Drew Russell (racing driver)

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]

Drew Russell
Nationality Australian
Born (1988-05-24) 24 May 1988
Newcastle, New South Wales
Related toAaren Russell (brother)
Wayne Russell (father)
Dunlop V8 Supercar Series career
Debut season2007
Current teamNovocastrian 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

Career summary

Production Cars

Russell starting in the Australian Production Car Championship in 2004 under the watchful eye of his father and former V8 Supercar driver Wayne Russell driving a Honda S2000. In 2005 he won the Class A championship.

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 championship position 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 finishing sixth in the championship.

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
Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F. Laps Podiums Points Position
2004 Australian Production Car Championship - Class A Novocastrian Motorsport ? ? ? ? ? 127 7th
2005 Australian Production Car Championship - Class A Novocastrian Motorsport 20 ? ? ? ? 477 1st
Australian Production Car Championship Novocastrian Motorsport 20 8 2 10 15 265 2nd
2006 Australian Production Car Championship - Class A Novocastrian Motorsport 8 ? ? ? ? 175 7th
Australian Production Car Championship Novocastrian Motorsport 8 2 0 4 6 110 9th
2007 Fujitsu V8 Supercar Series Novocastrian Motorsport 15 0 0 0 0 5 38th
2008 Fujitsu V8 Supercar Series Novocastrian Motorsport 18 0 0 0 0 739 16th
2009 Fujitsu V8 Supercar Series Race Image Motorsport
Novocastrian Motorsport		 9 0 0 0 0 619 13th
2010 Fujitsu V8 Supercar Series Novocastrian Motorsport 18 0 0 0 0 850 10th
2011 Fujitsu V8 Supercar Series Novocastrian Motorsport 16 0 0 0 0 670 16th
2012 Dunlop V8 Supercar Series Novocastrian Motorsport 18 0 0 0 0 971 11th
2013 Dunlop V8 Supercar Series Novocastrian Motorsport 18 0 0 0 2 1138 7th
2014 Kumho Tyres V8 Touring Car Series STR Truck Bodies 6 1 0 0 5 227 6th
2015 International V8 Supercars Championship Novocastrian Motorsport 1 0 0 0 0 108 52nd
Dunlop V8 Supercar Series 1 0 0 0 0 90 33rd
2016 Dunlop Supercars Series STR Motorsport 1 0 0 0 0 144 28th

Complete Bathurst 12 Hour results
Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps Pos. Class
Pos.
2013 Hunter Sports Group Steven Johnson
Jonny Reid		 Porsche 997 GT3 Cup B 257 9th 1st

Complete Supercars Championship results
V8 Supercar 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 33 34 35 36 Position Points
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		 52nd 62

Complete Bathurst 1000 results
Year Team Car Co-driver Position Laps
2015 Novocastrian Motorsport Holden Commodore VF Aaren Russell 17th 161
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References
  1. http://www.speedcafe.com/2015/08/18/russell-brothers-team-up-for-bathurst-wildcard/
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