Drew Russell Explained

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]

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 finished second outright and won Class A.

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 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.

Results

Career summary

SeasonSeriesPositionCarTeam
2004Australian Production Car Championship - Class A7thHonda S2000Novocastrian Motorsport
2005Australian Production Car Championship - Class A1stHonda S2000Novocastrian Motorsport
Australian Production Car Championship2ndHonda S2000Novocastrian Motorsport
2006Australian Production Car Championship - Class A7thHonda S2000Novocastrian Motorsport
Australian Production Car Championship9thHonda S2000Novocastrian Motorsport
2007Fujitsu V8 Supercar Series40thHolden Commodore VXNovocastrian Motorsport
2008Fujitsu V8 Supercar Series16thHolden Commodore VZNovocastrian Motorsport
2009Fujitsu V8 Supercar Series13thFord Falcon BFRace Image Motorsport
Novocastrian Motorsport
2010Fujitsu V8 Supercar Series10thFord Falcon BFNovocastrian Motorsport
2011Fujitsu V8 Supercar Series16thFord Falcon BFNovocastrian Motorsport
2012Dunlop V8 Supercar Series11thFord Falcon BFNovocastrian Motorsport
2013Dunlop V8 Supercar Series7thFord Falcon FGNovocastrian Motorsport
2014Kumho Tyres V8 Touring Car Series6thFord Falcon BFSTR Truck Bodies
2015International V8 Supercars Championship52ndHolden Commodore VFNovocastrian Motorsport
Dunlop V8 Supercar Series33rdFord Falcon FG
2016Dunlop Supercars Series28thFord Falcon FGSTR Truck Bodies

V8 Supercars Development Series results

(key) (Race results only)

V8 Supercars Development Series results
YearTeamCar123456789101112131415161718PositionPoints
2007nowrapNovocastrian MotorsportnowrapHolden Commodore VXADE
1
ADE
2
WAK
1

WAK
2

WAK
3

WIN
1

WIN
2

WIN
3

IPS
1

IPS
2

IPS
3

OPK
1

OPK
2

OPK
3

BAT
1

BAT
2

PHI
1

PHI
2

40th5
2008Novocastrian MotorsportHolden Commodore VZADE
1

ADE
2

WAK
1

WAK
2

WAK
3

SAN
1

SAN
2

SAN
3

IPS
1

IPS
2

IPS
3

WIN
1

WIN
2

WIN
3

BAT
1

BAT
2

OPK
1

OPK
2

16th739
2009Novocastrian MotorsportFord Falcon BFADE
1

ADE
2

WIN
1

WIN
2

WIN
3

TSV
1
TSV
2
TSV
3
SAN
1
SAN
2
SAN
3
IPS
1
IPS
2
IPS
3
BAT
1

BAT
2

SOP
1

SOP
2

13th619
2010Novocastrian MotorsportFord Falcon BFADE
1

ADE
2

IPS
1

IPS
2

IPS
3

WIN
1

WIN
2

WIN
3

TSV
1

TSV
2

TSV
3

BAT
1

BAT
2

SAN
1

SAN
2

SAN
3

SOP
1

SOP
2

10th850
2011Novocastrian MotorsportFord Falcon BFADE
1

ADE
2

PER
1

PER
2

TSV
1

TSV
2

TSV
3

IPS
1

IPS
2

IPS
3

BAT
1

BAT
2

SAN
1

SAN
2

SAN
3

SOP
1

SOP
2

16th670
2012Novocastrian MotorsportFord Falcon BFADE
1

ADE
2

PER
1

PER
2

PER
3

TSV
1

TSV
2

TSV
3

IPS
1

IPS
2

IPS
3

BAT
1

BAT
2

WIN
1

WIN
2

WIN
3

SOP
1

SOP
2

11th971
2013Novocastrian MotorsportFord Falcon FGADE
1

ADE
2

PER
1

PER
2

PER
3

TSV
1

TSV
2

TSV
3

IPS
1

IPS
2

IPS
3

WIN
1

WIN
2

WIN
3

BAT
1

BAT
2

SOP
1

SOP
2

7th1138
2015Novocastrian MotorsportFord Falcon FGADE
1
ADE
2
PER
1
PER
2
PER
3
WIN
1
WIN
2
WIN
3
TSV
1
TSV
2
IPS
1
IPS
2
IPS
3
BAT
SOP
1
SOP
2
34th90
2016STR Truck BodiesFord Falcon FGADE
1
ADE
2
PHI
1
PHI
2
PHI
3
PER
1
PER
2
PER
3
TSV
1
TSV
2
SAN
1
SAN
2
SAN
3
BAT
SOP
1
SOP
2
28th144

Complete Bathurst 6 Hour results

YearTeamCo-driversCarClassLaps
2021 Commodore Shop Cardiff James Herrington
Ryan Gilroy
Holden Commodore VE SS VB211229th2nd
2022 Novocastrian Motorsport Aaren Russell
Wayne Russell
BMW M3 F80X1295th4th
2023 Novocastrian Motorsport Aaren Russell
Wayne Russell
BMW M3 F80X 1122nd2nd

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Russell brothers team up for Bathurst wildcard. 18 August 2015.