GMR Scores Double V8 Supercar Champion Engineer

GMR Scores Double V8 Supercar Champion Engineer for Homebush

Greg Murphy Racing has scored a major coup for the final round of the 2011 Fujitsu V8 Supercar Series at Homebush, with two-time V8 Supercar Championship-winning engineer Paul Forgie coming into the team to engineer the #45 Drillpro / Fuchs / Tricor VE Commodore of Nick Cassidy.

While Forgie will be working on a Commodore V8 Supercar this weekend, most motorsport fans will remember Forgie for his success with Ford, and specifically Marcos Ambrose, who he engineered to back-to-back titles at Stone Brothers Racing in 2003 and 2004. In more recent times, Forgie has overseen New Zealand driver Shane Van Gisbergen, and guided him to race wins at Hamilton and Hidden Valley this year.

Team owner Kevin Murphy is understandably enthusiastic about securing Forgie’s services for this weekend.

“Paul Forgie will be working alongside Peter Smith, David Slater and Dean Lillie in the race engineering group,” Murphy said.

“Paul will be working to get to know the team this weekend, with the possibility of a future role with Greg Murphy Racing in 2012.

“Paul was quite keen to come and join us and work outside the main game, so the Fujitsu Series suits his plan pretty well. His experience will be a tremendous asset for the team, and a great benefit to any young driver who we would be bringing through in the future, so we’re going to build a relationship with him and see how it all goes.”

While Nick Cassidy will be visiting the Homebush street circuit for the first time this weekend, the other three GMR drivers all have experience at the circuit. Daniel Jilesen rates the circuit as one of the best he has raced on, and is heading to the track with the goal of turning around a form slump over the last three Fujitsu Series rounds, in the R & J Batteries / Earthex / King Gee entry.

Geoff Emery (AC Delco / NDD / Simworx Commodore #48) will be looking to continue his momentum after a well-deserved sixth overall in the previous round of the series at Sandown, while Tony Bates (Favourit.com / Alternative Freight Services Commodore #24) also displayed some good pace at Sandown, particularly in the first race where he finished in the top-10 on merit.

The final round of the Fujitsu V8 Supercar Series will feature two races. The second (Sunday) race will be shown live on Channel 7 as part of the V8 Supercar television coverage.

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