Paul Radisich
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| Paul Radisich | |
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| V8 Supercar Record | |
| Nationality | New Zealander |
| Car # | 021 |
| Current team | Team Kiwi Racing |
| Series Championships | 0 |
| Wins | 3 |
| Podium finishes | 10 |
| Pole positions | 0 |
| 2006 Championship position | |
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Paul Radisich (b October 9, 1962 in Auckland) is a New Zealand racing driver of Croat origin. In 1983 he was Formula Atlantic runner-up, earning the prestigious Driver To Europe award. In 1985 and 1986 he raced in British Formula 3, alongside Damon Hill. He later raced in Indy Lights and Super Vee with some success, before coming 2nd in the 1990 Bathurst 1000.
He won the 1993 and 1994 Touring Car World Cup events at Monza and at Donington respectively. 1993 was his first British Touring Car Championship (BTCC) season, in a Ford Mondeo prepared by Andy Rouse. He finished 3rd in the series in both 1993 and 1994, but by mid-1995 the car had reached the end of its development cycle and was increasingly uncompetitive. After racing for Peugeot in 1998 he left the series and went to the V8 Supercar series in Australia.
In 1999 he joined Dick Johnson Racing replacing the departed John Bowe. He remained with Dick Johnson Racing until the end of 2002. In 2003 he joined Briggs Motorsport which was renamed under the Triple Eight Racing banner in 2004. In total he has 3 race wins and 7 other podium results in the championship. He suprised a lot people by signing for the patriotic Team Kiwi Racing for 2 years in 2005 racing in a Holden for the first time, helping the team to their first ever podium finish at Shanghai International Circuit in China, (third). He finished the 2005 season in 14th place, TKR's highest ever finish in a Supercar season.
In the 2006 Supercheap Auto 1000 race at Bathurst he had a major crash at around 200kph in The Chase. While attempting to overtake Nathan Pretty (Supercheap Auto Racing) he ran wide into the dirt and could not brake in time and careered into a tyre wall head on, flipping the car onto it's side. Rescue teams had to cut the roof off the car in order to get him out. He was then taken to a nearby hospital and then flown to a hospital in Sydney for further scans. He broke his ankle and sternum in the crash. He will miss the remainder of the season.
In November 2006 it was confirmed that Radisich had signed for a further 2 years with TKR and would once again be back racing in a Ford for 2007-08. He has commented that he has unfinished business in V8 Supercars.
| Teams contesting the 2006 V8 Supercar Championship Series | |||||||||
| Stone Brothers Racing | Holden Racing Team | Tasman Motorsport | Ford Performance Racing | Jack Daniel's Racing | WPS Racing | ||||
| 1 Russell Ingall 4 James Courtney |
2 Mark Skaife 22 Todd Kelly |
3 Jason Richards 23 Andrew Jones |
5 Mark Winterbottom 6 Jason Bright |
7 Steven Richards 11 Paul Dumbrell |
8 Max Wilson 10 Jason Bargwanna |
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| Team BOC | Toll HSV Dealer Team | Dick Johnson Racing | Paul Cruickshank Racing | Fujitsu Racing | Garry Rogers Motorsport | ||||
| 12 John Bowe 14 Brad Jones |
15 Rick Kelly 16 Garth Tander |
17 Steven Johnson 18 Will Davison |
20 Marcus Marshall | 25 Warren Luff 26 Jose Fernandez |
33 Lee Holdsworth 34 Dean Canto |
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| Team Sirromet Wines | Supercheap Auto Racing | Autobarn Racing | Team Betta Electrical | Team Kiwi Racing | |||||
| 39 Alan Gurr 39 Fabian Coulthard 67 Paul Morris |
50 Cameron McConville 51 Greg Murphy |
55 Steve Owen | 88 Jamie Whincup 888 Craig Lowndes |
021 Paul Radisich | |||||
