Alex Rullo

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Alex Rullo
NationalityFlag of Australia (converted).svg  Australian
Born (2000-06-15) 15 June 2000 (age 23)
Perth, Western Australia
Super2 Series career
Debut season 2016
Former teams Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport
MW Motorsport
Starts32
Wins1
Podiums3
Poles2
Best finish4th in 2018
Supercars Championship career
Car number78
Current team Kelly Racing
(Endurance race co-driver)
Championships0
Races30
Wins0
Podiums0
Pole positions0
2019 position43rd (329 pts)

Alexander John Rullo (born 15 June 2000) is an Australian racing car driver. He currently drives in the TCR Australia Series for Kelly Racing. He is also co-driving with Simona de Silvestro in the No. 78 Nissan Altima in the Pirtek Enduro Cup.

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In February 2017 it was confirmed that Rullo would race in the 2017 Supercars Championship for Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport and become the youngest driver in the championship's history. [1]

Racing career

Rullo contested the 2016 Dunlop Series for Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport in a Holden Commodore VF Holden VF Commodore of Alex Rullo.jpg
Rullo contested the 2016 Dunlop Series for Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport in a Holden Commodore VF
Rullo contested the 2017 Virgin Australia Supercars Championship for Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport in a Holden Commodore VF Holden Commodore VF of Alex Rullo (2017).JPG
Rullo contested the 2017 Virgin Australia Supercars Championship for Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport in a Holden Commodore VF

V8 Touring Car Series

Alex Rullo made his debut in the V8 Touring Car National Series at the age of 14, winning a race in his second event. [2] He managed to win four races out of the 15 contested and finished the season second overall for MW Motorsport.

Super2 Series

Rullo made his Dunlop Series debut for Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport in 2016, driving a Castrol-backed Holden VF Commodore for the full season. Rullo's best race finish was sixth (twice) and he finished 17th in the championship. In 2018 he will drive a Nissan Altima L33 with MW Motorsport.

Supercars Championship

In February 2017, an announcement was made that 16-year-old Rullo was to make his Supercars debut with Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport, the team which he raced with in the Development Series the year prior. Coincidentally, the previous driver to hold the record was Paul Dumbrell, the brother of Lucas, who debuted in 1999. [1] It was reported that Alex would run the number No. 62 in which he had raced since his karting days. Rullo did not qualify for the new-for-2017 CAMS Superlicense, and was given special dispensation to be reviewed on a race-by-race basis. [1]

TCR Australia

In 2019 he raced in the inaugural TCR Australia Touring Car Series for Kelly Racing in a Holden Astra TCR. [3]

Career results

SeasonSeriesPositionCarTeam
2014Western Australian Formula Vee 1600 Championship13thAjay 06 Volkswagen
Australian Swift Racing Series 11th Suzuki Swift Sport
2015 Kumho Tyres Australian V8 Touring Car Series 2nd Ford BF Falcon MW Motorsport
Western Australia Super GT Series4thPerformance West
2016 Supercars Dunlop Series 17th Holden VF Commodore Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport
Australian GT Championship 46th Lamborghini Gallardo FL2 Performance West
2017 Virgin Australia Supercars Championship 29th Holden VF Commodore Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport
2018 Super2 Series 4th Nissan Altima L33 MW Motorsport
Virgin Australia Supercars Championship 50th Nissan Motorsport
2019 Virgin Australia Supercars Championship 43rd Nissan Altima L33 Kelly Racing
TCR Australia 13th Holden Astra TCR

Super2 Series results

(key) (Round results only)

Super2 Series results
YearTeamCar1234567PositionPoints
2016 Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport Holden VF Commodore ADE
24
PHI
19
BAR
15
TOW
19
SAN
16
BAT
16
HOM
11
17th686
2018 MW Motorsport Nissan Altima L33 ADE
12
SYM
7
BAR
4
TOW
4
SAN
5
BAT
2
NEW
12
4th1328

Supercars Championship results

Supercars results
YearTeamCar1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132PositionPoints
2016 Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport Holden VF Commodore ADE
R1
ADE
R2
ADE
R3
SYM
R4
SYM
R5
PHI
R6
PHI
R7
BAR
R8
BAR
R9
WIN
R10

PO
WIN
R11

PO
HID
R12
HID
R13
TOW
R14
TOW
R15
QLD
R16

PO
QLD
R17

PO
SMP
R18
SMP
R19
SAN
QR
SAN
R24
BAT
R25
SUR
R26
SUR
R27
PUK
R24
PUK
R25
PUK
R26
PUK
R27
SYD
R28
SYD
R29
N/C0
2017 Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport Holden VF Commodore ADE
R1

23
ADE
R2

25
SYM
R3

Ret
SYM
R4

Ret
PHI
R5

Ret
PHI
R6

22
BAR
R7

24
BAR
R8

25
WIN
R9

25
WIN
R10

27
HID
R11

21
HID
R12

23
TOW
R13

21
TOW
R14

24
QLD
R15

Ret
QLD
R16

25
SMP
R17

22
SMP
R18

Ret
SAN
QR

21
SAN
R19

Ret
BAT
R20

15
SUR
R21

23
SUR
R22

Ret
PUK
R23
PUK
R24
NEW
R25
NEW
R26
29th594
2018 Nissan Motorsport Nissan Altima L33 ADE
R1
ADE
R2
MEL
R3
MEL
R4
MEL
R5
MEL
R6
SYM
R7
SYM
R8
PHI
R9
PHI
R10
BAR
R11
BAR
R12
WIN
R13

PO
WIN
R14

PO
HID
R15
HID
R16
TOW
R17
TOW
R18
QLD
R19

PO
QLD
R20

PO
SMP
R21
BEN
R22
BEN
R23
SAN
QR

Ret
SAN
R24

Ret
BAT
R25

14
SUR
R26

18
SUR
R27

C
PUK
R28
PUK
R29
NEW
R30
NEW
R31
50th177
2019 Kelly Racing Nissan Altima L33 ADE
R1
ADE
R2
MEL
R3
MEL
R4
MEL
R5
MEL
R6
SYM
R7
SYM
R8
PHI
R9
PHI
R10
BAR
R11
BAR
R12
WIN
R13

PO
WIN
R14

PO
HID
R15
HID
R16
TOW
R17
TOW
R18
QLD
R19
QLD
R20
BEN
R21

PO
BEN
R22

PO
PUK
R23
PUK
R24
BAT
R25

13
SUR
R26

21
SUR
R27

22
SAN
QR

19
SAN
R28

15
NEW
R29
NEW
R30
41st329

Bathurst 1000 results

YearTeamCarCo-driverPositionLaps
2017 Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport Holden Commodore VF Flag of Australia (converted).svg Alex Davison 15th159
2018 Nissan Motorsport Nissan Altima L33 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Simona de Silvestro 14th161
2019 Kelly RacingNissan Altima L33 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Simona de Silvestro13th160

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Rullo to make history as youngest Supercars driver". Speedcafe. 8 February 2017. Retrieved 8 February 2017.
  2. "History made as 14-year-old wins in Kumho V8s". Speedcafe. 14 June 2015. Retrieved 9 February 2017.
  3. https://www.speedcafe.com/2019/05/04/rullo-joins-kelly-racing-for-tcr-australia-bid/ Rullo joins Kelly Racing for TCR Australia bid. Speedcafe. 4 May 2019.