Alex Rullo becomes youngest ever Australian touring car race winner in third-tier event at Winton

Alex Rullo wins race three at Winton. Source: Supplied

ALEX Rullo turns 15 on Monday, leaving him just a year until he is eligible for a learner driver’s license.

But if his record-breaking feats in Australia’s third tier of V8 racing are anything to go by, he will be the one delivering the lessons at the wheel.

At 14 years and 364 days, Rullo became the youngest ever race winner in Australian touring car history on Sunday.

The Perth-based teenager took out race three of the Australian V8 Touring Car Series round at Winton after finishing second in both races one and two.

The series is made up of Holden Commodores and Ford Falcons previously raced in both the V8 Supercars Championship and Dunlop Series, with Rullo piloting an ex-Mark Winterbottom Ford from 2006 and 2007 that is now prepared by MW Motorsport.

The Winton round was Rullo’s second in the series after making his debut at Sandown in March.

“It’s an awesome feeling, we had good pace all weekend,” Rullo said.

“It’s a good way to end my last day of being 14, that’s for sure.”

But whether or not young Alex was the proudest Rullo at the track on Sunday is debatable — his father Peter was also competing in the same event.

“Having the extra support of Dad here this weekend competing in the same event was great too,” Alex Rullo said.

Originally published as Fourteen-year-old wins V8 race