Taz Douglas (born 11 February 1984) is a part-time Australian race driver. Douglas came 2nd at the Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000 with James Moffat in 2014

Taz Douglas
Nationality Australian
Born11 February 1984 (1984-02-11) (age 40)
Frankston, Victoria
Racing licence FIA Silver
Supercars Championship career
Championships0
Races60
Wins0
Podiums1
Pole positions0
2017 position44th (348 pts)

Biography

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Douglas was born in Frankston, Victoria, Australia. Having scored numerous karting titles in his junior years - including the Ford Kart Stars Series in 2000.

He returned to motorsport in 2005, making his Formula Ford debut in the Victorian Championship, finishing fourth.

In 2006, Douglas won the title and began working with the squad for HSV dealer team in V8 Supercars and testing their Commodore in the second half of the season.

In 2012, Taz Douglas was called up to drive for Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport as their full-time driver.

In 2013, Taz Douglas did not retain his full-time International V8 Supercars Championship seat at Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport. Douglas would return to the Dunlop Series where he had spent his time driving his own team prior to getting his main game call-up. Douglas would race with Image Racing in 2013 in the ex-Shane van Gisbergen, Stone Brothers Racing Ford FG Falcon. In 2013 Douglas will also make his fourth start in the V8 Supercars Endurance races, getting a call-up from Nissan Motosport to partner James Moffat in the Norton backed Nissan Altima.

Career results

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Douglas placed 8th in the 2007 Australian Formula Ford Championship driving a Mygale SJ06 Ford
 
Douglas placed 26th in the 2012 V8 Supercars Championship driving a Holden VE Commodore
 
Douglas placed 44th in the 2017 Supercars Championship driving a Holden VF Commodore for Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport
Season Series Position Car Team
2000 Australian Ford Kart Stars 1st Douglas Racing
2005 Victorian Formula Ford Championship 4th Van Diemen RF 01 - Ford Douglas Racing
2006 Australian Formula Ford Championship 17th Van Diemen RF 05 - Ford Minda Motorsport
Victorian Formula Ford Championship 1st Van Diemen RF 01 - Ford Douglas Racing
New South Wales Formula Ford Championship 17th Van Diemen RF 01 - Ford Minda Motorsport
2007 Australian Formula Ford Championship 8th Mygale SJ06 - Ford G-Force Motorsport
Victorian Formula Ford Championship 20th Van Diemen RF 01 - Ford Douglas Racing
2008 Fujitsu V8 Supercar Series 32nd Ford AU Falcon
Holden VZ Commodore
Image Racing
Eggleston Motorsport
2009 Fujitsu V8 Supercar Series 9th Holden VZ Commodore Fastaz Motorsport
V8 Supercar Championship Series 62nd Holden VE Commodore Greg Murphy Racing
2010 Fujitsu V8 Supercar Series 19th Holden VZ Commodore Fastaz Motorsport
V8 Supercar Championship Series 55th Holden VE Commodore Kelly Racing
2011 Fujitsu V8 Supercar Series 19th Holden VZ Commodore Fastaz Motorsport
International V8 Supercars Championship 73rd Ford FG Falcon Tony D'Alberto Racing
2012 International V8 Supercars Championship 26th Holden VE Commodore Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport
2013 Dunlop V8 Supercar Series 6th Ford FG Falcon Image Racing
International V8 Supercars Championship 55th Nissan Altima Nissan Motorsport
2014 Dunlop V8 Supercar Series 24th Ford FG Falcon Image Racing
International V8 Supercars Championship 40th Nissan Altima Nissan Motorsport
2015 V8 Supercars Dunlop Series 21st Holden VE Commodore THR Developments
International V8 Supercars Championship 39th Nissan Altima Nissan Motorsport
2016 Supercars Dunlop Series 5th Holden VE Commodore THR Developments
Eggleston Motorsport
Australian V8 Touring Car Series 1st SA Racing Logistics / THR Developments
2017 Australian Supercars Championship 44th Holden VF Commodore Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport

Supercars Championship results

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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 34 35 36 37 38 39 Pos. Pts
2009 Greg Murphy Racing Holden VE Commodore ADE
R1
ADE
R2
HAM
R3
HAM
R4
WIN
R5
WIN
R6
SYM
R7
SYM
R8
HDV
R9
HDV
R10
TOW
R11
TOW
R12
SAN
R13
SAN
R14
QLD
R15
QLD
R16
PHI
Q

16
PHI
R17

24
BAT
R18

Ret
SUR
R19
SUR
R20
SUR
R21
SUR
R22
PHI
R23
PHI
R24
BAR
R25
BAR
R26
SYD
R27
SYD
R28
63rd 70
2010 Kelly Racing Holden VE Commodore YMC
R1
YMC
R2
BHR
R3
BHR
R4
ADE
R5
ADE
R6
HAM
R7
HAM
R8
QLD
R9
QLD
R10
WIN
R11
WIN
R12
HDV
R13
HDV
R14
TOW
R15
TOW
R16
PHI
Q

13
PHI
R17

25
BAT
R18

22
SUR
R19
SUR
R20
SYM
R21
SYM
R22
SAN
R23
SAN
R24
SYD
R25
SYD
R26
55th 140
2011 Tony D'Alberto Racing Ford FG Falcon YMC
R1
YMC
R2
ADE
R3
ADE
R4
HAM
R5
HAM
R6
BAR
R7
BAR
R8
BAR
R9
WIN
R10
WIN
R11
HID
R12
HID
R13
TOW
R14
TOW
R15
QLD
R16
QLD
R17
QLD
R18
PHI
Q

26
PHI
R19

21
BAT
R20
SUR
R21
SUR
R22
SYM
R23
SYM
R24
SAN
R25
SAN
R26
SYD
R27
SYD
R28
73rd 93
2012 Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport Holden VE Commodore ADE
R1

Ret
ADE
R2

24
SYM
R3

12
SYM
R4

20
HAM
R5

20
HAM
R6

19
BAR
R7

24
BAR
R8

26
BAR
R9

25
PHI
R10

20
PHI
R11

18
HID
R12

Ret
HID
R13

16
TOW
R14

23
TOW
R15

17
QLD
R16

23
QLD
R17

22
SMP
R18

21
SMP
R19

24
SAN
Q

28
SAN
R20

24
BAT
R21

Ret
SUR
R22

14
SUR
R23

16
YMC
R24

26
YMC
R25

24
YMC
R26

22
WIN
R27

23
WIN
R28

24
SYD
R29

18
SYD
R30

13
26th 1079
2013 Nissan Motorsport Nissan Altima L33 ADE
R1
ADE
R2
SYM
R3
SYM
R4
SYM
R5
PUK
R6
PUK
R7
PUK
R8
PUK
R9
BAR
R10
BAR
R11
BAR
R12
COA
R13
COA
R14
COA
R15
COA
R16
HID
R17
HID
R18
HID
R19
TOW
R20

PO
TOW
R21

PO
QLD
R22
QLD
R23
QLD
R24
WIN
R25
WIN
R26
WIN
R27
SAN
QR

20
SAN
R28

26
BAT
R29

18
SUR
R30

Ret
SUR
R31

Ret
PHI
R32
PHI
R33
PHI
R34
SYD
R35
SYD
R36
57th 156
2014 Nissan Motorsport Nissan Altima L33 ADE
R1
ADE
R2
ADE
R3
SYM
R4
SYM
R5
SYM
R6
WIN
R7
WIN
R8
WIN
R9
PUK
R10
PUK
R11
PUK
R12
PUK
R13
BAR
R14

PO
BAR
R15

PO
BAR
R16

PO
HID
R17
HID
R18
HID
R19
TOW
R20
TOW
R21
TOW
R22
QLD
R23
QLD
R24
QLD
R25
SMP
R26
SMP
R27
SMP
R28
SAN
QR

23
SAN
R29

Ret
BAT
R30

2
SUR
R31

13
SUR
R32

Ret
PHI
R33
PHI
R34
PHI
R35
SYD
R36
SYD
R37
SYD
R38
40th 342
2015 Nissan Motorsport Nissan Altima L33 ADE
R1
ADE
R2
ADE
R3
SYM
R4
SYM
R5
SYM
R6
BAR
R7

PO
BAR
R8

PO
BAR
R9

PO
WIN
R10

PO
WIN
R11

PO
WIN
R12

PO
HID
R13
HID
R14
HID
R15
TOW
R16

PO
TOW
R17

PO
QLD
R18

PO
QLD
R19
QLD
R20
SMP
R21
SMP
R22
SMP
R23
SAN
QR

20
SAN
R24

18
BAT
R25

10
SUR
R26

10
SUR
R27

8
PUK
R28
PUK
R29
PUK
R30
PHI
R31
PHI
R32
PHI
R33
SYD
R34
SYD
R35
SYD
R36
39th 416
2017 Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport Holden VF Commodore ADE
R1

24
ADE
R2

24
SYM
R3

Ret
SYM
R4

DNS
PHI
R5

20
PHI
R6

24
BAR
R7
BAR
R8
WIN
R9

24
WIN
R10

27
HID
R11
HID
R12
TOW
R13
TOW
R14
QLD
R15
QLD
R16
SMP
R17
SMP
R18
SAN
QR

26
SAN
R19

Ret
BAT
R20

17
SUR
R21

Ret
SUR
R22

Ret
PUK
R23
PUK
R24
NEW
R25

Ret
NEW
R26

21
44th 348

Complete Bathurst 1000 results

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Year Team Car Co-driver Position Laps
2009 Greg Murphy Racing Holden Commodore VE   Sam Walter DNF 84
2010 Kelly Racing Holden Commodore VE   Tony Ricciardello 22nd 158
2012 Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport Holden Commodore VE   Scott Pye DNF 97
2013 Nissan Motorsport Nissan Altima L33   James Moffat 18th 161
2014 Nissan Motorsport Nissan Altima L33   James Moffat 2nd 161
2015 Nissan Motorsport Nissan Altima L33   James Moffat 10th 161
2017 Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport Holden Commodore VF   Aaren Russell 17th 154

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