McElrea Racing

Cooper Murray 'Pro' #36
Porsche Carrera Cup Australia Round 1 @Adelaide Street Circuit 2020

Profile has been archived. Last drove with MR in 2021.
Cooper Murray

Cooper Murray

Porsche Carrera Cup Australia
Pro, Michelin Junior
#36

Cooper raced karts from 2010 till 2015 where his talent soon became obvious with two Australasian championship titles in cadet class. He went on to follow that up with six state championship titles and ten podiums.

He achieved many national Formula Ford podiums in 2016 and 2017 and in 2018 Cooper progressed to the Porsche Michelin GT3 Cup Challenge where he was a standout.

In mid-2019 he joined MR to take the next step in his Porsche career and took a clean sweep at Townsville in only his second race with us. He also clean-swept round 1 of the 2020 championship and had a healthy lead when COVID caused the cancellation of the 2020 championship.

Cooper is looking to continue 2021 with his winning form from 2020.

Background...

What are your top 3 Career Highlights so far?

  • 2018 Jim Richards Endurance Champion
  • Bathurst 6 Hour Winner (Class D)
  • 2018 Porsche GT3 Challenge runner up (8 race wins, 5/6 pole positions)

Have you raced in any other events or categories?

  • Gokarts 2010-2015
  • Formula Ford 2017
  • Porsche GT3 Challenge 2018

Any other personal interests you would like to share?

  • I love getting on my bike and going for rides, also love getting the golf clubs out on the weekend and playing a game of golf and in the off season I love water skiing / wakeboarding.

What are your favourite motorsport moments?

  • Winning my first ever Porsche race by over 20 seconds.

What is your all-time favourite race car?

  • Porsche 991 GT3 Cup Car.

What is your favourite race circuit?

  • Bathurst
Driver Statistics
Championships Rounds Races Driver Stats
Wins Podiums Wins Podiums Qual P1 Wins Podiums Starts Win % Podium % MR Score
1 ⓘ
  • 1st Michelin Junior Driver - Porsche Carrera Cup Australia (2021)
  • 2nd Drivers Champion 'Pro' - Porsche Carrera Cup Australia (2021)
  • 2nd Endurance Cup 'Pro' - Porsche Carrera Cup Australia (2021)
3 ⓘ
  • 1st Michelin Junior Driver - Porsche Carrera Cup Australia (2021)
  • 2nd Drivers Champion 'Pro' - Porsche Carrera Cup Australia (2021)
  • 2nd Endurance Cup 'Pro' - Porsche Carrera Cup Australia (2021)
3 ⓘ
  • Porsche Carrera Cup Australia 'Pro' × 3
 4 ⓘ
  • 1st Porsche Carrera Cup Australia 'Pro' × 3
  • 3rd Porsche Carrera Cup Australia 'Pro' × 1
 1 ⓘ
  • Porsche Carrera Cup Australia 'Pro' × 1
 10 ⓘ
  • Porsche Carrera Cup Australia 'Pro' × 10
 21 ⓘ
  • 1st Porsche Carrera Cup Australia 'Pro' × 10
  • 2nd Porsche Carrera Cup Australia 'Pro' × 6
  • 3rd Porsche Carrera Cup Australia 'Pro' × 5
 32 ⓘ
  • Porsche Carrera Cup Australia 'Pro' × 32
 31% 66% 1,716

Porsche Carrera Cup Australia 2021

Rnd Circuit Engineer Mechanic QUAL R1 R2 R3 R4 RND
1 Sandown International Raceway Leigh Geyer Rob Clark 5 3 2 11 - 3rd
2 The Bend Motorsport Park Leigh Geyer Rob Clark 2 DNF 9 4 - 7th
3 Townsville Street Circuit Leigh Geyer Rob Clark 4 1 1 2 - 1st
4 Mount Panorama Circuit Bathurst Leigh Geyer Rob Clark 8 4 4 2 1 1st

Porsche Carrera Cup Australia 2020

Rnd Circuit Engineer Mechanic QUAL R1 R2 R3 RND
1 Adelaide Street Circuit Leigh Geyer Rob Clark 1 1 1 1 1st
2 Australian Grand Prix Leigh Geyer Rob Clark 4 3 NC NC -

Porsche Carrera Cup Australia 2019

Rnd Circuit Engineer Mechanic QUAL R1 R2 R3 RND
4 Hidden Valley Raceway Leigh Geyer Glenn Jagger - 11 9 6 -
5 Townsville Street Circuit Leigh Geyer Glenn Jagger - 1 1 1 -
6 The Bend Motorsport Park Leigh Geyer Glenn Jagger - 10 4 3 -
7 Mount Panorama Circuit Bathurst Leigh Geyer Glenn Jagger - 3 2 2 -
8 Surfers Paradise Street Circuit Leigh Geyer Glenn Jagger - 3 2 1 -