Paul Radisich

Early years In 1983, Radisich 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 Formula Super Vee with some success, before finishing second in the 1990 Bathurst 1000. This led him towards racing saloon cars full-time.

European Touring Cars Radisich driving for Ford at Silverstone during the 1995 British Touring Car Championship season. Radisich 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 third in the series despite only competing in half the year. He would again drive for Andy Rouse in 1994 where he finished third again behind Gabriele Tarquini for Alfa Romeo and Alain Menu for Renault. Radisich would again drive for Andy Rouse in 1995, but by the end of the 1995 season, the car had reached the end of its development cycle and was increasingly uncompetitive during the end of the 1995 season and in the 1996 season when West Surrey Racing took over the Ford team from Andy Rouse. 1996 would be a disappointment for the Ford team with no podium places and Radisich finishing 13th in the championship. 1997 would see a new Mondeo however it too was uncompetitive, and would not challenge the front running teams. In 1998, he raced for Peugeot where he again had a disappointing season. He left the series and went to race for Dick Johnson Racing in the V8 Supercar series in Australia.

At the end of the 2004 season, Radisich entered the BTCC Masters event at Donington, and was considering a comeback to the BTCC the following year, but he instead chose to continue his racing career down under.

V8 Supercars The Ford Falcon AU with which Radisich and Steven Johnson won the 2001 Queensland 500. The car is pictured in 2018 In 1999, Radisich 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 Motor Sport which was later sold to British outfit Triple Eight Race Engineering in 2004. In total, he has four race wins and eight other podium results in the championship.

Team Kiwi Racing Radisich surprised a lot of people by signing for the patriotic Team Kiwi Racing for two 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 endurance race at Mount Panorama, Radisich had a major crash at around 200 km/h in The Chase. While attempting to overtake Nathan Pretty he ran wide into the dirt and could not brake in time and careered into a tyre wall head on, flipping the car onto its 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 and missed the remainder of the season.

In November 2006, it was confirmed that Radisich had signed for a further two years with TKR and would once again be back racing in a Ford for 2007–08. He has commented that he had unfinished business in V8 Supercars.

Radisich returned to the cockpit at Barbagallo for the first time since Bathurst, to the delight of many fans. He had a very good result at Pukekohe, the final round to be held at that circuit, finishing 7th in the third race.

Ford Performance Racing terminated its contract to supply and service the TKR Falcon on 31 May 2007. Radisich said he had terminated his contract with TKR following the team's fallout with Ford Performance Racing that ran the car on behalf of TKR. "TKR is in breach of contract and I have therefore terminated my contract with immediate effect."

Toll HSV Dealer Team The New Zealand international joined fellow Kiwi Craig Baird and regular drivers Rick Kelly and Garth Tander in the Toll HSV ranks for the big endurance races in September and October.

The formal announcement was put on hold until Carrera Cup star and Bathurst rookie David Reynolds was signed and sealed with Super Cheap Auto Racing for the enduros. Reynolds had been in line for a drive with Toll HSV in the big races in September and October, but was happy to transfer to Super Cheap for his V8 Supercar debut without the potential pressure of a fellow driver’s championship hanging over him.

At Sandown, Radisich was paired with Championship front-runner, Rick Kelly. The car was qualified by Kelly, and they started from eighth position on the grid. Radisich and Kelly drove the Number 1 Toll HSV Commodore to second place, 2.8 seconds behind Triple Eight Racing's Craig Lowndes and Jamie Whincup.

At Bathurst, Radisich was paired with Craig Baird. After qualifying 9th after the top-10 shootout, Radisich and Craig Baird started strongly, and were running on the fringe of the top-ten for the majority of the race, slowed by persistent braking problems which also afflicted their more illustrious team-mates. Ultimately, the team withdrew from the race on lap 137 of 161 so as not to risk damaging Tander and Kelly's race cars for the championship battle to come.

Retirement and later career Returning to the team in 2008, Radisich crashed heavily during practice for the 2008 Bathurst 1000, after the throttle jammed open at McPhillamy Park Corner, hitting the concrete wall in a gap in the tyre barriers. Radisich fractured both ankles, reopened the fractured sternum sustained in an accident two years prior, fractured lumbar and thoracic vertebrae, cracked ribs and suffered bruising to his lungs. His recovery has been protracted and brought an end to his motor racing career.

Radisich raced a Ford Mustang S550 in the invitational non-championship Class Three of the 2018-19 BNT V8 Championship.

Radisich was team manager of the Super Black Racing team until the team was disbanded at the end of the 2016 season. He is managing director of New Zealand oil company Aegis Oil, a company founded by his father Frank.

Radisich is the in-studio co-host of the British Touring Car Championship segment of TV3's CRC Motorsport with Shaun Summerfield.

Career results

Season Series Position Car Team 1982 Australian Drivers' Championship 12th Ralt RT4 Ford Paul Radisich 1983 Australian Drivers' Championship 4th Ralt RT4 Ford Watson Motor Racing Pty Ltd 1984 British Formula 3 Championship 12th Ralt RT3 Golf Murray Taylor Racing 1986 British Formula 3 Championship 16th Ralt RT30 Golf Murray Taylor Racing 1987 American Racing Series 17th Wildcat - Buick Agapiou Racing 1987/88 New Zealand Gold Star Championship 1st Ralt RT4 1988 SCCA Valvoline/Bosch/VW Super Vee Championship 4th Ralt RT5 Ralt of America, Dave Conti Racing 1990 Australian Endurance Championship 13th Ford Sierra RS500 Shell Ultra Hi Racing 1991 Formula Toyota Atlantic Championship 20th Reynard 91H Toyota 1993 British Touring Car Championship 3rd Ford Mondeo Rousesport 1994 British Touring Car Championship 3rd Ford Mondeo Rousesport 1995 British Touring Car Championship 6th Ford Mondeo Rousesport 1996 British Touring Car Championship 13th Ford Mondeo West Surrey Racing 1997 British Touring Car Championship 13th Ford Mondeo West Surrey Racing 1998 British Touring Car Championship 14th Peugeot 406 Motor Sport Developments 1999 Shell Championship Series 16th Ford AU Falcon Dick Johnson Racing 2000 Shell Championship Series 4th Ford AU Falcon Dick Johnson Racing 2001 Shell Championship Series 7th Ford AU Falcon Dick Johnson Racing 2002 V8 Supercar Championship Series 26th Ford AU Falcon Dick Johnson Racing 2003 V8 Supercar Championship Series 10th Ford BA Falcon Briggs Motor Sport 2004 V8 Supercar Championship Series 19th Ford BA Falcon Triple Eight Race Engineering 2005 V8 Supercar Championship Series 14th Holden VZ Commodore Team Kiwi Racing 2006 V8 Supercar Championship Series 28th Holden VZ Commodore Team Kiwi Racing 2007 V8 Supercar Championship Series 20th Ford BF FalconHolden VE Commodore Team Kiwi RacingToll HSV Dealer Team 2008 V8 Supercar Championship Series 47th Holden VE Commodore HSV Dealer Team

Complete World Touring Car Championship results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Team Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 DC Pts 1987 Bryce Racing BMW BMW 325i MNZ JAR DIJ NÜR SPA BNO SIL BAT CLD WELovr:10cls:4† FJI NC 0 † Not eligible for points.

Complete Asia-Pacific Touring Car Championship results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Team Car 1 2 3 4 DC Points 1988 Bill Bryce Racing BMW M3 BATNC WELRet PUKRet FJI NC 0

Complete British Touring Car Championship results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position - 1 point awarded all races 1996 onwards) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) ( signifies that driver lead feature race for at least one lap - 1 point awarded 1998 only)

Year Team Car Class 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 DC Pts Class 1990 Labatt's Team Ford Sierra RS500 OUL DON THR SIL OUL SIL BRHRet‡ SNE BRH BIR DON THR SIL NC 0 NC 1993 Team Mondeo Ford Mondeo Si SIL DON SNE DON OUL BRH1 BRH2 PEM SIL KNO1 KNO2 OUL BRH THR DON1 DON2 SIL 3rd 110 1994 Team Mondeo Ford Mondeo Ghia THR BRH1 BRH2 SNE SIL1 SIL2 OUL DON1 DON2 BRH1 BRH2 SIL KNO1 KNO2 OUL BRH1 BRH2 SIL1 SIL2 DON1 DON2 3rd 206 1995 Valvoline Team Mondeo Ford Mondeo Ghia DON1 DON2 BRH1 BRH2 THR1 THR2 SIL1 SIL2 OUL1 OUL2 BRH1 BRH2 DON1 DON2 SIL KNO1 KNO2 BRH1 BRH2 SNE1 SNE2 OUL1 OUL2 SIL1 SIL2 6th 130 1996 Valvoline Team Mondeo Ford Mondeo DON1 DON2 BRH1 BRH2 THR1 THR2 SIL1 SIL2 OUL1 OUL2 SNE1 SNE2 BRH1 BRH2 SIL1 SIL2 KNO1 KNO2 OUL1 OUL2 THR1 THR2 DON1 DON2 BRH1 BRH2 13th 27 1997 Team Mondeo Ford Mondeo DON1 DON2 SIL1 SIL2 THR1 THR2 BRH1 BRH2 OUL1 OUL2 DON1 DON2 CRO1 CRO2 KNO1 KNO2 SNE1 SNE2 THR1 THR2 BRH1 BRH2 SIL1 SIL2 13th 41 1998 Esso Ultron Team Peugeot Peugeot 406 THR1 THR2 SIL1 SIL2 DON1 DON2 BRH1 BRH2 OUL1 OUL2 DON1 DON2 CRO1 CRO2 SNE1 SNE2 THR1 THR2 KNO1 KNO2 BRH1 BRH2 OUL1 OUL2 SIL1 SIL2 14th 31

† Not eligible for points due to being an endurance driver.

‡ Endurance driver.

Complete Japanese Touring Car Championship results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Team Car Class 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 DC Pts 1992 Autotech Racing Team BMW M3 Sport EvolutionJTC-2 AID AUT SUG SUZ MIN TSU23 SEN FUJ7 18th 23

Complete V8 Supercar Championship results 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 35 36 37 38 Position Points 1999 Dick Johnson Racing Ford AU Falcon EAS R1 EAS R2 EAS R3 ADE R4 BAR R5 BAR R6 BAR R7 PHI R8 PHI R9 PHI R10 HID R11 HID R12 HID R13 SAN R14 SAN R15 SAN R16 QLD R17 QLD R18 QLD R19 CAL R20 CAL R21 CAL R22 SYM R23 SYM R24 SYM R25 WIN R26 WIN R27 WIN R28 ORA R29 ORA R30 ORA R31 QLD R32 BAT R33 16th 812 2000 Dick Johnson Racing Ford AU Falcon PHI R1 PHI R2 BAR R3 BAR R4 BAR R5 ADE R6 ADE R7 EAS R8 EAS R9 EAS R10 HID R11 HID R12 HID R13 CAN R14 CAN R15 CAN R16 QLD R17 QLD R18 QLD R19 WIN R20 WIN R21 WIN R22 ORA R23 ORA R24 ORA R25 CAL R26 CAL R27 CAL R28 QLD R29 SAN R30 SAN R31 SAN R32 BAT R33 4th 1260 2001 Dick Johnson Racing Ford AU Falcon PHI R1 PHI R2 ADE R3 ADE R4 EAS R5 EAS R6 HID R7 HID R8 HID R9 CAN R10 CAN R11 CAN R12 BAR R13 BAR R14 BAR R15 CAL R16 CAL R17 CAL R18 ORA R19 ORA R20 QLD R21 WIN R22 WIN R23 BAT R24 PUK R25 PUK R26 PUK R27 SAN R28 SAN R29 SAN R30 7th 2109 2002 Dick Johnson Racing Ford AU Falcon 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 26th 398 2003 Briggs Motor Sport Ford BA Falcon ADER1 ADER1 PHIR3 EASR4 WINR5 BARR6 BARR7 BARR8 HDVR9 HDVR10 HDVR11 QLDR12 ORAR13 SANR14 BATR15 SURR16 SURR17 PUKR18 PUKR19 PUKR20 EASR21 EASR22 10th 1618 2004 Triple Eight Race Engineering Ford BA Falcon 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 19th 1188 2005 Team Kiwi Racing Holden VZ Commodore 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 14th 1384 2006 Team Kiwi Racing Holden VZ Commodore 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 28th 1235 2007 Team Kiwi Racing Ford BF Falcon ADER1 ADER2 BARR3 BARR4 BARR5 PUKR6 PUKR7 PUKR8 WINR9 WINR10 WINR11 EASR12 EASR13 EASR14 HDVR15 HDVR16 HDVR17 QLDR18 QLDR19 QLDR20 ORAR21 ORAR22 ORAR23 20th 96 HSV Dealer Team Holden VE Commodore SANR24 BATR25 SURR26 SURR27 SURR28 BHRR29 BHRR30 BHRR31 SYMR32 SYMR33 SYMR34 PHIR35 PHIR36 PHIR37 2008 HSV Dealer Team Holden VE Commodore ADER1 ADER2 EASR3 EASR4 EASR5 HAMR6 HAMR7 HAMR8 BARR29 BARR10 BARR11 SANR12 SANR13 SANR14 HDVR15 HDVR16 HDVR17 QLDR18 QLDR19 QLDR20 WINR21 WINR22 WINR23 PHIQR PHIR24 BATR25 SURR26 SURR27 SURR28 BHRR29 BHRR30 BHRR31 SYMR32 SYMR33 SYMR34 ORAR35 ORAR36 ORAR37 47th 196

Complete Bathurst 1000 results Year Car# Team Car Co-driver Position Laps 1988 55 Bill Bryce Racing BMW M3 Ludwig Finauer NC 113 1989 105 Mobil 1 Racing Ford Sierra RS500 Brad Jones 9th 153 1990 18 Dick Johnson Racing Ford Sierra RS500 Jeff Allam 2nd 161 1991 18 Dick Johnson Racing Ford Sierra RS500 John Bowe Terry Shiel DNF 152 1993 18 Dick Johnson Racing Ford EB Falcon Cameron McConville 8th 151 1994 1 Glenn Seton Racing Ford EB Falcon Glenn Seton DNF 82 1997* 6 Esso Ultron Team Peugeot Peugeot 406 Tim Harvey DNF 70 1998* 2 Brad Jones Racing Audi A4 Quattro Paul Morris DNF 84 1999 18 Dick Johnson Racing Ford AU Falcon Steve Ellery DNF 147 2000 18 Dick Johnson Racing Ford AU Falcon Jason Bright 2nd 161 2001 17 Dick Johnson Racing Ford AU Falcon Steven Johnson DNF 63 2002 17 Dick Johnson Racing Ford AU Falcon Steven Johnson DNF 29 2003 65 Triple Eight Race Engineering Ford BA Falcon Rickard Rydell 7th 161 2004 88 Triple Eight Race Engineering Ford BA Falcon Max Wilson DNF 116 2005 67 Paul Morris Motorsport Holden VZ Commodore Paul Morris DNF 26 2006 021 Team Kiwi Racing Holden VZ Commodore Fabian Coulthard DNF 71 2007 16 HSV Dealer Team Holden VE Commodore Craig Baird DNF 137 2008 15 HSV Dealer Team Holden VE Commodore Rick Kelly DNS 0

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