Jamie Whincup
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Jamie Whincup (born February 2, 1983 in Melbourne, Victoria) is a V8 Supercar driver for TeamVodafone/Triple Eight Race Engineering.
His racing career started at the age of 7 in go-karts. From 1991 through to 1997, he won numerous Rookie and Junior titles at a state level. He won the FMK Senior Intercontinental A Karting Series in 1998 and the Formula A Series in 1999 before progressing to Formula Ford in 2000.
In 2001 Whincup embarked on the National Formula Ford Championship with a team run by his father and Uncle with mechanical support from fellow V8 Supercar driver Greg Ritter. After finishing third in his debut year, he jumped to Sonic Motorsport for the 2002 season and went on to win the championship convincingly which secured him his first ever V8 Supercar drive with the Garry Rogers Motorsport Team.
After completing a full year of V8 Supercar Racing with Garry Rogers Motorsport, he was replaced by Cameron McConville. Whincup was left without a fulltime drive for 2004. He was later contracted by Castrol Perkins Racing to drive in the 2 endurance events.
He landed himself a full-time drive in 2005 with the Melbourne based Dodo Racing Team. He had many solid results throughout the season, including a 4th at the inaugural Chinese round at the Shanghai International Circuit and also a 3rd place at the Sandown 500 and a 2nd at the Bathurst 1000 endurance events with team-mate Jason Richards.
In 2006, Whincup jumped from Holden to Ford and joined Team Betta Electrical along side Craig Lowndes
Jamie had a reasonable first season driving for Ford. He finished the championship in 10th position come years end, with his best results being round wins at both the Clipsal 500 and Super Cheap Auto 1000
For 2007, Whincup is staying on at Triple8 (now Team Vodafone after dropping the Betta Electrical sponsorship), with Lowndes as teammate.
[edit] Career highlights
- Winner, 2002 Australian Formula Ford Championship
- 4th, Shanghai V8 Supercar round, 2005
- 3rd, Betta Electrical Sandown 500, 2005
- 2nd, Supercheap Auto 1000 at Bathurst, 2005
- 10th, 2006 V8 Supercar Championchip (1st at Clipsal 500 and Bathurst, 3rd at Sandown)
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| Preceded by Mark Skaife Todd Kelly |
Winner of the Bathurst 1000 2006 (with Craig Lowndes) |
Succeeded by Current champion |
| 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 | |||||
