Dale Wood (racing driver)

Dale Wood (born 9 June, 1983) is an Australian racing driver who drives for Erebus Motorsport in the Virgin Australia Supercars Championship. He currently resides in Melbourne, Victoria. He commenced his full-time V8 Supercar career in 2009 with the newly formed team Kelly Racing team, having raced previously for the Tasman Motorsport aligned Greg Murphy Racing Fujitsu series squad. Wood was replaced after the Hidden Valley round although he returned to the team for the endurance race season, pairing up with Jack Perkins. He returned to the team a year later, again in an endurance race role.

Career

Greg Murphy Racing

Wood competed in the Fujitsu Development Series for Greg Murphy Racing in 2007 and 2008.

Kelly Racing

Wood was confirmed as the driver of the #16 Kelly Racing entry for 2009, with sponsorship from Hi-Tec Oils and Red Rooster. This car will use one of the licences owned by Kelly Racing team mate, Jack Perkins' father, Larry Perkins. Wood's #16 car for 2009 is the car previously run by Jack Perkins at Perkins Engineering in 2008, chassis number PE046. Oscar Fiorinotto has been named as Dale's engineer for the 2009 season.

Wood's first track appearance in his Kelly Racing Commodore was at the V8 Supercars Official Category Test Day, at Winton Raceway on 9 March 2009, where he was joined by the other three Kelly Racing entries, and all other Victorian-based V8 Supercar teams. At the test day, with the sponsorship of the car still to be confirmed, it ran in an interim testing livery, thanking the team for getting all four cars ready for the season in two months.

Tony D'Alberto Racing

In mid-2011, it was announced that Wood would compete alongside Tony D'Alberto for Phillip Island and Bathurst in their Ford Performance Racing built Falcon. Wood was also given some extra race miles at the Townsville Fujitsu Series round in a VE Commodore, as their regular Fujitsu driver, David Wall was suffering from a broken leg.

Brad Jones Racing

Wood was contracted to drive the Number 21 Brad Jones Racing Holden VF Commodore in the 2014 V8 Supercars Championship. After achieving his first Championship podium finish at Winton earlier in the year, Wood placed third in Qualifying for the 2014 Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000. He Remained with the team in 2015.

Nissan Motorsport

For 2016, Wood returned to Nissan Motorsport, Having previously driven for the team in 2009 while running Holden VE Commodores. He was signed to drive the #96 GB Galvanising Racing Altima.

Erebus Motorsport

Wood will join Erebus Motorsport and drive the #4 Holden VF Commodore in the 2017 Supercars Championship.

Career results

Bathurst 1000 results

* Events highlighted in green denote designated co-driver role