| James Golding | |
|---|---|
 James Golding in 2023 | |
| Nationality |  Australian |
| Born | 19 January 1996 (age 29) Warragul, Victoria |
| Racing licence |  FIA Gold |
| Supercars Championship career | |
| Car number | 31 |
| Current team | PremiAir Racing |
| Championships | 0 |
| Races | 147 |
| Wins | 0 |
| Podiums | 1 |
| Pole positions | 1 |
| 2024 position | 7th (1991 pts) |
James Golding (born 19 January 1996) is an Australian racing driver who competes in the Repco Supercars Championship driving the No. 31 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 for PremiAir Racing.
A multiple Victorian karting champion, Golding moved into the Victorian Formula Ford championship in 2013, finishing fourth. He then stepped up to the national series in 2014, where he finished third despite only being eight points shy of the overall winner, Thomas Randle.
He caught the attention of Garry Rogers, who signed him into his Dunlop Series team for the 2015 season. In his debut season, he finished tenth in the overall standings, beating season regulars such as Aaren Russell and Paul Morris, as well as other rising talents like Macauley Jones.
In 2016, he was drafted into the main series for the endurance events, driving alongside James Moffat in the Volvo S60. [1] In his debut race, the 2016 Wilson Security Sandown 500, Golding crashed heavily on the first lap after the front right tyre deflated at high speed.
| Season | Series | Position |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Queensland Sprint Kart Championship - Rookies | 10th |
| 2011 | Australian National Sprint Kart Championship - Junior National Light | 1st |
| Australian Rotax Nationals - Formula JMA Light | 2nd | |
| 2012 | Rotax Max Challenge Grand Finals - Junior | 7th |
| Australian Rotax Nationals - Rotax Junior | 3rd | |
| 2017 | Australian Kart Championship - KZ2 | 7th |
| 2019 | SP Tools Australian Kart Championship - KZ2 | 4th |
| 2022 | SP Tools Australian Kart Championship - KZ2 | 6th |
| SKUSA SuperNations - Pro Shifter | 36th | |
| 2023 | SP Tools Australian Kart Championship - KZ2 | 4th |
| SKUSA SuperNations - Pro Shifter | 24th |
| Year | Team | Car | Co-driver | Position | Laps |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Garry Rogers Motorsport | Volvo S60 | James Moffat | DNF | 108 |
| 2017 | Garry Rogers Motorsport | Holden Commodore VF | Garth Tander | 18th | 152 |
| 2018 | Garry Rogers Motorsport | Holden Commodore ZB | Richard Muscat | 8th | 161 |
| 2019 | Garry Rogers Motorsport | Holden Commodore ZB | Richard Muscat | 11th | 161 |
| 2020 | Charlie Schwerkolt Racing | Holden Commodore ZB | Mark Winterbottom | 8th | 161 |
| 2021 | Charlie Schwerkolt Racing | Holden Commodore ZB | Scott Pye | DNF | 6 |
| 2022 | PremiAir Racing | Holden Commodore ZB | Dylan O'Keeffe | 12th | 161 |
| 2023 | PremiAir Racing | Chevrolet Camaro Mk.6 | Dylan O'Keeffe | 10th | 161 |
| 2024 | PremiAir Racing | Chevrolet Camaro Mk.6 | David Russell | 6th | 161 |
| Year | Team | Co-drivers | Car | Class | Laps | Position | Class pos. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | PremiAir Racing |  Brad Schumacher Frédéric Vervisch | Audi R8 LMS Evo II | Pro-Am | 243 | DNF | |
| Year | Series | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | Position | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Exhibition | Garry Rogers Motorsport | SAN R1 3 | SAN R2 1 | SAN M 1 | BMP R1 4 | BMP R2 2 | BMP M Ret | N/C | - | ||||||||||||
| 2020 | Australian | APC R1 PO | APC R2 PO | SMP R3 C | SMP R4 C | WIN R5 C | WIN R6 C | BMP R7 C | BMP R8 C | PHI R9 C | PHI R10 C | SAN R11 C | SAN R12 C | N/C | - | |||||||
| 2021 | Australian | SYM R1 3 | SYM R2 5 | SYM R3 Ret | PHI R4 4 | PHI R5 6 | PHI R6 2 | SAN R7 1 | SAN R8 Ret | SAN R9 4 | SMP R10 1 | SMP R11 4 | SMP R12 1 | 4th | 344 | |||||||
| 2021 | Tasman | SMP R1 3 | SMP R2 8 | SMP R3 6 | BAT R4 1 | BAT R5 5 | BAT R6 1 | BAT R7 C | 3rd | 136 | ||||||||||||
| 2022 | Australian | SYM R1 2 | SYM R2 3 | SYM R3 5 | PHI R4 1 | PHI R5 5 | PHI R6 2 | MEL R7 8 | MEL R8 7 | MEL R9 5 | SMP R10 Ret | SMP R11 2 | SMP R12 3 | HID R13 7 | HID R14 2 | HID R15 4 | 2nd | 375 | ||||
| 2023 | Australian | SYM R1 5 | SYM R2 2 | SYM R3 3 | PHI R4 3 | PHI R5 2 | PHI R6 3 | WIN R7 7 | WIN R8 2 | WIN R9 2 | SMP R10 | SMP R11 | SMP R12 | BEN R13 | BEN R14 | BEN R15 | ADL R16 | ADL R17 | ADL R18 | 7th | 282 | |
| Year | Car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | Position | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Ford Mustang | SAN R1 2 | SAN R2 14 | SAN R3 10 | SYM R1 5 | SYM R2 3 | SYM R3 1 | SYM R4 1 | PHI R1 2 | PHI R2 3 | PHI R3 1 | BEN R1 14 | BEN R2 5 | BEN R3 4 | BEN R4 3 | QLD R1 4 | QLD R2 4 | QLD R3 20 | QLD R4 6 | BAT R1 1 | BAT R2 1 | ADE R1 | ADE R2 | ADE R3 | 4th | 646 |