New Fujitsu Series team to debut in Sydney

A brand-new V8 Supercars team will makes its debut in the Fujitsu V8 Series at the Sydney Telstra 500 next weekend.

Red Lion Racing Team, competing as Bluestone Racing, has entered two cars for Bruce Oaklands and John Boston, who will both make their first starts in the Fujitsu Series.

The pair of blue and white Commodores are housed in the team’s Sydney-based workshop and are represented in reverse colour schemes.

Oaklands’ Commodore is a Perkins Engineering-built chassis, last raced in the Fujitsu Series by Tim Slade.

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Boston, a Toyota HiLux Hero stunt driver, is campaigning his ex-Drew Russell Commodore.

The new team plan to contest all of next year’s Fujitsu V8 Series.

Oaklands told Speedcafe.com.au that he and Boston are keeping their expectations low for their debut next weekend at the punishing Sydney track.

“Everyone expects us to come last and second last, so the main thing for us is to finish,” Oaklands said.

“There’s no great expectations for us to finish in the top 10, even though the cars may be as fast as the top 10, but obviously, it’s going to be pretty overwhelming in our first race at a street circuit as tight as Homebush.

“We were going to go to Bathurst, but everyone talked us out of it. People said that Bathurst is daunting, but looking at Homebush, it is just as bad.

“Every track has their own good and bad parts. We decided back in September that we’d leave it to Homebush because my construction company (Bluestone) is based in Sydney, so it makes sense for us to launch in Homebush.

Oaklands confirmed that both cars would contest each round of next year’s series, but is holding off on giving his 100 percent commitment to Perth’s Barbagallo Racway, which will host its first-ever Fujitsu round.

“Barbagallo has caught us by surprise – we’re going to try and go there,” he said.

“At the moment, our plan is to run both cars in all the rounds next year.”

The final round of the Fujitsu V8 Series will be held alongside the main series V8 Supercars at the Sydney Olympic Park street course.

The Fujitsu Series will contest two races around the track.

See below for a draft entry list.

Car Number	CAMS Competitor Name	Driver	Model
13	Sieders Racing Team	Colin Sieders	BF
26	MW Motorsport	TBC	BF
27	MW Motorsport	TBC	BF
28	MW Motorsport	David Russell	BF
32	Triple F Racing	Paul Fiore	BF
38	Eggleston Motorsport	TBC	VE
40	Red Lion Racing Team P/L	John Boston	VZ
41	Red Lion Racing Team P/L	Bruce Oaklands	VZ
43	Jay Motorsport Pty Ltd	TBC	VZ
45	Greg Murphy Racing	Steve Owen	VE
46	Greg Murphy Racing	Daniel Jilesen	VE
48	Emery Motorsport	Geoff Emery	VE
57	Ben McCashney	Ben McCashney	VZ
58	Adrenalin Motor Racing	Drew Russell	BF
59	Adrenalin Motor Racing	Aaren Russell	BF
66	Nemo Racing Pty Ltd	Phil Foster	VZ
67	Nemo Racing Pty Ltd	Paul Morris	VE
71	Action Racing	Marcus Zukanovic	VZ
75	Auto-Motion Australia	Aaron McGill	BF
92	Taz Douglas	Taz Douglas	VZ
93	Stone Brothers Racing	Scott McLaughlin	BF
95	Batavia Coast Motorsport	Nathan Vince	BF
96	Peters Motorsport	Ryan Hansford	BF
99	Prodrive Racing (Aust) Pty Ltd	James Moffat	BF
222	Eggleston Motorsport	Nick Percat	VE
777	Rodney Jane	Rodney Jane	BF
999	Sonic Motor Racing Serivces	Tim Blanchard	BF