Paul Morris Motorsport
2012 position | 15th |
Paul Morris Motorsport, also known as its business name of Nemo Racing,
Background
The team was born out of a split of
History
Super Touring
In the LoGaMo days, the team had a long association with
At the end of 1997, BMW withdrew their support and the team closed. Gardner retired and sold the Performance Driving Centre in Norwell to Morris. After racing for
V8 Supercars
Single-car origins
Morris entered the
In
Expansion to two cars
In 2006, after purchasing a Level 1 licence from Tony Longhurst, it expanded to two cars with Fabian Coulthard, Alan Gurr, Steven Ellery, Jack Perkins and Shane Price sharing the No. 39 car.[9] In 2007, Coulthard, Ellery and Owen Kelly drove the second car.[10]
In 2008, Russell Ingall joined as the driver of the second car bringing title sponsorship from Supercheap Auto. At the end of the year, Morris retired and was replaced by Tim Slade in a deal brokered by former V8 Supercar team owner James Rosenberg, who also took on ownership of Slade's car.[7]
In
In
Customer entry and demise
With Ingall and Supercheap Auto departing at the end of 2011, one REC was leased to
Other racing activities
After Morris' full-time V8 Supercars career ended at the end of the 2008 season, his team entered the
In 2019, the team withdrew from Super2 and instead entered in the newly renamed Super3 Series.[17]
Paul Morris Motorsport manages trucks for the Stadium Super Trucks, with the Norwell Motorplex serving as the corporate headquarters for the series' Australian operations under the Boost Mobile Super Trucks name.[18][19]
Bathurst 1000 Results
Year | No. | Car | Drivers | Pos. | Laps |
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2000
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29 | Holden VT Commodore
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12th | 158 |
67 | Holden VS Commodore
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DNF | 2 | |
2001
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29 | Holden VT Commodore
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12th | 159 |
2002
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29 | Holden VX Commodore
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DNF | 135 |
2003
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24 | Holden VX Commodore
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DNQ | 0 |
29 | Holden VY Commodore
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DNF | 5 | |
2004
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29 | Holden VY Commodore
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DNF | 50 |
Supercars drivers
The following is a list of drivers who have driven for the team in the Supercars Championship, in order of first appearance. Drivers who only drove for the team on a part-time basis are listed in italics
Paul Morris (2000–2012)
Kevin Schwantz (2000)
Matt Neal (2000–2001, 2008)
Owen Kelly (2000, 2007, 2009)
Aaron McGill (2000)
Ashley Stichbury (2001)
Wayne Wakefield (2002–2003)
Alan Gurr (2003–2004, 2006)
Andy McElrea (2003)
John Faulkner (2003)
Paul Radisich (2005)
Fabian Coulthard (2006–2007)
Steven Ellery (2006–2007)
Shane Price (2006)
Jack Perkins (2006, 2010–2011)
Kayne Scott (2006)
Chris Pither (2007)
Russell Ingall (2008–2011)
Boris Said (2008, 2011–2012)
Tim Slade (2009)
Greg Murphy (2010)
Tim Blanchard (2010)
Allan Simonsen (2010)
Yvan Muller (2010)
Steve Owen (2011–2012)
Jan Magnussen (2011)
Super2 drivers
The following is a list of drivers who have driven for the team in the Super2 Series, in order of first appearance. Drivers who only drove for the team on a part-time basis are listed in italics.
Colin Corkery (2009)
Paul Morris (2009–2015)
Phil Foster (2010)
Amber Anderson (2010)
Jack Perkins (2010)
Bryce Fullwood (2015)
Renee Gracie (2015–2016)
Aaren Russell (2015)
Drew Russell (2015)
- Anton De Pasquale(2016–2017)
Jack Smith (2016)
Shae Davies (2018)
Nash Morris (2022-present)
Super3 drivers
The following is a list of drivers who have driven for the team in the Super3 Series, in order of first appearance. Drivers who only drove for the team on a part-time basis are listed in italics.
Broc Feeney (2019)
Nash Morris (2021)
References
- ^ Australian Securities & Investments Commission extract company no 010 769 052 Nemo Racing Pty Ltd formerly Frank Gardner Racing Pty Ltd formerly Logamo Pty Ltd formerly Tony Longhurst Racing Pty Ltd
- ^ Home Holden Driving Centre
- ISSN 1031-6124.
- ISSN 1031-6124.
- ^ Noonan, Aaron (24 June 2016). "Saturday Sleuthing: The Dude's lucky escape". Supercars.com. Retrieved 24 March 2019.
- ISSN 1031-6124.
- ^ a b c d e REC sale the end of an era for Paul Morris Speedcafe 4 December 2013
- ISSN 1031-6124.
- ISSN 1031-6124.
- ISSN 1031-6124.
- ^ "Murph confirmed as PMM driver". Official site of the Australian V8 Supercar Championship Series. 17 December 2009. Retrieved 22 December 2009.[permanent dead link]
- ^ Murphy confirmed as Castrol driver at PMM Speedcafe 17 December 2008
- ^ PMM to benefit from transition phase Speedcafe 23 February 2010
- ^ "Biggest opportunity of my career: Owen". Speedcafe. 21 December 2010. Archived from the original on 5 January 2011. Retrieved 22 December 2010.
- ^ Lucas Dumbrell set to buy second V8 licence Speedcafe 18 November 2012
- ^ Paul Morris to field Gracie in Dunlop Series Speedcafe 19 November 2014
- ^ Herrero, Daniel (22 March 2019). "Paul Morris Motorsport Super3 car unveiled". Speedcafe. Retrieved 23 March 2019.
- ^ "Rights deal signed for Super Trucks in Australia". Speedcafe. 6 May 2018. Retrieved 6 May 2018.
- ^ Howard, Tom; Herrero, Daniel (6 September 2019). "Super Trucks corporate experience to be run at Norwell". Speedcafe. Retrieved 6 September 2019.