Paul Cruickshank Racing was an Australian motor racing team that competed in several Sports Car and Touring Car categories.
History While new to the championship in 2006, Cruickshank has run several cars in the Development V8 Supercar series and the Australian Carrera Cup Championship since starting his own team in the early part of the decade. Previously Cruickshank had been involved with teams in the Australian Nations Cup Championship before starting his own team in 2003. Former Champcar racer Marcus Marshall joined the team after being sacked from Walker Racing in late 2005.
In 2006 PCR was a new V8 Supercar team, it ran the #20 Glenfords Tools BA Falcon. At the Indy 300 the team changed it number to #111 for the round in memory of Mark Porter, at this round it was the team's best result.
1995 Australian Touring Car Champion, John Bowe joined the team for the 2007 season while sponsor Glenfords Tool Centers took title sponsorship for a second year. Cruickshank switched the team's racing number to #111 in memory of Cruickshank's friend, Mark Porter. The teams BA Falcon was updated to BF Specification for 2007.
Bowe retired from full-time racing after the 2007 season. For 2008, PCR retained Fabian Coulthard and acquired a new Ford BF Falcon from Triple 8 Race Engineering. Aaron Caratti drives the "Parklands on Bertram" Carrera cup car.
2-time New Zealand V8 Touring Car Champ John McIntyre paired with Fabian Coulthard in the Phillip Island 500 where he showed great pace but was not required for the Bathurst 1000. That seat was taken by Alex Davison whose performance at the mountain earned him a spot in the 2009 championship in the #4 Stone Brothers Racing Falcon.
For 2009, the team expanded to two cars in the main V8 Supercars series, continuing with Fabian Coulthard in car #111, a brand-new Triple Eight Race Engineering FG Falcon, sponsored by Wilson Security, and adding Michael Patrizi in Coulthard's 2008 BF chassis racing under # 333, sponsored by Supply Direct. The licence for the second car was purchased from Jason Bright. PCR made no plans to compete in the Australian Carrera Cup series in 2009, which would later go on hiatus.
Leanne Tander joined the team for the L&H Phillip Island 500 and the Bathurst 1000 alongside David Wall who raced for Paul Cruikshank in the Carrera Cup Series in 2006 and 2007. At the end of the 2009 season Fabian Coulthard was released from his contract to join Walkinshaw Racing, the leased racing entitlement contract used to run Patrizi's car was returned to Britek Motorsport and the #111 REC was sold. Cruickshank wound up the team and took a management position within Stone Brothers Racing.
Paul currently runs Paul Cruikshank Automotive Centre in Moorabbin, Victoria.
Complete Bathurst 1000 results Year No. Car Drivers Position Laps 2006 20 Ford Falcon BA Marcus Marshall Jonathon Webb DNF 90 2007 111 Ford Falcon BF John Bowe Jonathon Webb 14th 160 2008 111 Ford Falcon BF Fabian Coulthard Alex Davison 10th 161 2009 111 Ford Falcon FG Fabian Coulthard Michael Patrizi DNF 120 333 Ford Falcon BF David Wall Leanne Tander 18th 160
Results Car No. 111 results Year Driver No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 Pts 2006 Mark Winterbottom ADER1 ADER2 PUKR3 PUKR4 PUKR5 BARR6 BARR7 BARR8 WINR9 WINR10 WINR11 HDVR12 HDVR13 HDVR14 QLDR15 QLDR16 QLDR17 ORAR18 ORAR19 ORAR20 SANR21 BATR22 SURR23 SURR24 SURR25 SYMR26 SYMR27 SYMR28 BHRR29 BHRR30 BHRR31 PHIR32 PHIR33 PHIR34 3rd 3089 2007 ADER1 ADER2 BARR3 BARR4 BARR5 PUKR6 PUKR7 PUKR8 WINR9 WINR10 WINR11 EASR12 EASR13 EASR14 HDVR15 HDVR16 HDVR17 QLDR18 QLDR19 QLDR20 ORAR21 ORAR22 ORAR23 SANR24 BATR25 SURR26 SURR27 SURR28 BHRR29 BHRR30 BHRR31 SYMR32 SYMR33 SYMR34 PHIR35 PHIR36 PHIR37 5th 420 2008 ADER1 ADER2 EASR3 EASR4 EASR5 HAMR6 HAMR7 HAMR8 BARR29 BARR10 BARR11 SANR12 SANR13 SANR14 HDVR15 HDVR16 HDVR17 QLDR18 QLDR19 QLDR20 WINR21 WINR22 WINR23 PHIQR PHIR24 BATR25 SURR26 SURR27 SURR28 BHRR29 BHRR30 BHRR31 SYMR32 SYMR33 SYMR34 ORAR35 ORAR36 ORAR37 2nd 3079 2009 ADER1 ADER2 HAMR3 HAMR4 WINR5 WINR6 SYMR7 SYMR8 HDVR9 HDVR10 TOWR11 TOWR12 SANR13 SANR14 QLDR15 QLDR16 PHIQR PHIR17 BATR18 SURR19 SURR20 SURR21 SURR22 PHIR23 PHIR24 BARR25 BARR26 SYDR27 SYDR28 5th 2414 External links The Official Wilson Security Racing site
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ja:V8スーパーカー sv:V8 Supercar