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James Davison, 24 is a third generation racing car driver from Melbourne Australia. His father Jon Davison was a Formula 5000 racing driver and Grandfather Lex Davison, was four times winner of the Australian Grand Prix competing against racing greats Bruce McLaren and Graham Hill. James was educated at Scotch College, one of Australia’s most respected private boys schools and coxed the school’s winning rowing crew at the “Head of the River”.
In 2004 whilst completing his final year of school, James continued the Davison dynasty starting his motor racing career in the Victorian State Formula Championship in Australia. Racing against up to 35 competitors, James proved immediately competitive earning a pole position and a win.
In 2005 James competed in the Formula BMW USA Junior Series, qualifying on the front row at the Canadian Formula 1 Grand Prix in Montreal, won at the US Grand Prix held at the world famous Indianapolis Motor Speedway, was second at the Denver street circuit and Mid Ohio and third at Barber Motorsports Park and Road Atlanta. James also finished in the top ten with Asia Team Meritus at the Formula BMW World Final held at Bahrain. Based on these performances, James became part of the Confederation of Australian Motorsport Elite Driver program which included attendance at the Australian Institute of Sport and financial support from the Foundation.
2007 saw James progress to the Star Mazda Championship where current IZOD IndyCar Series Drivers Marco Andretti and Graham Rahal previously competed. Driving for Velocity Motorsports, James proved to be an outstanding competitor finishing second in the Championship; earning three pole positions and three wins.
As a result of his performances, James was acquired by the Championship winning Indy Lights team, Sam Schmidt Motorsports for the 2008 season. This was a significant step toward his ultimate goal of becoming an IndyCar driver and winning the world renowned Indianapolis 500. James qualified on the front row and led the Firestone Freedom 100 in support of the Indianapolis 500, qualified on Pole Position at Nashville Super Speedway, won at Mid Ohio and finished second at Kentucky Speedway. James also received the Sunoco Most Improved Driver Award at the IRL Championship Celebration held in Las Vegas. In 2009 James driving for Tony George’s Vision Racing Team finished second in the Firestone Indy Lights Series with 3 pole positions, 4 podiums and won at Mid Ohio for the second straight year. It was an outstanding season for James developing to a winning level with Vision’s new Lights team, splitting the 2 Andretti cars in the Championship.
For 2010 James had impressed Tony George enough to move up and drive for his IndyCar team however due to the economic climate, Vision Racing was forced to cease full time racing operations. This was compounded by a snowboarding accident where James sustained a Grade 4 spleen laceration while skiing in Colorado. Making the most of the recovery time, James acted as a driver coach for Milka Duno in the IZOD IndyCar Series and later made his debut in the Grand Am Rolex Sportscar Series at the 6 hours of Watkins Glen driving for Starworks Motorsport. James immediately impressed running second to Scott Pruett in the final practice session and racing in the top 3. It was an outstanding debut which has put James in strong position to be driving in the Grand Am Rolex Series full time.
For further details contact James Davison at
jamesdavison4@hotmail.com.
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