McElrea Racing

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Porsche Carrera Cup Australia @Australian Grand Prix 2025

The Team

Meet the crew behind the scenes

McElrea Racing boasts an incredibly talented and experienced team of people who make us one of the most respected and well known racing service providers in Australia, New Zealand and North America. We refer to them affectionately as the 'Awesome MR Crew' or #AMRC.

Andy McElrea

Andy McElrea ⓘ
  • Bayley Hall - Porsche Carrera Cup North America 'Pro' 2023
  • Brett Boulton - Porsche Michelin Sprint Challenge 'Pro-Am' 2024
  • Caleb Sumich - Porsche Michelin Sprint Challenge 'Pro' 2024
  • Christian Pancione - Porsche Carrera Cup Australia 'Pro' 2021
  • Clay Osborne - Porsche Michelin Sprint Challenge 'Pro' 2024
  • Jackson Walls - Porsche Carrera Cup Australia 'Pro' 2022
  • Jay Murray - GT4 Australia 'Silver' 2025
  • Lockie Bloxsom - Porsche Michelin Sprint Challenge 'Pro' 2025
  • Michael Hovey - Porsche Michelin Sprint Challenge 'Pro-Am' 2021
  • Nathan Murray - GT4 Australia 'Am' 2025
  • Richard Cowen - Porsche Michelin Sprint Challenge 'Pro-Am' 2022
  • Ryan Suhle - Porsche Michelin Sprint Challenge 'Pro' 2024
  • Thomas Nepveu - Porsche Carrera Cup North America 'Pro' 2023
  • Tim Miles - Porsche Carrera Cup Australia 'Pro-Am' 2021
  • Tom Sargent - Porsche Carrera Cup North America 'Pro' 2023

Founder & Team Principal

Andy is the Company Director and Manager of McElrea Holdings Group of companies. He is a qualified automotive engineer and accomplished race car driver in his own right with multiple racing titles to his name and has worked for race teams in NZ, England, Europe and America.

After completing his apprenticeship in New Zealand Andy moved into car sales working his way up to 'Sales Manager' at a local dealership in Christchurch.

In 1994 he moved to Auckland as the National Sales and Marketing Manager of NZ 'Autocar' magazine before moving to California where he worked for 6 years as the manager of a highly specialized division for a leading automotive tuning company Stillen.

Leigh Geyer

Leigh Geyer ⓘ
  • Aron Shields - Porsche Michelin Sprint Challenge 'Pro' 2022
  • Ayrton Hodson - Porsche Michelin Sprint Challenge 'Pro' 2024
  • Bayley Hall - Porsche Michelin Sprint Challenge 'Pro' 2021
  • Brett Boulton - Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge 'Pro-Am' 2019
  • Caleb Sumich - Porsche Michelin Sprint Challenge 'Pro' 2024
  • Christian Pancione - Porsche Carrera Cup Australia 'Pro' 2023
  • Clay Osborne - Porsche Carrera Cup Australia 'Pro' 2025
  • Cooper Murray - Porsche Carrera Cup Australia 'Pro' 2021
  • Harri Jones - Porsche Carrera Cup Australia 'Pro' 2022
  • John Papantoniou - Porsche Michelin Sprint Challenge 'Pro-Am' 2025
  • Kent Leicester - Porsche Michelin Sprint Challenge 'Pro-Am' 2025
  • Lockie Bloxsom - Porsche Michelin Sprint Challenge 'Pro' 2025
  • Warren Luff - Porsche Carrera Cup Australia 'Pro' 2019

Chief Engineer

Leigh is a renowned and highly respected former V8 Supercar Race Engineer who has worked at the top levels of Australian motorsport since 1990 for such household names as Alan Jones, Tony Longhurst, Paul Morris, Dick Johnson, John Bowe, Paul Radisich, Glenn Seton and Fabian Coulthard.

Leigh is a specialist in Motec I2 Pro and Standard, ECU Manager, Dash Manager ADL2 and 3, PDM, PI Toolbox, 2D, VBox, Driftbox and Cosworth data systems. He has extensive experience with European marques including BMW, Porsche, Ferrari, Audi, Lamborghini in both race and production specification.

Before joining MR in 2011 Leigh was considering a move overseas for a career in Formula One.

Hayden Morris

Hayden Morris ⓘ
  • Anthony Gilbertson - Porsche Carrera Cup Australia 'Pro-Am' 2019
  • Brett Boulton - Porsche Carrera Cup Australia 'Pro-Am' 2025
  • David Ryan - Porsche Carrera Cup Australia 'Pro-Am' 2020
  • Eric Constantinidis - Porsche Michelin Sprint Challenge 'Pro-Am' 2025
  • Jackson Walls - Porsche Carrera Cup Australia 'Pro' 2021
  • Kent Leicester - Porsche Michelin Sprint Challenge 'Pro-Am' 2025
  • Richard Cowen - Porsche Michelin Sprint Challenge 'Pro-Am' 2023
  • Ryder Quinn - Porsche Carrera Cup Australia 'Pro' 2023
  • Tim Miles - Porsche Carrera Cup Australia 'Pro-Am' 2023

Race Engineer

Hayden is the dedicated 'Data Engineer' for Brett Boulton in Porsche Carrera Cup, plus John Papantoniou and Kent Leicester in the 2025 Sprint Challenge championship.

He has an extensive racing background in Australia, New Zealand and throughout Asia and has been working closely with MR since it's inception in 2009.

Hayden started his career as a race mechanic and over a 10 year period worked is way up to V8 Supercar 'Team Manager' for Fabian Coulthard and John Bowe.

Along with his work at MR Hayden works in the marine and dent removal industries.

Louis Kapitsas

Louis Kapitsas ⓘ
  • Bayley Hall - Porsche Carrera Cup Australia 'Pro' 2024
  • Caleb Sumich - Porsche Carrera Cup Australia 'Pro' 2025
  • Jackson Walls - Porsche Carrera Cup Australia 'Pro' 2023
  • Lockie Bloxsom - Porsche Carrera Cup Australia 'Pro' 2025
  • Ryder Quinn - Porsche Carrera Cup Australia 'Pro' 2024
  • Tim Farrell - Porsche Michelin Sprint Challenge 'Pro-Am' 2025

Race Engineer

Louis has worked with MR many times in the past but joined MR ‘properly’ for the 2023 Carrera Cup Australia championship.

Louis has a vast and enviable history in race engineering starting with Super Tourers back in the early nineties. Notable achievements include the 2005 Australian Formula Ford championship with Daniel Elliot, Gold Star F3 campaigns with Aaron Caratti and Leanne Tander and 3 back to back World Time Attack titles.

When he’s away from the track he enjoys reading and spending time with his niece.

In 2024 engineered Bayley Hall to 6 race wins and in 2025 he will be engineering Caleb Sumich and Lockie Bloxsom.

Tim McCumstie

Tim McCumstie ⓘ
  • Ayrton Hodson - Porsche Michelin Sprint Challenge 'Pro' 2024
  • Harri Jones - Porsche Carrera Cup Australia 'Pro' 2021
  • Lockie Bloxsom - Porsche Carrera Cup Australia 'Pro' 2025
  • Warren Luff - Porsche Carrera Cup Australia 'Pro' 2019

Crew Chief

Timmy has been around the track for almost 20 years, working with a number of high profile and championship winning V8 Supercar teams, but also grew up in the speedway pits of rural NSW.

He has been with MR since 2013 and has played an instrumental role in winning multiple championships with the team, including Matt Campbell, Jaxon Evans & Harri Jones.

Timmy would like to be known as the practical joker in the team, bringing a few laughs to the team when the time is right. You might even catch him rocking out to a few 80s ballads - what can we say... every rose has it's thorn.

Rob Clark

Rob Clark ⓘ
  • Bayley Hall - Porsche Carrera Cup Australia 'Pro' 2024
  • Brett Boulton - Porsche Carrera Cup Australia 'Pro-Am' 2025
  • Clay Osborne - Porsche Michelin Sprint Challenge 'Pro' 2024
  • Cooper Murray - Porsche Carrera Cup Australia 'Pro' 2021
  • Jay Murray - GT4 Australia 'Silver' 2025
  • Nathan Murray - GT4 Australia 'Am' 2025
  • Richard Cowen - Porsche Michelin Sprint Challenge 'Pro-Am' 2023

#1 Race Mechanic

‘Clarkie’ first started working with MR back in 2009 with Nathan Caratti and Bob Thorn. He was #1 mechanic on Bayley Hall's car in the 2022, 2023 & 2024 Carrera Cup championships.

Rob hails from Mildura and first got involved with racing with Neil Lowe & Ross Palmer in the late nineties. His racing resume includes multiple GT4 championship wins, multiple Asia-Pacific Rally championship wins.

He is just one of the class clowns at MR and is most proud of his resilience, will power and inability to learn from former mistakes!

He is a demon water-skier and is married to Anne with two kids, Niamh and Angus.

Riley Conroy

Riley Conroy ⓘ
  • John Papantoniou - Porsche Michelin Sprint Challenge 'Pro-Am' 2025
  • Kent Leicester - Porsche Michelin Sprint Challenge 'Pro-Am' 2025

#1 Race Mechanic

Riley is very passionate about the automotive and motorsport industries. He is a keen kart racer and coming from a farming family Riley has always had a very keen interest in anything mechanical.

Riley started his apprenticeship with Toyota but moved to the MR Group to expand his knowledge in the automotive and motorsport industries and completed his apprenticeship with MR Tuning.

Riley interested is car chassis tuning, design and engine building and in January 2025 moved across to the race team on a fulltime basis to follow his passion and finally become a professional race mechanic.

Dan Ensor

Dan Ensor ⓘ
  • Clay Osborne - Porsche Carrera Cup Australia 'Pro' 2025
  • Eric Constantinidis - Porsche Michelin Sprint Challenge 'Pro-Am' 2025

#1 Race Mechanic

‘Densor’ has a vast motorsport background with recent experience at the highest levels of Australian racing including the role as Team Manager of the PremiAir Supercars team.

Densor started as a young man working as a volunteer for Grant Sparks in Qld Prod Sports racing before joining our sister business MR Tuning, which included a stint in Singapore running MR Tuning Asia.

In 2025 he is the #1 mechanic for Clay Osborne in Carrera cup and Eric Constantinidis in Sprint challenge. He is dovetailing his contribution to MR with frequent trips to the USA to work for teams in the IMSA & World Challenge GT3 programs.

Marc Jones

Marc Jones ⓘ
  • Christian Pancione - Porsche Carrera Cup Australia 'Pro' 2023
  • Lockie Bloxsom - Porsche Carrera Cup Australia 'Pro' 2025

#1 Race Mechanic

‘Sparkle’ started in motorsport in Super Tourers back in the early nineties with Greenfield Mowers Racing. Then he progressed to the V8 Supercars championship with Paragon Motorsport and driver Cameron McLean

Starting around 2014 he ran his son Calum in a family team in go karts, Hyundai Excels then the national Toyota 86 championship, then several podiums in Group C production car racing.

When he’s away from the track he enjoys motorcycling and project cars while running a successful Ferrari workshop on the Sunshine cost.

Marc started with MR for the 2019 Carrera Cup Australia championship and takes great care of our drivers.

Shaun Simpson

Shaun Simpson ⓘ
  • Brett Boulton - Porsche Michelin Sprint Challenge 'Pro-Am' 2024
  • Ryan Suhle - Porsche Michelin Sprint Challenge 'Pro' 2024

Race Mechanic

Shaun joined MR in 2018 as pitcrew for our Bathurst 12hr campaign and is now a regular at MR on race weekends.

Shaun completed his apprenticeship in Cairns and was an avid go-karter, 1995 he moved to the GC to pursue a career in motorsports. He is an experienced #1 mechanic and sub assembly technician and has worked for Howard Racing in the Development Series then supercars at WPS Racing, Inta Racing then Stone Brothers Racing, Lago Racing Bathurst/Sepang 12hr and 24hr spa .

Motorsport is his number one passion but no longer in a full-time role. He is married to Sherry with two sons, Max and Hayden.

Lewis Dickerson

Lewis Dickerson ⓘ
  • Caleb Sumich - Porsche Carrera Cup Australia 'Pro' 2025
  • Jackson Walls - Porsche Carrera Cup Australia 'Pro' 2024

#1 Race Mechanic

Lewis joined MR as #1 Mechanic for Jackson Walls in 2022.

After Studying Motorsport Engineering at Brooklands College in the UK, he gained International Racing Experience in GTs, Le Mans Prototypes & Single seaters. He has enjoyed the majority of his career working at West Surrey Racing in the British Touring Car Championship and helped achieve 4 Drivers titles as #1 Mechanic to Colin Turkington.

2020 was his last year living & working in the UK before emigrating to Melbourne, Australia. While he’s away from the track he enjoys keeping active at the gym & spending time with his fiancé Ashleigh and kids Emilia & James.

Alex Colvin

Alex Colvin

Race Mechanic

Alex started his mechanical career as a diesel mechanic working mainly on fire trucks. As he approached the end of his apprenticeship, he decided it was time to diversify a little.

After a stellar introduction to the team thanks to Marc Jones, Alex started with the MR race crew for the 2022 season.

He enjoys being a part of both the Carrera Cup Australia and Michelin Sprint Challenge championships and is looking forward to joining our new GT4 team in the 2025 season.

When he's not at the track he enjoys riding his motorbikes, camping and working on his project car.

Damien Van Twest

Damien Van Twest

Truck Driver

Damo drives for our transport provider DDS Transport Solutions and since 2018 has joined the team at tests and race weekends as a wheel & tyre manager.

Damo has been in the race car transport industry for 14 years moving a large array of cars from exotic road cars for Porsche and McLaren through to Supercars including cars for 888, DJR and Tekno.

Damo has a daughter and a son, loves his country music, playing old boys footy and can often be seen at church on a Sunday - when he’s not at a race track.

Josh Magill

Josh Magill

Wheel & Tyre Management

Josh joined MR for the 2025 season and is "the wheel and tyre guy" at McElrea Racing.

He was born and raised in Toowoomba, the home of some other notable motorsport personalities.

Josh loves cars and tinkering with them and was active in the Queensland drift scene as soon as he could get on the road legally!

He enjoys camping with family and the great outdoors, including a two-week road trip to Cape York back in the day.
Josh is a proud dad to Lola and Sadie.

Heather Plews

Heather Plews

Chief Financial Officer

With many years experience in busy and diverse businesses Heather (or 'Blondie' as she is affectionately known) is perfectly suited to her role at McElrea Racing.

She loves being organised and runs a tight ship keeping all the day-to-day operations in order.

Blondie enjoys sharing coffee and great food with friends and in her spare time she breeds a tropical fish.

Melanie McElrea

Melanie McElrea

Administration

Melanie handles travel, accommodation, uniforms, sponsor ride days and all extra administration duties for McElrea Racing and No Second Chance.

A background working in Airlines both in 'Engineering' and 'Passenger Marketing' and being married to Andy for what seems like a very, very long time gives Mel the experience and patience required to tie-up all the loose ends that come her way!

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Over the years

Checkout the drivers and crew over the years

McElrea Racing Team & Drivers
Porsche Carrera Cup Australia 2011
Drivers: Jonny Reid, Michael Patrizi

McElrea Racing Team & Drivers
Porsche Carrera Cup Australia 2012
Drivers: Alex Davison, James Davison, Tony Bates

McElrea Racing Team & Drivers
Porsche Carrera Cup Australia 2013
Drivers: Michael Patrizi, Tony Walls, Warren Luff, Tony Bates, Renee Gracie

McElrea Racing Team & Drivers
Porsche Carrera Cup Australia 2014
Drivers: Tony Walls, Warren Luff, Shea Davies, Renee Gracie

McElrea Racing Team & Drivers
Bathurst 12 Hour 2015
Drivers: Patrick Long, Chris Pither and David Calvert-Jones

McElrea Racing Team & Drivers
Porsche Carrera Cup Australia 2015
Drivers: Shane Smollen, Matt Campbell

McElrea Racing Team & Drivers
Porsche Carrera Cup Australia & Michelin Sprint Challenge 2016
Drivers: Matt Campbell, Shane Smollen, Jake Klarich, Jaxon Evans, Duvashen Padayachee, James Abela, Jim Campbell, Tim Miles

McElrea Racing Team & Matt Campbell 🏆
Championship Winners - Porsche Carrera Cup Australia 2016

McElrea Racing Team & Drivers
Bathurst 12 Hour 2017
Drivers: #12 David Calvert-Jones, Pat Long, Marc Lieb & Matt Campbell
Drivers: #11 Tony Walls, Luffy, Tim Slade & Alex Davison

McElrea Racing Team & Drivers
Bathurst 12 Hour 2018
Drivers: #58 Craig Lowndes, Shane van Gisbergen, Come Ledogar
Drivers: #47 Scott McLaughlin, Fraser Ross, Andrew Watson, Alex West
Drivers: #11 Tony Walls, Warren Luff, Tim Slade, Jaxon Evans.
Drivers: #12 David Calvert-Jones, Pat Long, Alex Davison, Matt Campbell

McElrea Racing Team & Jaxon Evans 🏆
Championship Winners - Porsche Carrera Cup Australia 2018
Driver: Jaxon Evans

McElrea Racing Team & Harri Jones 🏆
Championship Winners - Michelin Sprint Challenge 2019
Driver: Harri Jones

McElrea Racing Team & Drivers
Porsche Carrera Cup Australia 2020
Drivers: Tim Miles, Harri Jones, Cooper Murray, David Ryan

McElrea Racing Team & Drivers
Porsche Festival Sandown 2020
Drivers: Jackson Walls, Tim Miles, Harri Jones, Christian Pancione, Ryan Suhle, Richard Cowen

McElrea Racing Team & Drivers
Porsche Carrera Cup Australia 2022
Drivers: Lockie Bloxsom, Brett Boulton, Tom McLennan, Aron Shields, Richard Cowen

McElrea Racing Team & Drivers
Porsche Carrera Cup Australia @Australian Grand Prix 2022
Drivers: Tim Miles, Jackson Walls, Harri Jones, Bayley Hall, Christian Pancione

The MR team celebrating winning the Porsche Carrrera Cup Championship with Harri Jones at Surfers Paradise in 2022

McElrea Racing Team & Harri Jones 🏆
Championship Winners - Porsche Carrera Cup Australia 2022

McElrea Racing Team & Drivers
Porsche Carrera Cup Australia 2023
Drivers: Tim Miles, Jackson Walls, Bayley Hall, Christian Pancione, Ryder Quinn

McElrea Racing Team & Drivers
Porsche Carrera Cup Australia 2024
Drivers: Caleb Sumich, Jackson Walls, Clay Osborne, Lockie Bloxsom, Bayley Hall

McElrea Racing Team & Drivers
Porsche Carrera Cup Australia 2025
Drivers: Caleb Sumich, Clay Osborne, Lockie Bloxsom, Brett Boulton