Two more V8 Supercar stars have signed up to drive in New Zealand’s top motor racing series this coming weekend.
Nick Percat, who won Bathurst as a rookie in 2011, will co-drive with Aucklander Paul Manuell for the sixth round of the BNT V8 SuperTourers championship at Hampton Downs and should help Manuell advance higher than his current eighth place in the championship.
Supercar regular Tony D’Alberto joins Auckland driver Mitch Cunningham for the 400km Kiwi endurance race, which is also the second in three rounds of the endurance championship run within the overall championship as part of the Hankook Super Series.
Percat, 24, is a double Formula Ford champion in Australia, currently concentrating on racing his Porsche GT3. However his Supercar successes have again earned him a place at Bathurst, co-driving with Garth Tander for the Holden Racing Team.
D’Alberto shared his Holden Commodore at Bathurst with Kiwi Jonny Reid, the former A1GP star.
Altogether 15 of the drivers in the Bathurst 1000 will be racing in New Zealand this weekend. Greg Murphy currently leads the BNT V8 SuperTourers championship from Hamilton’s Ant Pedersen and Aucklander Shane van Gisbergen.
