Zac Soutar

Soutar is the son of Shane Soutar, a multi-time Australian sidecar champion,^[1] who founded Team Soutar Motorsport alongside Zac in 2017.^[2]

Soutar began karting at the age of eleven, competing until 2016.^[3] In this time in karts, Soutar most notably finished runner-up in the South Australian Sprint Kart Championship in X30 Light, as wella as the Victorian State Kart Championship in TaG Light.^[4] Soutar also finished third in the 2013 Australian State Championship South Australia's Leopard Light and Australian State Championship Queensland's Junior National Heavy points,^[5][6] as well as the 2015 Australian Kart Championship's KF2 standings.^[7]

Stepping up to Formula Ford competition in 2017 with his family's team, Soutar scored a best result of seventh in the Australian Formula Ford Series to end the season ninth in points.^[8] Returning to the series for the following year,^[9] Soutar scored his maiden series win at Sandown and six more podiums to end the year third in points.^[10][11] Continuing in Formula Ford in 2019, Soutar scored five wins and five other podiums to end the year runner-up to Angelo Mouzouris by 18 points at season's end.^[12][13]

The following year, Soutar moved to TCR competition, and was set to race in the TCR Asia Pacific Cup and TCR Australia,^[14] but ultimately didn't race as the COVID-19 pandemic cancelled both seasons.^[15] Soutar's debut in TCR Australia eventually came in 2021 for his family team,^[16] scoring a best result of sixth in race three at Bathurst en route to a 16th-place points finish.^[17] During 2021, Soutar also partook in the TCR Baskerville Invitational, scoring three podiums in the four races.^[18]

Remaining in TCR Australia for 2022,^[19] taking his maiden series win at Symmons Plains,^[20] and scored further podiums at Queensland and Sandown to end the year sixth in points.^[21] Continuing in the series for the following year,^[22] Soutar scored three third-place finishes between the Winton and Queensland rounds as he ended his first year with the Audi RS3 tenth in points.^[23][24] Soutar remained in the series for 2024 for his family team alongside Glenn Nirwan.^[25] In his fourth season in the series, Soutar won twice at Tailem Bend and once at Bathurst,^[26][27][28] and took five more podiums to secure runner-up honors.^[29]

In 2025, Soutar transitioned to GT4 Australia with the family team,^[30] scoring a best result of seventh and second in class at Tailem Bend en route to a fifth-place points finish in the Silver-Am class.^[31] During 2025, Soutar also raced in the season-opening Tailem Bend round of TCR Australia for the same team.^[32] The following year, Soutar remained with the team for his sophomore season in GT4 Australia alongside Glenn Nirwan.^[33]