29 Facts About Russell Ingall

Russell Ingall won his V8 Supercars title in 2005, and finished second in 1998,1999,2001 and 2004.

Russell Ingall's particular driving style earned him the nickname "Enforcer".

Russell Ingall was born in England and moved to Port Adelaide in South Australia with his father at the age of three.

Russell Ingall's father was a motor mechanic and operated a service station, his mother died from breast cancer at a young age.

Russell Ingall began his motor racing career at age 12 competing at the Whyalla go-kart track in South Australia.

Russell Ingall had the opportunity to compete in Peter Wearing Smith's team at the Macau Grand Prix, where he started 23rd and overtook David Coulthard to finish in fifth position.

Russell Ingall made history in 1993 returning to the United Kingdom to drive for the factory Van Diemen team to win 13 out of the 16 races in the British Formula Ford Championship and in the process recording the highest number of wins in a single season in the history of Formula Ford.

Russell Ingall was never able to live up to his full potential in Europe due to a lack of funding and later returned to Australia.

Russell Ingall went on to win the 1995 British Formula Renault Championship before joining Perkins Engineering for its campaign for the endurance races back in Australia.

Russell Ingall figured prominently in the team's epic last to first victory at Bathurst.

Russell Ingall went on to win rounds at the Queensland 300 and the Gillette V8 Supercar Challenge at the Lexmark Indy 300 on the Gold Coast, Queensland before eventually finishing seventh outright in the championship.

In 2004 Russell Ingall was again consistent with the highlight of the season coming with a round win at Symmons Plains in round 12.

In 2005 Russell Ingall went one better, collecting his first V8 Supercar championship after having been runner-up four times.

Russell Ingall went into the season with a plan and he followed it to the final race of the season, which was held at the Phillip Island circuit.

Russell Ingall raced "smarter" than he ever had before and worked out his strategy around the V8 Supercars points system to collect the title ahead of Craig Lowndes and Marcos Ambrose.

In 2006 Russell Ingall saw the championship slip from his grasp due to poor performance from his car which saw him finish the championship in eighth place.

Russell Ingall finished the championship for the first time outside the top 10, placing a disappointing eleventh.

Russell Ingall returned to the Holden fray in 2008 with Paul Morris Motorsport, now sponsored by automotive parts retailer Supercheap Auto.

In 2010, Russell Ingall was joined by New Zealander Greg Murphy.

Russell Ingall remained with Paul Morris Motorsport until the end of 2011.

In 2012, Russell Ingall moved to Walkinshaw Racing, with the Supercheap Auto sponsorship.

In 2013, Russell Ingall continued the use of the No 66 car 2013 saw the change to the new Holden VF Commodore.

At Townsville, Russell Ingall celebrated his 226th race start by using No 226 on his car.

In 2015, Russell Ingall signed with the Holden Racing Team to race in the endurance series after James Courtney was injured in a freak accident.

Russell Ingall competed in the Sandown 500 and the Bathurst 1000 with HRT.

Russell Ingall signed with Nissan Motorsport to race in the Pirtek Enduro Cup in 2016 and joined Rick Kelly in the No 15 Nissan Altima.

In October 2018, Russell Ingall made his Stadium Super Trucks debut at Sydney Motorsport Park.

Russell Ingall finished seventh and fifth in the weekend's two races.

In 2015, Russell Ingall was appointed a co-host on Fox Sports coverage of V8 Supercars with five-time champion and former rival Mark Skaife.