History
Triple Eight Race Engineering originated in the UK, winning 12 British Touring Car Championships before the decision to expand into the Australian V8 Supercars in late-2003. Triple Eight took over the Briggs Motor Sport team which resided custom-built base at Bowen Hills (a Brisbane suburb), and employed 35 people (among them, former SBR engineer Campbell Little) to build a new pair of V8 Supercars for the 2004 season. Engineers in Brisbane worked closely with the Triple Eight staff in the UK, while team bosses managed to attract substantial financial support from Ford Australia, which has since been curtailed.
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