Anthony Tratt

Anthony Craig Tratt (born November 3, 1965) is a professional racing car driver who grew up in Sydney, NSW, Australia.

Background Tratt showed an interest in motorsport from when he was a youngster, at the age of just ten years, via the Seton family. He would jump in the truck with Barry Seton, Russell and Mark Skaife and it was that which gave him his “first taste” for the sport.

As he grew older, Tratt was given the opportunity to build a Porsche. He explains: “Once you’ve raced anything and racing is in your system it’s hard not to do it, so after a while I got bored of just helping out. At the time, a friend of ours was building a Porsche Cup car, so I helped him out. In the end the guy who owned it wasn’t able to race it, so I was asked to have a go. My first race was at Adelaide and we won. They thought that was pretty good, so I was allowed to race again.”

Racing career Tratt has been racing with Paul Little since the early 1990s when they both raced Porsches. Towards the end of that decade, they had built up an affiliation in which Little ran his own V8 team and Tratt was the driver. Tratt's full-time career in V8 began in 1997 at the Wayne Gardner Racing in the Coke Team. Together with Paul Stokell he drove the second car, with Neil Crompton and Wayne in the lead car.

In 1998, Stokell and Tratt began leasing cars, from which point on they began their own team. During these years, Tratt competed against the big teams that had two cars and given that his team was small – composed mostly of volunteers – he was proud to ultimately be only six-tenths off the fastest times.

Tratt's final full-time V8 race was the 2005 Supercars Championship Series at Phillip Island. But he had an accident at the Hayshed. In 2006, he came back for the endurance races partnering with Tony D’Alberto in the HSV Dealer Team and that race ended with a crash at Reid Park. He also competed in the Carrera Cup, coming in at Number 8.

Career results Career summary Season Series Team Races Poles Wins Podiums F.Laps Points Position 1998 Australian Touring Car Championship Paul Little Racing 13 0 0 0 0 23 34th 1999 Shell Championship Series Paul Little Racing 13 0 0 0 0 163 46th 2000 Shell Championship Series Paul Little Racing 29 0 0 0 0 22 63rd 2001 Shell Championship Series Paul Little Racing 27 0 0 0 0 1065 26th 2002 V8 Supercar Championship Series Paul Little Racing 21 0 0 0 0 321 31st 2003 V8 Supercar Championship Series Paul Little Racing 21 0 0 0 0 678 31st Australian Nations Cup Championship 9 0 0 0 1 92 10th 2004 V8 Supercar Championship Series Paul Little Racing 26 0 0 0 0 1047 23rd 2005 V8 Supercar Championship Series Paul Little Racing 30 0 0 0 0 511 31st 2006 V8 Supercar Championship Series HSV Dealer Team 2 0 0 0 0 170 53rd Australian Carrera Cup Championship Greg Murphy Racing 24 0 0 0 0 390 9th

Complete V8 Supercar results (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) V8 Supercars results Year Team Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 Position Points 1998 Paul Little Racing Ford Falcon (EL) EASR1 EASR2 EASR3 SANR4 SANR5 SANR6 BATR7 BATR8 BATR9 SYMR10 SYMR11 SYMR12 PHIR13 PHIR14 PHIR15 CALR16 CALR17 CALR18 LAKR19 LAKR20 LAKR21 BARR22 BARR23 BARR24 MALR25 MALR26 MALR27 ORAR28 ORAR29 ORAR30 34th 23 1999 Paul Little Racing Ford Falcon (AU) EASR1 EASR2 EASR3 ADER4 BARR5 BARR6 BARR7 PHIR8 PHIR9 PHIR10 HDVR11 HDVR12 HDVR13 SANR14 SANR15 SANR16 QLDR17 QLDR18 QLDR19 CALR20 CALR21 CALR22 SYMR23 SYMR24 SYMR25 WINR26 WINR27 WINR28 ORAR29 ORAR30 ORAR31 QLDR32 BATR33 46th 163 2000 Paul Little Racing Ford Falcon (AU) PHIR1 PHIR2 BARR3 BARR4 BARR5 ADER6 ADER7 EASR8 EASR9 EASR10 HDVR11 HDVR12 HDVR13 CANR14 CANR15 CANR16 QLDR17 QLDR18 QLDR19 WINR20 WINR21 WINR22 ORAR23 ORAR24 ORAR25 CALR26 CALR27 CALR28 QLDR29 SANR30 SANR31 SANR32 BATR33 63rd 22 2001 Paul Little Racing Ford Falcon (AU) PHIR1 PHIR2 ADER3 ADER4 EASR5 EASR6 HDVR7 HDVR8 HDVR9 CANR10 CANR11 CANR12 BARR13 BARR14 BARR15 CALR16 CALR17 CALR18 ORAR19 ORAR20 QLDR21 WINR22 WINR23 BATR24 PUKR25 PUKR26 PUKR27 SANR28 SANR29 SANR30 26th 1065 2002 Paul Little Racing Ford Falcon (AU) ADER1 ADER2 PHIR3 PHIR4 EASR5 EASR6 EASR7 HDVR8 HDVR9 HDVR10 CANR11 CANR12 CANR13 BARR14 BARR15 BARR16 ORAR17 ORAR18 WINR19 WINR20 QLDR21 BATR22 SURR23 SURR24 PUKR25 PUKR26 PUKR27 SANR28 SANR29 31st 321 2003 Paul Little Racing Ford Falcon (AU) ADER1 ADER1 PHIR3 EASR4 WINR5 BARR6 BARR7 BARR8 HDVR9 HDVR10 HDVR11 QLDR12 ORAR13 SANR14 BATR15 SURR16 SURR17 PUKR18 PUKR19 PUKR20 EASR21 EASR22 31st 678 Ford Falcon (BA) ADER1 ADER1 PHIR3 EASR4 WINR5 BARR6 BARR7 BARR8 HDVR9 HDVR10 HDVR11 QLDR12 ORAR13 SANR14 BATR15 SURR16 SURR17 PUKR18 PUKR19 PUKR20 EASR21 EASR22 2004 Paul Little Racing Holden Commodore (VY) ADER1 ADER2 EASR3 PUKR4 PUKR5 PUKR6 HDVR7 HDVR8 HDVR9 BARR10 BARR11 BARR12 QLDR13 WINR14 ORAR15 ORAR16 SANR17 BATR18 SURR19 SURR20 SYMR21 SYMR22 SYMR23 EASR24 EASR25 EASR26 23rd 1047 2005 Paul Little Racing Holden Commodore (VY) ADER1 ADER2 PUKR3 PUKR4 PUKR5 BARR6 BARR7 BARR8 EASR9 EASR10 SHAR11 SHAR12 SHAR13 HDVR14 HDVR15 HDVR16 QLDR17 ORAR18 ORAR19 SANR20 BATR21 SURR22 SURR23 SURR24 SYMR25 SYMR26 SYMR27 PHIR28 PHIR29 PHIR30 31st 511 2006 HSV Dealer Team Holden Commodore (VZ) ADER1 ADER2 PUKR3 PUKR4 PUKR5 BARR6 BARR7 BARR8 WINR9 WINR10 WINR11 HDVR12 HDVR13 HDVR14 QLDR15 QLDR16 QLDR17 ORAR18 ORAR19 ORAR20 SANR21 BATR22 SURR23 SURR24 SURR25 SYMR26 SYMR27 SYMR28 BHRR29 BHRR30 BHRR31 PHIR32 PHIR33 PHIR34 53rd 170

Complete Bathurst 1000 results Year Team Car Drivers Position Laps 1997 Wayne Gardner Racing Holden Commodore VS Peter Bradbury Paul Stokell DNF 16 1998 Paul Little Racing Ford Falcon EL Robert Jones Garry Waldon DNF 47 1999 Paul Little Racing Ford Falcon AU Alan Jones DNF 147 2000 Paul Little Racing Ford Falcon AU Alan Jones DNF 150 2001 Paul Little Racing Ford Falcon AU Alan Jones 15th 158 2002 Paul Little Racing Ford Falcon AU Paul Stokell 12th 160 2003 Paul Little Racing Ford Falcon BA Paul Stokell DNF 106 2004 Paul Little Racing Holden Commodore VY Tomas Mezera 18th 157 2005 Paul Little Racing Holden Commodore VY Tony Evangelou DNF 92 2006 HSV Dealer Team Holden Commodore VZ Tony D'Alberto DNF 93