Dale Wood (racing driver)
Quick Facts
Biography
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
Season | Series | Position | Car | Team |
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2005 | New South Wales Formula Ford Championship | 3rd | Mygale SJ04 Ford | G-Force Motorsport |
2005 | Australian Formula Ford Championship | 15th | Mygale SJ04 Ford | G-Force Motorsport |
2006 | Australian Formula Ford Championship | 6th | Van Diemen RF05 Ford | Fastlane Racing |
2007 | Fujitsu V8 Supercars Series | 7th | Holden VZ Commodore | Greg Murphy Racing |
2008 | Fujitsu V8 Supercar Series | 6th | Holden VZ Commodore | Greg Murphy Racing |
2008 | V8Supercar Championship Series | 43rd | Holden VE Commodore | Tasman Motorsport |
2009 | V8Supercar Championship Series | 29th | Holden VE Commodore | Kelly Racing |
2010 | V8Supercar Championship Series | 45th | Holden VE Commodore | Kelly Racing |
2010 | Australian Mini Challenge | 16th | Mini Cooper S | |
2011 | International V8 Supercars Championship | 44th | Ford FG Falcon | Tony D'Alberto Racing |
2012 | Dunlop V8 Supercar Series | 6th | Holden VE Commodore | Greg Murphy Racing |
2012 | International V8 Supercars Championship | 55th | Ford FG Falcon | Tony D'Alberto Racing |
2013 | V8SuperTourers Championship | 33rd | Holden VE Commodore | Angus Fogg Racing |
2013 | Dunlop V8 Supercar Series | 1st | Ford FG Falcon | MW Motorsport |
2013 | International V8 Supercars Championship | 43rd | Ford FG Falcon | Dick Johnson Racing |
2014 | International V8 Supercars Championship | 24th | Holden VF Commodore | Britek Motorsport |
2015 | International V8 Supercars Championship | 20th | Holden VF Commodore | Britek Motorsport |
2016 | International V8 Supercars Championship | 22nd | Nissan Altima L33 | Nissan Motorsport |
Bathurst 1000 results
Year | No. | Team | Car | Co-driver | Position | Laps |
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2008 | 51 | Tasman Motorsport | Holden VE Commodore | Mark Noske | 13th | 160 |
2009 | 247 | Kelly Racing | Holden VE Commodore | Jack Perkins | 14th | 160 |
2010 | 7 | Kelly Racing | Holden VE Commodore | Todd Kelly | 20th | 160 |
2011 | 3 | Tony D'Alberto Racing | Ford FG Falcon | Tony D'Alberto | 9th | 161 |
2012 | 3 | Tony D'Alberto Racing | Ford FG Falcon | Tony D'Alberto | DNF | 122 |
2013 | 17 | Dick Johnson Racing | Ford FG Falcon | Chaz Mostert | 21st | 156 |
2014 | 21 | Britek Motorsport | Holden VF Commodore | Chris Pither | DNF | 45 |
2015 | 21 | Britek Motorsport | Holden VF Commodore | Macauley Jones | 15th | 161 |
2016 | 96 | Nissan Motorsport | Nissan L33 Altima | David Russell | 9th | 161 |
* Events highlighted in green denote designated co-driver role