David Besnard

David Besnard
V8 Supercar Record
Nationality	Australian
Car number	17
Current team	Dick Johnson Racing
Series Championships	0
Races	78
Round Wins	1
Podium finishes	5
Race Wins	2
Pole positions	0
2011 Championship position	76th (66 pts)

David Besnard, (born 21 January 1977), in Sydney, Australia is a professional race car driver. Starting in Karts in 1981, he 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. 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 half way 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 V8Supercar Series and the Bathurst 1000. From there he drove with Stone Brothers for several seasons, before racing with Ford Performance Racing for one season, and WPS Racing for a few seasons. 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

Career Summary

Season	Series	Position	Car	Team
1992	European Junior Kart Championship	1st
1995	Australian Formula Ford Championship	26th	Van Diemen RF90 – Ford
1996	Australian Formula Ford Championship	1st	Van Diemen RF96 – Ford	David Besnard
1998	United States Formula Ford 2000 Championship	1st	Van Diemen RF98 Ford	Van Diemen USA
1999	United States Formula Atlantic Series	15th	Swift 008.a Toyota	Hylton Motorsports
2000	GrandAm Sportscar Series	83rd	Riley & Scott -Buick	Dyson
2000	Konica V8Supercar Championship	5th	Ford EL Falcon	Stone Brothers Racing
2000	Shell Championship Series	40th	Ford AU Falcon	Stone Brothers Racing
2001	Shell Championship Series	23rd	Ford AU Falcon	Stone Brothers Racing
2002	V8Supercar Championship Series	8th	Ford AU Falcon	Stone Brothers Racing
2003	V8Supercar Championship Series	21st	Ford AU Falcon Ford BA Falcon	Ford Performance Racing
2004	V8Supercar Championship Series	30th	Ford BA Falcon	WPS Racing
2004	Champ Car World Series	20th	Reynard 03i Ford Cosworth	Walker Racing
2005	V8Supercar Championship Series	25th	Ford BA Falcon	WPS Racing
2006	V8Supercar Championship Series	45th	Ford BA Falcon	WPS Racing
2006/07	New Zealand Touring Car Championship	4th	Ford BA Falcon
2007	V8Supercar Championship Series	27th	Ford BF Falcon	Stone Brothers Racing
2008	V8Supercar Championship Series	30th	Ford BF Falcon	Stone Brothers Racing
2009	V8Supercar Championship Series	33rd	Holden VE Commodore	Garry Rogers Motorsport
2010	V8Supercar Championship Series	47th	Holden VE Commodore	Garry Rogers Motorsport
2010	Fujitsu V8 Supercar Series	30th	Ford BF Falcon	Peters Motorsport
2011	International V8 Supercars Championship	76th	Ford FG Falcon	Dick Johnson Racing

American Open-Wheel

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Champ Car

Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	Rank	Points
2004	Walker	LBH	MTY	MIL	POR	CLE	TOR	VAN	ROA	DEN	MTL	LS	LVS	SRF 7	MXC	20th	18

References

• Conrod V8 Profile & Stats
• Speedsport Profile & stats
• Driver Database profile
• Racing Reference - US Racing stats

External links

• Official Web page