David Besnard

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David Besnard

V8 Supercar Record
Nationality	Australian
Car #	4
Current team	Stone Brothers
Series Championships	0
Wins	2
Podium finishes	3
Pole positions	0
2007 Championship position	-

David Besnard, (born 21 January 1977), in Sydney, Australia is a professional race car driver. Starting in Karts in 1981, he quickly proceeded into Formula Ford in 1995. After initial success, he had a major accident at Eastern Creek Raceway and broke his leg. In 1996 he made a comeback and won the Australian title. He made a venture to the United States, with a small budget,and limited success. In 1998, he returned to win the Championship. 1999, saw David enter the US Formula Atlantic Championship. After a heavy crash at Nazareth Speedway, the team had to buy a new chassis and ran out of budget half way through the season. 2000 saw Besnard again in the United States, running various Sports Car races, until Stone Brothers Racing picked him up for the Konica V8Supercar Series and the Bathurst 1000. From there he drove with Stone Brothers for several seasons, before racing with Ford Performance Racing for one season, and WPS Racing for a few seasons. In 2004, with his links with WPS, a drive in the Champ Car World series came about at Surfers Paradise. His finishing position of seventh is still the best for an Australian at that event. After being dropped by WPS in 2006 Besnard has been racing in the New Zealand Touring Car Championship, picking up an endurance race co-driver role with Stone Brothers Racing in 2007, paired with James Courtney, which resulted in a second place at Bathurst.

1 Motorsports career results
- 1.1 Career Summary
- 1.2 American Open-Wheel
  - 1.2.1 Champ Car
2 References
3 External links

[edit] Motorsports career results

[edit] Career Summary

Season	Series	Position	Car	Team
1992	European Junior Kart Championship	1st
1995	Australian Formula Ford Championship	26th	Van Diemen RF90 - Ford
1996	Australian Formula Ford Championship	1st	Van Diemen RF96 - Ford
1997	United States Formula Ford Championship		Van Diemen RF97 Ford	Van Diemen USA
1998	United States Formula Ford Championship	1st	Van Diemen RF98 Ford	Van Diemen USA
1999	United States Formula Atlantic Series	15th	Swift 008.a Toyota	Hylton Motorsports
2000	GrandAm Sportscar Series	83rd	Riley & Scott - Buick	Dyson
2000	Konica V8Supercar Championship	5th	Ford Falcon EL	Stone Brothers Racing
2001	V8Supercar Championship Series	23rd	Ford Falcon AU	Stone Brothers Racing
2002	V8Supercar Championship Series	8th	Ford Falcon AU	Stone Brothers Racing
2003	V8Supercar Championship Series	21st	Ford Falcon AU Ford Falcon BA	Ford Performance Racing
2004	V8Supercar Championship Series	30th	Ford Falcon BA	WPS Racing
2004	Champ Car World Series	20th	Reynard 03i Ford Cosworth	Walker Racing
2005	V8Supercar Championship Series	25th	Ford Falcon BA	WPS Racing
2006	V8Supercar Championship Series	45th	Ford Falcon BA	WPS Racing
2006/07	New Zealand Touring Car Championship	4th	Ford Falcon BA
2007	V8Supercar Championship Series	27th	Ford Falcon BF	Stone Brothers Racing