David Russell (racing driver)

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David Russell
David Russell, April 2017.jpg
David Russell in April 2017
NationalityFlag of Australia (converted).svg  Australian
Born (1982-01-04) 4 January 1982 (age 43)
Casino, New South Wales
Racing licence FIA Silver Driver.png FIA Silver
Supercars Championship career
Car number31
Current team PremiAir Racing
(Endurance race co-driver)
Championships0
Races29
Wins0
Podiums5
Pole positions1
2024 position28th (462 pts)

David Russell (born 4 January 1982) is an Australian racing driver. Russell has competed in the Supercars Championship intermittently since 2003. As of 2024, he signed with PremiAir Nulon Racing to co-drive with Jimmy Golding, after a successful stint with Erebus Motorsport. [1]

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Racing career

Russell started his circuit racing career in Production Car racing, driving a Suzuki Swift in the 2000 Australian GT Production Car Championship. In 2001 he transitioned to a Proton Satria in the same entry level class of the same series. He finished runner-up in class behind the Holden Astra of Luke Youlden. Russell stayed racing Protons through to the 2004 season when he finished third in the 2004 Australian Production Car Championship. Russell then spent three years in Carrera Cup with Sherrin Motor Sport, culminating with third place in the 2008 series behind Craig Baird and Dean Fiore, which also then led to various endurance race drives in Europe and Asia with Juniper Racing and Lago Racing.

Supercars Championship

Russell raced the 2003 Konica V8 Supercar Series racing a Ford Falcon (AU) with the Chance of a Lifetime team and made a single appearance at the Bathurst 1000 with Fernandez Motorsport. Russell returned to V8 Supercar racing after winning the 2008 Queensland 500 in a Sheerin Motorsport entered Ford Falcon (AU). Russell then moved into V8 Supercar full-time in 2009 with Howard Racing and finished third behind Jonathon Webb and James Moffat. 2010 was a disappointment, after moving to the team Webb won the championship with, Russell finished fifth. Staying with MW Motorsport in 2011, Russell again finished third, this time behind Andrew Thompson and Jack Perkins. Endurance drives with major teams also took place, Dick Johnson Racing in 2010 and Kelly Racing in 2011 which led to a Russell taking leadership role in Kelly Racing's 2012 Dunlop V8 Supercar Series team, Dreamtime Racing.

Career results

Russell drove for Dreamtime Racing in the 2012 Dunlop Series Holden VE Commodore of David Russell 2012.JPG
Russell drove for Dreamtime Racing in the 2012 Dunlop Series
SeasonSeriesPositionCarTeam
2000 Australian GT Production Car Championship Class E 6th Suzuki Swift GTi John Dickinson
2001 Australian GT Production Car Championship Class E 2nd Proton Satria GTi Mycar
2002 Australian GT Production Car Championship 6th Proton Satria GTi Caltex
Australian GT Production Car Championship Class E 4th
2003 Australian Production Car Championship 3rd Proton Satria GTi Team Satria Racing
Australian Production Car Championship Class D 1st
Konica V8 Supercar Series 12th Ford Falcon (AU) MoPro
2004 Australian Production Car Championship 2nd Proton Satria GTi Team Satria Racing
Australian Production Car Championship Class D 1st
2006 Australian Carrera Cup Championship 6th Porsche 996 GT3 Sherrin Motorsport
2007 Australian Carrera Cup Championship 8th Porsche 997 GT3 Sherrin Motorsport
2008 Australian Carrera Cup Championship 3rd Porsche 997 GT3 Sherrin Motorsport
2009 Fujitsu V8 Supercar Series 3rd Ford Falcon (BA) Howard Racing
2010 Fujitsu V8 Supercar Series 5th Ford Falcon (BF) MW Motorsport
V8 Supercar Championship Series 42nd Ford Falcon (FG) Dick Johnson Racing
2011 Fujitsu V8 Supercar Series 3rd Ford Falcon (BF) MW Motorsport
International V8 Supercars Championship 51st Holden Commodore (VE) Kelly Racing
Commodore Cup 20th Holden Commodore (VS) Sports Alive
2012 Dunlop V8 Supercar Series 18th Holden Commodore (VE) Kelly Racing
International V8 Supercars Championship 40th
Australian GT Championship 23rd Lamborghini Gallardo GT3 JBS
2013 International V8 Supercars Championship 54th Nissan Altima L33 Nissan Motorsport
Australian GT Championship 34th Lamborghini Gallardo LP560 Lago Racing
2014 Australian Carrera Cup Championship 19th Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 991 JBS Australia
International V8 Supercars Championship 36th Nissan Altima L33 Nissan Motorsport
Australian GT Championship 13th Lamborghini Gallardo FL2 Interlloy M Motorsport
2015 Australian Carrera Cup Championship 2nd Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 991 Finance EZI
International V8 Supercars Championship 34th Nissan Altima L33 Nissan Motorsport
ADAC GT Masters 20th Lamborghini Gallardo R-EX Reiter Engineering
2016 Australian Endurance Championship 11thLamborghini Gallardo R-EXLago Racing
Intercontinental GT Challenge 13th Bentley Continental GT3 Bentley Team M-Sport
International V8 Supercars Championship 40th Nissan Altima L33 Nissan Motorsport
2017 Virgin Australia Supercars Championship 52ndNissan Altima L33Nissan Motorsport
2018 Virgin Australia Supercars Championship 41st Ford FG X Falcon Tickford Racing
2019 Dunlop Super2 Series 22nd Holden Commodore (VF) Matt Stone Racing
2020 Porsche Carrera Cup Australia 5thPorsche 991 GT3 CupLago Racing
Virgin Australia Supercars Championship NC Holden Commodore (ZB) Matt Stone Racing
2021 Supercars Championship 30thHolden Commodore (ZB) Erebus Motorsport
2022 Porsche Carrera Cup Australia 4thPorsche 991 GT3 CupEMA Motorsport
Supercars Championship 31stHolden Commodore (ZB)Erebus Motorsport
2023 Supercars Championship 27th Chevrolet Camaro Mk.6 Erebus Motorsport

Bathurst 1000 results

YearTeamCarCo-driverPositionLaps
2003 Fernández Racing Ford Falcon AU Flag of Australia (converted).svg José Fernández DNF113
2010 Tekno Autosports Ford Falcon FG Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jonathon Webb 19th161
2011 Kelly Racing Holden Commodore VE Flag of Australia (converted).svg Todd Kelly 24th154
2012 Kelly RacingHolden Commodore VE Flag of Australia (converted).svg Rick Kelly 15th161
2013 Nissan Motorsport Nissan Altima L33 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Todd KellyDNF20
2014 Nissan MotorsportNissan Altima L33 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Rick Kelly8th161
2015 Nissan MotorsportNissan Altima L33 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Rick Kelly16th161
2016 Nissan MotorsportNissan Altima L33 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Dale Wood 9th161
2017 Nissan MotorsportNissan Altima L33 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Simona de Silvestro DNF152
2018 Tickford Racing Ford Falcon FG X Flag of Australia (converted).svg Cameron Waters 23rd148
2020 Matt Stone Racing Holden Commodore ZB Flag of Australia (converted).svg Garry Jacobson DNF62
2021 Erebus Motorsport Holden Commodore ZB Flag of Australia (converted).svg Brodie Kostecki 3rd161
2022 Erebus MotorsportHolden Commodore ZB Flag of Australia (converted).svg Brodie Kostecki4th161
2023 Erebus Motorsport Chevrolet Camaro Mk.6 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Brodie Kostecki2nd161
2024 PremiAir Racing Chevrolet Camaro Mk.6 Flag of Australia (converted).svg James Golding 6th161

Complete Bathurst 12 Hour results

YearTeamCo-driversCarClassLapsOverall
position		Class
position
2007 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australian Motor Finance Flag of Australia (converted).svg Shaun Juniper
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Andrew Moffat		 BMW 130i C2476th1st
2011 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Lago Racing Flag of Australia (converted).svg Roger Lago
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Wayne Park		 Porsche 997 GT3 Cup B2825th1st
2012 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Lago Racing Flag of Australia (converted).svg Roger Lago
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Wayne Park		 Lamborghini Gallardo LP600 A103DNF
2013 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Lago Racing Flag of Australia (converted).svg Roger Lago
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Peter Kox 		Lamborghini Gallardo LP560 A11DNF
2014 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Lago Racing Flag of Australia (converted).svg Roger Lago
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Peter Kox 		Lamborghini Gallardo LP560 A5DNF
2015 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Lago Racing Flag of Australia (converted).svg Roger Lago
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Steve Owen 		Lamborghini Gallardo LP600 AP2687th5th
2016 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Bentley Team M-Sport Flag of Spain.svg Andy Soucek
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Maxime Soulet 		Bentley Continental GT3AP2937th6th
2017 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Lago Racing Flag of Australia (converted).svg Roger Lago
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Steve Owen 		Lamborghini Gallardo R-EX AAM2886th2nd
2018 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Lago Racing Flag of Australia (converted).svg Roger Lago
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Steve Owen 		Lamborghini Gallardo R-EX APA26713th6th
2019 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Matt Stone Racing Flag of Australia (converted).svg Roger Lago
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Todd Hazelwood 		Audi R8 LMS APA30810th2nd
2022 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Supabarn Racing Flag of Australia (converted).svg James Koundouris
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Theo Koundouris
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Paul Stokell 		Audi R8 LMS Evo II S2839th1st
2023 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Melbourne Performance Centre Flag of Australia (converted).svg James Koundouris
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Theo Koundouris
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jonathon Webb 		Audi R8 LMS Evo II S30816th4th
2024 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Tigani Motorsport Flag of Australia (converted).svg James Koundouris
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Theo Koundouris
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jonathon Webb 		Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo S26815th3rd

Complete Bathurst 6 Hour results

YearTeamCo-driversCarClassLapsPos.Class
pos.
2019 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Aussie Wide Builders Flag of Australia (converted).svg Geoffrey Russell BMW 135i E82 B1284th1st
2021 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Sherrin Rentals Flag of Australia (converted).svg Grant Sherrin BMW M4 X1203rd3rd
2022 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Begg Motorsport Flag of Australia (converted).svg K.Begg
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Nash Morris 		BMW M4 X52DNF
2023 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Begg Motorsport Flag of Australia (converted).svg K.Begg
Flag of Australia (converted).svg R.Gooley		 BMW M4 X52DNF
2024 Flag of Australia (converted).svg McLennan Motorsport Flag of Australia (converted).svg Tom McLennan
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Shane Smollen		 BMW M4 X1209th5th
2025 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Macpro Properties Flag of Australia (converted).svg Tom McLennan BMW M4 X1217th5th

References

  1. ↑ "Russell eyes major races after signing new deal with PremiAir Nulon Racing". Lismore City News. Canberra. ProQuest   3050977702 . Retrieved 29 August 2024.
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