Paul Dumbrell

Paul Lakeland Dumbrell (born 1 September 1982) is an Australian business executive and retired racing driver.

Racing history

Junior career Son of former racing driver Garry Dumbrell, Dumbrell started racing in karts in 1996 and by the end of 1997 Dumbrell was looking to further his racing. He was educated at Xavier College in Kew, Melbourne and 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. He then attended the Jim Russell International School of Racing in England. During the course, Dumbrell drove a Formula Vauxhall. At the age of 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, Dumbrell looked to do a couple of races in Formula Ford but 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 first production car race, the GT Production three-hour at Bathurst in a Subaru WRX, but his race ended with mechanical failure. For the 1999 season he drove a Formula Holden in the Australian Drivers' Championship, and had his first race in the V8 Supercar Championship Series in August 1999 at Symmons Plains, in Tasmania.

After a full year's experience in a Formula Holden, Dumbrell had the chance to test a Formula 3000 car with Mark Webber for Paul Stoddart's Arrows Team, driving 20 laps in the car at Donington Park. When he returned to Australia he took up a permanent driving spot in the Konica V8 Supercar Development Series. 2001 saw Dumbrell consistently at the front, and he won the Series in 2002.

Dumbrell made his first Bathurst 1000 start at 17 years and 74 days, and was the youngest ever driver to drive a V8 Supercar. He raced a Wynns/Falkuner Racing No. 96 Holden VS Commodore with Matthew White, qualifying the car in 33rd position but retiring on lap 15 after he hit the wall at McPhillamy Park.

2002 saw Dumbrell picked up by Castrol Perkins Racing's Team Owner Larry Perkins as his co-driver in the Castrol Perkins Holden VX Commodore at both the Queensland 500 and Bathurst 1000. At Bathurst that year, Perkins and Dumbrell finished a surprise fifth position overall.

Full-time V8 Supercars career

Castrol Perkins Motorsport Dumbrell's fifth placing at Bathurst in 2002 helped him secure a two-year deal with Castrol Perkins Motorsport for 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 ever V8 Supercar start - ending the round in fifth place. 2005 also saw his best ever Championship placing, finishing in 20th, after placing 29th in 2003 and 24th in 2004.

2006 saw Dumbrell driving the number 11 Holden VZ Commodore to 12th place, his best ever V8 Supercar Championship Series placing. He finished fifth at Bathurst and was within reach of a podium finish until slowed by mechanical problems.

Supercheap Auto Racing For the 2007 season, Dumbrell moved from Jack Daniels Racing to Supercheap Auto Racing, replacing Greg Murphy. He had a poor season due to the unreliability of the cars, and the only highlight was a sixth placing with Paul Weel at the Sandown 500.

HSV Dealer Team The Holden VE Commodore of Paul Dumbrell at Queensland Raceway 2008. In 2008, Dumbrell joined the HSV Dealer Team to 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 In 2009, Dumbrell stayed under the Walkinshaw umbrella with the newly formed Walkinshaw Racing, the team which replaced the newly-defunct HSV Dealer Team. He drove an Autobarn-sponsored Holden VE Commodore.

Rod Nash Racing The Ford FG Falcon of Paul Dumbrell at the 2010 Clipsal 500 Adelaide. For the 2010 V8 Supercar season, Dumbrell signed with Rod Nash Racing to drive their No. 55, "The Bottle-O" sponsored, Ford Performance Racing prepared Ford FG Falcon in 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 the 2010 Falken Tasmania Challenge and followed this up with his first Championship race win and first Championship pole position at the next event, the 2010 Norton 360 Sandown Challenge. On 8 August 2011, Dumbrell announced he will retire from full-time driving at the end of the 2011 season.

Endurance co-driver

Triple Eight Race Engineering

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, the Sandown 500, Bathurst 1000 and since 2013, the Gold Coast 600. Dumbrell drives alongside seven-time series champion Jamie Whincup for Triple Eight Race Engineering.

Dumbrell and Whincup's partnership was almost immediately successful, winning the 2012 Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000. In 2013, they won the 2013 Wilson Security Sandown 500. In 2014, Dumbrell and Whincup won the Enduro Cup as the highest scoring driver combination across the three endurance events, which included winning for a second year running at Sandown in the 2014 Wilson Security Sandown 500.

In 2014, Dumbrell entered the Dunlop V8 Supercar Development Series once again, and won the championship for a second time.

Business For much of his career, Dumbrell has balanced racing and business. He previously owned a Boost Juice franchise as early as 2002, and was a founding partner of a media company. He also progressed up the ranks of the family business, the Automotive Brands Group – owners of brands such as Autobarn and Autopro – eventually becoming chief executive officer in 2009. Dumbrell's increasing business commitments were cited by him as a reason for his full-time V8 Supercar retirement in 2011. 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.

Career results

Super2 Series results

(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 Position Points 2001 Gibson Motorsport Holden VT Commodore WAKR1 WAKR2 WAKR3 ORAR4 ORAR5 ORAR6 WINR7 WINR8 WINR9 PHIR10 PHIR11 PHIR12 LAKR13 LAKR14 LAKR15 MALR16 MALR17 MALR18 2nd 1190 2002 Independent Race Cars Australia Holden VX Commodore WAKR1 WAKR2 WAKR3 PHIR4 PHIR5 PHIR6 ORAR7 ORAR8 ORAR9 WINR10 WINR11 WINR12 MALR13 MALR14 MALR15 1st 1322 2014 Eggleston Motorsport Holden VE Commodore ADER1 ADER2 WINR3 WINR4 BARR5 BARR6 TOWR7 TOWR8 QLDR9 QLDR10 BATR11 SYDR12 SYDR13 1st 1686 2015 Eggleston Motorsport Holden VE Commodore ADER1 ADER2 BARR3 BARR4 BARR5 WINR6 WINR7 WINR8 TOWR9 TOWR10 QLDR11 QLDR12 QLDR13 BATR14 SYDR15 SYDR16 2nd 1889 2016 Eggleston Motorsport Holden VE Commodore ADER1 ADER2 PHIR3 PHIR4 PHIR5 BARR6 BARR7 BARR8 TOWR9 TOWR10 SANR11 SANR12 SANR13 BATR14 SYDR15 SYDR16 7th 1216 2017 Eggleston Motorsport Holden VF Commodore ADER1 ADER2 ADER3 SYMR4 SYMR5 SYMR6 SYMR7 PHIR8 PHIR9 PHIR10 PHIR11 TOWR12 TOWR13 SMPR14 SMPR15 SMPR16 SMPR17 SANR18 SANR19 NEWR20 NEWR21 2nd 1713 2018 Eggleston Motorsport Holden VF Commodore ADER1 ADER2 ADER3 SYMR4 SYMR5 SYMR6 BARR7 BARR8 BARR9 TOWR10 TOWR11 SANR12 SANR13 BATR14 NEWR15 NEWR16 2nd 1463

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 1999 John Faulkner Racing Holden VS Commodore EASR1 EASR2 EASR3 ADER4 BARR5 BARR6 BARR7 PHIR8 PHIR9 PHIR10 HDVR11 HDVR12 HDVR13 SANR14 SANR15 SANR16 QLDR17 QLDR18 QLDR19 CALR20 CALR21 CALR22 SYMR23 SYMR24 SYMR25 WINR26 WINR27 WINR28 ORAR29 ORAR30 ORAR31 QLDR32 BATR33 NC 0 2000 Rod Nash Racing Holden VT Commodore 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 NC 0 2001 Garry Rogers Motorsport Holden VX Commodore 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 59th 168 2002 Perkins Engineering Holden VX Commodore 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 37th 160 2003 Perkins Engineering Holden VX Commodore ADER1 ADER1 PHIR3 EASR4 WINR5 BARR6 BARR7 BARR8 HDVR9 HDVR10 HDVR11 QLDR12 ORAR13 SANR14 BATR15 SURR16 SURR17 PUKR18 PUKR19 PUKR20 EASR21 EASR22 29th 887 2004 Perkins Engineering Holden VY Commodore 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 24th 1018 2005 Perkins Engineering Holden VY Commodore ADER1 ADER2 PUKR3 PUKR4 PUKR5 EASR9 EASR10 HDVR14 HDVR15 HDVR16 QLDR17 ORAR18 ORAR19 SANR20 BATR21 SURR22 SURR23 SURR24 SYMR25 SYMR26 SYMR27 PHIR28 PHIR29 PHIR30 20th 1046 Rod Nash Racing Holden VZ Commodore BARR6 BARR7 BARR8 SHAR11 SHAR12 SHAR13 2006 Perkins Engineering Holden VZ Commodore 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 12th 2332 2007 Paul Weel Racing Holden VE Commodore 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 23rd 69 2008 HSV Dealer Team Holden VE Commodore 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 21st 1398 2009 Walkinshaw Racing 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 17th 1627 2010 Rod Nash Racing Ford FG Falcon 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 9th 2232 2011 Rod Nash 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 24th 1242 2012 Triple Eight Race Engineering 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 29th 534 2013 Triple Eight Race Engineering Holden VF Commodore ADER1 ADER2 SYMR3 SYMR4 SYMR5 PUKR6 PUKR7 PUKR8 PUKR9 BARR10 BARR11 BARR12 COAR13 COAR14 COAR15 COAR16 HIDR17 HIDR18 HIDR19 TOWR20 TOWR21 QLDR22 QLDR23 QLDR24 WINR25 WINR26 WINR27 SANR28 BATR29 SURR30 SURR31 PHIR32 PHIR33 PHIR34 SYDR35 SYDR36 30th 696 2014 Triple Eight Race Engineering Holden VF Commodore ADER1 ADER2 ADER3 SYMR4 SYMR5 SYMR6 WINR7 WINR8 WINR9 PUKR10 PUKR11 PUKR12 PUKR13 BARR14 BARR15 BARR16 HIDR17 HIDR18 HIDR19 TOWR20 TOWR21 TOWR22 QLDR23 QLDR24 QLDR25 SMPR26 SMPR27 SMPR28 SANQR SANR29 BATR30 SURR31 SURR32 PHIR33 PHIR34 PHIR35 SYDR36 SYDR37 SYDR38 26th 810 2015 Triple Eight Race Engineering Holden VF Commodore ADER1 ADER2 ADER3 SYMR4 SYMR5 SYMR6 BARR7 BARR8 BARR9 WINR10 WINR11 WINR12 HIDR13 HIDR14 HIDR15 TOWR16 TOWR17 QLDR18 QLDR19 QLDR20 SMPR21 SMPR22 SMPR23 SANQR SANR24 BATR25 SURR26 SURR27 PUKR28 PUKR29 PUKR30 41st 410 Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport Holden VF Commodore PHIR31 PHIR32 PHIR33 SYDR34 SYDR35 SYDR36 2016 Triple Eight Race Engineering Holden VF Commodore ADER1 ADER2 ADER3 SYMR4 SYMR5 PHIR6 PHIR7 BARR8 BARR9 WINR10 WINR11 HIDR12 HIDR13 TOWR14 TOWR15 QLDR16 QLDR17 SMPR18 SMPR19 SANQR SANR20 BATR21 SURR22 SURR23 PUKR24 PUKR25 PUKR26 PUKR27 SYDR28 SYDR29 30th 555 2017 Triple Eight Race Engineering Holden VF Commodore ADER1 ADER2 SYMR3 SYMR4 PHIR5 PHIR6 BARR7 BARR8 WINR9 WINR10 HIDR11 HIDR12 TOWR13 TOWR14 QLDR15 QLDR16 SMPR17 SMPR18 SANR19 BATR20 SURR21 SURR22 PUKR23 PUKR24 NEWR25 NEWR26 31st 534 2018 Triple Eight Race Engineering Holden ZB Commodore ADER1 ADER2 MELR3 MELR4 MELR5 MELR6 SYMR7 SYMR8 PHIR9 PHIR10 BARR11 BARR12 WINR13 WINR14 HIDR15 HIDR16 TOWR17 TOWR18 QLDR19 QLDR20 SMPR21 BENR22 BENR23 SANR24 BATR25 SURR26 SURR27 PUKR28 PUKR29 NEWR30 NEWR31 32nd 519

Complete Bathurst 1000 results Year Team Car Co-driver Position Laps 1999 John Faulkner Racing Holden Commodore VS Matthew White DNF 11 2000 Rod Nash Racing Holden Commodore VT Rod Nash DNF 13 2001 Garry Rogers Motorsport Holden Commodore VX Leanne Ferrier DNF 41 2002 Perkins Engineering Holden Commodore VX Larry Perkins 5th 161 2003 Perkins Engineering Holden Commodore VX Tomas Mezera 14th 155 2004 Perkins Engineering Holden Commodore VY Tony Longhurst DNF 129 2005 Perkins Engineering Holden Commodore VZ Steven Richards DNF 28 2006 Perkins Engineering Holden Commodore VZ Steven Richards 5th 161 2007 Paul Weel Racing Holden Commodore VE Paul Weel 12th 161 2008 HSV Dealer Team Holden Commodore VE Rick Kelly David Reynolds‡ 20th 127 2009 Holden Racing Team Holden Commodore VE Craig Baird 21st 153 2010 Rod Nash Racing Ford Falcon FG Dean Canto 14th 161 2011 Rod Nash Racing Ford Falcon FG Dean Canto DNF 144 2012 Triple Eight Race Engineering Holden Commodore VE Jamie Whincup 1st 161 2013 Triple Eight Race Engineering Holden Commodore VF Jamie Whincup 2nd 161 2014 Triple Eight Race Engineering Holden Commodore VF Jamie Whincup 5th 161 2015 Triple Eight Race Engineering Holden Commodore VF Jamie Whincup 18th 161 2016 Triple Eight Race Engineering Holden Commodore VF Jamie Whincup 11th 161 2017 Triple Eight Race Engineering Holden Commodore VF Jamie Whincup 20th 124 2018 Triple Eight Race Engineering Holden Commodore ZB Jamie Whincup 10th 161

‡ Kelly replaced Reynolds in the No. 16 post-qualifying after an event-ending accident for Rick's original car.