Darren Hossack
| Darren Hossack | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | Australian |
| Born | 1 April 1970 |
| Australian Sports Sedan Series career | |
| Years active | 2002-12 |
| Teams | John Gourlay |
| Best finish | 1st in 2004 & 2008 Australian Sports Sedan Series |
| Previous series | |
| 1992 1997-2003 2007-2012 |
Victorian Formula Ford V8 Supercar Australian Superkart Champ. |
| Championship titles | |
| 1992 2004 2008 2008 2010 |
Victorian Formula Ford Champ. Australian Sports Sedan Australian Sports Sedan Australian Superkart Champ. Australian Superkart Champ. |
Darren Hossack (born 1 April 1970) is a multiple-championship winning Australian race car driver. Hossack currently competes in Sports Sedans and Superkarts.
A long time kart racing driver, working professionally in the industry for Drew Price Engineering, he stepped into circuit racing in 1992 in state level Formula Ford, and won the Victorian championship in his debut season, a first title for emerging Formula Ford constructor, Spectrum. Without the funding to progress his career stalled at this point, taking him back to kart racing, picking up the Australian Reed Light Championship in 1994, and also into dirt-track Speedway, running Super Sedans.
An opportunity opened in 1997 for Hossack, driving the Wynns backed Holden Commodore in the 1997 Australian Touring Car Championship, and impressed in the midfield, snatching several top ten results during the season. For the final round he moved into a Gibson Motor Sport run Commodore, which continued into the endurance season where on his Bathurst debut, he and co-driver Steven Ellery finished in sixth position, the highest placed finish for any rookie in the race.
1998 saw a full-time drive in the Gibson Motor Sport team along with Wynns backed team mate Darren Pate, and Ellery also as team mate in a Holden Young Lions liviered Commodore. Hampered by Yokohama tyres, which were no match for Bridgestone and Dunlop shod teams, it was not a happy season and Hossack was replaced after the Barbagallo Raceway round by experienced veteran Tomas Mezera as the team struggled for pace. Hossack returned to the team for the endurance races and paired with Pate, took eighth place at the Sandown 500 and seventh at Bathurst.
While a full-time V8 Supercar drive did not return, Hossack was a valued endurance co-driver for the next several seasons, driving for Romano Racing in 1999 and returning to Gibson Motor Sport in 2000 with a highlight of ninth position for GMS with David 'Truckie' Parsons at Bathurst in 2000. After a few seasons away from V8 Supercars, Hossack returned in 2003, driving a third Ford Performance Racing Falcon with Adam Macrow.
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