Dale Wood (racing driver)

Dale Wood
V8 Supercar Record
Nationality	Australian
Car #	3
Current team	Tony D'Alberto Racing
Series Championships	0
Races	12
Round Wins	0
Podium finishes	0
Race Wins	0
Pole positions	0
2010 Championship position	45th (253 pts)

Dale Wood (born 9 June 1983 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia) is a V8 Supercar racing driver, currently living 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 been 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 Dale 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 Fujiitsu Series round at Townsville in a VE Commodore, as their regular Fujitsu driver, David Wall was suffering from a broken leg.

Career results

Season	Series	Position	Car	Team
2005	New South Wales Formula Ford Championship	3rd	Mygale SJ04 Ford	G-Force Motorsport
2005	Australian Formula Ford Championship	15th	Mygale SJ04 Ford	G-Force Motorsport
2006	Australian Formula Ford Championship	6th	Van Diemen RF05 Ford	Fastlane Racing
2007	Fujitsu V8 Supercars Series	7th	Holden VZ Commodore	Greg Murphy Racing
2008	Fujitsu V8 Supercar Series	6th	Holden VZ Commodore	Greg Murphy Racing
2008	V8Supercar Championship Series	43rd	Holden VE Commodore	Tasman Motorsport
2009	V8Supercar Championship Series	29th	Holden VE Commodore	Kelly Racing
2010	V8Supercar Championship Series	45th	Holden VE Commodore	Kelly Racing
2010	Australian Mini Challenge	16th	Mini Cooper S

External links

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

References

1. ^ "Jack Daniel's teams up with Kelly Racing". Holden Motorsport. 2 March 2009. http://www.holdenmotorsport.com/default.aspx?s=newsdisplay&id=67098. Retrieved 2009-03-03. 
2. ^ "KELLY RACING OPENS ITS DOORS FOR V8 SUPERCAR ASSAULT". Kelly Racing. 2 March 2009. http://www.kellyracing.com.au/news/63-kellynracingnopensnitsndoorsnfornv8nsupercarnassault.html. Retrieved 2009-03-02. ^{[dead link]}
3. ^ "Kelly Racing Sponsorship Page". Kelly Racing. http://www.kellyracing.com.au/sponsors.html. Retrieved 2009-03-17. ^{[dead link]}
4. ^ "KELLY BROTHERS UPBEAT AFTER SHAKEDOWN SUCCESS". Kelly Racing. 4 March 2009. http://www.kellyracing.com.au/news/65-kelly-brothers-upbeat-after-shakedown-success.html. Retrieved 2009-03-04. ^{[dead link]}
5. ^ "Kelly Racing on debut". V8 Supercars Australia. 17 March 2009. http://www.v8supercars.com.au/news/latestnews/newsdisplay.asp?gid=32695476&ind=M. Retrieved 2009-03-17. 
6. ^ "2009 V8 Supercar Official Test Day - Victoria - Session One Results". Natsoft. 9 March 2009. http://www.natsoft.com.au/cgi-bin/results.cgi?09/03/2009.WIN.P1. Retrieved 2009-03-09. 
7. ^ "2009 V8 Supercar Official Test Day - Victoria - Session Two Results". Natsoft. 9 March 2009. http://www.natsoft.com.au/cgi-bin/results.cgi?09/03/2009.WIN.P2. Retrieved 2009-03-09. 
8. ^ "Kelly Racing Recognises Team Members At Winton Test Day". Kelly Racing. 10 March 2009. http://www.kellyracing.com.au/news/68-kelly-racing-recognises-team-members-at-winton-test-day.html. Retrieved 2009-03-10. ^{[dead link]}

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Name	Wood, Dale
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Date of birth	1983-06-09
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