saw the
Holden Racing Team offer Cameron an endurance co-drive, pairing up with the then championship leader
Craig Lowndes. Together they finished in second place at the
Bathurst 1000 race. This performance earned him a full time contract with the newly-founded Rod Nash racing for
2000. In
2001 he moved to the
Sydney-based Lansvale racing team where he continued to impress in under-funded, less-developed machinery. He remained with the team until he was offered a contract with the Garry Rogers Motorsport outfit in
2004. The move to the Garry Rogers team has proved to be fruitful for Cameron when he took his first championship race win at
Winton raceway in
2004.
In
2005 he took on team leader status with the departure of
Garth Tander to the HSV dealer team. Cameron was also the outright winner of the Bathurst 24hr race in
2002 in a
Holden Monaro.
In 2006, McConville switched teams again, this time to Kees and Paul Weel's Super Cheap Auto Racing.
*Starts: 173 (As of start
2005)
*Wins: 1 (Winton,
2004)
*Podiums: 4
*1 x 1st
Winton,
2004*1 x 2nd
Bathurst 1000,
1999 (with
Craig Lowndes)
*2 x 3rd
Sandown 500, 1998;
Queensland 500, 1999
*Pole Positions: 0
*Fastest Laps: 0
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Garry Rogers Motorsport web site*
Holden Motorsport web site*
Super Cheap Auto Racing Cameron McConville page
