Greg Murphy
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| Greg Murphy | |
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 Murphy at the 2006 Australian Grand Prix. |
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| V8 Supercar Record | |
| Nationality | New Zealander |
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| Current team | Tasman Motorsport |
| Series Championships | 0 |
| Wins | 11 |
| Podium finishes | 33 |
| Pole positions | 12 |
| 2006 Championship position | |
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Greg Murphy (23 August 1972) is a New Zealand racing driver. Born in Hastings he become involved in motor sports by the age of eight, progressing through karts to saloons and single-seaters before moving to Australia.
Murphy first competed at the Bathurst circuit in 1994. The following two years he drove for the Holden Racing Team (HRT) in endurance events, winning the Bathurst 1000 with Craig Lowndes in 1996. He drove for the HRT full time in 1997 and almost won the championship. Due to Craig Lowndes' return from overseas, Murphy only drove for the team in the endurance races in 1998.
In 1999, he joined Wynns Racing and paired with Steven Richards to win the Bathurst 1000. In the 2001 V8 Supercar season, Murphy joined the newly-formed Kmart Racing team and had two Bathurst 1000 wins with teammate Rick Kelly, in 2003 and 2004. Murphy had two championship runner-ups while at Kmart Racing, in 2002 and 2003. In 2001 and 2004 he finished fourth in the championship.
He is one of the best known V8 Supercar drivers (car No 51 since 2001) and has won four rounds at his home circuit at Pukekohe, near Auckland (2001, 2002, 2003 and 2005). At the Mount Panorama circuit at Bathurst, Murphy has the second best record for a Kiwi with four wins, compared to Jim Richards' seven. Murphy was involved in a collision with Marcos Ambrose in the 2005 event, ending his chance of recording three successive Bathurst wins. Murphy ended his two year relationship with Supercheap Auto Racing in 2006 to team up with Jason Richards at the Tasman Motorsport Team.
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[edit] 2007
Greg races the #51 Tasman Motorsport VE Commodore for 2007 after leaving the struggling Super Cheap Auto outfit.
[edit] Notable career events
- 1994 - 2nd place in the Australian Formula Brabham Championship
- 1995 - New Zealand Formula Holden series
- 1996 - Won Bathurst 1000 and Sandown 500 with Craig Lowndes
- 1997 - First full season in the Australian Touring Car Championship (now known as V8 Supercar Championship) - 4th overall in championship
- 1998 - Sat out most of the V8 Championship while testing for Tasman Indy Lights team
- 1999 - Won Bathurst 1000 with Steven Richards, 6th overall in championship
- 2000 - Finished 3rd at Bathurst with Steven Richards, 6th overall in championship
- 2001 - Finished 3rd at Bathurst with Todd Kelly
- 2002 - Was given the biggest penalty (5 minutes) in V8 racing history because of a pitlane infringement by his team
- 2002-03 - Finished second overall in V8 Supercars series
- 2003 - Set the quickest lap ever on the 6.213 km Mount Panorama Circuit, with a time of 2:06.8594
- 2003 - Won Bathurst 1000 with Rick Kelly
- 2003 - Won Bathurst 24 Hour With Peter Brock,Todd Kelly and Jason Bright
- 2004 - Won Bathurst 1000 again with Rick Kelly
- 2005 - Fought with Marcos Ambrose at Bathurst after a large crash. Both failed to finish
- 2001, 2002, 2003 and 2005 - Wins his home race at Pukekohe
- 2007 - leaves Supercheap & goes Tasman with #51
[edit] Teams
Murphy has been in several teams while competing in the V8 Supercar series.
- 1995 - Holden Racing Team (endurance races only)
- 1996 - Holden Racing Team (endurance races only)
- 1997 - Holden Racing Team
- 1998 - Holden Racing Team (endurance races only)
- 1999 - Gibson Motorsport
- 2000 - Gibson Motorsport
- 2001 - Kmart Racing
- 2002 - Kmart Racing
- 2003 - Kmart Racing
- 2004 - Kmart Racing
- 2005 - Supercheap Auto Racing
- 2006 - Supercheap Auto Racing
- 2007 - Tasman Motorsport
[edit] External links
- Profile at Tasman Motorsport
- Murphy's official site
- Profile at V8 Supercars
- Murphy to Tasman Motorsport
| Teams contesting the 2007 V8 Supercar Championship Series | |||||||||
| Toll HSV Dealer Team | Holden Racing Team | Tasman Motorsport | Stone Brothers Racing | Ford Performance Racing | Jack Daniel's Racing | ||||
| 1 Rick Kelly 16 Garth Tander |
2 Mark Skaife 22 Todd Kelly |
3 Jason Richards 51 Greg Murphy |
4 James Courtney 9 Russell Ingall |
5 Mark Winterbottom 6 Steven Richards |
7 Shane Price 11 Jack Perkins |
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| WPS Racing | Team BOC | Dick Johnson Racing | Supercheap Auto Racing | Team Kiwi Racing | Britek Motorsport | ||||
| 8 Max Wilson 10 Jason Bargwanna |
12 Andrew Jones 14 Brad Jones |
17 Steven Johnson 18 Will Davison |
20 Paul Dumbrell 50 Cameron McConville |
021 Paul Radisich | 25 Jason Bright 26 Alan Gurr |
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| Garry Rogers Motorsport | Team Sirromet Wines | Autobarn Racing | TeamVodafone | Paul Cruickshank Racing | |||||
| 33 Lee Holdsworth 34 Dean Canto |
39 Fabian Coulthard 67 Paul Morris |
55 Steve Owen | 88 Jamie Whincup 888 Craig Lowndes |
111 John Bowe | |||||
