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Nickname: Brendo

Born: 29/8/1988, Wedderburn, Victoria.

Lives: Wedderburn

Hobbies: Motorsport, Riding Motorbike, Australian Rules Football, Skiing, Running, Partying

Motorsport Goal: To win a drive in the Pirelli Star Driver Scheme and to one day secure a factory World Rally Championship drive.

Motorsport Summary: Brendan started racing go-karts when he was seven, competing for four years. At the end of 2004, at 15 years of age, Brendan started driving his Datsun 240Z in the Victorian Autocross Championship. In 2005, he won the Victorian Autocross Championship and became the youngest ever winner.

Brendan competed in his first rally at the end of 2005 at 17 years of age. Around this time he was also lucky enough to be accepted into the Australian Institute of Sport Rally Development Program. In 2006, he competed in 11 rallies at Club, State and National level.

After having much success, and with youth on his side, in 2007 he took a further step in his career and entered in the Australian Rally Championship, driving for Les Walkden Rallying in a left hand drive Subaru STI. Brendan finished the season in sixth outright and third outright Privateer. In 2007, he also competed in two tarmac rallies and came second outright in his first ever tarmac event.

In 2008, Brendan focused on competing in some international rallies. He competed in two rallies in New Zealand and in August of that year, he competed in his first World Rally Championship (WRC) event, Rally New Zealand, in a front wheel drive Ford Fiesta. Brendan won his class and finished 25th outright.

In 2008, he secured his first factory drive with Mazda Motorsport Australia. This was a great experience in the Mazda3 MPS and gave him an insight into driving for a factory team. He won the 2WD class in his first outing, Targa Tasmania.

In December 2008, Brendan travelled to the UK to compete in the International Fiesta Shootout at M-Sport. After testing and interviews, he finished third in a field of extremely talented junior drivers from around the world.

In 2009, at 20 years of age, Brendan finished fourth outright in the first round of the Australian Rally Championship.

He then won Rally Lithgow, a round of the NSW Rally Championship, by over four minutes.

At the Pirelli Star Driver Qualifier at Rally Queensland, a round of the Asia Pacific Rally Championship, Brendan took out the title, beating Eli Evans and Hayden Paddon.

He then travelled to NZ and competed in Emma Gilmour’s Subaru STI, which he leased for the event, finishing third outright. After New Zealand, Brendan competed in the Robertstown Rally, a South Australian State Round, and was first Outright.

An accident at Rally South Australia in August 2009, put an end to Brendan's aim of winning the Pirelli Star Driver shootout at Repco Rally Australia in September, however he bounced back in October with a gutsy win at the Akademos Rally in Victoria.