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Jason Richards

{{short description|New Zealand motor racing driver}}

{{for|the American basketball player|Jason Richards (basketball)}}

{{Use Australian English|date=January 2012}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2020}}

{{Infobox racing driver

| name = Jason Richards

| image = File:2008 Hamilton 400 (2431048580).jpg

| imagesize =

| caption =

| nationality = New Zealand

| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1976|4|10}}

| birth_place = Nelson, New Zealand

| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=y|2011|12|15|1976|4|10}}

| death_place = Melbourne, Victoria

| retired = 2011

| last series = V8 Supercar Championship Series

| years active = 2000–2010

| teams = Team Kiwi Racing
Team Dynamik
Tasman Motorsport
Brad Jones Racing

| starts = 131

| wins = 1

| poles = 2

| fastest laps = 1

| best finish = 14th

| year = 2004, 2007 & 2009

| prev series = Karts
New Zealand Mini 7's
New Zealand Formula Ford
British Formula Ford Championship
New Zealand Touring Car Championship
Australian GT Championship
Development V8 Supercar

| prev series years = 1985–93
1994
1995
1995

1995–2000

2011
2011

| titles = New Zealand Touring Car Championship

| title years = 1998/99,1999/00, 2000/01

| awards =

| award years =

}}

Jason John Richards (10 April 1976 – 15 December 2011) was a New Zealand motor racing driver. A multiple championship winning driver in his homeland in the New Zealand Touring Car Championship, he moved to Australia to pursue a career in the Australian-based V8 Supercar Championship Series. Richards career highlights include finishing second three times in V8 Supercar's most famous race, the Bathurst 1000. Richards died at the age of 35, just over a year after being diagnosed with cancer.{{cite web |url=http://www.teamboc.com.au/about/drivers/ |title=Team BOC 2011 - About / Drivers |access-date=2010-11-18 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110217053742/http://teamboc.com.au/about/drivers/ |archive-date=17 February 2011}} Team BOC profile

Early career

Richards started his motor racing career at the age of eight in 1985, driving in karting events in his home country of New Zealand. He made his move out of karting in 1993 after 35 championship titles, entering the Mini 7s.

After much success again, Richards was offered the Canterbury Racing School Formula Ford drive for the Nissan Mobil 500 meetings at Wellington and Pukekohe.

After a short stint in the English Formula Ford Championship, Richards returned to New Zealand to sign with BMW Motorsport NZ as junior driver, winning the 1995/96 Class 1 Touring Car Championships for the team, along with nine out of 12 series races.

V8 Supercar

=Team Kiwi Racing=

Promoted to lead driver, Richards won the next three NZ Touring Car Championships prior to joining Team Kiwi for the V8 Supercar series in Australia in 2001. Battling testing restrictions and the tyranny of distance, Richards finished an extremely creditable 19th in the 2002 V8 Supercar Series.

=Team Dynamik=

Richards moved to the new South Australian Team Dynamik in 2003, putting in some strong results, including a narrow failure to snatch victory in the Sandown 500 from Mark Skaife in the race's dying stages.

=Tasman Motorsport=

He then made the decision to move to the newly formed Tasman Motorsport outfit in 2004 and has developed into a driver who believes he is capable of standing on the top step of a V8 Supercar podium.

Coming back from a major rollover in the 2005 round at Queensland Raceway,{{cite news |url=http://www.theage.com.au/photogallery/2005/07/25/1122143765663.html |publisher=The Age |title=Jason Richards crashes |access-date=2006-12-09 |date=25 July 2005}} Richards quickly returned to stride and promptly placed the repaired Commodore into the top 10 in the following round at Oran Park Raceway.

His podium results in the Sandown and Bathurst endurance events in 2005 helped cement his place as a 'coming man' of the V8 Supercar category. In the 2005 Supercheap Auto 1000, Richards produced a strong performance and came very close to winning the race.

In the following year, Richards won the second of three races at the Winton Motor Raceway, hence gaining his first (and only) V8 Supercars race victory. He finished the season in 18th position.

At the 2007 Bathurst 1000 Richards and Murphy were the best placed Holden team, finishing fourth overall. Surfers Paradise was his best round in 2007 where he finished third overall, and finished 14th in the Championship, with 235 points 15 points behind teammate Greg Murphy.

=Brad Jones Racing=

Richards joined Brad Jones Racing VE Commodore in 2009, driving the #8 car. (who ran a new race number for the team in V8 Supercars but was the racing number of team co-principal Brad Jones during the team's years racing in AUSCAR and NASCAR at the Calder Park Thunderdome) Richards secured his first V8 Supercar pole position at Hidden Valley Raceway in 2009.

Richards finished third at the 2010 L&H 500 with Andrew Jones.http://www.speedcafe.com/2010/09/12/lowndes-and-skaife-score-big-lh-500-win/ {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120615164718/http://www.speedcafe.com/2010/09/12/lowndes-and-skaife-score-big-lh-500-win/ |date=15 June 2012 }} Speedcafe. 12 September 2012.

Illness and death

In November 2010 it was revealed that Richards was admitted to hospital on 16 November and was later diagnosed with an adrenocortical carcinoma.http://www.speedcafe.com/2010/11/18/jason-richards-sidelined-in-cancer-fight/ Speedcafe. 18 November 2010. Richards immediately stepped away from racing to devote his energies to fighting the illness with Andrew Jones substituting for the balance of the 2010 season. He continued to race sporadically with guest appearances in the second-tier V8 Supercar series, Australian GT Championship, Touring Car Masters and continued testing with Brad Jones Racing into the second half of 2011. He died on 15 December 2011 at his home.{{Cite web|url=http://www.speedcafe.com/2011/12/16/v8-driver-jason-richards-passes-away/|title = V8 driver Jason Richards passes away|date = 16 December 2011}}

In 2012 an [https://www.ad42.com.au/product-page/jason-richards illustrated documentary] of his life was released.

Career results

class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;"

! Season

! Series

! Position

! Car

! Team

1996/97

| New Zealand Touring Car Championship

|align="center" | 4th

| BMW 325i

| International Motorsport

1997

| Australian Super Touring Championship

|align="center" | 16th

| BMW 318i

| CPW Motorsport

1997/98

| New Zealand Touring Car Championship

|align="center" style="background:#dfdfdf;"| 2nd

| BMW 320i

| International Motorsport

1998/99

| New Zealand Touring Car Championship

|align="center" style="background:#ffffbf;"| 1st

| BMW 320i

| International Motorsport

1999/2000

| New Zealand Touring Car Championship

|align="center" style="background:#ffffbf;"| 1st

| BMW 320i

| International Motorsport

2000

| Shell Championship Series

|align="center" | 52nd

| Holden VT Commodore

| Team Kiwi Racing

2000/01

| New Zealand Touring Car Championship

|align="center" style="background:#ffffbf;"| 1st

| Nissan Primera

| Team Kiwi Racing

2001

| Shell Championship Series

|align="center" | 24th

| Holden VX Commodore

| Team Kiwi Racing

2002

| V8 Supercar Championship Series

|align="center" | 19th

| Holden VX Commodore

| Team Kiwi Racing

2003

| V8 Supercar Championship Series

|align="center" | 26th

| Holden VY Commodore

| Team Dynamik

2004

| V8 Supercar Championship Series

|align="center" | 14th

| Holden VX Commodore
Holden VY Commodore

| Tasman Motorsport

2005

| V8 Supercar Championship Series

|align="center" | 17th

| Holden VZ Commodore

| Tasman Motorsport

2006

| V8 Supercar Championship Series

|align="center" | 18th

| Holden VZ Commodore

| Tasman Motorsport

2007

| V8 Supercar Championship Series

|align="center" | 14th

| Holden VE Commodore

| Tasman Motorsport

2008

| V8 Supercar Championship Series

|align="center" | 17th

| Holden VE Commodore

| Tasman Motorsport

2009

| V8 Supercar Championship Series

|align="center" | 14th

| Holden VE Commodore

| Brad Jones Racing

2010

| V8 Supercar Championship Series

|align="center" | 17th

| Holden VE Commodore

| Brad Jones Racing

rowspan=2| 2011

| Fujitsu V8 Supercar Series

|align="center"| 29th

| Holden VE Commodore

| Greg Murphy Racing

Australian GT Championship

|align="center" | 23rd

| Ferrari 430 GT3

| Maranello Motorsport

=Supercars Championship results=

(Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:75%"
colspan=45| Supercars results
Year

! Team

! Car

! 1

! 2

! 3

! 4

! 5

! 6

! 7

! 8

! 9

! 10

! 11

! 12

! 13

! 14

! 15

! 16

! 17

! 18

! 19

! 20

! 21

! 22

! 23

! 24

! 25

! 26

! 27

! 28

! 29

! 30

! 31

! 32

! 33

! 34

! 35

! 36

! 37

! 38

! 39

! Position

! Points

2000

! Team Kiwi Racing

! Holden VT Commodore

| PHI
R1

| PHI
R2

| BAR
R3

| BAR
R4

| BAR
R5

| ADE
R6

| ADE
R7

| EAS
R8

| EAS
R9

| EAS
R10

| HDV
R11

| HDV
R12

| HDV
R13

| CAN
R14

| CAN
R15

| CAN
R16

| QLD
R17

| QLD
R18

| QLD
R19

| WIN
R20

| WIN
R21

| WIN
R22

| ORA
R23

| ORA
R24

| ORA
R25

| CAL
R26

| CAL
R27

| CAL
R28

|style="background:#;"| QLD
R29
{{small

}

| SAN
R30

| SAN
R31

| SAN
R32

|style="background:#dfffdf;"| BAT
R33
{{small|16}}

!colspan=6|

! 51st

! 48

|-

! 2001

! Team Kiwi Racing

! Holden VX Commodore

|style="background:#;"| PHI
R1
{{small|}}

|style="background:#;"| PHI
R2
{{small|}}

|style="background:#;"| ADE
R3
{{small|}}

|style="background:#;"| ADE
R4
{{small|}}

|style="background:#;"| EAS
R5
{{small|}}

|style="background:#;"| EAS
R6
{{small|}}

|style="background:#;"| HDV
R7
{{small|}}

|style="background:#;"| HDV
R8
{{small|}}

|style="background:#;"| HDV
R9
{{small|}}

|style="background:#;"| CAN
R10
{{small|}}

|style="background:#;"| CAN
R11
{{small|}}

|style="background:#;"| CAN
R12
{{small|}}

|style="background:#;"| BAR
R13
{{small|}}

|style="background:#;"| BAR
R14
{{small|}}

|style="background:#;"| BAR
R15
{{small|}}

|style="background:#;"| CAL
R16
{{small|}}

|style="background:#;"| CAL
R17
{{small|}}

|style="background:#;"| CAL
R18
{{small|}}

|style="background:#;"| ORA
R19
{{small|}}

|style="background:#;"| ORA
R20
{{small|}}

|style="background:#;"| QLD
R21
{{small|}}

|style="background:#;"| WIN
R22
{{small|}}

|style="background:#;"| WIN
R23
{{small|}}

|style="background:#;"| BAT
R24
{{small|}}

|style="background:#;"| PUK
R25
{{small|}}

|style="background:#;"| PUK
R26
{{small|}}

|style="background:#;"| PUK
R27
{{small|}}

|style="background:#;"| SAN
R28
{{small|}}

|style="background:#;"| SAN
R29
{{small|}}

|style="background:#;"| SAN
R30
{{small|}}

!colspan=9|

! 24th

! 1146

|-

! 2002

! Team Kiwi Racing

! Holden VX Commodore

| ADE
R1
{{small|}}

| ADE
R2
{{small|}}

| PHI
R3

| PHI
R4

| EAS
R5
{{small|}}

| EAS
R6
{{small|}}

| EAS
R7
{{small|}}

| HDV
R8
{{small|}}

| HDV
R9
{{small|}}

| HDV
R10
{{small|}}

| CAN
R11
{{small|}}

| CAN
R12
{{small|}}

| CAN
R13
{{small|}}

| BAR
R14
{{small|}}

| BAR
R15
{{small|}}

| BAR
R16
{{small|}}

| ORA
R17
{{small|}}

| ORA
R18
{{small|}}

| WIN
R19
{{small|}}

| WIN
R20
{{small|}}

|style="background:#;"| QLD
R21
{{small|}}

|style="background:#;"| BAT
R22
{{small|}}

| SUR
R23
{{small|}}

| SUR
R24
{{small|}}

| PUK
R25
{{small|}}

| PUK
R26
{{small|}}

| PUK
R27
{{small|}}

| SAN
R28
{{small|}}

| SAN
R29
{{small|}}

!colspan=10|

!

!

|-

! 2003

! Team Dynamik

! Holden VY Commodore

|style="background: #"| ADE
R1
{{small|}}

|style="background: #"| ADE
R1
{{small|}}

|style="background: #"| PHI
R3
{{small|}}

|style="background: #"| EAS
R4
{{small|}}

|style="background: #"| WIN
R5
{{small|}}

|style="background: #"| BAR
R6
{{small|}}

|style="background: #"| BAR
R7
{{small|}}

|style="background: #"| BAR
R8
{{small|}}

|style="background: #"| HDV
R9
{{small|}}

|style="background: #"| HDV
R10
{{small|}}

|style="background: #"| HDV
R11
{{small|}}

|style="background: #"| QLD
R12
{{small|}}

|style="background: #"| ORA
R13
{{small|}}

|style="background: #"| SAN
R14
{{small|}}

|style="background: #"| BAT
R15
{{small|}}

|style="background: #"| SUR
R16
{{small|}}

|style="background: #"| SUR
R17
{{small|}}

|style="background: #"| PUK
R18
{{small|}}

|style="background: #"| PUK
R19
{{small|}}

|style="background: #"| PUK
R20
{{small|}}

|style="background: #"| EAS
R21
{{small|}}

|style="background: #"| EAS
R22
{{small|}}

!colspan=17|

!

!

|-

! 2004

! Tasman Motorsport

! Holden VY Commodore

|style="background: #"| ADE
R1
{{small|}}

|style="background: #"| ADE
R2
{{small|}}

|style="background: #"| EAS
R3
{{small|}}

|style="background: #"| PUK
R4
{{small|}}

|style="background: #"| PUK
R5
{{small|}}

|style="background: #"| PUK
R6
{{small|}}

|style="background: #"| HDV
R7
{{small|}}

|style="background: #"| HDV
R8
{{small|}}

|style="background: #"| HDV
R9
{{small|}}

|style="background: #"| BAR
R10
{{small|}}

|style="background: #"| BAR
R11
{{small|}}

|style="background: #"| BAR
R12
{{small|}}

|style="background: #"| QLD
R13
{{small|}}

|style="background: #"| WIN
R14
{{small|}}

|style="background: #"| ORA
R15
{{small|}}

|style="background: #"| ORA
R16
{{small|}}

|style="background: #"| SAN
R17
{{small|}}

|style="background: #"| BAT
R18
{{small|}}

|style="background: #"| SUR
R19
{{small|}}

|style="background: #"| SUR
R20
{{small|}}

|style="background: #"| SYM
R21
{{small|}}

|style="background: #"| SYM
R22
{{small|}}

|style="background: #"| SYM
R23
{{small|}}

|style="background: #"| EAS
R24
{{small|}}

|style="background: #"| EAS
R25
{{small|}}

|style="background: #"| EAS
R26
{{small|}}

!colspan=13|

!

!

|-

! 2005

! Tasman Motorsport

! Holden VZ Commodore

| ADE
R1
{{small|}}

| ADE
R2
{{small|}}

| PUK
R3

| PUK
R4

| PUK
R5

| BAR
R6
{{small|}}

| BAR
R7
{{small|}}

| BAR
R8
{{small|}}

| EAS
R9
{{small|}}

| EAS
R10
{{small|}}

| SHA
R11

| SHA
R12

| SHA
R13
{{small|}}

| HDV
R14
{{small|}}

| HDV
R15
{{small|}}

| HDV
R16
{{small|}}

| QLD
R17
{{small|}}

| ORA
R18
{{small|}}

| ORA
R19
{{small|}}

|style="background: #"| SAN
R20
{{small|}}

|style="background: #"| BAT
R21
{{small|}}

| SUR
R22
{{small|}}

| SUR
R23
{{small|}}

| SUR
R24
{{small|}}

| SYM
R25
{{small|}}

| SYM
R26
{{small|}}

| SYM
R27
{{small|}}

| PHI
R28
{{small|}}

| PHI
R29
{{small|}}

| PHI
R30
{{small|}}

!colspan=9|

!

!

|-

! 2006

! Tasman Motorsport

! Holden VZ Commodore

| ADE
R1
{{small|}}

| ADE
R2
{{small|}}

| PUK
R3
{{small|}}

| PUK
R4
{{small|}}

| PUK
R5
{{small|}}

| BAR
R6
{{small|}}

| BAR
R7
{{small|}}

| BAR
R8
{{small|}}

| WIN
R9
{{small|}}

| WIN
R10
{{small|}}

| WIN
R11
{{small|}}

| HDV
R12
{{small|}}

| HDV
R13
{{small|}}

| HDV
R14
{{small|}}

| QLD
R15
{{small|}}

| QLD
R16
{{small|}}

| QLD
R17
{{small|}}

| ORA
R18
{{small|}}

| ORA
R19
{{small|}}

| ORA
R20
{{small|}}

|style="background: #"| SAN
R21
{{small|}}

|style="background: #"| BAT
R22
{{small|}}

| SUR
R23
{{small|}}

| SUR
R24
{{small|}}

| SUR
R25
{{small|}}

| SYM
R26
{{small|}}

| SYM
R27
{{small|}}

| SYM
R28
{{small|}}

| BHR
R29
{{small|}}

| BHR
R30
{{small|}}

| BHR
R31
{{small|}}

| PHI
R32
{{small|}}

| PHI
R33
{{small|}}

| PHI
R34
{{small|}}

!colspan=5|

!

!

|-

! 2007

! Tasman Motorsport

! Holden VE Commodore

|style="background: #"| ADE
R1
{{small|}}

|style="background: #"| ADE
R2
{{small|}}

|style="background: #"| BAR
R3
{{small|}}

|style="background: #"| BAR
R4
{{small|}}

|style="background: #"| BAR
R5
{{small|}}

|style="background: #"| PUK
R6
{{small|}}

|style="background: #"| PUK
R7
{{small|}}

|style="background: #"| PUK
R8
{{small|}}

|style="background: #"| WIN
R9
{{small|}}

|style="background: #"| WIN
R10
{{small|}}

|style="background: #"| WIN
R11
{{small|}}

|style="background: #"| EAS
R12
{{small|}}

|style="background: #"| EAS
R13
{{small|}}

|style="background: #"| EAS
R14
{{small|}}

|style="background: #"| HDV
R15
{{small|}}

|style="background: #"| HDV
R16
{{small|}}

|style="background: #"| HDV
R17
{{small|}}

|style="background: #"| QLD
R18
{{small|}}

|style="background: #"| QLD
R19
{{small|}}

|style="background: #"| QLD
R20
{{small|}}

|style="background: #"| ORA
R21
{{small|}}

|style="background: #"| ORA
R22
{{small|}}

|style="background: #"| ORA
R23
{{small|}}

|style="background: #"| SAN
R24
{{small|}}

|style="background: #"| BAT
R25
{{small|}}

|style="background: #"| SUR
R26
{{small|}}

|style="background: #"| SUR
R27
{{small|}}

|style="background: #"| SUR
R28
{{small|}}

|style="background: #"| BHR
R29
{{small|}}

|style="background: #"| BHR
R30
{{small|}}

|style="background: #"| BHR
R31
{{small|}}

|style="background: #"| SYM
R32
{{small|}}

|style="background: #"| SYM
R33
{{small|}}

|style="background: #"| SYM
R34
{{small|}}

|style="background: #"| PHI
R35
{{small|}}

|style="background: #"| PHI
R36
{{small|}}

|style="background: #"| PHI
R37
{{small|}}

!colspan=2|

!

!

|-

! 2008

! Tasman Motorsport

! Holden VE Commodore

|style="background: #"| ADE
R1
{{small|}}

|style="background: #"| ADE
R2
{{small|}}

|style="background: #"| EAS
R3
{{small|}}

|style="background: #"| EAS
R4
{{small|}}

|style="background: #"| EAS
R5
{{small|}}

|style="background: #"| HAM
R6
{{small|}}

|style="background: #"| HAM
R7
{{small|}}

|style="background: #"| HAM
R8
{{small|}}

|style="background: #"| BAR
R9
{{small|}}

|style="background: #"| BAR
R10
{{small|}}

|style="background: #"| BAR
R11
{{small|}}

|style="background: #"| SAN
R12
{{small|}}

|style="background: #"| SAN
R13
{{small|}}

|style="background: #"| SAN
R14
{{small|}}

|style="background: #"| HDV
R15
{{small|}}

|style="background: #"| HDV
R16
{{small|}}

|style="background: #"| HDV
R17
{{small|}}

|style="background: #"| QLD
R18
{{small|}}

|style="background: #"| QLD
R19
{{small|}}

|style="background: #"| QLD
R20
{{small|}}

|style="background: #"| WIN
R21
{{small|}}

|style="background: #"| WIN
R22
{{small|}}

|style="background: #"| WIN
R23
{{small|}}

|style="background: #"| PHI
Q
{{small|}}

|style="background: #"| PHI
R24
{{small|}}

|style="background: #"| BAT
R25
{{small|}}

|style="background: #"| SUR
R26
{{small|}}

|style="background: #"| SUR
R27
{{small|}}

|style="background: #"| SUR
R28
{{small|}}

|style="background: #"| BHR
R29
{{small|}}

|style="background: #"| BHR
R30
{{small|}}

|style="background: #"| BHR
R31
{{small|}}

|style="background: #"| SYM
R32
{{small|}}

|style="background: #"| SYM
R33
{{small|}}

|style="background: #"| SYM
R34
{{small|}}

|style="background: #"| ORA
R35
{{small|}}

|style="background: #"| ORA
R36
{{small|}}

|style="background: #"| ORA
R37
{{small|}}

!

!

!

|-

! 2009

! Brad Jones Racing

! Holden VE Commodore

|style="background: #"| ADE
R1
{{small|}}

|style="background: #"| ADE
R2
{{small|}}

|style="background: #"| HAM
R3
{{small|}}

|style="background: #"| HAM
R4
{{small|}}

|style="background: #"| WIN
R5
{{small|}}

|style="background: #"| WIN
R6
{{small|}}

|style="background: #"| SYM
R7
{{small|}}

|style="background: #"| SYM
R8
{{small|}}

|style="background: #"| HDV
R9
{{small|}}

|style="background: #"| HDV
R10
{{small|}}

|style="background: #"| TOW
R11
{{small|}}

|style="background: #"| TOW
R12
{{small|}}

|style="background: #"| SAN
R13
{{small|}}

|style="background: #"| SAN
R14
{{small|}}

|style="background: #"| QLD
R15
{{small|}}

|style="background: #"| QLD
R16
{{small|}}

|style="background: #"| PHI
Q
{{small|}}

|style="background: #"| PHI
R17
{{small|}}

|style="background: #"| BAT
R18
{{small|}}

|style="background: #"| SUR
R19
{{small|}}

|style="background: #"| SUR
R20
{{small|}}

|style="background: #"| SUR
R21
{{small|}}

|style="background: #"| SUR
R22
{{small|}}

|style="background: #"| PHI
R23
{{small|}}

|style="background: #"| PHI
R24
{{small|}}

|style="background: #"| BAR
R25
{{small|}}

|style="background: #"| BAR
R26
{{small|}}

|style="background: #"| SYD
R27
{{small|}}

|style="background: #"| SYD
R28
{{small|}}

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!

!

|-

! 2010

! Brad Jones Racing

! Holden VE Commodore

|style="background: #"| YMC
R1
{{small|}}

|style="background: #"| YMC
R2
{{small|}}

|style="background: #"| BHR
R3
{{small|}}

|style="background: #"| BHR
R4
{{small|}}

|style="background: #"| ADE
R5
{{small|}}

|style="background: #"| ADE
R6
{{small|}}

|style="background: #"| HAM
R7
{{small|}}

|style="background: #"| HAM
R8
{{small|}}

|style="background: #"| QLD
R9
{{small|}}

|style="background: #"| QLD
R10
{{small|}}

|style="background: #"| WIN
R11
{{small|}}

|style="background: #"| WIN
R12
{{small|}}

|style="background: #"| HDV
R13
{{small|}}

|style="background: #"| HDV
R14
{{small|}}

|style="background: #"| TOW
R15
{{small|}}

|style="background: #"| TOW
R16
{{small|}}

|style="background: #"| PHI
R17
{{small|}}

|style="background: #"| BAT
R18
{{small|}}

|style="background: #"| SUR
R19
{{small|}}

|style="background: #"| SUR
R20
{{small|}}

|style="background: #"| SYM
R21
{{small|}}

|style="background: #"| SYM
R22
{{small|}}

|style="background: #"| SAN
R23
{{small|}}

|style="background: #"| SAN
R24
{{small|}}

|style="background: #"| SYD
R25
{{small|}}

|style="background: #"| SYD
R26
{{small|}}

!colspan=13|

!

!

|}

=Complete Bathurst 1000 results=

class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;"
Year

! Team

! Car

! Co-driver

! Position

! Laps

1997*

| CPW Motorsport

| BMW 318i

| {{flagicon|NZL}} Brett Riley

|align="center" | DNF

|align="center" | 125

1998*

| International Motorsport

| BMW 320i

| {{flagicon|NZL}} Barrie Thomlinson

|align="center" | DNF

|align="center" | 128

2000

| Team Kiwi Racing

| Holden VT Commodore

| {{flagicon|NZL}} Angus Fogg

|align="center" | 16th

|align="center" | 157

2001

| Team Kiwi Racing

| Holden VT Commodore

| {{flagicon|NZL}} Angus Fogg

|align="center" | 16th

|align="center" | 157

2002

| Team Kiwi Racing

| Holden VX Commodore

| {{flagicon|NZL}} Simon Wills

|align="center" | 11th

|align="center" | 160

2003

| Team Dynamik

| Holden VY Commodore

| {{flagicon|NZL}} Simon Wills

|align="center" | 22nd

|align="center" | 139

2004

| Tasman Motorsport

| Holden VY Commodore

| {{flagicon|NZL}} Fabian Coulthard

|align="center" | 20th

|align="center" | 152

2005

| Tasman Motorsport

| Holden VZ Commodore

| {{flagicon|AUS}} Jamie Whincup

|align="center" style="background:#dfdfdf;"| 2nd

|align="center" | 161

2006

| Tasman Motorsport

| Holden VZ Commodore

| {{flagicon|AUS}} Andrew Jones

|align="center" | DNF

|align="center" | 151

2007

| Tasman Motorsport

| Holden VE Commodore

| {{flagicon|NZL}} Greg Murphy

|align="center" | 4th

|align="center" | 161

2008

| Tasman Motorsport

| Holden VE Commodore

| {{flagicon|NZL}} Greg Murphy

|align="center" style="background:#dfdfdf;"| 2nd

|align="center" | 161

2009

| Brad Jones Racing

| Holden VE Commodore

| {{flagicon|AUS}} Cameron McConville

|align="center" style="background:#dfdfdf;"| 2nd

|align="center" | 161

2010

| Brad Jones Racing

| Holden VE Commodore

| {{flagicon|AUS}} Andrew Jones

|align="center" | 23rd

|align="center" | 157

* Super Touring race

Legacy

=Jason Richards Memorial Trophy=

{{main|Auckland SuperSprint}}

Since 2013, the driver who scores the most points across all races during the weekend of the New Zealand round of the V8 Supercars championship has received the Jason Richards Memorial Trophy. The trophy was introduced when the series returned to Pukekohe in 2013, replacing the Mark Porter Memorial Trophy presented at the Hamilton 400.

Jason Bright and Brad Jones Racing, Richards' last teammate and team respectively, were the first winners of the trophy.{{cite news | url=http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/sport/motor-sport/emotions-run-high-as-jason-bright-claims-jason-richards-memorial-trophy/story-fnec19wg-1226620169272 | title=Emotions run high as a tearful Jason Bright claims Jason Richards Memorial Trophy | work=The Daily Telegraph | last=Phelps | first=James | date=14 April 2013 | access-date=23 July 2015}} In 2015 and 2017, Jamie Whincup, who was a teammate of Richards in 2005 at Tasman Motorsport and co-drove with him to a second-place finish at the 2005 Bathurst 1000, won the trophy.{{cite news | url=http://www.speedcafe.com/2015/11/08/whincup-wins-as-winterbottom-wobbles/ | title=Whincup wins, Winterbottom wobbles in Race 30 | work=SpeedCafe | last=Bartholomaeus | first=Stefan | date=8 November 2015 | access-date=9 November 2015}}

==Winners==

class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;"
Year

! Driver

! Team

! Car

! Venue

2013

| {{flagicon|AUS}} Jason Bright

| Brad Jones Racing

| Holden VF Commodore

|rowspan=8| Pukekohe

2014

| {{flagicon|AUS}} Mark Winterbottom

| Ford Performance Racing

| Ford FG Falcon

2015

| {{flagicon|AUS}} Jamie Whincup

| Triple Eight Race Engineering

| Holden VF Commodore

2016

| {{flagicon|NZL}} Shane van Gisbergen

| Triple Eight Race Engineering

| Holden VF Commodore

2017

| {{flagicon|AUS}} Jamie Whincup

| Triple Eight Race Engineering

| Holden VF Commodore

2018

| {{flagicon|NZL}} Scott McLaughlin

| DJR Team Penske

| Ford FG X Falcon

2019

| {{flagicon|NZL}} Shane van Gisbergen

| Triple Eight Race Engineering

| Holden ZB Commodore

2022

| {{flagicon|NZL}} Shane van Gisbergen

| Triple Eight Race Engineering

| Holden ZB Commodore

References

{{Reflist}}

External links

  • {{DriverDB driver|jason-richards}}
  • [http://www.motorsport.com/#!/all/search/?q=Jason%2520Richards Motorsport.com articles and photos]
  • [http://www.conrod.com.au/stats/drprof.cgi?id=247 VESRIX V8 Supercar stats]
  • [http://www.speedcafe.com/2011/12/16/bio-jason-richards-1976-2011/ Speedcafe.com Tribute]
  • [http://www.speedcafe.com/2011/12/17/jason-richards-in-his-own-words/ Jason Richards "In his own words" - Interview Speedcafe 19 December 2011]

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{{succession box | title=Peter Brock Medal | before=Inaugural | after=Craig Lowndes| years=2011}}

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