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Russell Ingall
Ingall in 2005
Nationality	Australian
Born	(1964-02-24)24 February 1964 (age 61) London,England
Racing licence	FIA Bronze
Supercars Championship career
Championships	1 (2005)
Races	588
Wins	27
Podiums	91
Pole positions	3
2016 position	48th (252 pts)

Russell Peter Ingall (born 24 February 1964 inLondon, England^[1]) is a former full-time AustralianV8 Supercar driver. He won his V8 Supercars title in2005, and finished second in1998,1999,2001 and2004. Ingall has also won theBathurst 1000, in1995 and1997. His particular driving style earned him the nickname "Enforcer".^[2]

Ingall was born in England and moved toPort Adelaide inSouth Australia with his father at the age of three. His father was a motor mechanic and operated a service station, his mother died frombreast cancer at a young age.

Ingall began his motor racing career at age 12 competing at theWhyalla go-kart track in South Australia. After winning an Australian Junior and several Senior karting Championships he moved overseas to racekarts in Europe before making the transition intoFormula Ford. During his karting career he lost his right-index finger at the first joint in an accident, however this didn't affect his racing.

Competing in only his secondFormula Ford event, Ingall finished third in a support race at the1988 Australian Grand Prix inAdelaide. Over the next few years Ingall proved to be a force in theMotorcraft Formula Ford Driver to Europe Series finishing runner-up before claiming the crown in the 1990. In 1990, he co-drove aBob Forbes RacingHolden Commodore VL at theBathurst 1000 withKevin Bartlett

Ingall headed to Europe in 1991. After almost claiming theBritish Formula Ford Championship in 1991, and making a promising debut in the GM-Lotus formula, Ingall moved to Germany to drive for Team Schübel in theGerman Formula Three Championship. Ingall also had the opportunity to compete in Peter Wearing Smith's team at theMacau Grand Prix, where he started 23rd and overtookDavid Coulthard to finish in fifth position.

Over the northern winter Ingall competed in the New Zealand Formula Ford series, winning easily with 10 victories from 12 races.

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

The season was finished off by winning one of the most prestigious single-seater events – theFormula Ford Festival and World Cup atBrands Hatch in England.

Ingall was never able to live up to his full potential in Europe due to a lack of funding and later returned to Australia. This was common for Australian race drivers in Europe.

After spending the first half of 1994 in theJapanese Formula 3 Championship Ingall made his return to Touring Cars, having previously driven for theBob Forbes Racing team in 1990, driving forWayne Gardner Racing at theSandown 500 andBathurst 1000. Ingall andWin Percy led at Bathurst for some time before finishing fifth.

Ingall went on to win the 1995 BritishFormula Renault Championship before joiningPerkins Engineering for its campaign for the endurance races back in Australia. Ingall figured prominently in the team's epic last to first victory at Bathurst. He would then become a permanent face of theV8 Supercar Championship throughout1996 season.

During his first year, Ingall claimed his maiden victory atCalder Park and then went on to win theBathurst 1000 for the second time in 1997. He also finished second in1998 and2002.

In his seven years with Perkins Engineering, Ingall finish runner-up in the championship three times (1998,1999 and2001) and was third in1997.

Following seven years with the Perkins team Ingall moved toStone Brothers Racing at the start of 2003 in winning style taking out the support races at theAustralian Grand Prix.

He also went on to win rounds at the Queensland 300 and the Gillette V8 Supercar Challenge at theLexmark Indy 300 on theGold Coast, Queensland before eventually finishing seventh outright in the championship.

In 2004 Ingall was again consistent with the highlight of the season coming with a round win atSymmons Plains in round 12. In the final round atEastern Creek Raceway, he finished third overall to jump from fourth to second in the championship in hisCaltexFord Falcon BA and give Stone Brothers Racing an historic 1–2 finish as his teammateMarcos Ambrose won the championship.

In 2005 Ingall went one better, collecting his firstV8 Supercar championship after having been runner-up four times. Ingall went into the season with a plan and he followed it to the final race of the season, which was held at thePhillip Island circuit. He raced "smarter" than he ever had before and worked out his strategy around theV8 Supercars points system to collect the title ahead ofCraig Lowndes and Marcos Ambrose.

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

In the lead-up to the 2007 season finale, Ingall announced he was Holden bound, thus leaving Stone Brothers Racing and Ford after five years. He finished the championship for the first time outside the top 10, placing a disappointing eleventh. For 2008 Ingall moved toPaul Morris Motorsport.

Ingall returned to the Holden fray in 2008 withPaul Morris Motorsport, now sponsored by automotive parts retailerSupercheap Auto. Ingall's debut race meeting for his new team proved less than ideal. Finishing in 14th place in the first leg of theClipsal 500, contact with the wall at Turn 8 during the morning warmup saw steering and suspension damage to the No. 39 car. Repairs were made in time for the start of Race 2, but the car was not the same, and he retired after just two laps, with failure in the ignition system.

“If I didn't stick it in (during) the warm up, the distributor drive would have probably gone in the warm-up so we would have found the problem before the race, so one thing led to another," said Ingall. "At the end of the day it was all related to the shunt.”

In 2010, Ingall was joined by New ZealanderGreg Murphy. Ingall remained with Paul Morris Motorsport until the end of 2011.

In 2012, Ingall moved toWalkinshaw Racing, with the Supercheap Auto sponsorship.

In 2013, Ingall continued the use of the No. 66 car, however, 2013 saw the change to the newHolden VF Commodore. Ingall's form for the year thus far has been inconsistent. AtTownsville, Ingall celebrated his 226th race start (a new record beatingJohn Bowe's 225) by using No. 226 on his car. In the Endurance events, Ingall teamed up with IndyCar racerRyan Briscoe.

After toying with the idea of retiring from full-time motorsports in 2014, Ingall announced returned to V8 Supercars in the 2014 season with Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport.^[3]

At the end of 2014, Ingall retired from full-time driving. He will still compete as a co-driver in the three endurance races.^[4]

In 2015, Ingall signed with theHolden Racing Team to race in the endurance series afterJames Courtney was injured in a freak accident. Ingall competed in theSandown 500 and theBathurst 1000 with HRT.

With Courtney returning to race in theGold Coast 600,Prodrive Racing Australia signed Ingall as a replacement forChaz Mostert, who was unable to drive due to injuries from his Bathurst crash.

Ingall signed withNissan Motorsport to race in the Pirtek Enduro Cup in 2016 and joinedRick Kelly in the No. 15 Nissan Altima.

Ingall made a return to the championship in aTriple Eight Race Engineering wildcard in the2021 Bathurst 1000 alongsideBroc Feeney in aSupercheap Auto backed #39Holden Commodore ZB.

In October 2018, Ingall made hisStadium Super Trucks debut atSydney Motorsport Park.^[5] He finished seventh and fifth in the weekend's two races.^[6][7] The following year, he returned to the series for the Gold Coast 600 round.^[8] In April 2021, Ingall took over for the injuredNash Morris for the series' final two races at Symmons Plains.^[9]

In 2015, Ingall was appointed a co-host onFox Sports coverage ofV8 Supercars with five-time champion and former rivalMark Skaife.

Ingall hosts an online video series titledEnforcer and The Dude alongsidePaul Morris.^[10]

(key) (Races inbold indicate pole position) (Races initalics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Team	Car	Qualifying	Quali race	Main race
1992	Madgwick Motorsport	Van Diemen RF92	23rd	?	5th

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Car#	Team	Car	Co-driver	Position	Laps
1990	13	Bob Forbes Motorsport	Holden Commodore VL SS Group A SV	Kevin Bartlett	17th	146
1994	7	Wayne Gardner Racing	Holden Commodore VP	Win Percy	5th	161
1995	11	Perkins Engineering	Holden Commodore VR	Larry Perkins	1st	161
1996	11	Perkins Engineering	Holden Commodore VP	Larry Perkins	6th	160
1997*	11	Perkins Engineering	Holden Commodore VS	Larry Perkins	1st	161
1998	80	Triple Eight Racing	Holden Vectra	Greg Murphy	DNF	83
1998*	11	Perkins Engineering	Holden Commodore VT	Larry Perkins	2nd	161
1999	11	Perkins Engineering	Holden Commodore VT	Larry Perkins	7th	161
2000	11	Perkins Engineering	Holden Commodore VT	Larry Perkins	11th	159
2001	11	Perkins Engineering	Holden Commodore VX	Larry Perkins	8th	161
2002	16	Perkins Engineering	Holden Commodore VX	Steven Richards	2nd	161
2003	4	Stone Brothers Racing	Ford Falcon BA	Marcos Ambrose	6th	161
2004	9	Stone Brothers Racing	Ford Falcon BA	Cameron McLean	6th	161
2005	9	Stone Brothers Racing	Ford Falcon BA	Luke Youlden	5th	161
2006	1	Stone Brothers Racing	Ford Falcon BA	Luke Youlden	4th	161
2007	9	Stone Brothers Racing	Ford Falcon BF	Luke Youlden	DNF	149
2008	39	Paul Morris Motorsport	Holden Commodore VE	Paul Morris	18th	156
2009	39	Paul Morris Motorsport	Holden Commodore VE	Owen Kelly	15th	160
2010	39	Paul Morris Motorsport	Holden Commodore VE	Paul Morris	8th	161
2011	200	Paul Morris Motorsport	Holden Commodore VE	Jack Perkins	8th	161
2012	66	Walkinshaw Racing	Holden Commodore VE	Christian Klien	9th	161
2013	66	Walkinshaw Racing	Holden Commodore VF	Ryan Briscoe	17th	161
2014	23	Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport	Holden Commodore VF	Tim Blanchard	DNF	137
2015	22	Holden Racing Team	Holden Commodore VF	Jack Perkins	11th	161
2016	15	Nissan Motorsport	Nissan Altima L33	Rick Kelly	DNF	156
2021	39	Triple Eight Race Engineering	Holden Commodore ZB	Broc Feeney	DNF	142

* Australian 1000 race

Year	Team	Co-drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Overall position	Class position
2009	Holden Motorsport	Nathan Pretty Andrew Jones	HSV E Series Clubsport R8 Tourer	A	223	15th	6th
2017	BMW Team SRM	Timo Glock Mark Skaife Tony Longhurst	BMW M6 GT3	AP	134	DNF	DNF

(key) (Bold – Pole position. Italics – Fastest qualifier. * – Most laps led.)

(key) (Bold – Pole position. Italics – Fastest qualifier. * – Most laps led.)

^* Season in progress.

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• Russell Ingall career summary at DriverDB.com
• Russell Ingall driver statistics at Racing-Reference

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