Greg Murphy's future is uncertain.
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By Briar Gunther 4:21 PM Fri 5 November, 2010
Source: V8 Supercars Australia
Greg Murphy has all but ruled out switching manufacturers even if it meant landing a fulltime drive over an enduro one.
And Holden Motorsport Manager Simon McNamara was adamant when he stated that Murph would continue to race a Commodore in his V8 Supercar career.
Murphy drives the #51 Castrol Edge Commodore in the 2010 V8 Supercar Championship and the Paul Morris Motorsport team has an option on the four-time Bathurst winner for next year which is still up in the air.
The Kiwi was unable to comment on his plans for 2011, saying his future was unfortunately out of his hands.
“I’m just sitting tight and waiting for people to make their decisions on things,” Murph said.
In the latest edition of V8X, which is on newsstands now, he said his preference was to continue racing V8 Supercars.
“But on the other hand I don’t like just making up the numbers.
“It doesn’t give me any pleasure and it’s not great for our sponsors, either.
“So it’s a tough one, it’s really hard, there are a couple of very dominant operations out there and the rest of the field is just constantly trying to catch up at the moment.”
Regardless of whether he ends up with a fulltime drive or settles on an enduro one, he remains committed to Holden.
“I’ve got no plans to be changing brands and I’ve also had great support from Holden,” he said.
McNamara said he would not speculate on Greg Murphy’s relationship with Paul Morris Motorsport.
“I can’t tell you anything because there is so much going on (in the silly season) but I can assure you Greg will be driving a Holden next year whether he’s fulltime or not,” he said.
“We value Greg highly, as do our supporters and our staff.”
On the blue side of the fence, Alex Davison’s new Irwin Racing Falcon was given a 20 lap shakedown at Queensland Raceway this morning in preparation for next weekend’s Falken Tasmania Challenge.
His team started with a bare shell and collectively put in more than 1300 hours over the last 10 days. Davison said the shakedown went “smooth as silk”.
