Bio


Car Profile

  • Car Make/Model: Ford Falcon BF
  • Car number: 88
  • Engineer: Mark Dutton
  • History: Chassis 14, debuted Barbagallo 2008

Driver Profile

  • Date of birth: 6th February 1983
  • Birthplace: Melbourne, VIC
  • Lives: Gold Coast, QLD
  • Marital Status: Single
  • Height: 178cm
  • Weight: 80kg
  • Children: None
  • Nickname: Whinners, J-Dub.
  • Interests: Water skiing, Trail bike riding.
  • Personal vehicle: Ford F6 Typhoon

Driver Chat

  • First Job: Press Printer
  • First Road Car: VH Commodore
  • First race car: Van Dieman 94 Racing
  • Hero: Sir Jack Brabham
  • Favourite circuit: Bathurst
  • Favourite Race: Clipsal 500
  • Most memorable racing moment: Winning Sandown and Bathurst last year
  • Greatest personal influence: My Dad has always given me good advice
  • I prepare for a race by… Thinking
  • Best advice ever given: Have fun
  • Best/Worst part of the job: Scraping Mirrors
  • Significance of helmet design: Includes my initials
  • You’ll never see me without: My Mobile Phone
  • Favourite food: Chocolate Cake
  • Favourite movie: The Bourne collection
  • Music on my iPod: Everything from Marilyn Manson to the Spice Girls!
  • To stay in shape: Raise the heart rate.
  • Person I’d most like to meet: Bill Clinton

Driver Stats

  • Touring Car/V8 Supercar Championship Series Debut: (Year/Circuit) 2002 QLD Raceway
  • No of starts: 62
  • No of poles: 3
  • First Win: 2006 Clipsal 500 Triple Eight Ford Falcon BA
  • Podium Finishes: Wins: 11 / Seconds: 5 / Thirds: 5
  • First season in a V8 Supercar: 2003
  • First major crash: Tasmania 2006
  • First Bathurst: 2002
  • Number of Bathurst starts: 6
  • Superstitions: None

2007 Results

  • Overall result: 2nd
  • No of Top Ten Qualifying results: 12
  • Best finishes: 1st Winton, 1st Sandown 500, 1st Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000, 1st Symmons Plains
  • Best Top Ten Qualifying result: 1st Queensland Raceway
  • Worst 2007 result: 21st, Bahrain

Jamie Whincup on the season ahead: After a slow start in 2007, I plan to hit the track running in 2008. I have a great car and team underneath me to do the job. Go 88 in 2008!

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