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By Auto Action

Date posted: September 10, 2021

Transport industry heavyweight Peter Smith has invested significant time, money and effort in his family’s motorsport endeavours. Now he’s also part of a consortium bidding to buy Supercars.

Peter Smith is becoming increasingly well known within Australian motorsport circles. The company he founded, SCT Logistics, has a prominent presence backing his son Jack Smith in Supercars and his nephew Tommy Smith, in international open wheeler racing.

But Peter Smith and SCT don’t just sponsor racing. The ex-Jason Bright Racing Entitlements Contract was purchased in 2019, guaranteeing Jack’s place on the grid at Brad Jones Racing. Since then Brad Jones’ nephew and former Supercars racer Andrew Jones has joined the operation to oversee SCT’s motorsport programs.

More recently, Smith has been named as a member of one of two consortiums that are bidding to buy the Supercars championship.

So who is Peter Smith and why all this activity? He explained it all to BRUCE NEWTON in the latest edition of AUTO ACTION on sale in your local newagencies and in Coles stores now.

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