Nick Percat

Who is Nick Percat?

Nick Percat is an Australian racing driver and former Bathurst 1000 champion. Percat currently races V8 Supercars in the Dunlop Series driving a Holden VE Commodore for Walkinshaw Racing. Percat won the Bathurst 1000 at his first attempt, co-driving for Garth Tander for the Holden Racing Team.

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. 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 but was taken out in race two by eventual winner Jordan King.

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