Pirtek Enduro Cup countdown is on

Twenty-five drivers and 25 co-drivers will hit the track in just over a week's time.

Beginning next Friday, the Championship within a Championship kicks off with the Wilson Security Sandown 500.

With the last co-driver locked in over the Sydney Motorsport Park weekend - Tim Blanchard, to drive with Russell Ingall - and all of them racking up miles over the past few weeks at test and ride days, everyone is raring to go and begin their PIRTEK Enduro Cup campaign the right way.

Click here to see all driver combinations for the Wilson Security Sandown 500, Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000 and Castrol EDGE Gold Coast 600 for 2014.

Interestingly, there are 17 new combinations this year, seven continuing pairings, and one pairing - Rick Kelly and David Russell in the Jack Daniel's Nissan - who have driven together before in 2012, as Russell paired with Todd Kelly last year.

The field sees six V8 Supercars Champions in Jamie Whincup, James Courtney, Garth Tander, Rick Kelly, Russell Ingall and Craig Lowndes tackle the four big races, held over three mind-blowing events.

Ninecompetitors are previous Sandown 500 winners - and if you add the years the '500' was contested at Phillip Island, the list grows to 11 including Tander and Will Davison, and then to 13 if you go back to Queensland Raceway, with Steven Johnson and Russell Ingall.

Thirteen of the current crop are former Bathurst winners, and 14 have had victory on the Gold Coast - though the format of the event has changed over the years, with 2013 the first year it was staged as part of the PIRTEK Enduro Cup.

Just seven have won all three - Lowndes, Ingall, Todd Kelly, Winterbottom, Murphy, Tander and Whincup.

Who will be successful at which event this year and write the new statistics?

Who are your picks for the PIRTEK Enduro Cup? With 50 high-class drivers all aiming to tame the new generation V8 Supercars, it's anyone's guess who will hold up the trophy. Last year it was Lowndes and Warren Luff - but with them pairing with different guys this year, you can't even fall back on last year's winner as an easy bet.

Sandown 500 winners - current drivers

1. Jamie Whincup (2013, 07)

2. Paul Dumbrell (2013)

3. Craig Lowndes (2012, 07, 05, 97, 96)

4. Warren Luff (2012)

5. Jason Bright (2006)

6. Mark Winterbottom (2006)

7. Greg Ritter (2004)

8. Todd Kelly (2003)

9. Greg Murphy (1996, 97)

Phillip Island 500 winners - current drivers

1. Craig Lowndes (2011, 10)