For the first time in 20 years, Will Davison doesn't have a full-time Supercars drive. Instead, he will be tasked with helping Matt Payne defend both his Ryco Enduro Cup and Repco Bathurst 1000 titles.
After a decorated full-time career in which he won 22 races, Will Davison's first gig out of a full-time ride comes with defending Repco Bathurst 1000 winner Matt Payne.
After departing the Shell V-Power Racing Team at the end of a five-year tenure, Davison was quickly snapped up by Penrite Racing to replaced the retiring Garth Tander.
Davison returned to Dick Johnson Racing in 2021, having first left the team for Holden at the end of 2008. In 2021, he scored 10 podiums and two poles en route to fourth overall aboard the famous #17.
In 2022, he upped the ante with nine ARMOR ALL Pole Positions and three victories.
However, the Gen3 era was a struggle for DJR as they juggled Ford homologation duties, whilst the tides firmly shifted in Brodie Kostecki's favour upon his arrival at the team last season.
Part of a renowned motorsport family that includes Supercars-racing brother Alex, Davison first made his mark by claiming the 2001 Australian Formula Ford Championship.
Davison then moved to Europe to compete in Formula Renault 2.0 and British Formula 3, and make a stint as Australia’s driver in the one-make A1 Grand Prix Series across the summer of 2005/06.
He also boasts Formula 1 experience on his extensive resume having sampled a Minardi at Misano, Italy, in 2004.
Making his top-flight Supercars debut for Team Dynamik in the same year, his first full-time gig came two seasons later with DJR.
After clinching his first couple of race wins in a sensational ’08, he was picked up by the Holden Racing Team.
His tenure at the famous organisation would mix extreme highs with extreme lows, finishing runner-up to Jamie Whincup in ’09 before slumping to 22nd in 2010.
From there, he swapped to the factory team across the divide – Ford Performance Racing – for three more than respectable campaigns.
An opportunity would then present itself at Erebus Motorsport, Davison taking a rare win for the Mercedes squad in ’15 before linking with Tekno Autosport.
A brilliant 2016 campaign was highlighted by a stunning Bathurst win, his second, before a disappointing 2017 season saw him depart for the new 23Red Racing operation in 2018.
The two-time Bathurst winner joined Phil Munday's new team in 2018, racing an ex-Tickford Falcon out of its own base in outer Melbourne.
He finished 15th in the championship, the top driver in a single-car operation, recording eight top 10 finishes along the way.
The veteran enjoyed a big step forward in 2019 coinciding with 23Red Racing’s move under the Tickford umbrella. Two podiums – including a near-miss victory at Tailem Bend – helped him to eighth overall in 2019.
He hit the ground running in 2020 until dreadful luck struck, with 23Red's major sponsor withdrawing following the COVID-19 crisis, leaving him out of a seat.
Davison later secured a return to Tickford in a co-driving capacity alongside Cameron Waters, and he nearly helped the #6 to a stunning Bathurst victory, propelling him back to DJR.
The veteran has been competing alongside former Bathurst 1000 starter Renee Gracie in GT World Challenge Australia this season.