Paul Dumbrell
Paul Dumbrell | |
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![]() Paul Dumbrell at the 2010 Clipsal 500 Adelaide | |
Nationality | ![]() |
Born | 1 September 1982 Melbourne,Victoria,Australia | (age41)
Racing licence | ![]() |
Supercars Championshipcareer | |
Championships | 0 |
Races | 299 |
Wins | 7 |
Podiums | 14 |
Pole positions | 5 |
Paul Lakeland Dumbrell(born 1 September 1982) is an Australian business executive and retired racing driver.
Racing history[edit]
Junior career[edit]
Son of former racing driver Garry Dumbrell, Paul Dumbrell started racing inkartsin 1996 and by the end of 1997 Dumbrell was looking to further his racing. He was educated atXavier CollegeinKew,Melbourneand resides in Melbourne,Australia.He competed in the Australian Sprint Kart National Championships in April 1998. He then attended a driving course with Kevin Flynn at Sandown Raceway where he briefly drove the ex Craig Lowndes Van Diemen RF85. Paul then attended the Jim Russell International School of Racing inEngland.During the course, Dumbrell drove aFormula Vauxhall.At age 15 he was the youngest in the class and even though he was the fastest graduate from the school, he was ineligible for the final race, for which drivers had to be 16.
On returning to Australia he looked to do a couple of races inFormula Fordbut broke his hip when hit by a car while training on his mountain bike. This injury prevented him from racing for 8 weeks and put an end to any chance of running a Formula Ford. At the end of 1998 he entered his firstproduction carrace, the GT Production three-hour atBathurstin aSubaru WRX,but his race ended with mechanical failure.[1]For the 1999 season he drove aFormula Holdenin theAustralian Drivers' Championship,and had his first race in theV8 Supercar Championship Seriesin August 1999 atSymmons Plains,inTasmania.
After a full year's experience in a Formula Holden, Dumbrell had the chance to test aFormula 3000car withMark WebberforPaul Stoddart'sArrowsTeam, driving 20 laps in the car atDonington Park.When he returned to Australia he took up a permanent driving spot in theKonica V8 Supercar Development Series.2001 saw Dumbrell consistently at the front, and he won the Series in2002.
Dumbrell made his firstBathurst 1000start at 17 years and 74 days, and was the youngest ever driver to drive a V8 Supercar. He raced a Wynns/Falkuner Racing No. 96Holden VS Commodorewith Matthew White, qualifying the car in 33rd position but retiring on lap 15 after he hit the wall at McPhillamy Park.[2]
2002 saw Dumbrell picked up byCastrol Perkins Racing's Team OwnerLarry Perkinsas his co-driver in the Castrol PerkinsHolden VX Commodoreat both theQueensland 500and Bathurst 1000. At Bathurst that year, Perkins and Dumbrell finished a surprise fifth position overall.[3]
Full-time V8 Supercars career[edit]
Castrol Perkins Motorsport[edit]
Dumbrell's fifth placing at Bathurst in 2002 helped him secure a 2-year deal withCastrol Perkins Motorsportfor 2003 and 2004. In 2005, Dumbrell achieved his best-ever round V8 Supercar Championship Series result at Symmons Plains,Tasmania- the venue of his first everV8 Supercarstart - ending the round in fifth place.[4]2005 also saw his best ever Championship placing, finishing in 20th, after placing 29th in 2003 and 24th in 2004.
2006 saw Paul driving the number 11Holden VZ Commodoreto 12th place, his best ever V8 Supercar Championship Series placing. He finished 5th at Bathurst and was within reach of a podium finish until slowed by mechanical problems.
Supercheap Auto Racing[edit]
For the 2007 season, Dumbrell moved fromJack Daniels RacingtoSupercheap Auto Racing,replacingGreg Murphy.He had a poor season due to the unreliability of the cars, and the only highlight was a 6th placing withPaul Weelat theSandown 500.
HSV Dealer Team[edit]
In 2008, Dumbrell joined theHSV Dealer Teamto drive the No. 16 Autobarn Holden Commodore, as teammate to 2006 V8 Supercar Champion,Rick Kelly.It was a difficult season for the team and Dumbrell finished 21st in the championship.
Walkinshaw Racing[edit]
In 2009 Dumbrell stayed under the Walkinshaw umbrella with the newly formedWalkinshaw Racing,the team which replaced the newly-defunct HSV Dealer Team. He drove an Autobarn-sponsoredHolden VE Commodore.
Rod Nash Racing[edit]
For the 2010 V8 Supercar season, Dumbrell signed withRod Nash Racingto drive their No. 55, "The Bottle-O" sponsored,Ford Performance RacingpreparedFord FG Falconin a deal encompassing 2010, 2011 and 2012 seasons. This marked his first experience of racing a Ford, having competed in Holdens throughout his V8 Supercar career.
Dumbrell recorded his first V8 Supercar Championship podium finish at the2010 Falken Tasmania Challenge[5]and followed this up with his first Championship race win[6]and first Championship pole position[7]at the next event, the2010 Norton 360 Sandown Challenge.On 8 August 2011, Dumbrell announced he will retire from full-time driving at the end of the 2011 season.[8]
Endurance co-driver[edit]
Triple Eight Race Engineering[edit]
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Despite his retirement from full-time racing, Dumbrell returned in a limited basis from 2012 onwards as a co-driver for the two-driver endurance races in V8 Supercars, theSandown 500,Bathurst 1000and since 2013, theGold Coast 600.Dumbrell drives alongside seven-time series championJamie WhincupforTriple Eight Race Engineering.
Dumbrell and Whincup's partnership was almost immediately successful, winning the2012 Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000.In 2013, they won the2013 Wilson Security Sandown 500.In 2014, Dumbrell and Whincup won theEnduro Cupas the highest scoring driver combination across the three endurance events, which included winning for a second year running at Sandown in the2014 Wilson Security Sandown 500.
In 2014, Dumbrell entered theDunlop V8 Supercar Development Seriesonce again, and won the championship for a second time.
Business[edit]
For much of his career, Dumbrell has balanced racing and business. He previously owned aBoost Juicefranchise as early as 2002, and was a founding partner of a media company.[9]He also progressed up the ranks of the family business, theAutomotive Brands Group– owners of brands such asAutobarnandAutopro– eventually becoming chief executive officer in 2009.[10]Dumbrell's increasing business commitments were cited by him as a reason for his full-time V8 Supercar retirement in 2011.[8]Automotive Brands was sold toMetcashin 2012 with Dumbrell remaining in charge of the automotive business at Metcash, and taking a place on their executive team.[10]Coincidentally Metcash also owned The Bottle-O, a previous sponsor of Dumbrell at Rod Nash Racing. In 2015, the business was again sold, to Burson Group, in an AU$275 million deal.[11]Dumbrell once again remained in charge of the division, and at the announcement of the deal, Burson CEO Darryl Abotomey indicated that there was no reason Dumbrell couldn't continue as an endurance co-driver in the V8 Supercars series alongside his business commitments.[11]
Career results[edit]
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Complete Development Series results[edit]
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Year | Team | Car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | Position | Points |
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2001 | Gibson Motorsport | Holden VT Commodore | WAK 10 |
WAK 1 |
WAK 7 |
ORA 3 |
ORA 7 |
ORA 6 |
WIN 11 |
WIN 2 |
WIN 2 |
PHI 6 |
PHI 3 |
PHI 2 |
LAK 9 |
LAK 1 |
LAK 1 |
MAL 2 |
MAL 17 |
MAL 5 |
2nd | 1190 | |||||
2002 | Independent Race Cars Australia | Holden VX Commodore | WAK 1 |
WAK 4 |
WAK 2 |
PHI 1 |
PHI 1 |
PHI 1 |
ORA 1 |
ORA 1 |
ORA 1 |
WIN 1 |
WIN 1 |
WIN 1 |
MAL 1 |
MAL 2 |
MAL 1 |
1st | 1322 | ||||||||
2014 | Eggleston Motorsport | Holden VE Commodore | ADE 3 |
ADE 1 |
WIN 5 |
WIN 2 |
BAR 1 |
BAR DNS |
TOW 2 |
TOW 4 |
QLD 1 |
QLD 1 |
BAT 1 |
HOM 1 |
HOM Ret |
1st | 1686 | ||||||||||
2015 | Eggleston Motorsport | Holden VE Commodore | ADE |
ADE |
BAR |
BAR |
BAR |
WIN |
WIN |
WIN |
TOW |
TOW |
QLD |
QLD |
QLD |
BAT |
HOM |
HOM |
2nd | 1889 | |||||||
2016 | Eggleston Motorsport | Holden VE Commodore | ADE |
ADE |
PHI |
PHI |
PHI |
BAR |
BAR |
BAR |
TOW |
TOW |
SAN |
SAN |
SAN |
BAT |
HOM |
HOM |
7th | 1216 | |||||||
2017 | Eggleston Motorsport | Holden VF Commodore | ADE |
ADE |
ADE |
SYM |
SYM |
SYM |
SYM |
PHI |
PHI |
PHI |
PHI |
TOW |
TOW |
SMP |
SMP |
SMP |
SMP |
SAN |
SAN |
NEW |
NEW |
2nd | 1713 | ||
2018 | Eggleston Motorsport | Holden VF Commodore | ADE |
ADE |
SYM |
SYM |
SYM |
BAR |
BAR |
BAR |
TOW |
TOW |
SAN |
SAN |
BAT |
NEW |
NEW |
2nd | 1463 |
Supercars Championship results[edit]
(Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Complete Bathurst 1000 results[edit]
Year | Team | Car | Co-driver | Position | Laps |
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1999 | John Faulkner Racing | Holden Commodore VS | ![]() |
DNF | 11 |
2000 | Rod Nash Racing | Holden Commodore VT | ![]() |
DNF | 13 |
2001 | Garry Rogers Motorsport | Holden Commodore VX | ![]() |
DNF | 41 |
2002 | Perkins Engineering | Holden Commodore VX | ![]() |
5th | 161 |
2003 | Perkins Engineering | Holden Commodore VX | ![]() |
14th | 155 |
2004 | Perkins Engineering | Holden Commodore VY | ![]() |
DNF | 129 |
2005 | Perkins Engineering | Holden Commodore VZ | ![]() |
DNF | 28 |
2006 | Perkins Engineering | Holden Commodore VZ | ![]() |
5th | 161 |
2007 | Paul Weel Racing | Holden Commodore VE | ![]() |
12th | 161 |
2008 | HSV Dealer Team | Holden Commodore VE | ![]() ![]() |
20th | 127 |
2009 | Holden Racing Team | Holden Commodore VE | ![]() |
21st | 153 |
2010 | Rod Nash Racing | Ford Falcon FG | ![]() |
14th | 161 |
2011 | Rod Nash Racing | Ford Falcon FG | ![]() |
DNF | 144 |
2012 | Triple Eight Race Engineering | Holden Commodore VE | ![]() |
1st | 161 |
2013 | Triple Eight Race Engineering | Holden Commodore VF | ![]() |
2nd | 161 |
2014 | Triple Eight Race Engineering | Holden Commodore VF | ![]() |
5th | 161 |
2015 | Triple Eight Race Engineering | Holden Commodore VF | ![]() |
18th | 161 |
2016 | Triple Eight Race Engineering | Holden Commodore VF | ![]() |
11th | 161 |
2017 | Triple Eight Race Engineering | Holden Commodore VF | ![]() |
20th | 124 |
2018 | Triple Eight Race Engineering | Holden Commodore ZB | ![]() |
10th | 161 |
‡ Kelly replaced Reynolds in the No. 16 post-qualifying after an event-ending accident for Rick's original car.
References[edit]
- ^http://www.natsoft.com.au/cgi-bin/results.cgi?15/11/1998.MOUN.R3Archived23 October 2007 at theWayback Machine1998 Bathurst 3 Hour results
- ^http://www.natsoft.com.au/cgi-bin/results.cgi?14/11/1999.MOUN.R6Archived23 October 2000 at theWayback Machine1999 Bathurst 1000 results
- ^http://www.natsoft.com.au/cgi-bin/results.cgi?13/10/2002.MOUN.R8Archived10 September 2006 at theWayback Machine2002 Bathurst 1000 results
- ^http://www.natsoft.com.au/cgi-bin/results.cgi?13/11/2005.SYMM.V8S.MArchived20 September 2007 at theWayback Machine2005 Symmons Plains V8 Results
- ^http://www.natsoft.com.au/cgi-bin/results.cgi?14/11/2010.SYMM.R15Archived15 April 2012 at theWayback Machine2010 Symmons Plains V8 Supercar Race 2 results
- ^http://www.natsoft.com.au/cgi-bin/results.cgi?21/11/2010.SAN.R4Archived25 March 2012 at theWayback Machine2010 V8 Supercars Race 23 results
- ^http://www.natsoft.com.au/cgi-bin/results.cgi?21/11/2010.SAN.Q7Archived25 March 2012 at theWayback Machine2010 V8 Supercar race 24 Qualifying
- ^ab"Dumbrell confirms full-time retirement".SpeedCafe.Retrieved8 August2011.
- ^"Paul Dumbrell".Great Expectations.Retrieved19 September2015.
- ^abUrban, Rebecca (29 June 2012)."Dumbrell switches lanes with $53m deal".The Australian.Retrieved19 September2015.
- ^abEvans, Simon (16 June 2015)."V8 Supercar driver and CEO to stay full speed ahead in Metcash buyout".The Sydney Morning Herald.Sydney.Retrieved19 September2015.
External links[edit]
- Paul Dumbrell official site
- V8 Supercars Official Profile
- Paul Dumbrellcareer summary at DriverDB.com
- Paul Dumbrelldriver statistics at Racing-Reference