birth_place awards nationality year birth_date titles article_title name
auckland , new zealand -lsb- trophy , owen steel trophy , nzgp 1998 & 1999 http://www.motorsport.org.nz/the-jim-clark-trophy/ , 2x nz gold stars , 2x australian gold stars jim clark trophy -rsb- , bruce mclaren new zealand new zealand 1993 03 october 1976 british australian drivers ' championship v8 supercar development series f3 -- class b new zealand grand prix simon wills
 simon wills
simon wills

simon wills -lrb- born 3 october 1976 in auckland , new zealand -rrb- is a former racing driver .
simon finished runner up in the 1995 nz formula ford championship , after gaining a large lead in the series , he left the season 2 races early to compete over in england .
he won class b of the british formula three championship in 1996 .
simon won the 1998 and 1999 new zealand grand prix .
he was the australian driver 's champion -lrb- formula holden -rrb- in both 1999 and 2000 , and new zealand gold star champion for 1998 and 1999 , including winning the 1999 tasman cup .
he also holds the outright lap record at the phillip island grand prix circuit , hidden valley raceway , pukekohe raceway , manfeild circuit , canberra street circuit , and queensland raceway , which all was set in a reynard 94d in the formula holden championship races .
he won the v8 supercar development series in 2001 .
simon competed in 9 bathurst 1000 events , holding the lap record over 2001 -- 2002 .
he began with gibson motorsport in 1998 , finishing up in 2007 with brad jones racing .
in 2001 after bathurst , simon drove full time in the v8 supercar series with the cat team , -lrb- briggs motorsport -rrb- , and then in 2003 with team dynamik until 2005 .
in 2007 , he drove for team boc after team owner and lead driver brad jones retired .
simon won the qld 500 v8 supercar round with stone brothers racing in 2002 alongside david besnard .
