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Rodney Forbes
Nationality	Australian
Born	(1967-09-18) 18 September 1967 (age 57) Sydney, New South Wales
Related to	Bob Forbes (father)
Supercars Championship
Years active	1999–2003
Teams	Lansvale Racing Team Gibson Motor Sport 00 Motorsport
Starts	57
Wins	0
Poles	0
Fastest laps	0
Best finish	28th in 2000

Rodney Alexander Forbes (born 18 September 1967 in Sydney) is a former racing driver from Australia. He is best known for his participation in the V8 Supercars between 1999 and 2003.

He also drove in GT endurance races like the 24 Hours of Spa, Bathurst 12 Hour and 24 Hours of Nürburgring. Recently he has done club racing in Australia.

Career results

Complete Bathurst 1000 results

Year	Team	Car	Co-driver	Position	Laps
1998*	Rod Wilson Racing	BMW 318i	Rod Wilson	8th	152
1999	Lansvale Racing Team	Holden Commodore VS	Geoff Full	12th	156
2000	Gibson Motor Sport	Holden Commodore VT	John Cleland	DNF	78
2001	Gibson Motor Sport	Ford Falcon AU	David Parsons	21st	132
2002	00 Motorsport	Ford Falcon AU	Neal Bates	14th	159

* Super Touring race

Complete Spa 24 Hours results

Year	Team	Co-drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Overall position	Class position
2008	Juniper Racing	Shaun Juniper Max Twigg Craig Baird	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup S	GT2	472	19th	9th
2009	Mühlner Motorsport	Christian Lefort François Verbist	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup S	G3	517	9th	3rd

Complete Bathurst 12 Hour results

Year	Team	Co-drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Overall position	Class position
2009	Wilson Brothers Racing	Lee Castle Craig Baird	Subaru Impreza WRX	C	65	DNF

Complete Nürburgring 24 Hours results

Year	Team	Co-drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Overall position	Class position
2009	MSC Adenau	Jörg Viebahn Duncan Huisman Marko Hartung	BMW E46 M3 GTS	SP7	77	DNF
2010	Scuderia Offenbach	Matthias Weiland Kai Riemer David Horn	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup	SP7	?	?	2nd
2011	Scuderia Offenbach	René Bourdeaux Oleksiy Kikireshko Antoine Feidt	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup	SP7	145	19th	3rd
2012	Horn Motorsport	David Horn Chris Zochling Guido Wirtz	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup	SP7	84	DNF
2013	Raceunion Teichmann Racing	Jos Menton Stefan Landman Stef Van Campenhoud	Porsche 911 GT3 Cup	SP7	84	14th	3rd

References

1. "Rodney Forbes". Speedcafe. 28 January 2011.
2. "Schneider steers Mercedes to first Nurburgring victory". Speedcafe. 21 May 2013.
3. "Audi ace among over 400 Challenge Bathurst entries". Speedcafe. 30 October 2018.
4. "Hall, Mitchell and Jones were winners in Hi-Tec Oils Super Series categories". Speedcafe. 20 April 2024.

External links

• Rodney Forbes career summary at DriverDB.com
• Rodney Forbes driver statistics at Racing-Reference
• Rodney Forbes at Third Turn Database

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