Cameron McConville

Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:Use Australian English Template:Infobox racing driver Cameron Eric "Conkers" McConville (born 22 January 1974) is an Australian racing driver and motorsport celebrity. While retired from full-time competition, McConville still races occasionally and is an in-demand endurance event co-driver. McConville spent 14 years as a professional driver, ten of those in the largest Australian domestic category, Supercars Championship. McConville has also written for several magazines and presented several television programs and up until the end of the 2009 season was the colour commentator for Network Ten's Australian coverage of Formula One. McConville announced his retirement from full-time racing for the end of the 2009 season.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> He is also rumoured to be The Stig in Top Gear Australia.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

McConville now works with Porsche Centre Melbourne as the Motorsport Commercial Manager.

Early years

McConville began 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 he was chosen to be the 'works' Van Diemen driver and he won the prestigious Motorcraft Formula Ford Driver to Europe Series 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 with Dick Johnson's Shell Ultra-hi Racing. McConville impressed Johnson and was included in the driver line up for the 1992 Tooheys 1000 in the team's second Ford Sierra RS500. McConville easily qualified the car, but in the wet conditions that marred the race it was decided to let the more experienced pair of Terry Shiel and Greg Crick handle the driving of the tricky, but powerful, turbocharged car.

His solid performance in practice at Bathurst meant he was invited back to DJR for the 1993 Tooheys 1000, where he paired with Paul Radisich in Shell team's second Ford EB Falcon V8. Unfortunately, whilst in third position, and under pressure from Tomas Mezera in the Holden Racing Team VP Commodore, McConville miscued going over Skyline, got the car sideways and clouted the wall, causing what turned out to be mostly cosmetic damage to the Falcon. However, the damage the #18 Shell car was done and Radisich/McConville would ultimately finish in 8th position, 10 laps behind the winning Larry Perkins/Gregg Hansford Commodore. McConville's crash at Mount Panorama proved to be costly to his rising career.

After several years of driving for lesser teams, his persistence finally paid off when he teamed up with prominent Melbourne businessman Tom Warwick to drive a Porsche 993 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 Australian Super Touring Championship. In 1998 he was narrowly beaten to the championship by team owner Brad Jones in somewhat controversial circumstances.

Supercars career

An impressive part-time drive in the 1999 V8 Supercar championship saw the Holden Racing Team offer McConville 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 expanded 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 after he was the outright winner of the Bathurst 24 hour race in 2002 in a Holden Monaro driving for the same team. The move to the Garry Rogers team proved fruitful for McConville when he took his first championship race win at Winton Raceway in 2004. In 2005 he took on team leader status at GRM with the departure of Garth Tander to the HSV dealer team. The following year, McConville was lured to Kees and Paul Weel's Supercheap Auto Racing outfit to pair with Greg Murphy after the retirement of Paul Weel in 2005.

In 2007, Cameron began a new motorsport reporting role with Channel Ten, including co-hosting the Formula One coverage.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

In 2008, he joined up with his former boss Brad Jones to drive the number 14 Commodore after the team made the switch from Ford to Holden with the support of Walkinshaw Performance in the pursuit of better results. WOW Sight and Sound soon signed on as McConville's major sponsor for the 2008 championship. McConville immediately highlighted the new relationship with an excellent third at the Adelaide 500. After two mixed seasons McConville announced his decision to step down from full-time racing at the end of the season, the announcement came soon after a nasty crash at the Phillip Island 500K. During the off-season it was also announced that McConville would not be returning to his on-screen role with Channel 10 and McConville set up a business franchise in tyre retailing. A change in V8 Supercar endurance race regulations made McConville hot property as a co-driver in 2010 and he was quickly announced as a co-driver for the Holden Racing Team.

McConville stepped back into a race car at the 2010 Bathurst 12 Hour and co-drove a HSV R8 Tourer to third place. Subsequently, McConville picked up a drive in the 2010 Fujitsu V8 Supercar Series driving the Eggleston Motorsport Commodore which also enjoyed support from Holden Racing Team's parent organisation Walkinshaw Performance eager to get McConville additional racing prior to the 2010 endurance races. In the lead up to the 2010 Sucrogen Townsville 400, Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport announced that McConville would be replacing Daniel Gaunt in the team in the short term.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

McConville was a last minute entrant for Team BOC at the Falken Tasmania Challenge of the 2011 V8 Supercars Championship. He replaced Jason Bright in Race 24, who withdrew after qualifying due to a rib injury. McConville started at the rear of the field and finished 19th.

Career results

Season	Series	Position	Car	Entrant / team
1991	Motorcraft Formula Ford Driver to Europe Series	8th	Van Diemen RF91 Ford	Anderson Consulting / Ken McConville
1992	Motorcraft Formula Ford Driver to Europe Series	1st	Van Diemen RF92 Ford	Anderson Consulting
1996	Australian GT Production Car Championship	1st	Porsche 993 RSCS	Warwick Fabrics
1997	Australian Super Touring Championship	3rd	Audi A4 Quattro	Brad Jones Racing
1998	Australian Super Touring Championship	2nd	Audi A4 Quattro	Brad Jones Racing
1999	Shell Championship Series	17th	Holden VS Commodore Holden VT Commodore	John Faulkner Racing Holden Racing Team
2000	Shell Championship Series	27th	Holden VT Commodore	Rod Nash Racing
2001	Shell Championship Series	21st	Holden VX Commodore	Lansvale Racing Team
2002	V8 Supercar Championship Series	28th	Holden VX Commodore	Lansvale Racing Team
2003	V8 Supercar Championship Series	18th	Holden VX Commodore	Lansvale Racing Team
2004	V8 Supercar Championship Series	13th	Holden VY Commodore	Garry Rogers Motorsport
2005	V8 Supercar Championship Series	10th	Holden VZ Commodore	Garry Rogers Motorsport
2006	V8 Supercar Championship Series	13th	Holden VZ Commodore	Paul Weel Racing
2007	V8 Supercar Championship Series	34th	Holden VE Commodore	Paul Weel Racing
2008	V8 Supercar Championship Series	22nd	Holden VE Commodore	Brad Jones Racing
2009	V8 Supercar Championship Series	20th	Holden VE Commodore	Brad Jones Racing
2010	Fujitsu V8 Supercar Series	22nd	Holden VE Commodore	Eggleston Motorsport
	V8 Supercar Championship Series	29th	Holden VE Commodore	Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport Holden Racing Team
2011	International V8 Supercars Championship	34th	Holden VE Commodore	Holden Racing Team Brad Jones Racing
	Fujitsu V8 Supercar Series	24th		Eggleston Motorsport
	Australian V8 Ute Racing Series	5th	Holden VE Ute SS	Walkinshaw Racing
2012	International V8 Supercars Championship	34th	Holden VE Commodore	Holden Racing Team
	Australian V8 Ute Racing Series	5th	Holden VE Ute SS	Walkinshaw Racing
2014	Australian GT Championship	34th	Ferrari 458 Italia GT3	Maranello Motorsport
	Kumho Tyres V8 Touring Car Series	9th	Holden VZ Commodore	Eggleston Motorsport
2015	Australian GT Championship	41st	Ferrari 458 Italia	Maranello Motorsport
	Australian Carrera Cup Championship	14th	Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 991	OPS Gateway
2016	International V8 Supercars Championship	33rd	Holden VF Commodore	Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport
2017	Virgin Australia Supercars Championship	54th	Holden VF Commodore	Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport
	Australian Carrera Cup Championship	7th	Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 991	Zagame Autosport

Supercars Championship results

(Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Supercars results
Year	Team	Car	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38	39	Position	Points
1999	John Faulkner Racing	Holden VS Commodore	EAS R1 Template:Small	EAS R2 Template:Small	EAS R3 Template:Small	ADE R4 Template:Small	BAR R5 Template:Small	BAR R6 Template:Small	BAR R7 Template:Small	PHI R8 Template:Small	PHI R9 Template:Small	PHI R10 Template:Small	HDV R11 Template:Small	HDV R12 Template:Small	HDV R13 Template:Small	SAN R14 Template:Small	SAN R15 Template:Small	SAN R16 Template:Small	QLD R17 Template:Small	QLD R18 Template:Small	QLD R19 Template:Small	CAL R20 Template:Small	CAL R21 Template:Small	CAL R22 Template:Small	SYM R23 Template:Small	SYM R24 Template:Small	SYM R25 Template:Small	WIN R26 Template:Small	WIN R27 Template:Small	WIN R28 Template:Small	ORA R29 Template:Small	ORA R30 Template:Small	ORA R31 Template:Small	QLD R32 Template:Small	BAT R33 Template:Small							17th	770
2000	Rod Nash Racing	Holden VT Commodore	PHI R1	PHI R2	BAR R3	BAR R4	BAR R5	ADE R6	ADE R7	EAS R8	EAS R9	EAS R10	HDV R11	HDV R12	HDV R13	CAN R14	CAN R15	CAN R16	QLD R17	QLD R18	QLD R19	WIN R20	WIN R21	WIN R22	ORA R23	ORA R24	ORA R25	CAL R26	CAL R27	CAL R28	QLD R29 Template:Small	SAN R30	SAN R31	SAN R32	BAT R33 Template:Small
2001	Lansvale Racing Team	Holden VX Commodore	PHI R1	PHI R2	ADE R3	ADE R4	EAS R5	EAS R6	HDV R7	HDV R8	HDV R9	CAN R10	CAN R11	CAN R12	BAR R13	BAR R14	BAR R15	CAL R16	CAL R17	CAL R18	ORA R19	ORA R20	QLD R21 Template:Small	WIN R22	WIN R23	BAT R24 Template:Small	PUK R25	PUK R26	PUK R27	SAN R28	SAN R29	SAN R30
2002	Lansvale Racing Team	Holden VX Commodore	ADE R1 Template:Small	ADE R2 Template:Small	PHI R3	PHI R4	EAS R5 Template:Small	EAS R6 Template:Small	EAS R7 Template:Small	HDV R8 Template:Small	HDV R9 Template:Small	HDV R10 Template:Small	CAN R11 Template:Small	CAN R12 Template:Small	CAN R13 Template:Small	BAR R14 Template:Small	BAR R15 Template:Small	BAR R16 Template:Small	ORA R17 Template:Small	ORA R18 Template:Small	WIN R19 Template:Small	WIN R20 Template:Small	QLD R21 Template:Small	BAT R22 Template:Small	SUR R23 Template:Small	SUR R24 Template:Small	PUK R25 Template:Small	PUK R26 Template:Small	PUK R27 Template:Small	SAN R28 Template:Small	SAN R29 Template:Small
2003	Lansvale Racing Team	Holden VX Commodore	ADE R1 Template:Small	ADE R1 Template:Small	PHI R3 Template:Small	EAS R4 Template:Small	WIN R5 Template:Small	BAR R6 Template:Small	BAR R7 Template:Small	BAR R8 Template:Small	HDV R9 Template:Small	HDV R10 Template:Small	HDV R11 Template:Small	QLD R12 Template:Small	ORA R13 Template:Small	SAN R14 Template:Small	BAT R15 Template:Small	SUR R16 Template:Small	SUR R17 Template:Small	PUK R18 Template:Small	PUK R19 Template:Small	PUK R20 Template:Small	EAS R21 Template:Small	EAS R22 Template:Small																		18th	1191
2004	Garry Rogers Motorsport	Holden VY Commodore	ADE R1 Template:Small	ADE R2 Template:Small	EAS R3 Template:Small	PUK R4 Template:Small	PUK R5 Template:Small	PUK R6 Template:Small	HDV R7 Template:Small	HDV R8 Template:Small	HDV R9 Template:Small	BAR R10 Template:Small	BAR R11 Template:Small	BAR R12 Template:Small	QLD R13 Template:Small	WIN R14 Template:Small	ORA R15 Template:Small	ORA R16 Template:Small	SAN R17 Template:Small	BAT R18 Template:Small	SUR R19 Template:Small	SUR R20 Template:Small	SYM R21 Template:Small	SYM R22 Template:Small	SYM R23 Template:Small	EAS R24 Template:Small	EAS R25 Template:Small	EAS R26 Template:Small
2005	Garry Rogers Motorsport	Holden VZ Commodore	ADE R1 Template:Small	ADE R2 Template:Small	PUK R3	PUK R4	PUK R5	BAR R6 Template:Small	BAR R7 Template:Small	BAR R8 Template:Small	EAS R9 Template:Small	EAS R10 Template:Small	SHA R11	SHA R12	SHA R13 Template:Small	HDV R14 Template:Small	HDV R15 Template:Small	HDV R16 Template:Small	QLD R17 Template:Small	ORA R18 Template:Small	ORA R19 Template:Small	SAN R20 Template:Small	BAT R21 Template:Small	SUR R22 Template:Small	SUR R23 Template:Small	SUR R24 Template:Small	SYM R25 Template:Small	SYM R26 Template:Small	SYM R27 Template:Small	PHI R28 Template:Small	PHI R29 Template:Small	PHI R30 Template:Small
2006	Paul Weel Racing	Holden VZ Commodore	ADE R1 Template:Small	ADE R2 Template:Small	PUK R3 Template:Small	PUK R4 Template:Small	PUK R5 Template:Small	BAR R6 Template:Small	BAR R7 Template:Small	BAR R8 Template:Small	WIN R9 Template:Small	WIN R10 Template:Small	WIN R11 Template:Small	HDV R12 Template:Small	HDV R13 Template:Small	HDV R14 Template:Small	QLD R15 Template:Small	QLD R16 Template:Small	QLD R17 Template:Small	ORA R18 Template:Small	ORA R19 Template:Small	ORA R20 Template:Small	SAN R21 Template:Small	BAT R22 Template:Small	SUR R23 Template:Small	SUR R24 Template:Small	SUR R25 Template:Small	SYM R26 Template:Small	SYM R27 Template:Small	SYM R28 Template:Small	BHR R29 Template:Small	BHR R30 Template:Small	BHR R31 Template:Small	PHI R32 Template:Small	PHI R33 Template:Small	PHI R34 Template:Small
2007	Paul Weel Racing	Holden VE Commodore	ADE R1 Template:Small	ADE R2 Template:Small	BAR R3 Template:Small	BAR R4 Template:Small	BAR R5 Template:Small	PUK R6 Template:Small	PUK R7 Template:Small	PUK R8 Template:Small	WIN R9 Template:Small	WIN R10 Template:Small	WIN R11 Template:Small	EAS R12 Template:Small	EAS R13 Template:Small	EAS R14 Template:Small	HDV R15 Template:Small	HDV R16 Template:Small	HDV R17 Template:Small	QLD R18 Template:Small	QLD R19 Template:Small	QLD R20 Template:Small	ORA R21 Template:Small	ORA R22 Template:Small	ORA R23 Template:Small	SAN R24 Template:Small	BAT R25 Template:Small	SUR R26 Template:Small	SUR R27 Template:Small	SUR R28 Template:Small	BHR R29 Template:Small	BHR R30 Template:Small	BHR R31 Template:Small	SYM R32 Template:Small	SYM R33 Template:Small	SYM R34 Template:Small	PHI R35 Template:Small	PHI R36 Template:Small	PHI R37 Template:Small
2008	Brad Jones Racing	Holden VE Commodore	ADE R1 Template:Small	ADE R2 Template:Small	EAS R3 Template:Small	EAS R4 Template:Small	EAS R5 Template:Small	HAM R6 Template:Small	HAM R7 Template:Small	HAM R8 Template:Small	BAR R9 Template:Small	BAR R10 Template:Small	BAR R11 Template:Small	SAN R12 Template:Small	SAN R13 Template:Small	SAN R14 Template:Small	HDV R15 Template:Small	HDV R16 Template:Small	HDV R17 Template:Small	QLD R18 Template:Small	QLD R19 Template:Small	QLD R20 Template:Small	WIN R21 Template:Small	WIN R22 Template:Small	WIN R23 Template:Small	PHI Q Template:Small	PHI R24 Template:Small	BAT R25 Template:Small	SUR R26 Template:Small	SUR R27 Template:Small	SUR R28 Template:Small	BHR R29 Template:Small	BHR R30 Template:Small	BHR R31 Template:Small	SYM R32 Template:Small	SYM R33 Template:Small	SYM R34 Template:Small	ORA R35 Template:Small	ORA R36 Template:Small	ORA R37 Template:Small
2009	Brad Jones Racing	Holden VE Commodore	ADE R1 Template:Small	ADE R2 Template:Small	HAM R3 Template:Small	HAM R4 Template:Small	WIN R5 Template:Small	WIN R6 Template:Small	SYM R7 Template:Small	SYM R8 Template:Small	HDV R9 Template:Small	HDV R10 Template:Small	TOW R11 Template:Small	TOW R12 Template:Small	SAN R13 Template:Small	SAN R14 Template:Small	QLD R15 Template:Small	QLD R16 Template:Small	PHI Q Template:Small	PHI R17 Template:Small	BAT R18 Template:Small	SUR R19 Template:Small	SUR R20 Template:Small	SUR R21 Template:Small	SUR R22 Template:Small	PHI R23 Template:Small	PHI R24 Template:Small	BAR R25 Template:Small	BAR R26 Template:Small	SYD R27 Template:Small	SYD R28 Template:Small
2010	Holden Racing Team	Holden VE Commodore	YMC R1 Template:Small	YMC R2 Template:Small	BHR R3 Template:Small	BHR R4 Template:Small	ADE R5 Template:Small	ADE R6 Template:Small	HAM R7 Template:Small	HAM R8 Template:Small	QLD R9 Template:Small	QLD R10 Template:Small	WIN R11 Template:Small	WIN R12 Template:Small	HDV R13 Template:Small	HDV R14 Template:Small	TOW R15 Template:Small	TOW R16 Template:Small	PHI R17 Template:Small	BAT R18 Template:Small	SUR R19 Template:Small	SUR R20 Template:Small	SYM R21 Template:Small	SYM R22 Template:Small	SAN R23 Template:Small	SAN R24 Template:Small	SYD R25 Template:Small	SYD R26 Template:Small
2011	Holden Racing Team	Holden VE Commodore	YMC R1 Template:Small	YMC R2 Template:Small	ADE R3 Template:Small	ADE R4 Template:Small	HAM R5 Template:Small	HAM R6 Template:Small	BAR R7 Template:Small	BAR R8 Template:Small	BAR R9 Template:Small	WIN R10 Template:Small	WIN R11 Template:Small	HID R12 Template:Small	HID R13 Template:Small	TOW R14 Template:Small	TOW R15 Template:Small	QLD R16 Template:Small	QLD R17 Template:Small	QLD R18 Template:Small	PHI R19 Template:Small	BAT R20 Template:Small	SUR R21 Template:Small	SUR R22 Template:Small	SYM R23 Template:Small	SYM R24 Template:Small	SAN R25 Template:Small	SAN R26 Template:Small	SYD R27 Template:Small	SYD R28 Template:Small

Bathurst 1000 results

Year	Car#	Team	Car	Co-driver	Position	Laps
1992	18	Dick Johnson Racing	Ford Sierra RS500	Template:Flagicon Terry Shiel Template:Flagicon Greg Crick	11th	134
1993	18	Dick Johnson Racing	Ford EB Falcon	Template:Flagicon Paul Radisich	8th	151
1994	39	Challenge Motorsport	Holden VP Commodore	Template:Flagicon Chris Smerdon	13th	151
1996	10	Larkham Motor Sport	Ford EF Falcon	Template:Flagicon Mark Larkham	DNF	3
1997*	11	Brad Jones Racing	Audi A4 Quattro	Template:Flagicon Jean-François Hemroulle	3rd	161
1998*	1	Brad Jones Racing	Audi A4 Quattro	Template:Flagicon Brad Jones	3rd	161
1998	18	Dick Johnson Racing	Ford EL Falcon	Template:Flagicon John Bowe	DNF	80
1999	1	Holden Racing Team	Holden VT Commodore	Template:Flagicon Craig Lowndes	2nd	161
2000	54	Rod Nash Racing	Holden VT Commodore	Template:Flagicon Geoff Brabham	DNF	105
2001	3	Lansvale Racing Team	Holden VX Commodore	Template:Flagicon Rick Bates	10th	160
2002	3	Lansvale Racing Team	Holden VX Commodore	Template:Flagicon Warren Luff	15th	159
2003	3	Lansvale Racing Team	Holden VX Commodore	Template:Flagicon Tim Leahey	20th	144
2004	34	Garry Rogers Motorsport	Holden VY Commodore	Template:Flagicon Garth Tander	DNF	133
2005	34	Garry Rogers Motorsport	Holden VZ Commodore	Template:Flagicon Andrew Jones	4th	161
2006	51	Paul Weel Racing	Holden VZ Commodore	Template:Flagicon Greg Murphy	DNF	104
2007	50	Paul Weel Racing	Holden VE Commodore	Template:Flagicon David Reynolds	DNS	0
2008	12	Brad Jones Racing	Holden VE Commodore	Template:Flagicon Andrew Jones	DNF	40
2009	8	Brad Jones Racing	Holden VE Commodore	Template:Flagicon Jason Richards	2nd	161
2010	2	Holden Racing Team	Holden VE Commodore	Template:Flagicon Garth Tander	3rd	161
2011	1	Holden Racing Team	Holden VE Commodore	Template:Flagicon James Courtney	7th	161
2012	22	Holden Racing Team	Holden VE Commodore	Template:Flagicon James Courtney	4th	161
2016	222	Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport	Holden VF Commodore	Template:Flagicon Nick Percat	3rd	161

* Super Touring race

Complete Bathurst 24 Hour results

Year	Team	Co-drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Overall position	Class position
2002	Template:Flagicon Garry Rogers Motorsport	Template:Flagicon Garth Tander Template:Flagicon Steven Richards Template:Flagicon Nathan Pretty	Holden Monaro 427C	1	532	1st	1st
2003	Template:Flagicon Garry Rogers Motorsport	Template:Flagicon Nathan Pretty Template:Flagicon Garth Tander Template:Flagicon Steven Richards	Holden Monaro 427C	A	527	2nd	2nd

External links

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