Paul Stokell
| Paul Stokell | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | Australian |
| Born |
8 March 1968 Tasmania, Australia |
| Australian Mini Challenge | |
| Years active | 2008-2010 |
| Teams | Decorug Racing |
| Starts | 62 |
| Wins | 16 |
| Poles | 6 |
| Fastest laps | 15 |
| Best finish | 1st in 2009 Australian Mini Challenge |
| Previous series | |
| Pre 1990 1990 1992-96, 2001 1994 1995 1998 2000-04 2000-04 2004 2007-08 2007 |
Formula Vee Aust. Formula Ford Australian Drivers' Championship EFDA Nations Cup Malaysian Grand Prix Australian GT Production Nations Cup V8 Supercar Australian GT Performance Australian Carrera Cup Australian GT Championship |
| Championship titles | |
|
1994 1995 1995 1996 2003 2004 2009 |
Australian Drivers' Championship Australian Drivers' Championship Malaysian Grand Prix Australian Drivers' Championship Australian Nations Cup Australian Nations Cup Australian Mini Challenge |
Paul Stokell (born 8 March 1968 in Tasmania) is an Australian racing driver. Despite never making a significant impact in touring car racing, Stokell has been a race and championship winning driver in open wheel and sportscar racing consistently since the early 1990s and remains so today have won the Australian Mini Challenge in 2009.
While Tasmanian born, today Stokell is Queensland based where he has operated a performance driving school and has been involved indirectly with Tony Quinn's VIP Petfoods Racing sports car team and Sherrin Motor Sport team.
Stokell first emerged into the national spotlight racing in the national Australian Formula Ford series, taking a Reynard to runner up in the 1990 title behind Russell Ingall. Stokell tried to push his career in England in the next couple of years to no real success and returned to Australian racing in 1993 driving for Malcolm Ramsay's South Australian Birrana Racing team in Formula Brabham (which reverted to its original name of Formula Holden in 1996). With Stokell leading, Birrana came to dominate the category and Stokell took a trifecta of Australian Drivers' Championships in the mid-90s. In 1994 he represented Australia in the EFDA Nations Cup but the highlight of the era was his first international victory, winning the 1995 Malaysian Grand Prix.
In 1998 Stokell led an importer supported team driving Lotus Elise in the Australian GT Production Car Championship and against larger and more powerful cars Stokell became a giant-killer in the Lotus, finishing sixth in the championship. Out of this effort came an invitation to join the newly formed Team Lamborghini Australia, to race Lamborghini Diablos in the Australian Nations Cup Championship. Starting in 2000, Stokell was a constant front runner in the black Diablo and again became a championship winner in 2003 and 2004. In 2005 he drove in one round of the FIA GT Championship in a Lotus placing 2nd in the G2 class.
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