James Courtney

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James Courtney (born 29 June 1980) is an Australian racing driver who will drive in the V8 Supercar series in 2006 for Stone Brothers Racing, replacing Marcos Ambrose.

Courtney has raced in several other categories. He was British Formula Ford champion in 2000. He drove for the Jaguar Junior Formula Three team in 2001 and 2002, including testdriving for their Formula One team. Injuries from a Formula One crash led to him missing races in the British Formula Three Championship so he could not win the title. In 2003, he was All Japan Formula Three champion for the TOMS team[link][link]. In 2004 and 2005 he raced in the All Japan Grand Touring Car Championship sportscars for Toyota. Before racing cars, he was a successful karting racer, including winning the world junior karting title in 1995 and the World Formula A Karting Championship in 1997.

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