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James Rosenberg Racing


FieldValue
Short_nameJames Rosenberg Racing
ImageFile:Nick Percat 2014 Sydney Motorsport Park 400.JPG
ManufacturerHolden
PrincipalJames Rosenberg
ManagerAdrian Burgess
Drivers222. Nick Percat
ChassisHolden VF Commodore
Debut1995
Drivers_champ0
Wins0
Poles1
Last_season2014
Last_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.

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. 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 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. 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. 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 AMG in 2013. 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.

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

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

Results

Complete Bathurst 1000 results

YearNo.CarDriversPositionLaps1995199619971998199920102011201220132014
38Holden Commodore VPAUS Mark Poole
AUS Ed Ordynski
AUS Bernie StackDNF136
38Holden Commodore VRAUS Mark Poole
AUS Peter Gazzard20th141
38Holden Commodore VSAUS Mark Poole
AUS Tony ScottDNF74
38Holden Commodore VSAUS Mark Poole
AUS Tony ScottDNF34
66Holden Commodore VTAUS Mark Poole
AUS Tony Scott15th157
47Ford Falcon FGAUS Tim Slade
AUS Jack Perkins18th161
47Ford Falcon FGAUS Tim Slade
NZL Daniel Gaunt12th161
47Ford Falcon FGAUS Tim Slade
AUS Andrew Thompson7th161
47Mercedes-Benz E63 AMGAUS Tim Slade
AUS Andrew Thompson26th137
222Holden Commodore VFAUS Nick Percat
GBR Oliver Gavin3rd161

References

References

  1. Normoyle, Steve. (1995). "The Great Race 15". Chevron Publishing.
  2. Normoyle, Steve. (1999). "The Great Race 19". Chevron Publishing.
  3. Normoyle, Steve. (2009). "The Great Race 29". Chevron Publishing.
  4. [http://www.speedcafe.com/2009/11/19/three-out-of-four-v8-recs-sold/ Three out of four RECs sold] ''Speedcafe'' 19 November 2009
  5. [http://www.speedcafe.com/2009/11/21/slades-v8-supercar-future-confirmed/ Slade's V8 Supercar future confirmed] ''Speedcafe'' 21 November 2009
  6. [http://www.speedcafe.com/2013/01/17/erebus-secures-major-sponsor-for-47-mercedes/ Erebus secures major sponsor for #47 Mercedes] ''Speedcafe'' 17 January 2013
  7. [http://www.speedcafe.com/2012/12/14/v8-supercars-pit-lane-order-confirmed/ V8 Supercars pit lane order confirmed] ''Speedcafe'' 14 December 2012
  8. Bartholomaeus, Stefan. (29 November 2013). "Walkinshaw confirms expansion four cars". SpeedCafe.
  9. Bartholomaeus, Stefan. (26 February 2013). "Nick Percat reveals Coates Hire Holden". SpeedCafe.
  10. (3 December 2014). "Rosenberg dumps license in Walkinshaw shock". Speedcafe.
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