Dale Wood (racing driver)

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Dale Wood
File:Dale Wood in 2014.JPG
Dale Wood in 2014
Nationality Australian
V8 Supercar Record
Car number 96
Current team Nissan Motorsport
Series championships 0
Races 98
Race wins 0
Podium finishes 1
Pole positions 0
2015 Championship position 20th (1322 pts)

Dale Wood (born 9 June 1983 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia) is an Australian racing driver who competes for Nissan Motorsport in the #96 Nissan Altima in the V8 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[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.

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,[2] with sponsorship from Hi-Tec Oils and Red Rooster.[3] 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.[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.

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.

Career results

The MW Motorsport Ford FG Falcon in which Dale Wood won the 2013 Dunlop Series
Season Series Position Car Team
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 Brad Jones Racing
2015 International V8 Supercars Championship 20th Holden VF Commodore Brad Jones Racing

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Sporting positions
Preceded by Winner of the V8 Supercar Development Series
2013
Succeeded by
Paul Dumbrell