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Lee Holdsworth
Lee Holdsworth in 2014
Nationality	Australian
Born	2 February 1983 (1983-02-02) (age 36) Melbourne, Victoria
Supercars Record
Car number	5
Current team	Tickford Racing
Series championships	0
Races	423
Race wins	3
Podium finishes	16
Pole positions	4
2019 Championship position	15th (540 pts)*

Lee Holdsworth (born 2 February 1983) is an Australian racing driver. He currently drives the No. 5 Ford Mustang GT for Tickford Racing in the Virgin Australia Supercars Championship.

History

Early career

Lee Holdsworth's motorsport career began in go-karts. He started racing cars in 2001 at just 17, when he contested the Commodore Cup national series.

Holdsworth finished fifth in the 2002 Commodore Cup national series and third in the 2003 Commodore Cup championship,^[1] before graduating to the Konica Minolta V8 Supercar Series in 2004, driving a Holden VX Commodore for Smiths Trucks Racing.

Holdsworth recorded some impressive results in 2004, including finishing his first-ever round in the top-10 and winning the reverse-grid race at Eastern Creek, as well as finishing third overall in Queensland. Holdsworth also contested the Sandown 500 and Bathurst 1000 V8 Supercar endurance races with Phillip Scifleet and Mark Noske respectively.

In 2005, Holdsworth ran a limited campaign in the renamed HPDC V8 Supercar Development Series and the Australian Formula Ford Championship, as well as contesting the two endurance races with Garry Rogers Motorsport.

Supercars Championship

Holdsworth's big break came in 2006 when he scored a full-time drive with Garry Rogers Motorsport in the V8 Supercar Championship. In 2007, Holdsworth won his first V8 Supercar round at Oran Park. The win came courtesy of consistent driving over the weekend and a good strategy in the final race in changeable conditions.^[2]

In 2008 Holdsworth began working with The John Bowe Institute of Driving, helping to teach the techniques of performance driving to the public.^{[citation needed]}.

Holdsworth moved to Stone Brothers Racing for the 2012 V8 Supercars Championship, ending a six-year association with Garry Rogers Motorsport.^[3] For 2013, the team was bought by Erebus Motorsport, and ran Mercedes-Benz E63 AMGs. Holdsworth scored the team's first race win at Winton in April 2014.^[4] In 2015, Holdsworth moved to Charlie Schwerkolt Racing, who operated as a satellite team to the Holden Racing Team. Holdsworth won the 2015 Drivers' Driver award at the 2015 V8 Gala awards.

In 2016, Charlie Schwerkolt Racing became an independent team, racing a Triple Eight-built Commodore. During Race 13 of the season at the Darwin Triple Crown, Holdsworth sustained fractures to his pelvis, right knee and 2 ribs after an incident on the opening lap. For the next 2 events, Kurt Kostecki substituted for Holdsworth in a spare chassis before the team were able to obtain a brand-new car from Triple Eight. At the Sydney SuperSprint, Holdsworth was still unfit to race, so Enduro Cup driver Karl Reindler drove the car for the event before returning as a co-driver at the Sandown 500 with Holdsworth competing in his first race since his accident. In 2017, Holdsworth continued with Charlie Schwerkolt Racing and finished the season in 16th place with a best finish of 4th place being recorded at the Newcastle 500.

For 2018, Holdsworth will continue with the team and race the new Holden ZB Commodore.

Career results

The Ford FG Falcon of Lee Holdsworth at the 2012 Clipsal 500 Adelaide

Holdsworth placed 20th in the 2014 V8 Supercars Championship driving a Mercedes-Benz E63 W212 for Erebus Motorsport

Holdsworth at the 2017 Newcastle 500

Career summary

Supercars Championship results

Complete Bathurst 1000 results

Year	Team	Car	Co-driver	Position	Laps
2004	Smiths Trucks Racing	Holden Commodore VY	Mark Noske	DNF	59
2005	Garry Rogers Motorsport	Holden Commodore VZ	Phillip Scifleet	DNF	136
2006	Garry Rogers Motorsport	Holden Commodore VZ	Dean Canto	17th	129
2007	Garry Rogers Motorsport	Holden Commodore VE	Dean Canto	DNF	118
2008	Garry Rogers Motorsport	Holden Commodore VE	Michael Caruso	DNF	139
2009	Garry Rogers Motorsport	Holden Commodore VE	Michael Caruso	3rd	161
2010	Garry Rogers Motorsport	Holden Commodore VE	David Besnard	7th	161
2011	Garry Rogers Motorsport	Holden Commodore VE	Greg Ritter	17th	161
2012	Stone Brothers Racing	Ford Falcon FG	Craig Baird	8th	161
2013	Erebus Motorsport	Mercedes-Benz E63 W212	Craig Baird	14th	161
2014	Erebus Motorsport	Mercedes-Benz E63 W212	Craig Baird	DNF	132
2015	Charlie Schwerkolt Racing	Holden Commodore VF	Sébastien Bourdais	9th	161
2016	Charlie Schwerkolt Racing	Holden Commodore VF	Karl Reindler	DNF	2
2017	Charlie Schwerkolt Racing	Holden Commodore VF	Karl Reindler	DNF	76
2018	Charlie Schwerkolt Racing	Holden Commodore ZB	Jason Bright	21st	157

References

External links

• Lee Holdsworth Profile


• Profile at Racing Reference


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  Lee Holdsworth career summary at DriverDB.com