Luke King to make Carrera Cup debut with Wall Racing

By Thomas Miles

Date posted: 15 March 2023

Luke King has signed with Wall Racing to make a long-awaited debut in the Porsche Paynter Dixon Carrera Cup Australia series in 2023.

King will drive a Moutai backed Wall Racing Porsche 911 GT3 Cup car for the first time at the season-opening Australian Grand Prix later this month.

Alongside King in the Wall Racing garage will be veteran team owner David Wall and Drew Hall.

“Carrera Cup is a category that’s been on my radar ever since I first watched the 996 and 997 cars roll around Bathurst when I was a boy,” King said.

“The eight round Carrera Cup Championship is one of the best calendars I have ever seen and I can’t wait to tick off some bucket list tracks including the Grand Prix.

“I’m looking forward to making a good impression within the Porsche ranks and representing Moutai, Fast Track Communications, Paynter Dixon and all of our supporting partners in 2023. It’s going to be a big year!”

Luke King and David Wall with the latter’s Porsche for the 2023 season. Image: Supplied

King rose to prominence in the Supercheap Auto TCR Australia Series recently, being a championship contender in 2021, finishing fourth for Melbourne Performance Centre after collecting back-to-back podiums at Phillip Island.

Last year King switched to DashSport Hyundai and recorded two podiums at Sydney Motorsport Park and Queensland Raceway after missing the first two rounds.

This followed on from two back-to-back runner-up finishes in the Toyota Gazoo Racing Australia 86 Series in 2018 and 2019.

In 2023 King’s sights shift to the Porsche Paynter Dixon Carrera Cup Australia championship, where he hopes to make a “good impression” with Wall Racing.

Whilst King is a newcomer to Wall Racing in 2023, Wall revealed he nearly raced for the team five years ago after a TCR Honda test.

Luke King and David Wall with Luke’s first Carrera Cup car backed by Moutai.

“From both a team and personal point of view, it’s great to welcome Luke King and his partners to our team,” Wall said.

“We have tried to get a season together for some time now with our first introduction way back in 2018, and it’s great we can finally announce we have a season in place for 2023 joining not only myself, but Drew Hall in Carrera Cup Australia.

“We are excited to get things underway kicking off at this year AGP!”

“I went to David back in 2018 when TCR was first kicking off and he was good enough to let me drive their brand new Honda at the TCR test,” King added.

“A deal never eventuated but we’ve talked almost every year to see if we can put something together.”

But after years of near misses, the King and Wall partnership has finally come to fruition and their debut will take place at the Formula 1 Rolex Australian Grand Prix on March 30-April 2.

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Luke King to make Carrera Cup debut with Wall Racing

“Carrera Cup is a category that’s been on my radar ever since I first watched the 996 and 997 cars roll around Bathurst when I was a boy,” King said.

King rose to prominence in the Supercheap Auto TCR Australia Series recently, being a championship contender in 2021, finishing fourth for Melbourne Performance Centre after collecting back-to-back podiums at Phillip Island.

Last year King switched to DashSport Hyundai and recorded two podiums at Sydney Motorsport Park and Queensland Raceway after missing the first two rounds.

In 2023 King’s sights shift to the Porsche Paynter Dixon Carrera Cup Australia championship, where he hopes to make a “good impression” with Wall Racing.

Whilst King is a newcomer to Wall Racing in 2023, Wall revealed he nearly raced for the team five years ago after a TCR Honda test.

“I went to David back in 2018 when TCR was first kicking off and he was good enough to let me drive their brand new Honda at the TCR test,” King added.

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