Team Kiwi Racing
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| Manufacturer | Ford |
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| Team Principal | David John |
| Team Manager | Martin Collins |
| Race Drivers | 021. Paul Radisich |
| Chassis | Ford BF Falcon |
| Debut | 2000 |
| Drivers' Championships | 0 |
| Round wins | 0 |
| Pole positions | 1 |
| 2006 position | 15th (1235 points) |
Team Kiwi Racing is a V8 Supercar racing team that competes in the V8 Supercar series in Australia.
Although the majority of races in the V8 Supercar series are run in Australia, Team Kiwi Racing continue to be based in Auckland, New Zealand to remain true to their roots.
Since their conception, TKR have use Holden Commodores as their cars until the end of the 2006 season. TKR are currently a single car team.
TKR has currently had one Pole Position in their 7 seasons. They won it at the 2004 Winton event in a damp session. They also had only one podium in the 2005 Shanghai round, claiming 3rd.
During the 2006 Bathurst 1000 endurance race at Mount Panorama, driver Paul Radisich crashed at around 200kph head on into a tyre barrier, flipping the car on the roof. The roof had to be cut off to be able to get Radisich out and he was taken to hospital where he was in a serious but stable condition. The car was so badly damaged that it was written off and TKR was unable to race at the Indy 300 round at the Gold Coast. The team leased the chassis that was used by Paul Morris Motorsport earlier in the season as car #39.
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[edit] Joining Ford
It was announced in August last year that Team Kiwi would join Ford to try and boost sales and compete with the popular Holden Commodores. TKR striked a deal with Ford Performance Racing and Prodrive Australia so that TKR could use Jason Bright's 2006 car and technical data. TKR has thefore been grouped with FPR due to the technical alligence. Paul The Rat Radisich will still drive with the team but is not driving at the Clipsal 500 as he is still recovering from his injuries sustainted in the 2006 Bathurst roll over.
[edit] Trivia
- There have only been two non- New Zealand drivers to drive for Team Kiwi Racing. Allan Gurr is one as an endurance driver in 2005. Adam Macrow is the second non-New Zealand driver to drive with TKR, replacing Paul Radisich at the Clipsal round as Radisich is still recovering from his injuries.
- Team prinicpal David John is actually Australian born. He has lived in New Zealand for more than 15 years though.
[edit] References
"TKR rewarded for hard work", Team Kiwi Racing, 2006-08-18. Retrieved on October 9, 2006.
"Team Kiwi car-less", TVNZ, 2006-10-09. Retrieved on October 9, 2006.
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| 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 | |||||
