David Russell (racing driver)

David Russell
David Russell in April 2017
Nationality	Australian
Born	4 January 1982 (1982-01-04) (age 40) Casino, New South Wales
Supercars Championship career
Car number	99
Current team	Erebus Motorsport (Endurance race co-driver)
Championships	0
Races	29
Wins	0
Podiums	1
Pole positions	0
2018 position	41st (294 pts)

David Russell (born 4 January 1982) is an Australian racing driver. Russell has competed in the Repco Supercars Championship intermittently since 2003 and is now an endurance co-driver in the Pirtek Enduro Cup with Erebus Motorsport in a Holden Commodore (ZB), alongside Brodie Kostecki.

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

Bathurst 1000 results[]

Year	Team	Car	Co-driver	Position	Laps
2003	Fernández Racing	Ford Falcon (AU)	José Fernández	DNF	113
2010	Tekno Autosports	Ford Falcon (FG)	Jonathon Webb	19th	161
2011	Kelly Racing	Holden Commodore (VE)	Todd Kelly	24th	154
2012	Kelly Racing	Holden Commodore VE	Rick Kelly	15th	161
2013	Nissan Motorsport	Nissan Altima L33	Todd Kelly	DNF	20
2014	Nissan Motorsport	Nissan Altima L33	Rick Kelly	8th	161
2015	Nissan Motorsport	Nissan Altima L33	Rick Kelly	16th	161
2016	Nissan Motorsport	Nissan Altima L33	Dale Wood	9th	161
2017	Nissan Motorsport	Nissan Altima L33	Simona de Silvestro	DNF	152
2018	Tickford Racing	Ford Falcon FG X	Cameron Waters	23rd	148
2020	Matt Stone Racing	Holden Commodore (ZB)	Garry Jacobson	DNF	62

References[]

External links[]

• David Russell V8 Supercars Official Profile
• Driver Database profile
• Profile on Racing Reference