John Faulkner

John Murray Faulkner (born 24 August 1952 in Palmerston North, New Zealand) is a retired racing driver. Faulkner spent the majority of his career in sedan based classes. Initially he competing in small touring cars including Ford Escorts and Capris before joining Toyota Team Australia and driving their factory supported Toyota Corolla touring cars. After engine capacity classes were discontinued in the Australian Touring Car Championship, Faulkner moved into Superspeedway racing, establishing John Faulkner Racing to compete in the AUSCAR and Australian NASCAR series, contested mainly at the Calder Park Thunderdome. As NASCAR declined in Australia, Faulkner returned to the Australian Touring Car Championship partway through 1996, and was a surprise starter in the 1996 Bathurst 1000, competing with an ex-Holden Racing Team Holden Commodore, before later constructing his own Holdens. Faulkner's team gradually wound down and left the main series after the 2002 V8 Supercar season. The team continued running Commodores in the second tier Fujitsu V8 Supercar Series until the end of the 2004 season, including briefly running the Holden Young Lions identity.

Faulkner has competed in the Bathurst 1000 on 18 occasions between 1980 and 2005 with a best finish of fifth in 1997.

Career results Career summary Season Series Position Car Team 1977 Australian Touring Car Championship 37th Ford Capri 1978 Australian Touring Car Championship 30th Ford Capri 1979 Australian Touring Car Championship 12th Ford Capri 1980 Australian Touring Car Championship 20th Ford Escort Mk.II RS2000 1987 Australian Touring Car Championship 20th Toyota Corolla Toyota Team Australia 1987 Australian 2.0 Litre Touring Car Championship 3rd Toyota Corolla Toyota Team Australia 1993 Australian AUSCAR Championship 3rd Holden VP Commodore John Faulkner Racing 1995 Australian AUSCAR Championship 3rd Holden VP Commodore John Faulkner Racing 1996 Australian NASCAR Championship 3rd Chevrolet Monte Carlo John Faulkner Racing 1996 Australian Touring Car Championship 17th Holden VR Commodore John Faulkner Racing 1997 Australian Touring Car Championship 10th Holden VS Commodore John Faulkner Racing 1998 Australian Touring Car Championship 13th Holden VS Commodore John Faulkner Racing 1999 Shell Championship Series 15th Holden VT Commodore John Faulkner Racing 2000 Shell Championship Series 18th Holden VT Commodore John Faulkner Racing 2001 Shell Championship Series 30th Holden VX Commodore John Faulkner Racing 2002 V8 Supercar Championship Series 29th Holden VX Commodore John Faulkner Racing 2003 V8 Supercar Championship Series 49th Holden VY Commodore Paul Morris Motorsport 2005 V8 Supercar Championship Series 45th Holden VZ Commodore Team Kiwi Racing 2013 Australian Production Car Championship 27th FPV FG GT Lovton Coal

Complete V8 Supercar results 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 Position Points 1977 Wynn's Friction Proofing Ford Capri V6 SYMR1 CALR2 ORAR3 AMAR4 SANR5 ADER6 LAKR7 SANR8 ADER9 SURR10 PHIR11 37th 2 1978 Wynn's Friction Proofing Ford Capri V6 SYMR1 ORAR2 AMAR3 SANR4 WANR5 CALR6 LAKR7 ADER8 30th 2 1979 John Faulkner Racing Ford Capri V6 SYMR1 CALR2 ORAR3 SANR4 WANR5 SURR6 LAKR7 ADER8 12th 10 1980 John Faulkner Racing Ford Escort Mk.II RS2000 SYMR1 CALR2 LAKR3 SANR4 WANR5 SURR6 ADER7 ORAR8 23rd 4 1987 Toyota Team Australia Toyota Corolla FX-GT AE82 CALR1 SYMR2 LAKR3 WANR4 ADER5 SURR6 SANR7 AMAR8 ORAR9 24th 3 1996 John Faulkner Racing Holden Commodore (VR) EASR1 EASR2 EASR3 SANR4 SANR5 SANR6 BATR7 BATR8 BATR9 SYMR10 SYMR11 SYMR12 PHIR13 PHIR14 PHIR15 CALR16 CALR17 CALR18 LAKR19 LAKR20 LAKR21 WANR22 WANR23 WANR24 MALR25 MALR26 MALR27 ORAR28 ORAR29 ORAR30 17th 5 1997 John Faulkner Racing Holden Commodore (VS) CALR1 CALR2 CALR3 PHIR4 PHIR5 PHIR6 SANR7 SANR8 SANR9 SYMR10 SYMR11 SYMR12 WINR13 WINR14 WINR15 EASR16 EASR17 EASR18 LAKR19 LAKR20 LAKR21 WANR22 WANR23 WANR24 MALR25 MALR26 MALR27 ORAR28 ORAR29 ORAR30 10th 324 1998 John Faulkner Racing Holden Commodore (VS) SANR1 SANR2 SANR3 SYMR4 SYMR5 SYMR6 LAKR7 LAKR8 LAKR9 PHIR10 PHIR11 PHIR12 WINR13 WINR14 WINR15 MALR16 MALR17 MALR18 WANR19 WANR20 WANR21 CALR22 CALR23 CALR24 HIDR25 HIDR26 HIDR27 ORAR28 ORAR29 ORAR30 13th 276 1999 John Faulkner Racing Holden Commodore (VT) EASR1 EASR2 EASR3 ADER4 WANR5 WANR6 WANR7 PHIR8 PHIR9 PHIR10 HIDR11 HIDR12 HIDR13 SANR14 SANR15 SANR16 QUER17 QUER18 QUER19 CALR20 CALR21 CALR22 SYMR23 SYMR24 SYMR25 WINR26 WINR27 WINR28 ORAR29 ORAR30 ORAR31 QUER32 BATR33 15th 824 2000 John Faulkner Racing Holden Commodore (VT) PHIR1 PHIR2 WANR3 WANR4 WANR5 ADER6 ADER7 EASR8 EASR9 EASR10 HIDR11 HIDR12 HIDR13 CANR14 CANR15 CANR16 QUER17 QUER18 QUER19 WINR20 WINR21 WINR22 ORAR23 ORAR24 ORAR25 CALR26 CALR27 CALR28 QUER29 SANR30 SANR31 SANR32 BATR33 18th 460 2001 John Faulkner Racing Holden Commodore (VT) PHIR1 PHIR2 ADER3 ADER4 EASR5 EASR6 HIDR7 HIDR8 HIDR9 CANR10 CANR11 CANR12 WANR13 WANR14 WANR15 CALR16 CALR17 CALR18 ORAR19 ORAR20 QUER21 WINR22 WINR23 BATR24 PUKR25 PUKR26 PUKR27 SANR28 SANR29 SANR30 30th 810 2002 John Faulkner Racing Holden Commodore (VX) ADER1 ADER2 PHIR3 PHIR4 EASR5 EASR6 EASR7 HIDR8 HIDR9 HIDR10 CANR11 CANR12 CANR13 WANR14 WANR15 WANR16 ORAR17 ORAR18 WINR19 WINR20 QUER21 BATR22 SURR23 SURR24 PUKR25 PUKR26 PUKR27 SANR28 SANR29 29th 365 2003 Paul Morris Motorsport Holden Commodore (VY) ADER1 ADER1 PHIR3 EASR4 WINR5 BARR6 BARR7 BARR8 HDVR9 HDVR10 HDVR11 QLDR12 ORAR13 SANR14 BATR15 SURR16 SURR17 PUKR18 PUKR19 PUKR20 EASR21 EASR22 49th 144 2005 Team Kiwi Racing Holden Commodore (VZ) 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 45th 156

Complete Bathurst 500/1000 results Year Team Co-drivers Car Class Laps 1980 Allbrells Auto Care Centres Gary Dumbrell Ford Escort RS2000 Mk.II 1601-2000cc 129 26th 6th 1981 Cherry City Ford Gary Dumbrell Ford Escort Mk.II 2.0 GL 4 Cylinder 72 DNF DNF 1984 Bayswater Auto Wreckers Pty. Ltd. Colin Campbell Holden VH Commodore Group C 130 25th 20th 1985 Toyota Team Australia Ray Cutchie Toyota Sprinter AE86 A 110 DNF DNF 1986 Toyota Team Australia Mike Quinn Toyota Corolla GT A 148 19th 1st 1987 Toyota Team Australia Mike Quinn John Smith Toyota Corolla GT 3 118 DNF DNF 1988 Toyota Team Australia Drew Price Toyota Corolla GT C 146 9th 1st 1989 Toyota Team Australia Peter McKay Toyota Corolla FX-GT A 140 19th 2nd 1990 Toyota Team Australia Paul Stokell Mike Dowson Toyota Corolla FX-GT 3 130 27th 3rd 1996 John Faulkner Racing Steve Harrington Holden VR Commodore 119 DNF DNF 1997 John Faulkner Racing Win Percy Holden VS Commodore L1 154 5th 5th 1998 John Faulkner Racing Todd Kelly Holden VS Commodore OC 136 DNF DNF 1999 John Faulkner Racing Simon Wills Holden VT Commodore 65 DNF DNF 2000 John Faulkner Racing Adam Macrow Holden VT Commodore 154 DNF DNF 2001 John Faulkner Racing Peter Doulman Holden VX Commodore 33 DNF DNF 2002 John Faulkner Racing Rick Bates Holden VX Commodore 160 10th 10th 2003 Team Sirromet Wines Paul Morris Holden VY Commodore 5 DNF DNF 2005 Team Kiwi Racing Alan Gurr Holden VZ Commodore 158 10th 10th