Dale Wood (racing driver)

Dale Wood
Dale Wood in 2014
Nationality	Australian
V8 Supercar Record
Car number	96
Current team	Nissan Motorsport
Series championships	0
Races	98
Race wins	0
Podium finishes	1
Pole positions	0
2015 Championship position	20th (1322 pts)

Dale Wood (born 9 June 1983 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia) is an Australian racing driver who competes for Nissan Motorsport in the #96 Nissan Altima in the V8 Supercars Championship. He currently resides in Melbourne, Victoria. He commenced his full-time V8 Supercar career in 2009 with the newly formed team Kelly Racing^[1] team, having raced previously for the Tasman Motorsport aligned Greg Murphy Racing Fujitsu series squad. Wood was replaced after the Hidden Valley round although he returned to the team for the endurance race season, pairing up with Jack Perkins. He returned to the team a year later, again in an endurance race role.

Career

Greg Murphy Racing

Wood competed in the Fujitsu Development Series for Greg Murphy Racing in 2007 and 2008.

Kelly Racing

Wood was confirmed as the driver of the #16 Kelly Racing entry for 2009,^[2] with sponsorship from Hi-Tec Oils and Red Rooster.^[3] This car will use one of the licences owned by Kelly Racing team mate, Jack Perkins' father, Larry Perkins. Wood's #16 car for 2009 is the car previously run by Jack Perkins at Perkins Engineering in 2008, chassis number PE046.^[4] Oscar Fiorinotto has been named as Dale's engineer for the 2009 season.^[5]

Wood's first track appearance in his Kelly Racing Commodore was at the V8 Supercars Official Category Test Day, at Winton Raceway on 9 March 2009, where he was joined by the other three Kelly Racing entries, and all other Victorian-based V8 Supercar teams.^[6][7] At the test day, with the sponsorship of the car still to be confirmed, it ran in an interim testing livery, thanking the team for getting all four cars ready for the season in two months.^[8]

Tony D'Alberto Racing

In mid-2011, it was announced that Wood would compete alongside Tony D'Alberto for Phillip Island and Bathurst in their Ford Performance Racing built Falcon. Wood was also given some extra race miles at the Townsville Fujitsu Series round in a VE Commodore, as their regular Fujitsu driver, David Wall was suffering from a broken leg.

Brad Jones Racing

Wood was contracted to drive the Number 21 Brad Jones Racing Holden VF Commodore in the 2014 V8 Supercars Championship. After achieving his first Championship podium finish at Winton earlier in the year, Wood placed third in Qualifying for the 2014 Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000. He Remained with the team in 2015.

Nissan Motorsport

For 2016, Wood returned to Nissan Motorsport, Having previously driven for the team in 2009 while running Holden VE Commodores. He was signed to drive the #96 GB Galvanising Racing Altima.

Career results

The MW Motorsport Ford FG Falcon in which Dale Wood won the 2013 Dunlop Series

Wood placed 24th in the 2014 V8 Supercars Championship driving a Holden VF Commodore

Bathurst 1000 results

Year	No.	Team	Car	Co-driver	Position	Laps
2008	51	Tasman Motorsport	Holden VE Commodore	Mark Noske	13th	160
2009	247	Kelly Racing	Holden VE Commodore	Jack Perkins	14th	160
2010	7	Kelly Racing	Holden VE Commodore	Todd Kelly	20th	160
2011	3	Tony D'Alberto Racing	Ford FG Falcon	Tony D'Alberto	9th	161
2012	3	Tony D'Alberto Racing	Ford FG Falcon	Tony D'Alberto	DNF	122
2013	17	Dick Johnson Racing	Ford FG Falcon	Chaz Mostert	21st	156
2014	21	Britek Motorsport	Holden VF Commodore	Chris Pither	DNF	45
2015	21	Britek Motorsport	Holden VF Commodore	Macauley Jones	15th	161
2016	96	Nissan Motorsport	Nissan L33 Altima	David Russell	9th	161

* Events highlighted in green denote designated co-driver role

External links

• Dale Wood Kelly Racing Profile
• Dale Wood V8 Supercars Official Profile

References