Greg Murphy in a Holden V8 Supercar at Brands Hatch Grand Prix Circuit - July 1st, 2023. Click HD
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On the 1st of July, V8 Supercar star Greg Murphy was reunited with his 2008/2009 Sprint Gas Racing Holden V8 Supercar, TMS001. A car we have proudly owned since 2015.
Greg was over in the UK to race a Nissan Primera Super Tourer at the Super Touring Power Event. As soon as we knew Greg was coming to our home circuit, we had to arrange for him to drive the car, which is in its period correct, 2009 Bathurst livery. He would drive the car on both days, first on the GP circuit and then on the Indy. Both runs were as part of a demonstration.
TMS001 was a car Greg and his Dad actually owned after Tasman Motorsport lost its funding. His team Greg Murphy Racing, ran the car in Super 2's for Geoff Emery, who would eventually buy the car and whom we purchased it from.
Greg hadn't driven the car since 2009 and hadn't seen it for over ten years. He wasn't quite sure what to expect but, was not disappointed when he jumped back in it for the first time, amazed at the condition the car was in and that everything was how it should be. His reaction was a huge pat on the back for us.
It is very safe to say Greg absolutely loved driving the car again and at such a legendary circuit. It really was a pleasure to have him in the seat and see the genuine enjoyment he got from it. Don't miss the end of the footage, to catch his reaction.
Unfortunately, the session was cut short, giving him only 4 laps. A quote from Greg "I feel like a kid that's had his lollipop taken away"
It was a real shame, as he was on brand new slicks and was just starting to pick up the pace. Picking up the pace is something he definitely done the following day on the Indy Circuit, footage of this to follow soon!
Public Service Announcement - there is some excitable adult language.
Thumbnail image credit - Brands Hatch Facebook Page.
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That’s awesome! I worked with Murph at PWR (super cheap 05 and 06) and then Tasman. I designed a lot of that car. Great to see it running and murph enjoying it !
@DRIVECLUBistimelessPS4
11 ай бұрын
🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
@yeingsterable
11 ай бұрын
Do you remember what chassis he was running in 05,06?
@heathcornbeef
11 ай бұрын
I was at pukekohe with my younger brother in-law in the early two thousands when a ford?(F..ked on race day)(found on rubbish dump) (Fix or repair dayly) From memory went backwards through the infield and the race was stopped until the mess was cleaned up i was walking with kepa and two guys step out of a motor home Greg and a team member. My brother in-law who has mental health issues is a devoted fan of Greg's and when he saw him he started walking backwards away from Greg who was about to go back to the start grid for the restart i called out hay Greg can i please take a photo of you and kepa together he hesitated looking at the race car's and said Sure but be fast please i was about to take the photo and his team member said give me the camera jump into the photo with your brother photo taken and race won by Greg kepa treasure's that photo almost twenty years later and i have uncountable respect for Greg for taking the time to give Kepa a moment he will hold onto for the rest of his life 👏👏👏GREG MURPHY YOU ARE A BLOODY KIND DECENT HUMAN
@nine8three310
11 ай бұрын
I remember those VZ’s back then were horrible.
@HoldenRacingUK
11 ай бұрын
That also means you might have worked on our VZ? HRT047.
Greg Murphy is and will always be one of my favourite drivers
Greg Murphy in a V8SC around the GP circuit...pure gold ❤
That bloody roll bar. Greg was getting better and better every lap. Magic stuff mate.
@HoldenRacingUK
Ай бұрын
Blame Larry for that! Yes, he barely got warmed up and they cut the session short. I don't think they gave the demo sessions the time they deserved.
I'm a Australian Ford fan and this brought a smile to my face, really, it was like he had never left the car since 2003, awesome. Thanks Greg Murphy for doing this for us.🇦🇺✅🦘
@gregbooth1551
11 ай бұрын
Bro, I'm a kiwi Ford fan, I loved it too!!
Honestly I could watch this all day
And this is why I as an American love watching v8sc
Love this footage , LOVE the vehicle , and I'm a huge fan of Greg Murphy . I may be living in the past but still replay the "lap of the gods" from 2003 regularly . Thanks for this .
@frazerguest2864
2 ай бұрын
Same here. For me Murphs ‘lap of the Gods’, Dick Johnson’s Greens-Tuff “he’s gone off the track and into a tree” qualifying run, and George Fury’s balls out top ten shootout run from 1988 are all favourites of mine that get watched regularly.
Thanks for all the comments so far, glad you like it. If you like this footage, you will love the next installment on the Indy Circuit, better camera angle and Greg is going for it! It is glorious. This video will go live in the next day or so. Follow us on facebook or subscribe to the channel, so you don't miss it!
@user-nq6wh7tr4s
11 ай бұрын
i was not able to attend ,, but ,, massive massive thank you holden for coming over and giving the uk public something stunning to watch
@andylewis7360
11 ай бұрын
Loved it! The Brands GP circuit is just fantastic! A PROPER circuit!! 😁👍🏻
@wilko3sgem
11 ай бұрын
Very poor camera position.
@shredvenom
11 ай бұрын
The footage would've been better if the camera wasn't viewing a roll cage! Unbelievable.... You could've mounted the camera on the actual roll cage looking straight out the window.
@HoldenRacingUK
11 ай бұрын
@@shredvenom Then all you would see is the track ahead and not Greg at work, the dash etc. That would have been very boring, just seeing what's out the window.
Murph said it best....Fkn awesome. Thanks.
Murph rules! That V8 is singing beautifully...
Murph at Brands in his old V8 is a thing of beauty 🔥
Love seeing Murph back where he belongs. In his natural habitat. Fan for ever.
Certainly looks like Murph was having a lot of fun. Awesome
@MAte925
Ай бұрын
He got into it!
I have one of the year 2000 HSV’s imported into the U.K. by wilkinshaw. This was a treat to watch. Thanks.
@bugproductions9050
11 ай бұрын
Walkinshaw. He's a pom. Don't make me mention the Ashes.
Gosh sounds so mega. Enough to bring a tear to your eye, the old engines. And he drove it like a proper race car of course! You'll have plenty of data to pour over now! Glad you could make this happen.
@templetonthegood
11 ай бұрын
LGAustralia what are you doing here?😂
@HoldenRacingUK
11 ай бұрын
Someone accidentally left their work account logged in? LG want to sponsor us? 🤣
@LGAustralia
11 ай бұрын
@@templetonthegood Hey we enjoy racing, too. Don't forget we've sponsored many a V8SC team over the years ;)
@HoldenRacingUK
11 ай бұрын
@@LGAustralia One of our other cars, HRT047 was sponsored by LG.
@LGAustralia
11 ай бұрын
@@HoldenRacingUK Sure was! In Betta colours. We often do those dual sponsorships with electronics retailers.
You can’t beat the sound of a v8 supercar I could watch and listen all day long, so happy for Murph to get a drive and judging by his language he loved it 😂, can feel his goosebumps must’ve been an awesome feeling!!
Awesome....murph you're a faaaaaaarkin legend
I still rate the 2004 Kmart car as his best he ever drove. The car he accomplished his lap of the gods in. I even still have an original Kmart racing jersey.
That was as good to watch at Murphy’s famous “lap of the gods” at Bathurst when he set a lap record in qualifying. Of the greatest drivers in my era. I just absolutely loved watching Murphy in the K Mart Commodore
Short shifting too...LEGEND!❤
Thank you so much for uploading this. Murph is the coolest guy on the track and the nicest guy off track. I was lucky enough to meet him at a book signing once and he spent ages just talking and joking about stuff. True Kiwi Legend!
One Brilliant NZ Man in One Legendary AUST Holden Car!
I wish we still had V8SC - what we see today is a shadow of its former self, pre sequential boxes was the pinnacle for me but this is close to perfect :)
@Watt05
11 ай бұрын
Couldn’t have said it better myself 💯true
@alastairdow4400
2 ай бұрын
Larry Perkins had the best sounding engines
Certainly brought a tear to my eye. Thank you Greg and thank you Holden Racing UK. Some fond memories of that car and team.
Just imagine if the V8 Supercars series had gone to the UK, instead of the US and Middle East!😮
Simply cooler than penguin piss - superb to see - thanks for posting and massive thanks to Greg Murphy for taking us out around the track! Well done to all involved in making this happen!
Incredible to how easily he blew past the European Touring Cars with ease and that includes the 500bhp Ford RS500's on track as well. Awesome footage, thank you.
@downunderontop2502
11 ай бұрын
A few too many might be wealthy car owners but not actual professional racers. A joy to watch Greg Murphy though
@couttsy222
11 ай бұрын
Twenty yeaqrs difference in racing car development and the Group A cars were more production-based than the terrible Ford/Holden shillouette formula that our premier racing format developed into. For crying out loud, it's not even a Holden V8 -- it's a Chevrolet. The "Supercar" format has continued it's sad decline.
@whatwouldiknow1759
11 ай бұрын
One suspects the others weren't experienced saloon car drivers in race trim.
@kinghock
11 ай бұрын
@@couttsy222 Not really what he was talking about though, was it. Take the whinging elsewhere if you can't enjoy the video.
@couttsy222
11 ай бұрын
Why? BTW, it's spelt "whingeing", which I wasn't. Sooking, though? Yes!! 😁
Brilliant from Donegal Ireland,,,👏👏
A Great Kiwi Legend driving a Great Aussie Car and showing them how it's done. Nice Murph.
Absolutely bloody awesome.
I was there. I’m not Particularly versed in V8 supercars but it made a glorious sound and it was great seeing it amongst the Super Tourers! ❤❤
@jimbee7342
11 ай бұрын
In case you're wondering what the bloke driving it is capable of..... kzread.info/dash/bejne/lYaurqR_gZizYrw.html&pp=ygUXU3VwZXJjYXJzIEJhdGh1cnN0IDIwMDk%3D
Massive thank you to everyone involved past and preset to get this beauty up and purring. Great sound and fantastic to see Murph back in a V8SC, what a treat ty ty. Hahaha Murph's comments at the end... couldn't have said it any better!
Good to see Murphy still got it an looked like he was having fun out there
Best part was the soundtrack
I love the Larry bar. takes me back to the old days.
@zakoreilly5722
11 ай бұрын
Lowndes bar as well 😂
@ute388
11 ай бұрын
@@zakoreilly5722 it stopped the tyre coming in the car lol
Probably my favourite track, and it would be so much fun in a V8 supercar!
Epic the man, dont think or you ever see this sounds beautiful
can never get enough of V8SC's easily the best tin top formula out there - a true drivers series - none of the BS flappy paddles, torque vectoring, traction control. Just a driver three pedals and a sequential shifter!
@bremCZ
11 ай бұрын
2.5 pedals...
@biggussniffus5537
11 ай бұрын
can't really say that anymore. old v8sc was a true driver's class.
@bremCZ
11 ай бұрын
@@biggussniffus5537 In what ways?
@DragoserakerIT
11 ай бұрын
@@bremCZ id say 3, a lot of drivers still use the clutch as a way of controlling the car under braking.
@bremCZ
11 ай бұрын
@@DragoserakerIT Which they also did before when it was a full pedal used for upshifting.
Thanks for the vid. Love Murph! Even more when seeing him behind the wheel of a V8 Holden going fast!
Can’t get this symphony from an EV love that V8 power and sound and Murph driving is the iconic combination. Murph I was at the Chase when the year you broke the Mountains lap record it’s was amazing and have never forgotten it.
Awesome awesome footage. Saw Murph post about the drive. Thanks so much for putting up this epic footage
Excellent video. Nothing equals that sound.
Greg is one of the real gentlemen of motorsport. I have clear memories of meeting him back in '96 on a Saturday at Wanneroo when he was driving for HRT. Top guy.
@robertlesliebryant3414
11 ай бұрын
Ask Marcos Ambrose , ( now living the US ) if he knowz Greg Murphy. ?
@heathcornbeef
11 ай бұрын
I agree what he did for my brother in-law twenty years ago might have been a small thing for him but my younger bro has mental health issues and idolises Greg just a slip of time and it still makes him happy looking at the photo of him and Greg arms over each others shoulder big smile and off he went to win another race ce
So glad you guys could make it happen, it's been a joy for everyone, us viewers included. But I bet a terror for the other drivers on the track those days seeing god coming from behind in the mirrors. 😉😂
Driven many laps around Brands. Haven't managed to do the GP Circuit yet. After watching this video, I think that i need a V8 Supercar to do it in. Love watching the V8 Supercars. Awesome.
Loved his comments after the drive...."how was that mate?....ah f$$king awesome!"
I got photos with Murph and that car. Good to see it still doing the rounds
This track will suit V8SC so much. Imagine 30 of these thundering around the GP Circuit
YES YES YES! MORE PLEASE.
Brilliant Greg and Team
Go that Hillman Imp! 😬
Music to my ears
Great stuff. Murph has still got it. Every apex clipped perfectly. Respect to you from South Africa❤
This sound is heaven
Great to see murph having fun in a super car again, I've missed seeing him do this. Great to see how much he enjoyed it to.
you still got it mate fkn awsome greg, lay down the rubber road to freedom brother🏎🏎🕺
Thanks for the amazing upload ❤
Great Britain V8 Supercars thankyou
God how I have missed this sound
Love that track!!! The undulations are just brilliant. Should be the home of the British GP - piss Silverstone off.
Nice to hear that thing singing. So glad it was the grand prix circuit and not just the indy. Would love to see a group of that era supercars all racing at Brands
I’ve still got my MURPH 51 Kmart jacket from 2002/3. The lap of the gods qualifying lap at Bathurst is still one of my top 3 best motor racing moments. I can’t separate it from Ari Vatanen’s Pikes Peak climb or Ayrton Senna’s famous qualifying lap with onboard camera.
Sounds amazing 👏 absolutely awesome
@svenomick5857
11 ай бұрын
You need to see these Cars at Bathurst over the top Brock Skyline and through the Chase on Conrod Straight at 300kph live, very impressive Cars and Murphy one of the Best.
@MadmanJnr
11 ай бұрын
@svenomick5857 100% that would have been the ultimate experience. Just watching them on the TV was pretty good. But live would have been amazing
Impressive to watch one man welded to a machine
Definitely a tear in the eye. God how I miss seeing blokes like Brocky, Johnson, Grice, Perkins, Richards, Seton....all the greats, including this absolute legend, ripping up a circuit in an Aussie V8 supercar. Grew up watching the supercars in the 70's, 80's and 90's and loved it. Can't watch the (Aussie "Supercars" now, without Aussie made Holden's and Ford's, it just lacks soul.😢 Thank you so much for uploading this great video 🙏🙏
That was awesome. That was way better than awesome. I have to go watch the Lap of the Gods now, I can't help myself. Chance of getting any work done this Friday afternoon rapidly approaching zero
Not a lot got past him! Bloody great sound and vision. Good work Murph.
Really cool!
Pure power and noise Murph, poetry in motion, that livery brings back memories of our late Jason Richard's....thanks for the ride....
Nothing better then an Aussie V8. I miss the Holden v Ford competition.
Like a great white shark swimming with goldfish.....awesome murph
Awesome to see murph on brands ,met him a few years back hes a top bloke
Greatest video I've seen all year! Looked like so much fun. 🤘🏻🤠🤘🏻
Fantastic! Really feeding it the onions from a couple of laps in 💪
Awsome mate that showed those fans what it is all about
Lap of the gods
So good to see Murph back behind the wheel of a Holden Supercar
Still amazing
Always loved Murph. Love how the guy says "fucking awesome " as he leaves the pits.
Sounded like Murph was having fun! It looked like a handful on cold tyres, but man that thing was singing a lovely song once it warmed up!
Seeing incar with the Larry Bar and Murph amped to drive it, just made my day, and I'm still buzzing from watching svg win on monday morning
This is glorious, we had it so good back in the day
I forgot how much better these things sound then now. and look better.. so much better
So cool, this Era Greg was teamed up with Jason Richard's, legendary kiwi pairing.
Murph the Legend 🥰 not left foot braking like the old days... 🏁🏁🏁
Poiter approves! Fully sick mate!
Love the Murph in a Holden. Some-one should take over the Holden name - and turn it into a proper racing Brand, like McLaren.
@HoldenRacingUK
11 ай бұрын
Officially we are registered as Holden Racing Team.
Been to Oran park Sydney park Bathurst to watch this kiwi icon never took a backward step right or wrong 51 all day thanks murph
Good stuff!
Murph ... The Man ... Chur Brother
smoking the European tour cars
Love ya work Murph! Probably the best sheep shagger thats ever sat in a Holden.
Sounds wicked .
Awesome video! 👏
Murph is a legend!
Bloody awesome a track perfectly suited to V8 racing cheers for sharing 👊🏻
great to see the old 51 out on the track
Sounds like this make life worth living
Awesome . End of. That engine sounds amazing.Thanks Greg!