Dale Wood (racing driver)

Dale Wood (born 9 June 1983) is an Australian racing driver who currently co-drives for Kelly Racing's No. 15 Ford Mustang GT in the Pirtek Enduro Cup. He currently resides in Melbourne, Victoria. He commenced his full-time V8 Supercar career in 2009 with the newly formed team Kelly Racing[1] 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.

Dale Wood
Dale Wood in 2014
Nationality Australian
Born9 June 1983 (1983-06-09) (age 37)
Melbourne, Victoria
Supercars Record
Car number15
Current teamKelly Racing
(Endurance Race Co-Driver)
Series championships0
Races158
Race wins0
Podium finishes1
Pole positions0
2020 Championship position42nd (108 pts)

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 No. 16 Kelly Racing entry for 2009,[2] with sponsorship from Hi-Tec Oils and Red Rooster.[3] This car will use one of the licences owned by Kelly Racing teammate, Jack Perkins' father, Larry Perkins. Wood's No. 16 car for 2009 is the car previously run by Jack Perkins at Perkins Engineering in 2008, chassis number PE046.[4] Oscar Fiorinotto has been named as Dale's engineer for the 2009 season.[5]

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.[6][7] 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.[8]

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.

Britek Motorsport

Wood was contracted to drive the No. 21 Britek Motorsport 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 V8 Supercars Championship.

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 No. 96 GB Galvanising Racing Altima.

Erebus Motorsport

Wood joined Erebus Motorsport and drove the No. 99 Holden VF Commodore in the 2017 Supercars Championship.

Tim Blanchard Racing

Wood will be co-driving with Tim Blanchard in the No. 21 Holden ZB Commodore at Tim Blanchard Racing, a satellite team of Brad Jones Racing.

Career results

The MW Motorsport Ford FG Falcon in which Dale Wood won the 2013 Dunlop Series
Wood placed 24th in the 2014 V8 Supercars Championship driving a Holden VF Commodore
Season Series Position Car Team
2005 New South Wales Formula Ford Championship 3rd Mygale SJ04 Ford G-Force Motorsport
Australian Formula Ford Championship 15th
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
V8 Supercar Championship Series 43rd Holden VE Commodore Tasman Motorsport
2009 V8 Supercar Championship Series 29th Holden VE Commodore Kelly Racing
2010 V8 Supercar Championship Series 45th Holden VE Commodore Kelly Racing
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
International V8 Supercars Championship 55th Ford FG Falcon Tony D'Alberto Racing
2013 Dunlop V8 Supercar Series 1st Ford FG Falcon MW Motorsport
International V8 Supercars Championship 43rd Dick Johnson Racing
V8SuperTourers Championship 33rd Holden VE Commodore Angus Fogg 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
2017 Virgin Australia Supercars Championship 23rd Holden VF Commodore Erebus Motorsport
2018 Porsche Carrera Cup Australia 6th Holden ZB Commodore Sonic Motor Racing Services
Virgin Australia Supercars Championship 45th Holden ZB Commodore Tim Blanchard Racing
2019 Virgin Australia Supercars Championship 39th Nissan Altima L33 Kelly Racing
2020 Virgin Australia Supercars Championship 42nd Ford Mustang Mk.6 Kelly Racing

Supercars Championship results

Supercars 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 37 38 39 Position Points
2008 Tasman Motorsport Holden VE Commodore ADE
R1
ADE
R2
EAS
R3
EAS
R4
EAS
R5
HAM
R6
HAM
R7
HAM
R8
BAR
R9
BAR
R10
BAR
R11
SAN
R12
SAN
R13
SAN
R14
HDV
R15
HDV
R16
HDV
R17
QLD
R18
QLD
R19
QLD
R20
WIN
R21
WIN
R22
WIN
R23
PHI
QR

24
PHI
R24

20
BAT
R25

13
SUR
R26
SUR
R27
SUR
R28
BHR
R29
BHR
R30
BHR
R31
SYM
R32
SYM
R33
SYM
R34
ORA
R35
ORA
R36
ORA
R37
42nd 226
2009 Kelly Racing Holden VE Commodore ADE
R1

14
ADE
R2

Ret
HAM
R3

22
HAM
R4

16
WIN
R5

24
WIN
R6

18
SYM
R7

28
SYM
R8

Ret
HDV
R9

25
HDV
R10

22
TOW
R11
TOW
R12
SAN
R13
SAN
R14
QLD
R15
QLD
R16
PHI
QR

23
PHI
R17

19
BAT
R18

14
SUR
R19
SUR
R20
SUR
R21
SUR
R22
PHI
R23
PHI
R24
BAR
R25
BAR
R26
SYD
R27
SYD
R28
29th 578
2010 Kelly Racing Holden VE Commodore YMC
R1
YMC
R2
BHR
R3
BHR
R4
ADE
R5
ADE
R6
HAM
R7
HAM
R8
QLD
R9
QLD
R10
WIN
R11
WIN
R12
HDV
R13
HDV
R14
TOW
R15
TOW
R16
PHI
QR

25
PHI
R17

18
BAT
R18

20
SUR
R19

Ret
SUR
R20

18
SYM
R21
SYM
R22
SAN
R23
SAN
R24
SYD
R25
SYD
R26
45th 253
2011 Tony D'Alberto Racing Ford FG Falcon YMC
R1
YMC
R2
ADE
R3
ADE
R4
HAM
R5
HAM
R6
BAR
R7
BAR
R8
BAR
R9
WIN
R10
WIN
R11
HID
R12
HID
R13
TOW
R14
TOW
R15
QLD
R16
QLD
R17
QLD
R18
PHI
QR

9
PHI
R19

21
BAT
R20

9
SUR
R21
SUR
R22
SYM
R23
SYM
R24
SAN
R25
SAN
R26
SYD
R27
SYD
R28
44th 236
2012 Tony D'Alberto Racing Ford FG Falcon ADE
R1
ADE
R2
SYM
R3
SYM
R4
HAM
R5
HAM
R6
BAR
R7
BAR
R8
BAR
R9
PHI
R10
PHI
R11
HID
R12
HID
R13
TOW
R14
TOW
R15
QLD
R16
QLD
R17
SMP
R18
SMP
R19
SAN
QR

16
SAN
R20

23
BAT
R21

Ret
SUR
R22
SUR
R23
YMC
R24
YMC
R25
YMC
R26
WIN
R27
WIN
R28
SYD
R29
SYD
R30
55th 88
2013 Dick Johnson Racing Ford FG Falcon ADE
R1
ADE
R2
SYM
R3
SYM
R4
SYM
R5
PUK
R6
PUK
R7
PUK
R8
PUK
R9
BAR
R10
BAR
R11
BAR
R12
COA
R13
COA
R14
COA
R15
COA
R16
HID
R17
HID
R18
HID
R19
TOW
R20
TOW
R21
QLD
R22
QLD
R23
QLD
R24
WIN
R25
WIN
R26
WIN
R27
SAN
QR

3
SAN
R28

14
BAT
R29

21
SUR
R30

9
SUR
R31

11
PHI
R32
PHI
R33
PHI
R34
SYD
R35
SYD
R36
43rd 366
2014 Britek Motorsport Holden VF Commodore ADE
R1

23
ADE
R2

24
ADE
R3

10
SYM
R4

19
SYM
R5

22
SYM
R6

24
WIN
R7

3
WIN
R8

13
WIN
R9

25
PUK
R10

23
PUK
R11

21
PUK
R12

20
PUK
R13

22
BAR
R14

16
BAR
R15

23
BAR
R16

19
HID
R17

21
HID
R18

17
HID
R19

11
TOW
R20

20
TOW
R21

23
TOW
R22

Ret
QLD
R23

22
QLD
R24

23
QLD
R25

20
SMP
R26

17
SMP
R27

18
SMP
R28

16
SAN
QR

25
SAN
R29

19
BAT
R30

Ret
SUR
R31

14
SUR
R32

Ret
PHI
R33

22
PHI
R34

21
PHI
R35

19
SYD
R36

21
SYD
R37

16
SYD
R38

24
24th 1169
2015 Britek Motorsport Holden VF Commodore ADE
R1

22
ADE
R2

18
ADE
R3

13
SYM
R4

13
SYM
R5

24
SYM
R6

15
BAR
R7

24
BAR
R8

19
BAR
R9

11
WIN
R10

24
WIN
R11

17
WIN
R12

21
HID
R13

8
HID
R14

22
HID
R15

10
TOW
R16

24
TOW
R17

18
QLD
R18

21
QLD
R19

20
QLD
R20

24
SMP
R21

24
SMP
R22

21
SMP
R23

22
SAN
QR

13
SAN
R24

20
BAT
R25

15
SUR
R26

11
SUR
R27

20
PUK
R28

21
PUK
R29

19
PUK
R30

19
PHI
R31

18
PHI
R32

20
PHI
R33

24
SYD
R34

14
SYD
R35

13
SYD
R36

22
20th 1325
2016 Nissan Motorsport Nissan Altima L33 ADE
R1

20
ADE
R2

18
ADE
R3

Ret
SYM
R4

22
SYM
R5

20
PHI
R6

20
PHI
R7

18
BAR
R8

18
BAR
R9

20
WIN
R10

14
WIN
R11

14
HID
R12

20
HID
R13

18
TOW
R14

23
TOW
R15

18
QLD
R16

17
QLD
R17

19
SMP
R18

15
SMP
R19

21
SAN
QR

20
SAN
R20

18
BAT
R21

9
SUR
R22

7
SUR
R23

22
PUK
R24

Ret
PUK
R25

21
PUK
R26

21
PUK
R27

18
SYD
R28

Ret
SYD
R29

Ret
22nd 1273
2017 Erebus Motorsport Holden VF Commodore ADE
R1

Ret
ADE
R2

20
SYM
R3

8
SYM
R4

14
PHI
R5

Ret
PHI
R6

8
BAR
R7

21
BAR
R8

21
WIN
R9

21
WIN
R10

26
HID
R11

25
HID
R12

22
TOW
R13

16
TOW
R14

22
QLD
R15

23
QLD
R16

Ret
SMP
R17

16
SMP
R18

22
SAN
QR

7
SAN
R19

13
BAT
R20

4
SUR
R21

22
SUR
R22

18
PUK
R23

20
PUK
R24

20
NEW
R25

18
NEW
R26

20
23rd 1221
2018 Tim Blanchard Racing Holden ZB Commodore ADE
R1
ADE
R2
MEL
R3
MEL
R4
MEL
R5
MEL
R6
SYM
R7
SYM
R8
PHI
R9
PHI
R10
BAR
R11
BAR
R12
WIN
R13
WIN
R14
HID
R15
HID
R16
TOW
R17
TOW
R18
QLD
R19

PO
QLD
R20

PO
SMP
R21
BEN
R22
BEN
R23
SAN
QR

9
SAN
R24

19
BAT
R25

18
SUR
R26

17
SUR
R27

C
PUK
R28
PUK
R29
NEW
R30
NEW
R31
45th 421
2019 Kelly Racing Nissan Altima L33 ADE
R1
ADE
R2
MEL
R3
MEL
R4
MEL
R5
MEL
R6
SYM
R7
SYM
R8
PHI
R9
PHI
R10
BAR
R11
BAR
R12
WIN
R13

PO
WIN
R14

PO
HID
R15
HID
R16
TOW
R17
TOW
R18
QLD
R19
QLD
R20
BEN
R21

PO
BEN
R22

PO
PUK
R23
PUK
R24
BAT
R25

8
SUR
R26

10
SUR
R27

14
SAN
QR

14
SAN
R28

22
NEW
R29
NEW
R30
39th 407
2020 Kelly Racing Ford Mustang GT ADE
R1

ADE
R2

MEL
R3

MEL
R4

MEL
R5

MEL
R6

SMP1
R7

SMP1
R8

SMP1
R9

SMP2
R10

SMP2
R11

SMP2
R12

HID1
R13

HID1
R14

HID1
R15

HID2
R16

HID2
R17

HID2
R18

TOW1
R19

TOW1
R20

TOW1
R21

TOW2
R22

TOW2
R23

TOW2
R24

BEN1
R25

BEN1
R26

BEN1
R27

BEN2
R28

BEN2
R29

BEN2
R30

BAT
R31

17
42nd 108

Bathurst 1000 results

Year Team Car Co-driver Position Laps
2008 Tasman Motorsport Holden Commodore VE Mark Noske 13th 160
2009 Kelly Racing Holden Commodore VE Jack Perkins 14th 160
2010 Kelly Racing Holden Commodore VE Todd Kelly 20th 160
2011 Tony D'Alberto Racing Ford Falcon FG Tony D'Alberto 9th 161
2012 Tony D'Alberto Racing Ford Falcon FG Tony D'Alberto DNF 122
2013 Dick Johnson Racing Ford Falcon FG Chaz Mostert 21st 156
2014 Britek Motorsport Holden Commodore VF Chris Pither DNF 45
2015 Britek Motorsport Holden Commodore VF Macauley Jones 15th 161
2016 Nissan Motorsport Nissan Altima L33 David Russell 9th 161
2017 Erebus Motorsport Holden Commodore VF Chris Pither 4th 161
2018 Tim Blanchard Racing Holden Commodore ZB Tim Blanchard 18th 159
2019 Kelly Racing Nissan Altima L33 Rick Kelly 8th 161
2020 Kelly Racing Ford Mustang Mk.6 Rick Kelly 17th 144

References

  1. "Jack Daniel's teams up with Kelly Racing". Holden Motorsport. 2 March 2009. Archived from the original on 26 May 2011. Retrieved 3 March 2009.
  2. "KELLY RACING OPENS ITS DOORS FOR V8 SUPERCAR ASSAULT". Kelly Racing. 2 March 2009. Archived from the original on 7 March 2009. Retrieved 2 March 2009.
  3. "Kelly Racing Sponsorship Page". Kelly Racing. Retrieved 17 March 2009.
  4. "KELLY BROTHERS UPBEAT AFTER SHAKEDOWN SUCCESS". Kelly Racing. 4 March 2009. Archived from the original on 7 March 2009. Retrieved 4 March 2009.
  5. "Kelly Racing on debut". V8 Supercars Australia. 17 March 2009. Retrieved 17 March 2009.
  6. "2009 V8 Supercar Official Test Day - Victoria - Session One Results". Natsoft. 9 March 2009. Retrieved 9 March 2009.
  7. "2009 V8 Supercar Official Test Day - Victoria - Session Two Results". Natsoft. 9 March 2009. Retrieved 9 March 2009.
  8. "Kelly Racing Recognises Team Members at Winton Test Day". Kelly Racing. 10 March 2009. Retrieved 10 March 2009.
Sporting positions
Preceded by
Scott McLaughlin
Winner of the Dunlop V8 Supercar Series
2013
Succeeded by
Paul Dumbrell
Awards and achievements
Preceded by
James Courtney
Mike Kable Young Gun Award
2007
Succeeded by
Karl Reindler
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