JPS Team BMW is a former Australian motor racing team that ran from 1981–1987. The team's main focus was touring car racing but also ran in sports sedans...
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was hired by Frank Gardner, team manager of the new JPS Team BMW, as the team's lead driver to drive the BMW 635 CSi. The team knew results under the locally...
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started racing in Australia, racing in the team of former European compatriot Frank Gardner's JPS Team BMW, which included second in class at the 1984...
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special offered by BMW Australia as a tribute to the M3 race cars competing in local touring car racing. JPS refers to the BMW race team sponsor, John Player...
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racing full-time in the Australian Touring Car Championship driving a JPS Team BMW 635CSi in 1985 and a Tony Longhurst Racing Ford Sierra RS500 in 1989...
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Australian-based JPS Team BMW, with the BMW M3 of Jim Richards and Tony Longhurst leading home the similar car of teammates Robbie Francevic and the team's engine...
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Tony Longhurst (category BMW M drivers)
Gardner's JPS Team BMW team for the 1984 Australian Endurance Championship. Co-driving with Jim Richards, Longhurst continued with the team in 1985, winning...
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Touring Car Championship driving a 3.5-litre 6 cyl BMW 635 CSi entered by JPS Team BMW. Defending champion Dick Johnson placed second in his Ford Mustang (the...
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Team, Tony Longhurst's Benson & Hedges team (evolved from JPS Team BMW), as well as Robbie Francevic's Volvo team. The increasing national popularity of...
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and RX-7's. The Rover's main Group A challenger would be the BMW 635 CSi run by JPS Team BMW. The other contenders in the Group A class included the Ford...
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replaced, Walkinshaw resumed in 4th place but easily caught and passed the JPS Team BMW 635 CSi of 1985 Australian Touring Car Champion Jim Richards in the last...
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winning JPS Team BMW 635 CSi. Richards won the race by two laps from two more New Zealanders, Kent Baigent and Neal Lowe driving an ex-Schnitzer BMW 635 CSi...
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with the Lotus 98T, as the team switched to the Camel-sponsored yellow livery the following season. In Australia, JPS Team BMW competed in the Australian...
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until 1987 when Gardner decided to retire from motorsport and close the JPS Team BMW after allegedly becoming fed up with the politics involved after his...
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touring car racing. JPS Team BMW made it a 1-2 finish when their second car, driven by Neville Crichton and on-loan Nissan team driver George Fury finished...
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his car and in a NASCAR first was able to talk to the Channel 7 commentary team while racing, had been unable to slow sufficiently due to his car's lack...
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Longhurst (BMW 325i) won the 1986 Better Brakes/AMSCAR Series for JPS Team BMW from Colin Bond (Alfa Romeo GTV6) and his JPS team mate Jim Richards (BMW 635...
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Commodore for Allan Grice and wise-cracking Kiwi Graeme Crosby, while the JPS Team BMW also raced and looked likely winners until a late race mishap between...
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the last time the JPS Team BMW (who won their second title) would be seen with team boss Frank Gardner unexpectedly closing the team down at the end of...
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2001cc to 3000cc Class C : Up to 2000cc The JPS Team BMW's golden season continued as Jim Richards drove his BMW 635 CSi to a second straight AEC win after...
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David Hobbs (racing driver) (category Team Joest drivers)
Year Team Co-drivers Car Class Laps Pos. Class pos. 1981 JPS Team BMW Allan Grice BMW 635 CSi 6 Cylinder & Rotary 113 7th 2nd 1982 JPS Team BMW Jim Richards...
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many of the top level teams including the Holden Dealer Team, Dick Johnson Racing, JPS Team BMW and the Peter Jackson Nissan team all made loud noises...
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Mild team began driving a BMW 318i Turbo in the sports sedan series, first in his usual Craven Mild colours, but later in the black and gold of the JPS Team...
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BMW in Hardies Heroes with Jim Richards qualifying his JPS Team BMW 635 CSi in 4th place. BMW became the 6th manufacturer to appear in Hardies Heroes...
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Dick Johnson Racing (redirect from Shell V-Power Racing Team (DJR Team Penske))
ATCC, was outclassed by the JPS Team BMW 635 CSi of Jim Richards who won seven of the championships ten races. The team had actually entered and qualified...
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Leopold Prinz von Bayern (category BMW M drivers)
the 1984 James Hardie 1000 driving a Group A BMW 635 CSi for Frank Gardner's factory backed JPS Team BMW, partnering 1967 Formula One World Champion Denny...
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Romeo GTV6, BMW 323i, Mercedes-Benz 190E and Toyota Supra. For cars of over 3000cc engine capacity. Apart from a strong presence of BMW 635 CSi, the...
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Frank Gardner's JPS Team BMW became involved. As with Appendix K of the 1960s, grids were widely varied with turbocharged Porsche 935s, BMW 318is, 5.0 and...
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review of 1982 BMW 323i JPS Limited Edition offered up to mid-year 1982 for Australia". automobile-catalog.com. Retrieved 5 February 2019. "BMW 3 Series Coupe...
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