Paul Lakeland Dumbrell (born 1 September 1982) is an Australian business executive and retired racing driver.
He then attended a driving course with Kevin Flynn at Sandown Raceway where he briefly drove the ex Craig Lowndes Van Diemen RF85.
At age 15 he was the youngest in the class and even though he was the fastest graduate from the school, he was ineligible for the final race, for which drivers had to be 16.
On returning to Australia he looked to do a couple of races in Formula Ford but broke his hip when hit by a car while training on his mountain bike.
This injury prevented him from racing for 8 weeks and put an end to any chance of running a Formula Ford.
Dumbrell made his first Bathurst 1000 start at 17 years and 74 days, and was the youngest ever driver to drive a V8 Supercar.
96 Holden VS Commodore with Matthew White, qualifying the car in 33rd position but retiring on lap 15 after he hit the wall at McPhillamy Park.
Dumbrell drives alongside seven-time series champion Jamie Whincup for Triple Eight Race Engineering.
He previously owned a Boost Juice franchise as early as 2002, and was a founding partner of a media company.
[10] Coincidentally Metcash also owned The Bottle-O, a previous sponsor of Dumbrell at Rod Nash Racing.