Perkins confirms another Fujitsu round

Jack Perkins has confirmed he will return to the Fujitsu V8 Series field this weekend for the third round of the development series at Winton Motor Raceway.

Perkins will join the biggest Fujitsu field of the year, with 27 entries listed to start (see below for full entry list).

Perkins will drive the James Rosenberg-owned Commodore VE that he steered to victory in the last race at Queensland Raceway recently. He will continue to enjoy sponsorship from Supercheap Auto and Accu-Chek, and is being assisted by Aussie Racing Car entrant Mark Griffith, who will transport Perkins’ VE to the rural race track.

He told Speedcafe.com.au that with his home-ground advantage, he has a great chance to further improve on his QR result.

“I’m stoked to be having another run,” he said.

“Having such a good result at Queensland helped. If there was one track i thought I’d struggle at, it was Queensland Raceway, but now that I’m confident with the machinery, and obviously I’ve done plenty of laps around Winton, I think we can do good things.”

Perkins says that he’s like to complete the remaining rounds of the Fujitsu Series, but he is stuck on his ‘race-by-race’ deal.

“I’d love to do the rest of the year,” he said.

“That would be my plan, but I can only take small steps. James Rosenberg owns the car and I rent it off him. While we don’t put any marks on the car and have no major failures, it makes it easier and possible for us.”

Other new entries include Cameron McConville, who will steer an ex-Walkinshaw Racing Commodore VE, backed by JAX Quickfit Tyres. The Ben Eggleston-owned car is entered under #38. Eggleston himself will also compete in his first race of the 2010 season, using his VY-model Commodore (under new Fujitsu rules which allow older models to enter).

Owen Kelly returns for Kelly Racing’s Metaland-backed Commodore after a mixed return at Queensland Raceway. The Jack Daniel’s Racing endurance driver was involved in a start-line incident with debutant Scott McLaughlin in Race 2 but fought back from the tail of the field to finish fifth in the final race.

Steve Owen leads the series after two rounds ahead of rookie drivers Tim Blanchard, Ant Pedersen and Nick Percat.

Car  #	Sponsor	Team	Driver	Model
26	MW Motorsport	MW Motorsport	Ant Pederson	BF
28	Team Jayco	MW Motorsport	David Russell	BF
021	Team Kiwi Racing	MW Motorsport	Matthew Hamilton	BF
32	Flexi Staff	Triple F Racing	Paul Fiore	VE
38	Eggleston Motorsport	Eggleston Motorsport	Cameron McConville	VE
42	Jay Motorsport	Jay Motorsport Pty Ltd	TBA	VZ
45	Earthex Racing	Greg Murphy Racing	Steve Owen	VE
46	Earthex Racing	Greg Murphy Racing	TBA	VE
48	NDD	Emery Motorsport	Geoff Emery	VZ
49	Image Racing	Image Racing	TBA	BA
54	Eggleston Motorsport	Eggleston Motorsport	Ben Eggleston	VY
57	Playstation	Ben McCashney	Ben McCashney	VZ
58	Go Karts Go	Adrenalin Motor Racing	Drew Russell	BF
59	Go Karts Go	Adrenalin Motor Racing	Aaren Russell	BF
66	Roadwise Racing	Nemo Racing Pty Ltd	Phil Foster	VZ
67	Supercheap Auto Racing	Nemo Racing Pty Ltd	Jack Perkins	VE
71	Action Racing	Action Racing	Marcus Zukanovic	VZ
75	McGill Moorsport	McGill Motorsport	Aaron McGill	BF
77	Kelly Racing	Motorsport Holdings	Owen Kelly	VE
86	East Coast Traffic Control	East Coast Traffic Control	Wayne Miles	BF
93	Fujitsu Racing	Stone Brothers Racing	Scott McLaughlin	BF
95	Batavia Coast Motorsport	Nathan Vince	Nathan Vince	BF
96	V8 Race Experience	Peters Motorsport	Ryan Hansford	BF
99	Norton 360 FRSR	Prodrive Racing	James Moffat	BF
222	Sip’N Save	Jay Motorsport Pty Ltd	Nick Percat	VZ
777	Bob Jane T-Marts	Sonic Motor Racing Services	Rodney Jane	BF
999	Sonic	Sonic Motor Racing Services	Tim Blanchard	BF