Just a fortnight remains until cars hit the track for the long-awaited return of the coveted Wakefield 300 endurance race at One Raceway, and the most successful driver in the event’s history is set for a sensational comeback.
Jake Shelley - son of One Raceway owner Steve Shelley - is a three-time winner of the event; as well as sharing a Lotus Elise to victory alongside his father in 2015, he also won the 2012 and 2013 events, driving a Mitsubishi Evo alongside Michael Shaw on both occasions. However, Shelley has not contested the race since 2017.
Other former winners on the grid include the effective defending winners Daniel Kapetanovic/Adam Thompson (who won the last edition of the race in 2022), 2021 winner Todd Herring (who will race with his son Jett in a Mazda MX5) and Greg Boyle. However, the Mazda 3 Boyle will share with Matthew Southwell is unlikely to be of the same outright performance as the Mazda RX7 in which he won the 2019 race with Brendan Scotter.
The full entry list for the 2025 Wakefield 300 will be announced next week, ahead of the event on 16-17 August.
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Wakefield 300 Honour Roll
2008 - Nathan Jess/Chris Clearihan - Future Racer
2009 - Nathan Jess/Jeff Davy - Future Racer
2010 - David Raddatz/Shane Otten - Mazda MX5
2011 - Stephen Anslow/Ric Shaw - Mazda RX7
2012 - Jake Shelley/Michael Shaw - Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VIII
2013 - Jake Shelley/Michael Shaw - Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX
2014 - Andrew Macpherson/Brad Shiels - Lotus Exige
2015 - Steve Shelley/Jake Shelley - Lotus Elise HPE
2016 - Craig Burgess/Adam Burgess - Ginetta G50
2017 - Craig Burgess/Adam Burgess - Ginetta G50
2018 - Trevan Spiteri/John Spiteri - Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI
2018 Wakefield 301 - Urs Muller/Tom Muller - Mitsubishi Lancer Evo V
2019 - Brendan Scotter/Greg Boyle - Mazda RX7
2020 - Terry Denovan - Holden VH Commodore
2021 - Todd Herring - Mazda MX5
2022 - Daniel Kapetanovic/Adam Thompson - BMW 328i
Wakefield 300 stats
- Most wins: Jake Shelley (3)
- Most poles: Adam Burgess (5)
- Most fastest laps: Ric Shaw (4)
- Most starts: Parry Anastakis (15)
- Most finishes: Parry Anastakis (13)
- Most laps led: Ric Shaw (337)
- Most division wins: Peter Lacey, Robin Lacey, David Bailey (4)
- Total Safety Cars: 48, 165 laps
- Average Safety Cars: 3 (10.3 laps)
- Most Safety Cars: 9 in 2012
- Lowest grid position of winners: 16th (Daniel Kapetanovic/Adam Thompson, 2022)
- Race record: 2hr 42min 50.2070sec (Todd Herring, 2021)
- Smallest winning margin: 3.1093 (Urs Muller/Tom Muller to Glenn Townsend/Aaron Wemyss, 2018 Wakefield 301 – race finished under Safety Car)
- Smallest winning margin at green flag finish: 8.3069 seconds (Andrew Macpherson/Brad Shiels to John Prefontaine/Robert Hackwood in 2014)
- Largest winning margin: 2 laps 15.3858 seconds (Jake Shelley/Michael Shaw to Andrew Macpherson/Ben Porter in 2013)
- Most cars on lead lap at finish: 4 (2012)
- Most lead changes: 9 (2015 and 2016)
- Most different leaders: 6 (2018 Wakefield 301)
- Overall finishing rate: 377 finishers from 551 starters (68.4%)
