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ENTRY LIST: Co-drivers hit the track at Ipswich

27 Jul 2017
Pirtek Enduro Cup preparations ramp up at Queensland Raceway
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Fifty drivers are scheduled to turn laps during the Virgin Australia Supercars Championship practice sessions today at Ipswich as teams ramp up preparations for the Pirtek Enduro Cup.

A dedicated 30 minute session for additional drivers will take place from 11:05am before the primary drivers take over for two 45 minute outings in the afternoon.

Among the co-drivers entered are two of the stars of last year’s Pirtek Enduro Cup, Tekno Autosports’ Jonathon Webb and Prodrive’s Richie Stanaway, who both missed the corresponding session at Winton earlier this year.

Reigning Bathurst winner Webb has undertaken just a handful of laps at a test day since he stepped out of the car at last October’s Gold Coast 600.

Stanaway meanwhile has now finished his World Endurance Championship duties for the season and has turned his attention to his campaign with Cameron Waters.

The only co-drivers confirmed for the Pirtek Enduro Cup that are not entered for Ipswich are Alex Premat (Shell V-Power), and Red Bull pair Matt Campbell and Paul Dumbrell.

Both Shell V-Power Fords may, however, get a run in the opening sessions with Tony D'Alberto cross-entered in the two cars.

Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport is meanwhile yet to announce co-drivers for either of its entries and, as reported yesterday, will field Matt Chahda in car #3 for the additional driver session.

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Additionally, Bryce Fullwood has also been given dispensation to drive in the session aboard Todd Kelly’s Nissan, with Jack Le Brocq focussing on his own wildcard entry.

While Nissan’s other three co-drivers Dean Fiore, David Russell and David Wall are all highly experienced, Kelly says the 30 minutes is hugely valuable to the part-timers.

“It’s the same as me flying an aeroplane, you certainly know you’ve been out of it when you don’t do it for six months,” he said.

“It’s just as important for a co-driver to be familiar with their surroundings, to be able to jump in and by in-sync with the car straight away.

“Passenger ride days are useful as well, but nothing beats a proper session where they’ve got the whole car to themselves.”

ENTRY LIST: Coates Hire Ipswich SuperSprint

Car

Team

Primary Driver

Additional Driver

2

Mobil 1 HSV Racing

Scott Pye

Warren Luff / Jack Perkins

3

Repair Management Australia Racing

Alex Davison

Matthew Chahda

5

The Bottle-O Racing Team

Mark Winterbottom

Dean Canto

6

Monster Energy Racing

Cameron Waters

Richie Stanaway

7

carsales Racing

Todd Kelly

Bryce Fullwood

8

Dunlop Racing

Nick Percat

Macauley Jones

9

Erebus Penrite Racing

David Reynolds

Luke Youlden

12

Shell V-Power Racing Team

Fabian Coulthard

Tony D'Alberto

14

Freightliner Racing

Tim Slade

Ash Walsh

15

Sengled Racing

Rick Kelly

David Wall

17

Shell V-Power Racing Team

Scott McLaughlin

Tony D'Alberto

18

Preston Hire Racing

Lee Holdsworth

Karl Reindler

19

TEKNO Woodstock Racing

Will Davison

Jonathon Webb

21

Team CoolDrive

Tim Blanchard

Todd Hazelwood

22

Mobil 1 HSV Racing

James Courtney

Warren Luff / Jack Perkins

23

Nissan Motorsport

Michael Caruso

Dean Fiore

26

LOCO Energy Drink / MWM

Shae Davies

 

28

GoGetta Racing / MWM

Jack LeBrocq

 

31

Wilson Security Racing GRM

James Golding

 

33

Wilson Security Racing GRM

Garth Tander

James Golding

34

Wilson Security Racing GRM

James Moffat

Richard Muscat

35

Bigmate Racing

Todd Hazelwood

 

55

Supercheap Auto Racing

Chaz Mostert

Steve Owen

56

MEGA Racing

Jason Bright

Garry Jacobson

62

Repair Management Australia Racing

Alex Rullo

 

78

Team Harvey Norman

Simona De Silvestro

David Russell

88

Red Bull Holden Racing Australia

Jamie Whincup

 

97

Red Bull Holden Racing Australia

Shane van Gisbergen

 

99

Erebus GB Galvanizing Racing

Dale Wood

Chris Pither

888

TeamVortex

Craig Lowndes

Steven Richards

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