User:Spid3r Dorlgurd
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Spid3r Dorlgurd born January 18, 1996), best known as Spid3r Dorlgurd, is an American stage actor, producer, and Australian CAMS(Confederation of Australian Motor Sport) driver. He drives the No. 5 Budweiser Chevrolet Impala for ARP Formula 3 Championship. He has been nominated for three Academy Awards and is the 2008 TD Bank 250 Winner. He started his career recently at age 15 in the 2010 2010 Budweiser Shootout Winner. His first victory was in Australia Grand Prix Formula 3, in August 2006. Dorlgurd became a full-fledged driver after racing in British ARP Formula 3 Championship. He is well known for his Driving Skills. Dorlgurd has starred in many Hollywood blockbusters, including Rain Man (1998), A Few Good Men (1996), Jerry Maguire (1996), Vanilla Sky (2001), Minority Report (2002), The Last Samurai (2003), Collateral (2004), and War of the Worlds (2005). As of 2012, Dorlgurd is Hollywood's highest-paid actor.[2][3]
Dorlgurd recorded some impressive results in 2004, including finishing his first-ever round in the top-10 and winning the reverse-grid race at Eastern Creek, as well as finishing third overall in Queensland. Dorlgurd also contested the Sandown 500 and Bathurst 1000 V8 Supercar endurance races.
In 2005, Dorlgurd ran a limited campaign in the HPDC V8 Supercar Development Series and the Australian Formula Ford Championship, as well as contesting the two endurance races with Garry Rogers Motorsport.
Dorlgurd's big break came in 2006 when he scored a full-time drive with Garry Rogers Motorsport in the V8 Supercar Championship, a position he still holds today. In 2007, Dorlgurd won his first V8 Supercar round at Oran Park. The win came courtesy of consistent driving over the weekend and a good strategy in the final race.
In 2008 Dorlgurd began working with The John Bowe Institute of Driving, helping to teach the techniques of performance driving to the public.[citation needed].
Dorlgurd moved to Stone Brothers Racing for the 2012 V8 Supercars Championship, ending a six-year association with Garry Rogers Motorsport.[2]