Alex Rullo
Nationality Australian
Born (2000-06-15) 15 June 2000 (age 25)
Australian Rally Championship
Years active2022-
TeamsIntelliSpatial Fleetcare Racing
Starts19
Podiums4
Supercars Championship career
Car number78
Current teamKelly Racing
(Endurance race co-driver)
Championships0
Races30
Wins0
Podiums0
Pole positions0
2019 position43rd (329 pts)

Alexander John Rullo (born 15 June 2000) is an Australian racing car and rally driver. He currently drives in the Australian Rally Championship for IntelliSpatial Fleetcare Racing.

He has formerly driven in the TCR Australia Series for Kelly Racing. He has also co-driven with Simona de Silvestro in the No. 78 Nissan Altima in the Pirtek Enduro Cup.

Rullo also achieved a podium place at the 2025 World Time Attack Challenge at Sydney Motorsport Park.[1]

Racing career

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V8 Touring Car Series

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Alex Rullo made his debut in the V8 Touring Car National Series at the age of 14, winning a race in his second event.[2] He managed to win four races out of the 15 contested and finished the season second overall for MW Motorsport.

Rullo contested the 2016 Dunlop Series for Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport in a Holden Commodore VF

Super2 Series

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Rullo made his Dunlop Series debut for Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport in 2016, driving a Castrol-backed Holden VF Commodore for the full season. Rullo's best race finish was sixth (twice) and he finished 17th in the championship. In 2018 he will drive a Nissan Altima L33 with MW Motorsport.

Supercars Championship

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Rullo contested the 2017 Virgin Australia Supercars Championship for Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport in a Holden Commodore VF

In February 2017, an announcement was made that 16-year-old Rullo was to make his Supercars debut with Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport, the team which he raced with in the Development Series the year prior.

In doing so, he became the youngest driver in the championship's history.[3] Coincidentally, the previous driver to hold the record was Paul Dumbrell, the brother of Lucas, who debuted in 1999.[3]

It was reported that Alex would run the number No. 62 in which he had raced since his karting days.

Rullo did not qualify for the new-for-2017 CAMS Superlicense, and was given special dispensation to be reviewed on a race-by-race basis.[3]

He competed in the majority of the 2017 season and was a part of the Enduro Cup in both 2018 and 2019 for Nissan.

TCR Australia

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In 2019 he raced in the inaugural TCR Australia Touring Car Series for Kelly Racing in a Holden Astra TCR.[4]

Rally

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Rullo on his way to second overall at Rally Queensland 2025.

Making the switch to rallying in 2022, Rullo progressed from a production-specification Mitsubishi to a Hyundai i20 N Rally2 for the 2023 season with the backing of internationally recognised rally team, Race Torque Engineering.[5]

In his first full-time season of 2023, he and co-driver Steve Glenney finished 12th in the Australian Rally Championship (ARC), and shot up to fifth overall in the 2024 season.[6]

Also in the 2024 season, he won the West Australian Rally Championship[7] and took victory on tarmac at the Adelaide Rally.[8]

For the 2025 season, he linked up with former World Rally Championship star, Hayden Paddon, to further progress in the series within the Race Torque Engineering stable.[9]

At the third round, Rally Queensland, their combined results delivered Hyundai Australia's first 1-2 finish in ARC history.[10]

Circuit career results

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Season Series Position Car Team
2014 Western Australian Formula Vee 1600 Championship 13th Ajay 06 Volkswagen
Australian Swift Racing Series 11th Suzuki Swift Sport
2015 Kumho Tyres Australian V8 Touring Car Series 2nd Ford BF Falcon MW Motorsport
Western Australia Super GT Series 4th Performance West
2016 Supercars Dunlop Series 17th Holden VF Commodore Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport
Australian GT Championship 46th Lamborghini Gallardo FL2 Performance West
2017 Virgin Australia Supercars Championship 29th Holden VF Commodore Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport
2018 Super2 Series 4th Nissan Altima L33 MW Motorsport
Virgin Australia Supercars Championship 50th Nissan Motorsport
2019 Virgin Australia Supercars Championship 43rd Nissan Altima L33 Kelly Racing
TCR Australia 13th Holden Astra TCR

Super3 Series results

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(key) (Round results only)

Super3 Series results
Year Team No. Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Position Points
2015 Performance West 62 Ford BF Falcon SAN
R1

Ret
SAN
R2

Ret
SAN
R3

11
WIN
R4

2
WIN
R5

2
WIN
R6

1
QLD
R7

1
QLD
R8

1
QLD
R9

1
PHI
R10

2
PHI
R11

14
PHI
R12

2
SMP
R13

3
SMP
R14

2
SMP
R15

2
2nd 505

Super2 Series results

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(key) (Round results only)

Super2 Series results
Year Team No. Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Position Points
2016 Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport 62 Holden VF Commodore ADE
R1

19
ADE
R2

Ret
PHI
R3

18
PHI
R4

16
PHI
R5

20
BAR
R6

15
BAR
R7

6
BAR
R8

19
TOW
R9

Ret
TOW
R10

12
SAN
R11

Ret
SAN
R12

16
SAN
R13

6
BAT
R14

16
HOM
R15

14
HOM
R16

13
17th 686
2018 MW Motorsport 62 Nissan Altima L33 ADE
R1

11
ADE
R2

19
ADE
R3

11
SYM
R4

12
SYM
R5

7
SYM
R6

5
BAR
R7

1
BAR
R8

6
BAR
R9

9
TOW
R10

3
TOW
R11

6
SAN
R12

4
SAN
R13

7
BAT
R14

2
NEW
R15

12
NEW
R16

C
4th 1328

Supercars Championship results

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Bathurst 1000 results

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Year Team Car Co-driver Position Laps
2017 Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport Holden Commodore VF Australia Alex Davison 15th 159
2018 Nissan Motorsport Nissan Altima L33 Switzerland Simona de Silvestro 14th 161
2019 Kelly Racing Nissan Altima L33 Switzerland Simona de Silvestro 13th 160

TCR Australia results

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TCR Australia 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 Position Points
2019 Kelly Racing Holden Astra TCR SMP
R1

11
SMP
R2

13
SMP
R3

9
PHI
R4

6
PHI
R5

5
PHI
R6

12
BEN
R7

8
BEN
R8

Ret
BEN
R9

12
QLD
R10

8
QLD
R11

11
QLD
R12

13
WIN
R13
WIN
R14
WIN
R15
SAN
R16
SAN
R17
SAN
R18
BEN
R19
BEN
R20
BEN
R21
16th 209

Rally career results

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Season Series Position Car Team
2022 Australian Production Rally Championship 9th Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX
2023 Australian Rally Championship 12th Hyundai i20 N Rally2 IntelliSpatial Fleetcare Racing
West Australian Rally Championship 6th
2024 Australian Rally Championship 5th Hyundai i20 N Rally2 IntelliSpatial Fleetcare Racing
West Australian Rally Championship 1st
2025 Australian Rally Championship 4th Hyundai i20 N Rally2 IntelliSpatial Fleetcare Racing
West Australian Rally Championship 14th

References

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  1. ^ https://autoaction.com.au/2025/09/07/hazelwood-tames-world-time-attack
  2. ^ "History made as 14-year-old wins in Kumho V8s". Speedcafe. 14 June 2015. Retrieved 9 February 2017.
  3. ^ a b c "Rullo to make history as youngest Supercars driver". Speedcafe. 8 February 2017. Retrieved 8 February 2017.
  4. ^ "Rullo joins Kelly Racing for TCR Australia bid". Speedcafe. 4 May 2019.
  5. ^ O'Brien, Connor (14 December 2022). "Rullo to tackle 2023 Australian Rally Championship". V8 Sleuth. Retrieved 21 August 2025.
  6. ^ Shacki. "Alex Rullo - rally profile eWRC-results.com". eWRC-results.com. Retrieved 21 August 2025.
  7. ^ "Points & Seedings - RallyWA". 6 March 2018. Retrieved 21 August 2025.
  8. ^ OBrien, Garry (11 November 2024). "Shannons Adelaide Rally taken out by Rullo and Glenney". Speedcafe.com. Retrieved 21 August 2025.
  9. ^ "Paddon and Rullos to combine in 2025". Retrieved 21 August 2025.
  10. ^ OBrien, Garry (6 July 2025). "Paddon dominates second heat to win Rally Queensland". Speedcafe.com. Retrieved 21 August 2025.
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