Nick Percat

Nick Percat
Nationality	Australian
Born	14 September 1988 (1988-09-14) (age 23) Adelaide, South Australia
V8 Supercar Development Series
Years active	2010-11
Teams	Jay Motorsport Walkinshaw Performance
Starts	20
Wins	0
Poles	1
Fastest laps	0
Best finish	4th in 2010
Previous series
2005–06 2005 2007–09 2009 2010-11	South Australian Formula Ford Victorian Formula Ford Australian Formula Ford Australian Drivers' Champ. V8 Supercars
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 reigning Bathurst 1000 champion. Percat currently races V8 Supercars in the Fujitsu V8 Supercar Series driving a Holden Commodore for Walkinshaw Performance supported Jay Motorsport team. 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 race for the Holden Racing Team. ^[3] In winning the Bathurst 1000, Percat became the first South Australian born driver to win the race.

Career results

Season	Series	Position	Car	Team
2005	South Australian Formula Ford Championship	1st	Swift SC94F Ford
2005	Victorian Formula Ford Championship	28th	Mygale SJ97 Ford
2006	South Australian Formula Ford Championship	9th	Spectrum 010b Ford
2007	Australian Formula Ford Championship	7th	Spectrum 011b Ford Van Diemen RF06 Ford
2008	Australian Formula Ford Championship	2nd	Mygale SJ07A Ford	Sonic Motor Racing Services
2008	Australian Drivers' Championship	8th	Dallara F307 HWA-Mercedes-Benz	Team BRM
2009	Australian Formula Ford Championship	1st	Mygale SJ07A Ford	Sonic Motor Racing Services
2010	Fujitsu V8 Supercar Series	4th	Holden VZ Commodore Holden VE Commodore	Jay Motorsport Walkinshaw Performance
2010	V8 Supercar Championship Series	63rd	Holden VE Commodore	Walkinshaw Racing
2011	Formula MRF 1600 - Delhi	4th	MRF 1600 - Ford	Walkinshaw Racing

References

1. ^ Stuart Innes (15 September 2009). "Nick Percat relishes perfect result". Adelaide Now. http://www.news.com.au/adelaidenow/story/0,22606,26073354-12428,00.html. Retrieved 27 September 2009. 
2. ^ http://www.speedcafe.com/2011/10/30/nick-percat-wins-crashes-in-india/ Speedcafe.com. Retrieved 2 Nov,2011
3. ^ "Tander, Percat win Bathurst". sportal.com.au. 9 October 2011. http://www.sportal.com.au/motorsport-news-display/tander,-percat-win-bathurst-141800. Retrieved 9 October 2011. 

External links

• Official website
• Driver Database stats

Persondata
Name	Percat, Nick
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth	1988
Place of birth	Adelaide, South Australia
Date of death
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Sporting positions
Preceded by Craig Lowndes Mark Skaife	Winner of the Bathurst 1000 2011 (with Garth Tander)	Succeeded by incumbent