One of Australi𝔍a's most successful property developers, Craig Gore, has launched his own two-car Ford V8 Supercar team to be based on Queensland's Gold Coast.

To be known as WPS Rac🌠ing, the team will be the new home for V8 Supercar star David Besnard and talented Melbourne-based driver Mark No🉐ske.

The team, which 🐟was officially unveiled at the Brisbane Motor Show today, will carry the black and silver corporateไ colours and full sponsorship from the Wright Patton Shakespeare Financial Services group.

Wright Patton Shakespeare Financial Services is an emerging Sydney-based financial services provider of wh𒅌ich Gore is the chief executive and chairman. It is one of a host of companies associated with Mr Gore, whose primary business interests operate under the diversified principal company the Atkinson Gore Group.

The 🎐WPS Racing team intends to make its track debut in support races at the Australian Grand Prix in Melbourne on March 4-7 before being on the grid for the opening round of the V8 Supercar Championship Series in Adelaide on March ꦛ18-21.

In what has been an amazing four weeks, Gore has f𒆙inalised the purchase of the remains of the former 00 Motorsport operation, transported it from Melbourne to the Gold Coast, developed a fully operational workshop from scratch, had his two cars totally re-painted and livery added, had team uniforms designed and manufacture𝓡d, and found his first 10 employees.

Gore dabbled in motorsp🧔ort sponsorship last season with Charlie O'Brien's Porsche in the Carrera Cup and with Noske's own Falcon for a few races🌳.

"It has been one hell of a ride to get to this point to🎶day," said Gore.

"The opportunity presented itself for us to have our own team an𓆏d we thought it was 'now or never'.

"I think the V8 Supercar Series has done some fantastic things in the past couple of years and can be used as a great marketing tool for ou꧟r WPS financial services෴ business.

"We know this is a hard and tough game ꦆand we under not under any illusions as to what we can achieve in the early stages, especially getting everything together with just a month to the first race.

"Mark Noske 𝐆has been an underrated driver for some time and to have the talent of David Besnard to negotiate with this close to the start of a season was an🐈 incredible bonus for us.

"David is playingꦦ an active role in the team on a day-to-day basis and I think he will be a fantastic asset for our organisation."

Besnard is regarded as onღe of this countr🐈y's leading stars, but was left without a drive when Ford Performance Racing decided to go from a three-car to two-car operation in 2004.

The 26-year-o🐷ld started his V8 Supercar careerꦐ with Stone Brothers Racing in 2001 after an impressive international career which started in go-karts in Italy as a 15-year-old and finished seventh in the 2002 championship, which included a win in the Queensland 500.

"I was prepared to sit out the season, take the best of a heap of endurance race options and concentrate on putting a deal together for 2005, but 📖then things changed - and in a hurry," said Besnard.

"We had🅠 our first meeting with Crai🎃g (Gore) a couple of weeks ago and we really have been at a million miles an hour ever since.

"What Craig has managed to ꦏpull together in such a short amount of time is incredible . heꩵ is so driven - I don't think he has been to bed in the last month.

"I thin🍨k if we can instil his passion into the right mix of staff, then we can go racing and eventually be very competitivꦜe."

Noske drove for his own team for the majority of last year before teaming up with Stone Brothers Racing for 💙the endurance events with youngster Mark Winterbottom.

"I think there is the makin🉐g of a very strong team here and it's good to be part of it," sa♐ys Noske.

"It is not going to be easy but there are a lot of ඣpeople working hard to make sure we have the tools to do the job."

Gore, at 37, is an amaz🍷ᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚing business success story. He controls 46 companies and has more than 250 employees.

Gore is the son of the late Queensland develo🦂per and Sanctuary Cove visionary Mike Gore, who himself raced in the late 1960s.

"I still have memories and some great old photographs of Dad racing h🍎is old Monaro against guys like Norm Beechey, 'Pete' Geoghegan and Kevin Bartlett," says Gore.

"It is probably good he isn't around today because he'd probably want to jump in and take the tin✱g for a spin."

The new WPS Racing Falcon will be on display at th🅘e Brisbane Motor Show until late tonight be𝕴fore being transported to Melbourne for its race debut.