Alan Gurr | |
---|---|
Nationality | Australian |
Born | Sydney, New South Wales | 3 February 1982
Retired | 2007 |
V8 Supercar | |
Years active | 2003-07 |
Teams | Paul Morris Motorsport Britek Motorsport |
Starts | 27 |
Previous series | |
2000-02 2001 2003 2004 | Australian Super Touring Championship Australian Drivers' Champ. Australian Formula 3 Championship Konica V8 Supercar Series |
Championship titles | |
2002 | Australian Super Touring Series |
Alan Gurr (born 3 February 1982) is an Australian retired V8 Supercars driver. Gurr was a young karting star both on a national and international level who graduated through the Junior ranks to V8 Supercars with immediate results winning on debut in the V8 Development series. He was the teammate of Jason Bright at Britek Motorsport in 2007. He has also driven for Team Sirromet Wines in the 2006 V8 Supercar Championship Series as well as Holden Young Lions in 2004.
In the 2007 Endurance Races, He was partnered with Warren Luff in car 26. After the 2007 season Gurr retired with recurring injuries from a serious accident earlier in his career. He was replaced by Marcus Marshall in the #26 Irwin backed Ford, and he has since not raced in the series.
Season | Series | Position | Car | Team |
---|---|---|---|---|
2000/01 | Australian Super Touring Championship | 5th | Ford Mondeo Nissan Primera | Knight Racing Hi-Tech Motorsport |
2001 | Australian Drivers Championship | 3rd | Reynard 94D Holden | Ralt Australia |
2002 | Australian Super Touring Series | 1st | BMW 320i | NEMO Racing |
2003 | Australian Formula 3 Championship | Dallara F301 Alfa Romeo | Piccola Scuderia Corse | |
V8 Supercar Championship Series | Holden VX Commodore | Paul Morris Motorsport | ||
2004 | Konica Minolta V8 Supercar Series | Holden VX Commodore | Smiths Trucks Holden Young Lions | |
V8 Supercar Championship Series | Holden VY Commodore | Paul Morris Motorsport | ||
2005 | Australian Carrera Cup Championship | Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 996 | Glenfords / Hitachi / Sirromet | |
V8 Supercar Championship Series | Holden VZ Commodore | Paul Morris Motorsport | ||
2006 | V8 Supercar Championship Series | Holden VZ Commodore | Team Sirromet Wines | |
2007 | V8 Supercar Championship Series | Ford BF Falcon | Britek Motorsport |
Year | Team | Car | Co-driver | Position | Laps |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
2002 | McDougall Motorsport | Holden VX Commodore | Dugal McDougall | DNF | 82 |
2003 | Robert Smith Racing | Holden VX Commodore | Jonny Reid | DNF | 4 |
2004 | Paul Morris Motorsport | Holden VY Commodore | Paul Morris | DNF | 50 |
2005 | Team Kiwi Racing | Holden VZ Commodore | John Faulkner | 10th | 158 |
2006 | Paul Morris Motorsport | Holden VZ Commodore | Kayne Scott | DNF | 24 |
2007 | Britek Motorsport | Ford BF Falcon | Warren Luff | DNF | 134 |
The Supercars Championship is a touring car racing category in Australia, running as an International Series under Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA) regulations, governing the sport.
Walkinshaw Andretti United is an Australian motor racing team based in the Melbourne suburb of Clayton. The team, initially branded as the Holden Racing Team, used to field Holden Commodores in the Supercars Championship before making the switch to Ford Mustangs for the 2023 season. The two cars are currently driven by Nick Percat and Chaz Mostert.
Russell Ingall is a former full-time Australian V8 Supercar driver. He won his V8 Supercars title in 2005, and finished second in 1998, 1999, 2001 and 2004. Ingall has also won the Bathurst 1000, in 1995 and 1997. His particular driving style earned him the nickname "Enforcer".
James Anthony Courtney is an Australian racing driver competing in the Repco Supercars Championship. He currently drives the No. 5 Ford Mustang GT for Tickford Racing. Courtney won the 2010 V8 Supercar Championship Series driving for the Dick Johnson Racing team.
Mark "Frosty" Winterbottom is an Australian professional racing driver. He currently competes in the Repco Supercars Championship, driving the No. 18 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 for Team 18. His career highlights include winning the 2013 Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000, twice winning the Sandown 500 and receiving the Mike Kable Young Gun Award in 2003. Winterbottom has also won his maiden championship title in the 2015 International V8 Supercars Championship, making it the first title for Ford in five years. He also voices himself in the Australian version of the hit 2011 film, Cars 2.
Paul Dumbrell is an Australian business executive and retired racing driver.
Todd Kelly is a retired Australian professional racing driver who competed in the Virgin Australia Supercars Championship. He is the older brother of fellow Supercars driver and former Bathurst 1000 winner, Rick Kelly. He drove for the Holden Racing Team from 2003 until 2007, and Perkins Engineering in 2008. Since 2009, he has been with his family team Kelly Racing. He is the youngest driver to have reached 100 starts in the series.
Paul Morris Motorsport, also known as its business name of Nemo Racing, is an Australian motor racing team that competed in V8 Supercars between 2000 and 2012. The team also won the 1997 AMP Bathurst 1000 and four Australian Super Touring Championships. The team is based at the Norwell Motorplex in Norwell, Queensland and currently competes in the Super3 Series.
Britek Motorsport was an Australian Supercars motor racing team owned by Bathurst 1000 winning driver Jason Bright. Established in 2005, the team originally ran as an independent team, however since 2010, its only remaining asset has been one Racing Entitlement Contract, which was most recently used to enter a fourth Ford FG X Falcon for Prodrive Racing Australia in 2017, officially under the Britek name, then leased out for a further two seasons. This was sold ahead of the 2020 season.
Paul Cruickshank Racing was an Australian motor racing team that competed in several Sports Car and Touring Car categories.
Jack Perkins is an Australian motor racing driver who competes in the Pirtek Enduro Cup. He currently co-drives with Will Brown in the No. 9 Holden ZB Commodore for Erebus Motorsport. He is the son of retired Australian race driver and former team owner Larry Perkins, in whose team Perkins Engineering, he drove between 2006 and 2008. Initially competing as an endurance race only driver in 2006, in 2007 Perkins graduated to the full-time drive in the No. 11 Perkins Engineering car, the number made famous in Australian racing by his father.
Dean Justin Canto is a multiple-championship winning Australian motor racing driver. Best noted as a Supercars driver, Canto was the inaugural winner of the second-tier V8 Supercar development series in 2000, and the first to become a multiple-champion five years later. Canto has been a regular in the main Supercars Championship for a variety of teams racing both full-time and as a part-time endurance race co-driver.
Lee Holdsworth is a semi-retired Australian racing driver. He won the 2021 Bathurst 1000 alongside Chaz Mostert and finished his full-time career after the 2022 season, after nearly two decades of racing. He will be co driving the Walkinshaw Andretti United Optus/Mobil 1 Ford Mustang #25 with Chaz Mostert in 2023 at Sandown Raceway and the Bathurst 1000.
Fabian "Fabs" Coulthard is a British-born New Zealand professional race car driver, currently competing in the Repco Supercars Championship, who will drive as an endurance co-driver for Nick Percat with Walkinshaw Andretti United. Fabian is a second cousin of former Formula One driver David Coulthard.
Shane Price, is an Australian motor racing driver who raced for two seasons in the V8 Supercar Championship Series in 2007 and 2008. He has been a front runner in several different motor racing series and is a former New Zealand Superkart champion.
The 2008 V8 Supercar Championship Series was the tenth V8 Supercar Championship Series and the twelfth series in which V8 Supercars contested the premier Australian touring car title. The championship began on 21 February at the Clipsal 500 on the streets of Adelaide and concluded on 7 December at Oran Park Raceway. It consisted of 14 rounds covering all states and the Northern Territory of Australia as well as rounds in New Zealand and Bahrain.
The 2007 V8 Supercar season featured the ninth V8 Supercar Championship Series which began on 1 March and concluded on 2 December. This championship consisted of 14 rounds covering all states and the Northern Territory of Australia as well as rounds in New Zealand and Bahrain. The series also carried the Australian Touring Car Championship title, which was awarded by CAMS for the 48th time in 2007.
The 2004 Konica Minolta V8 Supercar Series was an Australian touring car series held for V8 Supercars. It was the fifth series held for second tier V8 Supercars. The season began on 22 February 2004 at Wakefield Park and finished on 22 August at Mallala Motor Sport Park. The season consisted of six rounds held across four different states, returning to Queensland for the first time since 2001.
James Moffat is an Australian professional racing driver who competed in the Virgin Australia Supercars Championship. In 2018 he drove for Wall Racing in the Porsche Carrera Cup Australia Championship. Moffat also races as a co-driver for Tickford Racing in the Pirtek Enduro Cup in a Ford Mustang GT, alongside Cameron Waters.
John Faulkner Racing (JFR) was an Australian motor racing team that competed in AUSCAR, NASCAR and V8 Supercars racing in the 1990’s and early 2000’s