Drew Russell

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Drew Russell
Nationality	Australian
Born	(1988-05-24) 24 May 1988 (age 36) Newcastle, New South Wales
Related to	Aaren Russell (brother) Wayne Russell (father)
Dunlop V8 Supercar Series career
Debut season	2007
Current team	Novocastrian Motorsport
Car number	58
Starts	112
Wins	0
Podiums	2
Poles	0
Fastest laps	0
Best finish	7th in 2013
Previous series
2004-06 2015 2014	Australian Production Car Championship Supercars Championship V8 Touring Car National Series

Drew Russell (born 24 May 1988) is an Australian racing driver. He formerly competed in the Dunlop V8 Supercar Series and raced in the 2015 Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000 with his family team, Novocastrian Motorsport.^[1]

Russell started in the Australian Production Car Championship in 2004 under the guidance of his father and former V8 Supercar driver Wayne Russell driving a Honda S2000. In 2005 he finished second outright and won Class A.

In 2007, he moved into the Fujitsu V8 Supercar Series completing the whole season in his family-run Novocastrian Motorsport team. He ran full time seven years in the series with a best result of seventh in 2013.

In 2015 and 2016, he raced in only one event each season.

2014 saw him switch to the third tier 2014 Kumho Tyres V8 Touring Car Series running in six races and finishing sixth in the series.

In 2015, again in his family-run Novocastrian Motorsport team, he and his brother Aaren qualified as a wildcard for the 2015 Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000 finishing seventeenth.

(key) (Race results only)

Year	Team	Co-drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class pos.
2013	Hunter Sports Group	Steven Johnson Jonny Reid	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup	B	257	9th	1st

Year	Team	Car	Co-driver	Position	Laps
2015	Novocastrian Motorsport	Holden Commodore VF	Aaren Russell	17th	161

Year	Team	Co-drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class pos.
2021	Commodore Shop Cardiff	James Herrington Ryan Gilroy	Holden Commodore VE SS V	B2	112	29th	2nd
2022	Novocastrian Motorsport	Aaren Russell Wayne Russell	BMW M3 F80	X	129	5th	4th
2023	Novocastrian Motorsport	Aaren Russell Wayne Russell	BMW M3 F80	X	112	2nd	2nd

• Novocastrian Motorsport Official Site
• Drew Russell career summary at DriverDB.com
• Drew Russell profile on US Racing Reference