Driver Profile
Nick Foster
Race Number: 13
Date of birth: 13 February 1992
Resides: Daisy Hill, QLD
Place of birth: Brisbane, QUEENSLAND
Height: 158cm
Weight: 57kg
First interest in motorsport: Father, Tony, previously raced karts and Aussie Racing Cars
First ever race: Go-Kart Club Day Race, Gold Coast, 2000
Karting Achievements: Five-time state junior champion, 2007 New Zealand CIK Karting Trophy – runner up
First ever race win: Go-Kart Race Club Day, Ipswich, 2001
First Ever Open Wheeler: 94 Vector Formula Ford
Current Open Wheeler: Mygale Formula Ford
National Formula Ford debut: Round 1, 2008 – Eastern Creek, NSW
Racing Goal: To be able to have the opportunity to race with the best drivers to widen my experience on the race track and to reach my potential.
Racing Heroes: Mark Winterbottom and Sebastien Vettel
Favourite Track: Hamilton, New Zealand (kart track), because it is very smooth and technical
Favourite racing categories: V8 supercars, Open wheelers, F1.
Greatest racing influence: Dad (Tony) and Rob Macri.
Other Influences: Jon Targett, William Yarwood, Brett and Bryce Francis, Mick Ritter
Highest point of career: Selection into the Formula BMW Test Day in 2007, and winning my first Formula Ford race and round
Lowest point of career: Not being able to bring the National Karting Title Home in 2007
Interests away from motor racing: mountain bike riding, surfing and AFL (favourite team – Essendon)
CAREER ACHIEVEMENTS:
2010
AUSTRALIAN FORMULA FORD CHAMPIONSHIP
– Won career first race at Round 2 (Queensland Raceway)
- Won career first round at Round 2 (Queensland Raceway)
2009
AUSTRALIAN FORMULA FORD CHAMPIONSHIP
– Competed in three rounds of the Championship
- Secured points in two rounds of the Championship
2008
AUSTRALIAN FORMULA FORD CHAMPIONSHIP
– Scored Championship points in second ever round at the age of 16
- Scored points in five of the eight rounds of the Championship
- Finished 22nd in the Championship
2007:
RACING CARS: (Debut)
– Selection into the Formula BMW test day
- 1st Top Gear Race Meeting at QLD Raceway
- 2nd Top Gear Race Meeting at QLD Raceway
- 3rd QLD Raceway Championship Series RD 4
KARTING:
JUNIOR NATIONAL HEAVY (Debut):
- Qualified 1st Victorian State Championship
- 1st NSW State Championship
- 1st Ipswich Club Day
- 3rd Queensland State Championship
- 5th Victorian State Championship
JUNIOR NATIONAL LIGHT:
- 1st National Championship – Disqualified due to non-tech item infringement
- 3rd NSW State Championship
- 5th Queensland State Championship
JUNIOR INTERCONTINENTAL A: (Debut)
- 2nd CIK Trophy of New Zealand
JUNIOR CLUBMAN:
-1st Queensland State Championship
-2nd NSW State Championship
2006
KARTING:
JUNIOR NATIONAL LIGHT:
- 1st Victorian State Championship
- 1st NSW State Championship
- 1st Gold Cup (Dubbo)
- 5th Queensland State Championship
- 7th National Championship
JUNIOR CLUBMAN:
- 2nd NSW State Championship
- 2nd City of Melbourne Titles
- 3rd Queensland State Championship
JUNIOR RESA (Debut):
- 2nd National Titles
JUNIOR ROTAX:
- 1st Warwick QLD State Round
- 2nd Ipswich QLD State Round
2005:
KARTING:
JUNIOR CLUBMAN:
- Fastest Qualifier Queensland State Championship
- 2nd Queensland State Championship
- 3rd Ipswich Club Championship
- 3rd Australian CIK Support Class
- 1st, 2nd, 2nd, 3rd Club Days
JUNIOR NATIONAL LIGHT:
- 5th Queensland State Championship
JUNIOR ROTAX (Debut):
- 2nd Fastest Qualifier Australian CIK Round 2
- 3rd Australian CIK Round 1
- 3rd Australian CIK Round 4
- 3rd Overall Australian CIK Series
- 4th Australian CIK Round 3
2004:
KARTING:
JUNIOR CLUBMAN (Debut):
- 1st Coffs Harbor
- 1st Ipswich
- 3rd Ipswich
JUNIOR NATIONAL LIGHT (Debut):
- 2nd Queensland Karter of the year
- 4th South Australian State Titles
- 1st Ipswich
- 2nd Ipswich
- 2nd Ipswich
- 3rd Gold Coast
- 3rd Ipswich
2003:
KARTING:
ROOKIES (Debut):
- 2nd Queensland Rookie Karter of the Year
- 3rd Super 8 Series Final
- 1st Jim Riley Memorial
- 1st Toowoomba Club Day
MIDGETS
- Fastest Qualifier Victorian State Championships
- 4th Victorian State Championships
- 1st Junior Blitz
- 3rd Victorian Club Day
- 1st Gold Coast Club Day
- 1st South East Queensland Midget/Rookie Titles
- 1st Great West Moreton Titles
- 2nd Portland Grand Prix
2002:
KARTING:
MIDGETS:
- 1st Queensland State Championship
- Ipswich Club Champion
- Gold Coast Club Champion
- 1st Great West Moreton Titles
- 1st Gold Coast Club Day
- 2nd Ford Kartstars Newcastle
- 2nd Overall Ford Kartstars Series
- 2nd Junior Blitz Ipswich
- 2nd Two-track Challenge
- 3rd Ford Kartstars Ipswich
- 4th Toowoomba Warwick Two Track Series
2001:
KARTING:
MIDGETS:
- 2nd Queensland State Championship
- 3rd NSW State Championship
- 1st Global Juniors Festival
- Ipswich Club Champion
-1st Overall Divisional Drivers Series
- 2nd, 2nd, 3rd, Divisional Divers Series
- 1st, 1st, 2nd, 2nd, 3rd, 3rd, Ipswich Club Days
- 1st Junior Kart Champions
- 2nd Toowoomba Champions of Tomorrow
- 2nd Darling Downs Titles
- 1st Toowoomba Club Day
- 2nd Gold Coast Club Day
2000:
KARTING DEBUT:
MIDGETS (Debut):
- 3rd Toowoomba Club Day
- 3rd Gold Coast Club Day
- 5th Gold Coast Street Race
