Paul Morris - Enduro Co-Driver?

racer69 · 11 Jul 2002, 13:20 (Ref:331827)

Has Wayne Wakefield been officially confirmed, i know he raced at Canberra with the help of Morris, but has it been officially confirmed.

I know Morris has tested Gary Formato, Wakefield deserves a good seat though.

PEPSI · 12 Jul 2002, 00:11 (Ref:332252)

Garry who?

:confused:

marcus · 12 Jul 2002, 03:42 (Ref:332308)

good question ????

dunno about the Morris team they seem to be all at sea and giving anyone a shot in the car for the chance of a bit of exposure , Darryl Beattie was in the car as too i believe was Mick Doohan and of course WW.

of those three i guess WW would be the best choice for experience , but dont count out the others I guess, and who is Gary Formato ?????

Crash Test · 12 Jul 2002, 10:30 (Ref:332455)

Greg Rust and Darryl Beattie were simply a publicity stunt.

WW will be at Oran Park too, and unless the temperature in hell starts to drop, I'd imagine he has the drive...

racer69 · 12 Jul 2002, 11:48 (Ref:332515)

Gary Formato races (or did race) in the FIA Sportscar Championship.

There was a story in AA a few weeks back about what Morris might be doing for enduro's and mentioned those two names (WW and Formato), i guess nothing has been confirmed.

DAVID PATERSON · 12 Jul 2002, 12:18 (Ref:332561)

Are they expecting Wayne to bring money? I hope not, he shouldn't have to.

Crash Test · 12 Jul 2002, 12:27 (Ref:332576)

Nah, he aint bringing money... who do you think paid for the IMS drive?

DAVID PATERSON · 12 Jul 2002, 13:37 (Ref:332668)

Ahhhhh, I wondered where that came from. Was it done to get him some race miles? It certainly didn't do his reputation any good.

mac · 12 Jul 2002, 23:29 (Ref:333003)

Canberra is the last place I would be paying for a guy to get race miles.

Crash Test · 13 Jul 2002, 11:01 (Ref:333183)

There are a few theories why Wakefield didn't drive at the Power Tour or the Shagger down at Winton... have a think about it for a while...

D.R.T. · 13 Jul 2002, 11:19 (Ref:333191)

Thats good to see Morris looking at an international sportscar driver to come and race.

DAVID PATERSON · 16 Jul 2002, 12:48 (Ref:334951)

Is it anything to do with the ridiculous nonsense that took place at Hidden Valley?

StuiE · 17 Jul 2002, 10:04 (Ref:335643)

Im hoping he will bring in Matt Neal again

The Tool Man · 17 Jul 2002, 21:37 (Ref:336042)

Wayne Wakefield is confirmed.

In order for him to get more miles,Paul and Wayne have done a deal with Mike Imrie for wayne to drive a few rounds in the 14 car. Hence he was at canberra and will be at Oran park.

Yes as far as I can tell it has been confirmed

DAVID PATERSON · 18 Jul 2002, 08:17 (Ref:336286)

G'day Tool man and welcome to the forum.

Care to name your source?

Crash Test · 18 Jul 2002, 11:23 (Ref:336412)

Pfffftttt, Patto, it's confirmed

And welcome aboard Tool Man

The Tool Man · 18 Jul 2002, 12:01 (Ref:336447)

Quote:

Originally posted by DAVID PATERSON
G'day Tool man and welcome to the forum.

Care to name your source?

Yeah No Probs, Mr Patterson. When I was at Darwin V8 round I spoke with WW about an hour or so after his green rocket was DQ'd.

He told me he wasnt driving with Ambrose as he had originally been because Weel had the Gig but instead he was driving in the Sirromet car.

Its since been reported elsewhere about the Imrie Thing.

DAVID PATERSON · 19 Jul 2002, 11:42 (Ref:337263)

I'm surprised that SBR dropped him for Weel, do they honestly believe Weel would do a better job? OR did Wayne sign with Morris before SBR had a chance?

Crash Test · 20 Jul 2002, 00:02 (Ref:337820)

Nope, word has it that SBR might be looking after Weel's normal car in the not too distant future. Did anyone find it funny that they swapped cars with Ambrose at a recent test session?

FatBoy · 20 Jul 2002, 08:07 (Ref:337924)

I've seen Wayne's effort in Club Cars, and i know the V8's are a different animal, but the guy has plenty of talent !!
Good luck to him, i hope he gets the job and does well...

The Tool Man · 21 Jul 2002, 10:34 (Ref:338655)

Put it this way, Up in the Corporate Box where Wayne visited us ( and the ford Promo Girls- WW you old devil!!!!- I have photos to porve it!)

Wayne was there when Morris had one of his minor excursions into the dirt just near the box.

Wayne wasn't all that impressed. Me thinks if he had been quick enough he'd have taken over the driving.

Amaroo Park · 21 Jul 2002, 11:53 (Ref:338704)

What about Andrew Mediecke, David Brabham, Geoff Brabham, Neal Bates or even Mark Gibbs. now all of these drivers would be fast enough to do the job at hand. Don't forget Gibbs started on the front row at Bathurst in the past

racer69 · 22 Jul 2002, 07:43 (Ref:339367)

I'm intrigued about what happened to Mark Gibbs. He was a star in Group E in the late 80s, but we haven't seen him regularly since the GIO Nissan GTR in 1992, and the last i remember of him is co-driving with Crompton in the GIO Commodore in the enduros in 1993.

Crash Test · 22 Jul 2002, 11:40 (Ref:339523)

I think business commitments put him off the track.

23 Jul 2002, 04:23 (Ref:340291)

Without going into it too deeply, Mark Gibbs probs was not work committments, more a case of doing some irrepairable damage at Indy a few years back.

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