Driver Profiles

Rebecca Dawes

DOB: 01/06/1980
Place of Birth: Warwick
What is your first motorsport memory: Going to Morgan Park Raceway with my family, Dad started a Dirt Go -Kart class in 1988 which ran inconjuction to the Dirt Touring Car Racing.
What happened in your first race: I was 14 years old and my first race meeting was in 1994 in a mini which I bought off a friend for a carton of beer. We arrived late to Millmerran Researve Raceway and missed practice. We then drew grid possitions out of a hat, I drew Pole! I was last by the first corner. Booo!
Who is your favourite Gemini driver and why: Michael Dawes- because he is Sooooooooo cool!
What is your favourite racing memory: Racing against Dad and Michael in identical Honda Civics - Ohhh those were the good old days :)
Who is your motorsport hero: Gavin Dawes What is your car number and colour: Car 7 Yellow/red/blue
Do you prefer to race in the dry or wet: Dry
Team name: Dawes Racing Team
Crew: Dad, Mum, brother Michael, boyfriend Mark, future sister in-law (when Michael gets his act together) Charmaine, and Grandparents
Sponsors: Dawes Racing Team, DJ's Radiators Warwick.

Russell Mirfin

DOB: 24/06/1954
Place of Birth: Brisbane
What is your first motorsport memory: Go karts at the old Boondall Drive inn movies
What happened in your first race: very slow and still am
Who is your favourite Gemini driver and why: Ashley Jarvis. He seems to have good nature and is willing to talk to people even old people like me
What is your favourite racing memory: Kev bartlett and his trans am
Who is your motorsport hero: Ken Warby
What is your car number and colour: 92/93/56 Orange white and white
Do you prefer to race in the dry or wet: Not fussed
Team name: Buzsport
Crew: My wife Lyn
Sponsors: Me, Plant & Machinery Transport, Stolen Plant & Machinery Register

Russell Brunker

DOB: 28/05/1970
Place of Birth: Blacktown
What is your first motorsport memory: Going to Parramatta Speedway, I was tired & missed the smash up derby.
What happened in your first race: Ran at the back & kept out of trouble
Who is your favourite Gemini driver and why: Gary Bonwick, he's just too bloody good in anything he drives.
What is your favourite racing memory: Racing with Lester Irvine & waving to him as he was looking back in his mirrors going down the straight, I was absoloutely laughing my guts up.
Who is your motorsport hero: Michael Schumacher, nobody will ever be as good.
What is your car number and colour: 99 White
Do you prefer to race in the dry or wet: Wet, sort the real drivers out!
Team name: Race Car Leasing
Crew: Pete "Ferret"
Sponsors: Race Car Leasing, Fix IT Fast, Revive Technologies

John Le'Strange

DOB: 18th of June 1949
Place of Birth: Brisbane
What is your first motorsport memory: Lowood and Lakeside race meetings - went to Lowood meets in the back seat of an Anglia -John Hoare and myself were on motor cycle cop watch while David Hoare drove flat chat at 80mph weaving in and out of traffic. David went on to race a Centaur for a few years with moderate success. He is a solicitor.
What happened in your first race: Started with sprints, then top gear, all great fun. Then came the closeness of Gemini racing- quite a different buzz 
Who is your favourite Gemini driver and why: Any one with the ability to control his vehicle without causing major damage to other geminis 
What is your favourite racing memory: The STI was John Coffeys? Probably the wrong spelling. He won race one on wets when I was on slicks. For races 2 and 3, I had wets as well, got a better start than John [ we started one and two on the grid] and I won both those races before racing was called off due to the weather getting even worse. The unbelievable part I recall is the straight on the National circuit between turn 3 and 4 and the car side stepping one way then coming back on track. This happened pretty well every lap in that same section of track.
Who is your motorsport hero: Jim Richards -a sensible driver who can excel in any form of motor racing
What is your car number and colour: 72 Yellow - my favorite colour
Do you prefer to race in the dry or wet: Either
Team name: None
Crew: John Pinder and Peter Young 
Sponsors: Saveways Kitchens and Office Furniture 20 Robinson Rd, Virginia Phone 32652555 & Furniture Factory Seconds, 26 Robinson Rd, Virginia Phone 32657733 

Tim Boyle

DOB: 22/08/1971
Place of Birth: Brisbane
What is your first motorsport memory: Watching the Peter Brock as a kid .
What happened in your first race: Shat myself
Who is your favourite Gemini driver and why: only 1 race thus far, a lot of helpful people so far
What is your favourite racing memory: the buzz off the start
Who is your motorsport hero: Peter Brock, Paul Tracey
What is your car number and colour: 22, white with blue strips
Do you prefer to race in the dry or wet: only raced in dry
Team name: TP Motorsport
Crew: Tim, Phil, Lynda, Bernie, Jack, Grace
Sponsors:

Hamish Clay Cuming

DOB:14/7/91
Place of Birth: Brisbane
What is your first motorsport memory: Gran Turismo 1.
What happened in your first race: finshed 9th
Who is your favourite Gemini driver and why:
What is your favourite racing memory: winning Qld closed gokart sprint title 2007
Who is your motorsport hero: the stig
What is your car number and colour: 27 blue
Do you prefer to race in the dry or wet: wet
Team name:
Crew: dad
Sponsors: