Dale Wood (born 9 June 1983) is an Australian racing driver who currently co-drives for

Brad Jones Racing Brad Jones Racing is an Australian motor racing team owned by Brad Jones based in Albury. The team competes in the Supercars Championship and the Super2 Series. Recently they have also returned to Australian Formula Ford where Brad and Kim be ...

's No. 8

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in the Pirtek Enduro Cup. He currently resides in

Melbourne Melbourne ( ; Boonwurrung/Woiwurrung: ''Narrm'' or ''Naarm'') is the capital and most populous city of the Australian state of Victoria, and the second-most populous city in both Australia and Oceania. Its name generally refers to a met ...

, Victoria. He commenced his full-time V8 Supercar career in 2009 with the newly formed team

Kelly Racing Kelly Grove Racing (formerly known as Kelly Racing and Nissan Motorsport) was an Australian motor racing team which competes in the Supercars Championship. The team made its debut in 2009 V8 Supercar Championship Series, 2009, and raced Holden ...

team, having raced previously for the

Tasman Motorsport Tasman Motorsport was a V8 Supercar racing team. It was formed in 2004 out of what was Lansvale Racing Team V8 Supercar team and was associated with Greg Murphy Racing as a satellite operation. Tasman Motorsport entered the series in 2004 ...

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 No. 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

teammate, Jack Perkins' father,

Larry Perkins Larry Clifton Perkins (born 18 March 1950) is a former racing driver and V8 Supercar team owner from Australia. Biography Early years Growing up on a farm in Cowangie in the Mallee region of Victoria, Larry, the son of racing driver Eddi ...

. Wood's No. 16 car for 2009 is the car previously run by Jack Perkins at

Perkins Engineering Perkins Engineering was a team contesting the Australian V8 Supercar Championship Series, operating as an active racing team between 1986 and 2008. From 2009 onwards, the involvement of Perkins Engineering in the championship wounded back into ...

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

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was at the

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Official Category Test Day, at

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on 9 March 2009, where he was joined by the other three

entries, and all other Victorian-based

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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 Tickford Racing (formerly known as Prodrive Racing Australia and Ford Performance Racing) is an Australian motor racing team which competes in the Supercars Championship. The team currently campaigns three Ford Mustangs, with their current drive ...

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. Ford FG Falcon of Dale Wood 2013

Britek Motorsport

Wood was contracted to drive the No. 21

Britek Motorsport Britek Motorsport was an Australian Supercars motor racing team owned by Bathurst 1000 winning driver Jason Bright. Established in 2005, the team originally ran as an independent team, however since 2010, its only remaining asset has been one ...

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in the

2014 V8 Supercars Championship The 2014 International V8 Supercars Championship (often simplified to the 2014 V8 Supercars Championship) was an FIA-sanctioned international motor racing series for V8 Supercars. It was the sixteenth running of the 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 The 2014 Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000 was an Australian touring car race for V8 Supercars, the thirtieth race of the 2014 International V8 Supercars Championship, held on 12 October 2014 at the Mount Panorama Circuit on the outskirts of Bath ...

. He Remained with the team in 2015 V8 Supercars Championship.

Nissan Motorsport

For 2016, Wood returned to

Nissan Motorsport , abbreviated as Nismo, is a division of Nissan Motorsports & Customizing focused in motorsport and performance-oriented car models for Nissan. Nismo was initially a company, , formed in 1984 as a result of a merger of two motorsport departme ...

, 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 Erebus Motorsport, (formerly known as Erebus Racing,) is an Australian motor racing team. The team competes in the Supercars Championship with two Holden ZB Commodores. The team's current drivers are Will Brown and Brodie Kostecki. The team i ...

and drove the No. 99

in the 2017 Supercars Championship.

Tim Blanchard Racing

Wood will be co-driving with

Tim Blanchard Tim Blanchard (born 30 June 1987) is an Australian racing driver. Blanchard has raced in several other motor racing series, including the British Formula Ford Championship, and was the winner of the 2007 Australian Formula Ford Championship. ...

in the No. 21

Tim Blanchard Racing Blanchard Racing Team (formerly known as Tim Blanchard Racing) is an Australian motor racing team, currently competing in the Supercars Championship. It fields a Tickford Racing built Ford Mustang (sixth generation), Ford Mustang, driven by Tim ...

, a satellite team of

Career results

Supercars Championship results

Bathurst 1000 results

References

External links

Dale Wood V8 Supercars Official ProfileDriver Database profileRacing Reference profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Wood, Dale 1983 births Formula Ford drivers Living people Racing drivers from Melbourne Supercars Championship drivers V8SuperTourer drivers Nismo drivers Kelly Racing drivers Dick Johnson Racing drivers