Sprint Gas Racing get ready for the Enduros
September 2nd 2008 23:58
Sprint Gas Racing have announced their driver pairings for the Enduros, starting with the L&H 500 at Phillip Island in 9 days time. Team member Jason Richards will make his 100th Championship start and is enthusiastic about the team’s chances as he gets ready to share the drive with team mate Greg Murphy.
“The team has been working towards the endurance rounds all season; I think we’ll be fast,” said Richards. “We’ve put a lot of work in to the development of these cars. My car has qualified in the top 10 for the past four rounds and we’ve had good race pace.”
Extensive damage suffered at Winton Raceway caused $80,000 of damage to the number 3 Commodore and repairs are still underway but there is no doubt that the car will be back to its racing best for the L&H 500. Greg Murphy has also shown his support for the damaged car.
“I’m more than happy to be driving a car other than mine,” he said. “It’s not like I haven’t done this before, I drove car 15 (Rick Kelly’s) in the 2004 endurance campaign.
“Jason’s car has a good chassis set up and has shown strong speed; we all agree that car #3 gives us the best opportunity to win.”
Team Manager, Jeff Grech, is confident that having Murphy and Richards together in the same car will maximise their chances of Championship top ten finishes come December and the series finale at Oran Park.
“I think that Greg and Jason are two of the most impressive drivers in the Championship,” he said. “They work well with each other, they have good ideas and they complement each other’s driving style; pairing them was a no brainer.”
“All componentry has been checked and double checked,” he continued. “The preparation by the team has been some of the best I’ve seen in my career.
“We hope that our efforts produce results at both Phillip Island and Bathurst and that we take some good form through the final several rounds of the season.”
Greg Murphy has stood on the top step of the podium at Bathurst four times so far in 1996, 1999, 2003 and 2004, and Jason Richards came in runner-up in 2005. The 2007 Bathurst campaign saw them pair up to finish a very respectable fourth.
“The team has traditionally been strong at Phillip Island and Bathurst and both circuits rate as favourites for Murph and myself,” Richards said. “The endurance rounds tend to bring out our best. I think we proved at Bathurst last year that we should not be discounted.”
Greg Murphy’s number 51 Holden will be taken over by Mark Noske and Dale Woods for the enduros.
“The team has been working towards the endurance rounds all season; I think we’ll be fast,” said Richards. “We’ve put a lot of work in to the development of these cars. My car has qualified in the top 10 for the past four rounds and we’ve had good race pace.”
Extensive damage suffered at Winton Raceway caused $80,000 of damage to the number 3 Commodore and repairs are still underway but there is no doubt that the car will be back to its racing best for the L&H 500. Greg Murphy has also shown his support for the damaged car.
“I’m more than happy to be driving a car other than mine,” he said. “It’s not like I haven’t done this before, I drove car 15 (Rick Kelly’s) in the 2004 endurance campaign.
“Jason’s car has a good chassis set up and has shown strong speed; we all agree that car #3 gives us the best opportunity to win.”
Team Manager, Jeff Grech, is confident that having Murphy and Richards together in the same car will maximise their chances of Championship top ten finishes come December and the series finale at Oran Park.
“I think that Greg and Jason are two of the most impressive drivers in the Championship,” he said. “They work well with each other, they have good ideas and they complement each other’s driving style; pairing them was a no brainer.”
“All componentry has been checked and double checked,” he continued. “The preparation by the team has been some of the best I’ve seen in my career.
“We hope that our efforts produce results at both Phillip Island and Bathurst and that we take some good form through the final several rounds of the season.”
Greg Murphy has stood on the top step of the podium at Bathurst four times so far in 1996, 1999, 2003 and 2004, and Jason Richards came in runner-up in 2005. The 2007 Bathurst campaign saw them pair up to finish a very respectable fourth.
“The team has traditionally been strong at Phillip Island and Bathurst and both circuits rate as favourites for Murph and myself,” Richards said. “The endurance rounds tend to bring out our best. I think we proved at Bathurst last year that we should not be discounted.”
Greg Murphy’s number 51 Holden will be taken over by Mark Noske and Dale Woods for the enduros.
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