Nick Percat

Nick Percat
Nick Percat at the 2013 Mike Pero Pukekohe 500
Nationality Australian
Born (1988-09-14) 14 September 1988 (age 36)
Adelaide, South Australia
Racing licence FIA Gold
Supercars Championship career
Car number10
Current teamMatt Stone Racing
Championships0
Races310
Wins6
Podiums16
Pole positions2
2023 position20th (1230 pts)

Nicholas Paul Percat (born 14 September 1988) is an Australian racing driver who currently races in the Repco Supercars Championship, driving for Matt Stone Racing in the No. 10 Chevrolet Camaro.[1] He won the Bathurst 1000 at his first attempt, co-driving for Garth Tander for the Holden Racing Team. Percat attended Sacred Heart College in South Australia.

Racing career

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Percat placed second in the 2013 Australian Carrera Cup Championship

Percat won the 2009 Australian Formula Ford Championship in his third season in the category having dominated the season after finishing runner up the previous year to Paul Laskaseski.[2] In 2011 he returned to single seaters for a one off support race for the 2011 Indian Grand Prix driving a Van Diemen built Formula MRF for a winner takes all $50,000 prize. He took pole position and won race one, the first-ever race held at the Buddh International Circuit, but was taken out in race two by eventual winner Jordan King.[3]

On 9 October 2011, he partnered Garth Tander to win the Bathurst 1000 race for the Holden Racing Team.[4] In winning the Bathurst 1000, Percat became the first South Australian born driver to win the race.

Percat at the 2014 V8 Supercars test day
Percat's Holden VF Commodore at the 2015 Clipsal 500
Percat at the 2017 Newcastle 500
Percat's Holden Commodore ZB at The Bend Motorsport Park during the 2018 Supercars Championship

On 24 December 2014, it was announced that Percat would contest the 2015 season with Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport. He endured a mediocre season, with a best finish of 6th at the Gold Coast 600. He finished 22nd in the championship despite not racing in the final two rounds of the year due to a foot injury.

The 2016 season kicked off with Percat taking a shock win in unpredictable circumstances at the 2016 Clipsal 500 Adelaide, which was also the first win for the team.[5] Percat became the first South Australian driver to win the local event.

Percat continued his strong form at the 2016 Bathurst 1000 by scoring a podium with co-drive Cameron McConville. Percat has finished on the podium 3 times out of his 8 starts. Percat signed a contract to race for Brad Jones Racing, replacing outgoing driver Jason Bright. Results for Percat were mixed due to a horror run of bad luck from the BJR team. The highlight of the year was Percat's first podium for the team at the Darwin Triple Crown event.

Results for 2018 were much improved for Percat, and the whole BJR team, with Percat scoring 2 podiums at the Australian Grand Prix event, narrowly missing out on winning the Larry Perkins Trophy. Percat finished the year 10th in the championship, his best result to date.

In 2019 Percat took another step forward in the championship. He didn't score a podium, but was one of the most consistent drivers in the field and finished the year in 9th.

In 2020, he enjoyed his best Supercars season to date, finishing 7th in the Championship, claimed two wins during the Sydney SuperSprint round and a podium finish in the second race of the Darwin SuperSprint.

After five seasons with Brad Jones Racing, Percat announced on 26 October 2021 that he would be returning to Walkinshaw Andretti United in 2022 on a multiple-year deal.[6]

Following a period of disappointing results amid Walkinshaw’s debut season aboard Ford Mustang’s for 2023, it was announced on 21 August 2023 that he would no longer be driving for the team in 2024.

Career results

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Career summary

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Season Series Position Car Team
2005 South Australian Formula Ford Championship 1st Swift SC94F Ford
Victorian Formula Ford Championship 28th Mygale SJ97 Ford
2006 South Australian Formula Ford Championship 9th Spectrum 010b Ford
2007 Australian Formula Ford Championship 7th Spectrum 011b Ford
Van Diemen RF06 Ford
2008 Australian Formula Ford Championship 2nd Mygale SJ07A Ford Sonic Motor Racing Services
Australian Drivers' Championship 8th Dallara F307 HWA-Mercedes-Benz Team BRM
2009 Australian Formula Ford Championship 1st Mygale SJ07A Ford Sonic Motor Racing Services
2010 Fujitsu V8 Supercar Series 4th Holden VZ Commodore
Holden VE Commodore
Jay Motorsport
Walkinshaw Performance
V8 Supercar Championship Series 63rd Holden VE Commodore Walkinshaw Racing
2011 MRF 1600 - Delhi 4th Van Diemen MRF 1600 - Ford Walkinshaw Performance
Fujitsu V8 Supercar Series 7th Holden VE Commodore
International V8 Supercars Championship 30th Holden Racing Team
2012 Dunlop V8 Supercar Series 4th Holden VE Commodore Walkinshaw Performance
International V8 Supercars Championship 41st Holden Racing Team
2013 International V8 Supercars Championship 33rd Holden VF Commodore Holden Racing Team
Australian Carrera Cup Championship 2nd Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 997 Team BRM
V8SuperTourers Season 34th Holden VE Commodore M3 Racing
2014 International V8 Supercars Championship 12th Holden VF Commodore James Rosenberg Racing
2015 International V8 Supercars Championship 22nd Holden VF Commodore Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport
2016 International V8 Supercars Championship 18th Holden VF Commodore Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport
2017 Virgin Australia Supercars Championship 19th Holden VF Commodore Brad Jones Racing
2018 Virgin Australia Supercars Championship 10th Holden ZB Commodore Brad Jones Racing
2019 Virgin Australia Supercars Championship 9th Holden ZB Commodore Brad Jones Racing
2020 Virgin Australia Supercars Championship 7th Holden ZB Commodore Brad Jones Racing
2021 Repco Supercars Championship 7th Holden ZB Commodore Brad Jones Racing
2022 Repco Supercars Championship 15th Holden ZB Commodore Walkinshaw Andretti United
2023 Repco Supercars Championship 20th Ford Mustang GT S650 Walkinshaw Andretti United
2024 Repco Supercars Championship 8th Camaro ZL1 Matt Stone Racing

Supercars Championship results

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Supercars results
Year Team Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 Position Points
2010 Walkinshaw Racing Holden VE Commodore YMC
R1
YMC
R2
BHR
R3
BHR
R4
ADE
R5
ADE
R6
HAM
R7
HAM
R8
QLD
R9
QLD
R10
WIN
R11
WIN
R12
HDV
R13
HDV
R14
TOW
R15
TOW
R16
PHI
QR

18
PHI
R17

26
BAT
R18
SUR
R19
SUR
R20
SYM
R21
SYM
R22
SAN
R23
SAN
R24
SYD
R25
SYD
R26
63rd 53
2011 Holden Racing Team Holden VE Commodore YMC
R1
YMC
R2
ADE
R3
ADE
R4
HAM
R5
HAM
R6
BAR
R7
BAR
R8
BAR
R9
WIN
R10
WIN
R11
HID
R12
HID
R13
TOW
R14
TOW
R15
QLD
R16
QLD
R17
QLD
R18
PHI
QR

14
PHI
R19

4
BAT
R20

1
SUR
R21
SUR
R22
SYM
R23
SYM
R24
SAN
R25
SAN
R26
SYD
R27
SYD
R28
30th 527
2012 Holden Racing Team Holden VE Commodore ADE
R1
ADE
R2
SYM
R3
SYM
R4
HAM
R5
HAM
R6
BAR
R7
BAR
R8
BAR
R9
PHI
R10
PHI
R11
HID
R12
HID
R13
TOW
R14
TOW
R15
QLD
R16
QLD
R17
SMP
R18
SMP
R19
SAN
QR

6
SAN
R20

4
BAT
R21

25
SUR
R22
SUR
R23
YMC
R24
YMC
R25
YMC
R26
WIN
R27
WIN
R28
SYD
R29
SYD
R30
41st 297
2013 Holden Racing Team Holden VF Commodore ADE
R1
ADE
R2
SYM
R3
SYM
R4
SYM
R5
PUK
R6
PUK
R7
PUK
R8
PUK
R9
BAR
R10
BAR
R11
BAR
R12
COA
R13
COA
R14
COA
R15
COA
R16
HID
R17
HID
R18
HID
R19
TOW
R20
TOW
R21
QLD
R22
QLD
R23
QLD
R24
WIN
R25
WIN
R26
WIN
R27
SAN
QR

4
SAN
R28

22
BAT
R29

4
SUR
R30

18
SUR
R31

7
PHI
R32
PHI
R33
PHI
R34
SYD
R35

18
SYD
R36

24
33rd 549
2014 James Rosenberg Racing Holden VF Commodore ADE
R1

22
ADE
R2

15
ADE
R3

Ret
SYM
R4

17
SYM
R5

Ret
SYM
R6

15
WIN
R7

21
WIN
R8

15
WIN
R9

17
PUK
R10

6
PUK
R11

7
PUK
R12

7
PUK
R13

11
BAR
R14

22
BAR
R15

20
BAR
R16

11
HID
R17

23
HID
R18

19
HID
R19

23
TOW
R20

4
TOW
R21

9
TOW
R22

5
QLD
R23

12
QLD
R24

7
QLD
R25

7
SMP
R26

16
SMP
R27

19
SMP
R28

2
SAN
QR

16
SAN
R29

22
BAT
R30

3
SUR
R31

18
SUR
R32

10
PHI
R33

10
PHI
R34

10
PHI
R35

8
SYD
R36

12
SYD
R37

19
SYD
R38

11
12th 1921
2015 Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport Holden VF Commodore ADE
R1

18
ADE
R2

14
ADE
R3

20
SYM
R4

16
SYM
R5

18
SYM
R6

17
BAR
R7

19
BAR
R8

17
BAR
R9

8
WIN
R10

10
WIN
R11

12
WIN
R12

16
HID
R13

9
HID
R14

Ret
HID
R15

6
TOW
R16

Ret
TOW
R17

15
QLD
R18

12
QLD
R19

Ret
QLD
R20

11
SMP
R21

21
SMP
R22

17
SMP
R23

9
SAN
QR

10
SAN
R24

Ret
BAT
R25

19
SUR
R26

6
SUR
R27

15
PUK
R28

16
PUK
R29

20
PUK
R30

Ret
PHI
R31
PHI
R32
PHI
R33
SYD
R34
SYD
R35
SYD
R36
22nd 1204
2016 Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport Holden VF Commodore ADE
R1

21
ADE
R2

DNS
ADE
R3

1
SYM
R4

24
SYM
R5

15
PHI
R6

17
PHI
R7

20
BAR
R8

20
BAR
R9

18
WIN
R10

21
WIN
R11

23
HID
R12

Ret
HID
R13

17
TOW
R14

Ret
TOW
R15

Ret
QLD
R16

DSQ
QLD
R17

20
SMP
R18

16
SMP
R19

20
SAN
R20

13
SAN
R20

9
BAT
R21

3
SUR
R22

Ret
SUR
R23

16
PUK
R24

14
PUK
R25

18
PUK
R26

18
PUK
R27

21
SYD
R28

15
SYD
R29

16
18th 1430
2017 Brad Jones Racing Holden VF Commodore ADE
R1

7
ADE
R2

Ret
SYM
R3

Ret
SYM
R4

11
PHI
R5

Ret
PHI
R6

21
BAR
R7

22
BAR
R8

10
WIN
R9

10
WIN
R10

12
HID
R11

3
HID
R12

15
TOW
R13

24
TOW
R14

16
QLD
R15

7
QLD
R16

24
SMP
R17

24
SMP
R18

6
SAN
QR

10
SAN
R19

22
BAT
R20

Ret
SUR
R21

21
SUR
R22

10
PUK
R23

16
PUK
R24

14
NEW
R25

8
NEW
R26

6
19th 1527
2018 Brad Jones Racing Holden ZB Commodore ADE
R1

11
ADE
R2

15
MEL
R3

9
MEL
R4

7
MEL
R5

3
MEL
R6

2
SYM
R7

12
SYM
R8

9
PHI
R9

26
PHI
R10

13
BAR
R11

9
BAR
R12

7
WIN
R13

18
WIN
R14

14
HID
R15

9
HID
R16

6
TOW
R17

10
TOW
R18

13
QLD
R19

10
QLD
R20

25
SMP
R21

8
BEN
R22

11
BEN
R23

5
SAN
QR

25
SAN
R24

24
BAT
R25

7
SUR
R26

6
SUR
R27

C
PUK
R28

8
PUK
R29

10
NEW
R30

Ret
NEW
R31

12
10th 2290
2019 Brad Jones Racing Holden ZB Commodore ADE
R1

7
ADE
R2

5
MEL
R3

14
MEL
R4

15
MEL
R5

8
MEL
R6

10
SYM
R7

8
SYM
R8

7
PHI
R9

9
PHI
R10

10
BAR
R11

7
BAR
R12

10
WIN
R13

7
WIN
R14

9
HID
R15

13
HID
R16

15
TOW
R17

8
TOW
R18

19
QLD
R19

8
QLD
R20

9
BEN
R21

8
BEN
R22

4
PUK
R23

12
PUK
R24

4
BAT
R25

14
SUR
R26

14
SUR
R27

10
SAN
QR

18
SAN
R28

11
NEW
R29

14
NEW
R30

9
9th 2445
2020 Brad Jones Racing Holden ZB Commodore ADE
R1

22
ADE
R2

7
MEL
R3

C
MEL
R4

C
MEL
R5

C
MEL
R6

C
SMP1
R7

5
SMP1
R8

1
SMP1
R9

9
SMP2
R10

9
SMP2
R11

1
SMP2
R12

11
HID1
R13

Ret
HID1
R14

6
HID1
R15

6
HID2
R16

5
HID2
R17

13
HID2
R18

2
TOW1
R19

Ret
TOW1
R20

5
TOW1
R21

4
TOW2
R22

6
TOW2
R23

4
TOW2
R24

7
BEN1
R25

10
BEN1
R26

9
BEN1
R27

17
BEN2
R28

6
BEN2
R29

6
BEN2
R30

4
BAT
R19

18
7th 1743
2021 Brad Jones Racing Holden ZB Commodore BAT1
R1

18
BAT1
R2

10
SAN
R3

7
SAN
R5

9
SYM
R6

24
SYM
R7

11
SYM
R8

10
BEN
R9

5
BEN
R10

17
BEN
R11

6
HID
R12

3
HID
R13

9
HID
R14

6
TOW1
R15

4
TOW1
R16

20
TOW2
R17

13
TOW2
R18

15
TOW2
R19

10
SMP1
R20

4
SMP1
R21

3
SMP1
R22

11
SMP2
R23

4
SMP2
R24

9
SMP2
R25

4
SMP3
R26

23
SMP3
R27

7
SMP3
R28

4
SMP4
R29

10
SMP4
R30

C
BAT2
R31

6
7th 2008
2022 Walkinshaw Andretti United Holden ZB Commodore SMP
R1

6
SMP
R2

23
SYM
R3

24
SYM
R4

11
SYM
R5

10
MEL
R6

5
MEL
R7

17
MEL
R8

16
MEL
R9

6
BAR
R10

21
BAR
R11

18
BAR
R12

15
WIN
R13

14
WIN
R14

16
WIN
R15

15
HID
R16

14
HID
R17

10
HID
R18

10
TOW
R19

13
TOW
R20

12
BEN
R21

13
BEN
R22

Ret
BEN
R23

9
SAN
R24

15
SAN
R25

19
SAN
R26

22
PUK
R27

8
PUK
R28

14
PUK
R29

9
BAT
R30

22
SUR
R31

10
SUR
R32

Ret
ADE
R33

2
ADE
R34

12
15th 1643
2023 Walkinshaw Andretti United Ford Mustang GT NEW
R1
Ret
NEW
R2
23
MEL
R3
14
MEL
R4
ret
MEL
R5
16
MEL
R6
20
BAR
R7
17
BAR
R8
19
BAR
R9
13
SYM
R10
9
SYM
R11
10
SYM
R12
23
HID
R13
18
HID
R14
19
HID
R15
15
TOW
R16
24
TOW
R17
13
SMP
R18
20
SMP
R19
19
BEN
R20
18
BEN
R21
12
BEN
R22
4
SAN
R23
23
BAT
R24
14
SUR
R25
18
SUR
R26
12
ADE
R27
18
ADE
R28
21
20th 1230
2024 Matt Stone Racing Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 BAT1
R1

6
BAT1
R2
9
MEL
R3

6
MEL
R4
6
MEL
R5
9
MEL
R6
1
TAU
R7

19
TAU
R8
16
BAR
R9

7
BAR
R10
21
HID
R11

7
HID
R12
5
TOW
R13

21
TOW
R14
20
SMP
R15

8
SMP
R16
8
SYM
R17

1
SYM
R18
7
SAN
R19

23
BAT2
R20

17
SUR
R21

12
SUR
R22
22
ADE
R23

14
ADE
R24
5
8th 1830

Bathurst 1000 results

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Year Team Car Co-driver Position Laps
2011 Holden Racing Team Holden Commodore VE Australia Garth Tander 1st 161
2012 Holden Racing Team Holden Commodore VE Australia Garth Tander 25th 139
2013 Holden Racing Team Holden Commodore VF Australia Garth Tander 4th 161
2014 James Rosenberg Racing Holden Commodore VF United Kingdom Oliver Gavin 3rd 161
2015 Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport Holden Commodore VF United Kingdom Oliver Gavin 19th 159
2016 Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport Holden Commodore VF Australia Cameron McConville 3rd 161
2017 Brad Jones Racing Holden Commodore VF Australia Macauley Jones DNF 160
2018 Brad Jones Racing Holden Commodore ZB Australia Macauley Jones 7th 161
2019 Brad Jones Racing Holden Commodore ZB Australia Tim Blanchard 14th 160
2020 Brad Jones Racing Holden Commodore ZB Australia Thomas Randle 18th 133
2021 Brad Jones Racing Holden Commodore ZB Australia Dale Wood 6th 161
2022 Walkinshaw Andretti United Holden Commodore ZB Australia Warren Luff 22nd 148
2023 Walkinshaw Andretti United Ford Mustang S650 New Zealand Fabian Coulthard 14th 161
2024 Matt Stone Racing Chevrolet Camaro Mk.6 Australia Dylan O'Keeffe 17th 161

References

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  1. ^ "Percat joins MSR on multi-year deal". Supercars. 13 September 2023. Retrieved 24 February 2024.
  2. ^ Stuart Innes (15 September 2009). "Nick Percat relishes perfect result". The Advertiser. Retrieved 27 September 2009.
  3. ^ http://www.speedcafe.com/2011/10/30/nick-percat-wins-crashes-in-india/ Speedcafe.com. Retrieved 2 Nov 2011
  4. ^ "Tander, Percat win Bathurst". sportal.com.au. 9 October 2011. Archived from the original on 16 June 2012. Retrieved 9 October 2011.
  5. ^ Bartholomaeus, Stefan (6 March 2016). "Percat wins chaotic rain hit Clipsal 500". Speed Cafe. Retrieved 7 March 2016.
  6. ^ "Walkinshaw Andretti United / Percat Returns Home".

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Sporting positions
Preceded by
Paul Laskazeski
Australian Formula Ford Championship
Champion

2009
Succeeded by
Preceded by Winner of the Bathurst 1000
2011
(with Garth Tander)
Succeeded by
Preceded by Winner of the Clipsal 500
2016
Succeeded by