Paul Morris Motorsport

Paul Morris Motorsport

Manufacturer	Ford BMW Holden
Team Principal	Paul Morris
Race Drivers	Tony Longhurst (1988-94) Tomas Mezera (1988) Neville Crichton (1989, 1990) Denny Hulme (1989-92) Alan Jones (1989-92) Mark McLaughlin (1990) Peter Fitzgerald (1991, 1993) Paul Morris (1992-2014) Johnny Cecotto (1992) John Blanchard (1993-94) Geoff Full (1993) Steve Soper (1993) Joachim Winkelhock (1993) Charlie O'Brien (1994-96) Geoff Brabham (1995-97) Craig Baird (1997) Matt Neal (2000, 2008) Kevin Schwantz (2000) Owen Kelly (2000, 2007, 2009) Aaron McGill (2000) Ashley Stitchbury (2001) Wayne Wakefield (2002) John Faulkner (2003) Alan Gurr (2004, 2006) Paul Radisich (2005) Fabian Coulthard (2006-07) Steve Ellery (2006-07) Russell Ingall (2008-11) Boris Said (2008, 2011, 2012) Tim Slade (2009) Greg Murphy 2010 Tim Blanchard (2010) Allan Simonsen (2010) Yvan Muller (2010) Jack Perkins (2010-11) Steve Owen (2011-12) Jan Magnussen (2011)
Chassis	Ford Sierra RS500 BMW M3 BMW 320i Holden Commodore VP Holden Commodore VS Holden Commodore VT Holden Commodore VX Holden Commodore VY Holden Commodore VZ Holden Commodore VE Ford Falcon FG
Debut	1988

Paul Morris Motorsport is an Australian motor racing team that competed in Australian touring car racing between 1988 and 2012.

At the end of 1987 Frank Gardner closed his JPS Team BMW operation, having decided to retire after a period of ill health. Lead driver Jim Richards and the BMW M3s moved to Peter Brock's Mobil 1 Racing team.

For 1988, Tony Longhurst who had raced the second JPS BMW M3, formed his own team on the Gold Coast. A Ford Sierra RS500 was built with Gardner bringing the contract he still held with Amatil. The car competed in the 1988 Australian Touring Car Championship with Freeport cigarettes branding.

Gardner had led the successful protest against the factory-backed Eggenberger Motorsport Ford Sierras at the 1987 Bathurst 1000 which had ultimately cost the Ford the World Touring Car Championship. This made it difficult for the team to source components through Ford in Europe, with endurance co-driver Tomas Mezera who was based in London at the time, trying to source components. Gardner was listed as a consultant, but as the season progressed assumed the team manager's role and would become a shareholder.

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