Larry Perkins

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Larry Perkins
Nationality	Australian
World Championship Career
Active years	1974, 1976, 1977
Team(s)	Amon, Boro-Ford, Brabham-Alfa Romeo, BRM, Surtees-Ford
Races	15 (including 4 DNQ)
Championships	0
Wins	0
Podium finishes	0
Pole positions	0
Fastest laps	0
First race	1974 German Grand Prix (DNQ) / 1976 Spanish Grand Prix (13th)
First win	N/A
Last win	N/A
Last race	1977 Belgian Grand Prix (12th) / 1977 French Grand Prix (DNQ)

Larry Perkins (born March 18, 1950) is a former racing driver and current V8 Supercar team owner from Australia. He was born in the small town of Cowangie in Victoria. At a young age Larry developed a love for cars, and has gone from strength to strength. From racing in Formula One in the 1970s, to driving in Australia in V8 Supercars. He retired from driving in 2003, aged 53, and now owns his own V8 Supercar team. He is well known for his very outgoing and humorous personality. His nickname is "Larrikin Larry".

After winning the Australian Formula Two Championships in 1972, Perkins entered Formula 1 during the 1970s, and, after driving for Bernie Ecclestone's team, failed to secure a permanent drive in the series. He returned to Australia and picked up where he left off almost instantly, winning in both Formula 5000 and Touring Cars. He has won the Bathurst 1000 six times (1982, 1983, 1984, 1993, 1995, 1997), with co drivers such as Peter Brock, Gregg Hansford and in his last two wins, Russell Ingall winning each time in a home-grown Holden Commodore V8. By far his most memorable was the last to first effort in 1995. Less than 50 metres off the start line on Lap 1, Perkins made contact with Craig Lowndes, blowing one of his tyres. He pitted in last place and was lapped while in the pits. From there Perkins staged an amazing comeback, and took the lead with less than 10 laps left, after Glenn Seton's car retired with mechanical problems. Perkins went to win and be only the second person in the history of the race to win after dropping to last. Perkins has never won an Australian Touring Car Championship. He retired from racing in 2003, finishing 4th.

He is the father of V8 Supercar driver Jack Perkins.

[edit] Complete Formula One results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position)

Year	Entrant	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	WDC	Points
1974	Dalton-Amon International	Amon AF101	Cosworth V8	ARG	BRA	RSA	ESP	BEL	MON	SWE	NED	FRA	GBR	GER DNQ	AUT	ITA	CAN	USA			-	0
1976	HB Bewaking Alarm Systems	Boro Ensign N175	Cosworth V8	BRA	RSA	USW	ESP 13	BEL 8	MON DNQ	SWE Ret	FRA	GBR	GER	AUT	NED Ret	ITA Ret					-	0
	Martini Racing	Brabham BT45	Alfa Romeo Flat 12														CAN 17	USA Ret	JPN Ret
1977	Rotary Watches Stanley BRM	BRM P207	BRM V12	ARG	BRA Ret																-	0
		BRM P201B/204				RSA 15
	Team Surtees	Surtees TS19	Cosworth V8				USW	ESP	MON	BEL 12	SWE DNQ	FRA DNQ	GBR	GER	AUT	NED	ITA	USA	CAN	JPN

[edit] External links

• Larry Perkins Comprehensive Biography and Race Record
• Perkins Motorsport Official Team Site

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
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
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

Preceded by None

European Formula Three Champion 1975

Succeeded by Riccardo Patrese