Nick Percat has shocked the Supercars paddock by asserting he’ll retire on the finish of the 2025 marketing campaign.
The 37-year-old will make his final begin as a full-time Supercars driver on the Adelaide 500 on 27-30 November, driving his Matt Stone Racing Chevrolet Camaro.
Percat has received six championship races since making his Supercars debut in 2010, successful for the Holden Racing Group, Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport, Brad Jones Racing and MSR.
He rose to prominence as a co-driver with HRT, partnering Garth Tander to victory on the 2011 Bathurst 1000, turning into solely the second driver to win the race on debut. This weekend’s Bathurst 1000 might be Percat’s fifteenth begin within the occasion and his final as a main driver.
“It was positively not a simple choice as a result of I’m nonetheless very aggressive. I really feel like I’m driving effectively and have gotten trophies this 12 months,” stated Percat, who has scored three podiums this season.
“So it has been fairly a prolonged choice, however on the flipside, when one door closes, one other opens.
Nick Percat, Matt Stone Racing Chevrolet Camaro ZL1
Photograph by: Edge Photographics
“There was in all probability a chance to remain on the grid however it’s about ensuring you place your self in the proper place on the proper time, so for me, now was a very good time.”
Percat says his focus will now be on his JND Kart enterprise and, most likely, as a Supercars endurance co-driver, a job for which he might be in excessive demand.
He charges his Bathurst win and his 2016 Adelaide 500 victory because the highlights of his profession, the latter coming not simply in his residence state however whereas driving for the Dumbrell group, the smallest on the Supercars grid, and thru a torrential downpour.
“In these circumstances – simply to not crash the factor as a result of we couldn’t see, not to mention to win the race at your private home occasion was wonderful,” he stated. “Bathurst 2011 with Garth and HRT is one thing I’ll always remember and each time it comes on, I really get goosebumps.”
Within the meantime, Percat will make his fifteenth Bathurst begin this weekend, with Tim Slade as co-driver for MSR.
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