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Second-generation Porsche Paynter Dixon Carrera Cup Australia racer Jackson Walls steps up to the big time in 2021, making his one-make Porsche debut aboard an Objective Racing Porsche, run by the McElrea Racing squad.

The son of Morris Finance Pro-Am class regular Tony, 18-year-old Jackson has plied his trade in junior open-wheel racing, completing two years in Australian Formula 4 before tackling the Formula Renault Eurocup and the Toyota Racing Series.

He’s since shifted his focus to Porsche racing and made his debut in the non-championship Porsche PAYCE and Michelin event at Sandown in late 2020, impressing by being on the pace immediately.

Following in the footsteps of fellow Porsche PAYCE Carrera Cup Australia champions Matt Campbell and Jaxon Evans, Harri Jones is the next discovery to rise through the Porsche Pyramid with the help of McElrea Racing.

Skipping the traditional starting-point in Karting, Jones began racing Formula Fords in 2015 before moving into ‘wings and slicks’ competition in 2018, winning the Australian Formula 3 title on debut. The following year he moved to the Porsche Michelin Sprint Challenge series, winning the title on debut and also sealing the Jim Richards Endurance Trophy along the way.

Harri made his debut in Carrera Cup in the final round of the 2019 championship on the Gold Coast, and was set to contest the full 2020 championship with McElrea Racing. Though the series was ultimately stopped, he did impressively win the season-ending Porsche PAYCE and Michelin Cup event at Sandown – his first in the ‘big’ class of Aussie one-make Porsche racing.

When not racing, Harri splits his time working at McElrea and major sponsor, HeliMods, while also studying a bachelor of Civil Engineering and Maths at the University of Queensland.

New Zealand karting ace Matthew Payne heads up the debut of Team Porsche New Zealand & Earl Bamber Motorsport in the 2021 Porsche Paynter Dixon Carrera Cup Australia.

The Auckland teenager is a multiple NZ Karting champion, including the KZ2 National Sprint Championship, and has also tasted success internationally in karting before shifting his attention to circuit racing.

Earlier in 2021 he swept to victory in the Toyota Racing Series, finished third in the New Zealand Grand Prix and was confirmed as the first recipient of the Team Porsche NZ scholarship – championed by two-time Le Mans 24 Hour winner and Porsche World Champion, Earl Bamber.

SP Tools will back his 2021 campaign in a stunning black, silver and Orange 911 GT3 Cup Car run by EBM.

Cooper Murray is one of Australia’s brightest young sports car drivers, standing out as an incredible talent during the 2018 Porsche Michelin Sprint Challenge Australia season, where he ultimately placed second.

He then made his Porsche PAYCE Carrera Cup Australia debut in 2019 and, racing as a Michelin Junior driver, starred. Ultimately finishing second in the junior category, Murray finished his first full season fifth in the championship with a dominant round victory on the streets of Townsville; clean-sweeping the weekend.

Podium finishes in the final two rounds set him up as a key contender and potential favourite for the 2020 championship, where he again returned to McElrea Racing and won the opening round in Adelaide with a clean-sweep of victories.

Despite a year on the side lines, his impressive late-season form in 2019 and early 2020 mark him out as a key title contender in the 2021 championship.

Christian started in karting, racing karts from 2012 till 2017, winning numerous Regional and State championships and Australian championship rounds. He went on to race in two international championship racing events in Daniel Ricciardo’s race team.

His first move to main circuit was straight into Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge in 2018, where he won the class B championship and impressed by racing with the Pro cars in class A.

In 2019 Christian stepped up again, this time to Porsche Michelin GT3 Cup Challenge Pro class, where he saw highlight performances including a qualifying pole position, two podiums and a lap record.

In 2021 he joins McElrea Racing and hopes to add to his own win count as well as continue their winning championship streak, while also contesting a five-round Porsche Paynter Dixon Carrera Cup campaign prior to a full championship tilt with the 992-generation car in 2022.

Runner-up in the 2019 Porsche Michelin Sprint Challenge series, Aaron Love made the step to the Porsche PAYCE Carrera Cup Australia in 2020 as a Michelin Junior – impressing immediately with his raw speed.

He follows in the footsteps of his older brother Jordan, who won the 2019 Championship and Junior prize.

Love, 17, started his career in karting before stepping into open-wheel racing in Formula 4 competition. From there he graduated to Porsches, coming close to winning the 2019 Sprint Challenge title for Sonic. After making his Carrera Cup debut on the Gold Coast at the end of the 2019 season, Love’s immediate impact in the shortened 2020 season saw him finish on the podium at the Adelaide season-opener, and at the season-ending (non-championship) Porsche Payce and Michelin Cup event, proving his title-contending abilities.

Two years out of the seat are unlikely to phase Simon Fallon, who returns to one-make Porsche racing in 2021 as the 2018 Porsche Michelin Sprint Cup Champion.

After a funding shortfall sidelined him for two seasons, Fallon has re-grouped for 2021 and reunited with the same team with which he won the Sprint Challenge title – beating Cooper Murray in the process – in Sonic Motor Racing.

The young Victorian will take over the famous #777 entry for the Melbourne based team, who technically remain the defending champions thanks to their success with Jordan Love (in the same car) in 2019.

He follows in the footsteps of the champion Love, Nick Foster and Andre Heimgartner to have steered the #777 car.

Fallon graduated to Sprint Challenge from open-wheel racing, where he was a regular contender in the Australian Formula 4 Championship.