Larry Perkins
Larry Perkins was born in Murrayville, Victoria on the 18th of March, 1950. He is the son of Redex Australia Trial driver Eddie Perkins. His first race was in Formula Vee in 1970 at Mallala from where he eventually made it to Formula One. Unfortunately his time in the top grade wasn't with a competitive team and he found his way back to Australia and touring car driving. In 1982 he joined the Marlboro Holden Dealer Team and set about making them damn near invincible. An engineer by trade Perkins has always brought to his teams more than just driving ability. In 1985 he attempted the Wynn's Safari in a 1964 VW Beetle against the factory backed 4WD's and was lying second until the VW finally fell apart much to relief of his more fancied competitors. He again went against conventional thinking by putting a 5 year old VL Commodore on the front row of the 1992 grid with the brand new VP Commodore several spots further back! He became a hero finally in 1993 when he beat the 'villanous' Winfield boys (Skaife & Richards) and backed this up with a heroic last to first place victory in the 1995 race. In 1996 he went back to the future again by racing his VP Commodore instead of the newer VR.
Bathurst Starts:
1977 - Holden Torana A9X with Peter Janson (3rd)
1979 - Holden Torana A9X with Peter Janson (2nd)
1980 - Holden Commodore VC with Peter Janson (2nd)
1981 - Holden Commodore VC with Peter Janson (engine, lap 67)
1982 - Marlboro HDT Holden Commodore VH with Peter Brock (1st)
1983 - Marlboro HDT Holden Commodore VH with Peter Brock & John Harvey (1st)
1984 - Marlboro HDT Holden Commodore VK with Peter Brock (1st)
1985 - Greens Tuf Ford Mustang with Dick Johnson (7th)
1986 - Enzed Holden Commodore VK with David Parsons (25th)
1987 - Enzed Holden Commodore VK with Denny Hulme (accident, lap 2)
1988 - HSV Holden Commodore VL with Denny Hulme & Tom Walkinshaw (engine, lap 139)
1989 - HSV Holden Commodore VL with Tomas Mezera (6th)
1990 - HSV Holden Commodore VN with Tomas Mezera (3rd)
1991 - Mobil Commodore VN with Tomas Mezera
1992 - Bob Jane T Marts Holden Commodore VL with Steve Harrington (9th)
1993 - Castrol Racing Holden Commodore VP with Gregg Hansford (1st)
1994 - Castrol Racing Holden Commodore VP with Gregg Hansford (3rd)
1995 - Castrol Racing Holden Commodore VR with Russell Ingall (1st)
1996 - Castrol Racing Holden Commodore VP with Russell Ingall (6th)
