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Ryder Quinn

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Ryder Quinn
NationalityAustralia Australian
Born2005 (age 20–21)
Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia
RelativesKlark Quinn (father)
Categorisation FIA Silver

Ryder Zan Quinn (born 2005) is an Australian racing driver competing in the GT4 Australia Series for Thunder Buddies Racing.

Personal life

Quinn's grandfather, Tony Quinn, is a British-born businessman and racing driver, founder of the Tony Quinn Foundation and the Quinn Group,[1] whereas his father Klark is a three-time Australian GT champion.[2] His uncle Kent, who completed the three-generation Bathurst 12 Hour quartet in 2026, is also a racing driver.[3] Quinn's step-dad is Steve Jakic, his teammate in GT4 Australia since 2024.[4]

Career

Quinn made his car racing debut in 2021, racing in the Queensland Formula Ford Championship, as well as making select appearances in the Aussie Racing Car Series.[5][6] Stepping up to Australian Formula Ford for 2022,[7] he scored his maiden win in race three at Morgan Park,[8] before taking two further wins at Sydney en route to a fourth-place points finish.[9][10] During 2022, Quinn also returned to the Aussie Racing Car Series, scoring a best result of fourth at Winton to end the season 10th in points.[11]

Continuing in single-seaters for 2023, Quinn joined M2 Competition to race in the Formula Regional Oceania Championship.[12] In his only full-season in the series, Quinn scored a pair of third-place finishes in the reverse-grid races at Highlands and Teretonga to take seventh in the overall standings.[13][14] For the rest of the year, Quinn joined McElrea Racing to race in Porsche Carrera Cup Australia,[15] in which he scored a best result of fifth in race one at Adelaide to end the year 16th in the Pro standings.[16] During 2023, Quinn also won the Bathurst 6 Hour in the A2 class for Local Legends.[17]

At the start of 2024, Quinn returned to M2 Competition to race at the final round of that year's Formula Regional Oceania Championship at Highlands, a track owned by his grandfather Tony.[18] In the three races, Quinn scored a best result of eighth at the New Zealand Grand Prix.[19] Returning to McElrea Racing to compete in Porsche Carrera Cup Australia for the rest of the year,[20] Quinn scored a lone podium at the season-opening round in Melbourne, as he ended the season 10th in points.[21] In parallel, Quinn raced in GT4 Australia alongside his step-father Steve Jakic for BMW-fielding Thunder Buddies Racing,[22] scoring Pro-Am wins at Queensland and Phillip Island and five other podiums to secure runner-up honors in class.[23][24]

Switching to TekworkX Motorsport for the 2025 GT4 Australia Series,[25] Quinn scored an outright and Silver-Am win at Tailem Bend and four other class podiums en route to a fourth-place points finish.[26] At the start of the following year, Quinn raced at the Bathurst 12 Hour for Quinn Racing Team MPC alongside his father Klark, his uncle Kent and his grandfather Tony, as they finished eighth in the Bronze class driving an Audi R8 LMS Evo II.[27] For the rest of 2026, Quinn returned to Thunder Buddies Racing for his third season in GT4 Australia as a new member of the BMW M Racing Academy.[28]

Racing record

Racing career summary

Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points Position
2021 Queensland Formula Ford Championship – FF1600 BF Racing/Local Legends Racing 17 3 0 0 11 2nd
Aussie Racing Car Series Local Legends Racing 6 0 0 0 0
2022 Formula Ford Australia BF Racing 21 2 1 2 10 216 4th
Victorian Formula Ford Duratec Championship 3 0 0 0 0 28 25th
Aussie Racing Car Series Local Legends Racing 12 0 0 0 0 251 10th
2023 Formula Regional Oceania Championship M2 Competition 15 0 0 0 2 199 7th
Porsche Carrera Cup Australia – Pro McElrea Racing 19 0 0 0 0 277 16th
Hi-Tec Oils Bathurst 6 Hour – A2 Local Legends 1 1 0 0 1 —N/a 1st
Battery World Aussie Racing Cars Super Series Tony Quinn Motorsports 4 0 0 0 2
2024 Formula Regional Oceania Championship M2 Competition 3 0 0 0 0 28 22nd
Porsche Carrera Cup Australia – Pro McElrea Racing 24 0 0 0 1 533 10th
GT4 Australia Series – Pro-Am Thunder Buddies Racing 12 2 2 5 7 179 2nd
Hi-Tec Oils Bathurst 6 Hour – A2 Keltic Racing 1 0 0 0 0 —N/a DNF
2025 GT4 Australia Series – Silver-Am TekworkX Motorsport 8 1 1 2 5 103 4th
Hi-Tec Oils Bathurst 6 Hour – A2 Game Over 1 0 0 0 0 —N/a DNF
2025–26 GT New Zealand Championship 2 0 0 0 0 133.5* 7th*
2026 Bathurst 12 Hour – Bronze Quinn Racing Team MPC 1 0 0 0 0 —N/a 8th
GT4 Australia Series – Silver-Am Thunder Buddies Racing * *
Hi-Tec Oils Bathurst 6 Hour – A2 Keltic Racing —N/a
Sources:[29]

Complete Formula Regional Oceania Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 DC Points
2023 M2 Competition HIG
1
7		 HIG
2
3		 HIG
3
4		 TER
1
7		 TER
2
3		 TER
3
7		 MAN
1
13		 MAN
2
13		 MAN
3
7		 HMP
1
9		 HMP
2
17		 HMP
3
10		 TAU
1
9		 TAU
2
8		 TAU
3
13		 7th 199
2024 M2 Competition TAU
1		 TAU
2		 TAU
3		 MAN
1		 MAN
2		 MAN
3		 HMP
1		 HMP
2		 HMP
3		 RUA
1
 RUA
2
 RUA
3
 HIG
1
12		 HIG
2
13		 HIG
3
8		 22nd 28

Complete GT4 Australia Series results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Team Car Class 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Pos Points
2024 Thunder Buddies Racing BMW M4 GT4 (G82) Pro-Am PHI
R1
DSQ		 PHI
R2
Ret		 BEN
R3
13		 BEN
R4
7		 QLD
R5
5		 QLD
R6
8		 PHI
R7
12		 PHI
R8
6		 SMP
R9
5		 SMP
R10
7		 BAT
R11
6		 BAT
R12
7		 2nd 179
2025 TekworkX Motorsport BMW M4 GT4 (G82) Silver-Am PHI
R1
9		 PHI
R2
19		 SMP
R3
13		 SMP
R4
10		 QLD
R5
 QLD
R6
 SAN
R7
13		 SAN
R8
9		 BEN
R9
DSQ		 BEN
R10
1		 HAM
R11
 HAM
R12
 4th 103
2025 Thunder Buddies Racing BMW M4 GT4 (G82) Silver-Am PHI
R1
5		 PHI
R2
15		 BEN
R3
 BEN
R4
 QLD
R5
 QLD
R6
 HID
R7
 HID
R8
 SMP
R9
 SMP
R10
 SAN
R11
 SAN
R12
 2nd* 33*

Complete Bathurst 12 Hours results

Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps Pos. Class
Pos.
2026 Australia Quinn Racing Team MPC Australia Kent Quinn
Australia Klark Quinn
Australia Tony Quinn		 Audi R8 LMS Evo II GT3 Bronze 254 18th 8th

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  28. "BMW Sets 2026 GT4 Academy Roster". sportscar365.com. 5 December 2025. Retrieved 30 March 2026.
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