Tony D'Alberto Racing, was a motor racing team which competed in the V8 Supercars Championship, an

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n based motor racing series. The team, which was owned by the D'Alberto family, operated a single entry for

Tony D'Alberto Antonio Alvano "Tony" D'Alberto (born 9 December 1985) is an Australian professional racing driver. He currently drives the No.17 Ford Mustang S650, Ford Mustang GT for Dick Johnson Racing as a co-driver in the Supercars Championship. Racing ca ...

while on occasion fielding a second car in the second tier

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Racing history

Early days

Formed originally as a

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racing team running a two-year-old

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chassis in 2002, the team sat dormant as D'Alberto moved into the Fujitsu V8 Supercar Series racing for other teams, including Independent Racing Cars Australia. In 2005 D'Alberto restarted his own team and made steady progress through the Fujitsu Series ranks before winning the series in

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V8 Supercars

During the 2007 endurance racing season, D'Alberto co-drove with his old team Independent Racing Cars Australia, who were now operating the

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V8 Supercar Racing Entitlement Contract. For 2008 Nash switched his franchise over to the D'Alberto team allowing TDR to race in the V8 Supercar Championship Series for the first time. The team, like all single car teams, has struggled to make progress, and has not matched performances to that of IRCA when they operated the Nash owned franchise. 2009 saw Andrew Thompson join D'Alberto for the endurance event races. Tony finished 26th in qualifying race A at the 2009 L&H 500 and Thompson finished 7th in race B and together a commendable 15th in the feature race. At the 2009 Bathurst 1000 the pair finished 10th in the 1000 km race. TDR and Nash went separate ways for 2010 when TDR brought a franchise to run in the series themselves. The team ran under the banner of Centaur Racing in 2010 and acquired the services of Shane Price for the endurance races at

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and Bathurst, while Portuguese

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driver

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was signed to compete alongside D'Alberto in the

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. In 2011, the team received sponsorship from Wilson Security and would compete under the banner of Wilson Security Racing, and following the season opening round at Abu Dhabi, D'Alberto switched to a

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built by Ford Performance Racing. D'Alberto's former Walkinshaw built VE Commodore was campaigned as the team's Development Series entry driven by David Wall. Dale Wood joined the team for the endurance events at Phillip Island and Bathurst. Italian formula one driver

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joined the team for the Gold Coast 600. For 2012, Wilson Security left the team, being replaced by Hiflex Mobile Hose Service. Dale Wood remained with the team for the endurance events at Sandown and Bathurst. Vitantonio Liuzzi returned for the Gold Coast 600. The team moved back to Holden for 2013, with technical assistance from Walkinshaw Racing. Hiflex remained with the team for 2013 but the team folded at the end of the 2013 season. Its equipment was sold to Walkinshaw Racing, including the #3 Holden Commodore. After unsuccessfully trying to form an alliance with

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, the Racing Entitlement Contract was returned to V8Supercars. File:Ford FG Falcon of Tony D'Alberto 2012.JPG, The

of Tony D'Alberto Racing at the

2012 Clipsal 500 Adelaide The 2012 Clipsal 500 was a motor race for the Australian sedan-based V8 Supercars. It was the first event of the 2012 International V8 Supercars Championship, and the fourteenth running of the Clipsal 500. It was held on the weekend of 1–4 ...

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of Tony D'Alberto Racing at the 2013 Clipsal 500 Adelaide

Complete Bathurst 1000 results

Drivers

Supercars Championship Drivers

Part Time Drivers are listed in ''Italics'' *

(2008-2013) * '' Jason Bargwanna'' (2008) * '' Andrew Thompson'' (2009) * '' Shane Price'' (2010) * ''

'' (2010) * ''

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'' (2011) * '' Dale Wood'' (2011-2012) * ''

'' (2011-2012) * ''

Jonny Reid Jonathan Ross Reid, more commonly known as Jonny Reid, (born 18 October 1983 in Auckland) is a New Zealand racing driver. Career Early career Reid started his career in karting at the age of 8. In 1996, Reid won his first title, the New Ze ...

'' (2013)

Super2 Drivers

Part Time Drivers are listed in ''Italics'' *

(2005-2007) * '' Mark McNally'' (2006-2007) * David Reynolds (2008) * '' David Wall'' (2011) * '' Dale Wood'' (2011) * Nick McBride (2013)

External links

References

{{reflist Supercars Championship teams Australian auto racing teams Sports clubs and teams in Victoria (state) Auto racing teams disestablished in 2013 Auto racing teams established in 2002