# Aaren Russell

Aaren Leigh Russell (born 22 August 1991) is an Australian motor-racing driver in the Virgin Australia Supercars Championship.

## Career history
### Junior formulae

In 2008 and 2009, Russell competed in the NSW Formula Vee championship, a stepping stone taken by several current main series V8 Supercars drivers. After placing 8th in his 2008 rookie season and 2nd in 2009, the Development V8 Supercar Series, the second tier of V8 Supercars racing, became his next target.

### Development Series

Russell moved into the Development Series in 2010 with family team Novocastrian Motorsport. His debut year saw him finish 9th in the championship. While he matched this feat in 2013, he would not improve on this championship position until 2014, when he finished 7th. During the 2014 Dunlop Series, Aaren received two round podiums, one at Queensland Raceway and one at Sydney Olympic Park. In the 2015 Dunlop V8 Supercar Series, Russell moved teams to drive for Paul Morris Motorsport.

### Supercars Championship

In 2015, Russell, alongside his brother Drew Russell, competed in the 2015 Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000 in a wildcard entry run by family team Novocastrian Motorsport. The entry finished 17th and on the lead lap.
In 2016, Russell signed for Erebus Motorsport to drive a Holden VF Commodore in the 2016 International V8 Supercars Championship, which will be his first full-time drive in the main series. This relationship ended after the Townsville round when major sponsor Plus Fitness dropped their support for the team. He then joined Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport to partner Andre Heimgartner in the Pirtek Enduro Cup series.
In 2017, he returned to the Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport team for initially three rounds starting at the Townsville 400, but including the Bathurst 1000 and Newcastle 500. This deal was later extended to include the Sandown 500 and Gold Coast 600.
For 2018 he will run as co-driver to Heimgartner at Nissan Motorsport for the endurance races. He won the co-driver qualifying race at the Sandown 500 after a mid-race hailstorm disrupted the race order. The pairing finished 16th and were the last car on the lead lap at the 2018 Bathurst 1000.

## Career results

| Season | Series | Position | Car | Team |
| 2008 | Australian Formula Vee National Series | 10th | Elfin NG - VW | Novocastrian Motorsport |
| 2009 | Australian Formula Vee National Series | 5th | Stinger - VW | Novocastrian Motorsport |
| 2010 | Fujitsu V8 Supercars Series | 9th | Ford BF Falcon | Novocastrian Motorsport |
| 2011 | Fujitsu V8 Supercars Series | 13th | Ford BF Falcon | Novocastrian Motorsport |
| 2012 | Dunlop V8 Supercar Series | 15th | Ford BF Falcon | Novocastrian Motorsport |
| 2013 | Dunlop V8 Supercar Series | 9th | Ford FG Falcon | Novocastrian Motorsport |
| 2014 | Dunlop V8 Supercar Series | 7th | Ford FG Falcon | Novocastrian Motorsport |
| 2015 | V8 Supercars Dunlop Series | 11th | Ford FG Falcon | Paul Morris Motorsport |
| 2015 | International V8 Supercars Championship | 52nd | Holden VF Commodore | Novocastrian Motorsport |
| 2016 | International V8 Supercars Championship | 28th | Holden VF Commodore | Erebus Motorsport Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport |
| 2017 | Supercars Championship | 48th | Holden VF Commodore | Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport |
| 2018 | Supercars Championship | 42nd | Nissan Altima L33 | Nissan Motorsport |
| 2022 | Australian Production Car Series | 2nd | BMW M3 | Novocastrian Motorsport |

### V8 Supercars Development Series results

(key) (Race results only)
V8 Supercars Development Series results :
| Year | Team | Car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | Position | Points |
| 2010 | Novocastrian Motorsport | Ford Falcon BF | ADE 1 12 | ADE 2 13 | IPS 1 18 | IPS 2 15 | IPS 3 13 | WIN 1 8 | WIN 2 15 | WIN 3 8 | TSV 1 12 | TSV 2 10 | TSV 3 13 | BAT 1 12 | BAT 2 10 | SAN 1 11 | SAN 2 16 | SAN 3 14 | SOP 1 10 | SOP 2 Ret | 9th | 920 |
| 2011 | Novocastrian Motorsport | Ford Falcon BF | ADE 1 21 | ADE 2 Ret | PER 1 16 | PER 2 10 | TSV 1 Ret | TSV 2 26 | TSV 3 15 | IPS 1 21 | IPS 2 17 | IPS 3 13 | BAT 1 13 | BAT 2 11 | SAN 1 16 | SAN 2 12 | SAN 3 15 | SOP 1 12 | SOP 2 15 | | 13th | 733 |
| 2012 | Novocastrian Motorsport | Ford Falcon BF | ADE 1 18 | ADE 2 13 | PER 1 16 | PER 2 14 | PER 3 13 | TSV 1 14 | TSV 2 15 | TSV 3 19 | IPS 1 17 | IPS 2 13 | IPS 3 16 | BAT 1 10 | BAT 2 Ret | WIN 1 14 | WIN 2 6 | WIN 3 18 | SOP 1 7 | SOP 2 Ret | 15th | 723 |
| 2013 | Novocastrian Motorsport | Ford Falcon FG | ADE 1 9 | ADE 2 6 | PER 1 19 | PER 2 17 | PER 3 13 | TSV 1 4 | TSV 2 7 | TSV 3 6 | IPS 1 13 | IPS 2 9 | IPS 3 6 | WIN 1 Ret | WIN 2 23 | WIN 3 23 | BAT 1 10 | BAT 2 27 | SOP 1 8 | SOP 2 8 | 9th | 1008 |
| 2014 | Novocastrian Motorsport | Ford Falcon FG | ADE 1 9 | ADE 2 13 | WIN 1 28 | WIN 2 14 | PER 1 12 | PER 2 8 | TSV 1 4 | TSV 2 24 | IPS 1 2 | IPS 2 8 | BAT 6 | SOP 1 3 | SOP 2 2 | | | | | | 7th | 1220 |
| 2015 | Novocastrian Motorsport | Ford Falcon FG | ADE 1 6 | ADE 2 3 | PER 1 5 | PER 2 23 | PER 3 24 | WIN 1 25 | WIN 2 14 | WIN 3 7 | TSV 1 8 | TSV 2 Ret | IPS 1 9 | IPS 2 Ret | IPS 3 14 | BAT 20 | SOP 1 9 | SOP 2 7 | | | 11th | 935 |

### Complete 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 | Position | Points |
| 2015 | Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport | Holden VF Commodore | ADE R1 | ADE R2 | ADE R3 | SYM R4 | SYM R5 | SYM R6 | BAR R7 | BAR R8 | BAR R9 | WIN R10 | WIN R11 | WIN R12 | HID R13 | HID R14 | HID R15 | TOW R16 | TOW R17 | QLD R18 PO | QLD R19 PO | QLD R20 PO | SMP R21 | SMP R22 | SMP R23 | SAN R24 | | | | | | | | | | | | | 52nd | 108 |
| 2015 | Novocastrian Motorsport | Holden VF Commodore | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | BAT R25 17 | SUR R26 | SUR R27 | PUK R28 | PUK R29 | PUK R30 | PHI R31 | PHI R32 | PHI R33 | SYD R34 | SYD R35 | SYD R36 | 52nd | 108 |
| 2016 | Erebus Motorsport | Holden VF Commodore | ADE R1 25 | ADE R2 22 | ADE R3 DNS | SYM R4 23 | SYM R5 17 | PHI R6 25 | PHI R7 22 | BAR R8 25 | BAR R9 24 | WIN R10 24 | WIN R11 24 | HID R12 22 | HID R13 19 | TOW R14 22 | TOW R15 21 | QLD R16 | QLD R17 | SMP R18 | SMP R19 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 28th | 627 |
| 2016 | Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport | Holden VF Commodore | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | SAN QR 17 | SAN R20 19 | BAT R21 Ret | SUR R22 13 | SUR R23 Ret | PUK R24 | PUK R25 | PUK R26 | PUK R27 | SYD R28 | SYD R29 | | | | | | | | | 28th | 627 |
| 2017 | Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport | Holden VF Commodore | ADE R1 | ADE R2 | SYM R3 | SYM R4 | PHI R5 | PHI R6 | BAR R7 | BAR R8 | WIN R9 | WIN R10 | HID R11 | HID R12 | TOW R13 22 | TOW R14 25 | QLD R15 | QLD R16 | SMP R17 | SMP R18 | SAN QR 20 | SAN R19 Ret | BAT R20 17 | SUR R21 Ret | SUR R22 Ret | PUK R23 21 | PUK R24 21 | NEW R25 Ret | NEW R26 19 | | | | | | | | | | 48th | 309 |
| 2018 | Nissan Motorsport | Nissan Altima L33 | 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 | HID R16 | TOW R17 | TOW R18 | QLD R19 PO | QLD R20 PO | SMP R21 | BEN R22 | BEN R23 | SAN QR 1 | SAN R24 14 | BAT R25 16 | SUR R26 19 | SUR R27 C | PUK R28 | PUK R29 | NEW R30 | NEW R31 | | | | | 42nd | 288 |

### Complete Bathurst 1000 results

| Year | Team | Car | Co-driver | Position | Laps |
| 2015 | Novocastrian Motorsport | Holden Commodore VF | Drew Russell | 17th | 161 |
| 2016 | Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport | Holden Commodore VF | Andre Heimgartner | DNF | 114 |
| 2017 | Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport | Holden Commodore VF | Taz Douglas | 17th | 154 |
| 2018 | Nissan Motorsport | Nissan Altima L33 | André Heimgartner | 16th | 161 |

### Complete Bathurst 6 Hour results

| Year | Team | Co-drivers | Car | Class | Laps | Pos. | Class pos. |
| 2022 | Novacastrian Motorsport | Drew Russell Wayne Russell | BMW M3 F80 | X | 129 | 5th | 4th |
| 2023 | Novacastrian Motorsport | Drew Russell Wayne Russell | BMW M3 F80 | X | 112 | 2nd | 2nd |