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Rodney Forbes

Australian racing driver

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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.

Forbes also drove in GT endurance races like the 24 Hours of Spa, Bathurst 12 Hour and 24 Hours of Nürburgring. Recently he has done club racing in Australia.

01Career results

Career summary

Season	Series	Position	Car	Team
1997	Australian Formula Ford Championship	22nd	Van Diemen, Ford RF92	Rodney Forbes
1997	Australian Racing Drivers Club Formula Ford Championship	1st	Van Diemen, Ford RF92	Rodney Forbes
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
1999	V8 Supercar Privateers Cup	2nd	Holden Commodore VS	Lansvale Racing Team
2000	V8 Supercar Championship Series	28th	Holden Commodore VT	Gibson Motorsport
2001	V8 Supercar Championship Series	29th	Ford Falcon AU	Gibson Motorsport
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
2008	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 V8 Supercar results

V8 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	Position	Points
1999	Bob Forbes Racing	Holden Commodore (VS)	EAS R1 Ret	EAS R2 16	EAS R3 21	ADE R4 16	BAR R5 15	BAR R6 22	BAR R7 Ret	PHI R8 17	PHI R9 30	PHI R10 19	HID R11 25	HID R12 21	HID R13 Ret	SAN R14 26	SAN R15 18	SAN R16 20	QLD R17 20	QLD R18 Ret	QLD R19 25	CAL R20 16	CAL R21 Ret	CAL R22 22	SYM R23 13	SYM R24 22	SYM R25 17	WIN R26 26	WIN R27 33	WIN R28 27	ORA R29 Ret	ORA R30 27	ORA R31 25	QLD R32 Ret	BAT R33 12	29th	423
2000	Bob Forbes Racing	Holden Commodore (VT)	PHI R1 7	PHI R2 Ret	BAR R3 24	BAR R4 23	BAR R5 27	ADE R6 Ret	ADE R7 Ret	EAS R8 16	EAS R9 31	EAS R10 18	HID R11 17	HID R12 Ret	HID R13 Ret	CAN R14 24	CAN R15 23	CAN R16 Ret	QLD R17 23	QLD R18 27	QLD R19 27	WIN R20 12	WIN R21 11	WIN R22 15	ORA R23 29	ORA R24 17	ORA R25 15	CAL R26 24	CAL R27 27	CAL R28 18	QLD R29 14	SAN R30 Ret	SAN R31 26	SAN R32 22	BAT R33 Ret	28th	183
2001	Gibson Motorsport	Ford Falcon (AU)	PHI R1 23	PHI R2 21	ADE R3 Ret	ADE R4 Ret	EAS R5 DNS	EAS R6 DNS	HDV R7 25	HDV R8 19	HDV R9 21	CAN R10 23	CAN R11 10	CAN R12 14	BAR R13 24	BAR R14 21	BAR R15 19	CAL R16 15	CAL R17 17	CAL R18 28	ORA R19 18	ORA R20 25	QLD R21 Ret	WIN R22 Ret	WIN R23 27	BAT R24 21	PUK R25 14	PUK R26 13	PUK R27 14	SAN R28 24	SAN R29 19	SAN R30 21				29th	853
2002	00 Motorsport	Ford Falcon (AU)	ADE R1 13	ADE R2 20	PHI R3 Ret	PHI R4 Ret	EAS R5 29	EAS R6 28	EAS R7 28	HDV R8 32	HDV R9 Ret	HDV R10 DNS	CAN R11 24	CAN R12 Ret	CAN R13 DNS	BAR R14 29	BAR R15 11	BAR R16 26	ORA R17 Ret	ORA R18 22	WIN R19 16	WIN R20 15	QLD R21 12	BAT R22 14	SUR R23 27	SUR R24 23	PUK R25 27	PUK R26 15	PUK R27 Ret	SAN R28 26	SAN R29 15					30th	337
2003	00 Motorsport	Ford Falcon (BA)	ADE R1 25	ADE R1 21	PHI R3 27	EAS R4 25	WIN R5 DSQ	BAR R6 23	BAR R7 25	BAR R8 28	HDV R9 21	HDV R10 28	HDV R11 26	QLD R12	ORA R13	SAN R14	BAT R15	SUR R16	SUR R17	PUK R18	PUK R19	PUK R20	EAS R21	EAS R22												34th	238

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 Motorsport	Holden Commodore VT	John Cleland	DNF	78
2001	Gibson Motorsport	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

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