Zac Soutar

Zachary Soutar is an Australian racing driver who last competed in the GT4 Australia Series for Love Racing Team Soutar.

Personal life

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

Career

Soutar began karting at the age of eleven, competing until 2016. 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. 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, as well as the 2015 Australian Kart Championship's KF2 standings.
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. Returning to the series for the following year, Soutar scored his maiden series win at Sandown and six more podiums to end the year third in points. 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.
The following year, Soutar moved to TCR competition, and was set to race in the TCR Asia Pacific Cup and [2020 2025 TCR Australia Touring Car Series|TCR Australia Series|TCR Australia], but ultimately didn't race as the COVID-19 pandemic cancelled both seasons. Soutar's debut in TCR Australia eventually came in 2021 for his family team, scoring a best result of sixth in race three at Bathurst en route to a 16th-place points finish. During 2021, Soutar also partook in the TCR Baskerville Invitational, scoring three podiums in the four races.
Remaining in TCR Australia for 2022, taking his maiden series win at Symmons Plains, and scored further podiums at Queensland and Sandown to end the year sixth in points. Continuing in the series for the following year, 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. Soutar remained in the series for 2024 for his family team alongside Glenn Nirwan. In his fourth season in the series, Soutar won twice at Tailem Bend and once at Bathurst, and took five more podiums to secure runner-up honors.
In 2025, Soutar transitioned to [2025 2025 GT4 Australia Series|GT4 Australia Series|GT4 Australia] with the family team, 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. During 2025, Soutar also raced in the season-opening Tailem Bend round of TCR Australia for the same team.