Dale Wood

Dale Ian Wood (born 9 June 1983) is an Australian racing driver who currently co-drives for Grove Racing's No. 26 Ford Mustang in the Pirtek Enduro Cup. He currently resides in Melbourne, Victoria. He commenced his full-time V8 Supercar career in 2009 with the newly formed team Kelly Racing 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 No. 16 Kelly Racing entry for 2009, with sponsorship from Hi-Tec Oils and Red Rooster. This car will use one of the licences owned by Kelly Racing teammate, Jack Perkins' father, Larry Perkins. Wood's No. 16 car for 2009 is the car previously run by Jack Perkins at Perkins Engineering in 2008, chassis number PE046. Oscar Fiorinotto has been named as Dale's engineer for the 2009 season.

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. 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.

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.thumb

Britek Motorsport

Wood was contracted to drive the No. 21 Britek Motorsport 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 V8 Supercars Championship.

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 No. 96 GB Galvanising Racing Altima.

Erebus Motorsport Wood joined Erebus Motorsport and drove the No. 99 Holden VF Commodore in the 2017 Supercars Championship.

Tim Blanchard Racing Wood would be co-driving with Tim Blanchard in the No. 21 Holden ZB Commodore at Tim Blanchard Racing, a satellite team of Brad Jones Racing.

Career results

Super2 Series results

Supercars Championship results

Bathurst 1000 results Year Team Car Co-driver Position Laps 2008 Tasman Motorsport Holden Commodore VE Mark Noske 13th 160 2009 Kelly Racing Holden Commodore VE Jack Perkins 14th 160 2010 Kelly Racing Holden Commodore VE Todd Kelly 20th 160 2011 Tony D'Alberto Racing Ford Falcon FG Tony D'Alberto 9th 161 2012 Tony D'Alberto Racing Ford Falcon FG Tony D'Alberto DNF 122 2013 Dick Johnson Racing Ford Falcon FG Chaz Mostert 21st 156 2014 Britek Motorsport Holden Commodore VF Chris Pither DNF 45 2015 Britek Motorsport Holden Commodore VF Macauley Jones 15th 161 2016 Nissan Motorsport Nissan Altima L33 David Russell 9th 161 2017 Erebus Motorsport Holden Commodore VF Chris Pither 4th 161 2018 Tim Blanchard Racing Holden Commodore ZB Tim Blanchard 18th 159 2019 Kelly Racing Nissan Altima L33 Rick Kelly 8th 161 2020 Kelly Racing Ford Mustang S550 Rick Kelly 17th 144 2021 Brad Jones Racing Holden Commodore ZB Nick Percat 6th 161 2022 Brad Jones Racing Holden Commodore ZB Andre Heimgartner DNF 4 2023 Brad Jones Racing Chevrolet Camaro Mk.6 Andre Heimgartner DNF 68 2024 Grove Racing Ford Mustang S650 Richie Stanaway 9th 161 2025 Grove Racing Ford Mustang S650 Kai Allen 8th 161

Carerra Cup Australia results 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 24 25 26 Position Points 2018 Sonic Motor Racing Services Porsche 911 GT3 Cup ADER1 ADER2 ADER3 MELR4 MELR5 MELR6 MELR7 PHIR8 PHIR9 HIDR10 HIDR11 HIDR12 SMPR13 SMPR14 BENR15 BENR16 BENR17 BATR18 BATR19 BATR20 SURR21 SURR22 SURR23 6th 802 2019 Sonic Motor Racing Services Porsche 911 GT3 Cup ADER1 ADER2 ADER3 MELR4 MELR5 MELR6 MELR7 PHIR8 PHIR9 PHIR10 HIDR11 HIDR12 HIDR13 TOWR14 TOWR15 TOWR16 BENR17 BENR18 BENR19 BATR20 BATR21 BATR22 SURR23 SURR24 SURR25 2nd 1029 2020 Sonic Motor Racing Services Porsche 911 GT3 Cup ADER1 ADER2 ADER3 MELR4 MELR5 MELR6 MELR7 5th 140 2021 Ashley Seward Motorsport Porsche 911 GT3 Cup SANR1 SANR2 SANR3 BENR4 BENR5 BENR6 TOWR7 TOWR8 TOWR9 BATR10 BATR11 BATR12 BATR13 13th 198 2022 Earl Bamber Motorsport Porsche 992 GT3 Cup ALBR1 ALBR2 ALBR3 ALBR4 WINR5 WINR6 WINR7 HIDR8 HIDR9 HIDR10 TOWR11 TOWR12 TOWR13 BENR14 BENR15 BENR16 SANR17 SANR18 SANR19 BATR20 BATR21 BATR22 SURR23 SURR24 SURR25 7th 568 2023 Earl Bamber Motorsport Porsche 992 GT3 Cup ALBR1 ALBR2 ALBR3 HIDR4 HIDR5 HIDR6 TOWR7 TOWR8 TOWR9 BENR10 BENR11 BENR12 SANR13 SANR14 SANR15 BATR16 BATR17 BATR18 SURR19 SURR20 SURR21 ADER22 ADER23 ADER24 3rd 757 2024 Earl Bamber Motorsport Porsche 992 GT3 Cup ALBR1 ALBR2 ALBR3 TAUR4 TAUR5 TAUR6 HIDR7 HIDR8 HIDR9 SMPR10 SMPR11 SMPR12 SANR13 SANR14 SANR15 BATR16 BATR17 BATR18 SURR19 SURR20 SURR21 ADER22 ADER23 ADER24 6th 858 2025 Earl Bamber Motorsport Porsche 992 GT3 Cup SMPR1 SMPR2 SMPR3 ALBR4 ALBR5 ALBR6 HIDR7 HIDR8 HIDR9 QLDR10 QLDR11 QLDR12 BENR13 BENR14 BENR15 BATR16 BATR17 BATR18 SURR19 SURR20 SURR21 ADER22 ADER23 ADER24 7th* 155*