Rodney Forbes

Rodney Forbes
Nationality Australian
Born (1967-09-18) 18 September 1967
Sydney, New South Wales
Related toBob Forbes (father)
Supercars Championship
Years active1999–2003
TeamsLansvale Racing Team
Gibson Motor Sport
00 Motorsport
Starts57
Wins0
Poles0
Fastest laps0
Best finish28th in 2000

Rodney Alexander Forbes (born 18 September 1967 in Sydney) is a former racing driver from Australia. He is best known for his participation in the V8 Supercars between 1999 and 2003.[1]

He also drove in GT endurance races like the 24 Hours of Spa, Bathurst 12 Hour and 24 Hours of Nürburgring.[2] Recently he has done club racing in Australia.[3][4]

Career results

Season Series Position Car Team
1997 Australian Formula Ford Championship 22nd Van Diemen–Ford RF92 Rodney Forbes
Australian Racing Drivers Club Formula Ford Championship 1st
1998 Australian GT Production Car Championship 4th Porsche 911 RSCS Bob Forbes Racing
1999 V8 Supercar Championship Series 29th Holden Commodore VS Lansvale Racing Team
V8 Supercar Privateers Cup 2nd
2000 V8 Supercar Championship Series 28th Holden Commodore VT Gibson Motor Sport
2001 V8 Supercar Championship Series 29th Ford Falcon AU Gibson Motor Sport
2002 V8 Supercar Championship Series 30th Ford Falcon AU 00 Motorsport
2003 V8 Supercar Championship Series 34th Ford Falcon AU
Ford Falcon BA 		00 Motorsport
2007 Porsche Carrera Cup Australia 13th Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Jaimie Vedda Racing
2008 Porsche Carrera Cup Australia 9th Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Jaimie Vedda Racing
New Zealand GT3 Cup Challenge 4th Porsche 997 GT3 Cup Triple X Racing
2009 New Zealand GT3 Cup Challenge 5th Porsche 997 GT3 Cup MPD Dairy Products
2010 Australian GT3 Cup Challenge 29th Porsche 997 GT3 Cup MPD Dairy Products

Complete Bathurst 1000 results

Year Team Car Co-driver Position Laps
1998 Rod Wilson Racing BMW 318i Rod Wilson 8th 152
1999 Lansvale Racing Team Holden Commodore VS Geoff Full 12th 156
2000 Gibson Motor Sport Holden Commodore VT John Cleland DNF 78
2001 Gibson Motor Sport Ford Falcon AU David Parsons 21st 132
2002 00 Motorsport Ford Falcon AU Neal Bates 14th 159

Complete Spa 24 Hours results

Year Team Co-drivers Car Class Laps Overall
position 		Class
position
2008 Juniper Racing Shaun Juniper
Max Twigg
Craig Baird 		Porsche 997 GT3 Cup S GT2 472 19th 9th
2009 Mühlner Motorsport Christian Lefort
François Verbist 		Porsche 997 GT3 Cup S G3 517 9th 3rd

Complete Bathurst 12 Hour results

Year Team Co-drivers Car Class Laps Overall
position 		Class
position
2009 Wilson Brothers Racing Lee Castle
Craig Baird 		Subaru Impreza WRX C 65 DNF

Complete Nürburgring 24 Hours results

Year Team Co-drivers Car Class Laps Overall
position 		Class
position
2009 MSC Adenau Jörg Viebahn
Duncan Huisman
Marko Hartung 		BMW E46 M3 GTS SP7 77 DNF
2010 Scuderia Offenbach Matthias Weiland
Kai Riemer
David Horn 		Porsche 997 GT3 Cup SP7 ? ? 2nd
2011 Scuderia Offenbach René Bourdeaux
Oleksiy Kikireshko
Antoine Feidt 		Porsche 997 GT3 Cup SP7 145 19th 3rd
2012 Horn Motorsport David Horn
Chris Zochling
Guido Wirtz 		Porsche 997 GT3 Cup SP7 84 DNF
2013 Raceunion Teichmann Racing Jos Menton
Stefan Landman
Stef Van Campenhoud 		Porsche 911 GT3 Cup SP7 84 14th 3rd

References

  1. ^ "Rodney Forbes". Speedcafe. 28 January 2011.
  2. ^ "Schneider steers Mercedes to first Nurburgring victory". Speedcafe. 21 May 2013.
  3. ^ "Audi ace among over 400 Challenge Bathurst entries". Speedcafe. 30 October 2018.
  4. ^ "Hall, Mitchell and Jones were winners in Hi-Tec Oils Super Series categories". Speedcafe. 20 April 2024.


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