Paul Stokell
Introduction '''Paul Stokell''' (born 8 March 1968 in Tasmania) is an Australian racing driver. Highly decorated in every category he has competed, Stokell has been a race and multiple championship winning driver in open wheel, sportscar racing and tarmac rallying, consistently since the early 1990s and remains so today having won back to back Australian Targa Championship in 2018/2019.While Tasmanian born, today Stokell is Queensland based where he has operated a performance driving school since 2008, and has been involved with the Sherrin Motor Sport Porsche Carrera Cup team taking their maiden victory in 2007.
Open wheelers Stokell first emerged into the national spotlight racing in the national Australian Formula Ford series, taking a Reynard to runner up in the 1990 title behind Russell Ingall. Stokell tried to push his career in England in the next couple of years however a lack of support forced his return to Australian racing in 1993 driving for Malcolm Ramsay's South Australian Birrana Racing team in Formula Brabham (which reverted to its original name of Formula Holden in 1996). With Stokell leading, Birrana came to dominate the category and Stokell took a trifecta of Australian Drivers' Championships in the mid-90s. In 1994, he represented Australia in the EFDA Nations Cup but the highlight of the era was his first international victory, winning the 1994 New Zealand International Series and 1995 Pan Pacific title including the Malaysian Grand Prix.
Sports cars Stokell driving a Lamborghini Diablo SVR in the 2001 Australian Nations Cup Championship.In 1998, Stokell led an importer supported team driving Lotus Elise in the Australian GT Production Car Championship and against larger and more powerful cars Stokell became a giant-killer in the Lotus, finishing sixth in the championship. Out of this effort came an invitation to join the newly formed Team Lamborghini Australia, to race Lamborghini Diablos in the Australian Nations Cup Championship. Starting in 2000, Stokell was a constant front runner in the black Diablo and again became a championship winner in 2003 and 2004.In 2005, he drove in one round of the FIA GT Championship in a Lotus placing second in the G2 class.Since then Stokell has made sporadic appearances in a variety of categories and became a competitor and entrant in the new Mini Challenge series in 2008 and became series champion in 2009.He followed that by representing Australia for the second time in the Spanish Mini Challenge in 2010 as well as finishing second in the Australian Mini Challenge in 2010.
Career results Some results sources from: Season Series Position Car Team 1990 Motorcraft Formula Ford Driver to Europe Series '''2nd''' Reynard FF88 Ford Swift FB90 Ford Phoenix MotorsportSwift Australia 1992 Australian Drivers' Championship 15th Shrike NB89H Holden 1993 Australian Drivers' Championship '''3rd''' Reynard 90D Holden Birrana Racing 1994 Australian Drivers' Championship '''1st''' Reynard 91D Holden Birrana Racing EFDA Nations Cup 16th † Van Diemen – Opel Team Australia 1995 Australian Drivers' Championship '''1st''' Reynard 91D Holden Birrana Racing Pan-Pacific Formula Brabham Championship '''1st''' 1996 Australian Drivers' Championship '''1st''' Reynard 91D Holden Birrana Racing 1998 Australian GT Production Car Championship 6th Lotus Elise Sport 19 2000 Australian Nations Cup Championship 4th Lamborghini Diablo SVR Team Lamborghini Australia Shell Championship Series 50th Ford Falcon (AU) Steven Ellery Racing 2001 Australian Drivers' Championship 11th Reynard Holden Birrana Racing Australian Nations Cup Championship '''2nd''' Lamborghini Diablo SVR Team Lamborghini Australia Shell Championship Series 74th Ford Falcon (AU) Dick Johnson Racing 2002 Australian Nations Cup Championship 4th Lamborghini Diablo GTR Team Lamborghini Australia V8Supercar Championship Series 47th Ford Falcon (AU) Paul Little Racing 2003 Australian Nations Cup Championship '''1st''' Lamborghini Diablo GTR Team Lamborghini Australia V8Supercar Championship Series 69th Ford Falcon (BA) Paul Little Racing 2004 Australian Nations Cup Championship '''1st''' Lamborghini Diablo GTR Team Lamborghini Australia Australian GT Performance Championship '''2nd''' Volkswagen Golf R32  V8 Supercar Championship Series 57th Holden Commodore (VY) Team Dynamik 2007 Australian Carrera Cup Championship 14th Porsche 997 GT3 Cup Australian GT Championship 24th Lamborghini Gallardo Team Palmer 2008 Australian Carrera Cup Championship 19th Porsche 997 GT3 Cup Sherrin Motor Sport Australian Mini Challenge '''2nd''' Mini John Cooper Works Challenge Decorug Racing 2009 Australian Mini Challenge '''1st''' Mini John Cooper Works Challenge Decorug Racing 2010  Australian Mini Challenge '''2nd''' Mini John Cooper Works Challenge Decorug Racing 2021 GT World Challenge Australia - GT Am 6th Audi R8 LMS (2015) Melbourne Performance Centre 2022 GT World Challenge Australia - GT Am '''1st''' Audi R8 LMS Evo II Melbourne Performance Centre 2023  GT World Challenge Australia - GT Am '''2nd*''' Audi R8 LMS Evo II Melbourne Performance Centre* † Team result=== Complete V8 Supercar results === Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Final pos Points 2000 Steven Ellery RacingPHIPTHADL ECKHDVCAN QLDWIN OPK CDR QLDSAN BAT 50 56 2001 Dick Johnson RacingPHIADL ECKHDVCANPTHCDROPK QLD WIN BAT PUK  SAN 74th 72 2002 Toll Racing ADL PHI  ECK  HDV  CAN PTH  ORP  WIN QLDBAT SUR  PUK  SAN 1  SAN 2  47th 81 2003 Toll Racing ADL  PHI  ECK  WIN  PTH  HDV  QLD  ORP SANBAT SUR  PUK  ECK  69th 80 2004 Team Dynamik ADL  ECK  PUK  HDV  PTH  QLD  WIN  ORP  SAN BAT SUR  SYM  ECK  57th 144===Complete Bathurst 24 Hour results=== Year Team Co-drivers Car Class Laps   2003  Mark Coffey Racing  Allan Simonsen Luke Youlden Peter Hackett Lamborghini Diablo GTR A 487 8th 6th===Complete Bathurst 12 Hour results=== Year Team Co-drivers Car Class Laps   2009  Rockstar Energy Drink  Josh Hunt Jonathon Webb Nissan 350Z B 149 DNF DNF 2014  Fiat Abarth Motorsport  Clyde Campbell Joshua Dowling Toby Hagon Fiat Abarth 500 F 236 22nd '''2nd''' 2023   Supabarn Motorsport  James Koundouris Theo Koundouris David Russell Audi R8 LMS Evo II AAm 283 9th '''1st'''
References
External links *** Speedsport Profile* V8 Supercar Results