# Ryan Wood (racing driver)

Ryan Ian Thomas Wood (born 4 December 2003) is a New Zealand racing driver from Wellington, New Zealand. He is currently competing in the Supercars Championship with Walkinshaw Andretti United, driving the No. 2 Ford Mustang GT.

## Racing career
### Super2 Series

After a strong season in the Porsche Sprint Challenge the year prior, Ryan was offered a seat with Walkinshaw Andretti United for the 2023 Super2 Series, he would be racing in the #2 Holden Commodore ZB.
The season started in Newcastle with Ryan finishing a respectable 8th place. For Race 2 of the weekend, Ryan qualified the #2 WAU Holden on Pole Position. Unfortunately he was caught out in an incident during the race. The next round was held at Wanneroo Raceway in Perth, Ryan won both races that weekend, solidifying his challenge for the title. The next few rounds were a bit up and down, which meant he was on the backfoot going into the season final in Adelaide. Ryan dominated the weekend, winning both races from Pole, unfortunately for Ryan it wasn't quite enough to secure the title. The quick Kiwi eventually finishing the season in 3rd.

### Supercars Championship

Following his strong 2023 Super2 Series Campaign, Walkinshaw Andretti United confirmed that they had signed Ryan to race for the team full time in 2024, replacing Nick Percat in the #2 Mustang.

## Racing record
### Career summary

| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Poles | F/laps | Podiums | Points | Position |
| 2020 | Best Bars Toyota 86 Championship New Zealand | Ryan Wood Motorsport | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 404 | 10th |
| 2021 | Best Bars Toyota 86 Championship New Zealand | Ryan Wood Motorsport | 15 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 894 | 3rd |
| 2022 | Toyota Gazoo Racing Australia 86 Series | TekworkX Motorsport | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 81 | 45th |
| 2022 | Porsche Sprint Challenge Australia | Earl Bamber Motorsport | 15 | 6 | 8 | 11 | 14 | 833 | 2nd |
| 2023 | Super2 Series | Walkinshaw Andretti United | 12 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 1296 | 3rd |
| 2024 | Supercars Championship | Walkinshaw Andretti United | 24 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1492 | 16th |
| 2025 | Supercars Championship | Walkinshaw Andretti United | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 51 | 16th* |
* Season still in progress

### Super2 Series results

(key) (Race results only)
Super2 Series results :
| Year | Team | Car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Position | Points |
| 2023 | Walkinshaw Andretti United | Holden Commodore ZB | NEW 8 | NEW Ret | BAR 1 | BAR 1 | TOW 8 | TOW 5 | SAN 1 | SAN 3 | BAT Ret | BAT 4 | ADE 1 | ADE 1 | 3rd | 1296 |

### 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 | Position | Points |
| 2024 | Walkinshaw Andretti United | Ford Mustang GT | BAT1 R1 Ret | BAT1 R2 Ret | MEL R3 19 | MEL R4 12 | MEL R5 10 | MEL R6 21 | TAU R7 4 | TAU R8 11 | BAR R9 4 | BAR R10 8 | HID R11 20 | HID R12 24 | TOW R13 17 | TOW R14 6 | SMP R15 13 | SMP R16 16 | SYM R17 11 | SYM R18 8 | SAN R19 15 | BAT R20 15 | SUR R21 22 | SUR R22 21 | ADE R23 10 | ADE R24 19 | | | | | | | | | | | 16th | 1492 |
| 2025 | Walkinshaw Andretti United | Ford Mustang GT | SYD R1 11 | SYD R2 20 | SYD R3 | MEL R4 | MEL R5 | MEL R6 | MEL R7 | TAU R8 | TAU R9 | TAU R10 | TAS R11 | TAS R12 | TAS R13 | PER R14 | PER R15 | PER R16 | DAR R17 | DAR R18 | DAR R19 | TOW R20 | TOW R21 | TOW R22 | QLD R23 | QLD R24 | QLD R25 | BEN R26 | BAT R27 | SUR R28 | SUR R29 | SAN R30 | SAN R31 | ADE R32 | ADE R33 | ADE R34 | 16th* | 51* |

### Complete Bathurst 1000 results

| Year | Team | Car | Co-driver | Position | Laps |
| 2024 | Walkinshaw Andretti United | Ford Mustang S650 | Fabian Coulthard | 15th | 161 |