Romano Racing

Romano Racing was an Australian motor racing team that competed in Australian V8 Supercar racing between 1995 and 2003.

History

Romano Racing was founded on the Gold Coast in 1995 when former Sports Sedan racer Bap Romano purchased a Holden VP Commodore from Logamo for his son Paul to race. The team competed in all races of the 1995 season.^[1] The team was disbanded at the end of the year with Romano racing a Ford EF Falcon for Alan Jones Racing in 1996. After this arrangement came to an end, Romano Racing was reformed for 1997 with the Commodore upgraded to VS specifications.^[2]

Romano continued to race the VS until it made its last appearance at the 2001 Australian Grand Prix support race. In order to allow Tom Walkinshaw Racing (TWR) to enter four cars in the 2001 series, and circumnavigate a restriction that allowed only with only three cars able to be entered under each Level 1 franchise, the Romano Racing franchise were leased to TWR. The Romano franchise was used by TWR to enter the K-Mart Racing cars, while the Romano car was entered under the Holden Young Lions banner as part of the Holden Racing Team franchise. A Rod Nash Racing VX Commodore was leased for the first few rounds, until a TWR VX became available and was purchased.^[2][3]

At the end of 2002 the Level 1 franchise was sold to Team Dynamik and a Level 2 franchise purchased from McDougall Motorsport. Romano raced at the Adelaide 500 in 2003, with the franchise then leased out on occasions to other teams in 2004 including Paul Morris Motorsport and Walden Motorsport.^[4] In 2005 it was leased to Perkins Engineering.^[5] In 2009, the franchise was sold to Walkinshaw Racing.^[6]

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