MARC Cars Australia
| Industry | Automotive |
|---|---|
| Founded | 2013 |
| Founder | Ryan McLeod |
| Headquarters | Norwell, Australia |
| Products | MARC Focus GTC MARC Mazda3 GTC |
| Services | Automobile manufacturing |
| Website | www.marccarsaustralia.com.au/ |
MARC Cars Australia is an Australian motor racing team, who compete in global sports car and endurance racing events, mostly in their own GTC prototype cars.
Founder Ryan McLeod entered several editions of the Bathurst 12 Hour under the team's former name, Racer Industries. After an initial foray in 2009 with father Peter and brother Gerard, the family entry, driving a Holden Astra SRi returned in 2010 to win its class. In the years following, the team moved away from a family focus, instead providing opportunities to various young drivers including Chaz Mostert, Scott Pye and Ashley Walsh in a HSV VXR Turbo. The team won further class victories in 2012, in which the team finished seventh overall, and in 2013.
In 2013, an initial GTC prototype was built and tested by Pace Innovations, following their work on new chassis for the Supercars Championship and V8SuperTourer series. The initial model, styled as a Ford Focus, featured a five-litre Ford Coyote V8 engine and was tested at Queensland Raceway by Glenn Seton and Russell Ingall amongst others. After an initial plan to run the cars in South Africa, Racer Industries developed a package based on the GTC prototype and entered three cars, now each branded as a MARC, in the Invitational class of the 2014 Liqui Moly Bathurst 12 Hour.
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