50 not out

[mgygto]

Need we say more!

The Holden Racing Team has today created touring car history by becoming the first team to clinch 50 round victories in the Australian Touring Car Championship/V8 Supercar Championship Series.

HRT, the official factory racing team of Holden, first tasted success in a championship event thanks to Peter Brock at Eastern Creek in 1994, and had won 49 rounds prior to the 2005 V8 Supercar Championship Series.

Since the inaugural win in 1994, eight drivers have pushed Team Red to the top of the list. Prior to this weekend, team owner/driver Mark Skaife has claimed 19 of the victories individually, with Craig Lowndes (16), Brock (3), Greg Murphy (3), Jason Bright (3) and Todd Kelly (1) all contributing to the tally.

In addition, the team has won four endurance races that have counted towards the championship where two drivers shared a car. Included in this tally are Skaife’s back-to-back Bathurst 1000 wins (in 2001 with Tony Longhurst and 2002 with Jim Richards), his win in the 2000 Queensland 500 with Lowndes and the 2003 Sandown 500 with Kelly.

The milestone reinforces HRT’s position as the most successful team in ATCC/V8SCS history, clear of Dick Johnson Racing (41 wins). The forerunner to HRT, the famous Holden Dealer Team, clocked up 35 round victories between 1973 and 1986.

In addition, prior to this weekend Skaife had himself won 35 rounds of the ATCC/V8SCS, and was within two victories of equalling all-time leader Peter Brock, who has 37 round wins to his credit. Allan Moffat is third on the all-time list on 32 wins.

“The significance of winning 50 rounds is that it highlights the success of this team in a relatively short time since our first win in 1994,” said HRT owner Skaife.

“We have set a benchmark for consistency with nine round victories in a season once (2002) and eight (1999) and seven wins (1996) once each.

“We’ve also won the championship six times, and Bathurst four times. We’re proud to own an honour roll that no team in Australian touring car history can match.”

HRT’s 50 wins: the honour roll

1. Peter Brock - Eastern Creek, Round 7, 05/06/94 (Commodore VP #05)
2. Craig Lowndes - Eastern Creek, Round 1, 27/01/96 (Commodore VR #15)
3. Craig Lowndes - Sandown, Round 2, 04/02/96 (Commodore VR #15)
4. Craig Lowndes - Symmons Plains, Round 4, 17/03/96 (Commodore VR #15)
5. Craig Lowndes - Lakeside, Round 7, 05/05/96 (Commodore VR #15)
6. Craig Lowndes - Barbagallo, Round 8, 26/05/96 (Commodore VR #15)
7. Craig Lowndes - Mallala, Round 9, 02/06/96 (Commodore VR #15)
8. Peter Brock - Oran Park, Round 10, 17/06/96 (Commodore VR #05)
9. Peter Brock - Barbagallo, Round 7, 06/07/97 (Commodore VS #05)
10. Greg Murphy - Symmons Plains, Round 4, 04/05/97 (Commodore VS #15)
11. Greg Murphy - Mallala, Round 9, 13/07/97 (Commodore VS #15)
12. Greg Murphy - Oran Park, Round 10, 03/08/97 (Commodore VS #15)
13. Craig Lowndes - Sandown, Round 1, 01/02/98 (Commodore VS #15)
14. Craig Lowndes - Symmons Plains, Round 2, 08/02/98 (Commodore VS #15)
15. Craig Lowndes - Phillip Island, Round 4, 19/04/98 (Commodore VS #15)
16. Craig Lowndes - Barbagallo, Round 7, 31/05/98 (Commodore VS #15)
17. Craig Lowndes - Calder Park, Round 8, 21/06/98 (Commodore VS #15)
18. Craig Lowndes - Oran Park, Round 10, 02/08/98 (Commodore VT #15)
19. Mark Skaife - Eastern Creek, Round 1, 28/03/99 (Commodore VT #2)
20. Craig Lowndes - Adelaide 500, Round 2, 11/04/99 (Commodore VT #1)
21. Craig Lowndes - Barbagallo, Round 3, 02/05/99 (Commodore VT #1)
22. Mark Skaife - Phillip Island, Round 4, 16/05/99 (Commodore VT #2)
23. Mark Skaife - Sandown, Round 6, 27/06/99 (Commodore VT #2)
24. Mark Skaife - Calder Park, Round 8, 25/07/99 (Commodore VT #2)
25. Mark Skaife - Symmons Plains, Round 9, 08/08/99 (Commodore VT #2)
26. Mark Skaife - Oran Park, Round 11, 05/09/99 (Commodore VT #2)
27. Craig Lowndes - Barbagallo, Round 2, 19/03/00 (Commodore VT #1)
28. Mark Skaife - Eastern Creek, Round 4, 30/04/00 (Commodore VT #2)
29. Mark Skaife - Hidden Valley, Round 5, 21/05/00 (Commodore VT #2)
30. Craig Lowndes - Qld Raceway, Round 7, 02/07/00 (Commodore VT #1)
31. Mark Skaife - Oran Park, Round 9, 30/07/00 (Commodore VT #2)
32. Mark Skaife/Craig Lowndes - Qld 500, Round 11, 10/09/00 (Commodore VT #1)
33. Mark Skaife - Phillip Island, Round 1, 25/03/01 (Commodore VX #1)
34. Jason Bright - Clipsal 500, Round 2, 08/04/01 (Commodore VX #2)
35. Mark Skaife - Eastern Creek, Round 3, 29/04/01 (Commodore VX #1)
36. Mark Skaife - Oran Park, Round 8, 29/07/01 (Commodore VX #1)
37. Mark Skaife/Tony Longhurst - Bathurst 1000, Round 11, 07/10/01 (Commodore VX #1)
38. Mark Skaife - Clipsal 500, Round 1, 17/03/02 (Commodore VX #1)
39. Mark Skaife - Phillip Island, Round 2, 14/04/02 (Commodore VX #1)
40. Mark Skaife - Eastern Creek, Round 3, 28/04/02 (Commodore VX #1)
41. Mark Skaife - Hidden Valley, Round 4, 19/05/02 (Commodore VX #1)
42. Mark Skaife - Canberra 400, Round 5, 09/06/02 (Commodore VX #1)
43. Jason Bright - Barbagallo, Round 6, 30/06/02 (Commodore VX #2)
44. Mark Skaife - Oran Park, Round 7, 28/07/02 (Commodore VX #1)
45. Jason Bright - Winton, Round 8, 18/08/02 (Commodore VX #2)
46. Mark Skaife/Jim Richards - Bathurst 1000, Round 10, 13/10/02 (Commodore VX #1)
47. Mark Skaife - Clipsal 500, Round 1, 23/03/03 (Commodore VY #1)
48. Mark Skaife/Todd Kelly - Sandown 500, Round 9, 13/09/03 (Commodore VY #1)
49. Todd Kelly - Hidden Valley, Round 4, 23/05/04 (Commodore VY #22)
50. Today’s result.

[mavss]

Thanks Mgygto - or should we be calling you Bruce Maceverney :)

Those stats are wild man.

Good thing Skaife is the owner, otherwise he'd be forced to sack himself. No round wins in over 2 years is pretty ordinary, especially someone who sets himeself such high standards.

[COOKIE!]

23 wins out of 50 isnt a bad record for Skaife is it.
More wins than brocky has on the board :eek: :eek:

[VScommoman]

yeah looking at those stats is very impressive, nice work putting that together.
its just funny to see lowndes in there so much, once he started racing under the wrong flag he hasnt seen many.... im not sure theres been one.

well lets just hope team red can keep the shainghai form up and in the not to distant future double the round wins. Go you little beauties

[RARASV8]

i thought lowndes and murphy won bathurst, but hey i now stand corrected,
damm
so craig never won bathurst for hrt either :eek:

after checking 2004 BATHURST mag they did win in a HRT car so something not quite right? :eek: :eek: :confused: :confused:
now i think of it not part of the touring car championship :bash: :bash: