Group A At the end of 1988,
Philip Morris were dissatisfied with the level of signage it was offered at
Nissan Motorsport and thus concluded a deal with Nissan driver
Glenn Seton and his engine-builder father Barry to form a team in
1989 with a
Ford Sierra RS500. Only one car was raced in the
Australian Touring Car Championship with the team expanding to two cars for the
Sandown 500 and
Bathurst 1000 endurance races each year. In
1990 the team expanded to running two cars full-time with Drew Price and Seton's former Nissan team mate
George Fury driving the second car. Peter Jackson Racing, as the team was known with its sponsorship from Philip Morris, reverted to a single Sierra for
1991, though the second car was again put in use during the endurance races. For
1992, the team again expanded to two cars for the ATCC, one for Seton and the second shared by Wayne Park and
David Parsons.
Group 3A and V8 Supercars won the
1997 Australian Touring Car Championship in a
Ford EL Falcon At the
1992 Sandown 500 the team debuted a
Ford EB Falcon with
Alan Jones joining as co-driver. Jones would drive the second car from
1993 until
1995. In
1993 Seton and Jones finished first and second in the championship while
David Parsons and
Geoff Brabham won the
Sandown 500. Between 1992 and 1995, the team also won all four editions of the non-championship
Winfield Triple Challenge held at
Eastern Creek Raceway - three to Seton and one to Jones. With tobacco sponsorship being outlawed in
1996, the team scaled back to a single car with
Ford Credit sponsorship. Seton won the
1997 championship. In
1999 with increased sponsorship from
Ford and its performance vehicle partner
Tickford Vehicle Engineering, the team was rebranded as
Ford Tickford Racing, a de facto factory team. The team also expanded to two cars with
Neil Crompton driving the second car. In
2001 Crompton was replaced by
Steven Richards. In
2002 with Ford diverting its sponsorship to
00 Motorsport, the team reverted to a one car operation. In December 2002 the team was purchased by
Prodrive and became
Ford Performance Racing for the 2003 season, with Seton staying on as a driver for the team. ==Major Wins==