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Encyclopedia > WPS Racing
WPS Racing
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Manufacturer Ford
Team Principal Craig Gore
Team Manager Mark Larkham
Race Drivers Jason Bargwanna and Max Wilson
Chassis BA Falcon
Debut 2004
Drivers' Championships 0
Round wins 0
Pole positions 0
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WPS Racing is a motorsport team currently participating in the V8 Supercars competition in Australia sponsored by Wright Patton Shakespeare, a financial management company. The team was founded in early 2004 by Queensland-based businessman Craig Gore, who decided to start his own team instead of sponsoring an existing team. Jason Bargwanna is a race car driver born in Sydney, Australia on 26 April 1972. ... Max Wilson was born on August 22, 1972 in Hamburg, Germany. ... Auto racing (also known as automobile racing or autosport) is a sport involving racing automobiles. ... V8 Supercars in action The V8 Supercar is a category of touring car racing that evolved in Australia in the early 1990s. ...


History

During their first season in 2004, the team decided to have more of a developmental year than to chase the championship and had only one driver, David Bensard who managed one race win. 2005 saw the introduction of a second driver, Craig Baird who teamed up with Bensard to finish eighth in that year's Bathurst 1000. 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. ...


In 2006, WPS Racing merged with Larkham Motorsport and took on two new drivers: former Bathurst champion Jason Bargwanna and Brazilian Max Wilson.



 

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