Nick Percat
Nick Percat | |
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Nick Percat 2013 Mike Pero Pukekohe 500 | |
Nationality | Australian |
Born |
Adelaide, South Australia | 14 September 1988
V8 Supercars | |
Years active | 2011- |
Teams | Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport |
Starts | 79 |
Wins | 1 |
Poles | 0 |
Fastest laps | 0 |
Best finish | 12th in 2014 |
Previous series | |
2005–06 2005 2007–09 2009 2010-11 |
South Australian Formula Ford Victorian Formula Ford Australian Formula Ford Australian Drivers' Champ. Dunlop V8 Supercar Series |
Championship titles | |
2005 2009 |
South Australian Formula Ford Australian Formula Ford |
Nick Percat (born 14 September 1988, in Adelaide, South Australia) is an Australian racing driver and former Bathurst 1000 champion. Percat currently races in the V8 Supercars Championship Series driving a Holden VF Commodore for Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport. Percat won the Bathurst 1000 at his first attempt, co-driving for Garth Tander for the Holden Racing Team.
Percat won the 2009 Australian Formula Ford Championship in his third season in the category having dominated the season after finishing runner up the previous year to Paul Laskaseski.[1] In 2011 he returned to single seaters for a one off support race for the 2011 Indian Grand Prix driving a Van Diemen built Formula MRF for a winner takes all $50,000 prize. He took pole position and won race one but was taken out in race two by eventual winner Jordan King.[2]
On 9 October 2011, he partnered Garth Tander to win the Bathurst 1000 race for the Holden Racing Team.[3] In winning the Bathurst 1000, Percat became the first South Australian born driver to win the race.
On the 24th of December 2014, it was announced that Percat would contest the 2015 season with Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport.
Career results
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Percat placed fourth in the 2012 Dunlop Series in a Walkinshaw Racing Holden VE Commodore
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Percat placed second in the 2013 Australian Carrera Cup Championship
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Percat is contesting the 2015 V8 Supercars Championship for Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport in a Holden VF Commodore
References
- ↑ Stuart Innes (15 September 2009). "Nick Percat relishes perfect result". Adelaide Now. Retrieved 27 September 2009.
- ↑ http://www.speedcafe.com/2011/10/30/nick-percat-wins-crashes-in-india/ Speedcafe.com. Retrieved 2 Nov,2011
- ↑ "Tander, Percat win Bathurst". sportal.com.au. 9 October 2011. Retrieved 9 October 2011.
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Sporting positions | ||
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Preceded by Paul Laskazeski |
Australian Formula Ford Championship Champion 2009 |
Succeeded by Chaz Mostert |
Preceded by Craig Lowndes Mark Skaife |
Winner of the Bathurst 1000 2011 (with Garth Tander) |
Succeeded by Jamie Whincup Paul Dumbrell |
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