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Originally Posted by E.B

He has been in with the Groves for years.... he had a class win at the Bathurst 12 hour with them back in 2013. The Groves (in those days just Father Steve) have always run Porsches since they started racing Sports cars. Another class win with them in the 2016 12 hour which was with Stephen Grove and at the time V8SC newcomer now Indycar race winner Scott McLaughlin.

He also co drove in our Super 2 (V8SC Feeder /Junior series) with Brenton Grove in that series Bathurst 250k co-driver race.

In fact he was due to race alongside Andre Heimgartner in the Kelly Grove (as it was before the Groves bought out the Kelly's and it became Grove Racing last year).Mustang for the 2021 Bathurst 1000 but had to drop out after the Bathurst race shifted date from Oct to Dec due to Covid and then clashed with a Porsche works gig..

So yeah he has a long history with them and is mates with the family.

Edit: I forgot the fact that Earl Bamber Motorsport ran a car last year in the Aus Carrera Cup series..... with Matthew Payne driving the car. Payne was a Grove protégé and this year will drive for Grove in V8SC

Yes, but how did they manage to recruit Bamber?