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DRIVER
/ TEAM CHANGES:
| New
full time drivers include: |
| James
Courtney |
Jose
Fernandez |
Lee
Holdsworth |
Will
Davison |
Jamie
Whincup |
Marcus
Marshall |
- MARCUS
AMBROSE LEAVES V8 FOR U.S.A
- STEVE
ELLERY LOSES DRIVE WITH TRIPLE 8
- STEVEN
RICHARDS TO REMAIN WITH PERKINS
- GREG RITTER
LOSES DRIVE WITH FORD PERFORMANCE RACING
- JAMES
COURTNEY JOINS STONE BROTHERS
25
year old James Courtney will join V8 Supercar full-time and fill in
Marcus Ambrose's seat at Stone Brothers Racing. Courtney is Australia's
most promising open wheeler chanmpion having won the world karting championship,
British Formula Ford championship and the Japanese Formula 3 championship.
He has been racing in the Japanese GT championship with Toyota for the
last 2 years and finished runner-up. Courtney's debut with V8 Supercar
is similar to Ambrose when he returned from the European open wheel
racing.
COURTNEY: “This last couple of weeks has been amazing as I had some incredible
offers both in Japan and Australia for 2006 onwards so the pressure
was really on to decide where I would go. It was only on Thursday that
the decision was actually made and the contract signed ... Having raced
around the world, I’m now really looking forward to racing in
my own country. The timing was spot-on; the championship is great, the
team is great, the car is great and it certainly ticked all the right
boxes for me. The offer from both SBR and Ford was one that I simply
couldn’t refuse. Like me, Ross and Jimmy Stone are real racers
through- and-through and always produce the goods. It’s a whole
new era for SBR with a new team sponsor in JELD-WEN, a brand- new car
with the BF Falcon and myself as the new driver. I know that together,
we can really achieve something.”
ROSS
STONE: “Courtney became a priority signing for the team
soon after he made his debut at the Super Cheap Auto 1000 at Bathurst
earlier this month. It was during one of the early practice sessions
that Jimmy (co-owner Jimmy Stone) and I were keeping a close eye on
the lap times of all the drivers. Very early in the first session James’
lap times flashed up and Jimmy and I turned to each other and without
saying a word we both knew that James had to be a priority signing
for us ... To run the way he did so early at such a difficult track
proved the caliber of driver he is. Marcos is a very hard driver to
replace and leaves a great legacy but we believe that James can match
his feats in the years to come.”
- MARCUS
MARSHALL JOINS Paul Cruickshank Racing
- RYAN BRISCOE
TO DRIVE IN ENDURANCE RACES FOR HOLDEN RACING
2006
V8 SUPERCAR TEAMS:
- FORD,
Stone Brothers Racing
- Russell Ingall
- 2005 CHAMPION
- James Courtney
- V8 debut
- FORD, Team
Betta Electrical
- Craig Lowndes
- Jamie Whincup
- HOLDEN,
Holden Racing Team
- Mark Skaife
- Todd Kelly
- FORD, Ford
Performance Racing
- Jason Bright
- Mark Winterbottom
- HOLDEN,
TOLL HSV Dealer Team
- Rick Kelly
- Garth Tander
- FORD, Dick
Johnson Racing
- Steven Johnson
- Will Davison
- HOLDEN,
Supercheap Auto Racing
- Greg Murphy
- Cameron McConville
- HOLDEN,
Jack Daniel's Racing
- Steven Richards
- Paul Dumbrell
- FORD, BOC
(using Stone Brothers engine)
- Brad Jones
- John Bowe
- FORD, Fujitsu
Racing
- Warren Luff
- Jose Fernandez
- HOLDEN,
Repco Valvoline Cummins - Garry Rogers Motorsport
- Dean Canto
- Lee Holdsworth
- HOLDEN,
Tasman Motorsport
- Jason Richards
- Andrew Jones
- FORD, WPS
Racing
- Max Wilson
- Jason Bargwanna
- FORD, Team
Kiwi Racing
- Paul Morris
- Paul Radisich
- FORD, Paul
Cruickshank Racing
- Marcus Marshall
- HOLDEN,
Autobarn Racing
- Steve Owen
- HOLDEN,
Sirromet
- Fabian Coulthard
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