James Rosenberg Racing

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James Rosenberg Racing
Nick Percat 2014 Sydney Motorsport Park 400.JPG
Manufacturer Holden
Team PrincipalJames Rosenberg
Team ManagerAdrian Burgess
Race Drivers222. Nick Percat
Chassis Holden VF Commodore
Debut 1995
Drivers' Championships0
Round wins0
Pole positions1
2014 position11th (1,946 points)

James Rosenberg Racing was a V8 Supercar racing team owned by South Australian agricultural business identity, James Rosenberg. The team was reformed in 2010 with Tim Slade as the team's driver after a toe-in-the water year working with Paul Morris Motorsport in 2009.

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Biography

The team began in the 1980s as a Sports Sedan team with Rosenberg himself as driver. In 1995 the opportunity presented to step into the Australian Touring Car Championship with the 1993 Bathurst winning Perkins Engineering Holden VP Commodore for Formula Holden front-runner Mark Poole. [1] The team was considered a second-tier team within the ranks of the privateers, capable of reaching the top ten results on occasion. In mid-1999 the team upgraded to an ex Holden Racing Team VT Commodore [2] before folding part way through the 2000 season.

Rosenberg became involved in the running of Australian Formula 3, and the emerging career of Tim Slade, assisting him into the Paul Morris Motorsport team for 2009. [3] Rosenberg announced the reformation of the team in December 2009 after acquiring a Racing Entitlement Contract from Paul Cruickshank Racing, to race a Stone Brothers Racing Ford FG Falcon for Tim Slade in 2010. [4] [5] This arrangement continued in 2011 and 2012 with a few podium positions. Between 2010 and 2012, The team shared a pit boom with Rod Nash Racing's entry.

As part of the sale of Stone Brothers Racing to Erebus Motorsport, James Rosenberg Racing campaigned a Mercedes-Benz E63 in 2013. [6] The team struggled in 2013, with Slade recording just 4 Top 10 race finishes, at season's end Slade was 22nd in points. In 2013, the team shared a pit boom with Britek Motorsport. [7]

In November 2013 James Rosenberg announced he would be taking his REC to operate a car out of the Walkinshaw Racing operation in 2014 [8] with Nick Percat signed to drive. [9]

The team closed at the end of 2014, with the REC returned to V8 Supercars. [10]

Results

Complete Bathurst 1000 results

YearNo.CarDriversPositionLaps
1995 38 Holden Commodore VP Flag of Australia (converted).svg Mark Poole
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Ed Ordynski
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Bernie Stack 		DNF136
1996 38 Holden Commodore VR Flag of Australia (converted).svg Mark Poole
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Peter Gazzard 		20th141
1997 38 Holden Commodore VS Flag of Australia (converted).svg Mark Poole
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Tony Scott 		DNF74
1998 38Holden Commodore VS Flag of Australia (converted).svg Mark Poole
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Tony Scott		DNF34
1999 66 Holden Commodore VT Flag of Australia (converted).svg Mark Poole
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Tony Scott		15th157
2010 47 Ford Falcon FG Flag of Australia (converted).svg Tim Slade
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jack Perkins 		18th161
2011 47Ford Falcon FG Flag of Australia (converted).svg Tim Slade
Flag of New Zealand.svg Daniel Gaunt 		12th161
2012 47Ford Falcon FG Flag of Australia (converted).svg Tim Slade
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Andrew Thompson 		7th161
2013 47 Mercedes-Benz E63 W212 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Tim Slade
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Andrew Thompson		26th137
2014 222 Holden Commodore VF Flag of Australia (converted).svg Nick Percat
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Oliver Gavin 		3rd161
The Ford FG Falcon of Tim Slade at the 2010 Clipsal 500. Ford FG Falcon of Tim Slade.JPG
The Ford FG Falcon of Tim Slade at the 2010 Clipsal 500.
The Ford FG Falcon of Tim Slade at the 2011 Clipsal 500. Ford FG Falcon of Tim Slade.jpg
The Ford FG Falcon of Tim Slade at the 2011 Clipsal 500.
The Mercedes-Benz E63 of Tim Slade at the Sydney Motorsport Park test day in 2013. Tim Slade 2013 V8 Supercars Test Day.jpg
The Mercedes-Benz E63 of Tim Slade at the Sydney Motorsport Park test day in 2013.
The Holden VF Commodore of Nick Percat at the 2014 Sydney Motorsport Park 400. Nick Percat 2014 Sydney Motorsport Park 400.JPG
The Holden VF Commodore of Nick Percat at the 2014 Sydney Motorsport Park 400.

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References

  1. ↑ Normoyle, Steve (1995). The Great Race 15. Hornsby: Chevron Publishing. ISSN   1031-6124.
  2. ↑ Normoyle, Steve (1999). The Great Race 19. Hornsby: Chevron Publishing. ISSN   1031-6124.
  3. ↑ Normoyle, Steve (2009). The Great Race 29. Hornsby: Chevron Publishing. ISSN   1031-6124.
  4. ↑ Three out of four RECs sold Speedcafe 19 November 2009
  5. ↑ Slade's V8 Supercar future confirmed Speedcafe 21 November 2009
  6. ↑ Erebus secures major sponsor for #47 Mercedes Speedcafe 17 January 2013
  7. ↑ V8 Supercars pit lane order confirmed Speedcafe 14 December 2012
  8. ↑ Bartholomaeus, Stefan (29 November 2013). "Walkinshaw confirms expansion four cars". SpeedCafe. Retrieved 4 April 2014.
  9. ↑ Bartholomaeus, Stefan (26 February 2013). "Nick Percat reveals Coates Hire Holden". SpeedCafe. Retrieved 4 April 2014.
  10. ↑ "Rosenberg dumps license in Walkinshaw shock". Speedcafe. 3 December 2014.
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