V8 Sleuth is Australia's Home of Motorsport. Dumbrell, who died a "I don't begrudge the sport anything. Expressions of interest close at 3pm on September 5. Wynns then sponsored Gibson Motorsport for the following two seasons, highlighted by Greg Murphy and Steve Richards winning the Bathurst 1000 in 1999 in a Wynns-backed, Gibson Commodore VT. Dumbrell bought the team from Fred Gibson and ran it under the Kmart Racing banner for the 2000 V8 Supercar season before selling it back to Gibson, funded by Bob Forbes, for the following season. Wheelchair-bound former driver Lucas Dumbrell is making his mark as a rookie team owner, writes Daniel Lewis in Abu Dhabi. Georgia Accident News. But so upset is he over the fate of his brother - who crashed in Formula Ford race at Oran Park at the final round of the championship 12 days ago - that he is considering whether to continue in the sport that has played a key role not just in the lives of he and his injured younger brother but that of his father, Garry, a former race driver and team boss. Everyone's blended well. Two-time Bathurst 1000 starter Garry Dumbrell has died, aged 64. Request Accident Report. Local media outlets report a motorcyclist involved in the crash later died at the hospital. Jeff Grech revealing to Supercars.com upon Lowndes full-time retirement in 2018 that it sometimes escalated too far. Industry exec and racing car driver Paul Dumbrell leaves Bapcor to lead Total Tools, By WebMelburnian Dumbrell, the younger brother of Holden V8 Supercar driver Paul Dumbrell, rolled his car several times during a Formula Ford race on Friday. "They just lifted each other. "The rivalry was great, but I tell you, thats why Ive got no hair and it turned grey before I lost it all, Grech said. Opt Out of personalisation. Join the discussion below in the Speedcafe.com comments section, Please note: Speedcafe.com reserves the right to remove any comment that does not follow the comment policy. Two-time Bathurst 1000 starter Garry Dumbrell has died, aged 64. The motorsport careers of his sons are perhaps more widely known. The father of 2012 Bathurst 1000 Gibson's most recent success came with the Greg Murphy/Steven Richards Bathurst win in 1999, before he subsequently sold the two-car outfit to Garry Dumbrell. Copyright 2023 Speedcafe.com We're on a mission to radically improve the quality of Urban communities being developed across Australia. A former Victorian Treasurer of the Liberal Party who hosted a tribute dinner for Peter Costello at his Melbourne mansion in late 2008 but then lost out to Kelly O'Dwyer in the 2009 Higgins preselection contest.