David Besnard
| David Besnard | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | Australian |
| Born | 21 January 1977 Sydney, Australia |
| Supercars Championship career | |
| Championships | 0 |
| Races | 151 |
| Wins | 2 |
| Podiums | 8 |
| Pole positions | 0 |
David John Besnard (born 21 January 1977 in Sydney, Australia) is an Australian retired professional racing driver.
Career history
[edit | edit source]Starting in karts in 1991, Besnard quickly proceeded into Formula Ford in 1995. After initial success, he had a major accident at Eastern Creek Raceway and broke his leg. In 1996 he made a comeback and won the Australian title.[1] He made a venture to the United States, with a small budget, and limited success. In 1998, he returned to win the U.S F2000 National Championship. 1999, saw David enter the US Formula Atlantic Championship. After a heavy crash at Nazareth Speedway, the team had to buy a new chassis and ran out of budget halfway through the season. 2000 saw Besnard again in the United States, running various Sports Car races, until Stone Brothers Racing picked him up for the Konica V8 Supercar Series and the Bathurst 1000. From there he drove with Stone Brothers for several seasons, with the highlight being winning the 2002 Queensland 500 with Simon Wills. He raced with Ford Performance Racing for one season in 2003, and WPS Racing for three seasons following that.
In 2004, with his links with WPS, a drive in the Champ Car World Series came about at Surfers Paradise. His finishing position of seventh is still the highest finish for an Australian at that event (but bettered by Ryan Briscoe's 2008 IRL win after the CCWS collapsed). After being dropped by WPS in 2006, Besnard has been racing in the New Zealand Touring Car Championship, picking up an endurance race co-driver role with Stone Brothers Racing in 2007, paired with James Courtney, which resulted in a second place at Bathurst.
Motorsports career results
[edit | edit source]Karting career summary
[edit | edit source]| Season | Series | Position |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | CIK-FIA Karting European Championship - Junior A | 1st |
| FIA Karting World Championship - Junior A | 30th | |
| 1993 | FIA Karting World Championship - Formula A | 15th |
| World Cup Karting - Formula A | 8th | |
| 4th Tropeo Andrea Margutti - ICA | 13th |
Career summary
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GrandAm Championship
[edit | edit source]| Year | Team | Car | Class | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Rank | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | Transatlantic Racing | Riley & Scott - Ford | CA | D24 | HOM | MID | MIN | WGL 5 |
43rd | 26 | ||||
| 2000 | Dyson Racing | Riley & Scott - Lincoln | SA | D24 | PHX | HOM 9 |
LRK | MID | DAY | RAM | CTR | WGL | 83rd | 22 |
Complete American open-wheel racing results
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Atlantic Championship
[edit | edit source]| Year | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Rank | Points | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | Hylton Motorsports | LBH 7 |
NAZ 11 |
GAT | MIL | MTL 7 |
ROA | TRR | MOH | CHI | VAN | LS | HOU | 15th | 16 | [2] |
Champ Car World Series
[edit | edit source]| Year | Team | No. | Chassis | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | Rank | Points | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | Walker Racing | 15 | Reynard 02i | Ford XFE V8t | LBH | MTY | MIL | POR | CLE | TOR | VAN | ROA | DEN | MTL | LS | LVS | SRF 7 |
MXC | 20th | 18 | [3] |
Supercars Championship results
[edit | edit source](Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Complete Bathurst 1000 results
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‡ Besnard replaced Kelly due to illness
References
[edit | edit source]- ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value). 1996 Australian Formula Ford Pointscore
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- Conrod V8 Profile & Stats
- Speedsport Profile & stats Archived 28 October 2007 at the Wayback Machine
- David Besnard career summary at DriverDB.comLua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
- David Besnard driver statistics at Racing-ReferenceLua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
External links
[edit | edit source]- 1977 births
- Living people
- Atlantic Championship drivers
- Champ Car drivers
- Formula Ford drivers
- Racing drivers from Sydney
- Rolex Sports Car Series drivers
- Sportsmen from New South Wales
- Toyota Racing Series drivers
- U.S. F2000 National Championship drivers
- Supercars Championship drivers
- Garry Rogers Motorsport drivers
- Walker Racing drivers
- Stone Brothers Racing drivers
- Dick Johnson Racing drivers
- Racing drivers from New South Wales
- V8 Utes drivers