Super Black Racing was a New Zealand motor racing team that competed in the Australian

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between 2014 and 2016.

History

Super Black Racing was conceived in 2014 by

Paul Radisich Paul Radisich (born 9 October 1962, in Auckland) is a retired New Zealand racing driver and businessman of Croat origin. He has competed in saloon cars for many years — both European-style tourers and the V8 Supercars of Australia and New ...

with the aim of forming a New Zealand team to enter the

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. In June 2014, it was announced the team had been formed with backing from Tony Lentino and Andrew Hiskens. The team debuted at the

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with

Ant Pedersen Anthony Pedersen (born 5 May 1988) is a racing driver from New Zealand. Career V8 SuperTourers In 2012, Pedersen was given the opportunity to run in the brand-new V8SuperTourer category in New Zealand and on the first ever race weekend, he was a ...

and

Andre Heimgartner Andre Heimgartner (born 8 June 1995) is a New Zealand motor-racing driver who currently competes in the Repco Supercars Championship driving the No. 8 Holden Commodore ZB for Brad Jones Racing. Career Formula racing At 12 years of age commenc ...

finishing 11th. The team raced a

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leased from and prepared by Prodrive Racing Australia. Super Black Racing started the 2015 series with Heimgartner driving a customer Prodrive Racing Australia Falcon FG with a Racing Entitlement Contract (REC) leased from

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. A few rounds into the 2015 V8 Supercars season, Super Black Racing upgraded to a

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. After driving in the last two rounds of 2015,

Chris Pither Chris Pither (born 3 December 1986) is a New Zealand professional racing driver, currently competing in the Supercars Championship driving the No. 22 Holden ZB Commodore for PremiAir Racing. Pither has won eight national championships inclu ...

drove the car in

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. With DJR Team Penske taking back its REC, Super Black purchased one from

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. With help from

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, the team also ran a Falcon FG for Simon Evans in the 2015 Development Series. The team raced with number 111, in memory of Mark Porter. Following the death of Lentino, the team ended at the end of 2016 with the REC sold to

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V8 Supercar drivers

The following is a list of drivers who have driven for the team in V8 Supercars, in order of their first appearance. Drivers who only drove for the team on a part-time basis are listed in italics. *

(2014–15) * ''

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(2015–16) * ''

Richie Stanaway Richie Stanaway (born 24 November 1991) is a racing car driver from New Zealand. Career New Zealand Born in Tauranga, Stanaway was originally from a motocross background, before making the switch to speedway at the age of twelve. Following tha ...

'' (2016)

Complete Bathurst 1000 results

References

External links

*{{official website, https://www.superblack.co.nz/ Defunct sports teams in New Zealand New Zealand auto racing teams Auto racing teams established in 2014 Auto racing teams disestablished in 2016 Supercars Championship teams 2014 establishments in New Zealand 2016 disestablishments in New Zealand