Drew Russell

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Drew Russell
2013 Bathurst 12 Hour Class B winner.JPG
NationalityFlag of Australia (converted).svg  Australian
Born (1988-05-24) 24 May 1988 (age 36)
Newcastle, New South Wales
Related to Aaren Russell (brother)
Wayne Russell (father)
Dunlop V8 Supercar Series career
Debut season 2007
Current team Novocastrian Motorsport
Car number58
Starts112
Wins0
Podiums2
Poles0
Fastest laps0
Best finish7th in 2013
Previous series
2004-06

2015
2014
Australian Production Car Championship
Supercars Championship
V8 Touring Car National Series

Drew Russell (born 24 May 1988) is an Australian racing driver. He formerly competed in the Dunlop V8 Supercar Series and raced in the 2015 Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000 with his family team, Novocastrian Motorsport. [1]

Contents

Career summary

Production Cars

Russell started in the Australian Production Car Championship in 2004 under the guidance of his father and former V8 Supercar driver Wayne Russell driving a Honda S2000. In 2005 he finished second outright and won Class A.

V8 Supercars

In 2007, he moved into the Fujitsu V8 Supercar Series completing the whole season in his family-run Novocastrian Motorsport team. He ran full time seven years in the series with a best result of seventh in 2013.

In 2015 and 2016, he raced in only one event each season.

2014 saw him switch to the third tier 2014 Kumho Tyres V8 Touring Car Series running in six races and finishing sixth in the series.

In 2015, again in his family-run Novocastrian Motorsport team, he and his brother Aaren qualified as a wildcard for the 2015 Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000 finishing seventeenth.

Results

Career summary

SeasonSeriesPositionCarTeam
2004 Australian Production Car Championship - Class A 7th Honda S2000 Novocastrian Motorsport
2005 Australian Production Car Championship - Class A 1st Honda S2000 Novocastrian Motorsport
Australian Production Car Championship 2nd Honda S2000 Novocastrian Motorsport
2006 Australian Production Car Championship - Class A 7th Honda S2000 Novocastrian Motorsport
Australian Production Car Championship 9th Honda S2000 Novocastrian Motorsport
2007 Fujitsu V8 Supercar Series 40th Holden Commodore VX Novocastrian Motorsport
2008 Fujitsu V8 Supercar Series 16th Holden Commodore VZ Novocastrian Motorsport
2009 Fujitsu V8 Supercar Series 13th Ford Falcon BF Race Image Motorsport
Novocastrian Motorsport
2010 Fujitsu V8 Supercar Series 10th Ford Falcon BF Novocastrian Motorsport
2011 Fujitsu V8 Supercar Series 16th Ford Falcon BF Novocastrian Motorsport
2012 Dunlop V8 Supercar Series 11th Ford Falcon BF Novocastrian Motorsport
2013 Dunlop V8 Supercar Series 7th Ford Falcon FG Novocastrian Motorsport
2014 Kumho Tyres V8 Touring Car Series 6th Ford Falcon BF STR Truck Bodies
2015 International V8 Supercars Championship 52nd Holden Commodore VF Novocastrian Motorsport
Dunlop V8 Supercar Series 33rd Ford Falcon FG
2016 Dunlop Supercars Series 28th Ford Falcon FG STR Truck Bodies

V8 Supercars Development Series results

(key) (Race results only)

V8 Supercars Development Series results
YearTeamCar123456789101112131415161718PositionPoints
2007 Novocastrian Motorsport Holden Commodore VX ADE
1
ADE
2
WAK
1

25
WAK
2

Ret
WAK
3

18
WIN
1

15
WIN
2

16
WIN
3

20
IPS
1

27
IPS
2

Ret
IPS
3

22
OPK
1

14
OPK
2

18
OPK
3

Ret
BAT
1

18
BAT
2

Ret
PHI
1

Ret
PHI
2

DNS
40th5
2008 Novocastrian Motorsport Holden Commodore VZ ADE
1

26
ADE
2

23
WAK
1

12
WAK
2

8
WAK
3

8
SAN
1

15
SAN
2

Ret
SAN
3

17
IPS
1

15
IPS
2

Ret
IPS
3

22
WIN
1

17
WIN
2

10
WIN
3

15
BAT
1

20
BAT
2

15
OPK
1

16
OPK
2

10
16th739
2009 Novocastrian Motorsport Ford Falcon BF ADE
1

5
ADE
2

Ret
WIN
1

7
WIN
2

5
WIN
3

12
TSV
1
TSV
2
TSV
3
SAN
1
SAN
2
SAN
3
IPS
1
IPS
2
IPS
3
BAT
1

17
BAT
2

10
SOP
1

7
SOP
2

7
13th619
2010 Novocastrian MotorsportFord Falcon BF ADE
1

Ret
ADE
2

6
IPS
1

11
IPS
2

6
IPS
3

9
WIN
1

Ret
WIN
2

14
WIN
3

7
TSV
1

8
TSV
2

16
TSV
3

6
BAT
1

Ret
BAT
2

11
SAN
1

9
SAN
2

9
SAN
3

19
SOP
1

Ret
SOP
2

5
10th850
2011 Novocastrian MotorsportFord Falcon BF ADE
1

6
ADE
2

Ret
PER
1

Ret
PER
2

13
TSV
1

12
TSV
2

11
TSV
3

Ret
IPS
1

Ret
IPS
2

11
IPS
3

11
BAT
1

DNS
BAT
2

11
SAN
1

12
SAN
2

Ret
SAN
3

19
SOP
1

9
SOP
2

9
16th670
2012 Novocastrian MotorsportFord Falcon BF ADE
1

11
ADE
2

12
PER
1

15
PER
2

12
PER
3

9
TSV
1

15
TSV
2

10
TSV
3

7
IPS
1

16
IPS
2

14
IPS
3

13
BAT
1

8
BAT
2

12
WIN
1

13
WIN
2

5
WIN
3

9
SOP
1

9
SOP
2

Ret
11th971
2013 Novocastrian Motorsport Ford Falcon FG ADE
1

6
ADE
2

12
PER
1

13
PER
2

9
PER
3

12
TSV
1

7
TSV
2

Ret
TSV
3

Ret
IPS
1

9
IPS
2

2
IPS
3

12
WIN
1

7
WIN
2

2
WIN
3

7
BAT
1

7
BAT
2

5
SOP
1

11
SOP
2

10
7th1138
2015 Novocastrian MotorsportFord Falcon FG ADE
1
ADE
2
PER
1
PER
2
PER
3
WIN
1
WIN
2
WIN
3
TSV
1
TSV
2
IPS
1
IPS
2
IPS
3
BAT
20
SOP
1
SOP
2
34th90
2016 STR Truck BodiesFord Falcon FG ADE
1
ADE
2
PHI
1
PHI
2
PHI
3
PER
1
PER
2
PER
3
TSV
1
TSV
2
SAN
1
SAN
2
SAN
3
BAT
11
SOP
1
SOP
2
28th144

Complete Bathurst 12 Hour results

YearTeamCo-driversCarClassLapsPos.Class
pos.
2013 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Hunter Sports Group Flag of Australia (converted).svg Steven Johnson
Flag of New Zealand.svg Jonny Reid
Porsche 997 GT3 Cup B2579th1st

Complete Supercars Championship results

V8 Supercar results
YearTeamCar123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233343536PositionPoints
2015 Novocastrian Motorsport Holden VF Commodore ADE
R1
ADE
R2
ADE
R3
SYM
R4
SYM
R5
SYM
R6
BAR
R7
BAR
R8
BAR
R9
WIN
R10
WIN
R11
WIN
R12
HID
R13
HID
R14
HID
R15
TOW
R16
TOW
R17
QLD
R18
QLD
R19
QLD
R20
SMP
R21
SMP
R22
SMP
R23
SAN
R24
BAT
R25

17
SUR
R26
SUR
R27
PUK
R28
PUK
R29
PUK
R30
PHI
R31
PHI
R32
PHI
R33
SYD
R34
SYD
R35
SYD
R36
52nd62

Complete Bathurst 1000 results

YearTeamCarCo-driverPositionLaps
2015 Novocastrian Motorsport Holden Commodore VF Flag of Australia (converted).svg Aaren Russell 17th161

Complete Bathurst 6 Hour results

YearTeamCo-driversCarClassLapsPos.Class
pos.
2021 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Commodore Shop Cardiff Flag of Australia (converted).svg James Herrington
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Ryan Gilroy
Holden Commodore VE SS V B211229th2nd
2022 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Novocastrian Motorsport Flag of Australia (converted).svg Aaren Russell
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Wayne Russell
BMW M3 F80 X1295th4th
2023 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Novocastrian Motorsport Flag of Australia (converted).svg Aaren Russell
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Wayne Russell
BMW M3 F80X1122nd2nd

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References

  1. "Russell brothers team up for Bathurst wildcard". 18 August 2015.