By Paul Gover
Date posted: April 3, 2022
Supercars Team owners Stephen and Brenton Grove are shifting their personal racing focus for season 2022.
As the pair work to improve the competitiveness of their Penrite Mustangs and the results of David Reynolds and Lee Holdsworth, their own racing will slide into the background.
Brenton is cutting back entirely on Australian racing while Stephen focuses on Carrera Cup, although the pair will pool their resources for some GT3 long-distance action.
“He’s done. He’s chosen business over racing,” Stephen tells Auto Action of his son’s reduced racing commitment.
“GT racing is for fun, father and son.”
He is upscaling his involvement in the new-look Carrera Cup, with the challenge of an all-new car for the coming season.
But the overall emphasis is on their high-tech Porsche 911 GT3 R, which was built by Porsche for customer racing in major sports car contests.
Together they have a string of classic GT endurance events in their sights, focusing on the Spa 24-Hour.
They have already run at the Dubai 24-Hour in the Middle East, where they drove their Porsche R to sixth place with Anton De Pasquale and Porsche factory racer Sven Muller.
They were the best-placed Porsche in the event, which the Groves had done in the past and which Stephen regards as a hoot with non-stop action because of the giant field.
The next big target is the Bathurst 12-Hour at home, followed by raids on Europe.
“The R gets sent straight to German and gets rebuilt for the Spa 24-Hour,” says Grove.
The drivers follow for a two-day test, flying out after the Supercars weekend at Darwin.
Spa itself is still in the planning, with no decisions on the two additions to the driving line-up.
“We’ll get another Pro. We’re not sure who it will be just yet,” says Grove.
But the plan will require compromise for both father and son.
“It clashes with the bend, so I’ll miss a Carrera Cup round.”
As yet, the rest of the year is a fluid situation, but the father-and-son racers clearly have the cash and class to make an impact if they decide to increase their Porsche R program.
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