M3 Motorsport was an Australian motor racing team that competed in Australian touring car racing between

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and 2003.

History

M3 Motorsport was founded by Sydney club racers John Cotter and Peter Doulman when they purchased a pair of ex Mobil 1 Racing ex JPS BMW M3s in 1989. Debuting at the 1989 Oran Park 300, the team won the under 2.5 litre class at that year's

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. Over the next few years, the team would primarily compete in the

Australian Touring Car Championship The Australian Touring Car Championship (ATCC) is a touring car racing award held in Australia since 1960. The series itself is no longer contested, but the title lives on, with the winner of the Repco Supercars Championship awarded the trophy ...

and AMSCAR rounds at

Amaroo Park Amaroo Park Raceway was a motor racing circuit located in Annangrove, New South Wales, in the present-day north-western suburbs of Sydney, Australia. Opened in 1967, the road circuit served as a venue for a variety of competitions including t ...

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and Oran Park as well as the

. The cars were prepared at Doulman Automotive, Auburn. In 1993, the cars were converted to 2 litre specifications with Doulman competing at all nine rounds to win the

championship In sport, a championship is a competition in which the aim is to decide which individual or team is the champion. Championship systems Various forms of competition can be referred to by the term championship. Title match system In this system ...

. Cotter and Doulman went on to win the 2 litre class at the 1993 Bathurst 1000. In 1994, Doulman competed in all rounds of the

Australian Manufacturers' Championship The Australian Manufacturers' Championship was a motor racing title awarded by the Confederation of Australian Motor Sport (CAMS) to the winning car manufacturer in an annual series of races held throughout Australia. Whilst the first two champi ...

. In 1995, M3 Motorsport entered

V8 Supercars 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 ...

, after purchasing

Larry Perkins Larry Clifton Perkins (born 18 March 1950) is a former racing driver and V8 Supercar team owner from Australia. Biography Early years Growing up on a farm in Cowangie in the Mallee region of Victoria, Larry, the son of racing driver Eddi ...

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Holden Commodore VP The Holden Commodore (VP) is a full-size car that was produced by Holden from 1991 to 1993. It was the second iteration of the second generation of the Commodore. Its range included the luxury variants, Holden Berlina (VP) and Holden Calais (V ...

from Greg Crick, debuting the car at the

. Over the next few years, M3 Motorsport would compete primarily at East Coast events, picking up Gatorade sponsorship in 1997. In 1999, the team upgraded to an ex

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 ...

Commodore VT. John Cotter last drove for the team in

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, with the car being driven by Bob McDonald in the Development Series in 2002 and 2003.

References

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External links

John Cotter
Drivers Database
Peter Doulman
Drivers Database Australian auto racing teams Auto racing teams established in 1989 Auto racing teams disestablished in 2003 Sports teams in New South Wales Supercars Championship teams 1989 establishments in Australia 2003 disestablishments in Australia