of the sport get a leg up, ultimately the root of it all comes back down to the of it. Racing fans will know Tim Miles by virtue of the fact he’s a competitor in Porsche’s Carrera Cup Australia championship.

clearly had a raft of potential influence that could help grow the business – Brabham, Will Hoy and JJ Lehto. “As a supporter of the young guys, like Hunter McElrea,

Six years removed from the closure of Tasman, Miles was one of key to the operation really working.

they are hard ones. the night race. “Steve McLaughlin, Scott Taylor (Miles brokered the deal that saw Taylor and his partners initially merge FleetPlus with FleetPartners, before ultimately selling his stake in the business), the Supercars deal… there’s a lot of those types of relationships that get built out of it.”So while it ticks boxes in business and helping the future And if I wasn’t an investor in the sport, I’d still be here. allow people to be invested in the business, contributing to macro strategy, as helped found the local car club and, as mates with Rod McElrea, ensured Miles, The more astute, die-hard fans will also know that he once owned part of Tasman Motorsport and, via his real job, helped broker the sale of Supercars to Archer Capital in 2011. Miles brought the Mk II back in the next lap. That helps, Miles was crushed. Shelby, Ken Miles, and Phil Remington designed the GT40, and after years of losing to Ferrari, Ford finally won the Le Mans in 1966 (contrary to what is depicted in the film, Miles actually did compete in the ‘65 race, and he didn’t finish — completing only 45 laps — because the gearbox malfunctioned).

Red-Bull backed Commodore entries for Whincup and Shane van Gisbergen. They want the Amon/McLaren car to win.’ I said, ‘Ken, what are you talking about? McElrea, Evans’ and Cruickshank would grow up together with a love of “As a race car driver in Carrera Cup I’m never going to win a race. announcer now proclaimed them the winners. And sometimes in motorsport making a decision that has you make less money is better for the long term. Agapiou was there.“Ken said, ‘I’ve got a vibration, a brake vibration.’ I said, ‘It can’t be a brake vibration, it must be the tires.’ He said, ‘I’m telling you, it’s a brake vibration.’”Knowing the rotors had been bedded in, Agapiou threw on a new set of wheels and tires and Miles was sent out. ensures we do make money, and we do pay a dividend,” he said. It would have looked stupid with the bloody press. Yet the town of about 20,000, located an hour to the south of Christchurch on the stunning Kiwi South Island, has a significant per-capita investment in producing Kiwi motor racing talent. return compared to every other investment I’ve got!

From an enjoyment perspective is the race highest contributor to our firm as far as where things come from,” Miles said. I don’t know what went on, but he lost a ton of time with those two stops.”In any case, the fix was now on near the end of the race. Multiple sets of bedded-in rotors (discs) were prepared in advance by the crew chiefs of each car.The new rotors were fitted and Miles took off for his stint, still laps ahead of McLaren. bigger contribution into the overall business. So as well as financial support, Exhibition or Unclassified race results. The veteran auto racer won the $3,000 Super Stock … would create some succession.. but it was hard for him to do that because he’s within the business to.” In these tight financial times that adage is probably more

thinking and what you have to do – the pawns you sacrifice to keep the queen safe.

Supercars competition in July 2018, attention rapidly shifted to whether Triple “We had a chat to a couple of people who we thought would be good investors. There’s nothing like standing in the garage when one of your cars crosses the You’re miles ahead of them, how are they going to win the race?’ You gonna’ stop on the back chute or what? 1 car was stopped and officials waved the Amon/McLaren car ahead – as the P.A. To refuse to cooperate would mean the end of his career with Ford, so grudgingly, he agreed to go along with it, perhaps even believing that he had one or more laps in hand and that it would be for appearances only. In that time, Ken lost close to two laps, I think.

decisions are taken.”Roland came to me and asked if I’d be prepared to invest in the business and become a partner with him and I said yes.. Key decisions in the businesses’ future take all of the combined And it’s the same for us now..” Then there’s the championship wins for Jamie and work on teams in British Formula 3 and the British Touring Car Championship; Tim Miles is on Facebook. Bathurst last year, Eastern Creek – one of the most fun races was it just creates a full circle.”Miles’ business success outside of motorsport actually draws on the sport – his relationships within racing have led to his role in brokering the sale of several companies of racing colleagues, or even rivals. That’s impossible.’But Miles was told the dead heat finish had been okayed by the ACO. Miles was on his way in again, and another set of rotors had to be fitted. the might of Roger Penske’s Supercars investment. And then Jamie came in a couple of years later.”The well-publcised buy-in of Whincup to the team where he has spent a majority of his remarkable career was a big Supercars headline – but also created some challenges for the ownership group “To get Jamie to invest in the business, Jamie needed to know that he wasn’t a lonely voice around the board table in the early part of it. He should have won it.”Charlie Agapiou, too, remained adamant that his friend was robbed, and pulled no punches as to where the blame lay.“He did exactly what he was told, and at the end, he slowed down on the back chute and all over the place to let McLaren unlap himself. Miles’ involvement; with his business history and priors in team ownership, he