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Greg Murphy
Greg Murphy Pukekohe 2014
NationalityNew Zealander
Born (1972-08-23) 23 August 1972 (age 52)
Hastings, New Zealand
V8SuperTourer
Years active2012-14
TeamsM3 Racing
Car number1
Starts57
Wins22
Poles4
Fastest laps11
Best finish1st in 2013 & 2014
Supercars Championship career
Car number51
Current teamHolden Racing Team
Championships0
Races448
Wins28
Podiums81
Pole positions13
2014 position35th (450 pts)

Greg Murphy (born 23 August, 1972) is a New Zealand professional racing driver, best known as a four-time winner[1] of the Bathurst 1000. Greg Murphy joined Jeremy Clarkson and Richard Hammond presenting Top Gear Live, when it had its first international Live show at ASB Showgrounds in Auckland from 12–15 February 2009, and again when the show returned in 2010 with James May replacing Hammond.

History

1994 Ralt Formula Brabham

Murphy became involved in motorsports by the age of eight, progressing through karts to saloons and single-seaters before moving to Australia. He first competed at the Bathurst circuit in 1994. The following two years he drove for Brad Jones Racing in the Australian Super Touring Championship and the Holden Racing Team (HRT) in endurance events, winning the Bathurst 1000 with Craig Lowndes in 1996. He drove for the HRT full-time in 1997 and almost won the championship. Due to Craig Lowndes' return from overseas, Murphy only drove for the team in the endurance races in 1998.

In 1999, he joined Gibson Motorsport and paired with Steven Richards to win the Bathurst 1000. In the 2001 V8 Supercar season, Murphy joined the newly formed Kmart Racing team and had two Bathurst 1000 wins with teammate Rick Kelly, in 2003 and 2004. Murphy had two championship runners-up while at Kmart Racing, in 2002 and 2003. In 2001 and 2004 he finished fourth in the championship.

He is one of the best known V8 Supercar drivers (car No. 51 since 2001) and has won four rounds at his home circuit at Pukekohe, near Auckland (2001, 2002, 2003 and 2005). At the Mount Panorama Circuit at Bathurst, Murphy has the second best record for a Kiwi with four wins, compared to Jim Richards' seven.

Murphy's 2003 pole position of 2:06.8594 at Bathurst stood as the fastest lap ever recorded at Mount Panorama Circuit until eclipsed seven years later. It is known colloquially as "The Lap of the Gods" and widely regarded as one of the finest moments in Bathurst folklore.[2][3]

In November of 2003, Murphy won the Bathurst 24 Hour race in the Garry Rogers Motorsport built, 7.0 litre V8 Holden Monaro 427C alongside Peter Brock, Jason Bright and Todd Kelly.[4] Murphy qualified the #05 Monaro in second place behind the 2002 race winning Monaro of team mate Garth Tander. The two Monaro's led the race throughout with Murphy in the car finishing only 0.3505 in front of Tander after 527 laps of racing.[5]

During 2005 and 2006 Murph moved to Paul Weel Racing (PWR) where he initially had good results until changing to the Perkins engines. Since then Murphy has never really had any outstanding performances. Murphy joined Tasman Motorsport in 2007 where his lack of results continued.[6]

Murphy joined Paul Morris Motorsport in 2010 to drive Castrol supported Commodore.[7] While the partnership looked like it was to reignite the "old murph" his performances and a poor car failed to produce results thus the announcement came in November 2010 that the partnership would split.

Murphy joined Kelly Racing for 2011 in a late deal with major sponsor Pepsi Max. Throughout the year the Pepsi Max Crew car has undergone four different paint schemes all with a graffiti theme. Murphy has had varying success throughout the year and as he has become more comfortable with his car and the team he has had some good performances, including pole position at the Bathurst 1000.[8]

2013 saw Murphy return to Holden Racing Team on a part-time basis, co-driving with Car #22 driver James Courtney in the endurance events. However, Bathurst saw Murphy involved in a heavy crash at Reid Park, therefore ending his chances of finishing the race. The bad luck didn't end there, with yet another serious incident bringing Car #22 down (this time involving Paul Dumbrell from Triple Eight Race Engineering) in Race 1 at Gold Coast.

Notable career events

2008 Holden VE Commodore V8 Supercar
  • 1994 – Won the New Zealand Grand Prix at Manfeild driving a Reynard 90D
  • 1996 – Second in the GT2 Class at Le Mans
  • 1996 – Won Bathurst 1000 and Sandown 500 with Craig Lowndes and the Holden Racing Team
  • 1999 – Won the Bathurst 1000 with Steven Richards
  • 2000 – Third at Bathurst with Steven Richards
  • 2001 – Helped to create Kmart Racing after Gibson Motorsport turned to Ford and Craig Lowndes. Finished third at Bathurst with Todd Kelly
  • 2002 – Was given the biggest penalty (five minutes) in V8 racing history because of a pitlane infringement by his team. His car was released early, rupturing a refuelling hose and spilling fuel in the pit box
  • 2003 – Set the fastest lap ever on the 6.213 km (later eclipsed in 2010 by Craig Lowndes) Mount Panorama Circuit during the Top 10 Shootout, with a time of 2:06.8594. Won Bathurst 1000 with Rick Kelly. Won Bathurst 24 Hour with Peter Brock, Todd Kelly and Jason Bright
  • 2004 – Won Bathurst 1000 again with Rick Kelly
  • 2008 – Finished second at Bathurst 1000
  • 2011 – Got pole position for the second time at Bathurst and finished 3rd in the 2011 Bathurst 1000
  • 2012 – Won the first ever V8SuperTourer race at Hampton Downs, then eventually finished Runner-up for the Season.
  • 2013 - Greg Murphy Won the V8SuperTourer Sprint Series and Overall Championship, his first Championship Win in 17 years.
  • 2014 - Murphy Won the V8SuperTourer Sprint Series and Overall Championship for the second year in a row. Greg also finished second in the Sandown 500 with James Courtney.
The Holden VE Commodore of Greg Murphy at the 2011 Clipsal 500 Adelaide
Greg Murphy at the 2006 Australian Grand Prix
Greg Murphy at the 2014 ITM Auckland 500
Season Series Position Car Team
1992 Nissan-Mobil Series 3rd Ford Sierra RS500 Mark Petch Motorsport
1994 Australian Drivers' Championship 2nd Ralt RT23 Holden Triple Eight Racing
1994 Australian Manufacturers' Championship 8th Toyota Carina Orix Racing
1994 New Zealand Gold Star 2nd Reynard 90D Holden
1995 Australian Super Touring Championship 4th Audi 80 Quattro Brad Jones Racing
1996 Australian Super Touring Championship 3rd Audi A4 Quattro Brad Jones Racing
1996 New Zealand Mobil Sprints 1st Holden VR Commodore Holden Racing Team
1997 Australian Touring Car Championship 4th Holden VS Commodore Holden Racing Team
1998 Australian Touring Car Championship 30th Holden VT Commodore Holden Racing Team
1999 Shell Championship Series 6th Holden VT Commodore Gibson Motorsport
2000 Shell Championship Series 6th Holden VT Commodore Gibson Motorsport
2001 Shell Championship Series 4th Holden VX Commodore K-mart Racing Team
2002 V8 Supercar Championship Series 2nd Holden VX Commodore K-mart Racing Team
2003 V8 Supercar Championship Series 2nd Holden VX Commodore
Holden VY Commodore
K-mart Racing Team
2004 V8 Supercar Championship Series 4th Holden VY Commodore K-mart Racing Team
2005 V8 Supercar Championship Series 11th Holden VZ Commodore Paul Weel Racing
2006 V8 Supercar Championship Series 24th Holden VZ Commodore Paul Weel Racing
2007 V8 Supercar Championship Series 13th Holden VE Commodore Tasman Motorsport
2008 V8 Supercar Championship Series 16th Holden VE Commodore Tasman Motorsport
2009 V8 Supercar Championship Series 21st Holden VE Commodore Tasman Motorsport
2010 V8 Supercar Championship Series 19th Holden VE Commodore Paul Morris Motorsport
2011 International V8 Supercars Championship 13th Holden VE Commodore Kelly Racing
2012 International V8 Supercars Championship 28th Holden VE Commodore Kelly Racing
2012 V8SuperTourer Championship 2nd Holden VE Commodore M3 Racing
2013 International V8 Supercars Championship 52nd Holden VF Commodore Holden Racing Team
2013 Australian GT Championship 20th Chevrolet Corvette Z06 R-GT3
McLaren MP4-12C GT3
Trofeo Motorsport
VIP Petfoods Racing
2013 V8SuperTourer Championship 1st Holden VE Commodore M3 Racing
2014 V8SuperTourer Championship 1st Holden VE Commodore M3 Racing
2014 International V8 Supercars Championship 35th Holden VF Commodore Holden Racing Team

Complete V8 Supercar results

1996-2008 Round Results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Team Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Position Points
1997 Holden Racing Team Holden VS Commodore CAL
4
PHI
8
SAN
9
SYM
1
WIN
8
EAS
13
LAK
7
BAR
2
MAL
1
ORA
1
4th 550
1998 Holden Racing Team Holden VT Commodore SAN
SYM
LAK
PHI
WIN
MAL
BAR
CAL
10
HID
ORA
30th 38
1999 Gibson Motorsport Holden VT Commodore EAS
7
ADE
2
BAR
26
PHI
16
HID
14
SAN
8
QLD
9
CAL
15
SYM
4
WIN
17
ORA
22
QLD
5
BAT
1
6th 1428
2000 Gibson Motorsport Holden VT Commodore PHI
22
BAR
10
ADE
4
EAS
13
HID
6
CAN
12
QLD
7
WIN
5
ORA
4
CAL
18
QLD
3
SAN
17
BAT
3
6th 1108
2001 K-mart Racing Team Holden VX Commodore PHI
4
ADE
16
EAS
3
HID
4
CAN
27
BAR
3
CAL
11
ORA
20
QLD
3
WIN
2
BAT
3
PUK
1
SAN
6
4th 2724
2002 K-mart Racing Team Holden VX Commodore ADE
2
PHI
24
EAS
5
HID
3
CAN
8
BAR
2
ORA
29
WIN
4
QLD
10
BAT
13
SUR
3
PUK
1
SAN
3
2nd 1569
2003 K-mart Racing Team Holden VY Commodore ADE
9
PHI
3
EAS
5
WIN
14
BAR
2
HID
4
QLD
8
ORA
11
SAN
3
BAT
1
SUR
2
PUK
1
EAS
30
2nd 1899
2004 K-mart Racing Team Holden VY Commodore ADE
4
EAS
5
PUK
3
HID
6
BAR
7
QLD
Ret
WIN
5
ORA
12
SAN
5
BAT
1
SUR
1
SYM
2
EAS
20
4th 1913
2005 Paul Weel Racing Holden VZ Commodore ADE
20
PUK
1
BAR
23
EAS
3
SHA
13
HID
22
QLD
8
ORA
3
SAN
Ret
BAT
Ret
SUR
2
SYM
8
PHI
4
11th 1500
2006 Paul Weel Racing Holden VZ Commodore ADE
19
PUK
21
BAR
12
WIN
13
HID
15
QLD
10
ORA
12
SAN
29
BAT
Ret
SUR
16
SYM
30
BHR
7
PHI
12
24th 1710
2007 Tasman Motorsport Holden VE Commodore ADE
12
BAR
8
PUK
13
WIN
4
EAS
14
HID
20
QLD
10
ORA
18
SAN
14
BAT
4
SUR
6
BHR
11
SYM
15
PHI
12
13th 250
2008 Tasman Motorsport Holden VE Commodore ADE
7
EAS
10
HAM
27
BAR
13
SAN
21
HID
16
QLD
21
WIN
26
PHI Q
17
PHI R
Ret
BAT
2
SUR
19
BHR
14
SYM
12
ORA
24
16th 1572

2009-2013 Race Results

V8 Supercars results
Year Team Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 Final Pos Points
2009 Tasman Motorsport Holden VE Commodore ADE
R1

Ret
ADE
R2

8
HAM
R3

Ret
HAM
R4

8
WIN
R5

22
WIN
R6

20
SYM
R7

9
SYM
R8

22
HID
R9

23
HID
R10

21
TOW
R11

19
TOW
R12

Ret
SAN
R13

11
SAN
R14

23
QLD
R15

17
QLD
R16

Ret
PHI
R17

11
BAT
R18

4
SUR
R19

6
SUR
R20

5
PHI
R21

15
PHI
R22

26
BAR
R23

8
BAR
R24

19
SYD
R25

Ret
SYD
R26

7
21st 1555
2010 Paul Morris Motorsport Holden VE Commodore YMC
R1

YMC
R2

BHR
R3

16
BHR
R4

22
ADE
R5

Ret
ADE
R6

Ret
HAM
R7

18
HAM
R8

15
QLD
R9

23
QLD
R10

Ret
WIN
R11

13
WIN
R12

15
HID
R13

16
HID
R14

18
TOW
R15

23
TOW
R16

17
PHI
R17

13
BAT
R18

6
SUR
R19

13
SUR
R20

15
SYM
R21

3
SYM
R22

5
SAN
R23

23
SAN
R24

10
SYD
R25

Ret
SYD
R26

12
19th 1432
2011 Kelly Racing Holden VE Commodore YMC
R1

21
YMC
R2

9
ADE
R3

18
ADE
R4

19
HAM
R5

8
HAM
R6

Ret
BAR
R7

15
BAR
R8

24
BAR
R9

10
WIN
R10

18
WIN
R11

11
HID
R12

12
HID
R13

22
TOW
R14

19
TOW
R15

20
QLD
R16

6
QLD
R17

7
QLD
R18

13
PHI
Q

3
PHI
R19

11
BAT
R20

3
SUR
R21

6
SUR
R22

4
SYM
R23

Ret
SYM
R24

14
SAN
R25

Ret
SAN
R26

21
SYD
R27

16
SYD
R28

11
13th 1750
2012 Kelly Racing Holden VE Commodore ADE
R1

24
ADE
R2

DNS
SYM
R3

SYM
R4

HAM
R5

DNF
HAM
R6

17
BAR
R7

12
BAR
R8

16
BAR
R9

11
PHI
R10

24
PHI
R11

14
HID
R12

HID
R13

TOW
R14

TOW
R15

QLD
R16

QLD
R17

SMP
R18

SMP
R19

SAN
Q

26
SAN
R20

27
BAT
R21

13
SUR
R22

13
SUR
R23

20
YMC
R24

25
YMC
R25

27
YMC
R26

Ret
WIN
R27

Ret
WIN
R28

Ret
SYD
R29

Ret
SYD
R30

Ret
28th 649
2013 Holden Racing Team Holden VF Commodore ADE
R1

ADE
R2

SYM
R3

SYM
R4

SYM
R5

PUK
R6

PUK
R7

PUK
R8

PUK
R9

BAR
R10

BAR
R11

BAR
R12

COTA
R13

COTA
R14

COTA
R15

COTA
R16

HID
R17

HID
R18

HID
R19

TOW
R20

PO
TOW
R21

PO
QLD
R22

PO
QLD
R23

PO
QLD
R24

PO
WIN
R25

PO
WIN
R26

PO
WIN
R27

PO
SAN
R28

5
BAT
R29

Ret
SUR
R30

Ret
SUR
R31

Ret
PHI
R32

PHI
R33

PHI
R34

SYD
R35

SYD
R36

52nd 222
2014 Holden Racing Team Holden VF Commodore ADE
R1

ADE
R2

ADE
R3

SYM
R4

SYM
R5

SYM
R6

WIN
R7

WIN
R8

WIN
R9

PUK
R10

PUK
R11

PUK
R12

PUK
R13

BAR
R14

BAR
R15

BAR
R16

HID
R17

HID
R18

HID
R19

TOW
R20

TOW
R21

TOW
R22

QLD
R23

QLD
R24

QLD
R25

SMP
R26

SMP
R27

SMP
R28

SAN
R29

2
BAT
R30

13
SUR
R31

Ret
SUR
R32

22
PHI
R33

PHI
R34

PHI
R35

SYD
R36

SYD
R37

SYD
R38

35th 447

Bathurst 1000 results

Year Number Team Car Co-driver Position Laps
1994 56 Bruce Miles Toyota Carina James Kaye 23rd 136
1995 015 Holden Racing Team Holden VR Commodore Craig Lowndes DNF 10
1996 1 Holden Racing Team Holden VR Commodore Craig Lowndes 1st 161
1997 15 Holden Racing Team Holden VR Commodore Craig Lowndes DNF 38
1998 80 Team Vectra Holden Vectra Russell Ingall DNF 83
1998 50 Holden Racing Team Holden VT Commodore Mark Noske DNF 86
1999 7 Gibson Motorsport Holden VT Commodore Steven Richards 1st 161
2000 7 Gibson Motorsport Holden VT Commodore Steven Richards 3rd 161
2001 15 K-mart Racing Team Holden VX Commodore Todd Kelly 3rd 161
2002 51 K-mart Racing Team Holden VX Commodore Todd Kelly 13th 159
2003 51 K-mart Racing Team Holden VY Commodore Rick Kelly 1st 161
2004 15 K-mart Racing Team Holden VY Commodore Rick Kelly 1st 161
2005 51 Supercheap Auto Racing Holden VZ Commodore Paul Weel DNF 144
2006 51 Supercheap Auto Racing Holden VZ Commodore Cameron McConville DNF 104
2007 51 Tasman Motorsport Holden VE Commodore Jason Richards 4th 161
2008 3 Sprint Gas Racing Holden VE Commodore Jason Richards 2nd 161
2009 51 Sprint Gas Racing Holden VE Commodore Mark Skaife 4th 161
2010 51 Castrol Edge Racing Holden VE Commodore Allan Simonsen 6th 161
2011 11 Pepsi Max Crew Holden VE Commodore Allan Simonsen 3rd 161
2012 51 Pepsi Max Crew Holden VE Commodore Owen Kelly 13th 161
2013 22 Holden Racing Team Holden VF Commodore James Courtney DNF 85
2014 22 Holden Racing Team Holden VF Commodore James Courtney 13th 160

New Zealand V8 Supercar results

2013 V8SuperTourer Holden VE Commodore
Year Track Number Team Car Round Result
1996 Pukekohe Park Raceway 1 Holden Racing Team Holden VR Commodore 1st
2001 Pukekohe Park Raceway 51 K-mart Racing Team Holden VX Commodore 1st
2002 Pukekohe Park Raceway 51 K-mart Racing Team Holden VX Commodore 1st
2003 Pukekohe Park Raceway 51 K-mart Racing Team Holden VY Commodore 1st
2004 Pukekohe Park Raceway 51 K-mart Racing Team Holden VY Commodore 3rd
2005 Pukekohe Park Raceway 51 Paul Weel Racing Holden VZ Commodore 1st
2006 Pukekohe Park Raceway 51 Paul Weel Racing Holden VZ Commodore 15th
2007 Pukekohe Park Raceway 51 Tasman Motorsport Holden VE Commodore 11th
2008 Hamilton Street Circuit 51 Tasman Motorsport Holden VE Commodore 25th
2009 Hamilton Street Circuit 51 Tasman Motorsport Holden VE Commodore 22nd
2010 Hamilton Street Circuit 51 Paul Morris Motorsport Holden VE Commodore 14th
2011 Hamilton Street Circuit 11 Pepsi Max Crew Holden VE Commodore 24th
2012 Hamilton Street Circuit 51 Pepsi Max Crew Holden VE Commodore 24th

Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results

Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps Pos. Class
Pos.
1996 New Zealand New Hardware Racing
United Kingdom Parr Motorsport
New Zealand Bill Farmer
United Kingdom Robert Nearn
Porsche 911 GT2 GT2 313 14th 2nd

Complete Bathurst 24 Hour results

Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps Pos. Class
Pos.
2003 Australia Garry Rogers Motorsport Australia Peter Brock
Australia Jason Bright
Australia Todd Kelly
Holden Monaro 427C A 527 1st 1st

V8SuperTourer

In 2011 it was released that in New Zealand they were making a new touring car series, Murphy was instantly interested and after talks with Paul Manuell they decided to make M3 Racing which Richard Moore, Paul Manuell and Greg Murphy would drive their three cars. As soon as Murphy confirmed he would be racing in the 2012 season, New Zealand Businessman Mike Pero signed up to be his major sponsor for the season.

In the 2012 season Murphy had a successful year claiming a pole, 5 race wins and 2 round wins and also the Endurance Championship but because he had to miss two rounds because of back problems he missed out on the overall championship but managed to finish 2nd overall.

The 2013 season Murphy redeemed himself after missing out on the title due to back problems, Murphy managed to win 6 races and finished on the podium 14 times out of 21 races, and after a thrilling final race battle with Ant Pedersen, Murphy won his first SuperTourer title.

Complete V8 SuperTourer results

Year Team Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 Final Pos Points
2012 M3 Racing Holden VE Commodore HAM
R1

1
HAM
R2

1
HAM
R3

7
RUA
R4

RUA
R5

RUA
R6

MAN
R7

3
MAN
R8

3
MAN
R9

1
HAM
R10

4
HAM
R11

5
HAM
R12

3
TAU
R13

TAU
R14

PUK
R15

2
PUK
R16

1
PUK
R17

1
RUA
R18

13
RUA
R19

5
2nd 3080
2013 M3 Racing Holden VE Commodore HAM
R1

1
HAM
R2

1
HAM
R3

1
RUA
R4

2
RUA
R5

2
RUA
R6

Ret
PUK
R7

2
PUK
R8

2
PUK
R9

1
TAU
R10

7
TAU
R11

4
TAU
R12

10
HAM
R13

1
HAM
R14

Ret
HAM
R15

3
HAM
R16

1
HAM
R17

10
HAM
R18

2
PUK
R19

2
PUK
R20

5
PUK
R21

2
1st 3559
2014 M3 Racing Holden VE Commodore HIG
R1

1
HIG
R2

1
HIG
R3

1
MAN
R4

1
MAN
R5

1
MAN
R6

1
PUK
R7

1
PUK
R8

3
PUK
R9

1
PUK
R10

1
PUK
R11

1
PUK
R12

1
PUK
R13

2
1st 1155
2014-15 M3 Racing Holden VE Commodore TAU
R1

Ret
TAU
R2

2
TAU
R3

6
HAM
R4

2
HAM
R5

2
HAM
R6

3
PUK
R7

6
PUK
R8

3
PUK
R9

4
HAM
R10

HAM
R11

HAM
R12

PUK
R13

PUK
R14

PUK
R15

11th 934

References

  1. ^ V8 Supercars Australia History
  2. ^ V8 Supercars Australia Times & Records
  3. ^ "Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000 – 2010 V8 Supercars – Race 18 Mount Panorama – Bathurst V8 Supercars – Practice 5". National Software. 8 October 2010. Retrieved 8 October 2010.
  4. ^ Mount Panorama - Bathurst 23/11/2003 Bathurst 24hr 2003 National Software retrieved on 4 April 2008
  5. ^ 2003 Bathurst 24 Hour - The Finish
  6. ^ Murphy to Tasman Motorsport
  7. ^ McDornan, Gerald (17 December 2009). "Greg Murphy to drive Castrol Edge Commodore". Holden Motorsport. Holden. Retrieved 19 June 2011.
  8. ^ Murphy And Pepsi Join Forces At Kelly Racing
Sporting positions
Preceded by Winner of the New Zealand Grand Prix
1994
Succeeded by
Preceded by Winner of the Bathurst 1000
1996
(with Craig Lowndes)
Succeeded by
Preceded by Winner of the Bathurst 1000
1999
(with Steven Richards)
Succeeded by
Preceded by Winner of the Bathurst 1000
2003, 2004
(with Rick Kelly)
Succeeded by
Preceded by Winner of the Bathurst 24 Hour
2003
(with Peter Brock, Jason Bright
Todd Kelly)
Succeeded by
none
Preceded by Winner of the V8 SuperTourers Championship
2013 & 2014
Succeeded by
incumbent