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Lauren recently scored her first ever class
podium result at Mount Panorama, driving a BMW 130i
in the 12-hour production car classic. The result
made true a long-held dream for Gray who has always
wanted to get herself a Bathurst Podium... next
time, hopefully she'll be chasing a win!
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Bio
Barely 7 years old, Lauren
first took to racing as a Midget kart racer,
learning to compete in a vehicle now accepted as
the entry to today’s motor sport. By the age
9, she had moved up to the karting Rookie
Class.
Lauren could drive a car
at the age of 12 and readily made the transition
from hurtling around the remote back blocks of
Melbourne to putting in the hard yards at Calder
Park Raceway on practice days. Here she learnt to
handle a race car at high speed, refining her
hands-on driving skills and finding confidence as a
fully-fledged member of the motorsport community. A
100-lap, all-weather session at the Sandown circuit
meant she was well equipped for the next
step.
That next step was
improved production – driving a Toyota
Corolla. This was the car that would boost Lauren
into the limelight at the very front of the sport
in Victoria. A campaign at a national level, in a
LGM-prepared Toyota Echo was the next step, in the
Australian Production Car Championship. Despite
having the least powerful car in the field, Lauren
impressed with her tenacity and ability behind the
wheel.
And this didn’t go
unrecognized – Formula 3 Team Scud Racing
noticing her abilities and putting her behind the
wheel of a ’96 Dallara F3 car for a test at
Winton – which went well. Lauren made her F3
debut at Queensland Raceway and over the next year
scored plenty of podium finishes in the
‘Trophy’ class, for older model cars. A
step up to the National Class awaited in 2007 and
it started well, scoring podium finishes in her
first few rounds. Unfortunately, a strained back
left her unable to drive the high-g force cars and
left her out for the remainder of the season.
Results
2009 – 22 years of age
*2nd Hot Hatches – Bathurst 12 Hour
Endurance
*1st Class D – Improved Production Sandown
Raceway
2008 – 21 years of age
*4th Outright - Australian Manufactures
Championship
*1st Class E - Australian Manufactures
Championship
2007 – 20 years of age
*2nd Australian Formula 3 Championship –
National Class
*3rd Australian Production Car Championship –
Class C
*Selected as a factory backed Holden Motorsport
driver for the Bathurst 12 Hour Endurance
2006 – 19 years of age
*2nd Australian Formula 3 Championship –
Trophy Class
*3rd Australian Production Car Championship –
Class C
*Selected by CAMS to attend the Women’s Driver
Development Program at the Australian Institute of
Sport.
2005 - 18 years of age
*3rd & 4th Formula Woman Nations Cup –
England
*3rd Australian Production Car Championship –
Class C
*4th Australian Formula 3 Championship –
Trophy Class
*Nominated for CAMS personality of the year.
2004 – 17 years of age
*1st Australian Improved Production Car
Championship – Class D
*Selected as one of Melbourne’s most talented
women under the age of 30, for an exclusive
articled titled “30 talented women under
30”
*Selected by CAMS to attend the Women’s Driver
Development Program at the Australian Institute of
Sport.
2003 – 16 years of age
*2nd Victorian Improved Production Car
Championship – Class D
*Debut Victorian Improved Production Car
Championship
*Debut Australian Production Car Championship
Schedule
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