James Moffat (racing driver)

James Moffat
James Moffat
	James Moffat in 2011
Nationality	Australian
Born	18 June 1984 (age 40); Melbourne, Victoria
Supercars Championship career
Car number	6
Current team	Tickford Racing; (Endurance race co-driver)
Championships	0
Races	231
Wins	2
Podiums	6
Pole positions	1

James Evan Moffat (born 18 June 1984) is an Australian professional racing driver who competed in the Virgin Australia Supercars Championship. In 2018 he drove for Wall Racing in the Porsche Carrera Cup Australia Championship. Moffat also races as a co-driver for Tickford Racing in the Pirtek Enduro Cup in a Ford Mustang GT, alongside Cam Waters.

Biography

Moffat, son of touring car legend Allan Moffat, first appeared as a racing driver at club level before moving up to national level racing in a one-make series for Lotus Elise production cars, finishing runner-up in a tight championship fight, before graduating into V8 Utes in 2005.

After a lean 2006, Moffat returned in 2007 in a Sonic Motor Racing Services liveried Mygale in the Australian Formula Ford Championship and despite little previous open wheel experience finished third in the championship in his rookie season. With the same team Moffat progressed to the Carrera Cup where he again ran at the front of the field, competing against his half-brother Andrew Moffat, among others.

Co-inciding with the collapse of Carrera Cup, Moffat moved into Team Sonic's newly established V8 Supercar program and finished second in the 2009 Fujitsu V8 Supercar series. At the season ending V8 Supercar prizegiving Moffat received the Mike Kable Young Gun Award, recognition of his efforts as a first year V8 Supercar driver.^[1]

In late January 2011, Dick Johnson Racing announced the signing of Moffat to pilot the number 18 car vacated by the HRT-bound James Courtney.^[2] It was the first time in 22 years that the Moffat name has competed in the top level of Australian Touring Car racing.

Moffat remained with DJR for the following year before joining Kelly Racing as the team transitioned to Nissan Motorsport racing Nissan Altimas. Moffat quickly established himself within the new team, coming home first ahead of team-mate Michael Caruso at Winton.^[3]

His second placing with co-driver Taz Douglas at the 2014 Bathurst 1000 is his best finish to date at Mount Panorama—a remarkable achievement considering his Altima made contact with the tyre wall at the top of Mountain Straight on two occasions during the race.

Career results

Season	Series	Position	Car	Team
2004	Australian Lotus Trophy	2nd	Lotus Elise	Trueline Pty Ltd / PIMM
2005	Australian V8 Utes Series	7th	Ford BA Falcon XR8 Ute	Allan Grice Racing
2007	Australian Formula Ford Championship	3rd	Mygale SJ07A	Sonic Motor Racing Services
2008	Australian Carrera Cup Championship	3rd	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup	Sonic Motor Racing Services
2009	Fujitsu V8 Supercar Series	2nd	Ford Falcon (BF)	Sonic Motor Racing Services
2010	Fujitsu V8 Supercar Series	3rd	Ford Falcon (BF)	Ford Performance Racing
2010	V8 Supercar Championship Series	46th	Ford Falcon (FG)	Ford Performance Racing
2011	International V8 Supercars Championship	23rd	Ford Falcon (FG)	Dick Johnson Racing
2012	International V8 Supercars Championship	21st	Ford Falcon (FG)	Dick Johnson Racing
2013	International V8 Supercars Championship	18th	Nissan Altima L33	Nissan Motorsport
2014	International V8 Supercars Championship	16th	Nissan Altima L33	Nissan Motorsport
2015	International V8 Supercars Championship	18th	Nissan Altima L33	Nissan Motorsport
2016	International V8 Supercars Championship	20th	Volvo S60	Garry Rogers Motorsport
2017	Virgin Australia Supercars Championship	17th	Holden Commodore (VF)	Garry Rogers Motorsport
2018	Porsche Carrera Cup Australia	6th	Porsche 911 Cup	Wall Racing
2018	Virgin Australia Supercars Championship	30th	Ford FG X Falcon	Tickford Racing
2019	Virgin Australia Supercars Championship	40th	Ford Mustang GT	Tickford Racing
2020	Supercars Championship	39th	Ford Mustang GT	Tickford Racing
2021	TCR Australia	8th	Renault Mégane R.S TCR	Garry Rogers Motorsport
2021	Supercars Championship	29th	Ford Mustang GT	Tickford Racing
2022	TCR Australia	14th	Renault Mégane R.S TCR	Garry Rogers Motorsport
2022	Repco Supercars Championship	30th	Ford Mustang GT	Tickford Racing
2023	Australian Trans Am Series	1st	Ford Mustang	Garry Rogers Motorsport
2023	Repco Supercars Championship	54th	Ford Mustang S650	Tickford Racing

Supercars Championship results

Supercars results
Year	Team	Car	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38	39	Position	Points
2010	Ford Performance Racing	Ford Falcon (FG)	YMC R1	YMC R2	BHR R3	BHR R4	ADE R5	ADE R6	HAM R7	HAM R8	QLD R9 PO	QLD R10 PO	WIN R11 PO	WIN R12 PO	HDV R13	HDV R14	TOW R15	TOW R16	PHI QR 24	PHI R17 21	BAT R18 11	SUR R19	SUR R20	SYM R21	SYM R22	SAN R23	SAN R24	SYD R25	SYD R26													46th	251
2011	Dick Johnson Racing	Ford Falcon (FG)	YMC R1 16	YMC R2 Ret	ADE R3 Ret	ADE R4 22	HAM R5 9	HAM R6 17	BAR R7 18	BAR R8 17	BAR R9 21	WIN R10 19	WIN R11 9	HID R12 14	HID R13 13	TOW R14 17	TOW R15 15	QLD R16 10	QLD R17 9	QLD R18 4	PHI QR 24	PHI R19 25	BAT R20 25	SUR R21 4	SUR R22 Ret	SYM R23 20	SYM R24 18	SAN R25 Ret	SAN R26 25	SYD R27 8	SYD R28 Ret											23rd	1306
2012	Dick Johnson Racing	Ford Falcon (FG)	ADE R1 15	ADE R2 Ret	SYM R3 14	SYM R4 19	HAM R5 Ret	HAM R6 18	BAR R7 Ret	BAR R8 24	BAR R9 22	PHI R10 Ret	PHI R11 16	HID R12 21	HID R13 Ret	TOW R14 13	TOW R15 23	QLD R16 18	QLD R17 19	SMP R18 19	SMP R19 16	SAN QR 11	SAN R20 26	BAT R21 10	SUR R22 Ret	SUR R23 Ret	YMC R24 9	YMC R25 13	YMC R26 6	WIN R27 5	WIN R28 17	SYD R29 8	SYD R30 22									21st	1354
2013	Nissan Motorsport	Nissan Altima L33	ADE R1 14	ADE R2 13	SYM R3 19	SYM R4 20	SYM R5 15	PUK R6 22	PUK R7 9	PUK R8 13	PUK R9 10	BAR R10 10	BAR R11 10	BAR R12 8	COA R13 16	COA R14 10	COA R15 17	COA R16 14	HID R17 15	HID R18 23	HID R19 Ret	TOW R20 15	TOW R21 14	QLD R22 10	QLD R23 23	QLD R24 12	WIN R25 1	WIN R26 11	WIN R27 8	SAN QR 20	SAN R28 26	BAT R29 18	SUR R30 Ret	SUR R31 Ret	PHI R32 Ret	PHI R33 21	PHI R34 7	SYD R35 20	SYD R36 Ret			18th	1448
2014	Nissan Motorsport	Nissan Altima L33	ADE R1 20	ADE R2 12	ADE R3 9	SYM R4 18	SYM R5 12	SYM R6 22	WIN R7 18	WIN R8 6	WIN R9 9	PUK R10 10	PUK R11 15	PUK R12 8	PUK R13 16	BAR R14 21	BAR R15 21	BAR R16 8	HID R17 11	HID R18 Ret	HID R19 7	TOW R20 21	TOW R21 18	TOW R22 16	QLD R23 Ret	QLD R24 13	QLD R25 5	SMP R26 12	SMP R27 6	SMP R28 4	SAN QR 22	SAN R29 Ret	BAT R30 2	SUR R31 13	SUR R32 Ret	PHI R33 18	PHI R34 11	PHI R35 18	SYD R36 14	SYD R37 17	SYD R38 15	16th	1734
2015	Nissan Motorsport	Nissan Altima L33	ADE R1 11	ADE R2 7	ADE R3 Ret	SYM R4 12	SYM R5 19	SYM R6 22	BAR R7 13	BAR R8 20	BAR R9 7	WIN R10 17	WIN R11 22	WIN R12 19	HID R13 4	HID R14 11	HID R15 14	TOW R16 11	TOW R17 17	QLD R18 DSQ	QLD R19 DSQ	QLD R20 10	SMP R21 12	SMP R22 18	SMP R23 Ret	SAN QR 20	SAN R24 18	BAT R25 10	SUR R26 10	SUR R27 8	PUK R28 11	PUK R29 14	PUK R30 14	PHI R31 5	PHI R32 14	PHI R33 8	SYD R34 24	SYD R35 Ret	SYD R36 16			18th	1643
2016	Garry Rogers Motorsport	Volvo S60	ADE R1 17	ADE R2 15	ADE R3 22	SYM R4 20	SYM R5 16	PHI R6 7	PHI R7 15	BAR R8 14	BAR R9 17	WIN R10 26	WIN R11 19	HID R12 Ret	HID R13 10	TOW R14 17	TOW R15 19	QLD R16 9	QLD R17 11	SMP R18 12	SMP R19 18	SAN QR 4	SAN R20 Ret	BAT R21 Ret	SUR R22 5	SUR R23 12	PUK R24 20	PUK R25 14	PUK R26 12	PUK R27 10	SYD R28 24	SYD R29 10										20th	1419
2017	Garry Rogers Motorsport	Holden Commodore (VF)	ADE R1 10	ADE R2 16	SYM R3 Ret	SYM R4 19	PHI R5 14	PHI R6 4	BAR R7 12	BAR R8 11	WIN R9 19	WIN R10 16	HID R11 9	HID R12 25	TOW R13 13	TOW R14 7	QLD R15 28	QLD R16 14	SMP R17 DSQ	SMP R18 17	SAN QR 16	SAN R19 7	BAT R20 Ret	SUR R21 18	SUR R22 19	PUK R23 13	PUK R24 9	NEW R25 Ret	NEW R26 13													17th	1542
2018	Tickford Racing	Ford FG X Falcon	ADE R1	ADE R2	MEL R3	MEL R4	MEL R5	MEL R6	SYM R7	SYM R8	PHI R9	PHI R10	BAR R11	BAR R12	WIN R13 PO	WIN R14 PO	HID R15 PO	HID R16 PO	TOW R17	TOW R18	QLD R19 PO	QLD R20 PO	SMP R21	BEN R22	BEN R23	SAN QR 10	SAN R24 10	BAT R25 4	SUR R26 1	SUR R27 C	PUK R28	PUK R29	NEW R30	NEW R31								30th	546
2019	Tickford Racing	Ford Mustang GT	ADE R1	ADE R2	MEL R3	MEL R4	MEL R5	MEL R6	SYM R7 PO	SYM R8 PO	PHI R9	PHI R10	BAR R11	BAR R12	WIN R13 PO	WIN R14 PO	HID R15	HID R16	TOW R17	TOW R18	QLD R19	QLD R20	BEN R21 PO	BEN R22 PO	PUK R23	PUK R24	BAT R25 15	SUR R26 DNS	SUR R27 DNS	SAN QR Ret	SAN R28 2	NEW R29	NEW R30									40th	350
2020	Tickford Racing	Ford Mustang GT	ADE R1	ADE R2	MEL R3	MEL R4	MEL R5	MEL R6	SMP1 R7	SMP1 R8	SMP1 R9	SMP2 R10	SMP2 R11	SMP2 R12	HID1 R13	HID1 R14	HID1 R15	HID2 R16	HID2 R17	HID2 R18	TOW1 R19	TOW1 R20	TOW1 R21	TOW2 R22	TOW2 R23	TOW2 R24	BEN1 R25	BEN1 R26	BEN1 R27	BEN2 R28	BEN2 R29	BEN2 R30	BAT R31 14									39th	126
2021	Tickford Racing	Ford Mustang GT	BAT1 R1	BAT1 R2	SAN R3	SAN R4	SAN R5	SYM R6	SYM R7	SYM R8	BEN R9	BEN R10	BEN R11	HID R12	HID R13	HID R14	TOW1 R15	TOW1 R16	TOW2 R17	TOW2 R18	TOW2 R19	SMP1 R20	SMP1 R21	SMP1 R22	SMP2 R23	SMP2 R24	SMP2 R25	SMP3 R26	SMP3 R27	SMP3 R28	SMP4 R29 PO	SMP4 R30 PO	BAT2 R31 2									29th	276
2022	Tickford Racing	Ford Mustang GT	SMP R1	SMP R2	SYM R3	SYM R4	SYM R5	MEL R6	MEL R7	MEL R8	MEL R9	BAR R10	BAR R11	BAR R12	WIN R13	WIN R14	WIN R15	HID R16	HID R17	HID R18	TOW R19	TOW R20	BEN R21	BEN R22	BEN R23	SAN R24 PO	SAN R25 PO	SAN R26 PO	PUK R27	PUK R28	PUK R29	BAT R30 3	SUR R31	SUR R32	NEW R33	NEW R34						30th	258
2023	Tickford Racing	Ford Mustang S650	NEW R1	NEW R2	MEL R3	MEL R4	MEL R5	MEL R6	BAR R7	BAR R8	BAR R9	SYM R10	SYM R11	SYM R12	HID R13	HID R14	HID R15	TOW R16	TOW R17	SMP R18	SMP R19	BEN R20	BEN R21	BEN R22	SAN R23 20	BAT R24 Ret	SUR R25	SUR R26	ADE R27	ADE R28												56th	90

Bathurst 1000 results

Year	Team	Car	Co-driver	Position	Laps
2010	Ford Performance Racing	Ford Falcon FG	Steven Richards	11th	161
2011	Dick Johnson Racing	Ford Falcon FG	Matthew Halliday	25th	146
2012	Dick Johnson Racing	Ford Falcon FG	Alex Davison	10th	161
2013	Nissan Motorsport	Nissan Altima L33	Taz Douglas	18th	161
2014	Nissan Motorsport	Nissan Altima L33	Taz Douglas	2nd	161
2015	Nissan Motorsport	Nissan Altima L33	Taz Douglas	10th	161
2016	Garry Rogers Motorsport	Volvo S60 Mk.2	James Golding	DNF	108
2017	Garry Rogers Motorsport	Holden Commodore VF	Richard Muscat	DNF	141
2018	Tickford Racing	Ford Falcon FG X	Chaz Mostert	4th	161
2019	Tickford Racing	Ford Mustang S550	Chaz Mostert	15th	160
2020	Tickford Racing	Ford Mustang S550	Jack Le Brocq	14th	161
2021	Tickford Racing	Ford Mustang S550	Cameron Waters	2nd	161
2022	Tickford Racing	Ford Mustang S550	Cameron Waters	3rd	161
2023	Tickford Racing	Ford Mustang S650	Cameron Waters	DNF	70
2024	Tickford Racing	Ford Mustang S650	Cameron Waters	4th	161

Gallery

Moffat drove a Ford Falcon (BF) to 2nd place in the 2009 Fujitsu V8 Supercar Series.
Moffat placed 23rd in a Ford Falcon (FG) in the 2011 V8 Supercars Championship.
Moffat placed 18th in the 2013 V8 Supercars Championship driving a Nissan L33 Altima.
Moffat placed 16th in the 2014 V8 Supercars Championship driving a Nissan L33 Altima.

References

^ "Davo deemed best and fairest - v8supercars.com.au". Archived from the original on 12 December 2009. Retrieved 8 January 2010. V8 Supercars web site article
^ "MOFFAT SIGNS FOR JIM BEAM RACING". 22 January 2011. Archived from the original on 22 January 2011.
^ "James Moffat takes his first V8 Supercars race win at Winton as Nissan returns to the top of the podium | Herald Sun". Archived from the original on 29 August 2020. Retrieved 17 October 2014.

External links

Official website
James Moffat career summary at DriverDB.com
James Moffat driver statistics at Racing-Reference

Awards and achievements
Preceded by Karl Reindler	Mike Kable Young Gun Award 2009	Succeeded by Tim Blanchard

[1] "Davo deemed best and fairest - v8supercars.com.au". Archived from the original on 12 December 2009. Retrieved 8 January 2010. V8 Supercars web site article

[2] "MOFFAT SIGNS FOR JIM BEAM RACING". 22 January 2011. Archived from the original on 22 January 2011.

[3] "James Moffat takes his first V8 Supercars race win at Winton as Nissan returns to the top of the podium | Herald Sun". Archived from the original on 29 August 2020. Retrieved 17 October 2014.

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