Simon Peter Wills (born 3 October 1976 in Auckland, New Zealand) is a former racing driver who currently runs a graphic design business.

Racing career Formula cars Wills finished runner up in the 1995 New Zealand Formula Ford Championship. He had gained a large lead in the series, but left the championship two races early to attempt to launch a career in Europe. He won Class B of the British Formula 3 Championship in 1996. However, he didn't have the finances to continue his career in Europe and decided to focus on racing in Australia and New Zealand.

Wills won the 1998 and 1999 New Zealand Grands Prix. He was the Australian Drivers' Champion (Formula Holden) in both 1999 and 2000, and New Zealand Gold Star Champion for 1998 and 1999, including winning the 1999 Tasman Cup. He also holds, or has held, the outright lap record at several tracks, including the Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit, Hidden Valley Raceway, Pukekohe Park Raceway, Manfeild Autocourse, Canberra Street Circuit and Queensland Raceway, which were all set in a Reynard 94D.

Touring cars Wills won the Konica V8 Supercar Series in 2001. In the main V8 Supercar series, he also competed in nine Bathurst 1000s, debuting with Gibson Motorsport in 1998, and finishing in 2007 with Brad Jones Racing. Wills also held the lap record of the Mount Panorama Circuit in Bathurst between the 2001 and 2002 races, having set the lap record during the 2001 Bathurst 1000. Following Bathurst in 2001, Wills completed the remaining rounds in the 2001 season with Briggs Motor Sport, and then drove full-time from 2003 to 2005 with Team Dynamik. In 2007, he drove the bulk of the rounds with Brad Jones Racing after team owner and lead driver Brad Jones retired mid-season.

Wills' most significant achievement in V8 Supercar was winning the 2002 Queensland 500 endurance race for Stone Brothers Racing, co-driving with David Besnard. Wills went close to going back to back at the Bathurst lead-up event, with co-driver Jason Richards going off late in the 2003 Betta Electrical Sandown 500 while attempting to overtake Mark Skaife for the lead. Wills was also the driver when Team Dynamik infamously ran a test session on an airfield near Woomera, South Australia in 2004, which resulted in significant penalties for the team.

Career results

Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F/laps Podiums Points Position 1995 European Formula Ford Championship ? ? ? ? ? 19 8th British Formula Ford Championship ? ? ? ? ? 59 7th 1996 British Formula Three Championship - Class B Z-Speed Racing 16 3 ? ? ? 201 1st 1996-97 New Zealand Touring Car Championship TSW Alloy Wheels 12 2 1 2 3 216 7th 1997 British Formula Three Championship Intersport Racing 14 0 0 0 0 22 13th 1998 Australian Drivers' Championship Greg Murphy Racing 3 1 ? ? 1 23 8th 1999 Australian Drivers' Championship Birrana Racing 13 11 ? ? 12 235 1st Tasman Cup ? ? ? ? ? ? 1st Shell Championship Series John Faulkner Racing 2 0 0 0 0 192 42nd 2000 Australian Drivers' Championship Birrana Racing 16 8 ? ? 13 239 1st Shell Championship Series Stone Brothers Racing 2 0 0 0 0 236 25th 2001 Australian Drivers' Championship Birrana Racing 4 3 ? ? 3 60 9th Konica V8 Supercar Series Team Dynamik 17 10 2 3 10 1272 1st Shell Championship Series Briggs Motor Sport 2 0 0 1 0 416 41st 2002 V8 Supercar Championship Series Briggs Motor Sport 22 1 0 0 1 496 20th 2003 V8 Supercar Championship Series Team Dynamik 22 0 0 0 0 1059 22nd 2004 V8 Supercar Championship Series Team Dynamik 23 0 0 1 0 929 26th 2005 V8 Supercar Championship Series Team Dynamik 23 0 0 0 0 437 34th 2007 Fujitsu V8 Supercar Series Team Dynamik 2 0 0 0 0 0 - V8 Supercar Championship Series Brad Jones Racing 29 0 0 0 0 12 45th 2008 Commodore Cup National Series 2 0 0 0 0 102 32nd V8 Ute Racing Series Nandi Kiss Racing 3 0 0 0 0 82 36th Fujitsu V8 Supercar Series Eggleston Motorsport 2 0 0 0 0 63 44th

Complete V8 Supercars results (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Supercars results Year Team Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 Position Points 1999 John Faulkner Racing Holden Commodore (VT) EASR1 EASR2 EASR3 ADER4 BARR5 BARR6 BARR7 PHIR8 PHIR9 PHIR10 HDVR11 HDVR12 HDVR13 SANR14 SANR15 SANR16 QLDR17 QLDR18 QLDR19 CALR20 CALR21 CALR22 SYMR23 SYMR24 SYMR25 WINR26 WINR27 WINR28 ORAR29 ORAR30 ORAR31 QLDR32 BATR33 42nd 192 2000 Stone Brothers Racing Ford Falcon (AU) PHIR1 PHIR2 BARR3 BARR4 BARR5 ADER6 ADER7 EASR8 EASR9 EASR10 HDVR11 HDVR12 HDVR13 CANR14 CANR15 CANR16 QLDR17 QLDR18 QLDR19 WINR20 WINR21 WINR22 ORAR23 ORAR24 ORAR25 CALR26 CALR27 CALR28 QLDR29 SANR30 SANR31 SANR32 BATR33 25th 236 2001 Briggs Motorsport Ford Falcon (AU) PHIR1 PHIR2 ADER3 ADER4 EASR5 EASR6 HDVR7 HDVR8 HDVR9 CANR10 CANR11 CANR12 BARR13 BARR14 BARR15 CALR16 CALR17 CALR18 ORAR19 ORAR20 QLDR21 WINR22 WINR23 BATR24 PUKR25 PUKR26 PUKR27 SANR28 SANR29 SANR30 41st 416 2002 Briggs Motorsport Ford Falcon (AU) ADER1 ADER2 PHIR3 PHIR4 EASR5 EASR6 EASR7 HDVR8 HDVR9 HDVR10 CANR11 CANR12 CANR13 BARR14 BARR15 BARR16 ORAR17 ORAR18 WINR19 WINR20 QLDR21 BATR22 SURR23 SURR24 PUKR25 PUKR26 PUKR27 SANR28 SANR29 20th 496 Stone Brothers Racing Ford Falcon (AU) ADER1 ADER2 PHIR3 PHIR4 EASR5 EASR6 EASR7 HDVR8 HDVR9 HDVR10 CANR11 CANR12 CANR13 BARR14 BARR15 BARR16 ORAR17 ORAR18 WINR19 WINR20 QLDR21 BATR22 SURR23 SURR24 PUKR25 PUKR26 PUKR27 SANR28 SANR29 Team Kiwi Racing Holden Commodore (VT) ADER1 ADER2 PHIR3 PHIR4 EASR5 EASR6 EASR7 HDVR8 HDVR9 HDVR10 CANR11 CANR12 CANR13 BARR14 BARR15 BARR16 ORAR17 ORAR18 WINR19 WINR20 QLDR21 BATR22 SURR23 SURR24 PUKR25 PUKR26 PUKR27 SANR28 SANR29 Imrie Motorsport Holden Commodore (VX) ADER1 ADER2 PHIR3 PHIR4 EASR5 EASR6 EASR7 HDVR8 HDVR9 HDVR10 CANR11 CANR12 CANR13 BARR14 BARR15 BARR16 ORAR17 ORAR18 WINR19 WINR20 QLDR21 BATR22 SURR23 SURR24 PUKR25 PUKR26 PUKR27 SANR28 SANR29 2003 Team Dynamik Holden Commodore (VY) ADER1 ADER1 PHIR3 EASR4 WINR5 BARR6 BARR7 BARR8 HDVR9 HDVR10 HDVR11 QLDR12 ORAR13 SANR14 BATR15 SURR16 SURR17 PUKR18 PUKR19 PUKR20 EASR21 EASR22 22nd 1059 2004 Team Dynamik Holden Commodore (VY) ADER1 ADER2 EASR3 PUKR4 PUKR5 PUKR6 HDVR7 HDVR8 HDVR9 BARR10 BARR11 BARR12 QLDR13 WINR14 ORAR15 ORAR16 SANR17 BATR18 SURR19 SURR20 SYMR21 SYMR22 SYMR23 EASR24 EASR25 EASR26 26th 929 2005 Team Dynamik Holden Commodore (VZ) ADER1 ADER2 PUKR3 PUKR4 PUKR5 BARR6 BARR7 BARR8 EASR9 EASR10 SHAR11 SHAR12 SHAR13 HDVR14 HDVR15 HDVR16 QLDR17 ORAR18 ORAR19 SANR20 BATR21 SURR22 SURR23 SURR24 SYMR25 SYMR26 SYMR27 PHIR28 PHIR29 PHIR30 34th 437 2007 Brad Jones Racing Ford Falcon (BF) ADER1 ADER2 BARR3 BARR4 BARR5 PUKR6 PUKR7 PUKR8 WINR9 WINR10 WINR11 EASR12 EASR13 EASR14 HDVR15 HDVR16 HDVR17 QLDR18 QLDR19 QLDR20 ORAR21 ORAR22 ORAR23 SANR24 BATR25 SURR26 SURR27 SURR28 BHRR29 BHRR30 BHRR31 SYMR32 SYMR33 SYMR34 PHIR35 PHIR36 PHIR37 46th 12

Bathurst 1000 results Year Team Car Co-driver Position Laps 1998 Gibson Motorsport Holden Commodore (VS) David Parsons DNF 57 1999 John Faulkner Racing Holden Commodore (VT) John Faulkner DNF 65 2000 Stone Brothers Racing Ford Falcon (AU) Craig Baird 7th 161 2001 Briggs Motor Sport Ford Falcon (AU) John Bowe DNF 124 2002 Team Kiwi Racing Holden Commodore (VX) Jason Richards 11th 160 2003 Team Dynamik Holden Commodore (VY) Jason Richards 22nd 139 2004 Team Dynamik Holden Commodore (VY) Paul Stokell 13th 159 2007 Brad Jones Racing Ford Falcon (BF) Andrew Jones DNF 52

Business In the latter years of his racing career, Wills launched a graphic design and signwriting business in Adelaide, South Australia. Formed with his wife, Sinch Creative focuses on motor racing designs amongst other areas.

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