Perkins Unveil first VE Supercar

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An exciting new era for Bathurst legend Larry Perkins’ renowned Holden V8 Supercar operation has been heralded in today with the unveiling of the 2007 Jack Daniel’s Racing team at its Melbourne headquarters.

Rookie sensations Shane Price and Jack Perkins lifted the covers off the first of two striking new Jack Daniel’s Racing VE Commodores the pair will debut at the season opening Clipsal 500 in Adelaide in just over three weeks time.

It was the first reveal of any Holden factory supported V8 Supercar team’s VE Commodores.

The new generation Commodores have been built in-house by Perkins Engineering and are the result of an 18 month collaboration between Holden, its factory supported teams and TEGA. Over 3,000 man-hours were put in by Perkins Engineering staff building the first of the two cars.

Price and Jack Perkins were the standout performers in last year’s Fujitsu V8 Supercar ‘development’ Series, finishing second and third in their debut year and earning them a promotion to the V8 ‘main game’ in 2007.

“For a couple of rookies like Jack and myself, I don’t think life could get much more exciting than this; here we are just a couple of weeks away from making our fulltime‘main game’ debut and unveiling the first of our brand new VE Commodores with backing from great sponsors in Jack Daniel’s and Holden,” Price said.

“With new cars and drivers, we are going to be a bit of an unknown quantity in Adelaide, but everyone within Jack Daniel’s Racing is confident it will all work out.

“This time last year when Jack and I made our Fujitsu Series debut everything in V8s was new to us and we needed to be extra careful. While we will still show some caution, this year we can take a slightly different approach. We have set our goals and think they are achievable.”

Jack Perkins said the reveal was a significant moment for the Jack Daniel’s team.

“To launch the first team VE Commodore for Holden is a tribute to the 30-40 guys at Perkins Engineering who have surrendered a lot of hours from their personal lives – they’ve done an awesome job,” Perkins said.

“It just goes to show how committed everyone within the team is to the success of Jack Daniel’s Racing, which is a great confidence builder for Shane and I.

“I’m still shocked that I’ve got a drive in the main game as just before Christmas our intentions were to do another year in the development series, but Dad [Larry] has put his faith in me, as have Jack Daniel’s and Holden.

“Both Shane and I are now working fulltime in the race shop doing whatever’s required to get the team ready and contribute to its success. We are under no illusions as to how tough our rookie season will be, it’s going to be extremely hard, but we’re excited and ready.”

Managing Director for Jack Daniel’s Australia, Mr Michael McShane said the company was looking forward to building on the outstanding success experienced during its first foray into V8 Supercars last year.

“When we launched Jack Daniel’s Racing in February last year, we were confident that bringing together two iconic brands in Jack Daniel’s and Perkins Engineering would be a success, and we were right – 2006 was a great year,” McShane said.

“Now the next phase in our relationship is launched, and with the signing of Shane Price and Jack Perkins – both incredible talents who deserve this opportunity – and the addition of the stunning new VE Commodores we are even more excited.”

McShane said its V8 Supercar program would again endorse the ‘Pace Yourself. Please Drink Responsibly’ message

“Jack Daniel’s has a long standing record of promoting responsible consumption and our new look team gives us the perfect opportunity to continue building upon that with V8 Supercar fans.”

The 2007 V8 Supercar Championship Series begins with the Clipsal 500 in Adelaide on 1-4 March.

[SICK SS]

we need pics

[STEALTHY™]

2nd that.


i just just the perkins website, and theres nothing on there. latest news is Richards qualifying results lol

[NickVR]

Perkins VE Supercar

Here is the article for it.

[fourstar82]

I was trying to get these onto photobucket so you could view them more easily but it wasn't behaving, so I've attached them to this post, enjoy!!!

Andy

[holden#1]

my two cents worth...

quite a nice race car.. however, i actually like the outgoing VZ V8 supercar just as much - those nice cleancut lines

[MikesVT]

thats a mean looking car. I wouldnt mind seeing the back... It would look a lot better with VE SS-V tail lights rather than SS. Hmm.. Can't wait to see it in action

[Sabbath']

Game Over.

[Pretender]

In the third pick it appears the three guys are around 7ft tall or the car is scaled down. Just the angle and the lens used I presume because the truck well in the background looks huge.

Anyway it looks a bit soft but still purposeful. Have there been any rule changes of note for the coming season?

[Ripcell]

i want to play...

[Sabbath']

I saw the GRM VE this afternoon. Thing looks tough.


Even though it had no wheels on and was jacked up, the whole stance was set just right.

Cant wait to see them racing

[gooley]

Yea looks alrite they better be win some races this season then

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Yea looks alrite they better be win some races this season then

To win races they need to finish races first...

[Bravotwozero]

VE body on a VZ, big deal. Same car just looks different.

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VE body on a VZ, big deal. Same car just looks different.

i was under the impression that they have been refined more than just 'VE body on a VZ'

surely theres more to it.


such as this

The new generation Commodores have been built in-house by Perkins Engineering and are the result of an 18 month collaboration between Holden, its factory supported teams and TEGA. Over 3,000 man-hours were put in by Perkins Engineering staff building the first of the two cars.

[Bravotwozero]

Wheel base has been shortened to that of the VT-VX-VY-VZ. So between A & C pillars, it is all old stuff. Have a look at a side on profile of the two and you'll see what I mean.

[phat_com]

Here are some more VE supercar pics (even though 2 are old)

[NickVR]

Here the tasman motorsport car.

Tasman Motorsport

[Ripcell]

that tasman car looks awesome

[SICK SS]

its a shame they had to bring it into spec with the smaller ford wich is a shame this serris is going to be like nascars soon wich is going to suck big time bring back the development serries i say race on sunday drive on monday.

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Here the tasman motorsport car.

Tasman Motorsport

o0 side on it is a VZ!!!! Amazing

[STEALTHY™]

aww i feel thirsty now.

New DJR Car.

good to see he's got a major sponser again.

Anyone know if he's still going to run 2 cars, aswell as the development series.

[WAGON MAN]

good to see he's got a major sponser again.

Anyone know if he's still going to run 2 cars, aswell as the development series.

Yes DJR will still be running two cars Johnson / Davidson.

In the development series DJR will be running Three cars -

Marcus La Delle, Andrew Thompson, Grant Denyer.

[gargougaflex]

argh there's a ford in the holden forums!

anyway...

the Tasman car above is the livery that will be used at Sandown, Bathurst, Indy and Bahrain, so the cars will look different during the rest of the season. (diff sponsor)

Them Jacky D cars look SWEET, even better than the VZ. but i dont know about the wheels.... oh and there's uber-high res pics of the Jack Daniels car on the GM Media site...

Also read yesterday that TollHSVDT will debut Kelly's #1 VE Commodore at the V8 Supercar Launch with 7 Sunrise next thursday (15th)... one would only assume the HRT crew will be there too??

[Ripcell]

oh and there's uber-high res pics of the Jack Daniels car on the GM Media site...

whats the link, i looked couldnt find it



looks like the tollhsv car has been released

http://www.hsvdt.com.au/hsvdt_new/