Paul Morris (racing driver)

Paul "The Dude" Morris (born 22 December 1967) is an Australian motor racing driver and team owner.

[1] Morris started his motor racing career at the age of 19 in 1987, driving in the Queensland Gemini Series.

He also competed in the V8 Touring Car Championship full-time in 1994, driving a Holden Commodore sponsored by Diet Coke.

That same year, he would claim another class victory at the Bathurst 1000 with German driver Altfrid Heger in a BMW, having written off his Holden in testing prior to the race.

In 1998, Morris drove for PacWest Racing in the PPG Dayton Indy Lights Championship in the United States.

Originally sponsored by Big Kev, he was involved in a major start-line accident at the Oran Park round in 2000.

In 2014, Morris won the Bathurst 1000 outright for the first time as co-driver to Chaz Mostert for Ford Performance Racing.

Speaking over the 2015 V8 Supercars Winton SuperSprint Morris announced his retirement from Bathurst after losing his co-driver seat to Cameron Waters.

After winning his earlier heat race, Morris started from position 5 in the B Main, but lasted less than a ¼ of a lap after clipping the wheels of another car on the front straight resulting in his car going end over end and finally coming to rest in the middle of turn 2.

In 2015, Morris made his Speed Energy Formula Off-Road (Stadium Super Trucks) debut at Surfers Paradise, where he finished third in the first race.

Entering the season finale at Lake Elsinore Diamond, Morris trailed Matthew Brabham by 15 points but did not participate due to a rib injury.

As part of the agreement, Paul Morris Motorsport became a logistics partner for the series' Australian operations.

[15] The 2021 Boost Mobile Super Trucks Series began with Morris winning two of three races in the opener at Symmons Plains Raceway before finishing second to Shae Davies in the last.

[20] His son Nash Morris is also a racing driver who competes in the Super3 Series and Boost Mobile Super Trucks.