More V8 Supercar Chassis Histories

[anthony81901]

Further to my history of the Perkins Enginnering chassis, enclosed is the history of some chassis.

Dick Johnson Racing:

DJREB1 07/92. Built by Neal Lowe and unveiled at final ATCC round at Oran Park in 92. Ran at the Bathurst Media day the following week, but DJR’s decision to build the car before the homologation specs were finalised proved costly, as it was deemed not to comply in the suspension area, and uneconomical to change. Was destined to become a very expensive show car.

DJREB2 11/92. Raced by Dick Johnson at the Adelaide GP and in the NZ Enduros. Raced by John Bowe from beginning of 93 until mid way through 94. Raced by Cameron McConville in enduros, at Sandown with Johnson & Bowe, and at Bathurst with Paul Radisich. Raced at 94 Oran Park round by Steve Johnson, Allan Grice at the Sandown 500, as the T car at Bathurst, and at the Adelaide GP by Bowe. Sold to John Trimble who raced it in the ATCC in 95, and in the ATCC and at Bathurst in 96. Sold in 97 to Mike Conway who raced it until it was destroyed at the Phillip Island ATCC round in 00.

DJREB3 01/93. Debuted by Johnson at Amaroo Park ATCC round and raced in all rounds. Written off after accident at Bathurst. Stored at DJR workshop until rebuilt as a display car to replicate the 94 Bathurst winner.

DJREB4 01/94. Debuted by Johnson at Amaroo Park ATCC round and raced by Johnson up until Sandown 500. Raced by Grice at Bathurst, and again by Johnson from the Adelaide GP until the Waneroo round in 95, being upgraded to EF specs at the end of 94. Raced in at the Oran Park round and in the enduros in 95 by Steve Johnson. Following DJREB5 being destroyed, raced by Bowe it in the last 5 96 ATCC rounds. Following DJREB7 being badly damaged at Indy in 97, Bowe again drove it from round 2 until the end of the ATCC. Steve Johnson raced it in some 98 ATCC rounds as the Racing for Life car.

DJREB5 06/94. Debuted by Bowe at Eastern Creek round and raced until being destroyed at the Phillip Island round in 96. Upgraded to EF at end of 94.

DJREF6 08/95. Debuted by Johnson at Oran Park ATCC round and raced until Melbourne Grand Prix in 98. Raced by Steve Johnson in enduros in 96 and 97 and again at Indy in 99. Sold to Neil Schembri in 2000 who raced it in some Konica rounds and at Bathurst.

DJREF7 09/96. Debuted at Bathurst by Bowe. Badly damaged at Indy in 97, but rebuilt for Sandown 500. Used by Bowe until end of 98. Raced at Indy in 99 by Radisich and then sold to Ross Halliday who raced it in the Konica series in 00 and 01 and at Bathurst in 00. Sold to Terry Wyhoon to race in 02 Konica series. Raced by G Crawford in some 03 Konica races.

DJREL8 04/98. Debuted by Johnson at Lakeside ATCC round and raced until end of 98. Sold to Paragon Motorsport and raced by Cameron McLean throughout 99.

DJRAU9 03/99. Raced by Radisich throughout 99 and up until Queensland 500 in 2000. Raced at Bathurst by Steve Johnson and for the 1st few ATCC rounds in 01. Raced by Greg Ritter in the 01 enduros. Sold to Greg Crick in 02 and raced in the Konica series and at Bathurst.

DJRAU10 03/99. Raced by Johnson throughout 99, with Steve Johnson racing the car at the Calder round and at Indy and in 00 up until the Queensland 500. Sold to Craig Harris debuting at Bathurst. Harris raced the car in the 01 Konica series with Dale Brede driving in the 02 series.

DJRAU11 09/00. Debuted by Radisich at Bathurst in 00 and until the Philip Island round in 01, before Steve Johnson took it over until the Oran Park round. Raced by Ritter in some ATCC rounds and in the enduros in 02. Raced by Radisich at the Sandown ATCC round in 02.

DJRAU12 03/01. Debuted by Radisich at Adelaide round and raced until end of 02.

DJRAU13 08/01. Debuted by Steve Johnson at Queensland 500 and raced until end of 02.

In 03 DJR entered 1 of DJRAU11 – 13 in the Konica series for Tony Riccadello with Warren Luff driving in the Mallala and Bathurst rounds. In 04, 2 were entered in the Konica series for Jose Fernandez and Owen Kelly, with David Brabham driving the Kelly car in the Bathurst Konica race. I am not sure which chassis were used.

DJRBA14 & DJRBA15 were both debuted at the Melbourne by Johnson and Max Wilson, although I am not sure who was driving which chassis. Both were used up until the Oran Park round in 04, with Warren Luff taking over the Wilson car. Brabham raced one in the 04 enduros. Both were used for the final sprint rounds in 04. Dean Canto is using Johnson’s car in the 05 Konica series, the other by Grant Denyer.

DJRBA16 09/04. Raced by Steve Johnson in the 04 enduros and then the 05 series.

DJRBA17 03/05. Raced by Glenn Seton in the 05 series.

[anthony81901]

Glenn Seton Racing / Ford Performance Racing

EB 09/92. Raced by Glenn Seton at Sandown 500, Bathurst 1000 and the Adelaide GP where the car was written off.

EB 01/93. Raced at Eastern Creek Triple Challenge by Seton, and then Alan Jones in the ATCC up until the Waneroo round. Written off after a testing crash at Phillip Island with Drew Price driving.

EB 02/93. Raced by Seton in ATCC up until Waneroo, and Alan Jones at Oran Park. Raced in 93 enduros by David Parsons and at 93 Adelaide GP and in 94 up until the Sandown 500 by Jones. Sold to Claude Giorgi of WA at the end of 94, who raced it from 95 to 97 on both the east and west coast. It was upgraded to EF specs at some point. Alan McCarthy ran the car in the Amscar series in 97. In 98 it was sold to Charles Ryman who ran the car in a few ATCC races. Wayne Park drove it at the 98 Melbourne Grand Prix. It was written off by Ryman in a testing accident at Lakeside in February 99.

EB 08/93. Debuted by Seton at the final round of the ATCC at Oran Park. Seton raced it up until the 94 Sandown 500. Raced by Jones at Bathurst, the Adelaide GP, the 95 Eastern Creek Triple Challenge and Sandown ATCC round. Upgraded to EF specs and used by Jones at rounds 6 – 9 of the ATCC. Raced at the Oran Park ATCC round by Allan Grice, at the Adelaide GP by Jones, and at the Brock Challenge by Parsons. Sold to John Sidney Racing and raced by Max Dumsney throughout 96 and at the Melbourne GP in 97 by Kevin Schwantz. Raced in 98 and for the 1st races of 99 by Anthony Tratt.

EB 08/94. Raced by Seton at Bathurst and the Adelaide GP. Upgraded to EF specs and raced by Jones from the Symmons Plains round. Damaged by fire at Lakeside, returning for Jones to race at Oran Park and in the enduros. Raced by Seton at the Adelaide GP and Brock Challenge. Passed to Bo Seton and sold without use to Ray Hislop who raced it in 97 and 98. It was subsequently resold to Geelong.

EF 01/95. Raced by Seton from the Eastern Creek Triple Challenge until the 96 Sandown 500. Raced by Seton in NZ at the end of 96. Leased to Rodney Forbes for the 98 Lakeside race, and then entered as a 2nd GSR car for Neil Crompton at Oran Park and Indy. Sold to Charles Ryman and raced a few times in 99 by Wayne Wakefield.

EF 10/96. Debuted by Seton at Bathurst and raced until the Phillip Island round in 98. Raced by Crompton at the Mallala and Calder round. Sold to Simon Emerzides who raced it from 98 to 01. Sold to HVE Racing and raced by Grant Johnson in the 02 Konica series.

EL 05/98. Raced by Seton from Winton round until end of 98. Raced by Crompton from beginning of 99 up until Waneroo round, and again at Indy by Crompton. Sold to RPM International Racing and raced by Dean Canto in 00 Konica series. Raced by Greg Crick, Geoff Full and Aaron McGill in 01 Konica series, before being written off at Lakeside Konica round.

AU 03/99. Raced by Seton from beginning of 99 ATCC until 00 ATCC round at Calder. Raced at Bathurst by Wayne Gardner and 01 sprint rounds by Steve Richards until Winton.

AU 05/99. Raced by Crompton from Waneroo round until being destroyed in a testing accident at Phillip Island by Seton in September 01. Raced in 99 enduros and 00 Queensland 500 by Neal Bates. By 02 it had been converted to a Sports Sedan.

AU 09/00. Raced by Seton from Bathurst until end of 01. It was raced by Jim Richards in the 01 enduros. It was used by Seton in a few rounds of the 02 ATCC after Seton’s main car was damaged at the Adelaide 500 and by David Besnard for the 1st few rounds of the 03 series.

AU 09/01. Raced by Steven Richards from Bathurst 01 till the end of 02 and by Seton until the Eastern Creek round in 03, with the exception of a few rounds in 02 while it was repaired from accident damage it received at the Adelaide 500. Raced by Besnard at rounds 3 - 6. Sold to Brian Walden and raced by Gary Walden in the 2nd half of the 04 series.

Following the sale of Glenn Seton Racing to Prodrive, 3 BAs were built in 03. Lowndes debuted the 1st at the Melbourne GP, Seton the 2nd at Winton and Besnard the 3rd at Ipswich. The Seton car was raced in the enduros by Adam Macrow.

The Besnard car was rebuilt over the off season and raced by Lowndes throughout 04. Seton started the season in the ex Lowndes car until the Queensland round while his 03 car was rebuilt. Macrow again drove this 2nd rebuilt car in the enduros.

For 05, 1 was raced by FPR for Jason Bright, and the other 2 by Birtek for Steve Owen and Matthew White, although I am not sure which is which.

[anthony81901]

Gibson Motorsport / 00 Motorsport

001 VN 01/93. Raced by Jim Richards from the Eastern Creek Triple Challenge until the end of 94. Raced by Anders Olofsson at Bathurst in 93 and 94, and by Skaife at 94 Sandown 500. Upgraded to VR specs and destroyed at Eastern Creek Triple Challenge in January 95.

002 VN 02/93. Raced from ATCC Round 1 until end of 93 by Mark Skaife. Raced by Richards at 94 Eastern Creek Triple Challenge, but heavily damaged in an accident. Rebuilt and sold to Scotty Taylor, who debuted it at Bathurst in 95. Appeared at various Bathursts, Symmons Plains ATCC rounds and Konica rounds with Taylor and later Bill Attard driving until 01. It was upgraded to VR specs along the way. Sold to Peter Champion in Queensland who has restored it as a VP.

003 VN 02/94. Raced from ATCC Round 1 until end of 94 by Skaife. Raced at Eastern Creek Triple Challenge in 95 by Richards, and after being upgraded to VR specs, for Richards to race from round 2 of the ATCC. Raced at the Sandown 500 by Skaife, at Bathurst by Steve Richards, and by Skaife at the Brock Challenge. Sold to Garry Rogers Motorsport and raced throughout 96 by Steve Richards. Sold to Gary Dumbrell and raced by Darren Hossack in 97 ATCC. Sold back to Gibson Motorsport and raced in 98 ATCC by Darren Pate. Raced by David Parsons in 98 enduros, being written off at Bathurst.

004 VR 02/95. With Skaife out injured following his Eastern Creek accident, the car was debuted by Richards at Sandown, before passing to Skaife for the remainder of 95. Raced by Skaife at the 96 Sandown ATCC, Melbourne GP, Indy, Oran Park ATCC round and Sandown 500 and at Bathurst by Gary Waldon. Sold to Garry Rogers Motorsport and raced by Steve Richards in 97 and the beginning of 98, before Garth Tander took it over for the rest of the year. Sold to Clive Wiseman Racing and raced by Michael Donaher, Tyler Mecklam and Melinda Price in 99 and 00.

005 VR 01/96. Raced by Skaife throughout 96 and in the limited sprint races the team contested in 97. Raced at Bathurst 97 and throughout 98 by Hossack, excepting a few ATCC rounds when Tomas Mezera drove. Sold to Rick Wood and shipped to the UK.

006 VR 01/98. Raced as the Holden Young Lions car for Steve Ellery in 98 ATCC. Sold to John Trimble and raced by Trimble and Wayne Wakefield in 99 and 00 before being written off at the Phillip Island Konica race.

007 VT 03/99. Raced by Greg Murphy from Melbourne GP until Oran Park round in 00, then being raced by Rodney Forbes until the end of 00. Sold to Team Dynamik and raced by Simon Wills in 01 Konica series. Upgraded to VY specs and raced by Wills in 03 ATCC.

008 VT 03/99. Raced by Steve Richards from Eastern Creek ATCC round until Sandown round. Sold to David Parsons for 99 enduros, although run by Gibson Motorsport, and to Bob Forbes for Rodney Forbes to race in the 00 ATCC. Sold back to Parsons to race in the 01 Konica series, and then to Jamie Miller who raced it in the Konica series in 02 and 03. Destroyed in a factory fire in July 04.

010 VT 01/00. Raced by Steve Richards in 00 ATCC and by Hossack in 00 enduros. Sold to Gary Dumbrell for Paul Dumbrell to race in 01 Konica series and then to Robert Smith who raced it himself in 02, and then had Owen Kelly drive in 03 and Lee Holdsworth in the 04 series and Alan Gurr at the Bathurst Konica race.

009 VT 08/00. Raced by Murphy from Calder round until the end of the year. Sold to A&J Racing and raced in a few Konica races in 01 by Ed Albernica.

xxx AU 09/01. Raced by Craig Lowndes from debut at Bathurst until the end of 02. Raced at Melbourne GP and 1st 2 rounds of 03 ATCC by Forbes

xxx AU 02/02. Raced by Crompton in 02 sprint rounds. Sold to Tony Noske and raced by Mark Noske in 03 ATCC and by Neal Bates in 03 enduros. Included with sale of team to WPS, and raced by Neil McFadyen in 04 Bathurst Konica race.

One BA was debuted at the Melbourne GP by Greg Ritter, and a 2nd at round 3 by Rodney Forbes. Following the team folding after the Hidden Valley round, they were sold at the end of 03 to WPS. One was debuted at the Melbourne GP by Mark Noske, before Besnard took it over for the rest of the year and into 05, although John McIntyre raced it at Indy. Following the purchase of a 2nd Franchise, the second car was debuted by Noske at Hidden Valley. It was later driven by Alex Yoong and Owen Kelly, and by Craig Baird in 05. I am not sure as to which is which.

[anthony81901]

Holden Racing Team

VL TWR0xx 08/88. Built by Tom Walkinshaw Racing in the UK and air freighted to Australia for Bathurst. After exitng Bathurst with suspension damage was repaired and used for a test session at Calder in 89, before Holden shelved its ATCC campaign. Resurrected for Percy to race in 90 Sandown and Bathurst enduros.

VL PE009 09/89. Built by Perkins Engineering and raced by Larry Perkins at Sandown and Bathurst and by Win Percy at Adelaide GP. Sold to HRT and raced in 90 ATCC by Percy and at Bathurst by Neil Crompton.

xxx VN 02/91. Raced by Win Percy throughout 91 ATCC and in the Sandown 500, except at Lakeside where Allan Grice filled in.

xxx VN 08/91. Raced by Brad Jones in 91 enduros.

xxx VN 09/91. Debuted by Percy at Bathurst.

From here the history becomes a little shady. In 92 HRT ran only a limited ATCC campaign with Tomas Mezera using at least 2 of the VNs, instead deciding to concentrate on developing the VP. Either the 1st or 3rd car was pictured in the 93 Bathurst program being used to test the VP aero kit, being identifiable by the Australian and English flags on the rear door windows. All 3 were upgraded to VP specs with HRT racing 2 for Mezera and Percy in the 93 enduros, and 2 at the Adelaide GP for Mezera and Jones.

For the 93 ATCC 2 were raced throughout the year by Mezera and Wayne Gardner. At the end of 93, the car that Gardner had driven was sold to Graham Blythman in WA, who raced it a few ATCC rounds and at the 94 Sandown 500. By 96 it had been sold to Geoff Kendrick who raced it up until 00, upgrading it to a VR along the way. It was sold to Fleet Motorsport and raced by Leanne Ferrier in the 02 Konica series.

Peter Brock and Mezera in the 94 ATCC raced the remaining 2. The Brock car was raced by Jones in the 94 enduros, and Mezera at the Adelaide GP. After being upgraded to a VR it was raced in the 1st few rounds of the 95 ATCC by Mezera, before being sold to Peter McLeod who debuted it at Bathurst and ran it until the end of 96. It was sold in 97 to Simon Emerzides who raced it in partnership with Garry Wilmington.

The Mezera ATCC car was used as the T car at Bathurst, and by Craig Lowndes at the Adelaide GP. It was then used by HRT to develop the VR aero kit. It was sold to Michael Hart who debuted the car at Bathurst 96. By 00 it had been sold to Terry Wyhoon who raced it in the Konica series in 00/01. G Lawrence raced it in the 02 Konica series.

030 VN 08/94. Debuted by Brock at the Sandown 500 and raced by Brock until the Waneroo 95 ATCC round, being upgraded to a VR at the end of 94. Sold at the beginning of 96 to John Faulkner Racing, but leased back to Brock for the Sandown ATCC round while 032 was repaired. Raced by Faulkner until the end of 98. In 99 it was leased to Cameron McConville for the Sandown, Ipswich and Calder ATCC rounds, Paul Dumbrell for Symmons Plains and Bathurst, and Gibson Motorsport for Steve Richards to drive at Indy. It was raced in the Konica series in 00 by Ryan McLeod and in 01 by Owen Kelly.

031 VR 03/95. Raced from Phillip Island ATCC round until end of 95 by Mezera, with Lowndes racing it in the enduros. Raced by Lowndes in 96 up until the Phillip Island round, and again at the Oran Park round. Following the destruction of 033, reactivated for Greg Murphy to drive in the remaining 97 ATCC rounds. Sold to Garry Rogers Motorsport and raced by Jason Bargwanna in 98 and Garth Tander up until the Symmons Plains round in 99. Sold at the end of 99 to Paul Morris Motorsport, and after the destruction of the team’s other car, raced in the Calder rounds of the ATCC. Raced by Owen Kelly at Bathurst, and in the Bathurst Konica race in 01 by Ashley Stitchbury.

032 VR 09/95. Debuted by Brock at Oran Park ATCC round and raced until end of 96 ATCC. Became Holden Young Lions car for 97, being raced by Mark Noske, Todd Kelly and Jason Bargwanna before being written off at Bathurst that year.

033 VR 05/96. Debuted by Lowndes at Calder ATCC round and raced until the end of 96. Raced in NZ races at end of 96 and 1st few races of 97 by Murphy, before being written off in accident at Phillip Island. Eventually rebuilt and raced in 99 by McConville at Symmons Plains, and Lowndes at Winton following the destruction of 040, and later by Lowndes at Indy where it again incurred heavy damage, and being a surplus car was deemed not worth fixing. Currently at HRT workshop.

034 VR 09/96. Raced by Brock from Sandown 500 until end of 97. Raced by Mark Skaife in 97 ATCC and Murphy at Sandown 500.

035 VR 09/97. Raced by Murphy in 97 enduros and Lowndes in 97 ATCC up until the Calder round.

034 & 035 both started the 99 ATCC season as the Holden Young Lions cars for Noske and Kelly, although Kelly’s was written off in the opening round at Eastern Creek. The other was campaigned by Noske until the Queensland 500. At the end of 99 it was sold to Paul Morris Motorsport. Morris raced it until it was destroyed at the Oran Park in 00. I am not sure which is which.

037 VT 07/98. Debuted by Murphy at Calder, and then used by Lowndes up until Hidden Valley round in 99. Sold to James Rosenberg and raced by Mark Poole from Calder round until Canberra round in 00. Sold to Paul Morris Motorsport, and raced by Morris from Queensland 500 until 01 Bathurst 1000. Sold to Greg Murphy Racing in NZ and fitted with 6 litre Chev for use as a ride car.

038 VT 09/98. Debuted at Bathurst by Murphy and then raced by Skaife in 99 until Winton round. Driven by Lowndes at Oran Park round and Queensland 500. It was then raced by Todd Kelly at Bathurst and in the 00 ATCC sprint races. Sold at end of 00 to Romano Racing, but then leased back to K Mart Racing for Murphy to race up until the Adelaide 500 in 01. Paul Romano raced in remaining 01 races, and a few races in 02 and 03. Leased to Paul Morris Motorsport for Wayne Wakefield to race in the Canberra and Oran Park rounds in the 03 ATCC, and to Phil Scifleet for the 04 Eastern Creek race.

040 VT 06/99. Debuted by Lowndes at Sandown round. Written off after barrel rolling at Calder at only its 3rd meeting. Eventually rebuilt as HRT ride car.

041 VT 09/99. Debuted by Skaife at Oran Park and raced until end of 99. Raced by Lowndes in 00 series until Canberra round. Raced at Indy by Lowndes and by Jason Plato at Bathurst. Raced by Jason Bright until Adelaide 500. Transferred to K Mart Racing from Eastern Creek round and raced by Murphy for remainder of 01. Transferred back to HRT for 02, to be raced as the Holden Young Lions entry by Rick Kelly. Transferred to Paul Weel Racing and raced by Paul Weel in 03 sprint rounds and in the enduros by Marcus Marshall. Leased to David Krause for a few ATCC races.

042 VT 11/99. Debuted by Lowndes at Bathurst. Raced by Skaife in 00 ATCC, and in enduros by Todd Kelly. Transferred to K Mart Racing and raced by Todd Kelly in 01 and 02, and at Bathurst by Rick Kelly in 01 and Cameron McLean in 02. Transferred to Paul Weel Racing and upgraded to VY specs for Jason Bright to drive in 04.

043 VT 07/00. Debuted by Lowndes at Ipswich sprint round. Raced by Skaife in 01 ATCC up until Oran Park round. Raced as Holden Young Lions car by Rick Kelly at Sandown ATCC round at end of 01, and then unused until upgraded to VY specs for Todd Kelly to drive in 03 up until Hidden Valley. Sold to K Mart Racing and raced by Murphy for remainder of 03 and in ATCC from 5 round in 04. Raced by Steve Owen in 04 enduros.

044 VX 04/01. Debuted by Jason Bright at Eastern Creek round and raced until Mallala round in 02. Raced by Tony Longhurst at 01 Queensland 500. Transferred to K Mart Racing and raced by Todd Kelly for remainder of 02, and by Rick Kelly in 03/04. Upgraded to VY specs at end of 03. Sold to Tony D’Alberto for 05 Konica series.

045 VX 09/01. Debuted by Skaife at Queensland 500 and raced until Oran Park round in 03. Jim Richards drove it at the Queensland 500 in 02. Upgraded to VY specs for Indy round in 04 following damage to Skaife’s 049 car.

046 VX 02/02. Raced by Murphy throughout 02, up until Winton round in 03 and for the 1st 4 rounds of the 04 series. Upgraded to VY specs at end of 03.

047 VX 08/02. Raced from Winton round onwards in 02 by Bright. Transferred to Paul Weel Racing and raced by Bright in 03. Upgraded to VY specs and raced by Weel in 04 and in the enduros by Matthew White.

048 VY 06/03. Raced from Ipswich round in 03 and 04 sprint races by Todd Kelly, in the 03 enduros by Jim Richards and the 04 enduros by Plato. Sold to Kelly Motorsport for Garth Tander ton race in 05.

049 VY 09/03. Debuted at Sandown 500 by Skaife and raced until Bathurst 04. Sold to Kelly Motorsport for Rick Kelly to race in 05.

050 VY 11/04. Debuted at Symmons Plains by Skaife

051 VY 03/05. Debuted at Melbourne GP by Todd Kelly.

[Noonz1]

Anthony,
Nicely done mate - but all sorts of bits and pieces not quite right in among the list - would take all day to run through all of the various little bits and pieces but you are pretty much on the right track with the majority of the material - nicely bowled - just don't try and steal my thunder!!!!

[B!tchie Renault]

Noonz1,

Are you able to supply the chassis numbers currently being used by the teams in the main series. I was also wondering about the history of the Scott Loadsman car in the HPDC Development series.

Thanks

[Noonz1]

*****ie,
I'd be here all day to do that and giving away all of my hard earned research!! The Loadsman car is ex-Lansvale VX and sister car to the one that now is the K2 ride car owned by the Kelly boys/HSV.

[B!tchie Renault]

Noonz1. Thanks for that. Can I pm you about certain chassis then for the main series. I think I am about 80% there.

[Group'C']

when are you going to write the book Noonz

[Noonz1]

B!tchie, yeah, PM away mate - no worries.
Group C - my work is forming the basis of the Bathurst Supercar where are they now stories in Muscle Car and Im putting all of the info into a new format - dont know about a book, maybe a series in Muscle Car somewhere down the track tho if editor Oastler has a moment of kindness!

[pete60]

GMS/OO
GMS 11 was the ex SBR AU run by Lowndes when he joined the team...whereabouts unknown today?
GMS 12 was the ex Colourscan AU run by Rodney Forbes and then sold to Terry Wyhoon.
No GMS 13
GMS 14 was the green eyed monster built for Lowndes.
GMS 15 was the Crompton car now owned by WPS Racing.

DJR
DJR 4 and 6 were sold to the UK, to Mike Newton I think, who also owns every Vauxhall/Opel supertourer ever to come here!
DJR 7 is alive and well, raced by Peter Vicary in the TCC.
DJR 8 was sold to Cam McLean, prior to the Paragon days. It got very bent at Phillip Island when owned by Phil NIchols, a few years ago.
DJR 9 was sold to Ross Halliday and driven by Crick. It is now owned by Robert Tebb and was raced at Bathurst last year by Grant Elliott and Garth Walden.
DJR 10 is still owned by Craig Harris.
One of DJR 11, 12 or 13 is owned by Greg Smith and run in Fujitsu colours in the HPDC Series. One of them might be in the DJR musuem now.

[anthony81901]

Appreciate the feedback, this is going from the notes that I have made. I have no doubt there are discrepencies throughout. Having been in the UK for the past couple of years I am doing so without the benefit of AA / MN or Noonz's histories in the Bathurst annual. All corrections / additions are welcome.

[CooperS79]

Which of the Gibson VN/VP's is the one that Skaife won the title with in 1994?

[GSR5]

Originally Posted by anthony81901

Glenn Seton Racing / Ford Performance Racing

EB 09/92. Raced by Glenn Seton at Sandown 500, Bathurst 1000 and the Adelaide GP where the car was written off.

EB 01/93. Raced at Eastern Creek Triple Challenge by Seton, and then Alan Jones in the ATCC up until the Waneroo round. Written off after a testing crash at Phillip Island with Drew Price driving.

EB 02/93. Raced by Seton in ATCC up until Waneroo, and Alan Jones at Oran Park. Raced in 93 enduros by David Parsons and at 93 Adelaide GP and in 94 up until the Sandown 500 by Jones. Sold to Claude Giorgi of WA at the end of 94, who raced it from 95 to 97 on both the east and west coast. It was upgraded to EF specs at some point. Alan McCarthy ran the car in the Amscar series in 97. In 98 it was sold to Charles Ryman who ran the car in a few ATCC races. Wayne Park drove it at the 98 Melbourne Grand Prix. It was written off by Ryman in a testing accident at Lakeside in February 99.

EB 08/93. Debuted by Seton at the final round of the ATCC at Oran Park. Seton raced it up until the 94 Sandown 500. Raced by Jones at Bathurst, the Adelaide GP, the 95 Eastern Creek Triple Challenge and Sandown ATCC round. Upgraded to EF specs and used by Jones at rounds 6 – 9 of the ATCC. Raced at the Oran Park ATCC round by Allan Grice, at the Adelaide GP by Jones, and at the Brock Challenge by Parsons. Sold to John Sidney Racing and raced by Max Dumsney throughout 96 and at the Melbourne GP in 97 by Kevin Schwantz. Raced in 98 and for the 1st races of 99 by Anthony Tratt.

EB 08/94. Raced by Seton at Bathurst and the Adelaide GP. Upgraded to EF specs and raced by Jones from the Symmons Plains round. Damaged by fire at Lakeside, returning for Jones to race at Oran Park and in the enduros. Raced by Seton at the Adelaide GP and Brock Challenge. Passed to Bo Seton and sold without use to Ray Hislop who raced it in 97 and 98. It was subsequently resold to Geelong.

EF 01/95. Raced by Seton from the Eastern Creek Triple Challenge until the 96 Sandown 500. Raced by Seton in NZ at the end of 96. Leased to Rodney Forbes for the 98 Lakeside race, and then entered as a 2nd GSR car for Neil Crompton at Oran Park and Indy. Sold to Charles Ryman and raced a few times in 99 by Wayne Wakefield.

EF 10/96. Debuted by Seton at Bathurst and raced until the Phillip Island round in 98. Raced by Crompton at the Mallala and Calder round. Sold to Simon Emerzides who raced it from 98 to 01. Sold to HVE Racing and raced by Grant Johnson in the 02 Konica series.

EL 05/98. Raced by Seton from Winton round until end of 98. Raced by Crompton from beginning of 99 up until Waneroo round, and again at Indy by Crompton. Sold to RPM International Racing and raced by Dean Canto in 00 Konica series. Raced by Greg Crick, Geoff Full and Aaron McGill in 01 Konica series, before being written off at Lakeside Konica round.

AU 03/99. Raced by Seton from beginning of 99 ATCC until 00 ATCC round at Calder. Raced at Bathurst by Wayne Gardner and 01 sprint rounds by Steve Richards until Winton.

AU 05/99. Raced by Crompton from Waneroo round until being destroyed in a testing accident at Phillip Island by Seton in September 01. Raced in 99 enduros and 00 Queensland 500 by Neal Bates. By 02 it had been converted to a Sports Sedan.

AU 09/00. Raced by Seton from Bathurst until end of 01. It was raced by Jim Richards in the 01 enduros. It was used by Seton in a few rounds of the 02 ATCC after Seton’s main car was damaged at the Adelaide 500 and by David Besnard for the 1st few rounds of the 03 series.

AU 09/01. Raced by Steven Richards from Bathurst 01 till the end of 02 and by Seton until the Eastern Creek round in 03, with the exception of a few rounds in 02 while it was repaired from accident damage it received at the Adelaide 500. Raced by Besnard at rounds 3 - 6. Sold to Brian Walden and raced by Gary Walden in the 2nd half of the 04 series.

Following the sale of Glenn Seton Racing to Prodrive, 3 BAs were built in 03. Lowndes debuted the 1st at the Melbourne GP, Seton the 2nd at Winton and Besnard the 3rd at Ipswich. The Seton car was raced in the enduros by Adam Macrow.

The Besnard car was rebuilt over the off season and raced by Lowndes throughout 04. Seton started the season in the ex Lowndes car until the Queensland round while his 03 car was rebuilt. Macrow again drove this 2nd rebuilt car in the enduros.

For 05, 1 was raced by FPR for Jason Bright, and the other 2 by Birtek for Steve Owen and Matthew White, although I am not sure which is which.

I read this thread and i am interested to know were you got your information as i am the owner of GSR-5, I find some of your information interesting and i would like to ask were you got it from?

[St00ge]

I think you now have to paid $400 bucks a year to get that kinda info these days

[Uncle Cranker]

Originally Posted by St00ge

I think you now have to paid $400 bucks a year to get that kinda info these days

But you de get a nice Anorak thrown in for that price...

If your own is looking a bit shabby...

[nkr]

hi you do have a lot of info some of it is not correct thou a mate of mine has gsr5 i have gsr 3 and gsr 4 and the 98 djr el i would be very interested as to where you got your info so it can be corrected
cheers

Originally Posted by anthony81901

Further to my history of the Perkins Enginnering chassis, enclosed is the history of some chassis.

Dick Johnson Racing:

DJREB1 07/92. Built by Neal Lowe and unveiled at final ATCC round at Oran Park in 92. Ran at the Bathurst Media day the following week, but DJR’s decision to build the car before the homologation specs were finalised proved costly, as it was deemed not to comply in the suspension area, and uneconomical to change. Was destined to become a very expensive show car.

DJREB2 11/92. Raced by Dick Johnson at the Adelaide GP and in the NZ Enduros. Raced by John Bowe from beginning of 93 until mid way through 94. Raced by Cameron McConville in enduros, at Sandown with Johnson & Bowe, and at Bathurst with Paul Radisich. Raced at 94 Oran Park round by Steve Johnson, Allan Grice at the Sandown 500, as the T car at Bathurst, and at the Adelaide GP by Bowe. Sold to John Trimble who raced it in the ATCC in 95, and in the ATCC and at Bathurst in 96. Sold in 97 to Mike Conway who raced it until it was destroyed at the Phillip Island ATCC round in 00.

DJREB3 01/93. Debuted by Johnson at Amaroo Park ATCC round and raced in all rounds. Written off after accident at Bathurst. Stored at DJR workshop until rebuilt as a display car to replicate the 94 Bathurst winner.

DJREB4 01/94. Debuted by Johnson at Amaroo Park ATCC round and raced by Johnson up until Sandown 500. Raced by Grice at Bathurst, and again by Johnson from the Adelaide GP until the Waneroo round in 95, being upgraded to EF specs at the end of 94. Raced in at the Oran Park round and in the enduros in 95 by Steve Johnson. Following DJREB5 being destroyed, raced by Bowe it in the last 5 96 ATCC rounds. Following DJREB7 being badly damaged at Indy in 97, Bowe again drove it from round 2 until the end of the ATCC. Steve Johnson raced it in some 98 ATCC rounds as the Racing for Life car.

DJREB5 06/94. Debuted by Bowe at Eastern Creek round and raced until being destroyed at the Phillip Island round in 96. Upgraded to EF at end of 94.

DJREF6 08/95. Debuted by Johnson at Oran Park ATCC round and raced until Melbourne Grand Prix in 98. Raced by Steve Johnson in enduros in 96 and 97 and again at Indy in 99. Sold to Neil Schembri in 2000 who raced it in some Konica rounds and at Bathurst.

DJREF7 09/96. Debuted at Bathurst by Bowe. Badly damaged at Indy in 97, but rebuilt for Sandown 500. Used by Bowe until end of 98. Raced at Indy in 99 by Radisich and then sold to Ross Halliday who raced it in the Konica series in 00 and 01 and at Bathurst in 00. Sold to Terry Wyhoon to race in 02 Konica series. Raced by G Crawford in some 03 Konica races.

DJREL8 04/98. Debuted by Johnson at Lakeside ATCC round and raced until end of 98. Sold to Paragon Motorsport and raced by Cameron McLean throughout 99.

DJRAU9 03/99. Raced by Radisich throughout 99 and up until Queensland 500 in 2000. Raced at Bathurst by Steve Johnson and for the 1st few ATCC rounds in 01. Raced by Greg Ritter in the 01 enduros. Sold to Greg Crick in 02 and raced in the Konica series and at Bathurst.

DJRAU10 03/99. Raced by Johnson throughout 99, with Steve Johnson racing the car at the Calder round and at Indy and in 00 up until the Queensland 500. Sold to Craig Harris debuting at Bathurst. Harris raced the car in the 01 Konica series with Dale Brede driving in the 02 series.

DJRAU11 09/00. Debuted by Radisich at Bathurst in 00 and until the Philip Island round in 01, before Steve Johnson took it over until the Oran Park round. Raced by Ritter in some ATCC rounds and in the enduros in 02. Raced by Radisich at the Sandown ATCC round in 02.

DJRAU12 03/01. Debuted by Radisich at Adelaide round and raced until end of 02.

DJRAU13 08/01. Debuted by Steve Johnson at Queensland 500 and raced until end of 02.

In 03 DJR entered 1 of DJRAU11 – 13 in the Konica series for Tony Riccadello with Warren Luff driving in the Mallala and Bathurst rounds. In 04, 2 were entered in the Konica series for Jose Fernandez and Owen Kelly, with David Brabham driving the Kelly car in the Bathurst Konica race. I am not sure which chassis were used.

DJRBA14 & DJRBA15 were both debuted at the Melbourne by Johnson and Max Wilson, although I am not sure who was driving which chassis. Both were used up until the Oran Park round in 04, with Warren Luff taking over the Wilson car. Brabham raced one in the 04 enduros. Both were used for the final sprint rounds in 04. Dean Canto is using Johnson’s car in the 05 Konica series, the other by Grant Denyer.

DJRBA16 09/04. Raced by Steve Johnson in the 04 enduros and then the 05 series.

DJRBA17 03/05. Raced by Glenn Seton in the 05 series.

[meganer26r]

Hi Guys,

I have the above car in England which has Macker's down the sides and McIlroy (presumably the driver) on the rear side windows. I am trying to locate the driver to find out if the car has any history in the Touring Car Series.
Can anyone assist?

[Umai Naa]

Are you able to upload any photos of the car?

[david5]

Be interesting if it is, I can only think of a few VN Group A cars, 2 Mobil, 2 HRT, Lansvale, Product & Foodtown/TFR, anymore ?

[Umai Naa]

Bob Forbes/GIO, as well.

[meganer26r]

I have many photos but cannot find a way of uploading them to this reply.

[Umai Naa]

Try Photobucket, or Imageshack. Upload them to either of those sites, then link them to here.

[david5]

Originally Posted by Umai Naa

Bob Forbes/GIO, as well.

Wasn't that a VP ? Didn't they run the GTR ?

Strathfield Car radio car of Gardiner/Moore ?

[Umai Naa]

GIO car started life as a VN in '91. Became the Moore/Gardiner Strathfield car for Bathurst '92.