James Davison

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Davison driving in Indy Lights at St. Petersburg
Davison driving in Indy Lights at St. Petersburg

James Davison, born 28 August 1986 in Melbourne, Australia, is a third-generation race driver whose father Jon Davison was a Formula 5000 competitor and was the long-running promotor of racing events at Sandown Raceway. Davison's grandfather, Lex Davison, was a four-time winner of the Australian Grand Prix. He is cousins with V8 Supercar drivers Alex Davison and Will Davison. He also competed as a coxswain as part of Scotch College's championship-winning rowing crew in 2003.

In 2004 he joined the ranks of Formula Ford in his native Australia, running in both the Victorian and National Championships. At the end of 2004 he won a scholarship at the BMW Junior Scholarship Finals in Valencia. From there he raced in the 2005 United States Formula BMW Championship finishing 6th for HBR Motorsports. At the end of the season he qualified and finished 10th at the Formula BMW Finals at Bahrain.

2006 saw him again compete in the United States in the Formula Atlantic Series for Team Australia. After the Denver round he was dropped by the team for fellow Aussie Michael Patrizi.[1] In 2007 he bounced back with a 2nd place in the United States Star Mazda Series.

2008 finds him in the Firestone Indy Lights Series, racing for Sam Schmidt Motorsports.

[edit] Career results

Season Series Position Car Team
2004 Victorian Formula Ford Championship 6th Van Diemen RF95 - Ford
2004 Australian Formula Ford Championship 21st Van Diemen RF95 - Ford
2005 United States Formula BMW Championship 6th Mygale FB02 - BMW HBR Motorsport
2005 Formula BMW World Finals 10th Mygale FB02 - BMW HBR Motorsport
2006 Champ Car Atlantic Championship 17th Swift 016.a - Mazda Cosworth Team Australia
2007 United States Star Mazda Championship 2nd Star - Mazda
2008 Indy Lights Dallara - Infiniti Sam Schmidt Motorsports


[edit] References

  1. ^ Patrizi to repace Davison at Team Australia, Motorsport.com, August 21, 2006


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