Paul Radisich

He surprised a lot of people by signing for the patriotic Team Kiwi Racing for 2 years in 2005 racing in a Holden for the first time, helping the team to their first ever podium finish at Shanghai International Circuit in China, (third). He finished the 2005 season in 14th place, TKR's highest ever finish in a Supercar season.[3]

In the 2006 Supercheap Auto 1000 endurance race at Mount Panorama he had a major crash at around 200 km/h in The Chase. While attempting to overtake Nathan Pretty he ran wide into the dirt and could not brake in time and careered into a tyre wall head on, flipping the car onto its side. Rescue teams had to cut the roof off the car in order to get him out. He was then taken to a nearby hospital and then flown to a hospital in Sydney for further scans. He broke his ankle and sternum in the crash and missed the remainder of the season.

In November 2006 it was confirmed that Radisich had signed for a further 2 years with TKR and would once again be back racing in a Ford for 2007–08. He has commented that he has unfinished business in V8 Supercars.

Paul returned to the cockpit at Barbagallo for the first time since Bathurst, to the delight of many fans. He had a very good result at Pukekohe, the final round to be held at that circuit, finishing 7th in the third race.

Ford Performance Racing terminated its contract to supply and service the TKR Falcon on 31 May 2007. Paul Radisich said he had terminated his contract with TKR following the team's fallout with Ford Performance Racing that ran the car on behalf of TKR. "TKR is in breach of contract and I have therefore terminated my contract with immediate effect."[4]

The New Zealand international joined fellow Kiwi Craig Baird and regular drivers Rick Kelly and Garth Tander in the Toll HSV ranks for the big endurance races in September and October.

The formal announcement was put on hold until Carrera Cup star and Bathurst rookie David Reynolds was signed and sealed with Super Cheap Auto Racing for the enduros. Reynolds had been in line for a drive with Toll HSV in the big races in September and October, but was happy to transfer to Super Cheap for his V8 Supercar debut without the potential pressure of a fellow driver’s championship hanging over him.

At Sandown, Paul was paired with Championship front-runner, Rick Kelly. The car was qualified by Rick Kelly, and they started from 8th position on the grid. Paul and Rick Kelly drove the Number 1 Toll HSV Commodore to 2nd place, 2.8 seconds behind Triple Eight Racing's Craig Lowndes and Jamie Whincup.

At Bathurst, Paul was paired with Craig Baird. After qualifying 9th after the top-10 shootout, Paul and Craig Baird started strongly, and were running on the fringe of top 10 for the majority of the race, slowed by persistent braking problems which also afflicted their more illustrious team-mates. Ultimately, the team withdrew from the race on lap 137 of 161 so as not to risk damaging Tander and Kelly's race cars for the championship battle to come.

Returning to the team in 2008, Radisich crashed heavily during practice for the 2008 Bathurst 1000, after the throttle jammed open at McPhillamy Park Corner, hitting the concrete wall in a gap in the tyre barriers. Radisich fractured both ankles, reopened the fractured sternum sustained in an accident two years prior, fractured lumbar and thoracic vertebrae, cracked ribs and suffered bruising to his lungs. His recovery has been protracted and brought an end his motor racing career.[5]

Paul raced a Ford Mustang S550 in the invitational non-championship Class Three of the 2018-19 BNT V8 Championship[6]

He was team manager of the Super Black Racing team[7] until the team was disbanded at the end of the 2016 season. He is managing director of New Zealand oil company Aegis Oil, a company founded by his father Frank.[8]

Paul is the in-studio co-host of the British Touring Car Championship segment of TV3's CRC Motorsport with Shaun Summerfield.

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

Year	Team	Car	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	DC	Pts
1987	Bryce Racing BMW	BMW 325i	MNZ	JAR	DIJ	NÜR	SPA	BNO	SIL	BAT	CLD	WEL ovr:10 cls:4†	FJI	NC	0

† Not eligible for points.

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

Year	Team	Car	1	2	3	4	DC	Points
1988	Bill Bryce Racing	BMW M3	BAT NC	WEL Ret	PUK Ret	FJI	NC	0

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position - 1 point awarded all races 1996 onwards) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) (* signifies that driver lead feature race for at least one lap - 1 point awarded 1998 only)

† Not eligible for points due to being an endurance driver.

‡ Endurance driver.

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

Year	Team	Car	Co-driver	Position	Laps
1988	Bill Bryce Racing	BMW M3	Ludwig Finauer	19th	113
1989	Mobil 1 Racing	Ford Sierra RS500	Brad Jones	9th	153
1990	Dick Johnson Racing	Ford Sierra RS500	Jeff Allam	2nd	161
1991	Dick Johnson Racing	Ford Sierra RS500	John Bowe Terry Shiel	DNF	152
1993	Dick Johnson Racing	Ford EB Falcon	Cameron McConville	8th	151
1994	Glenn Seton Racing	Ford EB Falcon	Glenn Seton	DNF	82
1997*	Esso Ultron Team Peugeot	Peugeot 406	Tim Harvey	DNF	70
1998*	Brad Jones Racing	Audi A4 Quattro	Paul Morris	DNF	84
1999	Dick Johnson Racing	Ford AU Falcon	Steve Ellery	DNF	147
2000	Dick Johnson Racing	Ford AU Falcon	Jason Bright	2nd	161
2001	Dick Johnson Racing	Ford AU Falcon	Steven Johnson	DNF	63
2002	Dick Johnson Racing	Ford AU Falcon	Steven Johnson	DNF	29
2003	Triple Eight Race Engineering	Ford BA Falcon	Rickard Rydell	7th	161
2004	Triple Eight Race Engineering	Ford BA Falcon	Max Wilson	DNF	116
2005	Paul Morris Motorsport	Holden VZ Commodore	Paul Morris	DNF	26
2006	Team Kiwi Racing	Holden VZ Commodore	Fabian Coulthard	DNF	71
2007	HSV Dealer Team	Holden VE Commodore	Craig Baird	DNF	137
2008	HSV Dealer Team	Holden VE Commodore	Rick Kelly	DNS	0

* Super Touring race