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Paul Weel
NationalityAustralian
Born (1979-07-21) 21 July 1979 (age 45)
Geelong, Victoria
Related toKees Weel (father)
Emma Weel (wife)
Boost Mobile Super Trucks
Years active20202021
Car number50
Starts12
Wins2
Podiums5
Poles1
Best finish3rd in 2021
Finished last season3rd (2021)
Previous series
19982008
1997
V8 Supercars
AMSCAR Series
Supercars Championship career
Championships0
Races102
Wins0
Podiums1
Pole positions0
Last updated on: 9 December 2021.

Paul Anthony Weel (born 21 July 1979) is an Australian racing driver who has competed in the V8 Supercars, Boost Mobile Super Trucks, and SCORE International.

He lives on the Gold Coast.

Racing career

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As a V8 Supercars driver, he raced 12 seasons in the series with a best finish of third at the 2003 Clipsal 500; he initially finished fourth, but a penalty for Russell Ingall promoted Weel onto the podium.[1] His best enduro finish was a 5th at the 2002 Queensland 500 and best Bathurst 1000 finish was 8th in 1999.

From 2006, he decided to retire from full-time driving to devote more time to his PWR Performance Products business.[2][3] On 10 October 2008, Weel was involved in a massive crash during a practice session at Bathurst;[4] his stopped car was hit by Chris Pither in the Reid Park sector, leading to back fractures, a split spleen, and punctured lung. In 2009, he participated in the Sepang 12 Hours and finished fifth overall.[5]

Weel returned to driving when he joined the Boost Mobile Super Trucks in 2020.[5] At Hidden Valley Raceway in June 2021, his truck flipped multiple times after making contact with Dave Casey on a ramp.[6] The following month at Reid Park Street Circuit saw him win the final two races for his first career overall weekend victory.[7]

In 2022, Weel and fellow Boost Mobile Super Trucks driver Toby Price formed Team Australia to compete in American desert racing.[8] news The team won for the first time at the SCORE International Baja 500 in 2024.[9]

Career results

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Season Series Position Car Team
1997 AMSCAR Series 10th Ford Falcon (EL) Paul Weel Racing
1998 Australian Touring Car Championship 31st Ford Falcon (EL) Paul Weel Racing
1999 Shell Championship Series 24th Ford Falcon (AU) Paul Weel Racing
2000 Shell Championship Series 22nd Ford Falcon (AU) Paul Weel Racing
2001 Shell Championship Series 20th Ford Falcon (AU) Paul Weel Racing
2002 V8 Supercar Championship Series 22nd Ford Falcon (AU) Paul Weel Racing
Stone Brothers Racing
2003 V8 Supercar Championship Series 13th Holden Commodore (VX) Team Brock
2004 V8 Supercar Championship Series 17th Holden Commodore (VY) Paul Weel Racing
2005 V8 Supercar Championship Series 22nd Holden Commodore (VZ) Supercheap Auto Racing
2006 V8 Supercar Championship Series 40th Holden Commodore (VZ) Supercheap Auto Racing
2007 V8 Supercar Championship Series 29th Holden Commodore (VE) Supercheap Auto Racing
2008 V8 Supercar Championship Series 59th Holden Commodore (VE) Paul Weel Racing
2020 Boost Mobile Super Trucks N/A Stadium Super Truck Paul Weel Racing
2021 Boost Mobile Super Trucks 3rd Stadium Super Truck Paul Weel Racing

Complete Bathurst 1000 results

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Year Class Team Car Co-driver Position Laps
1998 OC Paul Weel Racing Ford Falcon (EL) Australia Neal Bates 9th 155
1999 Paul Weel Racing Ford Falcon (AU) Australia Greg Crick 8th 160
2000 Paul Weel Racing Ford AU Falcon Australia Greg Crick 14th 157
2001 Paul Weel Racing Ford AU Falcon Australia Tim Leahey DNF 127
2002 Stone Brothers Racing Ford AU Falcon Australia Marcos Ambrose 21st 154
2003 Paul Weel Racing Holden Commodore (VX) Australia Jason Bright DNF 44
2004 Paul Weel Racing Holden Commodore (VY) Australia Jason Bright 12th 159
2005 Paul Weel Racing Holden Commodore (VZ) New Zealand Greg Murphy DNF 144
2006 Paul Weel Racing Holden VZ Commodore Australia Nathan Pretty 8th 161
2007 Paul Weel Racing Holden Commodore (VE) Australia Paul Dumbrell 12th 159
2008 Paul Weel Racing Holden VE Commodore Australia Andrew Thompson DNS

Supercars Championship results

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

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
1998 Paul Weel Racing Ford EL Falcon SAN
R1

20
SAN
R2

Ret
SAN
R3

Ret
SYM
R4

20
SYM
R5

Ret
SYM
R6

22
LAK
R7

22
LAK
R8

23
LAK
R9

20
PHI
R10

28
PHI
R11

20
PHI
R12

18
WIN
R13

27
WIN
R14

Ret
WIN
R15

15
MAL
R16

24
MAL
R17

28
MAL
R18

Ret
BAR
R19

BAR
R20

BAR
R21

CAL
R22

CAL
R23

CAL
R24

HDV
R25

Ret
HDV
R26

DNS
HDV
R27

17
ORA
R28

Ret
ORA
R29

22
ORA
R30

26
31st 32
1999 Paul Weel Racing Ford AU Falcon EAS
R1

DNS
EAS
R2

DNS
EAS
R3

DNS
ADE
R4

BAR
R5

BAR
R6

BAR
R7

PHI
R8

21
PHI
R9

18
PHI
R10

15
HDV
R11

18
HDV
R12

18
HDV
R13

23
SAN
R14

21
SAN
R15

23
SAN
R16

21
QLD
R17

27
QLD
R18

Ret
QLD
R19

Ret
CAL
R20

Ret
CAL
R21

22
CAL
R22

19
SYM
R23

23
SYM
R24

14
SYM
R25

10
WIN
R26

Ret
WIN
R27

24
WIN
R28

20
ORA
R29

27
ORA
R30

Ret
ORA
R31

15
QLD
R32

14
BAT
R33

8
24th 536
2000 Paul Weel Racing Ford AU Falcon PHI
R1

12
PHI
R2

15
BAR
R3

15
BAR
R4

12
BAR
R5

11
ADE
R6

Ret
ADE
R7

22
EAS
R8

30
EAS
R9

23
EAS
R10

13
HDV
R11

Ret
HDV
R12

19
HDV
R13

17
CAN
R14

5
CAN
R15

18
CAN
R16

Ret
QLD
R17

13
QLD
R18

14
QLD
R19

14
WIN
R20

Ret
WIN
R21

26
WIN
R22

11
ORA
R23

30
ORA
R24

15
ORA
R25

16
CAL
R26

16
CAL
R27

16
CAL
R28

Ret
QLD
R29

Ret
SAN
R30

15
SAN
R31

8
SAN
R32

9
BAT
R33

14
22nd 403
2001 Paul Weel Racing Ford AU Falcon PHI
R1
PHI
R2
ADE
R3
ADE
R4
EAS
R5
EAS
R6
HDV
R7
HDV
R8
HDV
R9
CAN
R10
CAN
R11
CAN
R12
BAR
R13
BAR
R14
BAR
R15
CAL
R16
CAL
R17
CAL
R18
ORA
R19
ORA
R20
QLD
R21

WIN
R22
WIN
R23
BAT
R24

PUK
R25
PUK
R26
PUK
R27
SAN
R28
SAN
R29
SAN
R30
2002 Paul Weel Racing Ford AU Falcon ADE
R1

ADE
R2

PHI
R3
PHI
R4
EAS
R5

EAS
R6

EAS
R7

HDV
R8

HDV
R9

HDV
R10

CAN
R11

CAN
R12

CAN
R13

BAR
R14

BAR
R15

BAR
R16

ORA
R17

ORA
R18

WIN
R19

WIN
R20

QLD
R21

BAT
R22

SUR
R23

SUR
R24

PUK
R25

PUK
R26

PUK
R27

SAN
R28

SAN
R29

2003 Paul Weel Racing Holden VX Commodore ADE
R1

14
ADE
R1

3
PHI
R3

8
EAS
R4

11
WIN
R5

5
BAR
R6

13
BAR
R7

6
BAR
R8

7
HDV
R9

12
HDV
R10

11
HDV
R11

13
QLD
R12

10
ORA
R13

16
SAN
R14

22
BAT
R15

Ret
SUR
R16

13
SUR
R17

16
PUK
R18

15
PUK
R19

11
PUK
R20

12
EAS
R21

29
EAS
R22

Ret
13th 1450
2004 Larkham Motorsport Ford BA Falcon ADE
R1

ADE
R2

EAS
R3

PUK
R4

PUK
R5

PUK
R6

HDV
R7

HDV
R8

HDV
R9

BAR
R10

BAR
R11

BAR
R12

QLD
R13

WIN
R14

ORA
R15

ORA
R16

SAN
R17

BAT
R18

SUR
R19

SUR
R20

SYM
R21

SYM
R22

SYM
R23

EAS
R24

EAS
R25

EAS
R26

2005 Larkham Motorsport Ford BA Falcon ADE
R1

ADE
R2

PUK
R3
PUK
R4
PUK
R5
BAR
R6

BAR
R7

BAR
R8

EAS
R9

EAS
R10

SHA
R11
SHA
R12
SHA
R13

HDV
R14

HDV
R15

HDV
R16

QLD
R17

ORA
R18

ORA
R19

SAN
R20

BAT
R21

SUR
R22

SUR
R23

SUR
R24

SYM
R25

SYM
R26

SYM
R27

PHI
R28

PHI
R29

PHI
R30

2006 WPS Racing Ford BA Falcon ADE
R1

ADE
R2

PUK
R3

PUK
R4

PUK
R5

BAR
R6

BAR
R7

BAR
R8

WIN
R9

WIN
R10

WIN
R11

HDV
R12

HDV
R13

HDV
R14

QLD
R15

QLD
R16

QLD
R17

ORA
R18

ORA
R19

ORA
R20

SAN
R21

BAT
R22

SUR
R23

SUR
R24

SUR
R25

SYM
R26

SYM
R27

SYM
R28

BHR
R29

BHR
R30

BHR
R31

PHI
R32

PHI
R33

PHI
R34

2007 WPS Racing Ford BF Falcon ADE
R1

ADE
R2

BAR
R3

BAR
R4

BAR
R5

PUK
R6

PUK
R7

PUK
R8

WIN
R9

WIN
R10

WIN
R11

EAS
R12

EAS
R13

EAS
R14

HDV
R15

HDV
R16

HDV
R17

QLD
R18

QLD
R19

QLD
R20

ORA
R21

ORA
R22

ORA
R23

SAN
R24

BAT
R25

SUR
R26

SUR
R27

SUR
R28

BHR
R29

BHR
R30

BHR
R31

SYM
R32

SYM
R33

SYM
R34

PHI
R35

PHI
R36

PHI
R37

2008 Tony D'Alberto Racing Holden VE Commodore ADE
R1

ADE
R2

EAS
R3

EAS
R4

EAS
R5

HAM
R6

HAM
R7

HAM
R8

BAR
R9

BAR
R10

BAR
R11

SAN
R12

SAN
R13

SAN
R14

HDV
R15

HDV
R16

HDV
R17

QLD
R18

QLD
R19

QLD
R20

WIN
R21

WIN
R22

WIN
R23

PHI
Q

PHI
R24

BAT
R25

SUR
R26

SUR
R27

SUR
R28

BHR
R29

BHR
R30

BHR
R31

SYM
R32

SYM
R33

SYM
R34

ORA
R35

ORA
R36

ORA
R37

Boost Mobile Super Trucks

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(key) (Bold – Pole position. Italics – Fastest qualifier. * – Most laps led.)

Boost Mobile Super Trucks results
Year 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 BMSTC Pts Ref
2020 ADE
5
ADE
4
ADE
7
N/A1 [10]
2021 SYM
3
SYM
3
SYM
4
HID
9
HID
5
HID
3
TOW
5
TOW
1
TOW
1
3rd 84 [11][12]

* Season in progress.
1 Standings were not recorded by the series for the 2020 season.

References

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  1. ^ "Skaife takes out V8 opening round". ABC News. 23 March 2003. Retrieved 5 February 2020.
  2. ^ *"The Border Mail". Archived from the original on 28 September 2007. Retrieved 29 January 2006.
  3. ^ Noonan, Aaron (14 April 2018). "Saturday Sleuthing: Paul Weel". Supercars Championship. Retrieved 5 February 2020.
  4. ^ http://www.v8supercars.com.au/content/latest_news/32684907-Paul-Weel-heads-home-/[permanent dead link]
  5. ^ a b Murray, Brett (6 February 2020). "Paul Weel set to make full-time comeback in SST in Adelaide". Speedcafe. Retrieved 6 February 2020.
  6. ^ van Leeuwen, Andrew (18 June 2021). "Wild Stadium Super Truck rollover in Darwin". Motorsport.com. Motorsport Network. Retrieved 15 July 2021.
  7. ^ Nguyen, Justin (11 July 2021). "Paul Weel steals SST Townsville Race 3 victory in final turn". The Checkered Flag. Retrieved 15 July 2021.
  8. ^ Nguyen, Justin (31 March 2022). "Paul Weel, Toby Price team up for BITD, Baja Trophy Truck campaign". The Checkered Flag. Retrieved 3 August 2024.
  9. ^ O'Brien, Garry (2 June 2024). "Toby Price and Paul Weel have won the Baja 500 in Mexico". Speedcafe. Retrieved 3 August 2024.
  10. ^ "2020 Adelaide Results". Stadium Super Trucks. Retrieved 25 November 2020.
  11. ^ "2021 Beaurepaires Tasmania SuperSprint – Symmons Plains International Raceway | 2021 Australian Stadium Super Trucks Series - Race 3 | Meeting Points Report". Natsoft Race Results. Archived from the original on 20 June 2021. Retrieved 10 May 2021.
  12. ^ "2021 Merlin Darwin Triple Crown – HiddenValley Raceway | 2021 Australian Stadium Super Trucks Series - Race 3 | Meeting Points Report". Natsoft Race Results. Archived from the original on 22 June 2021. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
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