Scott Taylor Motorsport returns to the Meguiar’s Bathurst 12 Hour next year with an unchanged and all-star driver line-up.
Two-time race winner Craig Lowndes and Tickford Racing Supercars team-mates Cameron Waters and Thomas Randle are back behind the wheel of STM’s Mercedes-AMG GT3 after mixing it with the established international teams last February.
The Aussie outfit led 11 laps on their way to seventh position and less than eight seconds behind the winners.
2024 saw the Ashley Seward Motorsport-prepared STM Mercedes-AMG running as a full-pro combination against some of the leading GT teams in the world, the squad proving they had the capability to challenge for outright victory.
The familiarly-liveried Mercedes-AMG will again carry support for the Prostate Cancer Foundation of Australia this year, following a lengthy relationship between the team and the charity – now the official event charity of the 12 Hour event itself.
Two-time winner Lowndes will start his 12th 12 Hour this year, having claimed two victories in 2014 and 2017 and a further podium finish, adding to his remarkable Bathurst CV.
Waters, who finished fourth in the 2024 Repco Supercars Championship for Tickford, made his third 12 Hour start in 2024 with seventh representing his equal best finish: he also claimed seventh in 2018 on debut with Strakka Racing and then 11th outright driving an Audi R8 in 2022.
2025 will represent Randle’s second 12 Hour start, having made his debut in the race with STM in 2024. Randle finished a career-best fifth in the 2024 Supercars Championship, with three podium finishes to his credit.
The return to Bathurst comes following a strong 2024 season for STM, which included podium finishes in Porsche Carrera Cup Australia with driver Nash Morris, while team owner Taylor and Paul Morris combined for several winning starts in Fanatec GT World Challenge Australia Powered by AWS behind the wheel of a Porsche 911 GT3 R.
STM has a long history in the Bathurst 12 Hour, including contending for victory in 2017 and claiming the class win in 2022 with a Porsche GT3 Cup Car.
“We proved this year that we had all the pieces of the puzzle together to challenge for victory,” said Lowndes. “Our approach was spot on and to see the #222 car leading the race was great for everyone, especially Scott and Rebecca [Taylor] who put so much into the sport each year. I really enjoyed teaming up with Cam and Thomas last year and we are heading back for a second year having proven we are contenders.
“It’s a tough race with great competition and all the usual challenges Bathurst throws up, but it’s exciting to go there knowing you are a shot at winning.
“To continue to raise funds for the Prostate Cancer Foundation of Australia is great. It’s a cause close to my heart and each year we are fortunate to make an impact on people’s lives by raising funds and awareness by reminding men to ‘get checked’.”
2025's Intercontinental GT Challenge season opener takes place on January 31 - February 2.
