Drew Russell | |
Nationality: | Australia |
Birth Date: | 24 May 1988 |
Birth Place: | Newcastle, New South Wales |
Related To: | Aaren Russell (brother) Wayne Russell (father) |
Current Series: | Dunlop V8 Supercar Series |
First Year: | 2007 |
Current Team: | Novocastrian Motorsport |
Car Number: | 58 |
Starts: | 112 |
Wins: | 0 |
Podiums: | 2 |
Poles: | 0 |
Fastest Laps: | 0 |
Best Finish: | 7th |
Year: | 2013 |
Prev Series: | Australian Production Car Championship Supercars Championship V8 Touring Car National Series |
Prev Series Years: | 2004-06 2015 2014 |
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]
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 finished second outright and won Class A.
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 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 Novocastrian Motorsport team, he and his brother Aaren qualified as a wildcard for the 2015 Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000 finishing seventeenth.
Year | Team | Co-drivers | Car | Class | Laps | |||
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2021 | Commodore Shop Cardiff | James Herrington Ryan Gilroy | Holden Commodore VE SS V | B2 | 112 | 29th | 2nd | |
2022 | Novocastrian Motorsport | Wayne Russell Aaren Russell | BMW M3 F80 | X | 129 | 5th | 4th | |
2023 | Novacastrian Motorsport | Drew Russell Wayne Russell | BMW M3 F80 | X | 112 | 2nd | 2nd |