Phil Ward Racing

Phil Ward Racing was am Australian motor racing team team that competed in touring car racing between 1987 and 1995. The race team would later become the organisation that created and ran the Aussie Racing Cars series.

History

Phil Ward Racing was formed in the 1970s as a race team competing in the Australian Sports Sedan Championship first with a Ford Escort, then later a Holden HQ Monaro. In 1987, Phil Ward and Lyndon Reithmuller purchased two Helmut Marko Mercedes-Benz 190Es imported into Australia for the 1986 Bathurst 1000, debuting at the 1987 Sandown 500.^[1][2][3] The team would compete primarily the East Coast rounds until the end of 1990, culminating in a class victory at the 1990 Bathurst 1000.^{[4][5][6][7][8]}

The cars were then stored, before being reactivated to compete in the 1994 Australian 2 litre Championship with Technophone sponsorship.^[3][8][9] An ex Zakspeed 190E was purchased later in the year.^[10] At the 1994 Bathurst 1000, Ward debuted a Perkins Engineering built Holden Commodore VP.^[7][11]

In 1995, Phil Ward Racing raced in both the Super Touring and V8 series with Nokia sponsorship.^[9][12] The team made its final appearance at the 1995 Australian Grand Prix support race.

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