Daily Planet Racing


Daily Planet Racing was an Australian motor racing team that competed in the Australian [Touring Car Championship] and V8 Supercars between 1992 and 2000.

History

Daily Planet Racing was formed in 1992 by Daily Planet proprietor John Trimbole. Initially competing in the Holden HQ series, a Holden VL Commodore [SS Group A SV|Holden VL Commodore] was purchased from Garry Rogers Motorsport. For the Bathurst 1000|Bathurst 1000], two cars were entered with a second VL leased from Perkins Engineering. Only the latter started, with the other heavily damaged in practice.
In 1993, Trimbole raced Larry Perkins' 1992 season VL Commodore and a Mitsubishi [Lancer GSR] in production car racing, before purchasing Perkins' 1993 Bathurst 1000 winning VP Commodore for 1994.
In 1995, an ex-Dick Johnson Racing Ford EB Falcon was purchased. In 1997, an ex-Wayne Gardner Racing VS Commodore was acquired. After this was destroyed at Bathurst when Tomas Mezera barrel rolled, a Gibson Motorsport VS was acquired in 1999. This was written off in May 2000 at the Phillip Island [Grand Prix Circuit|Phillip Island] round of the 2000 [Konica V8 Lites Series|development series], bringing an end to the team.

Drivers

Supercars Drivers

John Trimbole

Super2 Drivers

  • ''John Trimbole''