Nick Percat

Nicholas Paul Percat (born 14 September 1988) is an Australian racing driver. He currently competes in the Repco Supercars Championship co-driving for Triple Eight Race Engineering in the No. 88 Ford Mustang GT. 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

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, the first-ever race held at the Buddh International Circuit, but was taken out in race two by eventual winner Jordan King.

On 9 October 2011, Percat 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.

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 sixth 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. 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 three times out of his eight 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 two podiums at the Australian Grand Prix event, narrowly missing out on winning the Larry Perkins Trophy. Percat finished the year tenth 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 ninth.

In 2020, Percat enjoyed his best Supercars season to date, finishing seventh 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.

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 Percat would no longer be driving for the team in 2024.

Career results Career summary

Super2 Series results Super2 Series results Year Team No. Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Position Points 2010 Jay Motorsport 222 Holden VZ Commodore ADER1 ADER2 QLDR3 QLDR4 QLDR5 WINR6 WINR7 WINR8 TOWR9 TOWR10 TOWR11 4th 1446 Walkinshaw Racing Holden VE Commodore BATR12 BATR13 SANR14 SANR15 SANR16 SYDR17 SYDR18 2011 ADER1 ADER2 BARR3 BARR4 TOWR5 TOWR6 TOWR7 QLDR8 QLDR9 QLDR10 BATR11 BATR12 SANR13 SANR14 SANR15 SYDR16 SYDR17 7th 1207 2012 ADER1 ADER2 BARR3 BARR4 BARR5 TOWR6 TOWR7 TOWR8 QLDR9 QLDR10 QLDR11 BATR12 BATR13 WINR14 WINR15 WINR16 SYDR17 SYDR18 4th 1561

Supercars Championship results

Bathurst 1000 results Year Team Car Co-driver Position Laps 2011 Holden Racing Team Holden Commodore VE Garth Tander 1st 161 2012 Holden Racing Team Holden Commodore VE Garth Tander 25th 139 2013 Holden Racing Team Holden Commodore VF Garth Tander 4th 161 2014 James Rosenberg Racing Holden Commodore VF Oliver Gavin 3rd 161 2015 Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport Holden Commodore VF Oliver Gavin 19th 159 2016 Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport Holden Commodore VF Cameron McConville 3rd 161 2017 Brad Jones Racing Holden Commodore VF Macauley Jones DNF 160 2018 Brad Jones Racing Holden Commodore ZB Macauley Jones 7th 161 2019 Brad Jones Racing Holden Commodore ZB Tim Blanchard 14th 160 2020 Brad Jones Racing Holden Commodore ZB Thomas Randle 18th 133 2021 Brad Jones Racing Holden Commodore ZB Dale Wood 6th 161 2022 Walkinshaw Andretti United Holden Commodore ZB Warren Luff 22nd 148 2023 Walkinshaw Andretti United Ford Mustang S650 Fabian Coulthard 14th 161 2024 Matt Stone Racing Chevrolet Camaro Mk.6 Dylan O'Keeffe 17th 161 2025 Matt Stone Racing Chevrolet Camaro Mk.6 Tim Slade DNF 50 2026 Triple Eight Race EngineeringFord Mustang S650 Broc Feeney

Retirement On 7 October 2025, Percat announced his retirement at the end of the 2025 season.