New Helmet Design for Courtney at Home Track

James Courtney will roll into his home event with a flashy new helmet.

The Holden Racing Team driver will sport a brave new custom design at the ARMOR ALL Gold Coast 600 to raise awareness for child advocacy agency Bravehearts. It features a mix of Courtney’s traditional fluro green and yellow mixed with Braveheart’s purple and white colours and highlighted by its signature White Balloon logo.

A father of two – daughter Zara (5), and son Cadel (3) – Courtney has been a Bravehearts ambassador for several years and says it provides valuable services for the community.

“As a father of two young kids, I am extremely passionate about child protection – it’s close to my heart and Bravehearts is an organisation I am proud to support,” Courtney said.

“My helmet is a vital part of equipment keeping me safe in my race car and Bravehearts is a vital organisation keeping our children safe in the community.”

The stunning Bravehearts scheme took 50 hours to complete, undergoing a unique and specialised method of painting by Ant of Antman Helmet Design, who is based at Yatala, near the Gold Coast.

“This is the 12th helmet I’ve completed for JC; it’s the most colourful I’ve done, we’ve gone as bright as we could, and it’s the one I’m most proud of yet – it feels great we’ve been able to combine to do something for the kids,” Ant said.

Founded in 1997, Bravehearts aims to empower, educate and protect by providing healing and support, engendering child sexual assault prevention and protection strategies; advocating for understanding and promoting increased education and research.

Courtney pairs with Greg Murphy for the final event of the PIRTEK Enduro Cup and will be looking to make ground in the Championship standings after the #22 Commodore did not finish the Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000, where Murphy made heavy contact with the wall.

“We drive the things on the limit and sometimes things go wrong,” Courtney said of the incident.

“(Gold Coast) is another street race, we just have to make sure we keep scoring as many points as we can.”

He has tumbled from fifth in the standings to ninth after the last event, but the gap to seventh is just 11 points, with 106 between ninth and fifth. “Our little group we’ve got is still really quite tight, so we can still salvage (Championship position).

"I love going to the Gold Coast, it’s a great atmosphere, the town gets right in on it."

The ARMOR ALL Gold Coast 600 begins Friday – tickets are still available for the event.