1. James D Davison was born on 28 August 1986 and is an Australian professional racing driver who drives an Aston Martin Vantage GT3 in the Blancpain GT World Challenge America.
22 Facts About James Davison
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James Davison has competed in the NTT IndyCar Series, NASCAR Cup Series, and NASCAR Xfinity Series.
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James Davison's father Jon Davison was a Formula 5000 competitor and was the long-running promoter of racing events at Sandown Raceway.
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James Davison is a cousin of V8 Supercar drivers Alex and Will Davison.
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James Davison competed as a coxswain as part of Scotch College's championship-winning rowing crew in 2003.
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For 2005 James Davison competed in the Formula BMW USA Junior Series, qualifying on the front row at the Canadian Formula 1 Grand Prix in Montreal, won at the US Grand Prix held at the world-famous Indianapolis Motor Speedway, was second at the Denver street circuit and Mid-Ohio and third at Barber Motorsports Park and Road Atlanta.
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James Davison received the Sunoco Most Improved Driver Award at the IRL Championship Celebration held in Las Vegas.
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James Davison finished second in the 2009 Firestone Indy Lights Championship with a new team Vision Racing, again winning at Mid-Ohio.
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James Davison was running at the finish of all fifteen races and finished in the top ten in all but one.
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James Davison shared the car with Indy Lights driver Gustavo Yacaman.
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In 2013 James Davison tested a car for Dale Coyne Racing at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course.
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James Davison then got caught up in a late wreck with 17 laps to go.
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James Davison finished in last place again at the 2020 Indianapolis 500 due to a mechanical failure only six laps into the race.
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James Davison was then drafted in to run at the 6 Hours of Watkins Glen the Crown Royal 200 at Watkins Glen.
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James Davison continued with Always Evolving Racing in the GT-R in 2016 before moving to The Racer's Group for the 2017 season.
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James Davison made his first NASCAR start in 2016, driving the No 90 King Autosport car in the Xfinity Series for the Road America 180.
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James Davison started 18th and went down one position after making contact with Scott Heckert on the last lap.
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In 2020, James Davison raced in the Cup Series for the first time in the Pocono Organics 325 at Pocono Raceway with Spire Motorsports.
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James Davison returned to the series at Loudon with Rick Ware Racing.
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James Davison committed to an approximately 26-race schedule with RWR for the 2021 Cup season.
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James Davison continued his dominance in the series at the virtually-designed Chicago Street Course, capturing the pole, leading every lap, and winning by 56 seconds over his Rick Ware Racing teammate Josh Bilicki.
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James Davison raced at the 2021 YellaWood 500 for the No 66 MBM Motorsports Ford with sponsorship from Rich Mar Florist.