PAE Motorsport was a

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team that contested the 1999 V8 Supercars Series

History

PAE Motorsport was formed at the end of 1998 by Kevin Otway and Stephen Renshaw, operating out of Renshaw's Precision Auto Engineering business in

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, with John Bowe hired to drive. The team commenced the

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season with an ex-

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, with a Falcon AU debuted at round three. The team was sponsored by

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. Renshaw had previously been associated with Graham Blythman's Perth-based Holden V8 team in 1994. The team was sold in September 1999 to John Briggs Motorsport and relocated to

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.Career Highlights
John Bowe

References

Australian auto racing teams Auto racing teams established in 1999 Auto racing teams disestablished in 1999 Sport in Perth, Western Australia 1999 establishments in Australia 1999 disestablishments in Australia {{motorsport-stub Supercars Championship teams