Ingall and Perkins to pair up at Gold Coast
Russell Ingall and Jack Perkins will pair up at the Gold Coast 600 next weekend, bringing back the ‘Perkins/Ingall’ driver name pairing which triumphed at Bathurst back in 1997.
‘The Enforcer’ Ingall, the oldest driver in the field at 47 and the 2005 V8 Supercar champion, will have a new co-driver at the Gold Coast weekend, with Larry Perkins’ son Jack taking over from team owner Paul Morris in the No.39 Supercheap Auto Racing Holden Commodore VE.
Jack raced at Phillip Island & Bathurst with the Wilson Security Racing team alongside Tim Slade, finishing 18th at Mount Panorama.
“I owe a lot to Larry” said Russell Ingall.
“He was the one who gave me my real start in V8 Supercars after I came back from Europe, so I’m excited to be able to have the Perkins/Ingall combo on the car for the Gold Coast.”
“I’ve known Jack since he was this pesky little kid running around Larry’s workshop, so I never thought that one day we’d be sharing a drive in a V8 Supercar.
“But he has done a terrific job with the limited racing opportunities he’s had to date and I’m hoping I can give his career a similar kick along as the one that his dad gave me.”
Ingall and Perkins won the 1997 Bathurst 1000 starting from last in the Castrol Perkins Holden Commodore. The other Paul Morris Motorsport car, backed by Castrol, will feature the ‘international’ competitor for the team at Surfers Paradise, in 2008 World Touring Car champion Yvan Muller driving with Greg Murphy.
