| Paul Morris | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | Australian |
| Born | 22 December 1967 Morwell, Victoria |
| ATCC / V8 Supercar | |
| Years active | 1992–94, 1999–2011 |
| Teams | Tony Longhurst Racing Holden Racing Team Paul Morris Motorsport |
| Starts | 151 |
| Wins | 1 |
| Best finish | 17th in 2001 Shell Championship Series |
| Previous series | |
| 1989–91 1991 1995–97,1999 2009–10 |
Australian Formula Ford Australian Drivers' Champ. Australian Super Touring Development V8 Series |
| Championship titles | |
| 1995 1997 1999 |
Australian Super Touring Australian Super Touring Australian Super Touring |
Paul Morris (born 22 December 1967 in Morwell Victoria, Australia) is a Australian motor racing driver and team owner. Morris presently competes in the Fujitsu V8 Supercar Series and in Queensland Sprintcar racing while running the Paul Morris Motorsport team racing in the International V8 Supercars Championship.
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Paul Morris started his motor racing career at the age of 19 in 1987, driving in the Queensland Gemini Series. He won Rookie of the Year in his debut season, and won the state championship the following year. He spent the next three years competing in Formula Ford. [1]
Morris made his Bathurst debut in 1991, driving a Toyota Corolla. He won the Class C title that year with Geoff Full. [1]
He joined the BMW Works team in 1992, and competed in the Australian Touring Car Championship for several years. Morris went on to compete in the Australian Super Touring Championship from 1994 to 2000 (excluding 1998), winning four championships. His notable sponsors during this time were Benson & Hedges and Diet Coke. He also competed in the V8 Touring Car Championship full-time in 1994, driving a Diet Coke sponsored Holden Commodore. [1]
In 1998, Morris drove for PacWest Racing in the PPG Dayton Indy Lights Championship in the United States. His best result was sixth in the opening round at Homestead. [1]
Morris co-drove with the Holden Racing Team in the 1999 endurance events. He finished 3rd with Mark Skaife at Bathurst in that year. [2]
From 2000, Morris again competed in the V8 Supercar Series full-time. Originally sponsored by Big Kev, he was involved in a major start-line accident at Oran Park 2000. He suffered a number of fractured vertebrae in this accident, and narrowly escaped the flaming wreckage of his VS Commodore. [1]
Morris recovered without missing any V8 Supercar races, and he went on to achieve his first major success at Calder Park in 2001, where he won two of the three races and won the round overall. [2]
In the week leading up to the final V8 Supercar round of 2008 Morris announced he would no longer be driving full time in 2009 and that the team were searching for a full time replacement in the #67 Commodore.
In 2011, Morris competes in the second-tier Fujitsu V8 Supercar Series in one of the teams older Commodores.
Morris competes in Speedway Sprintcars in Australia in the KRE engined #67 Supercheap Auto Sprintcar. Morris took his first Sprintcar pole position in Round 4 of the KRE Race Engines Track Championship at Brisbane International Speedway in January, 2011.[3]
| Year | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | Rank | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | PacWest Lights | MIA 6 |
LBH Ret |
NZR Ret |
STL 18 |
MIL Ret |
DET 13 |
POR 7 |
CLE Ret |
TOR 20 |
MIS WD |
TRS 9 |
VAN Ret |
LS |
FON |
21st | 18 |