David Wall (racing Driver)
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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
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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
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twice in
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and
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driving a Porsche 911 GT3 Cup S Type 997 as well as competed in the
Australian Carrera Cup Championship Porsche Carrera Cup Australia (known commercially as the Porsche Paynter Dixon Carrera Cup Australia) is an Australian motor racing series open to Porsche 911 GT3 Cup cars. First held in 2003, it is administered by Porsche Cars Australia Pty Lt ...
. He has also won the
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in 2009 and 2010. He has also competed in Production Cars finishing third in Class A of the
Bathurst 12 Hour The Bathurst 12 Hour, currently known as the Meguiar's Bathurst 12 Hour for sponsorship reasons, is an annual endurance race for Group GT3, GT and Production car racing, production cars held at the Mount Panorama Circuit, in Bathurst, New South ...
race in 2008. In 2009, he followed his father into
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competing in the long-distance races and in 2011 doing a full season in the
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. His first preference was to join the series full-time in 2012 and this was accommodated by
Brad Jones Racing Brad Jones Racing is an Australian motor racing team owned by Brad Jones based in Albury. The team competes in the Supercars Championship and the Super2 Series. Recently they have also returned to Australian Formula Ford where Brad and Kim be ...
by signing Wall for the full 2012 season with backing from Wilson Security. Wall contested the
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in a
Dick Johnson Racing Dick Johnson Racing (formerly DJR Team Penske) is Australia's oldest motor racing team competing in the Supercars Championship. Founded by Dick Johnson, the team's drivers have won ten Australian Touring Car Championship titles (five of the ...
entered
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. In 2015 Wall joined
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, replacing
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.http://velocityemag.com/wall-looking-long-term Velocity Magazine 4 March 2015 It marked Wall's third team in four seasons of
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racing. In 2016, he drove for GRM as a co-driver alongside
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in the Pirtek Enduro Cup, before moving to
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to co-drive with
Rick Kelly Rick Kelly (born 17 January 1983) is an Australian professional racing driver who previously competed in the Supercars Championship. He last drove the No. 15 Ford Mustang (sixth generation), Ford Mustang GT for Kelly Racing. Previously, he dro ...
in the No. 15
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.


Career results


Supercars Championship results


Complete Bathurst 1000 results


References


External links


V8 Supercars Official Profile
* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Wall, David 1983 births Living people Supercars Championship drivers Garry Rogers Motorsport drivers Nismo drivers Kelly Racing drivers Dick Johnson Racing drivers Lamborghini Squadra Corse drivers Porsche Carrera Cup Australia drivers Racing drivers from Sydney Racing drivers from New South Wales 24H Series drivers