James Moffat (racing driver)
James 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.
| James Moffat | |
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 James Moffat in 2011 | |
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| Born | 18 June 1984 (age 36) Melbourne, Victoria |
| Supercars Record | |
| Car number | TBA |
| Current team | Tickford Racing (Endurance Race Co-Driver) |
| Series championships | 0 |
| Races | 231 |
| Race wins | 2 |
| Podium finishes | 2 |
| Pole positions | 1 |
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
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 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 | 39 | Position | Points | |
| 2010 | Ford Performance Racing | Ford FG Falcon | YMC R1 |
YMC R2 |
BHR R3 |
BHR R4 |
ADE R5 |
ADE R6 |
HAM R7 |
HAM R8 |
QLD R9 |
QLD R10 |
WIN R11 |
WIN R12 |
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 |
46th | 251 | |||||||||||||
| 2011 | Dick Johnson Racing | Ford FG Falcon | 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 |
23rd | 1306 | |||||||||||
| 2012 | Dick Johnson Racing | Ford FG Falcon | 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 |
21st | 1354 | |||||||||
| 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 |
18th | 1448 | |||
| 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 |
16th | 1734 | |
| 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 |
18th | 1643 | |||
| 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 |
20th | 1419 | ||||||||||
| 2017 | Garry Rogers Motorsport | Holden VF Commodore | 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 |
17th | 1542 | |||||||||||||
| 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 |
30th | 546 | ||||||||
| 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 |
40th | 350 | |||||||||
| 2020 | Tickford Racing | Ford Mustang GT | ADE R1 |
ADE R2 |
MEL R3 |
MEL R4 |
MEL R5 |
MEL R6 |
SMP R7 |
SMP R8 |
SMP R9 |
WIN R10 |
WIN R11 |
WIN R12 |
HID R13 |
HID R14 |
TOW R15 |
TOW R16 |
SAN R17 |
SAN R18 |
BAT R19 |
BAR R20 |
BAR R21 |
SYM R22 |
SYM R23 |
SMP R24 |
SMP R25 |
N/A* | 0* | |||||||||||||||
Bathurst 1000 results
| Year | Team | Car | Co-driver | Position | Laps |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Ford Performance Racing | Ford Falcon FG |  |
11th | 161 |
| 2011 | Dick Johnson Racing | Ford Falcon FG | |
25th | 146 |
| 2012 | Dick Johnson Racing | Ford Falcon FG | |
10th | 161 |
| 2013 | Nissan Motorsport | Nissan Altima L33 | |
18th | 161 |
| 2014 | Nissan Motorsport | Nissan Altima L33 | |
2nd | 161 |
| 2015 | Nissan Motorsport | Nissan Altima L33 | |
10th | 161 |
| 2016 | Garry Rogers Motorsport | Volvo S60 Mk.2 | |
DNF | 108 |
| 2017 | Garry Rogers Motorsport | Holden Commodore VF | |
DNF | 141 |
| 2018 | Tickford Racing | Ford Falcon FG X | |
4th | 161 |
| 2019 | Tickford Racing | Ford Mustang Mk.6 | |
15th | 160 |
Gallery
Moffat drove a Ford BF Falcon to 2nd place in the 2009 Fujitsu V8 Supercar Series.
Moffat placed 23rd in a Ford FG Falcon in the 2011 V8 Supercars Championship.
Moffat placed 18th in the 2013 V8 Supercars Championship driving a Nissan L33 Altima.
Moffat placed 16th in the 2014 V8 Supercars Championship driving a Nissan L33 Altima.
References
- "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 8 January 2010. Retrieved 8 January 2010.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) V8 Supercars web site article
- http://www.v8supercars.com.au/newsarticle/moffat-signs-for-jim-beam-racing/tabid/70/newsid/10868/default.aspx/ Archived 22 January 2011 at the Wayback Machine Moffat signs with Jim Beam DJR
- http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/motor-sport/nissan-hold-first-and-second-at-half-time-in-v8-supercars-6060-sprint-race-at-the-winton-360/story-fnibbz2i-1226703369689?nk=7326811c886b46cf262a49817ca1a1d2
External links
- Official website
- James Moffat career summary at DriverDB.com
- James Moffat driver statistics at Racing-Reference
| Awards and achievements | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Karl Reindler |
Mike Kable Young Gun Award 2009 |
Succeeded by Tim Blanchard |