Jack Daniel's Racing
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| Manufacturer | Holden |
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| Team Principal | Larry Perkins |
| Team Manager | Joe Bremner |
| Race Drivers | 7. Shane Price 11. Jack Perkins |
| Chassis | VE Commodore |
| Debut | 1986 |
| Drivers' Championships | 0 |
| Round wins | 13 |
| Pole positions | 6 |
| 2006 position | 4th (3038 points) |
Jack Daniel's Racing is one of the most iconic teams in the V8 Championship. The team was founded by former F1 driver and ATCC ledgend Larry Perkins. While his team has collected three Bathurst wins, championship wins have often slipped away in the V8 Supercar era and the team has had to settle for a number of runner-up positions.
Lately, Perkins' cars have been having weird accidents at Bathurst. In 2004, Perkins' good friend and Steven Richards' father Jim Richards hit a kangaroo at the Cutting, and the lead Perkins car sustained critical damage.
In 2005, the lead car with Steve Richards and Paul Dumbrell had critical suspension damage and Dumbrell hit a barrier near the Cutting and the left front wheel was ripped off and bounced off another barrier and stuck the front windscreen of Craig Lowndes's Ford Falcon. Lowndes was un hurt but had to nurse the car back to the pits and had to get both front and rear windscreens cut out.
At the end of the 2005 season, long time sponsor Castrol announced that they were leaving the team. Spirit maker Jack Daniels replaced Castrol. The 2006 has been a season of highs and lows, with both Dumbrell and Richards scoring high finishes while Richards won the Western Australian round for the second time as in many years. The '06 season has also seen the Perkins team expand from 2 car to four cars with son Jack Perkins and Jack's Formula Ford rival and good friend Shane Price running in the Fujitsu Series, with Price and Perkins finishing 2nd (Price) and 3rd (Perkins).
At the end of the season, Dumbrell and Richards announced that they were leaving the team. Perkins and Price have been confirmed to drive in the "main game" Championship.
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| Teams contesting the 2007 V8 Supercar Championship Series | |||||||||
| Toll HSV Dealer Team | Holden Racing Team | Tasman Motorsport | Stone Brothers Racing | Ford Performance Racing | Jack Daniel's Racing | ||||
| 1 Rick Kelly 16 Garth Tander |
2 Mark Skaife 22 Todd Kelly |
3 Jason Richards 51 Greg Murphy |
4 James Courtney 9 Russell Ingall |
5 Mark Winterbottom 6 Steven Richards |
7 Shane Price 11 Jack Perkins |
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| WPS Racing | Team BOC | Dick Johnson Racing | Supercheap Auto Racing | Team Kiwi Racing | Britek Motorsport | ||||
| 8 Max Wilson 10 Jason Bargwanna |
12 Andrew Jones 14 Brad Jones |
17 Steven Johnson 18 Will Davison |
20 Paul Dumbrell 50 Cameron McConville |
021 Paul Radisich | 25 Jason Bright 26 Alan Gurr |
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| Garry Rogers Motorsport | Team Sirromet Wines | Autobarn Racing | TeamVodafone | Paul Cruickshank Racing | |||||
| 33 Lee Holdsworth 34 Dean Canto |
39 Fabian Coulthard 67 Paul Morris |
55 Steve Owen | 88 Jamie Whincup 888 Craig Lowndes |
111 John Bowe | |||||
