Drew Russell

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Drew Russell
V8 Touring Car National Series

Drew Russell (born 24 May 1988) is an Australian racing driver. He formerly competed in the

2015 Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000 with his family team, Novocastrian Motorsport.[1]

Career summary

Production Cars

Russell started in the Australian Production Car Championship in 2004 under the guidance of his father and former V8 Supercar driver Wayne Russell driving a Honda S2000. In 2005 he won finished second outright and won Class A.

V8 Supercars

In

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 result 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 and finishing sixth in the series.

In 2015, again in his family-run

2015 Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000
finishing seventeenth.

Results

Career summary

Season Series Car Team Races Wins Poles F. Laps Podiums Points Position
2004 Australian Production Car Championship - Class A Honda S2000 Novocastrian Motorsport ? ? ? ? ? 127 7th
2005 Australian Production Car Championship - Class A Honda S2000 Novocastrian Motorsport 20 ? ? ? ? 477 1st
Australian Production Car Championship Honda S2000 Novocastrian Motorsport 20 8 2 10 15 265 2nd
2006 Australian Production Car Championship - Class A Honda S2000 Novocastrian Motorsport 8 ? ? ? ? 175 7th
Australian Production Car Championship Honda S2000 Novocastrian Motorsport 8 2 0 4 6 110 9th
2007 Fujitsu V8 Supercar Series
Holden VX Commodore
Novocastrian Motorsport 15 0 0 0 0 5 38th
2008 Fujitsu V8 Supercar Series
Holden VZ Commodore
Novocastrian Motorsport 18 0 0 0 0 739 16th
2009 Fujitsu V8 Supercar Series
Ford BF Falcon
Race Image Motorsport
Novocastrian Motorsport
9 0 0 0 0 619 13th
2010 Fujitsu V8 Supercar Series
Ford BF Falcon
Novocastrian Motorsport 18 0 0 0 0 850 10th
2011 Fujitsu V8 Supercar Series
Ford BF Falcon
Novocastrian Motorsport 16 0 0 0 0 670 16th
2012 Dunlop V8 Supercar Series
Ford BF Falcon
Novocastrian Motorsport 18 0 0 0 0 971 11th
2013 Dunlop V8 Supercar Series
Ford FG Falcon
Novocastrian Motorsport 18 0 0 0 2 1138 7th
2014 Kumho Tyres V8 Touring Car Series
Ford BF Falcon
STR Truck Bodies 6 1 0 0 5 227 6th
2015 International V8 Supercars Championship
Holden VF Commodore
Novocastrian Motorsport 1 0 0 0 0 108 52nd
Dunlop V8 Supercar Series
Ford FG Falcon
1 0 0 0 0 90 33rd
2016 Dunlop Supercars Series
Ford FG Falcon
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 Australia Hunter Sports Group Australia Steven Johnson
New Zealand 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
Australia Aaren Russell 17th 161

Complete Bathurst 6 Hour results

Year Team Co-drivers Car Class Laps Pos. Class
pos.
2021 Australia Commodore Shop Cardiff Australia James Herrington
Australia Ryan Gilroy
Holden Commodore VE SS V B2 112 29th 2nd
2022 Australia Novocastrian Motorsport Australia Wayne Russell
Australia Aaren Russell
BMW M3 F80 X 129 5th 4th
2023 Australia Novacastrian Motorsport
Drew Russell
Australia
Wayne Russell
BMW M3 F80 X 112 2nd 2nd

References

  1. ^ "Russell brothers team up for Bathurst wildcard". 18 August 2015.

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