James Rosenberg Racing was a

V8 Supercar The Supercars Championship is a touring car racing category in Australia, running as an International Series under Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA) regulations, governing the sport. Supercars events take place in all Australian ...

racing team owned by South Australian agricultural business identity, James Rosenberg. The team was reformed in 2010 with

Tim Slade Tim Slade (born 3 August 1985) is an Australian racing driver who competes in the Repco Supercars Championship. Slade currently drives the No. 3 Ford Mustang GT for Blanchard Racing Team. Early career Slade first appeared at a national level ...

as the team's driver after a toe-in-the water year working with

Paul Morris Motorsport Paul Morris Motorsport, also known as its business name of Nemo Racing, is an Australian motor racing team that competed in V8 Supercars between 2000 and 2012. The team also won the 1997 AMP Bathurst 1000 and four Australian Super Touring Cha ...

in 2009.

Biography

The team began in the 1980s as a

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team with Rosenberg himself as driver. In

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the opportunity presented to step into the

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with the 1993 Bathurst winning

Perkins Engineering Perkins Engineering was a team contesting the Australian V8 Supercar Championship Series, operating as an active racing team between 1986 and 2008. From 2009 onwards, the involvement of Perkins Engineering in the championship wounded back into ...

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for

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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-

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the team upgraded to an ex

Holden Racing Team Walkinshaw Andretti United is an Australian motor racing team based in the Melbourne suburb of Clayton. The team currently fields two Holden ZB Commodores in the Supercars Championship for Nick Percat and Chaz Mostert, along with a Porsche 91 ...

VT Commodore before folding part way through the 2000 season. Rosenberg became involved in the running of

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, and the emerging career of

, assisting him into the

team for

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. Rosenberg announced the reformation of the team in December 2009 after acquiring a Racing Entitlement Contract from

Paul Cruickshank Racing Paul Cruickshank Racing was an Australian motor racing team that competed in several Sports Car and Touring Car categories. History While new to the championship in 2006, Cruickshank has run several cars in the Fujitsu V8 Supercars Series, Dev ...

, to race a

Stone Brothers Racing Stone Brothers Racing (SBR) was an Australian motor racing team that competed in the International V8 Supercars Championship between 1998 and 2012. The team was formed in 1998 when Ross and Jim Stone bought Alan Jones's shares in Alan Jones ...

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for Tim Slade in

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. This arrangement continued in

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and

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with a few podium positions. Between 2010 and 2012, The team shared a pit boom with

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's entry. As part of the sale of Stone Brothers Racing to

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, James Rosenberg Racing campaigned a Mercedes-Benz E63 in

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. 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 Britek Motorsport was an Australian Supercars Championship, Supercars motor racing team owned by Bathurst 1000 winning driver Jason Bright. Established in 2005, the team originally ran as an independent team, however since 2010, its only remaini ...

. In November 2013 James Rosenberg announced he would be taking his REC to operate a car out of the

Walkinshaw Racing Walkinshaw Andretti United is an Australian motor racing team based in the Melbourne suburb of Clayton. The team currently fields two Holden ZB Commodores in the Supercars Championship for Nick Percat and Chaz Mostert, along with a Porsche ...

operation in

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with

Nick Percat Nick Percat (born 14 September 1988) is an Australian racing driver who currently races in the Repco Supercars Championship, driving for Walkinshaw Andretti United in the No. 2 Holden ZB Commodore. He won the Bathurst 1000 at his first attempt ...

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

Results

Complete Bathurst 1000 results

Gallery

References

{{Reflist Australian auto racing teams Sports teams in Victoria (Australia) Supercars Championship teams 1995 establishments in Australia 2014 disestablishments in Australia