Ben Bargwanna Explained

Benjamin Bargwanna (born 10 April 2001 in Warragul) is a racing driver from Australia. He is the son of Bathurst 1000 winner Jason Bargwanna and grandson to Australian Production Car Champion Harry Bargwanna.^[1]

Junior Career

Ben Bargwanna started in karts as a child finishing second in the Victorian Karting Championship KA3 Junior class ^[2] before moving into various Hyundai Excel series in 2016.^{[3] [4]} In 2017 he finished third in the Hyundai Excel Nations and in 2018 won the Victorian Series.^[5]

In 2019 he moved to Formula Ford driving a Spectrum to second in the Victorian Formula Ford Championship.^[6] In 2020, he again raced in the Victorian Formula Ford Championship and was leading the point score when the season was cancelled due to COVID-19 restrictions.^[7]

TCR Australia

In 2021, he joined his father Jason Bargwanna^[8] in the TCR Australia Touring Car Series driving a Peugeot 308. That year he took the 'Rookie of the Year' award ^[9] and finished tenth in the standings. 2022 he again raced a Peugeot 308, again finishing tenth and winning his first race at Sandown Raceway.

For 2023 Bargwanna again did the whole Australia series along with six rounds of the TCR World Tour in the aging Peugeot 308. He finished seventh in the Australian Series with a pole position and three podiums his highlights.

S5000

Bargwanna had his first taste of the S5000 at the first round of the 2021 S5000 Tasman Series running in the top ten.^[10] His next race was at the Australian Grand Prix support round in the 2022 S5000 Australian Drivers' Championship again running in the top ten. His first full season was in the 2022 S5000 Tasman Series where he finished on the podium in race two and ended up fifth in the championship.

In 2023 he joined the series for the final three rounds and the S5000 Tasman Series finishing third in points for the Tasman Series.

Racing record

Racing career summary

Season	Series	Team	Races	Wins	Poles	F/Laps	Podiums	Points	Position
2016	Victorian Hyundai Excel Championship	Bargwanna Motorsport	3	0	0	0	0	0	NC
2017	Victorian Hyundai Excel Championship	Bargwanna Motorsport	11	0	0	0	1	135	11th
	Series X3 New South Wales		10	0	0	2	6	128	30th
	Australian Hyundai Excel Nationals		3	0	0	0	3	N/A	style=background:#ffdf9f	3rd
2018	Victorian Hyundai Excel Championship	Bargwanna Motorsport	11	0	0	1	7	299	style=background:#ffffbf	1st
	Series X3 New South Wales		3	3	1	2	3	250	19th
2019	Australian Formula Ford Championship	Bargwanna Motorsport	12	0	0	0	1	?	?
	Victorian Formula Ford Championship		15	0	0	2	6	349	style=background:#dfdfdf	2nd
	Formula Ford Fiesta New South Wales		6	0	0	0	0	65	13th
2020	Victorian Formula Ford Championship	Bargwanna Motorsport	3	3	0	2	3	100	1st †
2021	TCR Australia Touring Car Series	Burson Auto Parts Racing	15	0	1	0	1	333	10th
	Supercheap Auto TCR Baskerville Invitational		4	1	0	0	2	118	4th
	S5000 Tasman Series	Garry Rogers Motorsport	3	0	0	0	0	35	12th
2022	TCR Australia Touring Car Series	Burson Auto Parts Racing	20	1	0	0	4	535	10th
	S5000 Australian Drivers' Championship	Valvoline Garry Rogers Motorsport	3	0	0	0	0	42	15th
	S5000 Tasman Series	Bargwanna Motorsport	6	0	0	0	1	154	5th
2023	TCR Australia Touring Car Series	Burson Auto Parts Racing	21	0	1	0	3	602	7th
	TCR World Tour	6	0	1	0	0	35	17th
		Team Clairet Sport	6	0	0	0			0
	TCR Europe Touring Car Series		4	0	0	0	0	55	17th
	S5000 Australian Drivers' Championship	Bargwanna Motorsport	9	0	0	0	2	224	8th
	S5000 Tasman Series	3	0	0	0	2	86	3rd
2024	TCR Australia Touring Car Series	GRM Hangcha Racing	21	2	0	1	3	623	7th

† Championship cancelled after 3 races due to Covid-19 pandemic.

Complete S5000 results

Year	Series	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	Position	Points
2021	Tasman	Garry Rogers Motorsport	SMP R1	SMP R2	SMP R3	BAT R4	BAT R5	BAT R6	BAT R7												12th	35
2022	Australian	Garry Rogers Motorsport	SYM R1	SYM R2	SYM R3	PHI R4	PHI R5	PHI R6	MEL R7	MEL R8	MEL R9	SMP R10	SMP R11	SMP R12	HID R13	HID R14	HID R15				15th	42
2022	Tasman	Bargwanna Motorsport	SUR R1	SUR R2	SUR R3	ADL R4	ADL R5	ADL R6													5th	154
2023	Australian	Bargwanna Motorsport	SYM R1	SYM R2	SYM R3	PHI R4	PHI R5	PHI R6	WIN R7	WIN R8	WIN R9	SMP R10	SMP R11	SMP R12	BEN R13	BEN R14	BEN R15	ADL R16	ADL R17	ADL R18	8th	224

TCR Australia results

Year	Team	Car	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	Position	Points
2021	Burson Auto Parts Racing	Peugeot 308 TCR	style=background:#dfffdf	SYM R1	style=background:#dfffdf	SYM R2	style=background:#dfffdf	SYM R3	style=background:#dfffdf	PHI R4	style=background:#dfffdf	PHI R5	style=background:#dfffdf	PHI R6	style=background:#dfffdf	BAT R7	style=background:#dfffdf	BAT R8	style=background:#dfffdf	BAT R9	style=background:#dfffdf	SMP R10	style=background:#dfffdf	SMP R11	style=background:#dfffdf	SMP R12	style=background:#dfdfdf	BAT R13	style=background:#efcfff	BAT R14	style=background:#dfffdf	BAT R15							10th	333
2022	Burson Auto Parts Racing	Peugeot 308 TCR	SYM R1	SYM R2	SYM R3	PHI R4	PHI R5	PHI R6	BAT R7	BAT R8	BAT R9	SMP R10	SMP R11	SMP R12	QLD R13	QLD R14	QLD R15	SAN R16	SAN R17	SAN R18	BAT R19	BAT R20	BAT R21	10th	329
2023	Burson Auto Parts Racing	Peugeot 308 TCR	style=background:#dfffdf	SYM R1	style=background:#efcfff	SYM R2	style=background:#dfffdf	SYM R3	style=background:#dfffdf	PHI R4	style=background:#ffdf9f	PHI R5	style=background:#ffdf9f	PHI R6	style=background:#dfffdf	WIN R7	style=background:#dfffdf	WIN R8	style=background:#dfffdf	WIN R9	style=background:#dfffdf	QLD R13	style=background:#dfffdf	QLD R14	style=background:#dfffdf	QLD R15	style=background:#dfffdf	SAN R16	style=background:#dfffdf	SAN R17	style=background:#dfffdf	SAN R18	style=background:#dfffdf	SMP R19	style=background:#efcfff	SMP R20	style=background:#efcfff	SMP R21	style=background:#efcfff	BAT R22	style=background:#dfffdf	BAT R23	style=background:#ffdf9f	BAT R24	7th	602
2024	GRM Hangcha Racing	Peugeot 308 TCR	style=background:#ffffbf	SAN R1	style=background:#dfffdf	SAN R2	style=background:#ffffbf	SAN R3	style=background:#cfcfff	SYM R4	style=background:#dfffdf	SYM R5	style=background:#dfffdf	SYM R6	style=background:#dfffdf	PHI R7	style=background:#dfffdf	PHI R8	style=background:#dfdfdf	PHI R9	style=background:#dfffdf	BND R10	style=background:#dfffdf	BND R11	style=background:#dfffdf	BND R12	style=background:#dfffdf	QLD R13	style=background:#dfffdf	QLD R14	style=background:#dfffdf	QLD R15							7th	623
		Peugeot 308 P51 TCR																style=background:#dfffdf	SMP R19	style=background:#dfffdf	SMP R20	style=background:#dfffdf	SMP R21	style=background:#dfffdf	BAT R22	style=background:#efcfff	BAT R23	style=background:#dfffdf	BAT R24

* Season still in progress.

Complete Bathurst 6 Hour results

Year	Team	Co-drivers	Car	Class	Laps
2021	Bargwanna Motorsport	Jude Bargwanna	Volkswagen Golf Mk5 GTI	D	116	19th	2nd
2022	Bargwanna Motorsport	Jude Bargwanna	Audi TT RS	A1	127	9th	2nd
2023	Bargwanna Motorsport	Jude Bargwanna	Audi TT RS	A1	87	align=center colspan=2	DNF

References

1. https://www.burson.com.au/news/third-generation-bargwanna-family-duo-finish-second-in-class-at-bathurst-six-hour THIRD GENERATION BARGWANNA FAMILY DUO FINISH SECOND IN CLASS AT BATHURST SIX HOUR. Burson Auto Parts webpage.
2. https://www.kartingvic.net.au/2016-victorian-kart-championship-round-4-elkc-ka3-junior/ KA3 Junior Class – 2016 Victorian Kart Championship Round 4 at ELKC. Karting Victoria.
3. https://wwos.nine.com.au/motorsport/speedseries-2022-news-how-a-bathurst-1000-winners-son-who-hated-racing-grew-to-love-the-sport/9c6398cd-43a5-4e50-8eed-3a53e46536dc How a Bathurst 1000 winner's son who hated racing grew to love the sport. Wide World of Sports webpage. Sep 9th, 2022
4. https://www.speedcafe.com/2017/02/22/bargs-junior-ready-car-racing-debut/ Bargs junior ready for car racing debut. SpeedCafe. 22nd February 2017
5. http://vsrs.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/vsrs-final-points-2018.pdf 2018 Victorian Motor Racing Series points score
6. http://vsrs.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/2019-vscrc-final.pdf 2019 Victorian Motor Racing Series points score
7. http://vsrs.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/VSRS-Points-2020.pdf 2020 Victorian Motor Racing Series points score
8. https://au.motorsport.com/tcr-australia/news/father-son-bargwanna-team-tcr/4850235/ Famous father/son duo team up in TCR. Motorsport.com Aug 6, 2020
9. https://tcraustralia.com/2021/12/07/ben-bargwanna-thrilled-to-receive-tcr-rookie-of-the-year/ BEN BARGWANNA THRILLED TO RECEIVE TCR ROOKIE OF THE YEAR. TCR Australia. 7 December 2021
10. https://autoaction.com.au/2021/10/26/bargwanna-joins-s5000-field BARGWANNA JOINS S5000 FIELD Auto Action October 26, 2021

External links

• • Third Turn profile
• News articles, pictures & videos on Motorsport.com
• News Articles on Speedcafe.com