37-587: Triple Eight Race Engineering , branded as Red Bull Ampol Racing in Supercars, is an Australian motor racing team competing in the Supercars Championship . The team has been the only Brisbane -based V8 Supercar team since its formation, originally taking over and operating out of the former Briggs Motor Sport workshop in Bowen Hills during the 2003 season before moving to Banyo in 2009. The team has won
74-510: A Holden ZB Commodore under the banner Supercheap Auto Racing and was driven by 3x Supercars champion and 7x Bathurst 1000 winner Craig Lowndes and current Supercars driver Declan Fraser . For the 2023 season they ran a single Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 for Zane Goddard at the Darwin Triple Crown and with Craig Lowndes for Sandown and Bathurst. For the 2024 season they ran a single Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 for Cooper Murray at
111-605: A 1-2 finish with Craig Lowndes, Mark Skaife and Jamie Whincup, Steve Owen respectively. Whincup finished the year in 2nd, with Lowndes in 4th. In 2011 , Whincup regained the championship from Lowndes with the team winning the Teams Championship. During the 2012 season, Triple Eight dominated, winning 19 races including the Sandown 500 (Lowndes and Warren Luff ) and the Bathurst 1000 (Whincup and Paul Dumbrell ) with Whincup won
148-502: A massive crash on the opening lap of the first race, forcing him to the rear of the grid for the next race. He recovered, but he lost the series lead to Rick Kelly , who took a handy 73-point lead. At the next round in Bahrain , Lowndes stormed back into contention as Kelly encountered problems of his own. The stage was set for a spectacular finale at Phillip Island , with the two contenders separated by just seven points. Lowndes qualified on
185-556: A minority shareholding. In late 2015, Dane sold approximately a 30% shareholding in the team to Paul Dumbrell , Tim Miles and Trinette Schipkie. In 2021 Scottish millionaire Tony Quinn bought a 40% share of the team. Triple Eight Race Engineering was formed in 1996 in the United Kingdom, running Vauxhall 's program in the British Touring Car Championship before expanding into Australian V8 Supercars , purchasing
222-1148: Is a list of drivers who have driven for the team in the Supercars Championship, in order of their first appearance. Drivers who only drove for the team on a part-time basis are listed in italics. The following is a list of drivers who have driven for the team in the Super2 Series, in order of their first appearance. Drivers who drove for the team on a part-time basis are listed in Italics 1 Brodie Kostecki 9 Jack Le Brocq 2 Ryan Wood 25 Chaz Mostert 3 Aaron Love 7 James Courtney 4 Cameron Hill 10 Nick Percat 6 Cam Waters 55 Thomas Randle 8 Andre Heimgartner 14 Bryce Fullwood 12 Jaxon Evans 96 Macauley Jones 11 Anton de Pasquale 17 Will Davison 18 Mark Winterbottom 20 David Reynolds 19 Matthew Payne 26 Richie Stanaway 23 Tim Slade 31 James Golding 87 Will Brown 88 Broc Feeney Supercars Championship Too Many Requests If you report this error to
259-530: Is contracted until the end of 2017 , and Whincup until the end of 2018 . In 2016, a third car was added for Shane van Gisbergen , with the team purchasing a Racing Entitlement Contract that was last used in 2014 by James Rosenberg Racing . Van Gisbergen won the 2016 championship. In 2016 and 2017, Lowndes raced under the banner of Team Vortex, with Whincup and van Gisbergen under the Red Bull Racing Australia banner. In 2018, Lowndes raced under
296-585: Is very hard on brakes. The banking at the hairpin is a unique opportunity to overtake. The other overtaking opportunity is the left hander at the end of the back straight. The circuit has hosted rounds of the Australian Touring Car Championship and Supercars Championship since 1969. The circuit was left off the V8 Supercar calendar in 2000 before returning in 2004 after the upgrades were completed. From 1980 to 2021, Alfredo Costanzo held
333-408: The 2013 Bathurst 1000 , running under the banner of Xbox One Racing and driven by Andy Priaulx and Mattias Ekström . They qualified in 18th and finished in 10th. For the 2021 Bathurst 1000 the team ran a Supercheap Auto backed Holden ZB Commodore which was driven by former Super3 Champion Broc Feeney and former Supercars champion Russell Ingall . For the 2022 Bathurst 1000 they ran
370-570: The Bathurst 1000 with Whincup. Having led the championship to Round 11, Lowndes lost the series lead at the Symmons Plains weekend. Having seen a big chunk of his lead evaporate at the previous round on the Gold Coast following two penalties for dangerous driving approaching the starting grid, the pressure was on Lowndes to perform at the Tasmania event. Unfortunately for Lowndes, he was caught in
407-723: The Briggs Motor Sport team in September 2003. The sale included a custom-built facility in the Brisbane suburb of Bowen Hills , and a staff of 35 people. Engineers in Brisbane worked closely with the Triple Eight staff in the UK to build two new Ford BA Falcons , while the team principals managed to attract substantial financial support from Ford . The team debuted at the 2003 Sandown 500 . 2004
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#1732858386677444-655: The Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 after General Motors shut down the Holden brand. Shane van Gisbergen and Broc Feeney continue to drive. For 2024, Shane van Gisbergen announce his move away from V8 Supercars and will move to NASCAR with Trackhouse racing and will compete in all three national series as well as the ARCA Menards series. Will Brown was brought on to replace him (with the car number changing to 87) and will partner with Broc Feeney . The team entered an extra car at
481-472: The Darwin Triple Crown and will be teaming up with Craig Lowndes at Sandown and Bathurst. Triple Eight have previously entered cars in the Development Series for Andrew Thompson in 2011 , Scott Pye in 2012 and Casey Stoner in 2013 , winning the series in 2011. Since 2014 Triple Eight has provided technical assistance to Eggleston Motorsport . For the 2019 season Triple Eight re-entered
518-473: The Holden brand being retired at the end of 2020. This was the first time that Triple Eight raced without factory support from Holden since joining the brand in 2010 and only the second time in its V8 Supercars history without any factory support (the last time being 2009). Ampol , formerly known as Caltex Australia, replaced Holden as one of Triple Eight's major sponsors alongside longtime partner Red Bull. Despite
555-471: The Sandown 500 and a third placing for Ellery and Adam Macrow at the Bathurst 1000 . Lowndes won a further three rounds and qualified on pole position four times (including Bathurst). 2006 saw a continuation of this strong form, with new recruit Jamie Whincup replacing Ellery, and making an instant impact in the form of a win at the Clipsal 500 . Lowndes scored four round wins, including sharing victory at
592-501: The Ford logos on the front of the cars were replaced by a stylised pink pig's head, referring to Hog's Breath Cafe , one of the team sponsors. The team ran new FG Falcons . Triple Eight Racing won fifteen of the twenty-three races staged during the championship, with Whincup winning eleven races and the championship and Lowndes taking four wins at Winton, the Gold Coast and Barbagallo, finishing
629-583: The Supercars drivers' championship eleven times, the teams' championship twelve times and the Bathurst 1000 ten times. The team currently runs two Chevrolet Camaro ZL1s for Broc Feeney and Will Brown . Additionally, the team provides technical support to PremiAir Racing . The team performs its testing at Queensland Raceway . Originally affiliated with champion British Touring Car Championship race team Triple Eight Racing and owned by Peter Butterly, Roland Dane , Ian Harrison and Derek Warwick , Dane later took majority ownership, with Harrison maintaining
666-539: The V8 engine in the future, all without the guidance of former technical director Ludo Lacroix . However, in April 2018, Holden announced it had chosen to halt the development of the turbocharged V6 engine and that it would be sticking with its V8 layout for the time being. This meant that the scheduled wildcard entry the team was planning to enter never happened. For 2021 and beyond, Triple Eight rebranded to Red Bull Ampol Racing due to
703-544: The Wikimedia System Administrators, please include the details below. Request from 172.68.168.151 via cp1112 cp1112, Varnish XID 385142749 Upstream caches: cp1112 int Error: 429, Too Many Requests at Fri, 29 Nov 2024 05:33:06 GMT Symmons Plains Raceway Symmons Plains Raceway is a motor racing circuit in Australia , located about 30 km (19 mi) south of Launceston, Tasmania . Since
740-538: The banner of Autobarn Lowndes Racing, with Whincup and van Gisbergen under the Red Bull Holden Racing Team banner. From 2017 until 2020, Triple Eight was the factory Holden team being rebranded as the Red Bull Holden Racing Team. The team was responsible for developing the ZB Commodore that debut in 2018 . They also lead development for the expected V6 twin-turbo engine that was to be the replacement to
777-459: The championship, and Lowndes and Whincup won their third Bathurst 1000 crown. During the 2008 Season, it was announced at the Hidden Valley round that Ford would withdraw its support from all but two teams (Ford Performance Racing and Stone Brothers Racing) on the Supercars grid from 2009 onwards. Triple Eight was one of the Ford teams to be effected by the decision, despite proving that they were
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#1732858386677814-625: The closure of the Longford circuit in the 1960s it has been Tasmania's premier motor racing facility. The circuit is one of the longest serving circuits of the combined history of the Australian Touring Car Championship and the V8 Supercar Championship Series. Since 2005 it has hosted the Falken Tasmania Challenge for V8 Supercars. In 2004, the facility received a A$ 3 million upgrade which included some modifications to
851-736: The development series, Super2. Fielding two cars for Brenton Grove and Kurt Kostecki . For the 2020 season they scaled the team down to one car driven by 2019 Australian Formula Ford Champion Angelo Mouzouris . For the 2021 season they went back to a two car operation with Angelo Mouzouris being joined by ex-Tickford Super2 driver Broc Feeney . As well as building cars for its own use, Triple Eight has also built cars for other teams. It has provided chassis for Dick Johnson Racing (2009–2012), Paul Morris Motorsport (2010–2012), Tekno Autosports (2010–2021), Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport (2012–2017), Team 18 (2016–2022), Matt Stone Racing (2018–2022), and PremiAir Racing (2022–present). The following
888-462: The end of the 2012 season. The team celebrated the first race of the year with a 1-2 finish with Jamie Whincup and Craig Lowndes respectively. Jamie Whincup won both races in Abu Dhabi, Bahrain, and Hamilton, but lost the championship lead after troubled races at Queensland Raceway and Winton, while teammate Craig Lowndes finished on the podium several times. They also had a great result at Bathurst with
925-434: The layout of the track, including moving the start/finish line back to a more conventional location opposite the pits. It had previously been on a curve (which is now located just after the first corner), unusual for a road course. Symmons Plains is also known for its extremely tight hairpin bend , known as Brambles Hairpin , at the end of the old front straight. Symmons Plains Raceway is 2.411 km (1.498 mi) long and
962-426: The name change, Triple Eight continued with Holden Commodores for both 2021 and 2022. The Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 made its debut in 2023 along with Gen3. Jamie Whincup retired after 2021, his 16th and final full time season with Triple Eight, and was replaced by Broc Feeney. Shane van Gisbergen continues to drive for the team. For 2023 and the new Gen 3 cars, Triple Eight along with all other Holden teams switched to
999-479: The outright race lap record by setting a time of 50.16 seconds with Lola T430 Formula 5000 . The closest anyone had come since 1980 was British driver James Winslow who set a time of 50.5036 seconds on 1 April 2012 while driving a Dallara F307 . Then, that outright lap record was broken in 2021 by driver Joey Mawson . Driving a Ligier JS F3-S5000 , the Australian driver set a time of 0:49.7242 seconds. In 2022,
1036-635: The race. The stewards, after deliberation, dismissed the appeal, saying that the drive-through penalty was sufficient punishment for Kelly. Furthermore, Lowndes and Triple Eight accused the HSV Dealer Team and the Holden Racing Team for bad sportsmanship – Mark Skaife was given a bad sportsmanship flag in Race 1 for blocking Lowndes, while Kelly's teammate Garth Tander was given a drive-through penalty for blocking Lowndes in Race 2. Some days later, Lowndes
1073-470: The rear bumper while in the high-speed section between Turns 3 and 4, sending Lowndes into a spin, eventually cleaning out both Lowndes and Todd Kelly (Rick's older brother). Rick Kelly was given a drive-through penalty and finished 18th. Lowndes' car was extensively damaged and was only able to salvage 29th place. Rick Kelly had won the championship. However, Lowndes and his Triple Eight team protested, claiming that Kelly had deliberately taken Lowndes out of
1110-543: The record was improved again by himself, by setting a time of 0:48.5598 seconds. The 'Tassie Tin Tops' category included below is a combined closed car category not built to any specific set of regulations, it usually runs at major national meetings bringing together a collection of vehicles that usually compete in specific categories at Tasmanian State Championship race meetings, it usually includes Sports Sedans, Improved Production and Sports GT category vehicles. As of August 2024,
1147-420: The team. Lowndes in particular was a catalyst for change, which along with powerful and reliable Stone Brothers Racing sourced engines saw a massive improvement in the team's performance. Lowndes finished second in the championship, finishing the year strongly and narrowly missing out on snatching the title from Russell Ingall . Ellery came 13th. The year's highlights included a win for Lowndes and Yvan Muller at
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1184-419: The third row of the grid, while Kelly was further back on the fifth row. However, Kelly fought back in the first race to be right on Lowndes' bumper at the conclusion of the race – Lowndes was fourth, Kelly fifth. In the second race, Lowndes came third while Kelly was fourth – again close behind. The points going into the final race of the year were tied. On the second lap of the final race, Kelly pushed Lowndes on
1221-460: The title from Lowndes. In June 2012, Vodafone announced it would not renew the sponsorship. In August 2012, Red Bull took over the naming rights for the 2013 V8 Supercars season onwards. In the 2013 season, the new Car of the Future specification cars were introduced with Triple Eight racing the new Holden VF Commodore . Whincup and Lowndes finished first and second in the championship. Lowndes
1258-449: The top Ford team that year and would go on to win their third Bathurst 1000 and first drivers championship as well as being the head developers of the new FG Falcon which was to be introduced in 2009. It was estimated that due to the decision by Ford, Triple Eight lost $ 2 million from their budget annually. In 2009 , following Ford's decision to withdraw support from all teams other than Ford Performance Racing and Stone Brothers Racing ,
1295-451: The year in fourth. Due to the loss of factory support from Ford for the 2009 season. Triple Eight announced prior to Bathurst that the team would be controversially switching to arch rival Holden for 2010 onwards. In 2010 the team switched to racing Holden VE Commodores in response to the withdrawal of Ford's support, after signing a three-year deal with Holden. The team also re-signed with major sponsor Vodafone for another three years until
1332-552: Was Triple Eight's first full season in V8 Supercars. It was a disappointing year for all involved, with both cars dogged by mechanical problems. Paul Radisich came 19th in the championship, while Max Wilson finished a lowly 28th. The team's car speed, however, was certainly up with the front-runners for many weekends. 2005 saw a massive form reversal for Triple Eight. Craig Lowndes and Steve Ellery were signed as drivers and Stone Brothers Racing engineer Campbell Little joined
1369-527: Was awarded the prized Barry Sheene Medal , which was some consolation. In 2007 , the team retained the services of Jamie Whincup and Craig Lowndes. Vodafone replaced Betta Electrical as the title sponsor. Whincup narrowly missed out on the Drivers Championship by 2 points, with Garth Tander and Toll HSV Racing Team winning the last race of the season in Phillip Island. In 2008 , Whincup won
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