Tasman Motorsport
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| Manufacturer | Holden |
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| Team Principal | Kevin Murphy |
| Team Manager | Graham Jenkins |
| Race Drivers | 3. Jason Richards 23. Andrew Jones |
| Chassis | VZ Commodore |
| Debut | 2004 |
| Drivers' Championships | 0 |
| Round wins | 0 |
| Pole positions | 0 |
| 2006 position | 11th (2239 points) |
Tasman Motorsport is a V8 Supercar racing team. It was formed in 2004 out of what was the Lansvale Racing Team. The Team Principal is Kevin Murphy. The current drivers are Jason Richards and Andrew Jones.
Tasman motorsport entered the series in 2004, set up by Kevin Murphy (father of Greg Murphy, a driver in the series), with a single Holden VX Commodore driven by Jason Richards.
2005 saw the team upgrade to a two car operation and move to a new factory near Melbourne, from their previous site in Sydney. With Dodo the naming sponsor of the team, both Jason Richards, and the second driver, Jamie Whincup, had some very good placings including 3rd at the Sandown 500 and 2nd in the Bathurst 1000.
2006 sees the team ready for its first race with, with the cars, driven this year by Jason Richards and Andrew Jones, showing some very good speed. Tasman Motorsport won their first V8 race at Winton Motor Raceway in June 2006 behind the wheel of Jason Richards in the second race that was reverse grid, Also at the same event the team got their best quailifying result of 3rd on the grid.
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| Teams contesting the 2006 V8 Supercar Championship Series | |||||||||
| Stone Brothers Racing | Holden Racing Team | Tasman Motorsport | Ford Performance Racing | Jack Daniel's Racing | WPS Racing | ||||
| 1 Russell Ingall 4 James Courtney |
2 Mark Skaife 22 Todd Kelly |
3 Jason Richards 23 Andrew Jones |
5 Mark Winterbottom 6 Jason Bright |
7 Steven Richards 11 Paul Dumbrell |
8 Max Wilson 10 Jason Bargwanna |
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| Team BOC | Toll HSV Dealer Team | Dick Johnson Racing | Paul Cruickshank Racing | Fujitsu Racing | Garry Rogers Motorsport | ||||
| 12 John Bowe 14 Brad Jones |
15 Rick Kelly 16 Garth Tander |
17 Steven Johnson 18 Will Davison |
20 Marcus Marshall | 25 Warren Luff 26 Jose Fernandez |
33 Lee Holdsworth 34 Dean Canto |
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| Team Sirromet Wines | Supercheap Auto Racing | Autobarn Racing | Triple Eight Race Engineering | Team Kiwi Racing | |||||
| 39 Alan Gurr 39 Fabian Coulthard 67 Paul Morris |
50 Cameron McConville 51 Greg Murphy |
55 Steve Owen | 88 Jamie Whincup 888 Craig Lowndes |
021 Paul Radisich | |||||
