Darrell Lea has announced that it has signed Aussie V8 star Greg Murphy for the final two Australian Endurance Championship rounds at Hampton Downs and Highlands Motorsport Park. The New Zealander will partner up with Tony Quinn in the team’s Aston Martin Vantage V12 GT3.
A veteran of the sport, Murphy last raced in an Australian GT event at the end of 2013, where he co-drove the Highlands Motorsport Park backed McLaren MP4-12C with Neil Crompton. Murphy also drove the Trofeo Corvette GT3 at the 2013 Bathurst 12 Hour, a circuit around which he’s enjoyed phenomenal success.
“It was incredibly enjoyable, I loved it,” Murphy says of his 2013 Highlands 101 experience, “the atmosphere around the event was just fantastic.
“I’m at Hampton Downs all the time doing ride days and things and watching it evolve and seeing what’s happening – this is going to be amazing. With the 101 being there it’s something I wanted to be a part of. Tony mentioned it a while back and we just stayed in touch about it and it all played into each other’s hands.”
In his storied career, Murphy has scored multiple wins in Aussie V8s, won the Bathurst 1000, as well as scored multiple NZ SuperTourer titles.
The CAMS Australian Endurance Championship goes to Hampton Downs for the third round of its inaugural season on October 28-30, where it will host the event on the newly-extended Waikatao circuit.
Two weeks later the season wraps up with an action-packed weekend at Highlands Motorsport Park on November 11-13 where both the CAMS Australian Endurance Championship and CAMS Australian GT Championships will be decided.
