Daniel Gaunt, born 27 February 1985, in

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, is a New Zealand racing driver. Owner of Game Over Auckland

Formula Racing

After rising through the ranks of New Zealand

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, which included a third-place finish in the 2002 New Zealand Grand Prix, Gaunt moved to Australia, competing in the

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category and winning the 2003 Australian Drivers' Championship. With Formula 4000 collapsing, the title did not lead anywhere and Gaunt returned to New Zealand. After a win in the 2004

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driving a

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F3, Gaunt moved on to compete in the inaugural

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, finishing third in the final standings. A season in Champ Car Atlantics followed with the Paul Newman owned Newman/Wachs Racing. After single race as the back-up driver for

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Gaunt returned to New Zealand Gaunt won the 2006 Toyota Racing Series title.

Sedan Racing

Drives in 2008 proved slim with guest drives in Toyota Racing Series,

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and a late season drive with

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. Over the 2008/09 NZ motor racing summer season Gaunt competed in the Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge with the XXX Motorsport team, finishing 3rd overall and then stepped up to a full-time drive for McElrea Racing in the Australian Fujitsu Development Series. From there he was recruited by

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to drive in the

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but was replaced mid season. In 2011 he is driving for

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satellite team

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for the Phillip Island and Bathurst endurance races.

Career results

Champ Car Atlantic

Complete V8 Supercar results

Complete Bathurst 1000 results

References

Racing Reference profile

Driver Database profile

Motorsport.com news and photos
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