# Daniel Gaunt

Daniel Thomas Gaunt (born 27 February 1985 in Auckland) is a New Zealand racing driver and owner of Game Over Auckland.

## Formula Racing

After rising through the ranks of New Zealand Formula Ford, which included a third-place finish in the 2002 New Zealand Grand Prix, Gaunt moved to Australia, competing in the Formula 4000 category and winning the 2003 Australian Drivers' Championship. With Formula 4000 collapsing, the title did not lead anywhere and Gaunt returned to New Zealand. After a win in the 2004 Lady Wigram Trophy driving a Dallara F3, Gaunt moved on to compete in the inaugural Toyota Racing Series, finishing third in the final standings. A season in Champ Car Atlantics followed with the Paul Newman owned Newman/Wachs Racing. After single race as the back-up driver for A1 Team New Zealand Gaunt returned to New Zealand Gaunt won the 2006 Toyota Racing Series title.

## Sedan Racing

Drives in 2008 proved slim with guest drives in Toyota Racing Series, Australian Carrera Cup and a late season drive with Team Kiwi Racing in V8 Supercars. Over the 2008/09 NZ motor racing summer season Gaunt competed in the Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge with the XXX Motorsport team, finishing 3rd overall and then stepped up to a full-time drive for McElrea Racing in the Australian Fujitsu Development Series. From there he was recruited by Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport to drive in the 2010 V8 Supercar Championship Series but was replaced mid season. In 2011 he is driving for Stone Brothers Racing satellite team James Rosenberg Racing for the Phillip Island and Bathurst endurance races.

## Career results

| Season | Series | Position | Car | Team |
| 2001 | New Zealand South Island Formula Ford | 1st | | |
| 2003 | Australian Drivers' Championship | 1st | Reynard 92D Holden Reynard 96D Holden Reynard 94D Holden | Pure Power Racing Ralt Australia |
| 2004 | Lady Wigram Trophy | 1st | Dallara F301 Spiess Opel | Team BRM |
| 2005 | Toyota Racing Series | 4th | Tatuus TT104ZZ Toyota | |
| 2005–06 | Toyota Racing Series | 1st | Tatuus TT104ZZ Toyota | |
| 2006 | Champ Car Atlantic Championship | 24th | Swift 016.a Mazda-Cosworth | Newman/Wachs Racing |
| 2006 | Indy Pro Series | 31st | Dallara IPS Infiniti | Brian Stewart Racing |
| 2006–07 | Toyota Racing Series | 1st | Tatuus TT104ZZ Toyota | |
| 2008 | V8 Supercar Championship Series | 54th | Ford BF Falcon | Team Kiwi Racing |
| 2008-09 | Toyota Racing Series | 15th | Tatuus TT104ZZ Toyota | |
| 2009 | Fujitsu V8 Supercar Series | 5th | Ford BF Falcon | McElrea Racing |
| 2009 | V8 Supercar Championship Series | 41st | Ford FG Falcon | Stone Brothers Racing |
| 2010 | V8 Supercar Championship Series | 34th | Holden VE Commodore | Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport |
| 2011 | Australian GT Championship | 13th | Porsche 997 GT3 Cup S Mosler MT900 GT3 | Vodka O Racing |
| 2011 | Australian Carrera Cup Championship | 3rd | Porsche 997 GT3 Cup S | Triple X Motorsport Melbourne Performance Centre |
| 2011 | International V8 Supercars Championship | 48th | Ford FG Falcon | James Rosenberg Racing |
| 2012 | South Island Endurance Series | 1st | Porsche 997 GT3 Cup R | Paul Kelly Motor Company |
| 2012 | V8SuperTourer Championship | 14th | Ford FG Falcon | Tasman Motorsports Group |
| 2012 | Australian Carrera Cup Championship | 4th | Porsche 997 GT3 Cup R | Rusty French Racing |
| 2012 | International V8 Supercars Championship | 50th | Holden VE Commodore | Kelly Racing |
| 2013 | South Island Endurance Series | 1st | Porsche 997 GT3 Cup R | Paul Kelly Motor Company |
| 2013 | V8SuperTourer | 6th | Ford FG Falcon | Tasman Motorsports Group PS Racing |
| 2013 | Dunlop V8 Supercar Series | 11th | Holden VE Commodore Ford FG Falcon | Eggleston Motorsport Evans Motorsport Group |
| 2013 | International V8 Supercars Championship | 50th | Nissan Altima | Nissan Motorsport |
| 2014 | Australian Carrera Cup Championship | - | Porsche 991 GT3 Cup | McElrea Racing |
| 2014 | Australian GT Championship - GT Trophy Class | 5th | Lamborghini Gallardo (LP 520) | Team JJ Racing |
| 2015 | Australian Carrera Cup Championship | - | Porsche 991 GT3 Cup | Tony Bates Racing |
| 2015 | Australian GT Championship - GT Trophy Class | 11th | Audi R8 LMS | |
| 2014-15 | V8SuperTourers | 29th | Ford Falcon (FG) | PSR Racing |
| 2016 | Australian Production Car Series | 32nd | Mitsubishi Lancer RS Evo X | Melbourne Performance Centre |
| 2016 | Australian GT Championship | 17th | Aston Martin V12 Vantage GT3 McLaren 650S GT3 | Keltic Racing |
| 2017 | Porsche Carrera Cup Australia | 22nd | Porsche 991 GT3 Cup | Bulk Motorworks |
| 2017 | Australian GT Championship | 24th | Audi R8 LMS | Melbourne Performance Centre |
| 2018 | Australian GT Championship | 8th | Audi R8 LMS | Audi Sport Customer Racing |

### American open-wheel racing
#### Champ Car Atlantic

| Year | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Rank | Points |
| 2006 | Newman Wachs Racing | LBH 20 | HOU DNS | MTY 15 | POR 8 | CLE1 22 | CLE2 21 | TOR | EDM | SJO | DEN | MTL | ROA | 24th | 22 |

#### Indy Pro Series

| Year | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Rank | Points |
| 2006 | Brian Stewart Racing | HMS | STP1 | STP2 | INDY | WGL | IMS | NSH | MIL | KTY | SNM1 14 | SNM2 9 | CHI | 31st | 38 |

### Complete V8 Supercar 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 | Final pos | Points |
| 2008 | Team Kiwi Racing | Ford BF Falcon | ADE | ECK | HAM | PTH | SAN | HDV | QLD | WIN | PHI | BAT | SUR | BHR | SYM 26 | OPK 26 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 54th | 112 |
| 2009 | Stone Brothers Racing | Ford FG Falcon | ADE R1 | ADE R2 | HAM R3 | HAM R4 | WIN R5 | WIN R6 | SYM R7 | SYM R8 | HDV R9 | HDV R10 | TOW R11 | TOW R12 | SAN R13 | SAN R14 | QLD R15 | QLD R16 | PHI Q 21 | PHI R17 17 | BAT R18 19 | SUR R19 | SUR R20 | PHI R21 | PHI R22 | PTH R23 | PTH R22 | SYD R23 | SYD R24 | | | | | | | | | | | 41st | 213 |
| 2010 | Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport | Holden VE Commodore | YMC R1 22 | YMC R2 24 | BHR R3 26 | BHR R4 23 | ADE R5 18 | ADE R6 25 | HAM R7 19 | HAM R8 17 | QLD R9 17 | QLD R10 18 | WIN R11 25 | WIN R12 19 | HDV R13 26 | HDV R14 28 | TOW R15 | TOW R16 | PHI R17 | BAT R18 | SUR R19 | SUR R20 | SYM R21 | SYM R22 | SAN R23 | SAN R24 | SYD R25 | SYD R26 | | | | | | | | | | | | 34th | 539 |
| 2011 | James Rosenberg Racing | Ford FG Falcon | YMC R1 | YMC R2 | ADE R3 | ADE R4 | HAM R5 | HAM R6 | PER R7 | PER R8 | PER R9 | WIN R10 PO | WIN R11 PO | HDV R12 | HDV R13 | TOW R14 PO | TOW R15 PO | QLD R16 PO | QLD R17 PO | QLD R18 PO | PHI Q 21 | PHI R19 24 | BAT R20 12 | SUR R21 | SUR R22 | SYM R23 | SYM R24 | SAN R25 | SAN R26 | SYD R27 | SYD R28 | | | | | | | | | 48th | 219 |
| 2012 | Kelly Racing | Holden VE Commodore | ADE R1 | ADE R2 | SYM R3 | SYM R4 | HAM R5 | HAM R6 | PER R7 | PER R8 | PER R9 | PHI R10 PO | PHI R11 PO | HDV R12 | HDV R13 | TOW R14 PO | TOW R15 PO | QLD R16 PO | QLD R17 PO | SMP R18 | SMP R19 | SAN Q 24 | SAN R20 20 | BAT R21 19 | SUR R22 | SUR R23 | YMC R24 | YMC R25 | YMC R26 | WIN R27 | WIN R28 | SYD R29 | SYD R30 | | | | | | | 50th | 177 |
| 2013 | Nissan Motorsport | Nissan Altima L33 | ADE R1 | ADE R2 | SYM R3 | SYM R4 | SYM R5 | PUK R6 | PUK R7 | PUK R8 | PUK R9 | BAR R10 | BAR R11 | BAR R12 | COTA R13 | COTA R14 | COTA R15 | COTA R16 | HID R17 | HID R18 | HID R19 | TOW R20 | TOW R21 | QLD R22 PO | QLD R23 PO | QLD R24 PO | WIN R25 PO | WIN R26 PO | WIN R27 PO | SAN Q 19 | SAN R28 20 | BAT R29 15 | SUR R30 Ret | SUR R31 10 | PHI R32 | PHI R33 | PHI R34 | SYD R35 | SYD R36 | 50th | 228 |

### Complete Bathurst 1000 results

| Year | Team | Car | Co-driver | Position | Laps |
| 2009 | Stone Brothers Racing | Ford Falcon (FG) | John McIntyre | 19th | 160 |
| 2011 | James Rosenberg Racing | Ford Falcon (FG) | Tim Slade | 12th | 161 |
| 2012 | Kelly Racing | Holden Commodore (VE) | Karl Reindler | 19th | 161 |
| 2013 | Nissan Motorsport | Nissan Altima (L33) | Michael Caruso | 25th | 147 |