James Courtney
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James Courtney (born 29 June 1980) is an Australian racing driver who competes in the V8 Supercar series in Australia for Stone Brothers Racing, replacing Marcos Ambrose.[1]
Courtney has raced in several other categories. He was World Junior Karting Champion in 1995 and world formula A Champion in 1997.[2] He was British Formula Ford champion in 2000. He drove for the Jaguar Junior Formula Three team in 2001 and 2002, including testdriving for their Formula One team. Injuries from a Formula One crash led to him missing races in the British Formula Three Championship so he could not win the title. In 2003, he was All Japan Formula Three champion for the TOMS team.[3][4] In 2004 and 2005 he raced in the All Japan Grand Touring Car Championship sportscars for Toyota. Before racing cars, he was a successful karting racer, including winning the world junior karting title in 1995 and the World Formula A Karting Championship in 1997.
[edit] References and external links
- ^ "James Courtney Joins Stone Brothers V8 Supercar", 2005-10-31. Retrieved on 2006-03-05.
- ^ Bob Jennings. "Courtney quick off the mark", Sydney Morning Herald, 2005-11-01. Retrieved on 2006-03-05.
- ^ http://www.tomsracing.co.jp/e/history/
- ^ http://www.motorsportsetc.com/champs/jap_f3.htm
- Caltex Racing V8 Supercar drivers. Retrieved on 2006-03-05.
| Teams contesting the 2006 V8 Supercar Championship Series | |||||||||
| Stone Brothers Racing | Holden Racing Team | Tasman Motorsport | Ford Performance Racing | Jack Daniel's Racing | WPS Racing | ||||
| 1 Russell Ingall 4 James Courtney |
2 Mark Skaife 22 Todd Kelly |
3 Jason Richards 23 Andrew Jones |
5 Mark Winterbottom 6 Jason Bright |
7 Steven Richards 11 Paul Dumbrell |
8 Max Wilson 10 Jason Bargwanna |
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| Team BOC | Toll HSV Dealer Team | Dick Johnson Racing | Paul Cruickshank Racing | Fujitsu Racing | Garry Rogers Motorsport | ||||
| 12 John Bowe 14 Brad Jones |
15 Rick Kelly 16 Garth Tander |
17 Steven Johnson 18 Will Davison |
20 Marcus Marshall | 25 Warren Luff 26 Jose Fernandez |
33 Lee Holdsworth 34 Dean Canto |
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| Team Sirromet Wines | Supercheap Auto Racing | Autobarn Racing | Triple Eight Race Engineering | Team Kiwi Racing | |||||
| 39 Alan Gurr 39 Fabian Coulthard 67 Paul Morris |
50 Cameron McConville 51 Greg Murphy |
55 Steve Owen | 88 Jamie Whincup 888 Craig Lowndes |
021 Paul Radisich | |||||
