Lee Holdsworth

Lee Robert Holdsworth (born 2 February 1983) is an Australian semi-retired racing driver. He won the 2021 Bathurst 1000 alongside Chaz Mostert and finished his full-time career after the 2022 season, after nearly two decades of racing.

History Early career Lee Holdsworth's motorsport career began in go-karts. He started racing cars in 2001 at just 17, when he contested the Commodore Cup national series.

Holdsworth finished fifth in the 2002 Commodore Cup national series and third in the 2003 Commodore Cup championship, before graduating to the Konica Minolta V8 Supercar Series in 2004, driving a Holden VX Commodore for Smiths Trucks Racing.

Holdsworth recorded some impressive results in 2004, including finishing his first-ever round in the top-10 and winning the reverse-grid race at Eastern Creek, as well as finishing third overall in Queensland. Holdsworth also contested the Sandown 500 and Bathurst 1000 V8 Supercar endurance races with Phillip Scifleet and Mark Noske respectively.

In 2005, Holdsworth ran a limited campaign in the renamed HPDC V8 Supercar Development Series and the Australian Formula Ford Championship, as well as contesting the two endurance races with Garry Rogers Motorsport.

Supercars Championship Holdsworth's big break came in 2006 when he scored a full-time drive with Garry Rogers Motorsport in the V8 Supercar Championship. In 2007, Holdsworth won his first V8 Supercar round at Oran Park. The win came courtesy of consistent driving over the weekend and a good strategy in the final race in changeable conditions.

leftHoldsworth moved to Stone Brothers Racing for the 2012 V8 Supercars Championship, ending a six-year association with Garry Rogers Motorsport. For 2013, the team was bought by Erebus Motorsport, and ran Mercedes-Benz E63 AMGs. Holdsworth scored the team's first race win at Winton in April 2014. Holdsworth at the 2014 V8 Supercars test day. Holdsworth placed 20th in the 2014 V8 Supercars Championship, driving for Erebus Motorsport In 2015, Holdsworth moved to Team 18, who operated as a satellite team to the Holden Racing Team. Holdsworth won the 2015 Drivers' Driver award at the 2015 V8 Gala awards.

In 2016, the team was rebranded to Team 18. They also became an independent team, racing a Triple Eight-built Commodore. During Race 13 of the season at the Darwin Triple Crown, Holdsworth sustained fractures to his pelvis, right knee and two ribs after an incident on the opening lap. For the next two events, Kurt Kostecki substituted for Holdsworth in a spare chassis before the team were able to obtain a brand-new car from Triple Eight. At the Sydney SuperSprint, Holdsworth was still unfit to race, so Enduro Cup driver Karl Reindler drove the car for the event before returning as a co-driver at the Sandown 500 with Holdsworth competing in his first race since his accident. In 2017, Holdsworth continued with Team 18 and finished the season in 16th place with a best finish of 4th place being recorded at the Newcastle 500.

For 2018, Holdsworth will continue with the team and race the new Holden ZB Commodore.

In 2019, Holdsworth rejuvenated his career by signing a multiple year deal to drive for Tickford Racing in the #5 Ford Mustang. In two years with the team, he finished tenth in 2019 and 11th in 2020 points standings before mutually departing Tickford in favour of Jack Le Brocq.

On December 5, 2021, Holdsworth won his first Bathurst 1000, driving alongside Chaz Mostert in the #25 Holden Commodore for Walkinshaw Andretti United.

In his final year of racing, Holdsworth was awarded the Barry Sheene Medal, the first time he had received the award in his career.

Retirement On 30 August 2022, Holdsworth announced that he would retire from full-time competition at the end of the 2022 season. He stated that he desired to spend more time with his family, while also pursuing a career as a real estate agent. He plans though to return as co-driver for endurance events in the future.

Career results Career summary Season Series Position Car Team 2002 Commodore Cup National Series 5th Holden VH Commodore TTM Traffic & Parking 2003 Commodore Cup National Series 3rd Holden VH Commodore TTM Traffic & Parking 2004 Konica Minolta V8 Supercar Series 13th Holden VX Commodore Robert Smith Racing V8 Supercar Championship Series 66th Holden VY Commodore Robert Smith Racing 2005 Australian Formula Ford Championship 11th Spectrum 010 Ford TTM Group HPDC V8 Supercar Series 13th Holden VY Commodore Robert Smith Racing V8 Supercar Championship Series 44th Holden VZ Commodore Garry Rogers Motorsport 2006 V8 Supercar Championship Series 20th Holden VZ Commodore Garry Rogers Motorsport 2007 V8 Supercar Championship Series 15th Holden VZ CommodoreHolden VE Commodore Garry Rogers Motorsport 2008 V8 Supercar Championship Series 11th Holden VE Commodore Garry Rogers Motorsport 2009 V8 Supercar Championship Series 10th Holden VE Commodore Garry Rogers Motorsport 2010 V8 Supercar Championship Series 7th Holden VE Commodore Garry Rogers Motorsport 2011 International V8 Supercars Championship 8th Holden VE Commodore Garry Rogers Motorsport 2012 International V8 Supercars Championship 8th Ford FG Falcon Stone Brothers Racing 2013 Australian GT Championship 23rd Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3 Erebus Motorsport International V8 Supercars Championship 20th Mercedes-Benz E63 AMG V8 SuperTourers Championship 19th Holden VE Commodore Edgell Performance Racing 2014 International V8 Supercars Championship 20th Mercedes-Benz E63 AMG Erebus Motorsport 2015 International V8 Supercars Championship 14th Holden VF Commodore Team 18 2016 International V8 Supercars Championship 24th Holden VF Commodore Team 18 2017 Supercars Championship 16th Holden VF Commodore Team 18 2018 Supercars Championship 21st Holden ZB Commodore Team 18 2019 Supercars Championship 10th Ford Mustang GT Tickford Racing 2020 Supercars Championship 11th Ford Mustang GT Tickford Racing 2021 Supercars Championship 28th Holden ZB Commodore Walkinshaw Andretti United 2022 Supercars Championship 13th Ford Mustang GT Grove Racing 2023 Repco Supercars Championship 33rd Ford Mustang GT Walkinshaw Andretti United 2024 Repco Supercars Championship 31st Ford Mustang GT Walkinshaw Andretti United

Super2 Series results

Supercars Championship results

Complete Bathurst 1000 results Year Team Car Co-driver Position Laps 2004 Smiths Trucks Racing Holden Commodore VY Mark Noske DNF 59 2005 Garry Rogers Motorsport Holden Commodore VZ Phillip Scifleet DNF 136 2006 Garry Rogers Motorsport Holden Commodore VZ Dean Canto 17th 129 2007 Garry Rogers Motorsport Holden Commodore VE Dean Canto DNF 118 2008 Garry Rogers Motorsport Holden Commodore VE Michael Caruso DNF 139 2009 Garry Rogers Motorsport Holden Commodore VE Michael Caruso 3rd 161 2010 Garry Rogers Motorsport Holden Commodore VE David Besnard 7th 161 2011 Garry Rogers Motorsport Holden Commodore VE Greg Ritter 17th 161 2012 Stone Brothers Racing Ford Falcon FG Craig Baird 8th 161 2013 Erebus Motorsport Mercedes-Benz E63 AMG Craig Baird 14th 161 2014 Erebus Motorsport Mercedes-Benz E63 AMG Craig Baird DNF 132 2015 Charlie Schwerkolt Racing Holden Commodore VF Sébastien Bourdais 9th 161 2016 Charlie Schwerkolt Racing Holden Commodore VF Karl Reindler DNF 2 2017 Charlie Schwerkolt Racing Holden Commodore VF Karl Reindler DNF 76 2018 Charlie Schwerkolt Racing Holden Commodore ZB Jason Bright 21st 157 2019 Tickford Racing Ford Mustang S550 Thomas Randle 9th 161 2020 Tickford Racing Ford Mustang S550 Michael Caruso 7th 161 2021 Walkinshaw Andretti United Holden Commodore ZB Chaz Mostert 1st 161 2022 Grove Racing Ford Mustang S550 Matthew Payne 6th 161 2023 Walkinshaw Andretti United Ford Mustang S650 Chaz Mostert 4th 161 2024 Walkinshaw Andretti United Ford Mustang S650 Chaz Mostert 5th 161 2025 Team 18 Chevrolet Camaro Mk.6 David Reynolds 2nd 161 2026 Team 18Chevrolet Camaro Mk.6 Anton De Pasquale

TCR Australia results TCR Australia results Year Team Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Position Points 2021 Ashley Seward Motorsport Alfa Romeo Giulietta Veloce TCR SYMR1 SYMR2 SYMR3 PHIR4 PHIR5 PHIR6 BATR7 BATR8 BATR9 SMPR10 SMPR11 SMPR12 BATR13 BATR14 BATR15 13th 315