Tomas Mezera
| Tomas Mezera | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | Australian |
| Born | 5 November 1958 Czechoslovakia |
| Retired | 2004 |
| ATCC / V8 Supercar | |
| Years active | 1992-2004 |
| Teams | Holden Racing Team Challenge Motorsport Gibson Motor Sport Tomas Mezera Motorsport Imrie Motor Sport Perkins Motorsport Paul Little Racing |
| Starts | 67 |
| Best finish | 5th in 1995 Australian Touring Car Championship |
| Previous series | |
| 1982-85 1987 1988-89 1990 |
Australian Formula Ford British Formula Ford British Formula Three All Japan Sports Prototype |
| Championship titles | |
| 1985 1988 |
Australian Formula Ford Bathurst 1000 |
Tomas Mezera, born 5 November 1958, in Czechoslovakia and now resides in Queensland, Australia. Mezera is best known as an Australian racing driver. Mezera's sporting career began as a downhill skier in his native Czechoslovakia, before he emigrated to Australia to be a ski instructor.
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[edit] Formula Racing
He quickly was introduced to racing and joined the ranks of Formula Ford in 1982. By 1985 he had won the TAA Driver to Europe series. In 1987, he headed to Europe and the British Formula Ford Championship, finishing second. He had two poor years in British Formula Three hounded by lack of budget. He found work as driving instructor to stay in Europe with hopes of reaching his goal as a professional in Europe.
[edit] Touring / Sports Cars
This led to racing a Porsche 956 for fellow Aussie Vern Schuppan in the Japanese GT series. He had five races in the British Touring car Championship in 1989 and 1990 with two podiums. On returning to Australia he was picked up by Frank Gardner who was running Tony Longhurst's touring car team for the 1988 endurance season as a co-driver for Longhurst. The pair won the jewel in the crown, the Bathurst 1000 in a Ford Sierra RS500. Mezera returned to Europe to continue his pursuit of racing professionally overseas, returning to Australia for the endurance season, racing for the Holden Racing Team or for Perkins Engineering. When Win Percy returned to England after the 1991 season, Mezera was asked by Tom Walkinshaw to replace Percy as the manager of HRT, a job he continued in for two seasons. He continued to race for HRT until the end of the 1995 season, replaced by Craig Lowndes. His full time racing career wound down at that point although he continued to get drives as a hired gun for many Holden teams before attempting to start his own team in 1998. He retired from racing in 2004 and is now a Driving Standards official for CAMS.
[edit] Career results
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[edit] Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results
Class winners in bold. Cars failing to complete 70% of the winner's distance marked as Not Classified (NC).
| Year | Pos | Class | No | Team | Drivers | Chassis | Tyre | Laps |
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| Engine | ||||||||
| 1990 | 15 | C1 | 55 |  Team Schuppan Omron Racing |
 Eje Elgh Thomas Danielsson |
Porsche TS962 | D | 326 |
| Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6 |
[edit] References
- ^ Reynard Owners Listings Retrieved on 24 August 2011
| Sporting positions | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Peter Brock David Parsons Peter McLeod |
Winner of the Bathurst 1000 1988 (with) Tony Longhurst |
Succeeded by Dick Johnson John Bowe |
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