Production Cars

Russell started in the Australian Production Car Championship in 2004 under the guidance of his father and former V8 Supercar driver Wayne Russell driving a Honda S2000. In 2005 he won finished second outright and won Class A.

V8 Supercars

In 2007, he moved into the Fujitsu V8 Supercar Series completing the whole season in his family-run Novocastrian Motorsport team. He ran full time seven years in the series with a best result of seventh in 2013.

In 2015 and 2016, he raced in only one event each season.

2014 saw him switch to the third tier 2014 Kumho Tyres V8 Touring Car Series running in six races and finishing sixth in the series.

In 2015, again in his family-run Novocastrian Motorsport team, he and his brother Aaren qualified as a wildcard for the 2015 Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000 finishing seventeenth.

Career summary

Complete Bathurst 12 Hour results

Year	Team	Co-drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class pos.
2013	Hunter Sports Group	Steven Johnson Jonny Reid	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup	B	257	9th	1st

Complete Supercars Championship results

Complete Bathurst 1000 results

Year	Team	Car	Co-driver	Position	Laps
2015	Novocastrian Motorsport	Holden Commodore VF	Aaren Russell	17th	161

Complete Bathurst 6 Hour results

Year	Team	Co-drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class pos.
2021	Commodore Shop Cardiff	James Herrington Ryan Gilroy	Holden Commodore VE SS V	B2	112	29th	2nd
2022	Novocastrian Motorsport	Wayne Russell Aaren Russell	BMW M3 F80	X	129	5th	4th
2023	Novacastrian Motorsport	Drew Russell Wayne Russell	BMW M3 F80	X	112	2nd	2nd