David Besnard

David John Besnard (born 21 January 1977 in Sydney, Australia) is an Australian retired professional racing driver.

Career history Starting in karts in 1991, Besnard quickly proceeded into Formula Ford in 1995. After initial success, he had a major accident at Eastern Creek Raceway and broke his leg. In 1996 he made a comeback and won the Australian title. He made a venture to the United States, with a small budget, and limited success. In 1998, he returned to win the U.S F2000 National Championship. 1999 saw Besnard enter the US Formula Atlantic Championship. After a heavy crash at Nazareth Speedway, the team had to buy a new chassis and ran out of budget halfway through the season. 2000 saw Besnard again in the United States, running various Sports Car races, until Stone Brothers Racing picked him up for the Konica V8 Supercar Series and the Bathurst 1000. From there he drove with Stone Brothers for several seasons, with the highlight being winning the 2002 Queensland 500 with Simon Wills. He raced with Ford Performance Racing for one season in 2003, and WPS Racing for three seasons following that.

In 2004, with his links with WPS, a drive in the Champ Car World Series came about at Surfers Paradise. His finishing position of seventh is still the highest finish for an Australian at that event (but bettered by Ryan Briscoe's 2008 IRL win after the CCWS collapsed). After being dropped by WPS in 2006, Besnard has been racing in the New Zealand Touring Car Championship, picking up an endurance race co-driver role with Stone Brothers Racing in 2007, paired with James Courtney, which resulted in a second place at Bathurst.

Motorsports career results Karting career summary

Career summary Besnard placed eighth in the 2002 V8 Supercar Championship Series driving a Ford Falcon AU. The car is pictured in 2018. Season Series Position Car Team 1995 Australian Formula Ford Championship 26th Van Diemen RF90 – Ford David Besnard 1996 Australian Formula Ford Championship 1st Van Diemen RF96 – Ford David Besnard 1998 United States Formula Ford 2000 Championship 1st Van Diemen RF98 - Ford Van Diemen USA United States Formula Ford 2000 Oval Crown 1st GrandAm Sportscar Series 43rd Riley & Scott - Ford Transatlantic Racing 1999 United States Formula Atlantic Series 15th Swift 008.a - Toyota Hylton Motorsports 2000 GrandAm Sportscar Series 83rd Riley & Scott - Lincoln Dyson Racing Konica V8 Lites Series 5th Ford EL Falcon Stone Brothers Racing Shell Championship Series 40th Ford AU Falcon 2001 Shell Championship Series 23rd Ford AU Falcon Stone Brothers Racing 2002 V8 Supercar Championship Series 8th Ford AU Falcon Stone Brothers Racing 2003 V8 Supercar Championship Series 21st Ford AU FalconFord BA Falcon Ford Performance Racing 2004 V8 Supercar Championship Series 30th Ford BA Falcon WPS Racing Champ Car World Series 20th Reynard 03i Ford Cosworth Walker Racing 2005 V8 Supercar Championship Series 25th Ford BA Falcon WPS Racing 2006 V8 Supercar Championship Series 45th Ford BA Falcon WPS Racing 2006/07 New Zealand Touring Car Championship 4th Ford BA Falcon 2007 V8 Supercar Championship Series 27th Ford BF Falcon Stone Brothers Racing 2008 V8 Supercar Championship Series 30th Ford BF Falcon Stone Brothers Racing 2009 V8 Supercar Championship Series 33rd Holden VE Commodore Garry Rogers Motorsport 2010 V8 Supercar Championship Series 47th Holden VE Commodore Garry Rogers Motorsport Fujitsu V8 Supercar Series 30th Ford BF Falcon Peters Motorsport 2011 International V8 Supercars Championship 76th Ford FG Falcon Dick Johnson Racing 2012 International V8 Supercars Championship 49th Holden VE Commodore Brad Jones Racing

Complete New Zealand Grand Prix results Year Team Car Qualifying Main race 2007 David Besnard Tatuus TT104ZZ - Toyota 7th 15th

GrandAm Championship

Complete American open-wheel racing results (key)

Atlantic Championship Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Rank Points Ref 1999 Hylton MotorsportsLBHNAZGATMILMTLROATRRMOHCHIVANLSHOU 15th 16

Champ Car World Series Year Team No. Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Rank Points Ref 2004 Walker Racing 15 Reynard 02i Ford XFE V8tLBHMTYMILPORCLETORVANROADENMTLLSLVSSRFMXC 20th 18

Supercars Championship results (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Supercars 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 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 Position Points 2000 Stone Brothers Racing Ford AU Falcon PHIR1 PHIR2 BARR3 BARR4 BARR5 ADER6 ADER7 EASR8 EASR9 EASR10 HDVR11 HDVR12 HDVR13 CANR14 CANR15 CANR16 QLDR17 QLDR18 QLDR19 WINR20 WINR21 WINR22 ORAR23 ORAR24 ORAR25 CALR26 CALR27 CALR28 QLDR29 SANR30 SANR31 SANR32 BATR33 40th 96 2001 Stone Brothers Racing Ford AU Falcon PHIR1 PHIR2 ADER3 ADER4 EASR5 EASR6 HDVR7 HDVR8 HDVR9 CANR10 CANR11 CANR12 BARR13 BARR14 BARR15 CALR16 CALR17 CALR18 ORAR19 ORAR20 QLDR21 WINR22 WINR23 BATR24 PUKR25 PUKR26 PUKR27 SANR28 SANR29 SANR30 23rd 1153 2002 Stone Brothers Racing Ford AU Falcon ADER1 ADER2 PHIR3 PHIR4 EASR5 EASR6 EASR7 HDVR8 HDVR9 HDVR10 CANR11 CANR12 CANR13 BARR14 BARR15 BARR16 ORAR17 ORAR18 WINR19 WINR20 QLDR21 BATR22 SURR23 SURR24 PUKR25 PUKR26 PUKR27 SANR28 SANR29 8th 988 2003 Ford Performance Racing Ford AU Falcon ADER1 ADER1 PHIR3 EASR4 WINR5 BARR6 BARR7 BARR8 HDVR9 HDVR10 HDVR11 QLDR12 ORAR13 SANR14 BATR15 SURR16 SURR17 PUKR18 PUKR19 PUKR20 EASR21 EASR22 21st 1059 2004 WPS Racing Ford BA Falcon ADER1 ADER2 EASR3 PUKR4 PUKR5 PUKR6 HDVR7 HDVR8 HDVR9 BARR10 BARR11 BARR12 QLDR13 WINR14 ORAR15 ORAR16 SANR17 BATR18 SURR19 SURR20 SYMR21 SYMR22 SYMR23 EASR24 EASR25 EASR26 30th 790 2005 WPS Racing Ford BA Falcon ADER1 ADER2 PUKR3 PUKR4 PUKR5 BARR6 BARR7 BARR8 EASR9 EASR10 SHAR11 SHAR12 SHAR13 HDVR14 HDVR15 HDVR16 QLDR17 ORAR18 ORAR19 SANR20 BATR21 SURR22 SURR23 SURR24 SYMR25 SYMR26 SYMR27 PHIR28 PHIR29 PHIR30 25th 904 2006 WPS Racing Ford BA Falcon ADER1 ADER2 PUKR3 PUKR4 PUKR5 BARR6 BARR7 BARR8 WINR9 WINR10 WINR11 HDVR12 HDVR13 HDVR14 QLDR15 QLDR16 QLDR17 ORAR18 ORAR19 ORAR20 SANR21 BATR22 SURR23 SURR24 SURR25 SYMR26 SYMR27 SYMR28 BHRR29 BHRR30 BHRR31 PHIR32 PHIR33 PHIR34 45th 220 2007 Stone Brothers Racing Ford BF Falcon ADER1 ADER2 BARR3 BARR4 BARR5 PUKR6 PUKR7 PUKR8 WINR9 WINR10 WINR11 EASR12 EASR13 EASR14 HDVR15 HDVR16 HDVR17 QLDR18 QLDR19 QLDR20 ORAR21 ORAR22 ORAR23 SANR24 BATR25 SURR26 SURR27 SURR28 BHRR29 BHRR30 BHRR31 SYMR32 SYMR33 SYMR34 PHIR35 PHIR36 PHIR37 27th 60 2008 Stone Brothers Racing Ford BF Falcon ADER1 ADER2 EASR3 EASR4 EASR5 HAMR6 HAMR7 HAMR8 BARR9 BARR10 BARR11 SANR12 SANR13 SANR14 HDVR15 HDVR16 HDVR17 QLDR18 QLDR19 QLDR20 WINR21 WINR22 WINR23 PHIQ PHIR24 BATR25 SURR26 SURR27 SURR28 BHRR29 BHRR30 BHRR31 SYMR32 SYMR33 SYMR34 ORAR35 ORAR36 ORAR37 30th 459 2009 Garry Rogers Motorsport Holden VE Commodore ADER1 ADER2 HAMR3 HAMR4 WINR5 WINR6 SYMR7 SYMR8 HDVR9 HDVR10 TOWR11 TOWR12 SANR13 SANR14 QLDR15 QLDR16 PHIQ PHIR17 BATR18 SURR19 SURR20 SURR21 SURR22 PHIR23 PHIR24 BARR25 BARR26 SYDR27 SYDR28 33rd 306 2010 Garry Rogers Motorsport Holden VE Commodore YMCR1 YMCR2 BHRR3 BHRR4 ADER5 ADER6 HAMR7 HAMR8 QLDR9 QLDR10 WINR11 WINR12 HDVR13 HDVR14 TOWR15 TOWR16 PHIR17 BATR18 SURR19 SURR20 SYMR21 SYMR22 SANR23 SANR24 SYDR25 SYDR26 47th 233 2011 Dick Johnson Racing Ford FG Falcon YMCR1 YMCR2 ADER3 ADER4 HAMR5 HAMR6 BARR7 BARR8 BARR9 WINR10 WINR11 HIDR12 HIDR13 TOWR14 TOWR15 QLDR16 QLDR17 QLDR18 PHIR19 BATR20 SURR21 SURR22 SYMR23 SYMR24 SANR25 SANR26 SYDR27 SYDR28 76th 66 2012 Brad Jones Racing Holden VE Commodore ADER1 ADER2 SYMR3 SYMR4 HAMR5 HAMR6 BARR7 BARR8 BARR9 PHIR10 PHIR11 HIDR12 HIDR13 TOWR14 TOWR15 QLDR16 QLDR17 SMPR18 SMPR19 SANQR SANR20 BATR21 SURR22 SURR23 YMCR24 YMCR25 YMCR26 WINR27 WINR28 SYDR29 SYDR30 49th 181

Complete Bathurst 1000 results Year Car# Team Car Co-driver Position Laps 2000 9 Stone Brothers Racing Ford AU Falcon Tony Longhurst DNF 151 2001 9 Stone Brothers Racing Ford AU Falcon Matthew White DNF 84 2002 5 Glenn Seton Racing Ford AU Falcon Glenn Seton Owen Kelly‡ DNF 102 9 Stone Brothers Racing Ford AU Falcon Wayne Gardner DNS 2003 19 Ford Performance Racing Ford BA Falcon Owen Kelly DNF 115 2004 23 WPS Racing Ford BA Falcon John McIntyre DNF 99 2005 48 WPS Racing Ford BA Falcon Craig Baird 8th 158 2006 8 WPS Racing Ford BA Falcon Max Wilson 14th 160 2007 4 Stone Brothers Racing Ford BF Falcon James Courtney 2nd 161 2008 4 Stone Brothers Racing Ford BF Falcon James Courtney 3rd 161 2009 33 Garry Rogers Motorsport Holden VE Commodore Greg Ritter 9th 161 2010 33 Garry Rogers Motorsport Holden VE Commodore Lee Holdsworth 7th 161 2011 17 Dick Johnson Racing Ford FG Falcon Steven Johnson DNF 112 2012 14 Brad Jones Racing Holden VE Commodore Fabian Coulthard 23rd 147

‡ Besnard replaced Kelly due to illness