American race car driver who won the formula bmw americas title and the formula bmw world title in 2011. Zsolt kenyeres aka george kenyeres left is an international conman who brought unknowing race car driver alex davison into his web of scandals and lies. Ajr restorations emerges from former alex job racing team racer. After initially racing porsche carrera cup in the german national. As part of the davison motorsport family, he is the older brother of will davison, grandson of lex davison and cousin to james davison. Click on the site to see alex davisons career results at that track. Davison spent one more full season in supercars in 20 with charlie schwerkolts tickfordrun entry, and outside of that has been a regular codriver at the supercars enduros. Alex davison made one more switch in his career in 2009, returning to australia and joining stone brothers racing as a fulltime driver in the v8 supercars championship. Indycar and former xfinity series driver james davison. Driver alex davison 2011 v8 supercars results racing. Hard impact for alex davison at the restart of the s5000 feature race from sandown. There are some strengths with the car, but certainly a few things we need to work on overnight. James davisons girlfriend miranda tingley bio, wiki. The elder of the davison brothers returns to the v8 supercars championship as a co driver with brother will at erebus motorsport this season.
Kens racing passion came early in life learning from his dad in his drag boat effort. Job founded alex job racing in 1988, with the goal of building a race program that would evolve into a championship caliber team. The 39yearold will be the official driver standards observer to the category, advising stewards on ontrack conduct and playing a role in the investigation of incidents in the allnew touring car category. His grandmother diana davidson was also a race car driver. Alex davison born 3 november 1979 in melbourne, australia, is an australian racing driver. Australian racer alex davison has been confirmed as the final driver in gulf racings lineup for the 201819 fia world endurance championship season. Alex davison confirmed as driver standards observer for. Alex davison gets his first serious wings and slicks.
Since we stopped racing three years ago, we have kept the shop and a group of dedicated employees led by ken davison working on restoring historic porsche race cars, said alex job. Contact newcastle gallery the newcastle 500 captured in photographs. Alex davison locked into ldm for sydney and enduros auto action. The car left the road at over 160 kmh, hit a culvert, somersaulted and crashed through a horse railing fence. After racing formula ford, davison made his name as a young driver with porsche overseas, including in its supercup on the. The 39yearold will be the official driver standards observer to the category, advising stewards on ontrack conduct and playing a role in the investigation of incidents in. Find everything in one place on alex davison including their biography, latest news and updates, high resolution photos, high quality videos and expert analysis.
Will davison the official website of supercars driver will davison. Ive driven various race car simulators but, for me, iracing is still the best ive come across. Alexander davison fia world endurance championship. Davison sustained severe head injuries and was dead when officials reached him. James cousins, alex and will davison, are v8 supercar drivers with will winning the bathurst in 2009 and 2016. Find everything in one place on alex davison including their biography, latest news and updates. Father, jon davison, drove in 9 australian grand prix, finished runner up in the 1980 gold star australian drivers championship and later became the promotor of sandown international raceway from 1991 to 2007. He drove hwmjaguar, ferrari, aston martin and cooperclimax grand prix cars. He is currently racing in the virgin australia supercars championship, driving the no. Davison will join former formula 1 star rubens barrichello at south australianbased team brm for the event amongst a crack field of brandnew open wheelers. Ajr restorations emerges from former alex job racing team.
Will and alex davison will pair up once again in the 2015 enduro cup. Alex davison has been locked into to race with lucas dumbrell motorsport for upcoming round at sydney motorsport park as well as the enduros. The tickford racing customer ford team had been assessing its co driver options before selecting alex davison after a solid display across the three endurance races last season. Davison will effectively replace james courtney in the team sydney entry, following the 2010 series champs sensational split with the squad after the adelaide 500. Alex davison confirmed as driver standards observer for tcr. Alex davison will make his first serious start in a wings and slicks open wheel race car, confirmed as a entrant in the historic opening race for s5000 at sandown next weekend. Starting out on short tracks in arizona and california, he graduated to quarter midget cars and then to full stock cars at age 17. Alex davison is an australian racing driver whose greatest success so far is the. Stories about some of these and other former race car drivers can be found in ford eastons book stock car racing in the 50s. Alex davison understands davison will step into the car for at least this weekends beaurepaires melbourne 400. Sandown 500 v8 supercars, will and alex davison erebus. Three supercars seasons with stone brothers racing.
Davison was seen with the team in the albert park paddock on wednesday. The following graph shows the change in the driverdb rating of alex davison over time since january 1st 20. Aug 01, 2019 zsolt kenyeres aka george kenyeres left is an international conman who brought unknowing race car driver alex davison into his web of scandals and lies. He won his first career nationwide pole at the oreilly auto parts 300 at texas. Alex davison, codriver did a lot of the running today and we made a few changes. Official athlete page of professional racing driver alex davison. Alexander rossi bio, facts, family famous birthdays. Alex davison gets his first serious wings and slicks chance. May 14, 2019 davison spent one more full season in supercars in 20 with charlie schwerkolts tickfordrun entry, and outside of that has been a regular co driver at the supercars enduros.
Alex davison looks set to join team sydney in the car recently vacated by. Thompson returned to dick johnson racing for the endurance race season where he codrove with alex davison in the teams second car. Alex and will raced together at sandown, bathurst and the gold coast in an erebus mercedes in 2014 and 15. Davison comes from a long line of race car drivers, for starters, lex davidson his grandfather was a fourtime australian grand prix winner, his father jon competed in the formula 500, so did his uncle richard. Its understood bright sold the rec to the smith family, and jack smith will run it out of bjr as a fourth car. Alex davison will partner will davison for the 2019 pirtek enduro cup milwaukee racing has confirmed an unchanged driver lineup for this years pirtek enduro cup with alex davison set to. Alex davison racing career profile driver database. Former race car drivers grateful for dedicated fanbase. The latest headtohead comparisons generated for alex davison. Click on the site to see alex davisons career results at that track glossary. He won the 2004 australian carrera cup championship. Aug 14, 2017 alex davison has been locked into to race with lucas dumbrell motorsport for upcoming round at sydney motorsport park as well as the enduros.
Jan, 2020 hes one of more than 350 entries that also includes good friend kyle larson, plus other nascar drivers including ricky stenhouse jr. Alexander nicholas davison 12 february 1923 20 february 1965 was a racing driver who won the australian grand prix four times between 1954 and 1961 and won the australian drivers championship in 1957. Prior to that, alex competed with porsche cars in different gt competitions. Professional race car driver who began competing in the nascar nationwide series in 2012. Mar 31, 2020 alex job racing, which wound down its sportscar racing efforts at the end of the 2017 season, has reinvented itself as ajr restorations. At the time, customer cars were not available from porsche, so. Alex davison retains milwaukee racing enduro seat speedcafe. The team was initially run out of the two car garage at alex and hollys house. Hes one of more than 350 entries that also includes good friend kyle larson, plus other nascar drivers including ricky stenhouse jr. After james davison slipped up while leading the johnsonville 180 with just seven laps to go, justin allgaier flew by and went. Races, wins, podiums, pole positions, fastest laps.
Former race car drivers grateful for dedicated fanbase news. After courtney unexpectedly announced he would depart the team following a disastrous opening round in adelaide, the. It will be davison first fulltime supercars campaign. Supplied australian alex davison will return to international porsche duties this season after confirmation that he will contest the 201819 fia world endurance championship super season. Alex davison takes tcr australia driving standards role. Watch live races and get the nascar schedule, race results, rumors and more on. View more happenings get the latest news from will davison read more. Date, race, car, drivers, tyres, position, pole position, fastest lap. As part of the davison motorsport dynasty, he is the brother of will davison, grandson of lex davison and cousin to james davison. Click to show race results for united sports car championship gtd 2014. The following graph shows the change in the driverdb rating of alex davison and will davison over time since january 1st 20. Further to the role undertaken by dean canto last fortnight at phillip island, davison will support erebus push to develop the car and the team.
Davison was the husband of female racing driver diana davison and father of australian racing drivers jon davison and richard davison and grandfather of. Alex davison has been recruited to keep a watchful eye over the driver standards of the tcr australia series this year. Well learn a bit tonight, but its going to be important to try to make the right changes to improve for tomorrow. Father, jon davison, drove in 9 australian grand prix, finished runner up in the 1980 gold star australian driver s championship and later became the promotor of sandown international raceway from 1991 to 2007. He was fulltime in 20 and a podiumgetter in the main game, will said. Alex job racing, which wound down its sportscar racing efforts at the end of the 2017 season, has reinvented itself as ajr restorations. Davison found a role with german sports car team manthey racing. He drove hwmjaguar, ferrari, aston martin and cooperclimax grand prix cars davison won class a of the 1960 armstrong 500, forerunner of the bathurst, driving an nsu prinz. Pictures and memories from western new york and northwestern.
He began his racing career by racing karts, becoming the international kart federation grand champion in. The car and track model accuracy is unprecedented, and the intensity of the online racing is great training. James davison will leave road america emptyhanded having been taken out of the nascar xfinity series race after a super start. Jd davison autosport, llc verizon indycar series pirelli.
Davison spent the past two seasons teaming up with younger brother will in the pirtek enduro cup. Australian alex davison will return to international porsche duties this season after confirmation that he will contest the 201819 fia world endurance championship super season. After spending 10 years at a dealership, in late 2001 ken joined the barber dodge pro series. He has raced for caterham racing and campos racing during his career. Follow alex davison james courtneys sudden departure from team sydney has opened the door for alex davison to end his sixyear hiatus from the fulltime grid. Davison replaces courtney at team sydney motorsport. Davison has joined the lmgte am classified team gulf racing for the eight round season, which spans across 2018 and 2019 and includes two 24 hours of le mans events. The biography with carrer and success in the race driver directory of speedsport magazine. The 40yearold will contest the second round at albert park onwards in the sister car to chris pithers coke commodore. Jan, 2020 nascar talk nbc sports nascar select driver. Alexander davison born 3 november 1979 in melbourne, australia, is an australian racing driver. Born on the 12th february, 1923, alexander nicholas lex davison would go on to become a leading race driver, winning the australian grand prix four times between 1954 and 1961, along with the australian drivers championship in 1957. Formula 1 world drivers championship and finished sixth, including. May 28, 2017 davison comes from a long line of race car drivers, for starters, lex davidson his grandfather was a fourtime australian grand prix winner, his father jon competed in the formula 500, so did his uncle richard.
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