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Encyclopedia > James Courtney

James Courtney (born 29 June 1980) is an Australian racing driver who will drive in the V8 Supercar series in 2006 for Stone Brothers Racing, replacing Marcos Ambrose. June 29 is the 180th day of the year (181st in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 185 days remaining. ... 1980 (MCMLXXX) was a leap year starting on Tuesday. ... Auto racing (also known as automobile racing or autosport) is a sport involving racing automobiles. ... Greg Murphy in a Holden Commodore leads 3 other cars at Bathurst V8 Supercar is a touring car racing category, the most popular category of domestic motorsport in Australia and one of the worlds biggest and most professional racing championships. ... Marcos Ambrose (born 1 September 1976 in Launceston) is an Australian racing driver, and was the Australian V8 Supercars champion in 2003 and 2004. ...


Courtney has raced in several other categories. He was British Formula Ford champion in 2000. He drove for the Jaguar Junior Formula Three team in 2001 and 2002, including testdriving for their Formula One team. Injuries from a Formula One crash led to him missing races in the British Formula Three Championship so he could not win the title. In 2003, he was All Japan Formula Three champion for the TOMS team[1][2]. In 2004 and 2005 he raced in the All Japan Grand Touring Car Championship sportscars for Toyota. Before racing cars, he was a successful karting racer, including winning the world junior karting title in 1995 and the World Formula A Karting Championship in 1997. Binomial name Panthera onca (Linnaeus, 1758) The jaguar (Panthera onca) is a large member of the cat family found primarily in the warm regions of the Americas. ... Formula Three, also called Formula 3 or, in abbreviated form, F3, is a type of formula racing and a class of open-wheeler motor racing. ... Formula One - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... The British Formula Three Championship is an annual series of motor races. ... All-Japan Grand Touring Car Championship or JGTC is a grand touring car race series authorized by the Japan Automobile Federation. ... Toyota redirects here. ... A kart racer takes a turn on an indoor track Kart racing (as the word is so spelled by enthusiasts) or karting is a variant of open-wheeler motor sport with simple, small four-wheeled vehicles called karts, go-karts, or gearbox/shifter karts depending on the design. ... Sauro Cesetti, a leading international Formula A driver for the Italian Birel s. ...


References

  • "James Courtney Joins Stone Brothers V8 Supercar", 2005-10-31. URL accessed on 2006-03-05.
  • Bob Jennings. "Courtney quick off the mark", Sydney Morning Herald, 2005-11-01. URL accessed on 2006-03-05.
  • Caltex Racing V8 Supercar drivers. URL accessed on 2006-03-05.


 

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