Daniel Thomas Gaunt (born 27 February 1985 in Auckland) is a New Zealand racing driver and owner of Game Over Auckland.
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 third 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 was 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 HoldenReynard 96D HoldenReynard 94D Holden Pure Power RacingRalt Australia 2004 Lady Wigram Trophy 1st Dallara F301 Spiess Opel Team BRM 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 SMosler MT900 GT3 Vodka O Racing Australian Carrera Cup Championship 3rd Porsche 997 GT3 Cup S Triple X MotorsportMelbourne 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 GroupPS Racing Dunlop V8 Supercar Series 11th Holden VE CommodoreFord FG Falcon Eggleston MotorsportEvans 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 GT3McLaren 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
American open-wheel racing
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Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Rank Points Ref 2006 Brian Stewart RacingHMSSTP1STP2INDYWGLIMSNSHMILKTYSNM114SNM29CHI31st38
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 OPK 54th 112 2009 Stone Brothers Racing Ford FG Falcon ADE R1 ADE R2 HAM R3 HAM R4 WIN R5 WIN R6 SYM R7 SYM R8 HDV R9 HDV R10 TOW R11 TOW R12 SAN R13 SAN R14 QLD R15 QLD R16 PHI Q PHI R17 BAT R18 SUR R19 SUR R20 PHI R21 PHI R22 PTH R23 PTH R22 SYD R23 SYD R24 41st 213 2010 Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport Holden VE Commodore YMC R1 YMC R2 BHR R3 BHR R4 ADE R5 ADE R6 HAM R7 HAM R8 QLD R9 QLD R10 WIN R11 WIN R12 HDV R13 HDV R14 TOW R15 TOW R16 PHI R17 BAT R18 SUR R19 SUR R20 SYM R21 SYM R22 SAN R23 SAN R24 SYD R25 SYD R26 34th 539 2011 James Rosenberg Racing Ford FG Falcon YMC R1 YMC R2 ADE R3 ADE R4 HAM R5 HAM R6 PER R7 PER R8 PER R9 WIN R10 WIN R11 HDV R12 HDV R13 TOW R14 TOW R15 QLD R16 QLD R17 QLD R18 PHI Q PHI R19 BAT R20 SUR R21 SUR R22 SYM R23 SYM R24 SAN R25 SAN R26 SYD R27 SYD R28 48th 219 2012 Kelly Racing Holden VE Commodore ADE R1 ADE R2 SYM R3 SYM R4 HAM R5 HAM R6 PER R7 PER R8 PER R9 PHI R10 PHI R11 HDV R12 HDV R13 TOW R14 TOW R15 QLD R16 QLD R17 SMP R18 SMP R19 SAN Q SAN R20 BAT R21 SUR R22 SUR R23 YMC R24 YMC R25 YMC R26 WIN R27 WIN R28 SYD R29 SYD R30 50th 177 2013 Nissan Motorsport Nissan Altima L33 ADE R1 ADE R2 SYM R3 SYM R4 SYM R5 PUK R6 PUK R7 PUK R8 PUK R9 BAR R10 BAR R11 BAR R12 COTA R13 COTA R14 COTA R15 COTA R16 HID R17 HID R18 HID R19 TOW R20 TOW R21 QLD R22 QLD R23 QLD R24 WIN R25 WIN R26 WIN R27 SAN Q SAN R28 BAT R29 SUR R30 SUR R31 PHI R32 PHI R33 PHI R34 SYD R35 SYD R36 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
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