Triple Eight Race Engineering (Australia)
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| Manufacturer | Holden |
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| Team Principal | Roland Dane |
| Team Manager | Mark Dutton |
| Race Drivers | 88. Jamie Whincup 97. Shane Van Gisbergen 888. Craig Lowndes |
| Chassis | VF Commodore |
| Debut | 2003 |
| Drivers' Championships | 7 (2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2016) |
| Teams' Championships | 8 (2008, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016) |
| Round wins | 70 |
| Race wins | 144 |
| Pole positions | 93 |
| 2016 position | 88/97: 1st (6,546 points) 888: 9th (2,770 points) |
Triple Eight Race Engineering is an Australian motor racing team competing in the Supercars Championship. The team has been the only Brisbane based V8 Supercar team since its formation, originally operating out of the former Briggs Motor Sport workshop in Bowen Hills before moving to Banyo in 2009. Since taking over the former Briggs Motor Sport team during the 2003 season the team has won the V8 Supercar Championship six times, the team's championship seven times and the Bathurst 1000 six times.
The team currently runs three Holden VF Commodores for their drivers, six-time series champion Jamie Whincup, three-time series champion Craig Lowndes and one-time series champion Shane Van Gisbergen. Additionally the team provides technical support to Tekno Autosports and Charlie Schwerkolt Racing. The team performs its testing at Queensland Raceway.
Originally affiliated with champion British Touring Car Championship race team Triple Eight Racing and owned by Peter Butterly, Roland Dane, Ian Harrison and Derek Warwick, Dane later took majority ownership, with Harrison maintaining a minority shareholding. In late 2015, Dane sold a ~ 30% shareholding in the team to Paul Dumbrell, Tim Miles and Trinette Schipkie.
Triple Eight Race Engineering was formed in 1996 in the United Kingdom, running Vauxhall's program in the British Touring Car Championship before expanding into Australian V8 Supercars, purchasing the Briggs Motor Sport team in September 2003. The sale included a custom-built facility in the Brisbane suburb of Bowen Hills, and a staff of 35 people. Engineers in Brisbane worked closely with the Triple Eight staff in the UK to build two new Ford BA Falcons, while the team principals managed to attract substantial financial support from Ford.
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