Warren Luff
Quick Facts
Biography
Warren Luff (born 21 April, 1976), is best known as a race driver, stunt driver and driver training instructor. He is the son of well-known driver training instructor Ian Luff.
After starting in the Improved Production category in the early 1990s, he progressed to the Australian Super Touring Championship in 1997 & 1998 and his V8 Supercar debut was at the 1999 Queensland 500. He then joined various one make categories with great success. He was champion of the Australian Mitsubishi Mirage Cup in 1999 and 2000, then champion in the Brute Utes series in 2002 and 2003, as well as one off's in the Porsche 944 Challenge in 2003and the Australian Mini Challenge in 2009 and 2010seasons.
On 16 September 2012, Luff won his first ever V8 Supercars race, teaming up with Vodafone's Craig Lowndes at the Sandown 500. On 7 October 2012, Luff and Lowndes finished 3rd in the Supercheap Bathurst 1000, the 50th running of the event, where their car ran special Peter Brock livery to commemorate the history of Bathurst, and Lowndes' mentor. In 2013, again with Lowndes, Luff won the inaugural Enduro Cup. For 2014 Luff teamed up with Garth Tander to contest the 2014 Pirtek Enduro Cup for the Holden Racing Team. Tander and Luff joined forces again in 2015, and despite not winning a race, won the 2015 Enduro Cup, resulting in Luff becoming the first driver to win the award twice.
Career results
Season | Series | Position | Car | Team |
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1995 | Australian Suzuki Swift Series | 4th | Suzuki Swift GTi | Ian Luff Motivation |
1999 | Australian Mitsubishi Mirage Series | 1st | Mitsubishi Mirage RS | Ian Luff Motivation |
2000 | Australian Mitsubishi Mirage Series | 1st | Mitsubishi Mirage RS | Ian Luff Motivation |
2002 | V8 Brute Utes Series | 1st | Ford AU Falcon XR8 Ute | Coopers Racing |
2002 | V8 Supercar Championship Series | 58th | Holden VX Commodore | Lansvale Racing Team |
2003 | V8 Brute Utes Series | 1st | Ford AU Falcon XR8 Ute | Coopers Racing |
2003 | V8 Supercar Championship Series | 49th | Ford BA Falcon | Dick Johnson Racing |
2004 | V8 Supercar Championship Series | 21st | Ford BA Falcon | Dick Johnson Racing |
2005 | V8 Supercar Championship Series | 55th | Ford BA Falcon | Stone Brothers Racing |
2005 | V8 Supercar Development Series | 2nd | Ford BA Falcon | Paul Cruickshank Racing |
2006 | V8 Supercar Championship Series | 27th | Ford BA Falcon | Britek Motorsport |
2007 | V8 Supercar Championship Series | 60th | Ford BF Falcon | Britek Motorsport |
2008 | V8 Supercar Championship Series | 37th | Ford BF Falcon | Dick Johnson Racing |
2009 | V8 Supercar Championship Series | 48th | Ford FG Falcon | Dick Johnson Racing |
2009 | Australian Mini Challenge | 21st | Mini John Cooper Works Challenge | Decorug Racing |
2010 | V8 Supercar Championship Series | 28th | Ford FG Falcon Holden VE Commodore | Dick Johnson Racing Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport |
2010 | Australian Mini Challenge | 19th | Mini John Cooper Works Challenge | McElrea Racing |
2011 | International V8 Supercars Championship | 28th | Holden VE Commodore | Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport |
2012 | International V8 Supercars Championship | 30th | Holden VE Commodore | Triple Eight Race Engineering |
2012 | V8 Ute Racing Series | 41st | Holden VE Ute SS | Auto One Wildcard |
2012 | Australian GT Championship | 19th | Audi R8 LMS | |
2013 | Australian Carrera Cup Championship | 3rd | Porsche 997 GT3 Cup | McElrea Racing |
2013 | International V8 Supercars Championship | 29th | Holden VF Commodore | Triple Eight Race Engineering |
International V8 Supercars Championship Pirtek Endurance Cup | 1st | Holden VF Commodore | Triple Eight Race Engineering | |
2013 | Australian GT Championship | 28th | Audi R8 LMS Ultra | Melbourne Performance Centre |
2013 | V8SuperTourers Championship | 40th | Ford FG Falcon | John McIntyre Racing |
2014 | Australian Carrera Cup Championship | 2nd | Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 991 | No Second Chance / Phase 8 |
2014 | Australian GT Championship | 17th | Audi R8 LMS Ultra | JAMEC PEM Racing |
2014 | International V8 Supercars Championship | 38th | Holden VF Commodore | Holden Racing Team |
International V8 Supercars Pirtek Endurance Cup | 13th | Holden VF Commodore | Holden Racing Team | |
2015 | Australian GT Championship | 40th | Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Car McLaren 650S GT3 | Fastway Couriers Objective Racing |
2015 | International V8 Supercars Championship | 27th | Holden VF Commodore | Holden Racing Team |
International V8 Supercars Pirtek Endurance Cup | 1st | Holden VF Commodore | Holden Racing Team | |
2016 | International V8 Supercars Championship | 37th | Holden VF Commodore | Holden Racing Team |
International V8 Supercars Pirtek Endurance Cup | 11th | Holden VF Commodore | Holden Racing Team |
Complete Bathurst 1000 results
Year | No. | Team | Car | Co-driver | Position | Laps |
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19971 | 60 | FAI Insurance | Honda Accord | Julian Bailey | 10th | 138 |
19981 | 60 | Knight Racing | Ford Mondeo | Mark Zonneveld | DNF | 18 |
2002 | 3 | Lansvale Racing Team | Holden VX Commodore | Cameron McConville | 15th | 159 |
2003 | 17 | Dick Johnson Racing | Ford BA Falcon | Steven Johnson | 13th | 156 |
2004 | 17 | Dick Johnson Racing | Ford BA Falcon | Steven Johnson | 7th | 161 |
2005 | 1 | Stone Brothers Racing | Ford BA Falcon | Marcos Ambrose | DNF | 144 |
2006 | 25 | Britek Motorsport | Ford BA Falcon | Adam Macrow | DNF | 102 |
2007 | 26 | Britek Motorsport | Ford BF Falcon | Alan Gurr | DNF | 134 |
2008 | 17 | Dick Johnson Racing | Ford BF Falcon | Steve Owen | 11th | 161 |
2009 | 18 | Dick Johnson Racing | Ford FG Falcon | Jonathon Webb | DNF | 84 |
2010 | 18 | Dick Johnson Racing | Ford FG Falcon | James Courtney | 5th | 161 |
2011 | 30 | Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport | Holden VE Commodore | Nathan Pretty | 15th | 161 |
2012 | 888 | Triple Eight Race Engineering | Holden VE Commodore | Craig Lowndes | 3rd | 161 |
2013 | 888 | Triple Eight Race Engineering | Holden VF Commodore | Craig Lowndes | 3rd | 161 |
2014 | 2 | Holden Racing Team | Holden VF Commodore | Garth Tander | DNS | 0 |
2015 | 2 | Holden Racing Team | Holden VF Commodore | Garth Tander | 3rd | 161 |
2016 | 2 | Holden Racing Team | Holden VF Commodore | Garth Tander | DNF | 150 |
^1 - Super Touring 1000
* Events highlighted in green denote designated co-driver role