Daily Planet Racing
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{{Use Australian English|date=November 2019}}
{{Infobox V8 Supercar team
|Short_name = Daily Planet Racing
|Logo =
|Base =
|Principal = John Trimbole
|Manager =
|Drivers = John Trimbole (1992–2000)
Andrew Harris (1992–93)
Gary Cooke (1992)
Rohan Cooke (1992–93)
Steve Harrington (1994)
Gary Waldon (1994)
David Attard (1996)
Tomas Mezera (1997)
Kevin Heffernan (1999)
|Chassis = Holden VL Commodore
Mitsubishi Lancer GSR
Holden VP Commodore
Ford EB Falcon
Holden VS Commodore
|Debut = 1992
|Drivers_champ =
|Wins =
|Poles =
|Last_season = 2000
|Last_position = }}
Daily Planet Racing was an Australian motor racing team that competed in the Australian Touring Car Championship and V8 Supercars between 1992 and 2000.
History
Daily Planet Racing was formed in 1992 by Daily Planet proprietor John Trimbole. Initially competing in the Holden HQ series, a Holden VL Commodore was purchased from Garry Rogers Motorsport. For the Bathurst 1000, two cars were entered with a second VL leased from Perkins Engineering. Only the latter started, with the other heavily damaged in practice.{{cite book|last=Normoyle|first=Steve|title=The Great Race 12|year=1993|publisher=Chevron Publishing|location=Hornsby|issn=1031-6124}}
In 1993, Trimbole raced Larry Perkins' 1992 season VL Commodore and a Mitsubishi Lancer GSR in production car racing, before purchasing Perkins' 1993 Bathurst 1000 winning VP Commodore for 1994.{{cite book|last=Normoyle|first=Steve|title=The Great Race 13|year=1994|publisher=Chevron Publishing|location=Hornsby|issn=1031-6124}}{{cite book|last=Normoyle|first=Steve|title=The Great Race 14|year=1995|publisher=Chevron Publishing|location=Hornsby|issn=1031-6124}}[http://www.v8supercars.com.au/news/saturday-sleuthing-perkins-93-bathurst-winner Saturday Sleuthing: Perkins 93 Bathurst Winner] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141114075626/http://www.v8supercars.com.au/news/saturday-sleuthing-perkins-93-bathurst-winner |date=2014-11-14 }} V8 Supercars 9 November 2013
In 1995, an ex-Dick Johnson Racing Ford EB Falcon was purchased.{{cite book|last=Normoyle|first=Steve|title=The Great Race 15|year=1995|publisher=Chevron Publishing|location=Hornsby|issn=1031-6124}} In 1997, an ex-Wayne Gardner Racing VS Commodore was acquired.{{cite book|last=Normoyle|first=Steve|title=The Great Race 17|year=1997|publisher=Chevron Publishing|location=Hornsby|issn=1031-6124}} After this was destroyed at Bathurst when Tomas Mezera barrel rolled, a Gibson Motorsport VS was acquired in 1999.{{cite book|last=Normoyle|first=Steve|title=The Great Race 19|year=1999|publisher=Chevron Publishing|location=Hornsby|issn=1031-6124}} This was written off in May 2000 at the Phillip Island round of the development series, bringing an end to the team.
Drivers
=Supercars Drivers=
- {{flagicon|AUS}} John Trimbole (1997, 1999)
- {{flagicon|AUS}} Kevin Heffernan (1999)
=Super2 Drivers=
- {{flagicon|AUS}} John Trimbole (2000)