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ENTRY LIST: Clipsal 500 grid locked in

02 Mar 2017
Recap the driver movements ahead of 2017
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The Virgin Australia Supercars Championship has locked in the grid for the season-opening Clipsal 500 after Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport confirmed its line-up on Wednesday.

Rookie Alex Rullo will be joined by Taz Douglas in the team, finally completing the field after an off-season of some significant driver movements.

Joining Rullo as a rookie is former IndyCar driver Simona De Silvestro, who enters the championship on a three-year deal with Nissan Motorsport.

Kiwi hotshot Scott McLaughlin also made a high-profile switch from Garry Rogers Motorsport to DJR Team Penske, which is expected to emerge as a winning force this season.

Former series champion Garth Tander replaces McLaughlin at GRM, with the team reverting back to Holdens and marking a homecoming for the veteran who began his career with the same squad in 1998.

Jason Bright is another who returns to a former team, with the former Brad Jones Racing driver relinking with Prodrive in the MEGA Racing #56 FG X Falcon.

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Nick Percat joins BJR as Bright’s replacement and will ditch his long-held #222 for the #8 synonymous with the Albury squad, running under the Team Clipsal banner in Adelaide.

Walkinshaw Racing’s new era as the Mobil 1 HSV Racing team is also signified by the signing of former Penske driver Scott Pye on a three-year deal.

Erebus Motorsport welcomes Dale Wood to its team in 2017 after the former Dunlop Series winner made the switch from Nissan Motorsport.

The moves leave Chris Pither, Andre Heimgartner and Shae Davies without full-time Supercars drives in 2017.

Pither has already been confirmed as an Erebus endurance driver, while Andre Heimgartner moves to the Carrera Cup and Shae Davies returns to the Dunlop Super2 Series.

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Team

Driver

Car

2

Mobil 1 HSV Racing

Scott Pye

Holden

3

LD Motorsport

Taz Douglas

Holden

5

The Bottle-O Racing Team

Mark Winterbottom

Ford

6

Monster Energy Racing

Cameron Waters

Ford

7

carsales Racing

Todd Kelly

Nissan

8

Team Clipsal

Nick Percat

Holden

9

Erebus Penrite Racing

David Reynolds

Holden

12

Shell V-Power Racing Team

Fabian Coulthard

Ford

14

Freightliner Racing

Tim Slade

Holden

15

Sengled Racing

Rick Kelly

Nissan

17

Shell V-Power Racing Team

Scott McLaughlin

Ford

18

Preston Hire Racing

Lee Holdsworth

Holden

19

TEKNO Woodstock Racing

Will Davison

Holden

21

Team CoolDrive

Tim Blanchard

Holden

22

Mobil 1 HSV Racing

James Courtney

Holden

23

Nissan Motorsport

Michael Caruso

Nissan

33

Wilson Security Racing GRM

Garth Tander

Holden

34

Wilson Security Racing GRM

James Moffat

Holden

55

Supercheap Auto Racing

Chaz Mostert

Ford

56

MEGA Racing

Jason Bright

Ford

62

LD Motorsport

Alex Rullo

Holden

78

Team Harvey Norman

Simona De Silvestro

Nissan

88

Red Bull Holden Racing Australia

Jamie Whincup

Holden

97

Red Bull Holden Racing Australia

Shane van Gisbergen

Holden

99

Erebus GB Galvanizing Racing

Dale Wood

Holden

888

TeamVortex

Craig Lowndes

Holden

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