James Moffat (racing driver)

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James Moffat
James Moffat.jpg
James Moffat in 2011
NationalityFlag of Australia (converted).svg  Australian
Born18 June 1984 (1984-06-18) (age 40)
Melbourne, Victoria
Supercars Championship career
Car number55
Current team Tickford Racing
(Endurance race co-driver)
Championships0
Races231
Wins2
Podiums6
Pole positions1

James Evan Moffat (born 18 June 1984) is an Australian professional racing driver who competed in the Virgin Australia Supercars Championship. In 2018 he drove for Wall Racing in the Porsche Carrera Cup Australia Championship. Moffat also races as a co-driver for Tickford Racing in the Pirtek Enduro Cup in a Ford Mustang GT, alongside Thomas Randle.

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Biography

Moffat, son of touring car legend Allan Moffat, first appeared as a racing driver at club level before moving up to national level racing in a one-make series for Lotus Elise production cars, finishing runner-up in a tight championship fight, before graduating into V8 Utes in 2005.

After a lean 2006, Moffat returned in 2007 in a Sonic Motor Racing Services liveried Mygale in the Australian Formula Ford Championship and despite little previous open wheel experience finished third in the championship in his rookie season. With the same team Moffat progressed to the Carrera Cup where he again ran at the front of the field, competing against his half-brother Andrew Moffat, among others.

Co-inciding with the collapse of Carrera Cup, Moffat moved into Team Sonic's newly established V8 Supercar program and finished second in the 2009 Fujitsu V8 Supercar series. At the season ending V8 Supercar prizegiving Moffat received the Mike Kable Young Gun Award, recognition of his efforts as a first year V8 Supercar driver. [1]

In late January 2011, Dick Johnson Racing announced the signing of Moffat to pilot the number 18 car vacated by the HRT-bound James Courtney. [2] It was the first time in 22 years that the Moffat name has competed in the top level of Australian Touring Car racing.

Moffat remained with DJR for the following year before joining Kelly Racing as the team transitioned to Nissan Motorsport racing Nissan Altimas. Moffat quickly established himself within the new team, coming home first ahead of team-mate Michael Caruso at Winton. [3]

His second placing with co-driver Taz Douglas at the 2014 Bathurst 1000 is his best finish to date at Mount Panorama—a remarkable achievement considering his Altima made contact with the tyre wall at the top of Mountain Straight on two occasions during the race.

Career results

SeasonSeriesPositionCarTeam
2004Australian Lotus Trophy2nd Lotus Elise Trueline Pty Ltd / PIMM
2005 Australian V8 Utes Series 7th Ford BA Falcon XR8 Ute Allan Grice Racing
2007 Australian Formula Ford Championship 3rd Mygale SJ07A Sonic Motor Racing Services
2008 Australian Carrera Cup Championship 3rd Porsche 997 GT3 Cup Sonic Motor Racing Services
2009 Fujitsu V8 Supercar Series 2nd Ford Falcon (BF) Sonic Motor Racing Services
2010 Fujitsu V8 Supercar Series 3rd Ford Falcon (BF) Ford Performance Racing
V8 Supercar Championship Series 46th Ford Falcon (FG) Ford Performance Racing
2011 International V8 Supercars Championship 23rd Ford Falcon (FG) Dick Johnson Racing
2012 International V8 Supercars Championship 21st Ford Falcon (FG) Dick Johnson Racing
2013 International V8 Supercars Championship 18th Nissan Altima L33 Nissan Motorsport
2014 International V8 Supercars Championship 16th Nissan Altima L33 Nissan Motorsport
2015 International V8 Supercars Championship 18th Nissan Altima L33 Nissan Motorsport
2016 International V8 Supercars Championship 20th Volvo S60 Garry Rogers Motorsport
2017 Virgin Australia Supercars Championship 17th Holden Commodore (VF) Garry Rogers Motorsport
2018 Porsche Carrera Cup Australia 6th Porsche 911 Cup Wall Racing
Virgin Australia Supercars Championship 30th Ford FG X Falcon Tickford Racing
2019 Virgin Australia Supercars Championship 40th Ford Mustang GT Tickford Racing
2020 Supercars Championship 39th Ford Mustang GT Tickford Racing
2021 TCR Australia 8th Renault Mégane R.S TCR Garry Rogers Motorsport
Supercars Championship 29th Ford Mustang GT Tickford Racing
2022 TCR Australia 14th Renault Mégane R.S TCR Garry Rogers Motorsport
Repco Supercars Championship 30th Ford Mustang GT Tickford Racing
2023Australian Trans Am Series1st Ford Mustang Garry Rogers Motorsport
Repco Supercars Championship 54th Ford Mustang S650 Tickford Racing

Supercars Championship results

Supercars results
YearTeamCar123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233343536373839PositionPoints
2010 Ford Performance Racing Ford Falcon (FG) YMC
R1
YMC
R2
BHR
R3
BHR
R4
ADE
R5
ADE
R6
HAM
R7
HAM
R8
QLD
R9

PO
QLD
R10

PO
WIN
R11

PO
WIN
R12

PO
HDV
R13
HDV
R14
TOW
R15
TOW
R16
PHI
QR

24
PHI
R17

21
BAT
R18

11
SUR
R19
SUR
R20
SYM
R21
SYM
R22
SAN
R23
SAN
R24
SYD
R25
SYD
R26
46th251
2011 Dick Johnson Racing Ford Falcon (FG) YMC
R1

16
YMC
R2

Ret
ADE
R3

Ret
ADE
R4

22
HAM
R5

9
HAM
R6

17
BAR
R7

18
BAR
R8

17
BAR
R9

21
WIN
R10

19
WIN
R11

9
HID
R12

14
HID
R13

13
TOW
R14

17
TOW
R15

15
QLD
R16

10
QLD
R17

9
QLD
R18

4
PHI
QR

24
PHI
R19

25
BAT
R20

25
SUR
R21

4
SUR
R22

Ret
SYM
R23

20
SYM
R24

18
SAN
R25

Ret
SAN
R26

25
SYD
R27

8
SYD
R28

Ret
23rd1306
2012 Dick Johnson Racing Ford Falcon (FG) ADE
R1

15
ADE
R2

Ret
SYM
R3

14
SYM
R4

19
HAM
R5

Ret
HAM
R6

18
BAR
R7

Ret
BAR
R8

24
BAR
R9

22
PHI
R10

Ret
PHI
R11

16
HID
R12

21
HID
R13

Ret
TOW
R14

13
TOW
R15

23
QLD
R16

18
QLD
R17

19
SMP
R18

19
SMP
R19

16
SAN
QR

11
SAN
R20

26
BAT
R21

10
SUR
R22

Ret
SUR
R23

Ret
YMC
R24

9
YMC
R25

13
YMC
R26

6
WIN
R27

5
WIN
R28

17
SYD
R29

8
SYD
R30

22
21st1354
2013 Nissan Motorsport Nissan Altima L33 ADE
R1

14
ADE
R2

13
SYM
R3

19
SYM
R4

20
SYM
R5

15
PUK
R6

22
PUK
R7

9
PUK
R8

13
PUK
R9

10
BAR
R10

10
BAR
R11

10
BAR
R12

8
COA
R13

16
COA
R14

10
COA
R15

17
COA
R16

14
HID
R17

15
HID
R18

23
HID
R19

Ret
TOW
R20

15
TOW
R21

14
QLD
R22

10
QLD
R23

23
QLD
R24

12
WIN
R25

1
WIN
R26

11
WIN
R27

8
SAN
QR

20
SAN
R28

26
BAT
R29

18
SUR
R30

Ret
SUR
R31

Ret
PHI
R32

Ret
PHI
R33

21
PHI
R34

7
SYD
R35

20
SYD
R36

Ret
18th1448
2014 Nissan Motorsport Nissan Altima L33 ADE
R1

20
ADE
R2

12
ADE
R3

9
SYM
R4

18
SYM
R5

12
SYM
R6

22
WIN
R7

18
WIN
R8

6
WIN
R9

9
PUK
R10

10
PUK
R11

15
PUK
R12

8
PUK
R13

16
BAR
R14

21
BAR
R15

21
BAR
R16

8
HID
R17

11
HID
R18

Ret
HID
R19

7
TOW
R20

21
TOW
R21

18
TOW
R22

16
QLD
R23

Ret
QLD
R24

13
QLD
R25

5
SMP
R26

12
SMP
R27

6
SMP
R28

4
SAN
QR

22
SAN
R29

Ret
BAT
R30

2
SUR
R31

13
SUR
R32

Ret
PHI
R33

18
PHI
R34

11
PHI
R35

18
SYD
R36

14
SYD
R37

17
SYD
R38

15
16th1734
2015 Nissan Motorsport Nissan Altima L33 ADE
R1

11
ADE
R2

7
ADE
R3

Ret
SYM
R4

12
SYM
R5

19
SYM
R6

22
BAR
R7

13
BAR
R8

20
BAR
R9

7
WIN
R10

17
WIN
R11

22
WIN
R12

19
HID
R13

4
HID
R14

11
HID
R15

14
TOW
R16

11
TOW
R17

17
QLD
R18

DSQ
QLD
R19

DSQ
QLD
R20

10
SMP
R21

12
SMP
R22

18
SMP
R23

Ret
SAN
QR

20
SAN
R24

18
BAT
R25

10
SUR
R26

10
SUR
R27

8
PUK
R28

11
PUK
R29

14
PUK
R30

14
PHI
R31

5
PHI
R32

14
PHI
R33

8
SYD
R34

24
SYD
R35

Ret
SYD
R36

16
18th1643
2016 Garry Rogers Motorsport Volvo S60 ADE
R1

17
ADE
R2

15
ADE
R3

22
SYM
R4

20
SYM
R5

16
PHI
R6

7
PHI
R7

15
BAR
R8

14
BAR
R9

17
WIN
R10

26
WIN
R11

19
HID
R12

Ret
HID
R13

10
TOW
R14

17
TOW
R15

19
QLD
R16

9
QLD
R17

11
SMP
R18

12
SMP
R19

18
SAN
QR

4
SAN
R20

Ret
BAT
R21

Ret
SUR
R22

5
SUR
R23

12
PUK
R24

20
PUK
R25

14
PUK
R26

12
PUK
R27

10
SYD
R28

24
SYD
R29

10
20th1419
2017 Garry Rogers Motorsport Holden Commodore (VF) ADE
R1

10
ADE
R2

16
SYM
R3

Ret
SYM
R4

19
PHI
R5

14
PHI
R6

4
BAR
R7

12
BAR
R8

11
WIN
R9

19
WIN
R10

16
HID
R11

9
HID
R12

25
TOW
R13

13
TOW
R14

7
QLD
R15

28
QLD
R16

14
SMP
R17

DSQ
SMP
R18

17
SAN
QR

16
SAN
R19

7
BAT
R20

Ret
SUR
R21

18
SUR
R22

19
PUK
R23

13
PUK
R24

9
NEW
R25

Ret
NEW
R26

13
17th1542
2018 Tickford Racing Ford FG X Falcon 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

PO
HID
R16

PO
TOW
R17
TOW
R18
QLD
R19

PO
QLD
R20

PO
SMP
R21
BEN
R22
BEN
R23
SAN
QR

10
SAN
R24

10
BAT
R25

4
SUR
R26

1
SUR
R27

C
PUK
R28
PUK
R29
NEW
R30
NEW
R31
30th546
2019 Tickford Racing Ford Mustang GT ADE
R1
ADE
R2
MEL
R3
MEL
R4
MEL
R5
MEL
R6
SYM
R7

PO
SYM
R8

PO
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

15
SUR
R26

DNS
SUR
R27

DNS
SAN
QR

Ret
SAN
R28

2
NEW
R29
NEW
R30
40th350
2020 Tickford Racing Ford Mustang GT ADE
R1

ADE
R2

MEL
R3

MEL
R4

MEL
R5

MEL
R6

SMP1
R7

SMP1
R8

SMP1
R9

SMP2
R10

SMP2
R11

SMP2
R12

HID1
R13

HID1
R14

HID1
R15

HID2
R16

HID2
R17

HID2
R18

TOW1
R19

TOW1
R20

TOW1
R21

TOW2
R22

TOW2
R23

TOW2
R24

BEN1
R25

BEN1
R26

BEN1
R27

BEN2
R28

BEN2
R29

BEN2
R30

BAT
R31

14
39th126
2021 Tickford Racing Ford Mustang GT BAT1
R1

BAT1
R2

SAN
R3

SAN
R4

SAN
R5

SYM
R6

SYM
R7

SYM
R8

BEN
R9

BEN
R10

BEN
R11

HID
R12

HID
R13

HID
R14

TOW1
R15

TOW1
R16

TOW2
R17

TOW2
R18

TOW2
R19

SMP1
R20

SMP1
R21

SMP1
R22

SMP2
R23

SMP2
R24

SMP2
R25

SMP3
R26

SMP3
R27

SMP3
R28

SMP4
R29

PO
SMP4
R30

PO
BAT2
R31

2
29th276
2022 Tickford Racing Ford Mustang GT SMP
R1
SMP
R2
SYM
R3
SYM
R4
SYM
R5
MEL
R6
MEL
R7
MEL
R8
MEL
R9
BAR
R10
BAR
R11
BAR
R12
WIN
R13
WIN
R14
WIN
R15
HID
R16
HID
R17
HID
R18
TOW
R19
TOW
R20
BEN
R21
BEN
R22
BEN
R23
SAN
R24

PO
SAN
R25

PO
SAN
R26

PO
PUK
R27
PUK
R28
PUK
R29
BAT
R30

3
SUR
R31

SUR
R32

NEW
R33

NEW
R34

30th258
2023 Tickford Racing Ford Mustang S650 NEW
R1
NEW
R2
MEL
R3
MEL
R4
MEL
R5
MEL
R6
BAR
R7
BAR
R8
BAR
R9
SYM
R10
SYM
R11
SYM
R12
HID
R13
HID
R14
HID
R15
TOW
R16
TOW
R17
SMP
R18
SMP
R19
BEN
R20
BEN
R21
BEN
R22
SAN
R23

20
BAT
R24

Ret
SUR
R25
SUR
R26
ADE
R27
ADE
R28
56th90

Bathurst 1000 results

YearTeamCarCo-driverPositionLaps
2010 Ford Performance Racing Ford Falcon FG Flag of New Zealand.svg Steven Richards 11th161
2011 Dick Johnson Racing Ford Falcon FG Flag of New Zealand.svg Matthew Halliday 25th146
2012 Dick Johnson RacingFord Falcon FG Flag of Australia (converted).svg Alex Davison 10th161
2013 Nissan Motorsport Nissan Altima L33 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Taz Douglas 18th161
2014 Nissan MotorsportNissan Altima L33 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Taz Douglas2nd161
2015 Nissan MotorsportNissan Altima L33 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Taz Douglas10th161
2016 Garry Rogers Motorsport Volvo S60 Flag of Australia (converted).svg James Golding DNF108
2017 Garry Rogers Motorsport Holden Commodore VF Flag of Australia (converted).svg Richard Muscat DNF141
2018 Tickford Racing Ford Falcon FG X Flag of Australia (converted).svg Chaz Mostert 4th161
2019 Tickford Racing Ford Mustang S550 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Chaz Mostert15th160
2020 Tickford RacingFord Mustang S550 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jack Le Brocq 14th161
2021 Tickford RacingFord Mustang S550 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Cameron Waters 2nd161
2022 Tickford RacingFord Mustang S550 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Cameron Waters3rd161
2023 Tickford Racing Ford Mustang S650 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Cameron WatersDNF70
2024 Tickford RacingFord Mustang S650 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Cameron Waters4th161

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Awards and achievements
Preceded by Mike Kable Young Gun Award
2009
Succeeded by