{"id":514304,"date":"2026-03-02T17:45:52","date_gmt":"2026-03-02T17:45:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/514304\/"},"modified":"2026-03-02T17:45:52","modified_gmt":"2026-03-02T17:45:52","slug":"the-road-to-1000-for-what-is-now-walkinshaw-twg","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/514304\/","title":{"rendered":"The road to 1000 for what is now Walkinshaw TWG"},"content":{"rendered":"

WALKINSHAW TWG Racing will this week become the second team in ATCC\/Supercars Championship history to hit the 1000-race milestone.<\/p>\n

The occasion will come this Thursday March 5 in the opening race of the Melbourne SuperSprint at Albert Park, propelling the Victorian squad into esteemed company currently occupied only by Dick Johnson<\/a> Racing.<\/p>\n

V8 Sleuth looks back at the journey to this point for an outfit that was long known as the Holden Racing Team, and in more recent years has tried its hand with Ford and now Toyota.<\/p>\n

\"\"HRT\u2019s first race came as a single-car squad with Win Percy at the wheel, at Amaroo Park in 1990. Pic: an1images.com \/ Graeme Neander<\/p>\n

\"\"While not a championship race, HRT did breakthrough for victory in the 1990 Bathurst 1000 courtesy of Win Percy and Allan Grice. Pic: an1images.com \/ Graeme Neander<\/p>\n

\"\"HRT\u2019s first ATCC round podiums came in 1993 via Tomas Mezera. Pic: an1images.com \/ Dirk Klynsmith<\/p>\n

\"\"It was Peter Brock<\/a> who gave HRT its first championship race win, at Eastern Creek 1994. Pic: an1images.com \/ Rod Eime<\/p>\n

\"\"Peter Brock won on his 50th birthday at Symmons Plains 1995. Pic: an1images.com \/ Graeme Neander<\/p>\n

\"\"Craig Lowndes<\/a> won two races in the first round of his rookie season, Eastern Creek 1996. Pic: an1images.com \/ Graeme Neander<\/p>\n

\"\"\u2026And went on to seal the title, celebrated with a skid. Pic: an1images.com \/ Dirk Klynsmith<\/p>\n

\"\"Craig Lowndes and Greg Murphy capped the year with Bathurst 1000 victory. Pic: an1images.com \/ Graeme Neander<\/p>\n

\"\"Greg Murphy got off to a flyer in 1997 at Calder. Pic: an1images.com \/ Graeme Neander<\/p>\n

\"\"Mark Skaife<\/a> notched his first HRT win at Phillip Island 1998. Pic: an1images.com \/ Graeme Neander<\/p>\n

\"\"But it was Lowndesy doing another championship burnout at the end of year. Pic: an1images.com \/ Graeme Neander<\/p>\n

\"\"Craig Lowndes made it three titles from three attempts when he got the job done in 1999. Pic: an1images.com \/ Dirk Klynsmith<\/p>\n

\"\"The pendulum swung Mark Skaife\u2019s way in 2000. Pic: an1images.com \/ Dirk Klynsmith<\/p>\n

\"\"Mark Skaife kept the good times rolling in 2001, as the VX Commodore was deployed. Pic: an1images.com \/ Graeme Neander<\/p>\n

\"\"Mark Skaife and Tony Longhurst after winning the 2001 Great Race. Pic: an1images.com \/ Graeme Neander<\/p>\n

\"\"Jason Bright was responsible for HRT\u2019s 100th championship race win, achieved at Darwin 2002. Pic: an1images.com \/ Graeme Neander<\/p>\n

\"\"Mark Skaife and Jim Richards<\/a> won the 2002 Bathurst 1000. Pic: an1images.com \/ Graeme Neander<\/p>\n

\"\"Skaifey completes his title three-peat. Pic: an1images.com \/ Graeme Neander<\/p>\n

\"\"No championships in 2003, but a Sandown 500 win for Mark Skaife and Todd Kelly. Pic: an1images.com \/ Graeme Neander<\/p>\n

\"\"HRT swept China 2005, with two wins for Todd Kelly and one for Mark Skaife. Pic: an1images.com \/ Justin Deeley<\/p>\n

\"\"Skaife and Kelly then combined to win the 2005 Bathurst 1000. Pic: an1images.com \/ Justin Deeley<\/p>\n

\"\"Todd Kelly christened the VE Commodore in style at Adelaide 2007. Pic: an1images.com \/ Justin Deeley<\/p>\n

\"\"Garth Tander<\/a> swept the inaugural Hamilton round, in 2008. Pic: an1images.com \/ Justin Deeley<\/p>\n

\"\"Garth Tander and Will Davison<\/a> clinched the Peter Brock Trophy in 2009. Pic: an1images.com \/ Justin Deeley<\/p>\n

\"\"James Courtney<\/a> brought the #1 across for 2011 and tasted victory in his first round with the team. Pic: an1images.com \/ Justin Deeley<\/p>\n

\"\"Garth Tander and Nick Percat<\/a> conquered the Mountain in 2011. Pic: an1images.com \/ Justin Deeley<\/p>\n

\"\"It was a tough start to the COTF era for HRT, until Garth Tander and James Courtney delivered a Townsville 1-2 in 2013. Pic: an1images.com \/ Justin Deeley<\/p>\n

\"\"The squad\u2019s final victory under the HRT banner came through Garth Tander and Warren Luff<\/a> at the 2016 Sandown 500. Pic: an1images.com \/ Dirk Klynsmith<\/p>\n

\"\"Scott Pye<\/a> wins at Albert Park 2018 to get Walkinshaw Andretti United on the board. Pic: an1images.com \/ Ross Gibb<\/p>\n

\"\"Chaz Mostert<\/a> took his first victory for WAU at Symmons Plains in 2021. Pic: Supplied<\/p>\n

\"\"Lee Holdsworth<\/a> and Chaz Mostert after winning the 2021 Repco Bathurst 1000. Pic: Walkinshaw Andretti United<\/p>\n

\"\"WAU ended its Holden affiliation with a bang. Pic: Mark Horsburgh<\/p>\n

\"\"Wanneroo was the site of WAU\u2019s first Ford win, in 2024. Pic: Ross Gibb<\/p>\n

\"\"Chaz Mostert seals the 2025 championship. Pic: Supplied<\/p>\n

\"\"Ryan Wood<\/a> and Chaz Mostert in action as Walkinshaw TWG Racing\u2019s Toyota era gets underway. Pic: Ross Gibb<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"WALKINSHAW TWG Racing will this week become the second team in ATCC\/Supercars Championship history to hit the 1000-race…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":514305,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[572],"tags":[64,63,806,805,803,804,85],"class_list":["post-514304","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-motosport","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-motor","tag-motor-sports","tag-motosport","tag-motosports","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/514304","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=514304"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/514304\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/514305"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=514304"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=514304"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=514304"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}