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RICHARDS TARMAC RALLY NAVIGATOR HONOURED WITH AWARD.
19 APRIL 2013
Jim Richards long time friend and tarmac rally navigator Barry Oliver has been honoured by the newly formed V8 Media Association by being inducted into the Hall Of Fame for his contribution to course commentary and journalism. Read More... |
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RICHARDS FINISHES SECOND OVERALL IN OPENING TCM ROUND
15 MARCH 2013
Jim Richards driving the Shannons Ford Falcon Sprint has finished second overall to defending Touring Car Masters champion John Bowe in the first round of the eight round series held at Sydney Motor Sport Park last weekend.
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SOLID FIFTH PLACE IN TARGA WREST POINT FOR RICHARDS
11 FEBRUARY 2013
The third round of the CAMS Targa Championship held in southern Tasmania has resulted in a solid fifth placing in the Modern competition for Jim and navigator Barry Oliver in the Shannons Porsche GT2RS.
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RICHARDS JAVLIN REBUILD UNDERWAY
11 FEBRUARY 2013
Following the devastating crash at the final round of the Touring Car Masters championship at Sandown ,which caused extensive damage to the Shannons AMC Javelin, the decision was made to start with a replacement shell rather than repair the damaged race car.
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'THE JAVLIN'
30 NOVEMBER 2012
Jim and the crew won the trophy in 2010 with the Ford Falcon Sprint,
But Jim had another classic that made his eye glint.
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DISASTER FOR RICHARDS AT SANDOWN
29 NOVEMBER 2012
The final round of the Touring Car Masters Championship at Sandown last weekend proved to be to be a disaster for Jim Richards when the Shannons AMC Javelin was extensively damaged in race two after winning the first race.Read More... |
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RICHARDS AND OLIVER FINISH THIRD IN TARGA HIGH COUNTRY
14 NOVEMBER 2012
After missing the opening round of the Australian Targa Championship in Adelaide due to other commitments the Shannon's team of Jim Richards and Barry Oliver have scored some good points by finishing third in the Modern competition in last weekend's Targa High Country in their Shannon's Porsche GT2 RS. Read More... |
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JIM RICHARDS VOTED 'THE GREATEST KIWI TOURING CAR DRIVER OF ALL-TIME'
7 NOVEMBER 2012
Gentleman Jim Richards has romped away with the Pirtek Poll after Speedcafe.co.nz readers overwhelmingly voted the expat Kiwi the best New Zealand touring car driver of all-time. Read More... |
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MIXED RESULTS FOR RICHARDS AT BATHURST
10 OCTOBER 2012
The penultimate round of the Touring Car Masters at Bathurst produced bitter sweet results for Jim Richards and the Shannon’s AMC Javelin with the car punted off the circuit into the sand trap by another competitor on the final corner of the final lap of race two. Read More... |
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RICHARDS SCORES FIRST WIN IN THE SHANNONS JAVELIN
7 OCTOBER 2012
Round six of the Touring Car Masters series at Sandown proved to be the most successful weekend of the season for Jim Richards and the Shannons AMC Javelin with the combination scoring their first pole position, first race win and first round win for the season. Read More... |
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RICHARDS FINISHES THIRD AT SYDNEY MOTORSPORT PARK
5 OCTOBER 2012
Jim Richards has finished third in his Shannons AMC Javelin in round five of the Touring Car Masters series which was conducted at the revamped Sydney circuit over the Fathers Day Muscle Car Masters weekend. Read More... |
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RICHARDS AND OLIVER WIN QUIT TARGA WEST
5 SEPTEMBER 2012
The 2012 edition of Quit Targa West was run from August 16 to August 19 with 80 cars lining up for the 29 stage event over 220 competitive kilometres.
It proved to be a very successful event for us with the Shannons Porsche GT2 RS coming home in first place. Read More... |
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JIM RICHARDS AND BARRY OLIVER FINISH A VERY CREDIBLE THIRD IN THIS YEAR'S TARGA WEST RALLY.
1 SEPTEMBER 2011
Jim Richards and his navigator Barry Oliver finish a very credible third in this year's Quit Targa West event held in and around Perth last weekend. Read More... |
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RICHARDS RETURNS TO GOODWOOD IN RARE PORSCHE 961
3 JULY 2011
Richards and the one of a kind Porsche 961 Seven time Bathurst 1000 winner, and reigning Touring Car Masters champion, Jim Richards has returned to the hallowed grounds of Lord March's Goodwood House for the 2011 Goodwood Festival of Speed. Read More... |
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VISIT THE MALL – DO 250KM/H WITH JIM
28 APRIL 2011
If you visit Brisbane's Queen Street Mall on Thursday May 12 you could find yourself travelling at around 250km/h beside racing champion Jim Richards. Legally. Read More... |
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JIM RICHARDS HONOURED BY NEW ENDURO TROPHY
10 March 2011
The Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge Australia will award the 'Jim Richards Endurance Trophy' to its highest placed driver in the three endurance races this year. Read More... |
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RICHARDS WINS RALLY TASMANIA
1 March 2011
Richards added yet another trophy to his extensive collection by taking out the 31st Rally Tasmania. Read More... |
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GOODWOOD REVIVAL A REAL EYE-OPENER FOR RICHARDS
24 September 2010
A magical step back in time to revel in the glamour of the golden era motor racing, the Revival is the world's most popular annual historic motor race meeting. The sell-out crowd was treated to a spectacular array of vehicles from 1940's, 50's and 60's driven around Goodwood's hallowed tarmac by motor racing stars old and new. Read More... |
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RICHARDS TO RACE AT GOODWOOD
14 September 2010
The Earl of March, patron of the UK's most celebrated motor sport meetings has invited Touring Car Masters legend, Jim Richards to compete in this year's Goodwood Revival on 17-19 September. Read More... |
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RICHARDS VOTED BETTER THAN BROCK
13 September 2010
The Touring Car Masters presented by Autobarn driver, Jim Richards has been voted Australia's best ever touring car driver - ahead of Peter Brock. In a recent public poll of more than 6400 people on Australia's leading motorsport website, Speedcafe.com.au, Richards was a clear winner in the search to find the country's best ever touring car driver. Read More... |
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RICHARDS TO DEBUT NEW GT3 RS AT COOTHA CLASSIC
10 May 2010
Racing legend Jim Richards plans to debut his brand new $337,000 Porsche GT3 RS at this month’s Cootha Classic sponsored by Shannons at Brisbane’s iconic Mount Coot-tha over the May 29-30 weekend. Read More... |
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JIM RICHARDS BACK WITH BLUE OVAL FOR ALL FORD DAY
23 December 2009
Seven-time Bathurst winner Jim Richards will return to his Ford roots when he attends the 19th Annual Kiwanis all Ford Day on February 21 as a special guest. Read More... |
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SHANNONS CONGRATULATES JIM RICHARDS ON BATHURST MUSEUM HONOURS
26 October 2009
Shannons Ambassador, Jim Richards, has been honoured in bronze at the National Motor Racing Museum at Mt Panorama, Bathurst (NSW). Read More... |
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RICHARDS BACK ON THE MOUNTAIN
22 September 2009
The most experienced man to have ever contested the Bathurst 1000, Jim Richards is returning to take on the Mountain once again. Read More... |
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RICHARDS SCORES FIRST BIANTE WIN IN QLD DEBUT
26 August 2009
The Biante Touring Car Masters delivered an action-packed debut at Queensland Raceway (QLD) with a well-earned first round win for Shannons driver Jim Richards, this weekend. Read More... |
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BRISBANE'S STREET RACE
5 June 2009
For the first time in almost 90 years, apart from the odd rallying Super Special stage, motorsport has taken inside Brisbane with the Cootha Classic hillclimb held on the slopes on the home of Brisbane television, Mount Cootha. Read More... |
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RICHARDS IN TARGA CRASH
2 May 2009
Eight-time Targa winner Jim Richards became a Targa spectator for the first time after crashing out of the event on the day’s fifth stage, putting the Targa legend on the sidelines for the first time in his 16 year history in the event. Read More... |
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RICHARDS WIN TEMCO PROLOGUE
28 April 2009
Eight-time Targa Tasmania winner, Jim Richards, once again looks like the man to beat in the Modern car section of the tarmac rally after setting the pace in the official Temco Prologue, held around the streets of George Town on the north coast of Tasmania. Read More... |
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MIXED RESULTS FOR JR AT CLIPSAL SA
25 March 2009
This year’s Clipsal 500 round saw Jim Richards with 2 entries, the Biante Touring Cars Masters series in the Falcon Sprint and a return to the Carrera Cup car in the Australian GT championship. Read More... |
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JIM RICHARDS ONE OF ONLY SIX CARRERA CUP PORSCHE'S SELECTED TO JOIN AUSTRALIAN GT CHAMPIONSHIP
10 March 2009
The Australian GT Championship won’t be the saviour that some of the stranded Carrera Cup competitors were looking for, with the series sticking to its regulations regarding seeded drivers and a limit on individual makes of car. Read More... |
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RALLY TASMANIA ROUND 1 – TASMANIA
10 March 2009
Queensland’s Tony Quinn held off a fierce challenge by seventime Bathurst winner Jim Richards to take his first Rally Tasmania title in one of the closest finishes in the event’s 29 year history. Read More... |
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