page_title: Greg Murphy
section_title: Notable career events
hierarchical_section_title: Greg Murphy / Notable career events
caption_attribution_description: Greg Murphy signing autographs at the 2006 Australian Grand Prix at Albert Park in Melbourne, Australia Attribution to Glenn Thomas.
context_page_description: Gregory Murphy is a New Zealand professional racing driver, best known as a four-time winner of the Bathurst 1000. Greg Murphy joined Jeremy Clarkson and James May presenting Top Gear Live, when it had its first international Live show at ASB Showgrounds in Auckland from 12–15 February 2009, and again when the show returned in 2010.
context_section_description: 1994 – Won the New Zealand Grand Prix at Manfeild driving a Reynard 90D
  1996 – Second in the GT2 Class at Le Mans
  1996 – Won Bathurst 1000 and Sandown 500 with Craig Lowndes and the Holden Racing Team
  1999 – Won the Bathurst 1000 with Steven Richards
  2000 – Third at Bathurst with Steven Richards
  2001 – Helped to create Kmart Racing after Gibson Motorsport turned to Ford and Craig Lowndes. Finished third at Bathurst with Todd Kelly
  2002 – Was given the biggest penalty (five minutes) in V8 racing history because of a pitlane infringement by his team. His car was released early, rupturing a refuelling hose and spilling fuel in the pit box
  2003 – Set the fastest lap ever on the 6.213 km (later eclipsed in 2010 by Craig Lowndes and then again in 2017 by Scott McLaughlin) Mount Panorama Circuit during the Top 10 Shootout, with a time of 2:06.8594 dubbed 'The Lap of Gods'. Won Bathurst 1000 with Rick Kelly. Won Bathurst 24 Hour with Peter Brock, Todd Kelly and Jason Bright
  2004 – Won Bathurst 1000 again with Rick Kelly
  2008 – Finished second at Bathurst 1000
  2011 – Got pole position for the second time at Bathurst and finished 3rd in the 2011 Bathurst 1000
  2012 – Won the first ever V8SuperTourer race at Hampton Downs, then eventually finished Runner-up for the Season.
  2013 - Greg Murphy Won the V8SuperTourer Sprint Series and Overall Championship, his first Championship Win in 17 years.
  2014 - Murphy Won the V8SuperTourer Sprint Series and Overall Championship for the second year in a row. Greg also finished second in the Sandown 500 with James Courtney.
  2016 - Murphy returned to circuit racing for the first time since the Gold Coast 600 in 2014. He joined Tony Quinn in an Aston Martin for the Highlands 101 race where they finished second place.
caption: Greg Murphy at the 2006 Australian Grand Prix
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