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{{Racing team
|Short_name    = Tas Racing
|Logo          = File:Tassieracing.png
|Long_name     = Tassie Racing
|Base          = Hobart, Australia
|Founders      = Matthew Saoea
|Team Principals    =
|Technical Director =
|Drivers       = {{JPN}} [[Akira Yamamura]]<br> {{JPN}} [[Tomo Kazama]]
|Noted Drivers = {{IRL}} [[Connor O'Heagan]]<br>{{CZE}} [[Jiri Komárek]]<br>{{BEL}} [[Sam Baromono]]
|Debut         =
|Races         = 0
|Cons_champ    = 0
|Drivers_champ = 0
|Wins          = 0
|Podiums       = 0
|Points        = 0
|Poles         = 0
|Fastest_laps  = 0
|}}

'''Tassie Racing''' was a mysterious racing team that competed in the [[2018 AutoReject World Series season|2018 season]] of the [[AutoReject World Series]], along with appearances in the [[Rejects Touring Car Championship|RTCC]], [[2018 International Pro Car season|International Pro Car]], and [[2015 F3RWRS season|F3RWRS]]. They were based in Tasmania, and were the first team in an RWRS-sanctioned competition to hail from the island.

==Formation==
As Symmons Plains was reintroduced into the V8 Supercars calendar for 2004, there were talks about a Tasmanian team to compete for the first ever time. Names were thrown out left and right, with the public saying this was a bad move for the state, but a team was formed regardless. They were named Devil Motorsport in deference to the nomenclature of the famous state animal, the Tasmanian Devil.

==V8 Supercars==

===2004-05: Debut in the enduros===
With their V8 Supercars application accepted they began with only a one car team. They went on the search to find 2 drivers, so called up Owen Kelly and Luke Youden to be their first competitors. The pair struggled in their two races together as they could only muster up a DNF in both endurance races.

2005 was the same as they only competed in the enduros for the second time running with the same pairing of Luke Youden and Owen Kelly. The team had shown with Owen Kelly getting the team into the top 10 shootout, but a puncture during their shootout lap would cost their chance of a pole. That where it ended as a 24th in Sandown and 22nd in Bathurst.

===2006-07: Switch to full-time===
2006 was a massive change as they were accepted to be a full time team. They went straight into driver negotiations, gaining signatures from Jamie Whincup and Dean Canto. The first few rounds they struggled to live up to their billing as a full-time team with the best result being a 20th in Ipswich. That was until the Enduros came as it started to get better. They went into attack mode as a 10th in Sandown would get the ball rolling as Jamie Whincup took pole position for the team. It would be change they needed as late form bloomed with a first victory in Bahrain when Jamie Whincup came from behind to win and proved the team had what it takes to compete at the top.

In 2007, Tassie Racing dominated the first 6 rounds as they won the first 18 of the 20 races, with Jamie Whincup winning 12. After Oran Park where they had their first DNF of the season, the enduros came with great success as the team won both Sandown and Bathurst by 20 seconds. That would be their last win as the team could only manage 4th in Philip Island as their subsequent highest result. They still won both championships easily, with Jamie Whincup just taking the championship by 2 points. It would be the end for Tassie Racing as they left the sport for a new challenge.

==Hiatus==
===2008-14: No racing in the top flight===
After leaving the V8 Supercars, the team shut up shop as the only memory of the Tassie Racing was at the Symmons Plains Raceway where the hairpin was name after the team as the Tassie hairpin. Staying quiet, they still raced but only in the smaller classes in Tasmania, as they were called Ulverstone Racing for the six years in Tasmania. Not much else was known about the team during this time.

==Return to motosport (F3RWRS) (2015)==
2015 was a breakthrough year as Tassie Racing were reborn. They were a surprise entry in the Spa SuperPrix as one of the wildcards. However, their F3RWRS debut was a shocker as both cars weren't up to speed by any stretch; the mix of an underdeveloped Suzuki chassis and a pair of inexperienced drivers ensured the team would not be competitive. Rookie brothers [[Fidel Edwards]] and [[Barry Edwards]] finished 47th and 48th with the car being the ROTR. It got worse in the Surfers Paradise SuperPrix weekend; it ended early as both drivers didn't get through qualfying. Although they lodged a team application for a future berth in the series, the team were renowned for being several seconds off of the pace.

==F3RWRS gone, other championships in==
===2016===
2016 was a brand new year for Tassie Racing as the extension into other competitions. Tassie Racing appeared in the entry lists of the [[Rejects Touring Car Championship]] and the [[F1RICS]], everyone thought why with the disasters of F3RWRS would strike the team. With [[Fidel Edwards]] and [[Barry Edwards]] splitting, it was [[Elinor Yurko]] who would fit into the number 57 for the [[2016 F1 Rejects Indy Championship Series season|2016 F1RICS season]]. After the retirement of the opening two races, Yurko scored his first points for Tassie Racing in Homestead Speedway. He would only score two more points in the final race at Fontana. In RTCC, Fidel Edwards entered alone and scored 13 points during the season with his best result being a 11th in Spa.

===2017: Minimal Racing===
With the V8 team now back up and running as [[Kiwi Racing]], 2017 was only preparing for F1RWRS with FRENCH. With the main base being in Suzuka, the team finished in 5th overall with the teams debut win at the oval aspect of Motegi. The team would enter a Formula 4 team in the third edition of the Australian F4 Championship with the hope of bringing local Tasmanian drivers into the spotlight. The results coming, with two wins from [[Logan Johnson]] and [[Lucia White]] in Ipswich and Surfers Paradise.

==Debut into ARWS==
===2018===
With five teams leaving the series, Tassie Racing got an opportunity in compete in the main AutoReject competition as RWRS died out and spilt into two categories. It took a turn for the better with Tassie Racing joining the series for the first time. They would become the eighth team to join the ARWS (formely F1RWRS). After the opening two rounds when Tassie Racing DNPQ in Australia, the rain at Monza enabled both cars pass pre-qualifying for the first time as they became the last team of the new ones to escape. After a DNQ from Kazama, [[Akira Yamamura]] made in it to the race where he would retire from a puncture.

==Complete Results==
===Bathurst 1000 Results===
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;"
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! Year
! Number
! Chassis
! Drivers
! Position
! Laps
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| 2004
| align="center" | 412
| Holden
| Luke Youden / Owen Kelly
| align="center" | DNF
| 121
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| 2005
| align="center" | 111
| Holden
| Luke Youden / Owen Kelly
| align="center" | 24th
| 136
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| rowspan=2| 2006
| align="center" | 47
| rowspan=2| Holden
| Jamie Whincup / Luke Youden
| align="center" | 15th
| 161
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| align="center" | 48
| Dean Canto / Owen Kelly
| align="center" | DNF
| 14
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| rowspan=2| 2007
| align="center" | 47
| rowspan=2| Holden
| Jamie Whincup / Dean Canto
| align="center" | 1st
| 161
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| align="center" | 48
| Allan Simonsen / David Reynolds
| align="center" | DNF
| 1
|}

=== F3RWRS Results ===
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!colspan="2"| 1
!colspan="2"| 2
! 3
!colspan="2"| 4
!colspan="2"| 5
!colspan="2"| 6
! 7
!colspan="2"| 8
!colspan="2"| 9
! 10
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! CC
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!rowspan="3"| [[2015 F3RWRS season|2015]]
!rowspan="3"| Suzuka PF-15
!rowspan="3"| Fiat Tipo 3/15
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!colspan="2"| TUR
! MON
!colspan="2"| USA
!colspan="2"| GBR
!colspan="2"| GER
! BEL
!colspan="2"| ITA
!colspan="2"| JPN
! SUR
!rowspan="3"| 0
!rowspan="3"| N/A
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| 175
|align=left| {{AUS}} [[Fidel Edwards]]
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|width=20px bgcolor="#cfcfff"| 47
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|width=20px bgcolor="#ffcfcf"| DNQ
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|185
|align=left| {{AUS}} [[Barry Edwards]]
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|width=20px bgcolor="#cfcfff"| 48
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|width=20px bgcolor="#ffcfcf"| DNQ
|}

===RTCC/AutoReject Super Touring===
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! Car
! Class
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! Drivers
! 1
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! 3
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! 7
! 8
! 9
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! 11
! 12
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! 14
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!rowspan=3| [[2016 Rejects Touring Car Championship season|2016]]
!rowspan=3| Toyota Carina
!rowspan=3| '''<span style="padding:1px 4px; color:white; background-color:#0000ff;">I</span>'''
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|colspan=2| ENG
| AUT
|colspan=2| SCO
| FRA
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| NED
| BEL
| ADR
| JAP
| NED
!rowspan=3| 13
!rowspan=3| 23rd
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|4
|align=left| {{AUS}} [[Fidel Edwards]]
|align="center" bgcolor="#efcfff" | Ret
|align="center" bgcolor="#efcfff" | Ret
|align="center" bgcolor="#dfffdf" | 15
|align="center" bgcolor="#dfffdf" | 12
|align="center" bgcolor="#cfcfff" | 20
|align="center" bgcolor="#efcfff" | Ret
|align="center" bgcolor="#efcfff" | Ret
|align="center" bgcolor="#efcfff" | Ret
|align="center" bgcolor="#efcfff" | Ret
|align="center" bgcolor="#efcfff" | Ret
|align="center" bgcolor="#dfffdf" | 11
|align="center" bgcolor="#cfcfff" | 18
|align="center" bgcolor="#cfcfff" | 21
|align="center" bgcolor="#dfffdf" | 13
|}

===Rejects Rallycross Championship results===

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!rowspan=3|Season
!rowspan=3|Car
!rowspan=3|Number
!rowspan=3|Driver
! colspan=4|1
! colspan=4|2
! colspan=4|3
! colspan=4|4
! colspan=4|5
! colspan=4|6
! colspan=4|7
! colspan=4|8
! colspan=4|9
!rowspan=3|Points
!rowspan=3|TC
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|colspan=4| INT
|colspan=4| SOS
|colspan=4| MID
|colspan=4| CHA
|colspan=4| BLY
|colspan=4| BRA
|colspan=4| SPA
|colspan=4| LYD
|colspan=4| CRO
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|<small>H</small>
|<small>Q</small>
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!rowspan=3| [[2016 Rejects Rallycross Championship season|2016]]
!rowspan=3| Ford Escort
! 77
! {{AUS}} [[Barry Edwards]]
|bgcolor="#cFCFFF"| 36
|bgcolor="#ffcfcf" colspan=3| DNQ
|bgcolor="#cfeaff"| 17
|bgcolor="#ffcfcf" colspan=3| DNQ
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!rowspan=2| 21st*
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!rowspan=2| {{NZL}} [[Simon Bourne]]
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|bgcolor="#cFCFFF"| 34
|bgcolor="#ffcfcf" colspan=3| DNQ
|bgcolor="#cfeaff"| 12
|bgcolor="#ffcfcf" colspan=3| DNQ
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===Indy Championship results===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:85%"
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! Year
! Chassis
! Engine
! #
! Driver
! 1
! 2
! 3
! 4
! 5
! 6
! 7
! 8
! 9
! 10
! 11
! 12
! 13
! 14
! 15
! 16
! 17
! 18
! 19
! 20
! 21
! 22
! 23
! 24
!rowspan=2| DC
!rowspan=2| Pts
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! rowspan=4| [[2016 F1 Rejects Indy Championship Series season|2016]]
! rowspan=4| Swift 027.c
! rowspan=4| Ford
! rowspan=2| 57
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| SAO
| ARG
| HOM
| GAT
| LBH
| CAM
| POR
| INDY
| MIL
| DON
| EUR
| WGI
| NHA
| MIC
| TOR
| ROA
| KEN
| POC
| MON
| LAG
| SUR
| SUZ
| TEX
| FON
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! {{FIJ}} [[Elinor Yurko]]
|bgcolor="#efcfff"| 25
|bgcolor="#efcfff"| 21
|bgcolor="#cfeaff"| 11
|bgcolor="#efcfff"| 17
|bgcolor="#ffcfcf"| DNQ
|bgcolor="#efcfff"| 30
|bgcolor="#efcfff"| 29
|bgcolor="#efcfff"| 29
|bgcolor="#cfcfff"| 13
|bgcolor="#cfcfff"| 25
|bgcolor="#efcfff"| 19
|bgcolor="#cfcfff"| 28
|bgcolor="#ffcfcf"| DNQ
|bgcolor="#efcfff"| 30
|bgcolor="#ffcfcf"| DNQ
|bgcolor="#ffcfcf"| DNQ
|bgcolor="#ffcfcf"| DNQ
|bgcolor="#ffcfcf"| DNQ
|bgcolor="#cfcfff"| 18
|bgcolor="#ffcfcf"| DNQ
|bgcolor="#efcfff"| 20
|bgcolor="#ffcfcf"| DNQ
|bgcolor="#efcfff"| 26
|bgcolor="#cfeaff"| 11
! 4
! 32nd
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!rowspan=2| 58
! {{BEL}} [[Sam Baromono]]
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|bgcolor="#cfcfff"| 25
|bgcolor="#efcfff"| 23
|bgcolor="#efcfff"| 34
|bgcolor="#efcfff"| 22
|bgcolor="#cfcfff"| 27
|bgcolor="#efcfff"| 25
|bgcolor="#efcfff"| 16
|bgcolor="#cfcfff"| 19
|bgcolor="#ffcfcf"| DNQ
|bgcolor="#ffcfcf"| DNQ
|bgcolor="#cfcfff"| 16
|bgcolor="#cfcfff"| 18
|bgcolor="#cfcfff"| 13
! 0
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===SANDWICH===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:85%"
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! Chassis
! Engine
! #
! Driver
! 1
! 2
! 3
! 4
! 5
! 6
! 7
! 8
!rowspan=2| TC
!rowspan=2| Pts
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! rowspan=3| [[2016-2017 Formula Reject Nippon Championship season|2016-17]]
! rowspan=3| Swift
! rowspan=3| Honda
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! 13
| {{IRL}} [[Connor O'Heagan]]
| bgcolor="#cfcfff"| 12
| bgcolor="#efcfff"| Ret
| bgcolor="#dfdfdf"| 2
| bgcolor="#efcfff"| Ret
| bgcolor="#ffffbf"| 1
| bgcolor="#dfffdf"| 7
| bgcolor="#dfffdf"| 5
| bgcolor="#efcfff"| Ret
!rowspan=2| 155
!rowspan=2| 5th
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! 14
| {{AUS}} [[Joel Melrose]]
| bgcolor="#cfcfff"| 20
| bgcolor="#dfffdf"| 4
| bgcolor="#ffcfcf"| DNQ
| bgcolor="#dfffdf"| 7
| bgcolor="#efcfff"| Ret
| bgcolor="#cfcfff"| 12
| bgcolor="#cfcfff"| 11
| bgcolor="#cfcfff"| 15
|}

===ARWS Results===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:85%;"
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! Drivers
! 1
! 2
! 3
! 4
! 5
! 6
! 7
! 8
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! 10
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! 14
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! 18
! Pts
! CC
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!rowspan=5| [[2018 AutoReject World Series season|2018]]
!rowspan=5 width=80px| Tassie TR-18
!rowspan=5 width=40px| Audi AF1-5
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| [[2018 ARWS Australian Grand Prix|AUS]]
| [[2018 ARWS New South Wales Grand Prix|NSW]]
| [[2018 ARWS Italian Grand Prix|ITA]]
| [[2018 ARWS Moroccan Grand Prix|MOR]]
| [[2018 ARWS California Grand Prix|CAL]]
| [[2018 ARWS United States Grand Prix|USA]]
| [[2018 ARWS Canadian Grand Prix|CAN]]
| [[2018 ARWS British Grand Prix|GBR]]
| [[2018 ARWS Austrian Grand Prix|AUT]]
| [[2018 ARWS German Grand Prix|GER]]
| [[2018 ARWS Scandinavian Grand Prix|SCA]]
| [[2018 ARWS Belgian Grand Prix|BEL]]
| [[2018 ARWS Monaco Grand Prix|MON]]
| [[2018 ARWS South African Grand Prix|RSA]]
| [[2018 ARWS Brazilian Grand Prix|BRA]]
| [[2018 ARWS Argentine Grand Prix|ARG]]
| [[2018 ARWS Japanese Grand Prix|JPN]]
| [[2018 ARWS Chinese Grand Prix|CHN]]
!rowspan=5| 0
!rowspan=5| 20th
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|33
|{{JPN}} [[Akira Yamamura]]
|bgcolor="#ffcfcf"| DNPQ
|bgcolor="#ffcfcf"| DNPQ
|bgcolor="#efcfff"| Ret
|bgcolor="#ffcfcf"| DNPQ
|bgcolor="#ffcfcf"| DNPQ
|bgcolor="#ffcfcf"| DNPQ
|bgcolor="#ffcfcf"| DNPQ
|bgcolor="#ffcfcf"| DNPQ
|bgcolor="#ffcfcf"| DNPQ
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|{{JPN}} [[Tomo Kazama]]
|bgcolor="#ffcfcf"| DNPQ
|bgcolor="#ffcfcf"| DNPQ
|bgcolor="#ffcfcf"| DNQ
|bgcolor="#ffcfcf"| DNPQ
|bgcolor="#ffcfcf"| DNPQ
|bgcolor="#ffcfcf"| DNPQ
|bgcolor="#ffcfcf"| DNPQ
|bgcolor="#ffcfcf"| DNPQ
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* * Season in progress
* † Driver did not finish the Grand Prix, but was classified as they completed over 90% of the race distance.

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