After racing for a number of years in Sports Sedans, most notably in his Chevrolet V8 powered Holden Monaro sponsored by Australian Playboy Magazine, in 1987, Phil Ward and fellow Sydney driver Lyndon Reithmuller purchased two Helmut Marko Mercedes-Benz 190Es imported into Australia for the 1986 Bathurst 1000, debuting at the 1987 Sandown 500.
[4][5][6][7][8] Other than his class win in 1990, Phil Ward's most memorable moment in the Mercedes 190E was when he rolled the car in the sand trap at McPhillamy Park during the early laps of the 1988 Tooheys 1000 at Bathurst.
[9] The cars were then stored, before being reactivated to compete in the 1994 Australian 2 litre Championship with Technophone sponsorship.
[11] At the 1994 Bathurst 1000, Ward debuted a Perkins Engineering built Holden Commodore VP.
[10][13] The team made its final appearance at the 1995 Australian Grand Prix support race.