James Golding (racing driver)

James Golding
James Golding
Nationality	Australian
Born	19 January 1996 (age 25); Warragul, Victoria
Fastest laps	S5000 series, Race 1 Bathurst December 2021; Outright race lap record for the circuit
Supercars Championship career
Car number	20
Current team	Team 18; (Endurance race co-driver)
Championships	0
Races	75
Wins	0
Podiums	0
Pole positions	0
2020 position	33rd (180 pts)

James Golding (born 19 January 1996) is an Australian racing driver who will compete in the Pirtek Enduro Cup for Team 18 in a Holden ZB Commodore, alongside Scott Pye.

Career[]

Early career[]

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.

Supercars[]

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.

Racing record[]

Career results[]

Golding placed third in the 2014 Australian Formula Ford Series driving a Spectrum 014

Golding placed 22nd in the 2018 Virgin Australia Supercars Championship driving a Holden Commodore ZB

Season	Series	Position	Car	Team
2011	Australian National Sprint Kart Championship - Junior National Light	1st
2012	Australian Rotax Nationals - Rotax Junior	3rd
2013	Australian Formula Ford Championship	9th	Spectrum 014 - Ford	Borland Racing Developments
2013	Victorian Formula Ford Championship	5th	Spectrum 014 - Ford	Zsidy Racing
2014	Australian Formula Ford Series	3rd	Spectrum 014 - Ford	Borland Racing Developments
2014	New South Wales Formula Ford Championship	7th	Spectrum 014 - Ford	Borland Racing Developments
2015	V8 Supercars Dunlop Series	10th	Holden VE Commodore	Garry Rogers Motorsport
2016	Supercars Dunlop Series	4th	Holden VF Commodore	Garry Rogers Motorsport
2016	International V8 Supercars Championship	52nd	Volvo S60	Garry Rogers Motorsport
2017	Virgin Australia Supercars Championship	26th	Holden VF Commodore	Garry Rogers Motorsport
2018	Virgin Australia Supercars Championship	22nd	Holden ZB Commodore	Garry Rogers Motorsport
2019	Virgin Australia Supercars Championship	20th	Holden ZB Commodore	Garry Rogers Motorsport
2020	Virgin Australia Supercars Championship	33rd	Holden ZB Commodore	Team 18
2021	S5000 Australia	4th		Garry Rogers Motorsport
2021	S5000 Tasman Series	3rd		Garry Rogers Motorsport

Supercars Championship results[]

Supercars results
Year	Team	Car	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	Position	Points
2016	Garry Rogers Motorsport	Volvo S60	ADE R1	ADE R2	ADE R3	SYM R4	SYM R5	PHI R6	PHI R7	BAR R8	BAR R9	WIN R10	WIN R11	HID R12	HID R13	TOW R14	TOW R15	QLD R16 PO	QLD R17 PO	SMP R18	SMP R19	SAN Q 7	SAN R20 Ret	BAT R21 Ret	SUR R22 5	SUR R23 12	PUK R24	PUK R25	PUK R26	PUK R27	SYD R28	SYD R29			52nd	180
2017	Garry Rogers Motorsport	Holden VF Commodore	ADE R1	ADE R2	SYM R3	SYM R4	PHI R5	PHI R6	BAR R7	BAR R8	WIN R9 16	WIN R10 25	HID R11	HID R12	TOW R13	TOW R14	QLD R15 24	QLD R16 21	SMP R17	SMP R18	SAN Q 8	SAN R19 4	BAT R20 18	SUR R21 13	SUR R22 17	PUK R23	PUK R24	NEW R25	NEW R26						26th	624
2018	Garry Rogers Motorsport	Holden ZB Commodore	ADE R1 Ret	ADE R2 19	MEL R3 21	MEL R4 17	MEL R5 24	MEL R6 Ret	SYM R7 24	SYM R8 18	PHI R9 25	PHI R10 19	BAR R11 22	BAR R12 25	WIN R13 21	WIN R14 25	HID R15 26	HID R16 22	TOW R17 16	TOW R18 16	QLD R19 18	QLD R20 15	SMP R21 13	BEN R22 21	BEN R23 24	SAN QR 24	SAN R24 18	BAT R25 8	24	C	PUK R28 14	PUK R29 21	NEW R30 20	NEW R31 25	22nd	1418
2019	Garry Rogers Motorsport	Holden ZB Commodore	ADE R1 14	ADE R2 19	MEL R3 16	MEL R4 23	MEL R5 18	MEL R6 18	SYM R7 15	SYM R8 16	PHI R9 13	PHI R10 22	BAR R11 14	BAR R12 13	WIN R13 17	WIN R14 19	HID R15 Ret	HID R16 17	TOW R17 15	TOW R18 7	QLD R19 13	QLD R20 15	BEN R21 18	BEN R22 18	PUK R23 23	PUK R24 10	BAT R25 11	SUR R26 16	SUR R27 Ret	SAN QR 16	SAN R28 Ret	NEW R29 22	NEW R30 20		20th	1521
2020	Team 18	Holden ZB Commodore	ADE R1	ADE R2	MEL R3	MEL R4	MEL R5	MEL R6	SMP1 R7	SMP1 R8	SMP1 R9																			PO	PO	PO	BAT R31 8		33rd	180
2021	Team 18	Holden ZB Commodore	BAT R1	BAT R2										HID R12	HID R13	HID R14	TOW R15	TOW R16				SYD1 R20	SYD1 R21	SYD1 R22	SYD2 R23	SYD2 R24	SYD2 R25				PO	PO	BAT R31 Ret		NC	0

Bathurst 1000 results[]

Year	Team	Car	Co-driver	Position	Laps
2016	Garry Rogers Motorsport	Volvo S60 Mk.2	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	Team 18	Holden Commodore ZB	Mark Winterbottom	8th	161
2021	Team 18	Holden Commodore ZB	Mark Winterbottom	DNF	6

Complete S5000 results[]

Year	Series	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	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	Garry Rogers Motorsport	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	BAT NC1 C	BAT NC2 C	N/C	-
2021	Australian	Garry Rogers Motorsport	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	Garry Rogers Motorsport	SMP R1 3	SMP R2 8	SMP R3 6	BAT R4 1	BAT R5 5	BAT R6 1	BAT R7 C								3rd	136

References[]

^ "Rogers confirms Pirtek Enduro Cup pairings". Speedcafe.com. Retrieved 18 September 2016.

External links[]

[1] "Rogers confirms Pirtek Enduro Cup pairings". Speedcafe.com. Retrieved 18 September 2016.

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