Stone Brothers Racing

Full name	Stone Brothers Racing
Base	Ipswich, Australia
Team principal	Ross Stone
Race drivers	1.Russell Ingall, 4.James Courtney
Model	Ford Falcon BF MkII
Engine	SBR 5.0L V8
Debut	1998
Constructors' Championships	2 (2004,2005)
Drivers' Championships	3 (Marcos Ambrose in 2003/2004; Russell Ingall in 2005)
Round Wins	21
Race victories	37
Pole positions	25
2006 Placing	4th
Bathurst 1000 Wins	1 (1998)
Website	http://www.stonebrothersracing.com.au

2005 V8SCS Champion Russell Ingall with his #1 Caltex Falcon

Former SBR pilot and dual V8SCS Champion Marcos Ambrose in his SBR Falcon at Indy 2005

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SBR has won a hat-trick of wins in the driver championship, with Marcos Ambrose in 2003/2004; and Russell Ingall in 2005. SBR won the Team Championship (combined points of both drivers) in 2004 and 2005, the former being a perfect 1-2 finish with the aforementioned Ambrose and Ingall respectively. 2003 also saw SBR win the V8 Development Series with Mark Winterbottom at the wheel. Marcos Ambrose (born 1 September 1976 in Launceston) is an Australian racing driver, and was the Australian V8 Supercars champion in 2003 and 2004. ... 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article may require cleanup. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Mark Frosty Winterbottom was born on May 20, 1981 in Sydney, Australia. ...

In 1998, SBR won the Bathurst 1000 with its original drivers Jason Bright and Steven Richards. Hell Corner of the Mount Panorama Circuit The Bathurst 1000 is a 1000-kilometre motor race for touring cars, conducted each October at the Mount Panorama Circuit in Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia. ... Jason Brighty Bright is a racing driver from Australia. ... Steven Richards (born 11 July 1972, son of Jim Richards) is an Australian racing driver. ...

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SBR's current regular drivers are Russell Ingall driving the Caltex-sponsored #1 Falcon, and V8 rookie James Courtney in the Jeldwen-sponsored #4 Falcon. Joining them respectively in the Endurance Races for 2006 are Luke Youlden and Glenn Seton. To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article may require cleanup. ... James Courtney (born 29 June 1980) is an Australian racing driver who will drive in the V8 Supercar series in 2006 for Stone Brothers Racing, replacing Marcos Ambrose. ... Glenn Seton (May 15, 1965–) is an Australian racing driver. ...

SBR uses Queensland Raceway in Ipswich as their test track. Timber framed buildings in St Nicholas Street The Ancient House is decorated with a particularly fine example of pargeting Ipswich (pronounced Ip-Switch) is the county town of Suffolk and a non-metropolitan district in East Anglia, England on the estuary of the River Orwell. ...

The Stone Brothers

Ross and Jim Stone, two New Zealand-born brothers, are the team manager and chief engineer of SBR respectively. Ross won the New Zealand Formula Ford Championship twice in the 1970's. Since then, the Stone Brothers have been behind several winning teams, before forming Stone Brothers Racing in 1998. A highlight of their pre-SBR career was engineering the winning Falcon with Dick Johnson Racing at Bathurst. Dick Johnson Racing (or DJR) is Australias oldest touring car team. ...

SBR Chronology

• 1998: Jason Bright signs up to drive Pirtek-sponsored Falcon. Won Bathurst 1000 with Steven Richards as co-driver.
• 1999: Bright wins the Hidden Valley round, scores three pole positions and podium finishes.
• 2000: SBR expands to a two-car team, with Craig Baird taking Bright's seat in the Pirtek car, and Tony Longhurst driving the new Caltex Falcon. Baird finishes on podium at Phillip Island.
• 2001: Marcos Ambrose and David Besnard take the driving duties in the Pirtek and Caltex Falcons respectively. Ambrose wins one round, and two podiums; Besnard takes one podium. Ambrose finishes 8th in the Championship, and wins Rookie of the Year.
• 2002: Ambrose and Besnard win 3 rounds between them, and several podiums. Ambrose finishes 3rd in the Championship - the first Ford.
• 2003: Ambrose continues in Pirtek Falcon, but Russell Ingall takes over from Besnard in the Caltex car. Between them, they win eight rounds (out of 13) and five pole positions. Ambrose won the Championship, earning himself the Car #1 for the 2004 season, and Ingall finished 7th. Mark Winterbottom won the V8 Development Series in an SBR Falcon.
• 2004: Ambrose and Ingall finish 1st and 2nd in the Championship, giving SBR a win in the Team Championship. They recorded 6 round wins, 5 to Ambrose and 1 to Ingall and 5 pole positions between them.
• 2005: Ingall wins Championship with consistency with 1 round win and several podiums, thus taking the #1 from Ambrose. Ambrose finished 3rd after leading championship till disastorus Bathurst round. SBR again wins teams championship.
• 2006: Ambrose leaves V8 Supercar to try his hand at the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, and Pirtek withdraws its sponsorship. Former F1 Test Driver James Courtney takes his seat in the newly re-liveried Jeld-Wen Falcon. Ingall finished eighth in the championship after having lead early, a somewhat disappointing result for the defending champion. A lack of early-weekend speed seemed to be the culprit - the #1 Caltex car was often outside the Top 10 in qualifying, and only found front-running speed at the tail-end of the weekend. James Courtney was finished 11th, a respectable result, particularly after a disappointing start to the season. A highlight for the team was Bathurst - Courtney and Glenn Seton finished 3rd, while Ingall and Luke Youlden were just 0.0005 of a second behind them at the finish line. This was an outstanding team result - taking the biggest collective haul of points for the team's championship at the round, as other teams had one or both cars either down the order, or out of the race. This result helped SBR to 4th place in the Team's Championship.

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External Links

• Stone Brothers Racing Official Website
• V8 Supercars Official Website