Lansvale Racing Team, also known as Lansvale Smash Repairs Racing was an Australian motor racing team that competed in Australian touring car

Touring car racing

Touring car racing is a general term for a number of distinct auto racing competitions in heavily-modified street cars. It is notably popular in Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Germany, Japan, Scandinavia and Britain.-Characteristics of a touring car:...

 events in the 1980s and 1990s. Starting as a hobby team for Automobile repair business owners, Steve Reed and Trevor Ashby, proprietors of Lansvale Smash Repairs, running Sports Sedan

Australian Sports Sedan Championship

The Australian Sports Sedan Championship was a CAMS sanctioned national motor racing title for drivers of cars complying with Australian Sports Sedan regulations...

 silouhette racing cars, the team gradually improved to become the bench mark for privately funded racing teams in Australian touring car racing. In the late 1990s the team become a professional operation, with Reed and Ashby stepping down from driving duties and hiring professional drivers. The team morphed into Tasman Motorsport

Tasman Motorsport

Tasman Motorsport was a V8 Supercar racing team. It was formed in 2004 out of what was Lansvale Racing Team V8 Supercar team and is associated with Greg Murphy Racing as a satellite operation....

in 2004. After a single year Reed and Ashby sold their interests in Tasman and stepped away from the sport.