Paul Anthony Weel (born 21 July 1979) is an Australian racing driver who has competed in the

V8 Supercars The Supercars Championship, also known as the Repco Supercars Championship under sponsorship and historically as V8 Supercars, is a touring car racing category in Australia and New Zealand, running as an International Series under Fédération I ...

Boost Mobile Super Trucks The Stadium Super Trucks (SST), formerly known as Speed Energy Formula Off-Road, also known as the Boost Mobile Super Trucks in Australia, is an American short course off-road racing series created by off-road racer and former IndyCar and NASCAR d ...

, and

SCORE International SCORE International (Southern California Off Road Enthusiasts) is an off-road racing sanctioning body in the sport of desert racing. Founded by Mickey Thompson in 1973, SCORE International was purchased from Sal Fish in late 2012. and is run ...

. He lives on the Gold Coast.

Racing career

As a V8 Supercars driver, he raced 12 seasons in the series with a best finish of third at the 2003 Clipsal 500; he initially finished fourth, but a penalty for

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promoted Weel onto the podium. His best enduro finish was a 5th at the 2002 Queensland 500 and best

Bathurst 1000 The Bathurst 1000 (known for sponsorship reasons as the Repco Bathurst 1000) is a Touring car racing, touring car race held annually on the Mount Panorama Circuit in Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia. It is currently run as part of the Supe ...

finish was 8th in 1999. From 2006, he decided to retire from full-time driving to devote more time to his PWR Performance Products business. On 10 October 2008, Weel was involved in a massive crash during a practice session at Bathurst; his stopped car was hit by

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in the Reid Park sector, leading to back fractures, a split spleen, and punctured lung. In 2009, he participated in the

Sepang 12 Hours The Sepang 12 Hours (formerly known as the Malaysia Merdeka Endurance Race and Merdeka Millennium Endurance Race), was a 12 Hours endurance racing event held annually between 2000 and 2016 at the Sepang International Circuit on December in Malaysi ...

and finished fifth overall. Weel returned to driving when he joined the Boost Mobile Super Trucks in 2020. At

Hidden Valley Raceway Hidden Valley Raceway is part of the Hidden Valley Motorsports Complex, located at 171 Hidden Valley Road, Hidden Valley, from Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia. The Hidden Valley Motorsports Complex includes a 1 km drag racing track ...

in June 2021, his truck flipped multiple times after making contact with Dave Casey on a ramp. The following month at

Reid Park Street Circuit Reid Park Street Circuit, also known as the Townsville Street Circuit, is a semi-permanent street circuit located in Townsville, Queensland, Australia. Opened in 2009, the circuit hosts the Townsville 500 Supercars Championship event every year ...

saw him win the final two races for his first career overall weekend victory. In 2022, Weel and fellow Boost Mobile Super Trucks driver

Toby Price Toby Joseph Price OAM is an Australian off-road and enduro motorcycle racing world champion. He lives in Gold Coast, Queensland, and rode for the KTM Off-Road Racing Team until October 2015, then the Red Bull Factory KTM Rally Team until 2024 ...

formed Team Australia to compete in American

desert racing Desert racing is the act of racing through the desert in a two- or four-wheeled off-road vehicle. Races, which generally consist of two or more loops around a course covering up to , can take the form of Hare and Hound or Hare scramble style eve ...

. The team won for the first time at the SCORE International

Baja 500 The Baja 500 is a Mexican off-road motorsport race on the Baja California Peninsula that is sanctioned by SCORE International. The course has remained relatively the same over the years with the majority of events being loop races starting and fi ...

in 2024.

Career results

Complete Bathurst 1000 results

Supercars Championship results

(Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Boost Mobile Super Trucks

( key) (Bold – Pole position. Italics – Fastest qualifier. * – Most laps led.) Season in progress.
Standings were not recorded by the series for the 2020 season.

References

External links

* McConvillebr> replaces Weel at Supercheap Auto racing
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Weel, Paul 1979 births Australian Touring Car Championship drivers Living people Sportspeople from Geelong Racing drivers from Victoria (state) Supercars Championship drivers Stadium Super Trucks drivers