Introduction
Daniel Gaunt, born 27 February 1985, in Auckland, is a New Zealand racing driver.
Formula Racing
After rising through the ranks of New Zealand Formula Ford, which included a third-place finish in the 2002 New Zealand Grand Prix, Gaunt moved to Australia, competing in the Formula 4000 category and winning the 2003 Australian Drivers' Championship. With Formula 4000 collapsing, the title did not lead anywhere and Gaunt returned to New Zealand. After a win in the 2004 Lady Wigram Trophy driving a Dallara F3, Gaunt moved on to compete in the inaugural Toyota Racing Series, finishing third in the final standings. A season in Champ Car Atlantics followed with the Paul Newman owned Newman/Wachs Racing. After single race as the back-up driver for A1 Team New Zealand Gaunt returned to New Zealand Gaunt won the 2006 Toyota Racing Series title.
Sedan Racing
Drives in 2008 proved slim with guest drives in Toyota Racing Series, Australian Carrera Cup and a late season drive with Team Kiwi Racing in V8 Supercars. Over the 2008/09 NZ motor racing summer season Gaunt competed in the Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge with the XXX Motorsport team, finishing 3rd overall and then stepped up to a full-time drive for McElrea Racing in the Australian Fujitsu Development Series. From there he was recruited by Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport to drive in the 2010 V8 Supercar Championship Series but was replaced mid season. In 2011 he is driving for Stone Brothers Racing satellite team James Rosenberg Racing for the Phillip Island and Bathurst endurance races.
Career results
| Season | Series | Position | Car | Team |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | New Zealand South Island Formula Ford | 1st | ||
| 2003 | Australian Drivers' Championship | 1st | Reynard 92D Holden Reynard 96D Holden Reynard 94D Holden |
Pure Power Racing Ralt Australia |
| 2005 | Toyota Racing Series | 4th | Tatuus TT104ZZ Toyota | |
| 2005–06 | Toyota Racing Series | 1st | Tatuus TT104ZZ Toyota | |
| 2006 | Champ Car Atlantic Championship | 24th | Swift 016.a Mazda-Cosworth | Newman/Wachs Racing |
| Indy Pro Series | 31st | Dallara IPS Infiniti | Brian Stewart Racing | |
| 2006–07 | Toyota Racing Series | 1st | Tatuus TT104ZZ Toyota | |
| 2008 | V8 Supercar Championship Series | 54th | Ford BF Falcon | Team Kiwi Racing |
| 2008-09 | Toyota Racing Series | 15th | Tatuus TT104ZZ Toyota | |
| 2009 | Fujitsu V8 Supercar Series | 5th | Ford BF Falcon | McElrea Racing |
| V8 Supercar Championship Series | 41st | Ford FG Falcon | Stone Brothers Racing | |
| 2010 | V8 Supercar Championship Series | 34th | Holden VE Commodore | Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport |
| 2011 | Australian GT Championship | 13th | Porsche 997 GT3 Cup S Mosler MT900 GT3 |
Vodka O Racing |
| Australian Carrera Cup Championship | 3rd | Porsche 997 GT3 Cup S | Triple X Motorsport Melbourne Performance Centre | |
| International V8 Supercars Championship | 48th | Ford FG Falcon | James Rosenberg Racing | |
| 2012 | South Island Endurance Series | 1st | Porsche 997 GT3 Cup R | Paul Kelly Motor Company |
| V8SuperTourer Championship | 14th | Ford FG Falcon | Tasman Motorsports Group | |
| Australian Carrera Cup Championship | 4th | Porsche 997 GT3 Cup R | Rusty French Racing | |
| International V8 Supercars Championship | 50th | Holden VE Commodore | Kelly Racing | |
| 2013 | South Island Endurance Series | 1st | Porsche 997 GT3 Cup R | Paul Kelly Motor Company |
| V8SuperTourer | 6th | Ford FG Falcon | Tasman Motorsports Group PS Racing | |
| Dunlop V8 Supercar Series | 11th | Holden VE Commodore Ford FG Falcon |
Eggleston Motorsport Evans Motorsport Group | |
| International V8 Supercars Championship | 50th | Nissan Altima | Nissan Motorsport | |
| 2014 | Australian Carrera Cup Championship | - | Porsche 991 GT3 Cup | McElrea Racing |
| Australian GT Championship - GT Trophy Class | 5th | Lamborghini Gallardo (LP 520) | Team JJ Racing | |
| 2015 | Australian Carrera Cup Championship | - | Porsche 991 GT3 Cup | Tony Bates Racing |
| Australian GT Championship - GT Trophy Class | 11th | Audi R8 LMS | ||
| 2014-15 | V8SuperTourers | 29th | Ford Falcon (FG) | PSR Racing |
| 2016 | Australian Production Car Series | 32nd | Mitsubishi Lancer RS Evo X | Melbourne Performance Centre |
| Australian GT Championship | 17th | Aston Martin V12 Vantage GT3 McLaren 650S GT3 |
Keltic Racing | |
| 2017 | Porsche Carrera Cup Australia | 22nd | Porsche 991 GT3 Cup | Bulk Motorworks |
| Australian GT Championship | 24th | Audi R8 LMS | Melbourne Performance Centre | |
| 2018 | Australian GT Championship | 8th | Audi R8 LMS | Audi Sport Customer Racing |
Champ Car Atlantic
| Year | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Rank | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Newman Wachs Racing | LBH 20 |
HOU DNS |
MTY 15 |
POR 8 |
CLE1 22 |
CLE2 21 |
TOR |
EDM |
SJO |
DEN |
MTL |
ROA |
24th | 22 |
Complete V8 Supercar 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 | Final Pos | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | Team Kiwi Racing | Ford BF Falcon | ADE | ECK | HAM | PTH | SAN | HDV | QLD | WIN | PHI | BAT | SUR | BHR | SYM 26 |
OPK 26 |
54th | 112 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2009 | Stone Brothers Racing | Ford FG Falcon | ADER1 | ADER2 | HAMR3 | HAMR4 | WINR5 | WINR6 | SYMR7 | SYMR8 | HDVR9 | HDVR10 | TOWR11 | TOWR12 | SANR13 | SANR14 | QLDR15 | QLDR16 | PHIQ 21 |
PHIR17 17 |
BATR18 19 |
SURR19 | SURR20 | PHIR21 | PHIR22 | PTHR23 | PTHR22 | SYDR23 | SYDR24 | 41st | 213 | ||||||||||
| 2010 | Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport | Holden VE Commodore | YMCR1 22 |
YMCR2 24 |
BHRR3 26 |
BHRR4 23 |
ADER5 18 |
ADER6 25 |
HAMR7 19 |
HAMR8 17 |
QLDR9 17 |
QLDR10 18 |
WINR11 25 |
WINR12 19 |
HDVR13 26 |
HDVR14 28 |
TOWR15 | TOWR16 | PHIR17 | BATR18 | SURR19 | SURR20 | SYMR21 | SYMR22 | SANR23 | SANR24 | SYDR25 | SYDR26 | 34th | 539 | |||||||||||
| 2011 | James Rosenberg Racing | Ford FG Falcon | YMCR1 | YMCR2 | ADER3 | ADER4 | HAMR5 | HAMR6 | PERR7 | PERR8 | PERR9 | WINR10 PO |
WINR11 PO |
HDVR12 | HDVR13 | TOWR14 PO |
TOWR15 PO |
QLDR16 PO |
QLDR17 PO |
QLDR18 PO |
PHIQ 21 |
PHIR19 24 |
BATR20 12 |
SURR21 | SURR22 | SYMR23 | SYMR24 | SANR25 | SANR26 | SYDR27 | SYDR28 | 48th | 219 | ||||||||
| 2012 | Kelly Racing | Holden VE Commodore | ADER1 | ADER2 | SYMR3 | SYMR4 | HAMR5 | HAMR6 | PERR7 | PERR8 | PERR9 | PHIR10 PO |
PHIR11 PO |
HDVR12 | HDVR13 | TOWR14 PO |
TOWR15 PO |
QLDR16 PO |
QLDR17 PO |
SMPR18 | SMPR19 | SANQ 24 |
SANR20 20 |
BATR21 19 |
SURR22 | SURR23 | YMCR24 | YMCR25 | YMCR26 | WINR27 | WINR28 | SYDR29 | SYDR30 | 50th | 177 | ||||||
| 2013 | Nissan Motorsport | Nissan Altima L33 | ADER1 | ADER2 | SYMR3 | SYMR4 | SYMR5 | PUKR6 | PUKR7 | PUKR8 | PUKR9 | BARR10 | BARR11 | BARR12 | COTAR13 | COTAR14 | COTAR15 | COTAR16 | HIDR17 | HIDR18 | HIDR19 | TOWR20 | TOWR21 | QLDR22 PO |
QLDR23 PO |
QLDR24 PO |
WINR25 PO |
WINR26 PO |
WINR27 PO |
SANQ 19 |
SANR28 20 |
BATR29 15 |
SURR30 Ret |
SURR31 10 |
PHIR32 | PHIR33 | PHIR34 | SYDR35 | SYDR36 | 50th | 228 |
Complete Bathurst 1000 results
| Year | Team | Car | Co-driver | Position | Laps |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Stone Brothers Racing | Ford Falcon (FG) | John McIntyre | 19th | 160 |
| 2011 | James Rosenberg Racing | Ford Falcon (FG) | Tim Slade | 12th | 161 |
| 2012 | Kelly Racing | Holden Commodore (VE) | Karl Reindler | 19th | 161 |
| 2013 | Nissan Motorsport | Nissan Altima (L33) | Michael Caruso | 25th | 147 |