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Team Australia was an Auto racing

Auto racing

Auto racing is a motorsport involving the racing of cars for competition. It is one of the world's most watched televised sports.-The beginning of racing:...

team competing in the V8 Supercars and Champ Car World Series

Champ Car

Champ Car was the name for a class and specification of open wheel cars used in American Championship Car Racing for many decades, primarily for use in the Indianapolis 500 auto race...

. It was created in early 2005 when two Australian businessmen bought into Derrick Walker

Derrick Walker

Derrick Walker is a British auto racing team owner.-Formula One:He started in auto racing as a chief mechanic for the Brabham Formula One team from 1970 to 1975...

's Walker Racing

Walker Racing

Walker Racing is a racing team founded by Derrick Walker in 1991 racing originally in the CART Championship Car series. Presently the team competes in the Firestone Indy Lights series.-Early success:...

operation. After the 2007 the operation was scaled back to just Will Power

Will Power

William Steven Power is an Australian motorsport driver, who currently competes in the Indy Racing League IndyCar Series, driving for Team Penske.-Australian Racing:...

who joined KV Racing, before ending entirely a year later.

Origins

After sponsoring young Australian driver Josh Hunt in the Toyota Atlantic Championship

Champ Car Atlantic Championship

The Cooper Tires presents the Atlantic Championship Powered by Mazda was a formula race car series with races throughout North America. It is often colloquially referred to as the Atlantic Championship, Champ Car Atlantics , Toyota Atlantics , or just Atlantics or Formula...

, Australian millionaire

Millionaire

A millionaire is an individual whose net worth or wealth is equal to or exceeds one million units of currency. It can also be a person who owns one million units of currency in a bank account or savings account...

Craig Gore

Craig Gore is a property developer, from Queensland, Australia. He is the son of property developer Mike Gore.-Business affairs:He is the former owner of the Australian financial planning chain "WPS", property development company "Consolidated Construction", luxury home builder "Consolidated...

began to investigate fielding a Champ Car

Champ Car

Champ Car was the name for a class and specification of open wheel cars used in American Championship Car Racing for many decades, primarily for use in the Indianapolis 500 auto race...

team. His empire already included a V8 Supercar

V8 Supercar

V8 Supercars is a touring car racing category based in Australia and run as an International Series under Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile regulations...

team competing in Australia, and at the 2004 Surfers Paradise

Surfers Paradise, Queensland

Surfers Paradise is a suburb on the Gold Coast in Queensland, Australia. At the 2006 Census, Surfers Paradise had a population of 18,501....

round of the CCWS, on the Gold Coast, Australia, Gore's V8 driver David Besnard

David Besnard

David Besnard, , in Sydney, Australia is a professional race car driver. Starting in Karts in 1981, he quickly proceeded into Formula Ford in 1995. After initial success, he had a major accident at Eastern Creek Raceway and broke his leg. In 1996 he made a comeback and won the Australian title...

made his debut with a WPS sponsored Walker Racing Champ Car. He finished a creditable 7th place, and the seeds were sewn for Gore's assault on the Champ Car series.

In late 2004 and early 2005 Gore, his associate John Fish

John Fish

John "Jack"/"Jackie" Fish was an English professional rugby league footballer of the 1890s and 1900s who at representative level played for England, and at club level for Warrington, playing at , i.e...

and long time Champ Car World Series team owner Derrick Walker, created the Team Australia race program. Obsolete Reynard

Reynard Motorsport

Reynard Motorsport was at one time the world's largest racing car manufacturer. Initially based at Bicester and latterly at Reynard Park, Brackley, England the company built successful cars in Formula Ford 1600, Formula Ford 2000, Formula Vauxhall Lotus, Formula Three, Formula 3000 and Indy...

chassis

Chassis

A chassis consists of an internal framework that supports a man-made object. It is analogous to an animal's skeleton. An example of a chassis is the underpart of a motor vehicle, consisting of the frame with the wheels and machinery.- Vehicles :In the case of vehicles, the term chassis means the...

were replaced with bespoke Lola units, and the team signed Canadian Champ Car veteran Alex Tagliani

Alex Tagliani

Alexandre Tagliani is a Canadian auto racing driver from Montreal, Quebec, Canada. He currently competes in the IZOD IndyCar Series, driving the #77 entry for Sam Schmidt Motorsports.-Champ Car career:...

and Australian Formula 3 driver Marcus Marshall

Marcus Marshall

Marcus Marshall is a former Champ Car driver from Australia. Before that he raced in British Formula Three, where he was generally a running outside the top ten, but took a hard fought win in a wet race. He contested 12 races in 2005 for Derrick Walker's renamed Team Australia Racing...

for the 2005 season.

A learning year

With a new chassis to learn, Team Australia was hardly going to upset the establishment in 2005. However, Tagliani's consistent, solid drives took the team to many top-ten finishes and several podiums through the year. Tagliani finished the season in seventh place, equaling his career best finish. Marshall, by contrast, was unspectacular, struggling to break the top ten. In all fairness, the jump from a Formula Three car to a Champ Car is a huge one that was exacerbated by Marshall's inexperience on the American circuits. By Team Australia's homecoming at the 2005 Surfer's Paradise race, they had announced that a third car would be run for Australian international driver Will Power

Will Power

William Steven Power is an Australian motorsport driver, who currently competes in the Indy Racing League IndyCar Series, driving for Team Penske.-Australian Racing:...

. Power outpaced both teammates before a collision with Tagliani took him out of the race.
Amongst some controversy it was announced that Marshall's contract had been cut, and he was to leave the team. His attempt to appeal this in court was unsuccessful, and he was dropped in favour of Power, who signed a three year contract.
The team ran their third car again in the season finale at Mexico

Mexico

The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...

, where newly crowned Atlantics champion, Dutchman Charles Zwolsman

Charles Zwolsman

Charles Zwolsman Jr. is a race car driver who formerly competed in the Champ Car World Series. He is the son of former sports car racing driver and career criminal, Charles Zwolsman, Sr., who competed in the late 1980s and early 1990s.Zwolsman started racing go karts before competing in Formula...

made his debut.

2006

Rumours that Ryan Briscoe

Ryan Briscoe

Ryan Briscoe is an Australian auto racing driver who has raced open wheel and sports cars in Europe and America.In addition to his native English, Briscoe speaks Italian and French...

would be taking the #15 car were crushed when Tagliani re-signed prior to Long Beach

Long Beach Grand Prix

The Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach is an open-wheel race held on a street circuit in Long Beach, California. Christopher Pook is the founder and promoter which began as a vision while working at a travel agency in downtown Long Beach. It was the premier circuit in the Champ Car from 1996, and...

. In 2006, Team Australia's commitment extended not only to two Champ Cars, but a two-car Atlantic squad, all aimed at fostering young talent.
The team showed fantastic pace at the opening round at Long Beach, with Tagliani and Power running third and fourth respectively before a forced error dropped him down the order. He then suffered from brake problems but finished a competitive 9th, while Tagliani took a podium.

The team had consistent top-ten finishes, never really achieving more until Will Power took a sensational pole position at his home race at Surfer's Paradise. He led the race comfortably until Sébastien Bourdais

Sébastien Bourdais

Sébastien Olivier Bourdais is a French race car driver. He is one of the most successful drivers in the history of the Champ Car World Series, having won four successive championships from 2004 to 2007....

made a questionable move on Power which damaged both cars. Will finished well down the order, but made up for that with a podium at the season finale in Mexico. He also won the Roshfrans Rookie of the Year title, as well as the Bridgestone Passion for Excellence award, the first driver other than Bourdais to win it.

NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series

Team Australia expanded its stable of global motorsport interests with a new partnership with Wood Brothers/JTG Racing that included the naming-rights sponsorship of Marcos Ambrose

Marcos Ambrose

Marcos Ambrose is a championship winning Australian racing car driver. He currently drives the #9 Stanley Black & Decker Ford Fusion for Richard Petty Motorsports in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series...

’s entry in the NASCAR

NASCAR

The National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing is a family-owned and -operated business venture that sanctions and governs multiple auto racing sports events. It was founded by Bill France Sr. in 1947–48. As of 2009, the CEO for the company is Brian France, grandson of the late Bill France Sr...

Craftsman Truck Series

The NASCAR Camping World Truck Series is a pickup truck racing series owned and operated by the National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing...

in North America.

The sponsorship was weaved into a nation-wide marketing campaign designed to promote quality Australian and Australian-themed products and Australia as a tourism destination.

The new green and gold Ford F-150 truck carried Team Australia, Aussie Vineyards and R. M. Williams

R. M. Williams

Reginald Murray Williams AO, CMG was an Australian bushman and entrepreneur who rose from a swagman, to a millionaire. Widely known as just 'R.M.', he was born at Belalie North near Jamestown in the Mid North, 200 kilometres north of Adelaide, into a pioneering settler family working and training...

signage. Featured in the primary bonnet position of the #20 Truck is signage for the Aussie Experience – a large-scale interactive tourism exhibit set to launch in North America in January 2007.

A mobile replica of the Sydney Opera House

Sydney Opera House

The Sydney Opera House is a multi-venue performing arts centre in the Australian city of Sydney. It was conceived and largely built by Danish architect Jørn Utzon, finally opening in 1973 after a long gestation starting with his competition-winning design in 1957...

, the Aussie Experience will be making tour stops at some of America’s largest spectator events over a two-year period in what will be one of the biggest Australian-themed marketing initiatives ever seen anywhere.

Marcos Ambrose

Marcos Ambrose

Marcos Ambrose is a championship winning Australian racing car driver. He currently drives the #9 Stanley Black & Decker Ford Fusion for Richard Petty Motorsports in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series...

showed lot of driver skill in the #20 Aussie Vineyards Ford F-150 on the banked ovals of America, with his best finish being a podium in Kansas. He sent shockwaves through the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series by taking the Bud Pole Position in Kentucky.
It was a fantastic achievement considering that 2006 first year Marcos has driven on banked ovals.

Atlantics series

In only their first year of Atlantics, the team won their first title, with young French

France

The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...

driver Simon Pagenaud

Simon Pagenaud

Simon Pagenaud is a French race car driver born in Poitiers. He currently races in the IZOD IndyCar Series with Dreyer & Reinbold Racing.-Career:...

. He was partnered by James Davison

James Davison

James Davison, born 28 August 1986 in Melbourne, Australia, is a third-generation race driver whose father Jon Davison was a Formula 5000 competitor and was the long-running promotor of racing events at Sandown Raceway. Davison's grandfather, Lex Davison, was a four-time winner of the Australian...

initially, until the underperforming Australian was dropped in favour of countrymate Michael Patrizi

Michael Patrizi

Michael Patrizi born 4 May 1984 in Kalgoorlie Western Australia, is best known as a professional race driver. Starting off in karts in his native Western Australia, he moved to Formula Ford in 2004, then to Formula BMW in Asia 2005, then UK in 2006. 2007 he joined the competitive ranks for the...

Team details

The team gained most of its sponsorship from the businesses of Gore and Fish. Gore's financial company, Wright Patton Shakespeare, features on the sides and nosecone of the cars, Fish Liquor are sponsors and their wine business Aussie Vineyards was the title sponsor. The team was also sponsored by the Queensland

Queensland

Queensland is a state of Australia, occupying the north-eastern section of the mainland continent. It is bordered by the Northern Territory, South Australia and New South Wales to the west, south-west and south respectively. To the east, Queensland is bordered by the Coral Sea and Pacific Ocean...

State Government, Visa credit cards

VISA (credit card)

Visa Inc. is an American multinational financial services corporation headquartered on 595 Market Street, Financial District in San Francisco, California, United States, although much of the company's staff is based in Foster City, California. It facilitates electronic funds transfers throughout...

, R. M. Williams

R. M. Williams

, and Qantas

Qantas

Qantas Airways Limited is the flag carrier of Australia. The name was originally "QANTAS", an initialism for "Queensland and Northern Territory Aerial Services". Nicknamed "The Flying Kangaroo", the airline is based in Sydney, with its main hub at Sydney Airport...

. The relationship ended in early 2008 and Gore, Fish and Walker are no longer directly involved, with Walker announcing that Walker Racing will not contest the unified 2008 IRL season.. Gore has taken driver Will Power and the Team Australia name to KV Racing.

Drivers who have driven for Team Australia

IndyCar (2008) (KV Racing) Will Power

Will Power

William Steven Power is an Australian motorsport driver, who currently competes in the Indy Racing League IndyCar Series, driving for Team Penske.-Australian Racing:...

(2008)

Champ Car (2005-2007) (Walker Racing

Walker Racing

) David Besnard

David Besnard

(2004) Alex Tagliani

Alex Tagliani

(2005-2006) Marcus Marshall

Marcus Marshall

(2005) Will Power

Will Power

William Steven Power is an Australian motorsport driver, who currently competes in the Indy Racing League IndyCar Series, driving for Team Penske.-Australian Racing:...

(2005-2007) Charles Zwolsman

Charles Zwolsman

(2005) Simon Pagenaud

Simon Pagenaud

Simon Pagenaud is a French race car driver born in Poitiers. He currently races in the IZOD IndyCar Series with Dreyer & Reinbold Racing.-Career:...

(2007)

V8 Supercars (2004-2007) (WPS Racing

WPS Racing

WPS Racing was a motorsport team that participated in the V8 Supercars competition in Australia sponsored by Wright Patton Shakespeare, a financial management company. The team was founded in early 2004 by Queensland-based businessman Craig Gore, who bought the embattled 00 Motorsport and...

) David Besnard

David Besnard

(2004-2006) Mark Noske

Mark Noske

Mark Noske is an Australian V8 Supercar driver. Noske has never placed higher than third in a national event, but has placed third four times in such events.-Formula Racing:...

(2004) Owen Kelly (2004) Alex Yoong

Alex Yoong

Alexander Charles Yoong Loong , is a Malaysian race car driver of European and Asian parentage. His mother, Joanna Bean, is from England. His father, Hanifah Yoong Yin Fah , a Malaysian Chinese, is a former racer and manager of the Shah Alam circuit between 1988 and 1998...

(2004) Charlie O'Brien (2004) Neil McFadyen (2004) John McIntyre (2004) Marcus Marshall

Marcus Marshall

(2005) Alex Tagliani

Alex Tagliani

(2005) Craig Baird

Craig Baird

Craig George Baird MNZM is a race car driver. Baird is a very successful driver in his homeland, winning three consecutive New Zealand Formula Atlantic championship titles , and then four consecutive New Zealand Touring Car Championship titles .Since then Baird has raced in Australian Super...

(2005-2006) Max Wilson

Max Wilson

Max Wilson, , is a racing driver of Brazilian parentage.He started his motor racing career in 1985 in go-karts...

(2006-2007) Jason Bargwanna

Jason Bargwanna

Jason Bargwanna is an Australian racing driver who competes in the V8 Supercar Championship Series.-Career history:Bargwanna commenced his racing career in the late 1980s, initially competing in the Formula Vee category...

(2006-2007) Michael Caruso (2007) Grant Denyer

Grant Denyer

Grant Denyer is an Australian television reporter, personality and motor racing driver.-Television career:In 1997, Denyer began his career in the media, he gained a position at Prime Television in Wagga Wagga as a news reporter and journalist...

(2007)

Champ Car Atlantics (2006-2007) (Walker Racing) Simon Pagenaud

Simon Pagenaud

Simon Pagenaud is a French race car driver born in Poitiers. He currently races in the IZOD IndyCar Series with Dreyer & Reinbold Racing.-Career:...

(2006) James Davison

James Davison

(2006) Michael Patrizi

Michael Patrizi

(2006) Ryan Lewis (2007) Simona De Silvestro

Simona de Silvestro

Simona de Silvestro is a Swiss race car driver from Thun, Switzerland. She is currently competing for HVM Racing in the IZOD IndyCar Series...

(2007)

NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series (2006) (Wood Brothers/JTG Racing) Marcos Ambrose

Marcos Ambrose

Marcos Ambrose is a championship winning Australian racing car driver. He currently drives the #9 Stanley Black & Decker Ford Fusion for Richard Petty Motorsports in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series...

(2006)

NASCAR Busch Series (2007) (Wood Brothers/JTG Racing) Marcos Ambrose

Marcos Ambrose

Marcos Ambrose is a championship winning Australian racing car driver. He currently drives the #9 Stanley Black & Decker Ford Fusion for Richard Petty Motorsports in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series...

(2007)

Complete V8 Supercar results

to be completed

Bold indicates Pole Position.

Year	Drivers	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	Pos	Pts
2004 2004 V8 Supercar season The 2004 V8 Supercar season was the 45th year of touring car racing in Australia since the first runnings of the Australian Touring Car Championship and the fore-runner of the present day Bathurst 1000, the Armstrong 500....		ADL	ECR	PUK	HDV	BAR	QUE	WIN	ORP	SAN	BAT 2004 Bob Jane T-Marts 1000 The 2004 Bob Jane T-Marts Bathurst 1000 was the eighth running of the Australia 1000 race, first held after the organisational split over the Bathurst 1000 that occurred in 1997. The race was staged four days after the 41st anniversary of the original touring car endurance race held at the Mount...	SUR	SYP	ECR
	Besnard David Besnard David Besnard, , in Sydney, Australia is a professional race car driver. Starting in Karts in 1981, he quickly proceeded into Formula Ford in 1995. After initial success, he had a major accident at Eastern Creek Raceway and broke his leg. In 1996 he made a comeback and won the Australian title...	13	17	25	29	30	19	32	31	16	Ret		12	13		30th	790
	Noske Mark Noske Mark Noske is an Australian V8 Supercar driver. Noske has never placed higher than third in a national event, but has placed third four times in such events.-Formula Racing:...				28	20	20	21	30							35th	304
	O'Brien Charlie O'Brien Charles Hugh O'Brien is a former Major League Baseball catcher who played for the Oakland Athletics , Milwaukee Brewers , New York Mets , Atlanta Braves , Toronto Blue Jays , Chicago White Sox , Anaheim Angels and Montreal Expos .While growing up in Tulsa, O'Brien attended and graduated...									16						60th	132
	McIntyre John McIntyre John McIntyre may refer to:* John McIntyre , Roman Catholic archbishop of Birmingham* John McIntyre , bishop of the Anglican Diocese of Gippsland in Australia...									21	Ret	18				46th	199
	Yoong Alex Yoong Alexander Charles Yoong Loong , is a Malaysian race car driver of European and Asian parentage. His mother, Joanna Bean, is from England. His father, Hanifah Yoong Yin Fah , a Malaysian Chinese, is a former racer and manager of the Shah Alam circuit between 1988 and 1998...									21	15	28				36th	278
	McFadyen										15					43rd	226
	Kelly												21	33		44th	214
2005 2005 V8 Supercar season The 2005 V8 Supercar season was the 46th year of touring car racing in Australia since the first runnings of the Australian Touring Car Championship and the fore-runner of the present day Bathurst 1000, the Armstrong 500....		ADL	PUK	BAR	ECR	SHA	HDV	QUE	ORP	SAN	BAT 2005 Supercheap Auto 1000 The 2005 Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000 was the ninth running of the Australia 1000 race, first held after the organisational split over the Bathurst 1000 that occurred in 1997. It was the 43rd anniversary of the original touring car endurance race held at the Mount Panorama Circuit in 1963...	SUR	SYP	PHI
	Besnard David Besnard David Besnard, , in Sydney, Australia is a professional race car driver. Starting in Karts in 1981, he quickly proceeded into Formula Ford in 1995. After initial success, he had a major accident at Eastern Creek Raceway and broke his leg. In 1996 he made a comeback and won the Australian title...	23	32	16	29	32	32	13	16	19	8	21	29	27		25th	904
	Baird Craig Baird Craig George Baird MNZM is a race car driver. Baird is a very successful driver in his homeland, winning three consecutive New Zealand Formula Atlantic championship titles , and then four consecutive New Zealand Touring Car Championship titles .Since then Baird has raced in Australian Super...	28	28	19	15	20	23	16	33	19	8	14	23	31		23rd	980
	Tagliani Alex Tagliani Alexandre Tagliani is a Canadian auto racing driver from Montreal, Quebec, Canada. He currently competes in the IZOD IndyCar Series, driving the #77 entry for Sam Schmidt Motorsports.-Champ Car career:...									22	13					54th	144
	Marshall Marcus Marshall Marcus Marshall is a former Champ Car driver from Australia. Before that he raced in British Formula Three, where he was generally a running outside the top ten, but took a hard fought win in a wet race. He contested 12 races in 2005 for Derrick Walker's renamed Team Australia Racing...									22	13					53rd	144
2006		ADL 2006 Clipsal 500 The 2006 Adelaide 500 was the first round of the 2006 V8 Supercar Season. It took place from 23 to 26 March.-Qualifying:The qualifying for the Adelaide 500 took place on Friday, 24 March 2006. As in the case of most V8 Supercar races, there was a Top Ten Shootout which could make the person that...	PUK	BAR	WIN	HDV	QUE	ORP	SAN 2006 Betta Electrical 500 The 2006 Betta Electrical 500 was the eighth round of the 2006 V8 Supercar season. It was held on the weekend of 1 to 3 September at Sandown International Raceway in Victoria.It was the 39th touring car endurance race to be held at Sandown....	BAT 2006 Supercheap Auto 1000 The 2006 Super Cheap Auto Bathurst 1000 was the tenth running of the Australia 1000 race, first held after the organisational split over the Bathurst 1000 that occurred in 1997. It was the 44th anniversary of the original touring car endurance race held at the Mount Panorama Circuit in 1963...	SUR	SYP	BAH	PHI
	Wilson Max Wilson Max Wilson, , is a racing driver of Brazilian parentage.He started his motor racing career in 1985 in go-karts...	9	22	23	10	17	12	29	11	14	17	13	16	17		15th	2038
	Bargwanna Jason Bargwanna Jason Bargwanna is an Australian racing driver who competes in the V8 Supercar Championship Series.-Career history:Bargwanna commenced his racing career in the late 1980s, initially competing in the Formula Vee category...	25	14	17	24	10	26	7	7	10	8	15	22	10		14th	2053
	Besnard David Besnard David Besnard, , in Sydney, Australia is a professional race car driver. Starting in Karts in 1981, he quickly proceeded into Formula Ford in 1995. After initial success, he had a major accident at Eastern Creek Raceway and broke his leg. In 1996 he made a comeback and won the Australian title...								11	14						45th	220
	Baird Craig Baird Craig George Baird MNZM is a race car driver. Baird is a very successful driver in his homeland, winning three consecutive New Zealand Formula Atlantic championship titles , and then four consecutive New Zealand Touring Car Championship titles .Since then Baird has raced in Australian Super...								7	10						38th	287
2007 2007 V8 Supercar season The 2007 V8 Supercar season was the 48th year of touring car racing in Australia since the first runnings of the Australian Touring Car Championship and the fore-runner of the present day Bathurst 1000, the Armstrong 500....		ADL 2007 Clipsal 500 The 2007 Clipsal 500 was the first race of the 2007 V8 Supercar season. It was held on the weekend of the 1st to the 4th of March around the inner streets of Adelaide, the capital of South Australia. The Adelaide 500 is a unique event where the round results are determined by the results from the...	BAR 2007 BigPond 400 The 2007 BigPond 400 is the second round of the 2007 V8 Supercar season. It was held on the weekend of the 23rd to the 25th of March at Barbagallo Raceway in Wanneroo, north of Perth, Western Australia. The round was significant in that John Bowe became the driver with the most round starts in the...	PUK 2007 PlaceMakers V8 Supercars The 2007 PlaceMakers V8 Supercars was the third round of the 2007 V8 Supercar Championship Series. It was held on the weekend of the 20 to the 22 April at Pukekohe Park Raceway in New Zealand. This round will be the last V8 Supercar event at Pukekohe, with the 2008 New Zealand round being held on...	WIN 2007 Winton round of the V8 Supercar Championship The 2007 Winton round of the V8 Supercar Championship is the fourth of the 2007 V8 Supercar season. It was held on the weekend of the 18 to 20 May at Winton Motor Raceway in Victoria .-Pre-round:...	ECR 2007 Eastern Creek round of the V8 Supercar Championship The 2007 Eastern Creek round of the V8 Supercar Championship was the fifth round of the Australian 2007 V8 Supercar Championship Series. It took place on the weekend of the 9 to 11 May at Eastern Creek Raceway in New South Wales.-External links:*...	HDV 2007 Skycity Triple Crown The 2007 Skycity Triple Crown is the sixth round of the 2007 V8 Supercar season. It took place on the weekend of 22 to 24 June at Hidden Valley Raceway in Northern Territory.-External links:*...	QUE 2007 Queensland round of the V8 Supercar Championship The 2007 Queensland round of the V8 Supercar Championship was the seventh round of the 2007 V8 Supercar Championship Series. It took place on the weekend of the 20 to 22 July at Queensland Raceway in Queensland.-External links:*...	ORP	SAN	BAT 2007 Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000 The 2007 Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000 was an endurance race for V8 Supercars, held on 7 October 2007 at the Mount Panorama Circuit near Bathurst in New South Wales, Australia...	SUR 2007 V8 Supercar Challenge The 2007 V8 Supercar Challenge is the eleventh round of the 2007 V8 Supercar season. It will be held on the weekend of the 18 to 21 October at the Surfers Paradise Street Circuit in Queensland.- Qualifying:-Race 1 Results:-Race 2 Results:...	BAH 2007 Desert 400 The 2007 Desert 400 was the twelfth round of the 2007 V8 Supercar season. It was held on the weekend of the 1 to 3 November at Bahrain International Circuit in Bahrain.-External links:*...	SYP 2007 Falken Tasmania Challenge The 2007 Falken Tasmania Challenge is the thirteenth round of the 2007 V8 Supercar season. It was held on the weekend of the 16 to 18 November at Symmons Plains Raceway in Tasmania.-External links:*...	PHI 2007 Grand Finale (V8 Supercars) The 2007 Grand Finale was the final round of the 2007 V8 Supercar season. It was held on the weekend of the 30 November to 2 December 2007 at Phillip Island in Victoria.-Qualifying:Timesheets:-Race 1 Results:Timesheets:-External links:* *...
	Wilson Max Wilson Max Wilson, , is a racing driver of Brazilian parentage.He started his motor racing career in 1985 in go-karts...	26	18	15	18	23	13	19	13	Ret	7	10	25	24	19	17th	110
	Bargwanna Jason Bargwanna Jason Bargwanna is an Australian racing driver who competes in the V8 Supercar Championship Series.-Career history:Bargwanna commenced his racing career in the late 1980s, initially competing in the Formula Vee category...	19	25	30	20	15	18	22	21	Ret	7	11	10	29	21	18th	109
	Caruso									Ret	15					49th*	6
	Denyer Grant Denyer Grant Denyer is an Australian television reporter, personality and motor racing driver.-Television career:In 1997, Denyer began his career in the media, he gained a position at Prime Television in Wagga Wagga as a news reporter and journalist...									Ret	15					50th	6

Complete Champ Car Atlantic results

Bold indicates Pole Position.

Year	Drivers	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Pos	Pts
2006 2006 Champ Car Atlantic season The 2006 Champ Car Atlantic season was the 33rd season of the Champ Car Atlantic Championship. It began April 9th at Long Beach and concluded September 24th at Road America...		LGB	HST	MTY	POR	CLE 1	CLE 2	TOR	EDM	SNJ	DEN	MTL	ROA
	Pagenaud Simon Pagenaud Simon Pagenaud is a French race car driver born in Poitiers. He currently races in the IZOD IndyCar Series with Dreyer & Reinbold Racing.-Career:... (R)	4	2	2	Ret	2	5	4	1	9	3	2	Ret	1st	258
	Davison James Davison James Davison, born 28 August 1986 in Melbourne, Australia, is a third-generation race driver whose father Jon Davison was a Formula 5000 competitor and was the long-running promotor of racing events at Sandown Raceway. Davison's grandfather, Lex Davison, was a four-time winner of the Australian... (R)	13	10	21	Ret	13	13	12	13	7	Ret			17th	69
	Patrizi Michael Patrizi Michael Patrizi born 4 May 1984 in Kalgoorlie Western Australia, is best known as a professional race driver. Starting off in karts in his native Western Australia, he moved to Formula Ford in 2004, then to Formula BMW in Asia 2005, then UK in 2006. 2007 he joined the competitive ranks for the... (R)											8	Ret	25th	21
2007 2007 Champ Car Atlantic season The 2007 Champ Car Atlantic Season was the thirty-third Champ Car Atlantic season, its sixth season as the prime feeder series for the Champ Car World Series. It began on April 8, 2007 and ended on August 12 after 12 races...		LVG 2007 Las Vegas Atlantic Grand Prix The 2007 Las Vegas Atlantic Grand Prix was the first round of the 2007 Champ Car Atlantic Season, held on April 8, 2007 on the Streets of Las Vegas, Nevada.-Qualifying results:...	LGB	HOU	POR1	POR2	CLE	MOT	TOR	EDM1	EDM2	SAN	ROA
	Lewis	DNP	Ret	Ret	3	5	Ret	13	5					12th*	75*
	De Silvestro Simona de Silvestro Simona de Silvestro is a Swiss race car driver from Thun, Switzerland. She is currently competing for HVM Racing in the IZOD IndyCar Series... (R)	Ret	Ret	15	16	16	11	7	Ret					18th*	50*

Complete Champ Car results

Bold indicates Pole Position.

Year	Drivers	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	Pos	Pts
2004		LGB	MOT 2004 Tecate/Telmex Grand Prix of Monterrey The 2004 Tecate/Telmex Grand Prix of Monterrey was the second round of the 2004 Bridgestone Presents the Champ Car World Series Powered by Ford season, held on May 23, 2004 on the streets of Fundidora Park in Monterrey, Mexico.-Qualifying results:-Race:...	MIL	POR	CLE	TOR 2004 Molson Indy Toronto The 2004 Molson Indy Toronto was the sixth round of the 2004 Bridgestone Presents the Champ Car World Series Powered by Ford season, held on July 11, 2004 on the streets of Exhibition Place in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.-Qualifying results:-Race:...	VAN 2004 Molson Indy Vancouver The 2004 Molson Indy Vancouver was the seventh round of the 2004 Bridgestone Presents the Champ Car World Series Powered by Ford season, held on July 25, 2004 on the streets of Concord Pacific Place in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada...	ROA 2004 Grand Prix of Road America The 2004 Grand Prix of Road America was the eighth round of the 2004 Bridgestone Presented the Champ Car World Series Powered by Ford season, held on August 8, 2004 at Road America in Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin.-Qualifying results:-Race:-Caution flags:...	DEN 2004 Centrix Financial Grand Prix of Denver The 2004 Centrix Financial Grand Prix of Denver was the ninth round of the 2004 Bridgestone Presents the Champ Car World Series Powered by Ford season, held on August 15, 2004 on the streets of Denver, Colorado near the Pepsi Center.-Qualifying results:...	MON 2004 Molson Indy Montreal The 2004 Molson Indy Montreal was the tenth round of the 2004 Bridgestone Presents the Champ Car World Series Powered by Ford season, held on August 29, 2004 at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve in Montreal, Quebec.-Qualifying results:-Race:-Caution flags:...	LAG 2004 Bridgestone Grand Prix of Monterey The 2004 Bridgestone Grand Prix of Monterey was the eleventh round of the 2004 Bridgestone Presents the Champ Car World Series Powered by Ford season, held on September 12, 2004 at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca in Monterey, California.-Qualifying results:...	LVG	SUR 2004 Lexmark Indy 300 The 2004 Lexmark Indy 300 was the thirteenth and penultimate round of the 2004 Bridgestone Presents the Champ Car World Series Powered by Ford season, held on October 24, 2004 on the Streets of Surfers Paradise, Queensland, Australia.-Qualifying results:...	MEX
2004	Besnard David Besnard David Besnard, , in Sydney, Australia is a professional race car driver. Starting in Karts in 1981, he quickly proceeded into Formula Ford in 1995. After initial success, he had a major accident at Eastern Creek Raceway and broke his leg. In 1996 he made a comeback and won the Australian title... (R)													7		20th	18
2005		LGB 2005 Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach The 2005 Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach was the first round of the 2005 Bridgestone Presents the Champ Car World Series Powered by Ford season, held on April 10, 2005 on the streets of Long Beach, California...	MTY 2005 Tecate/Telmex Grand Prix of Monterrey The 2005 Tecate/Telmex Monterrey Grand Prix was the second round of the 2005 Bridgestone Presents the Champ Car World Series Powered by Ford season, held on May 22, 2005 on the streets of Fundidora Park in Monterrey, Mexico. Sébastien Bourdais was the polesitter and the race winner was Bruno...	MIL 2005 Time Warner Cable Road Runner 225 The 2005 Time Warner Cable Road Runner 225 was the third round of the 2005 Bridgestone Presents the Champ Car World Series Powered by Ford season, held on June 4, 2005 at the Milwaukee Mile in West Allis, Wisconsin. Jimmy Vasser was the pole sitter while Paul Tracy won the race...	POR 2005 G.I. Joe's Champ Car Grand Prix of Portland The 2005 G.I. Joe's Presents the Champ Car Grand Prix of Portland was the fourth round of the 2005 Bridgestone Presents the Champ Car World Series Powered by Ford season, held on June 19, 2005 at the Portland International Raceway in Portland, Oregon. The pole sitter was Justin Wilson and the race...	CLE 2005 Grand Prix of Cleveland The 2005 Champ Car Grand Prix of Cleveland was the fifth round of the 2005 Bridgestone Presents the Champ Car World Series Powered by Ford season, held on June 26, 2005 at Burke Lakefront Airport in Cleveland, Ohio. Due to the controversy at the 2005 United States Grand Prix at Indianapolis, any...	TOR 2005 Molson Indy Toronto The 2005 Molson Indy Toronto was the sixth round of the 2005 Bridgestone Presents the Champ Car World Series Powered by Ford season, held on July 10, 2005 on the streets of Exhibition Place in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Sébastien Bourdais was the pole sitter and Justin Wilson won the race...	EDM 2005 West Edmonton Mall Grand Prix of Edmonton The 2005 West Edmonton Mall Grand Prix of Edmonton was the seventh round of the 2005 Bridgestone Presents the Champ Car World Series Powered by Ford season, held on July 17, 2005 at Finning International Speedway, a temporary course laid out at Edmonton City Centre Airport in Edmonton, Alberta,...	SNJ 2005 Taylor Woodrow Grand Prix of San Jose The 2005 Taylor Woodrow Grand Prix of San Jose was the eighth round of the 2005 Bridgestone Presents the Champ Car World Series Powered by Ford season, held on July 31, 2005 on the streets of San Jose, California. Sébastien Bourdais swept both the pole and the race win...	DEN 2005 Centrix Financial Grand Prix of Denver The 2005 Centrix Financial Grand Prix of Denver was the ninth round of the 2005 Bridgestone Presents the Champ Car World Series Powered by Ford season, held on August 14, 2005 on the streets of Denver, Colorado near the Pepsi Center...	MON 2005 Molson Indy Montreal The 2005 Molson Indy Montreal was the tenth round of the 2005 Bridgestone Presents the Champ Car World Series Powered by Ford season, held on August 28, 2005 at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Sébastien Bourdais was the polesitter and Oriol Servià won the race...	LVG 2005 Hurricane Relief 400 The 2005 Hurricane Relief 400 was the eleventh round of the 2005 Bridgestone Presents the Champ Car World Series Powered by Ford season, held on September 24, 2005 at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway in Las Vegas, Nevada. Sébastien Bourdais swept the pole and the race victory...	SUR 2005 Lexmark Indy 300 The 2005 Lexmark Indy 300 was the twelfth and penultimate round of the 2005 Bridgestone Presents the Champ Car World Series Powered by Ford season, held on 22 October 2005 on the Streets of Surfers Paradise, Australia. Sébastien Bourdais won the race and also clinched his second consecutive Champ...	MEX
	Tagliani Alex Tagliani Alexandre Tagliani is a Canadian auto racing driver from Montreal, Quebec, Canada. He currently competes in the IZOD IndyCar Series, driving the #77 entry for Sam Schmidt Motorsports.-Champ Car career:...	15	3	10	Ret	4	3	7	9	Ret	5	7	4	8		7th	207
	Marshall Marcus Marshall Marcus Marshall is a former Champ Car driver from Australia. Before that he raced in British Formula Three, where he was generally a running outside the top ten, but took a hard fought win in a wet race. He contested 12 races in 2005 for Derrick Walker's renamed Team Australia Racing... (R)	14	Ret	13	14	12	Ret	8	Ret	12	16	9	11			16th	104
	Power Will Power William Steven Power is an Australian motorsport driver, who currently competes in the Indy Racing League IndyCar Series, driving for Team Penske.-Australian Racing:... (R)												Ret	10		22nd	17
	Zwolsman Charles Zwolsman Charles Zwolsman Jr. is a race car driver who formerly competed in the Champ Car World Series. He is the son of former sports car racing driver and career criminal, Charles Zwolsman, Sr., who competed in the late 1980s and early 1990s.Zwolsman started racing go karts before competing in Formula... (R)													13		27th	8
2006		LGB 2006 Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach The 2006 Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach was the first round of the 2006 Champ Car season, held on April 9, 2006 on the streets of Long Beach, California...	HST 2006 Grand Prix of Houston The 2006 Grand Prix of Houston was the second round of the 2006 Champ Car World Series season, held on May 13, 2006 on the streets around Reliant Park in Houston, Texas.-Qualifying results:-Race:-Caution flags:-Notes:...	MTY	MIL 2006 Time Warner Cable Road Runner 225 The 2006 Time Warner Cable Road Runner 225 was the fourth round of the 2006 Champ Car World Series season, held on June 4, 2006 on the Milwaukee Mile oval in West Allis, Wisconsin. It was the final CART/Champ Car event to take place on an oval....	POR	CLE 2006 Grand Prix of Cleveland The 2006 Grand Prix of Cleveland was the sixth round of the 2006 Champ Car World Series season, held on June 25, 2006 on Burke Lakefront Airport in Cleveland, Ohio. It was the 25th anniversary edition of the event.-Qualifying results:-Race:...	TOR	EDM 2006 West Edmonton Mall Grand Prix of Edmonton The 2006 West Edmonton Mall Grand Prix of Edmonton was the eighth round of the 2006 Champ Car World Series season, held on July 23, 2006 at JAGFlo Speedway, a temporary track laid out at City Centre Airport in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.-Qualifying results:...	SNJ 2006 Canary Foundation Grand Prix of San Jose The 2006 Canary Foundation Grand Prix of San Jose was the ninth round of the 2006 Champ Car World Series season, held on July 30, 2006 on the streets of San Jose, California...	DEN	MTL	ROA	SUR 2006 Lexmark Indy 300 The 2006 Lexmark Indy 300 was the thirteenth and penultimate round of the 2006 Champ Car World Series season, held on 21 October 2006 on the streets of Surfers Paradise, Queensland, Australia...	MEX
	Power Will Power William Steven Power is an Australian motorsport driver, who currently competes in the Indy Racing League IndyCar Series, driving for Team Penske.-Australian Racing:... (R)	9	7	11	Ret	18	9	7	6	6	4	5	13	12	3	6th	213
	Tagliani Alex Tagliani Alexandre Tagliani is a Canadian auto racing driver from Montreal, Quebec, Canada. He currently competes in the IZOD IndyCar Series, driving the #77 entry for Sam Schmidt Motorsports.-Champ Car career:...	3	Ret	5	DNS	11	4	6	Ret	Ret	Ret	7	11	3	5	8th	205
2007		LVG 2007 Las Vegas Grand Prix The 2007 Las Vegas Grand Prix was the first round of the 2007 Champ Car World Series Season, held on April 8 on the streets of Las Vegas, Nevada.-Qualifying results:* Tracy awarded 2nd on the starting grid for gaining provisional pole position.-Grid:...	LGB 2007 Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach The 2007 Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach was the second round of the 2007 Champ Car World Series Season, held on April 15 on the streets of Long Beach, California.-Qualifying results:...	HST 2007 Grand Prix of Houston The 2007 Grand Prix of Houston was the third round of the 2007 Champ Car World Series Season, held on April 22 at JAGFlo Speedway at Reliant Park.-Qualifying results:Sébastien Bourdais originally took pole but was penalised for blocking Will Power...	POR	CLE 2007 Grand Prix of Cleveland The 2007 Grand Prix of Cleveland is the fifth round of the 2007 Champ Car World Series Season. It was held on June 24 at the Burke Lakefront Airport, in Cleveland, Ohio.-Qualifying results:...	MTT	TOR 2007 Steelback Grand Prix The 2007 Steelback Grand Prix of Toronto is the seventh round of the 2007 Champ Car World Series Season. It was held on July 8 at Exhibition Place in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Will Power won the race, followed by Neel Jani and Justin Wilson....	EDM	SAN 2007 San Jose Grand Prix at Redback Raceway The 2007 San Jose Grand Prix at Redback Raceway is the ninth round of the 2007 Champ Car World Series Season. It was held on July 29 at the Redback Raceway temporary street circuit, in San Jose, California.-Qualifying results:...	ROA 2007 Generac Grand Prix The 2007 Champ Car Generac Grand Prix at Road America is the ninth round of the 2007 Champ Car World Series Season. It was held on August 12 at Road America in Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin.-Qualifying results:...	ZOL 2007 Belgian Champ Car Grand Prix The 2007 Belgian Champ Car Grand Prix was the eleventh round of the 2007 Champ Car World Series Season. It was held on August 26 at Circuit Zolder in Heusden-Zolder, Belgium. The race was won by Sébastien Bourdais and was his sixth victory of the season....	ASS 2007 Bavaria Champ Car Grand Prix of Holland The 2007 Bavaria Champ Car Grand Prix was the twelfth round of the 2007 Champ Car World Series Season. It was held on September 2 at TT Circuit Assen in Assen, Netherlands...	SUR 2007 Lexmark Indy 300 The 2007 Lexmark Indy 300 was the thirteenth and penultimate round of the 2007 Champ Car World Series Season. It was held on 21 October 2007 on the streets of Surfers Paradise, Australia...	MEX 2007 Gran Premio Tecate The 2007 Gran Premio Tecate was the fourteenth and final round of the 2007 Champ Car World Series season. It was held on November 11, 2007 at the Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez in Mexico City, Mexico. The race was won by Sébastien Bourdais in his last Champ Car race before joining the Scuderia Toro...
	Power Will Power William Steven Power is an Australian motorsport driver, who currently competes in the Indy Racing League IndyCar Series, driving for Team Penske.-Australian Racing:...	1	3	11	4	10	3	1	Ret	4	Ret	4	14	Ret	2	4th	262
	Pagenaud Simon Pagenaud Simon Pagenaud is a French race car driver born in Poitiers. He currently races in the IZOD IndyCar Series with Dreyer & Reinbold Racing.-Career:... (R)	Ret	14	5	8	5	4	4	4	10	11	12	6	5	6	8th	232

Complete NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series results

Bold indicates Pole Position.

Year	Drivers	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	Pos	Pts
2006 2006 in NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series The 2006 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series season began on February 17, 2006 at Daytona International Speedway with the GM Flex Fuel 250, and ended on November 17, 2006 with the Ford 200 at Homestead-Miami Speedway. Todd Bodine of Germain Racing was declared champion...	Ambrose Marcos Ambrose Marcos Ambrose is a championship winning Australian racing car driver. He currently drives the #9 Stanley Black & Decker Ford Fusion for Richard Petty Motorsports in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series...	DAY	FON	ATL	MAR	GAT	LOW	MAN	DOV	TEX	MIC	MIL	KAN	KEN
					33	Ret	Ret	23	26	27	26	18	3	19	21st	2,228
		MEM	O'RE	NAS	BRI	LOU	LVG	TAL	MAR	ATL	TEX	PHX	HMS
		33	22	3	26	23	7	17	25	16	10	15	27

Complete NASCAR Busch Series results

Bold indicates Pole Position.

Year	Drivers	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	Pos	Pts
2007 2007 in NASCAR Busch Series The 26th season of the NASCAR Busch Series began on February 17, 2007, with the Orbitz 300 at Daytona International Speedway and concluded on November 17, 2007, with the Ford 300 at Homestead-Miami Speedway. Carl Edwards clinched the Busch Series championship on November 3 during the O'Reilly...	Ambrose Marcos Ambrose Marcos Ambrose is a championship winning Australian racing car driver. He currently drives the #9 Stanley Black & Decker Ford Fusion for Richard Petty Motorsports in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series...	DAY	FON	MEX	LVS	ATL	BRI	NAS	TEX	PHX	TAL	RIC	DAR	LOW	DOV	NAS	KEN	MIL	LOU
		16	25	8	10	28	28	17	Ret	22	Ret	26	19	20	6	Ret	11	15	30	10th*	1,939*
		DAY	CHI	GAT	O'RE	MTL	WKG	MIC	BRI	FON	RIC	DOV	KAN	LOW	MEM	TEX	PHX	HMS
		35	37

Overall Stats

Series	Seasons	Races	Poles	Wins	Podiums (Non-win)	Point Finishes (Non-podium)	Total Points	Championships	Best Finish (Championship)
Champ Car Champ Car Champ Car was the name for a class and specification of open wheel cars used in American Championship Car Racing for many decades, primarily for use in the Indianapolis 500 auto race...	4	69	3	2	7	47	1,054	0	6th (2006)
Champ Car Atlantic	2	35	1	1	5	17	473	1	1st (2006 2006 Champ Car Atlantic season The 2006 Champ Car Atlantic season was the 33rd season of the Champ Car Atlantic Championship. It began April 9th at Long Beach and concluded September 24th at Road America... )
NASCAR Truck	1	22	1	0	2	18	2,228	0	21st (2006 2006 in NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series The 2006 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series season began on February 17, 2006 at Daytona International Speedway with the GM Flex Fuel 250, and ended on November 17, 2006 with the Ford 200 at Homestead-Miami Speedway. Todd Bodine of Germain Racing was declared champion... )
NASCAR Busch	1	20	0	0	0	17	1,939	0	N/A

Complete to 20 July 2007.

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