Jack Perkins is the first driver to enter the one-off Australian Touring Car Classics event at Sandown Raceway on 4-6 December, and he’s bringing back the Holden Racing Team Commodore that gave him his first V8 Supercars win.
Perkins will race the same Holden VF Commodore he shared with Supercars champion James Courtney to win the 2015 Gold Coast 600. Eleven years on, the car will take to Sandown in exactly the same official factory Holden Racing Team livery it wore that special day.
“I’m stoked to be the first to enter for this awesome race we’ve been able to get together at Sandown,” Perkins said.
“My first Supercars win is something I’ll always remember, and to do it at such a high-profile event like the Gold Coast, with Holden’s official factory racing team, and a great mate in James Courtney was so special.
“It’s so exciting to be racing the car again. It’ll be my first time racing it since the Gold Coast in 2015. There’ll be plenty of people at Sandown who remember this famous paint scheme, and it’ll be great to give them a chance to see and hear it at full noise again.”
The ATCC category has been organised by Perkins and Ben and Rachael Eggleston of Eggleston Motorsport and is a one-off program focused on former V8 Supercars (primarily from the 2000s through to around 2017).
The class is running in support of the final round of the Australian Endurance Championship and will include three practice sessions on Friday, qualifying and a sprint race on Saturday, and two final sprint races on Sunday.
Entries and further details for the category are available by emailing rachael@egglestonmotorsport.com.au, with international livestreaming details to be announced soon.
The Australian Touring Car Classics appearance is a standalone invitation event outside any current championship series.
For more details on the Sandown Summer Enduro: www.motorsporthubcrm.com.au
