Greenfield Mowers Racing

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Greenfield Mowers Racing
Manufacturer BMW
Opel
Ford
Team PrincipalJohn McLean
Race DriversCameron McLean
Tony Scott
Wayne Park
John Cleland
Chassis BMW M3
BMW 318i
Opel Vectra
BMW 320i
Ford EL Falcon
Ford AU Falcon
Drivers' Championships1

Greenfield Mowers Racing was a motor racing team that competed in Australia from the early 1990s until 2000.

History

Greenfield Mowers Racing first came to national prominence competing in the 1995 Australian Sports Sedan Championship with Cameron McLean winning the series in an ex Tony Longhurst Racing BMW M3. At the end of 1995, Tony Longhurst's 1994 Australian 2 litre Championship winning BMW 318i was purchased from Steven Ellery Racing and debuted at the Australian Grand Prix support race. McLean raced it throughout the 1996 Australian Super Touring Championship. [1] [2]

For 1997, a Ray Mallock built Opel Vectra was purchased from South Africa. [3] [4] For 1998 Paul Morris' championship winning BMW 320i was purchased. [2] [5]

In 1999, the team switched to V8 Supercars with an ex Dick Johnson Racing Ford Falcon EL. [6] [7] In 2000, an ex Paul Weel Racing Falcon AU was purchased. [8]

Many of the staff and some of the team's equipment would move to Paragon Motorsport for the 2001 season.

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References

  1. Cameron McLean Super Touring Register
  2. 1 2 Cameron McLean Speedcafe 29 January 2010
  3. 1207 Super Touring Register
  4. Normoyle, Steve (1997). "The Great Race 17". The Great Race: Tooheys 1000 Bathurst Sunday Sept 30 1990. Hornsby: Chevron Publishing. ISSN   1031-6124.
  5. Normoyle, Steve (1998). "The Great Race 18". The Great Race: Tooheys 1000 Bathurst Sunday Sept 30 1990. Hornsby: Chevron Publishing. ISSN   1031-6124.
  6. Normoyle, Steve (1999). "The Great Race 19". The Great Race: Tooheys 1000 Bathurst Sunday Sept 30 1990. Hornsby: Chevron Publishing. ISSN   1031-6124.
  7. DJR EL8 Dick Johnson Racing
  8. Normoyle, Steve (2000). "The Great Race 20". The Great Race: Tooheys 1000 Bathurst Sunday Sept 30 1990. Hornsby: Chevron Publishing. ISSN   1031-6124.