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, 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 TOM'S 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.
James Courtney is managed by BTCC/TOCA boss Alan J. Gow and Channel Seven V8 Supercar commentator Neil Crompton.
[edit] 2007
James races the #4 Stone Brothers Racing BF Falcon for 2007. In the opening round at Adelaide he finished with a 2nd place in race 1, and 3rd in race 2.
[edit] References and external links
- ^ "James Courtney Joins Stone Brothers V8 Supercar", 2005-10-31. Retrieved on March 5, 2006.
- ^ Bob Jennings. "Courtney quick off the mark", Sydney Morning Herald, 2005-11-01. Retrieved on March 5, 2006.
- ^ http://www.tomsracing.co.jp/e/history/
- ^ http://www.motorsportsetc.com/champs/jap_f3.htm
- Caltex Racing V8 Supercar drivers. Retrieved on March 5, 2006.
| Teams contesting the 2007 V8 Supercar Championship Series | |||||||||
| Toll HSV Dealer Team | Holden Racing Team | Tasman Motorsport | Stone Brothers Racing | Ford Performance Racing | Jack Daniel's Racing | ||||
| 1 Rick Kelly 16 Garth Tander |
2 Mark Skaife 22 Todd Kelly |
3 Jason Richards 51 Greg Murphy |
4 James Courtney 9 Russell Ingall |
5 Mark Winterbottom 6 Steven Richards |
7 Shane Price 11 Jack Perkins |
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| WPS Racing | Team BOC | Dick Johnson Racing | Supercheap Auto Racing | Team Kiwi Racing | Britek Motorsport | ||||
| 8 Max Wilson 10 Jason Bargwanna |
12 Andrew Jones 14 Brad Jones |
17 Steven Johnson 18 Will Davison |
20 Paul Dumbrell 50 Cameron McConville |
021 Paul Radisich | 25 Jason Bright 26 Alan Gurr |
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| Garry Rogers Motorsport | Team Sirromet Wines | Autobarn Racing | TeamVodafone | Paul Cruickshank Racing | |||||
| 33 Lee Holdsworth 34 Dean Canto |
39 Fabian Coulthard 67 Paul Morris |
55 Steve Owen | 88 Jamie Whincup 888 Craig Lowndes |
111 John Bowe | |||||
