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Nathan Herne

Australian racing driver (born 2002)

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Source revisionSep 4, 2026
Entity authorityQ140845679 ↗
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Nathan Herne (born 19 August 2002) is an Australian racing driver who competes in the Australian National Trans-Am Series for Garry Rogers Motorsport.

Personal life

Herne is the son of fellow racing driver Stuart Herne, who won six National V8 Dirt Modified Speedway titles before retiring in 2008 after suffering spinal injuries in a crash at the Donald 500.

Career

Herne made his single-seater debut in 2017, competing in the Australian Formula Ford Series. In his first season in the series, Herne took a lone podium at Phillip Island en route to a sixth-place points finish. Returning to the series for 2018, Herne moved up to fourth overall with his only series win at Sydney and eight other podiums to his name. During 2018, Herne also clinched the Victorian and New South Wales Formula Ford titles.

Switching to the TA2 Racing Muscle Car Series for 2019, Herne took his maiden win at Morgan Park, before scoring six other wins to end the year fifth in points. The following year, Herne primarily raced in Aussie Tin Tops-sanctioned races, winning all three of his appearances in the TA2 class, as well as an evaluation test for Garry Rogers Motorsport in S5000 machinery. Towards the end of the year, Herne was set to make his debut in the Supercars Championship for the same team at the Bathurst 1000, but those plans fell through when he was denied a Motorsport Australia Superlicence.

In 2021, Herne moved up to the Australian National Trans-Am Series with Dream Racing Australia, as well as competing in the S5000 Australian Drivers' Championship and the S5000 Tasman Series for Garry Rogers Motorsport.

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