David Wall (racing driver)
{{Short description|Australian racing driver}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2021}}
{{Use Australian English|date=June 2012}}
{{Infobox racing driver
| name = David Wall
| image = David Wall (racing driver).JPG
| caption = Wall in 2013
| nationality = {{flag|AUS|name=Australian}}
| birth_date = {{birth-date and age|19 January 1983}}
| birth_place = Sydney, New South Wales
|record template1={{Infobox V8 Supercar record|embed=yes
| Car number = 4
| Team = Brad Jones Racing
(Endurance race co-driver)
| Races = 151
| Championships = 0
| Wins = 0
| Podiums = 2
| Poles = 0
| Position year =
| Championship position =
}}}}
David Wall (born 19 January 1983) is an Australian racing driver competing in the Porsche Carrera Cup Australia Championship. He currently drives the No. 38 Porsche 911 GT3 Cup for Wall Racing.
Biography
As the son of long-time Sports Sedan racer and 2009 Kerrick Sports Sedan Series winner Des Wall, he started in sedan cars rather the conventional formula cars.
His mainstay has been sports car racing, particularly Porsches. He has won the Australian GT Championship twice in 2009 and 2010 driving a Porsche 911 GT3 Cup S Type 997 as well as competed in the Australian Carrera Cup Championship. He has also won the Australian Tourist Trophy in 2009 and 2010.
He has also competed in Production Cars finishing third in Class A of the Bathurst 12 Hour race in 2008.http://www.natsoft.com.au/cgi-bin/results.cgi?10/02/2008.MOUN.R11 {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080416230153/http://www.natsoft.com.au/cgi-bin/results.cgi?10%2F02%2F2008.MOUN.R11 |date=16 April 2008 }} 2008 Bathurst 12 Hour Results - Natsoft 2008
In 2009, he followed his father into V8 Supercars competing in the long-distance races and in 2011 doing a full season in the Fujitsu V8 Supercar Series.http://www.speedcafe.com/2011/01/22/david-wall-to-make-fujitsu-series-debut/ Speedcafe 22 January 2011 His first preference was to join the series full-time in 2012http://www.speedcafe.com/2011/10/31/david-wall-eyes-2012-main-series-berth/ Speedcafe 31 October 2011 and this was accommodated by Brad Jones Racing by signing Wall for the full 2012 season with backing from Wilson Security.http://www.speedcafe.com/2012/01/18/wall-wilson-security-confirmed-at-bjr/ Speedcafe 18 January 2012
Wall contested the 2014 V8 Supercars Championship in a Dick Johnson Racing entered Ford Falcon (FG). In 2015 Wall joined Garry Rogers Motorsport, replacing Robert Dahlgren.http://velocityemag.com/wall-looking-long-term {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150404142938/http://velocityemag.com/wall-looking-long-term/ |date=4 April 2015 }} Velocity Magazine 4 March 2015 It marked Wall's third team in four seasons of V8 Supercars racing.
In 2016, he drove for GRM as a co-driver alongside Scott McLaughlin in the Pirtek Enduro Cup, before moving to Nissan Motorsport to co-drive with Rick Kelly in the No. 15 Nissan Altima.
Career results
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Season
! Series ! Position ! Car ! Team |
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2005
| align="center" | 10th | Wall Racing |
rowspan=2 | 2006
| align="center" | 6th | Porsche 911 GT3 RSR Type 996 | Wall Racing |
Australian Carrera Cup Championship
| align="center" | 7th |
rowspan=2 | 2007
| align="center" style="background: #ffdf9f" | 3rd | Porsche 911 GT3 RSR Type 996 | rowspan=2 | Wall Racing |
Australian Carrera Cup Championship
| align="center" | 7th |
2008
| Australian Carrera Cup Championship | align="center" | 7th |
rowspan=3 | 2009
| align="center" style="background: #ffffbf" | 1st | rowspan=2 | Porsche 911 GT3 Cup S Type 997 | rowspan=2 | Wall Racing |
Australian Tourist Trophy
| align="center" style="background: #ffffbf" | 1st |
V8 Supercar Championship Series
| align="center" | 45th |
rowspan=4 | 2010
| align="center" style="background: #ffffbf" | 1st | rowspan=2 | Porsche 911 GT3 Cup S Type 997 | rowspan=2 | Wall Racing |
Australian Tourist Trophy
| align="center" style="background: #ffffbf" | 1st |
V8 Supercar Championship Series
| align="center" | 48th |
Australian Production Car Championship
| align="center" | 55th | Easts Holiday Parks |
rowspan=4 | 2011
| align="center" | 18th | Porsche 911 GT3 Cup S Type 997 | Wall Racing |
Fujitsu V8 Supercar Series
| align="center" | 11th | rowspan=2 | Holden Commodore (VE) |
International V8 Supercars Championship
| align="center" | 57th |
Australian Production Car Championship
| align="center" | 50th | Easts Holiday Parks |
2012
| International V8 Supercars Championship | align="center" | 25th |
2013
| International V8 Supercars Championship | align="center" | 21st |
2014
| International V8 Supercars Championship | align="center" | 21st |
2015
| International V8 Supercars Championship | align="center" | 23rd |
rowspan=2 | 2016
| Porsche Carrera Cup Australia Championship | align="center" | 4th | Wall Racing |
International V8 Supercars Championship
| align="center" | 29th |
rowspan=2 | 2017
| Porsche Carrera Cup Australia Championship | align="center" style="background: #ffffbf" | 1st | Wall Racing |
Virgin Australia Supercars Championship
| align="center" | 41st |
=Supercars Championship results=
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colspan=45| Supercars results |
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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 |
2009
| ADE | ADE | HAM | HAM | WIN | WIN | SYM | SYM | HDV | HDV | TOW | TOW | SAN | SAN | QLD | QLD |style="background: #dfffdf"| PHI |style="background: #dfffdf"| PHI |style="background: #dfffdf"| BAT | SUR | SUR | SUR | SUR | PHI | PHI | BAR | BAR | SYD | SYD !colspan=10| ! 45th ! 192 |
2010
| YMC | YMC | BHR | BHR | ADE | ADE | HAM | HAM | QLD | QLD | WIN | WIN | HDV | HDV | TOW | TOW |style="background: #dfffdf"| PHI |style="background: #dfffdf"| PHI |style="background: #dfffdf"| BAT | SUR | SUR | SYM | SYM | SAN | SAN | SYD | SYD !colspan=12| ! 48th ! 217 |
2011
| YMC | YMC | ADE | ADE | HAM | HAM | BAR | BAR | BAR | WIN | WIN | HID | HID | TOW | TOW | QLD | QLD | QLD |style="background: #dfffdf"| PHI |style="background: #dfffdf"| PHI |style="background: #dfffdf"| BAT | SUR | SUR | SYM | SYM | SAN | SAN | SYD | SYD !colspan=10| ! 57th ! 185 |
2012
|style="background: #dfffdf"| ADE |style="background: #dfffdf"| ADE |style="background: #efcfff"| SYM |style="background: #dfffdf"| SYM |style="background: #dfffdf"| HAM |style="background: #dfffdf"| HAM |style="background: #dfffdf"| BAR |style="background: #dfffdf"| BAR |style="background: #efcfff"| BAR |style="background: #dfffdf"| PHI |style="background: #efcfff"| PHI |style="background: #dfffdf"| HID |style="background: #efcfff"| HID |style="background: #dfffdf"| TOW |style="background: #dfffdf"| TOW |style="background: #dfffdf"| QLD |style="background: #dfffdf"| QLD |style="background: #dfffdf"| SMP |style="background: #dfffdf"| SMP |style="background: #dfffdf"| SAN |style="background: #dfffdf"| SAN |style="background: #dfffdf"| BAT |style="background: #dfffdf"| SUR |style="background: #dfffdf"| SUR |style="background: #dfffdf"| YMC |style="background: #dfffdf"| YMC |style="background: #dfffdf"| YMC |style="background: #dfffdf"| WIN |style="background: #dfffdf"| WIN |style="background: #dfffdf"| SYD |style="background: #efcfff"| SYD !colspan=8| ! 25th ! 1142 |
2013
|style="background: #dfffdf"| ADE |style="background: #dfffdf"| ADE |style="background: #dfffdf"| SYM |style="background: #efcfff"| SYM |style="background: #dfffdf"| SYM |style="background: #dfffdf"| PUK |style="background: #dfffdf"| PUK |style="background: #dfffdf"| PUK |style="background: #dfffdf"| PUK |style="background: #dfffdf"| BAR |style="background: #dfffdf"| BAR |style="background: #efcfff"| BAR |style="background: #dfffdf"| COA |style="background: #efcfff"| COA |style="background: #dfffdf"| COA |style="background: #dfffdf"| COA |style="background: #dfffdf"| HID |style="background: #dfffdf"| HID |style="background: #efcfff"| HID |style="background: #dfffdf"| TOW |style="background: #dfffdf"| TOW |style="background: #dfffdf"| QLD |style="background: #dfffdf"| QLD |style="background: #dfffdf"| QLD |style="background: #dfffdf"| WIN |style="background: #dfffdf"| WIN |style="background: #dfffdf"| WIN |style="background: #cfcfff"| SAN |style="background: #dfffdf"| SAN |style="background: #dfffdf"| BAT |style="background: #dfffdf"| SUR |style="background: #dfffdf"| SUR |style="background: #dfffdf"| PHI |style="background: #dfffdf"| PHI |style="background: #dfffdf"| PHI |style="background: #dfffdf"| SYD |style="background: #dfffdf"| SYD !colspan=2| ! 21st ! 1346 |
2014
|style="background: #dfffdf"| ADE |style="background: #efcfff"| ADE |style="background: #dfffdf"| ADE |style="background: #dfffdf"| SYM |style="background: #dfffdf"| SYM |style="background: #dfffdf"| SYM |style="background: #dfffdf"| WIN |style="background: #dfffdf"| WIN |style="background: #dfffdf"| WIN |style="background: #efcfff"| PUK |style="background: #ffffff"| PUK |style="background: #ffffff"| PUK |style="background: #ffffff"| PUK |style="background: #dfffdf"| BAR |style="background: #dfffdf"| BAR |style="background: #dfffdf"| BAR |style="background: #dfffdf"| HID |style="background: #dfffdf"| HID |style="background: #dfffdf"| HID |style="background: #dfffdf"| TOW |style="background: #dfffdf"| TOW |style="background: #dfffdf"| TOW |style="background: #dfffdf"| QLD |style="background: #dfffdf"| QLD |style="background: #dfffdf"| QLD |style="background: #dfffdf"| SMP |style="background: #dfffdf"| SMP |style="background: #dfffdf"| SMP |style="background: #cfcfff"| SAN |style="background: #dfffdf"| SAN |style="background: #efcfff"| BAT |style="background: #dfffdf"| SUR |style="background: #dfffdf"| SUR |style="background: #dfffdf"| PHI |style="background: #dfffdf"| PHI |style="background: #efcfff"| PHI |style="background: #dfffdf"| SYD |style="background: #efcfff"| SYD |style="background: #dfffdf"| SYD ! 21st ! 1349 |
2015
|style="background: #dfffdf"| ADE |style="background: #dfffdf"| ADE |style="background: #dfffdf"| ADE |style="background: #dfffdf"| SYM |style="background: #dfffdf"| SYM |style="background: #efcfff"| SYM |style="background: #dfffdf"| BAR |style="background: #dfffdf"| BAR |style="background: #dfffdf"| BAR |style="background: #dfffdf"| WIN |style="background: #dfffdf"| WIN |style="background: #dfffdf"| WIN |style="background: #dfffdf"| HID |style="background: #dfffdf"| HID |style="background: #dfffdf"| HID |style="background: #dfffdf"| TOW |style="background: #dfffdf"| TOW |style="background: #dfffdf"| QLD |style="background: #dfffdf"| QLD |style="background: #dfffdf"| QLD |style="background: #dfffdf"| SMP |style="background: #dfffdf"| SMP |style="background: #dfffdf"| SMP |style="background: #cfcfff"| SAN |style="background: #dfffdf"| SAN |style="background: #efcfff"| BAT |style="background: #dfffdf"| SUR |style="background: #efcfff"| SUR |style="background: #dfffdf"| PUK |style="background: #dfffdf"| PUK |style="background: #dfffdf"| PUK |style="background: #dfffdf"| PHI |style="background: #dfffdf"| PHI |style="background: #dfffdf"| PHI |style="background: #dfffdf"| SYD |style="background: #dfffdf"| SYD |style="background: #dfffdf"| SYD !colspan=2| ! 23rd ! 1118 |
2016
| ADE | ADE | ADE | SYM | SYM | PHI | PHI | BAR | BAR |style="background: #f1f8ff"| WIN |style="background: #f1f8ff"| WIN | HID | HID | TOW | TOW |style="background: #f1f8ff"| QLD |style="background: #f1f8ff"| QLD | SMP | SMP |style="background: #cfcfff"| SAN |style="background: #dfffdf"| SAN |style="background: #dfffdf"| BAT |style="background: #dfdfdf"| SUR |style="background: #ffdf9f"| SUR | PUK | PUK | PUK | PUK | SYD | SYD !colspan=9| ! 29th ! 602 |
2017
| ADE | ADE | SYM | SYM | PHI | PHI | BAR | BAR |style="background: #f1f8ff"| WIN |style="background: #f1f8ff"| WIN | HID | HID | TOW | TOW |style="background: #f1f8ff"| QLD |style="background: #f1f8ff"| QLD | SMP | SMP |style="background: #cfcfff"| SAN |style="background: #dfffdf"| SAN |style="background: #dfffdf"| BAT |style="background: #dfffdf"| SUR |style="background: #dfffdf"| SUR | PUK | PUK | NEW | NEW !colspan=12| ! 41st ! 479 |
2021
| BAT1 | BAT1 | SAN | SAN | SAN | SYM | SYM | SYM | BEN | BEN | BEN | HID | HID | HID | TOW1 | TOW1 | TOW2 | TOW2 | TOW2 | SMP1 | SMP1 | SMP1 | SMP2 | SMP2 | SMP2 | SMP3 | SMP3 | SMP3 | SMP4 | SMP4 |style="background: #dfffdf | BAT2 !colspan=8| ! 41st ! 108 |
=Complete Bathurst 1000 results=
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Year
! Team ! Car ! Co-driver ! Position ! Laps |
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2009
| {{flagicon|AUS}} Leanne Tander | align="center" | 18th | align="center" | 160 |
2010
| {{flagicon|AUS}} Karl Reindler | align="center" | 15th | align="center" | 161 |
2011
| Britek Motorsport | Holden Commodore (VE) | {{flagicon|AUS}} Karl Reindler | align="center" | 14th | align="center" | 161 |
2012
| Britek Motorsport | Holden Commodore (VE) | {{flagicon|NZL}} Chris Pither | align="center" | 14th | align="center" | 161 |
2013
| Britek Motorsport | {{flagicon|NZL}} Chris Pither | align="center" | 22nd | align="center" | 156 |
2014
| Ford Falcon (FG) | {{flagicon|AUS}} Steven Johnson | align="center" | DNF | align="center" | 64 |
2015
| {{flagicon|NZL}} Chris Pither | align="center" | DNF | align="center" | 15 |
2016
| Garry Rogers Motorsport | Volvo S60 | {{flagicon|NZL}} Scott McLaughlin | align="center" | 15th | align="center" | 159 |
2017
| {{flagicon|AUS}} Rick Kelly | align="center" | 13th | align="center" | 159 |
2021
| {{flagicon|AUS}} Jack Smith | align="center" | 17th | align="center" | 161 |
File:38 David Wall (NSW), Porsche GT3 RSR.JPG) contesting the Mallala round of the 2006 Australian GT Championship]]
|File:Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 997 of David Wall.jpg of David Wall at the opening round of the 2010 Australian GT Championship]] | |File:Holden VE Commodore of David Wall 2012.JPG of David Wall at the 2012 Clipsal 500 Adelaide]] |File:Holden VF Commodore of David Wall 2013.JPG of David Wall at the 2013 Clipsal 500 Adelaide]] |File:Volvo S60 of David Wall 2015.JPG of David Wall at the 2015 Clipsal 500 Adelaide]] |
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References
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External links
- [http://www.supercars.com/drivers/david-wall/ V8 Supercars Official Profile]
- {{DriverDB driver|david-wall}}
- {{Racing-Reference driver|David_Wall}}
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{{succession box|title=Australian GT
Champion | before = Mark Eddy | after = Mark Eddy | years = 2009 and 2010}}
{{succession box|title=Porsche Carrera Cup Australia
Champion | before = Matt Campbell | after = Jaxon Evans | years = 2017}}
{{s-end}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Wall, David}}
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