Jack Perkins | |
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Nationality | Australian |
Born | Melbourne, Victoria, Australia | 22 August 1986
Related to | Eddie Perkins (grandfather) George Reynolds (grand-uncle) Larry Perkins (father) |
Racing licence | FIA Gold |
Supercars Championship career | |
Car number | 7 |
Current team | Blanchard Racing Team (Endurance race co-driver) |
Championships | 0 |
Races | 151 |
Wins | 1 |
Podiums | 3 |
Pole positions | 0 |
2014 position | 23rd (1848 pts) |
Jack Perkins (born 22 August 1986) is an Australian motor racing driver who competes in the Pirtek Enduro Cup. He currently co-drivers with James Courtney in the No. 7 Ford Mustang for Blanchard Racing Team. He is the son of retired Australian race driver and former team owner Larry Perkins, in whose team Perkins Engineering, he drove between 2006 and 2008. Initially competing as an endurance race only driver in 2006, in 2007 Perkins graduated to the full-time drive in the No. 11 Perkins Engineering car, the number made famous in Australian racing by his father.
Perkins stepped back from full-time driving in Supercars' top category in 2015 to sign with the Holden Racing Team as a co-driver for the Pirtek Enduro Cup.
In 2019, Perkins collected his first Bathurst podium, finishing in third place alongside James Courtney in the No. 22 Holden ZB Commodore for Walkinshaw Andretti United.