Jamie Whincup
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Jamie Whincup (born February 2, 1983 in Melbourne, Victoria) is a V8 Supercar driver for Team Betta Electrical.
His racing career started at the age of 7 in go-karts. From 1991 through to 1997, he won numerous Rookie and Junior titles at a state level. He won the FMK Senior Intercontinental A Karting Series in 1998 and the Formula A Series in 1999 before progressing to Formula Ford in 2000.
In 2001 Whincup embarked on the National Formula Ford Championship with a team run by his father and Uncle with mechanical support from fellow V8 Supercar driver Greg Ritter. After finishing third in his debut year, he jumped to Sonic Motorsport for the 2002 season and went on to win the championship convincingly which secured him his first ever V8 Supercar drive with the Garry Rogers Motorsport Team.
After completing a full year of V8 Supercar Racing with Garry Rogers Motorsport Whincup was left without a fulltime drive for 2004. He was later contracted by Castrol Perkins Racing to drive in the 2 endurance events.
He landed himself a full-time drive in 2005 with the Melbourne based Dodo Racing Team. He had many solid results throughout the season, including a 4th at the inaugural Chinese round at the Shanghai International Circuit and also a 3rd place at the Sandown 500 and a 2nd at the Bathurst 1000 endurance events with team-mate Jason Richards.
In 2006, Whincup jumped from Holden to Ford and joined Team Betta Electrical along side Craig Lowndes
Jamie has had an outstanding first year so far driving for Ford, much to Holden fans displeasure. Currently sitting in 5th place in the championship after an outstanding drive along with Craig Lowndes to clinch the Bathurst 1000.
[edit] Career highlights
- Winner, 2002 Australian Formula Ford Championship
- 4th, Shanghai V8 Supercar round, 2005
- 3rd, Betta Electrical Sandown 500, 2005
- 2nd, Supercheap Auto 1000 at Bathurst, 2005
- Winner, Clipsal 500 Adelaide, 2006
- 3rd, Betta Electrical Sandown 500, 2006
- Winner, Supercheap Auto 1000 at Bathurst, 2006
| Teams contesting the 2006 V8 Supercar Championship Series | |||||||||
| Stone Brothers Racing | Holden Racing Team | Tasman Motorsport | Ford Performance Racing | Jack Daniel's Racing | WPS Racing | ||||
| 1 Russell Ingall 4 James Courtney |
2 Mark Skaife 22 Todd Kelly |
3 Jason Richards 23 Andrew Jones |
5 Mark Winterbottom 6 Jason Bright |
7 Steven Richards 11 Paul Dumbrell |
8 Max Wilson 10 Jason Bargwanna |
||||
| Team BOC | Toll HSV Dealer Team | Dick Johnson Racing | Paul Cruickshank Racing | Fujitsu Racing | Garry Rogers Motorsport | ||||
| 12 John Bowe 14 Brad Jones |
15 Rick Kelly 16 Garth Tander |
17 Steven Johnson 18 Will Davison |
20 Marcus Marshall | 25 Warren Luff 26 Jose Fernandez |
33 Lee Holdsworth 34 Dean Canto |
||||
| Team Sirromet Wines | Supercheap Auto Racing | Autobarn Racing | Team Betta Electrical | Team Kiwi Racing | |||||
| 39 Alan Gurr 39 Fabian Coulthard 67 Paul Morris |
50 Cameron McConville 51 Greg Murphy |
55 Steve Owen | 88 Jamie Whincup 888 Craig Lowndes |
021 Paul Radisich | |||||
