Alexander Rullo (born 15 June 2000) is an Australian racing car driver. He currently drives in the TCR Australia Series for

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. He is also co-driving with

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in the No. 78

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in the Pirtek Enduro Cup. In February 2017 it was confirmed that Rullo would race in the

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for Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport and become the youngest driver in the championship's history.

Racing career

V8 Touring Car Series

Alex Rullo made his debut in the

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at the age of 14, winning a race in his second event. He managed to win four races out of the 15 contested and finished the season second overall for MW Motorsport.

Super2 Series

Rullo made his

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debut for Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport in 2016, driving a

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-backed

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for the full season. Rullo's best race finish was sixth (twice) and he finished 17th in the championship. In 2018 he will drive a Nissan Altima L33 with MW Motorsport.

Supercars Championship

In February 2017, an announcement was made that 16-year-old Rullo was to make his

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debut with Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport, the team which he raced with in the Development Series the year prior. Coincidentally, the previous driver to hold the record was

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, the brother of Lucas, who debuted in

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. It was reported that Alex would run the number No. 62 in which he had raced since his karting days. Rullo did not qualify for the new-for-2017 CAMS Superlicense, and was given special dispensation to be reviewed on a race-by-race basis.

TCR Australia

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he raced in the inaugural TCR Australia Touring Car Series for

in a Holden Astra TCR.https://www.speedcafe.com/2019/05/04/rullo-joins-kelly-racing-for-tcr-australia-bid/ Rullo joins Kelly Racing for TCR Australia bid. Speedcafe. 4 May 2019.

Career results

Super2 Series results

( key) (Round results only)

Supercars Championship results

Bathurst 1000 results

References

External links

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Profile on V8 Supercars official webpage
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Alex Rullo profile on US Racing Reference
{{DEFAULTSORT:Rullo, Alex Living people Supercars Championship drivers 2000 births Australian Endurance Championship drivers Kelly Racing drivers Nismo drivers Racing drivers from Perth, Western Australia Racing drivers from Western Australia