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 (age 36)
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

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Production Cars

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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

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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

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Career summary

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Season Series Position Car Team
2004 Australian Production Car Championship - Class A 7th Honda S2000 Novocastrian Motorsport
2005 Australian Production Car Championship - Class A 1st Honda S2000 Novocastrian Motorsport
Australian Production Car Championship 2nd Honda S2000 Novocastrian Motorsport
2006 Australian Production Car Championship - Class A 7th Honda S2000 Novocastrian Motorsport
Australian Production Car Championship 9th Honda S2000 Novocastrian Motorsport
2007 Fujitsu V8 Supercar Series 40th Holden Commodore VX Novocastrian Motorsport
2008 Fujitsu V8 Supercar Series 16th Holden Commodore VZ Novocastrian Motorsport
2009 Fujitsu V8 Supercar Series 13th Ford Falcon BF Race Image Motorsport
Novocastrian Motorsport
2010 Fujitsu V8 Supercar Series 10th Ford Falcon BF Novocastrian Motorsport
2011 Fujitsu V8 Supercar Series 16th Ford Falcon BF Novocastrian Motorsport
2012 Dunlop V8 Supercar Series 11th Ford Falcon BF Novocastrian Motorsport
2013 Dunlop V8 Supercar Series 7th Ford Falcon FG Novocastrian Motorsport
2014 Kumho Tyres V8 Touring Car Series 6th Ford Falcon BF STR Truck Bodies
2015 International V8 Supercars Championship 52nd Holden Commodore VF Novocastrian Motorsport
Dunlop V8 Supercar Series 33rd Ford Falcon FG
2016 Dunlop Supercars Series 28th Ford Falcon FG STR Truck Bodies

V8 Supercars Development Series results

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(key) (Race results only)

V8 Supercars Development Series results
Year Team Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Position Points
2007 Novocastrian Motorsport Holden Commodore VX ADE
1
ADE
2
WAK
1

25
WAK
2

Ret
WAK
3

18
WIN
1

15
WIN
2

16
WIN
3

20
IPS
1

27
IPS
2

Ret
IPS
3

22
OPK
1

14
OPK
2

18
OPK
3

Ret
BAT
1

18
BAT
2

Ret
PHI
1

Ret
PHI
2

DNS
40th 5
2008 Novocastrian Motorsport Holden Commodore VZ ADE
1

26
ADE
2

23
WAK
1

12
WAK
2

8
WAK
3

8
SAN
1

15
SAN
2

Ret
SAN
3

17
IPS
1

15
IPS
2

Ret
IPS
3

22
WIN
1

17
WIN
2

10
WIN
3

15
BAT
1

20
BAT
2

15
OPK
1

16
OPK
2

10
16th 739
2009 Novocastrian Motorsport Ford Falcon BF ADE
1

5
ADE
2

Ret
WIN
1

7
WIN
2

5
WIN
3

12
TSV
1
TSV
2
TSV
3
SAN
1
SAN
2
SAN
3
IPS
1
IPS
2
IPS
3
BAT
1

17
BAT
2

10
SOP
1

7
SOP
2

7
13th 619
2010 Novocastrian Motorsport Ford Falcon BF ADE
1

Ret
ADE
2

6
IPS
1

11
IPS
2

6
IPS
3

9
WIN
1

Ret
WIN
2

14
WIN
3

7
TSV
1

8
TSV
2

16
TSV
3

6
BAT
1

Ret
BAT
2

11
SAN
1

9
SAN
2

9
SAN
3

19
SOP
1

Ret
SOP
2

5
10th 850
2011 Novocastrian Motorsport Ford Falcon BF ADE
1

6
ADE
2

Ret
PER
1

Ret
PER
2

13
TSV
1

12
TSV
2

11
TSV
3

Ret
IPS
1

Ret
IPS
2

11
IPS
3

11
BAT
1

DNS
BAT
2

11
SAN
1

12
SAN
2

Ret
SAN
3

19
SOP
1

9
SOP
2

9
16th 670
2012 Novocastrian Motorsport Ford Falcon BF ADE
1

11
ADE
2

12
PER
1

15
PER
2

12
PER
3

9
TSV
1

15
TSV
2

10
TSV
3

7
IPS
1

16
IPS
2

14
IPS
3

13
BAT
1

8
BAT
2

12
WIN
1

13
WIN
2

5
WIN
3

9
SOP
1

9
SOP
2

Ret
11th 971
2013 Novocastrian Motorsport Ford Falcon FG ADE
1

6
ADE
2

12
PER
1

13
PER
2

9
PER
3

12
TSV
1

7
TSV
2

Ret
TSV
3

Ret
IPS
1

9
IPS
2

2
IPS
3

12
WIN
1

7
WIN
2

2
WIN
3

7
BAT
1

7
BAT
2

5
SOP
1

11
SOP
2

10
7th 1138
2015 Novocastrian Motorsport Ford Falcon FG ADE
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
20
SOP
1
SOP
2
34th 90
2016 STR Truck Bodies Ford Falcon FG ADE
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
11
SOP
1
SOP
2
28th 144

Complete Bathurst 12 Hour results

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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

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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

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Year Team Car Co-driver Position Laps
2015 Novocastrian Motorsport Holden Commodore VF   Aaren Russell 17th 161

Complete Bathurst 6 Hour results

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

References

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