Gibson Motorsport
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| Manufacturer |
Nissan (1981–1992) Holden (1993–2000) Ford (2001–2003) |
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| Team Principal | Howard Marsden (1981–1984) Fred Gibson (1986–1999) Garry Dumbrell (2000) Bob Forbes (2001–2003) |
| Team Manager | Howard Marsden (1981–1984) Fred Gibson (1986–1999), (2001) Allan Heaphy (2001–2003) |
| Race Drivers | George Fury, Fred Gibson, Masahiro Hasemi, Kazuyoshi Hoshino, Christine Gibson, Bob Muir, Glenn Seton, Gary Scott, Terry Shiel, Mark Skaife, John Bowe, Grant Jarrett, Anders Olofsson, Jim Richards, Garry Waldon, Drew Price, David Brabham, Colin Bond, Steven Richards, John Cleland, Darren Hossack, Steven Ellery, Darren Pate, David Parsons, Simon Wills, Greg Murphy, David "Truckie" Parsons, Craig Lowndes, Neil Crompton, Rodney Forbes, Neal Bates, Greg Ritter |
| Chassis |
Nissan Bluebird Turbo Nissan Pulsar EXA Nissan Skyline (RS DR30, GTS-R HR31) Nissan Gazelle (S12) Nissan GT-R (R32) Holden Commodore (VP, VR, VS, VT) Ford Falcon (AU, BA) |
| Debut | 1981 |
| Drivers' Championships | 4 |
| Round wins | 35 |
| 2003 position | 32nd (Ritter) 34th (Forbes) |
Gibson Motorsport was an Australian motor racing team that competed in the Australian Touring Car Championship from 1981 until 2003, though the team had its roots in Gibson's "Road & Track" team which ran a series of Ford Falcon GTHOs in Series Production during the late 1960s and early 1970s. The name of the team was also the name of Fred Gibson's automotive business in Sydney. As Gibson was also a driver for the Ford Works Team, his team was sometimes a pseudo-works team when the Ford factory did not enter.
The team was originally established by Howard Marsden as the in-house factory Nissan motorsport operation debuting at Bathurst in 1981 after Nissan decided to go change from rallying to touring car racing. A limited campaign in the 1982 ATCC and the Endurance Championships was followed by full campaigns in 1983 and 1984. The 1.8 litre Bluebird turbo was fast but fragile, although George Fury did finish second in the 1983 series (without taking a win) and took pole at Bathurst in 1984 with a time that would stand until 1990.
At one point of 1984, Marsden had gone to Japan to discuss Nissan's plans for the new Group A category, and when he returned he joined the team at a test session at Melbourne's Calder Park Raceway where lead driver Fury was substantially faster than ever before and had broken the existing touring car lap record on the 1.6 km circuit. Fred Gibson told the story that the normally placid Marsden went into a rage and threatened to fire the entire team on the spot when he found the Bluebird was fitted with a 2.0 litre turbo engine and not the 1.8 litre unit it raced with.
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