Team Dynamik was an Australian motor racing team that competed in Australian V8 Supercar racing between

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and

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History

Owned by Kieran Wills,

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based Team Dynamik debuted in the 2001 with Simon Wills racing an ex Gibson Motorsport Holden Commodore VT to victory in the Development Series. In

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, the team entered the V8 Supercar Championship Series after purchasing a Level 1 franchise with two licences from Romano Racing and entering Holden Commodore VYs for Wills and Jason Richards. The year was highlighted by a strong performance at the

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, where the car ran second to Mark Skaife until an incident with two laps remaining put them out of the race. In

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Richards was replaced by Dale Brede. A third car appeared at two rounds with

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driving. In August 2004, Team Dynamik conducted an unauthorised test at

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and were fined $132,000. In

, Will Davison was contracted to drive, while the second licence was sold to Tony Longhurst, who contracted Team Dynamik to prepare a car with Max Wilson driving. However, after the opening race at the Australian Grand Prix, the team advised Davison it was unable to fulfill its contract for him to drive the second car. In September 2005, Longhurst purchased the second licence. After announcing his intention to relocate the team to

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, in 2006 Longhurst on-sold the licences to Paul Morris Motorsport and Rod Nash Racing. This resulted in legal action, with Team Dynamik claiming a share of the profits Longhurst made.2736/08 Tean Dynamik Racing Pty Ltd v Longhurst Racing Pty Ltd & Others
Queensland Supreme Court 21 October 2008

Drivers

Supercars Drivers

* Simon Wills (2003-2005) * Jason Richards (2003) * ''

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'' (2003) * '' Wayne Wakefield'' (2003) * '' Jan Magnussen'' (2003) * Dale Brede (2004) * '' Neil McFadyen'' (2004) * ''

'' (2004) * ''

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'' (2004) * '' Tony Longhurst'' (2005) * Max Wilson (2005) * '' Mark Porter'' (2005) * '' Kayne Scott'' (2005)

Super2 Drivers

* Simon Wills (2001)

References

{{Reflist Australian auto racing teams Auto racing teams established in 2001 Auto racing teams disestablished in 2005 Sports clubs and teams in South Australia Supercars Championship teams 2001 establishments in Australia 2005 disestablishments in Australia