James Davison

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James D. Davison (born 28 August 1986) is an Australian professional racing driver who drives an Aston Martin Vantage GT3 in the Blancpain GT World Challenge America. He has also competed in the NTT IndyCar Series, NASCAR Cup Series, and NASCAR Xfinity Series. He is sometimes also called JD (or J. D.) Davison.

His father Jon Davison was a Formula 5000 competitor and was the long-running promoter of racing events at Sandown Raceway. Davison's grandfather, Lex Davison, was a four-time winner of the Australian Grand Prix. He is a cousin of V8 Supercar drivers Alex Davison and Will Davison. He also competed as a coxswain as part of Scotch College's championship-winning rowing crew in 2003.

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Racing career

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Open-wheel

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Junior formula In 2004, Davison joined the ranks of Formula Ford in his native Australia, running in both the Victorian and National Championships. At the end of 2004 he won a scholarship at the BMW Junior Scholarship Finals in Valencia. For 2005, he competed in the Formula BMW USA Junior Series, qualifying on the front row at the Canadian Formula 1 Grand Prix in Montreal, won at the US Grand Prix held at the world-famous Indianapolis Motor Speedway, was second at the Denver street circuit and Mid-Ohio and third at Barber Motorsports Park and Road Atlanta. Based on these performances, Davison became part of the Confederation of Australian Motorsport Elite Driver program which included attendance at the Australian Institute of Sport and financial support from the Foundation. At the end of the season, he qualified and finished tenth at the Formula BMW Final at Bahrain.

2006 saw Davison again compete in the United States in the Formula Atlantic series for Team Australia. After the Denver round, he was dropped by the team for fellow Aussie Michael Patrizi. Patrizi to replace Davison at Team Australia , Motorsport.com, 21 August 2006 2007 saw Davison progress into the Star Mazda Championship where current IndyCar Series drivers Marco Andretti and Graham Rahal previously competed. Driving for Velocity Motorsports, Davison proved to be an outstanding competitor finishing second in the Championship; earning three pole positions and one win.

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Indy Lights 2008 found Davison in the Firestone Indy Lights series, racing for Sam Schmidt Motorsports. He struggled throughout the first half of the season, but captured his first series pole at Nashville Superspeedway, a concrete oval, in July. His first win came in bizarre circumstances in a wet race at Mid-Ohio. While running second on the last lap, race leader Jonny Reid went into pit lane instead of the finish line, handing Davison the victory. Davison also received the Sunoco Most Improved Driver Award at the IRL Championship Celebration held in Las Vegas. Davison finished second in the 2009 Firestone Indy Lights Championship with a new team Vision Racing, again winning at Mid-Ohio. Davison was running at the finish of all fifteen races and finished in the top ten in all but one.

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IndyCar In November 2011, Davison tested for Andretti Autosport at Palm Beach International Raceway, Florida.http://www.speedcafe.com/2011/11/05/james-davison-to-test-indycar-this-week/ Speedcafe.com. Retrieved 7 November 2011 He shared the car with Indy Lights driver Gustavo Yacaman.http://www.speedcafe.com/2011/11/07/andretti-confirms-davison-indycar-test/ Speedcafe.com. Retrieved 7 November 2011[2] Speedcafe.com Retrieved 14 November 2011

In 2013, Davison tested a car for Dale Coyne Racing at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course. A few weeks later, it was announced that he would drive the team's No. 18 car at the race there. It would be his first open wheel race appearance since 2009. Aussie James Davison to make IndyCar debut at Mid-Ohio for Dale Coyne Racing, Motorsport, 25 July 2013, Retrieved 2013-07-26 Following the horrific accident by Sebastian Bourdais during qualifying for the 2017 Indianapolis 500, it was announced that Davison would be stepping into the number 18 Dale Coyne Racing Honda. In the later stages of the race, Davison matched a record set by Tom Sneva in 1980 and became the third driver in Indy history to start 33rd and lead laps in the race, having led two laps. He then got caught up in a late wreck with seventeen laps to go. A year later, Davison barely qualified for the 2018 Indianapolis 500, bumping out longtime IndyCar rival James Hinchcliffe. He would finish in last place, after a crash on lap 47 caused by contact with Takuma Sato's car. Davison finished in last place again at the 2020 Indianapolis 500 due to a mechanical failure only six laps into the race.

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Historic racing In 2011, Davison drove his Uncle Richard Davison's Lola T332 Formula 5000 car at Phillip Island and Albert Park. In 2012, he returned to drive it again at Phillip Island. In 2019, he drove a Lotus 18 at Goodwood and Lotus 81 at Silverstone. In 2022, Davison drove a Hill GH1 at the 13th Historic Monaco. Then drove again at Spa in September.http://roadbook.alkamelsystems.com/ Results

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Sports car racing 2010 saw Davison make his sportscar debut in the Grand-Am Series for Starworks Motorsports Corsa Car Care Dinan-BMW Riley partnering Ryan Dalziel and Mike Forest in the Sahlen's Six Hours of The Glenhttp://www.speedcafe.com.au/2010/05/28/james-davison-set-for-sportscar-debut/ , Speedcafe.com, 28 May 2010 finishing seventh., Grand-Am website, 14 July 2010 He was then drafted in to run at the 6 Hours of Watkins Glen the Crown Royal 200 also at Watkins Glen. In 2011, he drove for Michael Shank Racing at Laguna Seca.

Driving with The Racer's Group in an Aston Martin in 2014, Davison scored four consecutive GTD class poles across the final races of the 2014 and first race of the 2015 season.

In 2015, Davison joined Nismo factory team to drive a Nissan GT-R in the Pirelli World Challenge. He continued with Always Evolving Racing in the Nissan GT-R in 2016 before moving to The Racer's Group for the 2017 season.

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NASCAR Davison made his first NASCAR start in 2016, driving the No. 90 King Autosport car in the Xfinity Series for the Road America 180. He started eighteenth and went down one position after making contact with Scott Heckert on the last lap.

In 2020, Davison raced in the Cup Series for the first time in the Pocono Organics 325 at Pocono Raceway with Spire Motorsports. His Cup debut had been delayed on two occasions earlier in the season, with a Daytona 500 start for Jonathan Byrd's Racing ultimately failing to materalise, while his GEICO 500 entry at Talladega Superspeedway with Spire was disallowed due to his lack of experience on such tracks. He returned to the series at Loudon with Rick Ware Racing.

Davison committed to an approximately 26-race schedule with RWR for the 2021 Cup season. In May, he dominated the eNASCAR iRacing Pro Invitational Series race at Circuit of the Americas, leading 32 of 33 laps and finished twelve seconds ahead of Anthony Alfredo. He continued his dominance in the series at the virtually-designed Chicago Street Course, capturing the pole, leading every lap, and winning by 56 seconds over his Rick Ware Racing teammate Josh Bilicki. He also raced at the 2021 YellaWood 500 for the No. 66 MBM Motorsports Ford with sponsorship from Rich Mar Florist.

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Motorsports career results

Australian Formula Ford Championship	21st
Formula BMW World Final	10th	Team Meritus
United Sports Car Championship - GTD	21st
IndyCar	29th	Dallara-Chevrolet	KV Racing Technology
United Sports Car Championship - GTD	15th	Aston Martin V12 Vantage GT3	TRG - AMR
IndyCar	38th	Dallara-Honda	Dale Coyne Racing
WeatherTech SportsCar Championship - GTD	37th	Aston Martin V12 Vantage GT3	TRG - AMR
Lamborghini Super Trofeo North America - ProAm	11th	Lamborghini Huracán LP620-2	TRG - Lamborghini
NASCAR Xfinity Series	63rd	Chevrolet	King Autosport
WeatherTech SportsCar Championship - GTD	71st	Aston Martin V12 Vantage GT3	TRG
IndyCar	35th	Dallara-Honda	Dale Coyne Racing
NASCAR Xfinity Series	43rd	Toyota	Joe Gibbs Racing
NASCAR Xfinity Series	56th	Toyota	Joe Gibbs Racing

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American open-wheel racing results ()

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Champ Car Atlantic results

2006 ! nowrap

Team Australia

LBH

HOU

MTY

POR

CLE1

CLE2

TOR

Edmonton Indy

SJO

DEN

MTL

ROA ! 17th ! 69

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Star Mazda Championship

2007 ! nowrap

Velocity Motorsports

SEB

HOU

VIR

MMP

POR

CLE

TOR

Road America

TRO

MOS

Road Atlanta

LAG !style="background:#DFDFDF;"

2nd !style="background:#DFDFDF;"

389

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Indy Lights results

2008 ! nowrap

Sam Schmidt Motorsports

HMS

STP1

STP2

Kansas Speedway

INDY

Milwaukee Mile

Iowa Speedway

WGL1

WGL2

NSH

MOH1

MOH2

KTY

Infineon Raceway

Infineon Raceway

CHI !style="background:#CFEAFF;"

9th !style="background:#CFEAFF;"

333

2009 ! nowrap

Vision Racing

STP1

STP2

LBH

Kansas Speedway

INDY

Milwaukee Mile

Iowa Speedway

WGL

TOR

Edmonton Indy

KTY

MOH

Infineon Raceway

CHI

HMS

!style="background:#DFDFDF;" 2nd !style="background:#DFDFDF;"

447

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IndyCar Series

2013 ! nowrap

Dale Coyne Racing ! 18 !rowspan=7

Dallara ! Honda

STP

ALA

LBH

SAO

INDY

DET

DET

TXS

MIL

IOW

POC

TOR

TOR

MOH

SNM

BAL

HOU

HOU

FON !style="background:#CFCFFF;"

32nd !style="background:#CFCFFF;"

27 !

2014 ! nowrap

KV Racing Technology ! 33 ! Chevrolet

STP

LBH

ALA

IMS

INDY

DET

DET

TXS

HOU

HOU

POC

IOW

TOR

TOR

MOH

MIL

SNM

FON

!style="background:#CFCFFF;" 29th !style="background:#CFCFFF;"

34 !

2015 !rowspan=2 nowrap

Dale Coyne Racing ! 19 !rowspan=2

Honda

STP

NLA

LBH

ALA

IMS

INDY

DET

DET

TXS

TOR

FON

MIL

IOW

MOH

POC

SNM

!style="background:#CFCFFF;" 38th !style="background:#CFCFFF;"

10 !

2017 ! 18

STP

LBH

ALA

PHX

IMS

INDY

DET

DET

TXS

ROA

IOW

TOR

MOH

POC

GTW

WGL

SNM

!style="background:#CFCFFF;" 35th !style="background:#CFCFFF;"

21 !

2018 ! nowrap

A. J. Foyt Enterprises with Byrd-Hollinger-Belardi !rowspan=2

33 ! Chevrolet

STP

PHX

LBH

ALA

IMS

INDY

DET

DET

TXS

RDA

IOW

TOR

MOH

POC

GTW

POR

SNM

!style="background:#CFCFFF;" 41st !style="background:#CFCFFF;"

10 !

2019 ! nowrap

Dale Coyne Racing with Byrd/Hollinger/Belardi !rowspan=2

Honda

STP

COA

ALA

LBH

IMS

INDY

DET

DET

TXS

RDA

TOR

IOW

MOH

POC

GTW

POR

LAG

!style="background:#CFCFFF;" 28th !style="background:#CFCFFF;"

36 !

2020 ! nowrap

Dale Coyne Racing with Rick Ware Racing & Byrd Belardi ! 51

TXS

IMS

ROA

ROA

IOW

IOW

INDY

GTW

GTW

MOH

MOH

IMS

IMS

STP

!style="background:#CFCFFF;" 34th !style="background:#CFCFFF;"

10 !

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Indianapolis 500

2014	Dallara	Chevrolet	28	16	KV Racing Technology
2015	Dallara	Honda	33	27	Dale Coyne Racing
2017	Dallara	Honda	33	20	Dale Coyne Racing
2018	Dallara	Chevrolet	19	33	Foyt with Byrd / Hollinger / Belardi
2019	Dallara	Honda	15	12	Dale Coyne Racing with Byrd / Hollinger / Belardi
2020	Dallara	Honda	27	33	Dale Coyne Racing with Rick Ware Racing & Byrd Belardi

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Sports car racing results ()

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Rolex Sports Car Series

2010 ! nowrap

Starworks Motorsport !rowspan=2

Riley ! BMW !rowspan=2

DP

DAY

HOM

BAR

VIR

LRP

WAT1

MOH

DAY2

NJ

WAT2

CGV

MIL ! ! 34th ! 24

2011 ! nowrap

Mike Shank ! Ford

DAY

HOM

BAR

VIR

LRP

WAT1

Road America

LAG

NJ

WAT2

CGV

MOH ! ! 56th ! 11

2012 ! nowrap

Michael Baughman Racing ! Corvette ! Chevrolet ! GT

DAY

BMP

HMS

NJ

BIP

MOH

Road America

WAT1

IMS

WAT2

CGV

LAG

LRP ! 57th ! 23

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IMSA SportsCar Championship

2014 ! nowrap

TRG-AMR North America ! nowrap

Aston Martin Vantage GT3 ! nowrap

Aston Martin ! GTD

DAY

SEB

LGA

DET

WGL

MOS

IMS

ELK

VIR

COA

PET

! 25th ! 196

2015 ! nowrap

TRG-AMR North America ! nowrap

Aston Martin Vantage GT3 ! nowrap

Aston Martin ! GTD

DAY

SEB

LGA

DET

WGL

LIM

ELK

VIR

COA

PET

! 15th ! 113

2016 ! nowrap

TRG-AMR ! nowrap

Aston Martin Vantage GT3 ! nowrap

Aston Martin ! GTD

DAY

SEB

LGA

DET

WGL

MOS

LIM

ELK

VIR

COA

PET

! 37th ! 32

2017 ! nowrap

TRG ! nowrap

Aston Martin Vantage GT3 ! nowrap

Aston Martin ! GTD

DAY

SEB

LBH

COA

DET

WGL

MOS

LIM

ELK

VIR

LGA

PET ! 71st ! 18

2022 ! nowrap

Gilbert Korthoff Motorsports ! nowrap

Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo ! nowrap

Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 ! GTD

DAY

SEB

LBH

LGA

MOH

DET

WGL

MOS

LIM

ELK

VIR

PET ! 51st ! 326

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Pirelli World Challenge

2015 !rowspan=2 nowrap

Always Evolving !rowspan=2 nowrap

Nissan GT-R !rowspan=2

!rowspan=2 GT

AUS1

AUS2

STP1

STP2

LBH

BAR1 1*

BAR2

MOS1

MOS2

DET

Road America

Road America

Road America

MOH1

MOH2 2

MIL1

MIL2

Sonoma Raceway

Sonoma Raceway

LAG !style="background:#DFFFDF;"

4th !style="background:#DFFFDF;"

1562

2016

AUS1

AUS2

STP1

STP2

LBH

BAR1

BAR2

MOS1

MOS2

LRP1

LRP2

Road America

Road America

MOH1

MOH2

UTA1

UTA2

Sonoma Raceway

Sonoma Raceway

LAG 7 !style="background:#CFEAFF;"

7th !style="background:#CFEAFF;"

1210

2017 ! nowrap

The Racer's Group ! nowrap

Aston Martin Vantage GT3 ! ! GT

STP1

STP2

LBH

!rowspan=2 style="background:#CFEAFF;" 45th !rowspan=2 style="background:#CFEAFF;"

44

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NASCAR () ( Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

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Cup Series

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Xfinity Series

Season still in progress

Ineligible for series points
     

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Complete S5000 results

2020 ! Australian ! nowrap

Team BRM

APC R1

APC R2

SMP R3

SMP R4

WIN R5

WIN R6

BMP R7

BMP R8

PHI R9

PHI R10

Sandown Raceway

Sandown Raceway !colspan=3

! N/C ! -

2022 ! Australian ! nowrap

Team BRM

SYM R1

SYM R2

SYM R3

PHI R4

PHI R5

PHI R6

MEL R7

MEL R8

MEL R9

SMP R10

SMP R11

SMP R12

HID R13

HID R14

HID R15 ! 20th ! 14

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External links

• Profile on Speedsport
• Indy Lights Profile
• 2006 Atlantic standings
• 2007 Star Mazda review
• Grand-Am Profile

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