James Courtney

Quick Facts

Full Name	James Courtney
Occupation	Racing Automobile Driver
Date Of Birth	Jun 29, 1980(1980-06-29)
Age	44
Birthplace	Sydney
Country	Australia
Birth City	New South Wales
Horoscope	Cancer

James Courtney Biography

James Courtney is one of the most popular and richest Racing Automobile Driver who was born on June 29, 1980 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. James Anthony Courtney (born 29 June 1980) is an Australian racing driver competing in the Virgin Australia Supercars Championship. He currently drives the No. 44 Ford Mustang GT for Tickford Racing. Courtney won the 2010 V8 Supercar Championship Series driving for the Dick Johnson Racing team.

Courtney is divorced and has a daughter named Zara, and a younger son named Cadel. Courtney was born with a twin sister, and resides near the Gold Coast, Queensland. He has done so since driving for Stone Brothers Racing in 2006. He is an enthusiast of quality watches and drives a HSV GTS.

In 2006, he joined Ford team Stone Brothers Racing to replace two-time champion Marcos Ambrose. He crashed the car on debut in Adelaide but recovered to finished third in the 2006 Bathurst 1000 and followed it up with a second place in the 2007 Bathurst 1000. On 19 July 2008 Courtney collected his first V8 Supercar race win, taking out race one of the City of Ipswich 400 at Queensland Raceway. He finished the year sixth in the championship.

In 2009, he switched to Dick Johnson Racing. He was given a brand new Triple Eight Race Engineering built Ford FG Falcon and was regarded by many as a serious threat for the title. This came undone at the start of the year, with an accident marred start to the season. Courtney took wins at the new events at Townsville and Sydney and finished the year in seventh.

James Courtney debuted in V8 Supercars in 2005 with the Holden Racing Team in the endurance races with co-driving with Jim Richards but enjoyed limited success.

James Courtney Net Worth

James Courtney is one of the richest Racing Automobile Driver from Australia. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, James Courtney 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Courtney has raced and was successful in several other categories, most of which are regarded as the stepping stones to Formula One. He was World Junior Karting Champion in 1995 and world Formula A Champion in 1997. He was British Formula Ford champion in 2000 and broke the record for winning the most Formula Ford races in one season. He drove for the Jaguar Junior Formula Three team in 2001, impressively winning his first F3 race on his F3 debut. He was also a test driver for Jaguar’s Formula One team. Injuries from a high-speed test crash at Monza in 2002, due to failure of the rear wing on the Jaguar F1 car, led to him missing some races in that year’s British Formula 3 Championship so he could not win the title—although he was easily leading it at that stage. In 2003, he was All-Japan Formula Three champion for the TOM’S team. In 2004 and 2005 he raced in the All Japan Grand Touring Car Championship for Toyota.

While testing for the Jaguar Racing Formula One team in Monza in 2002, the rear suspension failed on Courtney’s car, sending him into the barrier at 306 km/h. The car hit with such force that it bounced back from the wall at 70 km/h, causing Courtney to suffer an impact estimated at 67G. When he regained consciousness, he found the man who had pulled him from the wreck, multiple World Champion Michael Schumacher who had been at the circuit testing for Ferrari, shouting at him, trying to translate for the Italian track marshals who could not speak English. Courtney “freaked out” when he found that he could not move the right side of his body and was bleeding from his eyes. He explained that “it took me a year to recover. I couldn’t walk without getting a migraine. Anything would set it off. Noise, light, anything.” Courtney also revealed that he could not see for weeks after the accident, and that he decided at that point never to be scared of having a crash again, stating “It’s over if you are scared. It is all or nothing”.

James Courtney is managed by BTCC/TOCA boss Alan J. Gow, who was instrumental in his European open-wheeler career leading to his testing role with Jaguar Racing. He appeared in the 2007 season of Dancing with the Stars, on the Seven Network.

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In a short interview with “Australian Muscle Car” magazine for the November/December 2013 issue, Courtney revealed his first car was a Datsun 1200 ute powered by a turbocharged 2.0 litre engine. He described the car as “crazy” and that it would “spin the rear wheels in fifth gear, no problem”. When he moved to England to pursue Formula Ford he gave the car to his father to use, who in turn gave it to his sister before it was sold, though Courtney revealed he wished he could now buy the car back.

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Kai Ranked on the list of most popular Racing Automobile Driver. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Australia. James Courtney celebrates birthday on June 29 of every year.

Courtney withdrew from the 2015 Sydney Motorsport Park Super Sprint after sustaining chest injuries whilst standing in pit lane when he was hit by an airborne piece of metal signage blown through the air by a low flying Navy helicopter. He was admitted to hospital with two broken ribs and a punctured lung. Endurance co-driver Jack Perkins substituted for Courtney while he recovered in hospital. On 26 August 2015, Courtney confirmed that he would not participate in the Sandown 500 to recover from his injuries. There was a last- minute decision at the Bathurst 1000, where he decided not to race. He returned at the Gold Coast 600, winning the 300 km race on Sunday with Perkins.