Davison finished second in the 2009 Firestone Indy Lights Championship with a new team Vision Racing, again winning at Mid-Ohio. IndyCar driver James Davison won race one, leading a five-car lead pack for almost the entire distance. Driving with The Racer's Group in an Aston Martin in 2014, he scored four consecutive GTD class poles across the final races of the 2014 and first race of the 2015 season. It would be his first open wheel race appearance since 2009. 15. By Drew Davison. A year later, Davison barely qualified for the 2018 Indianapolis 500, bumping out longtime IndyCar rival James Hinchcliffe. ), * Season still in progress Father, Jon Davison, drove in 9 Australian Grand Prix, finished runner up in the 1980 Gold Star Australian Driver's Championship and later became the Promotor of Sandown International Raceway from 1991 to 2007. IndyCar: Davison visits injured Belle Isle worker in hospital. That may be, but Davison already has the connection with Ware through driving for his NASCAR team, so it's much more likely to be him. Foyt Racing, and they made the show with the smallest budget in Gasoline Alley. I know that, but Ferrucci has run 7th and 4th at Indy for this team, which added together is still better than Davison's career best 12th there. But he showed a different side during tonight’s race. 2006 saw him again compete in the United States in the Formula Atlantic series for Team Australia. James Davison hasn’t competed full … 2013 IZOD IndyCar Series Results Click on the Race Number to see the complete results for that race. His father Jon Davison was a Formula 5000 competitor and was the long-running promoter of racing events at Sandown Raceway. Mike Conway, who won the first of the doubleheader races in Detroit in early June in the No. IndyCar driver James Davison waited months for the 104th running of the Indianapolis 500 to arrive. He has also competed in the NTT IndyCar Series and NASCAR Xfinity Series. Get the latest race results, news, videos, pictures, win record and more for James Davison on ESPN.com. (IndyCar) “I was pumped about the opportunity to take the green flag, however I fully understand and appreciate NASCAR’s position,” Davison wrote on Twitter. James Davison has posted on social media that he is set to return to IndyCar for another attempt at the Indy 500 this May. “It doesn’t look like I’m going … He then got caught up in a late wreck with 17 laps to go. * – Most laps led. [7] Following the horrific accident by Sebastian Bourdais during qualifying for the 2017 Indianapolis 500, it was announced that James would be stepping into the number 18 Dale Coyne Racing Honda for the remainder of the season. Davison's grandfather, Lex Davison, was a four-time winner of the Australian Grand Prix. [3] 2007 saw Davison progress into the Star Mazda Championship where current IndyCar Series drivers Marco Andretti and Graham Rahal previously competed. The US giant took reigning three-time Supercars champion McLaughlin with it for an IndyCar ride, while DJR elected to part ways with second driver Fabian Coulthard after the Penske split. The team has not announced who will join Ed Jones and Pietro Fittipaldi for the May 30 race. [4] He shared the car with Indy Lights driver Gustavo Yacaman.[5][6]. Image courtesy of IndyCar Media Look to see James Davison in more Cup Series races with Rick Ware Racing in 2021, the driver confirmed to The Racing Experts.“Things are looking solid for the year ahead,” Davison said. Davison last raced for the NTT IndyCar Series team at the 2017 Indianapolis 500 as a replacement driver for Sebastien Bourdais who was out with injuries at the time. 1 Ineligible for series points, For other people named James Davison, see. View career statistics for James Davison Tweet Byrd Racing is an American racing team in the IndyCar Series.The team is owned by Virginia (Ginny) Byrd and her sons David and Jonathan Byrd II. [17][15] He returned to the series at Loudon with Rick Ware Racing. [15] 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,[16] while his GEICO 500 entry at Talladega Superspeedway with Spire was disallowed due to his lack of experience on such tracks. On Aug. 6, four days after competing at New Hampshire, RWR announced it was teaming up with Dale Coyne Racing to field the No. Sponsor: Jacob Construction/Tilson HR Height: 5-10 Born: 08/28/1986 Debut: 2013 Weight: 155 Birthplace: Melbourne, Victoria Chassis: Dallara Engine: Honda Tires: Firestone In 2011 he drove for Michael Shank Racing at Laguna Seca. After Clauson lost his life in 2016 during a midget race, Byrd came back to IMS with Davison in 2018 in a partnership with A.J. While jumping from car to car as an IndyCar super sub, Daly first tried his hand in a Landon Simon midget at the inaugural BC39. His first win came in bizarre circumstances in a wet race at Mid-Ohio. James' cousins, Alex and Will Davison, are V8 Supercar drivers with Will winning the Bathurst 1000 in 2009 and 2016. James Davison has plenty to look back on after spending recent years pursuing the American racing dream with six IndyCar Series starts and four NASCAR races under his belt. In that event, Davison ran amongst the lead pack, led two laps along the way and was running fifth before, unfortunately, being involved in a multi-car incident. 15 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 1LE for Rick Ware Racing in the NASCAR Cup Series on a part-time schedule. Ware, though, has been announced as a full-time driver of the No. April 14, 2021 05:00 AM, ORDER REPRINT → Veteran IndyCar driver Scott Dixon won his fourth career race at Texas Motor Speedway in 2020. 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. Driving for Velocity Motorsports, Davison proved to be an outstanding competitor finishing second in the Championship; earning three pole positions and one win. A few weeks later it was announced that he would drive the team's No. Davison, 32, will reunite with the team with which he contested the race in both 2015 and 2017 for this May's 103rd running in association with Jonathan Byrd’s Racing, Hollinger MotorSport and Indy Lights squad Belardi Auto Racing. 18 car at the race there. Click on the Site to see James Davison's career results at that track.. Glossary. [12], Davison made his first NASCAR start in 2016, driving the No. Davison, whose first Indy 500 start was in 2014 with KV Racing, raced for Coyne in 2015 and ’17, switched to AJ Foyt Racing in 2018 with Jonathan Byrd, Hollinger and Belardi Auto Racing as partners, before these latter three parties teamed with Coyne to run Davison in 2019. Making his second-career NASCAR XFINITY Series start, James Davison climbed behind the wheel of the No. He continued with Always Evolving Racing in the GT-R in 2016 before moving to The Racer's Group for the 2017 season. James Davison (born 28 August 1986) is an Australian professional race driver who drives an Aston Martin Vantage GT3 in the Blancpain GT World Challenge America, the No. Davison was running at the finish of all fifteen races and finished in the top ten in all but one. They also run select races in partnership with Rick Ware Racing starting in select races in 2020 in the NASCAR Cup Series, the partnership continued in the NASCAR Cup Series in 2021 with James Davison in the No. At the end of the season, he qualified and finished tenth at the Formula BMW Final at Bahrain. Davidson finished in last place again at the 2020 Indianapolis 500 due to a mechanical failure only six laps into the race. [18], (key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. 51 in the NASCAR Cup series, meaning any IndyCar team he drove for in 2021 would need multiple drivers. 15 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 1LE for Rick Ware Racing in the NASCAR Cup Series on a part-time schedule. In 2004 he joined the ranks of Formula Ford in his native Australia, running in both the Victorian and National Championships. He also competed as a coxswain as part of Scotch College's championship-winning rowing crew in 2003. At the end of 2004 he won a scholarship at the BMW Junior Scholarship Finals in Valencia. [8] He would finish in last place, after a crash on lap 47 caused by contact with Takuma Sato's car. [10] He was then drafted in to run at the 6 Hours of Watkins Glen the Crown Royal 200 also at Watkins Glen. 18 car, has been confirmed for the Houston doubleheader in October. The recently-announced DJR/Team Penske split opened the door for both to land DJR seats, with McLaughlin IndyCar-bound and Fabian Coulthard shuffled out of the regular line-up.. That's now been formally confirmed, DJR today making it official that Davison and De Pasquale will drive its two Shell-backed Mustangs next season. 90 King Autosport car in the Xfinity Series for the Road America 180. He is sometimes also called JD (or J. D.) Davison. Davison follows other drivers who have made their IZOD IndyCar Series debut at Mid-Ohio, including Martin Plowman in 2011 and Francesco Dracone in 2010. [11], In 2015 he joined Nismo factory team to drive a Nissan GT-R in the Pirelli World Challenge. He is a cousin of V8 Supercar drivers Alex and Will Davison. James Davison (born 28 August 1986) is an Australian professional race driver who drives an Aston Martin Vantage GT3 in the Blancpain GT World Challenge America, the No. For 2005 Davison 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. James Davison. James Davison will leave Road America empty-handed having been taken out of the NASCAR Xfinity Series race after a super start. While running second on the last lap, race leader Jonny Reid went into pit lane instead of the finish line, handing Davison the victory. He started 18th and went down one position after making contact with Scott Heckert on the last lap. James Davison (born 28 August 1986) is an Australian skilled race driver who drives an Aston Martin Vantage GT3 within the Blancpain GT World Challenge America, the No. In 2013 Davison tested a car for Dale Coyne Racing at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course. J. D. Davison had been suspended at Utah Motorsports Campus after making avoidable contact at Mid-Ohio while on probation. 2010 saw him 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 Glen[9] finishing seventh. Prior to Davison’s announcement, he was expected to be part of DCR’s Indy 500 lineup. In November 2011 he tested for Andretti Autosport at Palm Beach International Raceway, Florida. — James Davison (@JD33Davison) April 5, 2021. 51 entry for the Indy 500 with Davison as the driver. 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. Legacy Autosport’s Andre Castro took pole, ahead of Andretti Autosport’s Danial Frost, Legacy’s Simon Sikes, Max Kaeser and Turn 3 Motorsport’s Josh Green, while title contenders Maxwell Esterson and Braden Eves were 13th and 14th. He struggled throughout the first half of the season, but captured his first series pole at Nashville Superspeedway, a concrete oval, in July. [13][14], In 2020, Davison raced in the Cup Series for the first time in the Pocono Organics 325 at Pocono Raceway with Spire Motorsports. James Davison has indicated that he will not be competing in this year's Indy 500 for Dale Coyne Racing with Rick Ware Racing despite initially planning to. With the addition of Davison, DCR will once again be running multiple entries at the Indianapolis 500 with Davison joining full season drivers Sebastien Bourdais (#18 Dale Coyne Racing with Vasser-Sullivan Racing) and rookie Santino Ferrucci (#19 Dale Coyne Racing). Davison also received the Sunoco Most Improved Driver Award at the IRL Championship Celebration held in Las Vegas. Davison and Sage Karam battled for fourth place when Davison backed off and let Karam pass for the position. Because Davison shares a sponsor (Jacob Construction/Byrd) and car owner Ware across his IndyCar and NASCAR teams, the Indy 500 preparation can take precedence over NASCAR in the schedule conflict. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. After the Denver round, he was dropped by the team for fellow Aussie Michael Patrizi. 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