Paul Morris Motorsport

V8 Supercar Team
Short_name = SuperCheap Auto Racing

Manufacturer = Holden
Principal = Paul Morris
Manager = Nigel Barclay
Drivers = 39. Russell Ingall
67. Paul Morris
Chassis = VE Commodore
Debut = 2000
Drivers_champ = 0
Wins = 1
Poles = 0
Last_season = 2007
Last_position = 12th (78 points)

Paul Morris Motorsport (currently known as SuperCheap Auto Racing) is a racing team in the Australian V8 Supercar series.

Background

The team, which originated in 1989 as a Formula Ford team, evolved from Nemo Racing, which had a long relationship with BMW's works supported operation, winning four Super Touring titles with that manufacturer. The Super Touring team's main sponsors were Benson & Hedges and Diet Coke.

V8 Supercar era

In 2000, Paul Morris Motorsport joined the V8 Supercar Series. Morris had gained experience during 1999 as an enduro driver for the Holden Racing Team. The team was first sponsored by www.awine4u.com.au but then the more well known Big Kev, an Australian cleaning products company, during its first two seasons. In 2001, the team won its first race at Calder Park Raceway. In 2002, Big Kev was replaced by Sirromet Wines, a Queensland winery owned by the Morris family.

Paul Morris Motorsports completed its first all new in-house V8 Supercar in 2001. Since then, the team has built a number of Commodore race cars for its own use and for clients, as well as manufacturing its own specialised components. In 2005, Team Sirromet again expanded its engineering services and supplied a car and crew for Team Kiwi Racing. In 2006, the team began entering two cars in each V8 Supercar round; one driven by Morris, and the other shared between Fabian Coulthard, Alan Gurr and Steven Ellery. After Bathurst this car was re branded as the Holden Young Lions car and shared between Jack Perkins and Shane Price. In the 2007 season, Coulthard was the full-time driver of the #39 Commodore while Paul Morris remained in car #67. After the enduros races Coulthard was replaced in the #39 by Owen Kelly.

In 2008 Russell Ingall will drive for PMM under the new label SuperCheap Auto Racing with the new title sponsor SuperCheap Auto, in conjunction with Sirromet Wines.

External links

* [http://www.paulmorris.com.au Official website]
* [http://holdenmotorsport.com/default.aspx?s=newsdisplay&id=66668 Ingall to drive for SuperCheap Auto Racing]