In 2003, Wright Patton Shakespeare entered V8 Supercars as a sponsor of Mark Noske’s Ford Falcon AU for the last three events of the season.

[2][3] Noske left the team before the end of the year with Craig Baird joining in 2005, WPS also purchased two Level 1 licences from Perkins Engineering.

On medical advice he had been told to avoid any sources of loud noises, thus stopping him from attending V8 Supercar events.

Attempts were made to sell the team as a going concern in late 2007 and early 2008 were not successful and it closed in February 2008.

[8][9][10] In the 2004 Tasmanian Round warm-up session, both cars were black-flagged for having the slogan "No money from Ford" on top of the windscreen.