Larry Perkins

Growing up on a farm in Cowangie in the Mallee region of Victoria, Larry, the son of racing driver Eddie Perkins who had won the 1956 RedeX Round Australia Trial and maternal nephew of Bathurst 500-winner George Reynolds, developed a love for cars from a young age and loved tinkering with the farm machinery. In 1970 he was recruited as a mechanic/driver for Harry Firth's Holden Dealer Team, and although he didn't do much road racing for the team, he did race in Rallycross alongside team driver Peter Brock, and was also involved with the development of the stillborn Holden LJ Torana GTR XU-1 V8 project which was canned in mid-1972 by the "Supercar scare".

After winning the TAA Formula Ford "Driver To Europe" Series in 1971 and the Australian Formula 2 Championship in 1972 (both times in an Elfin 600), Perkins travelled to Europe where he won the 1975 European Formula Three Championship. He also raced in Formula One during the 1974, 1976 and 1977 seasons. After failing to secure a permanent drive in Formula One he returned to Australia, winning the Rothmans International Series in 1979 in an Elfin MR8 for the Ansett Team Elfin factory team run by Elfin Sports Cars founder Garrie Cooper, and the 1979 Australian Rallycross Championship in a Volkswagen Beetle.John Lemm, Perkins is Australian Champ!, Racing Car News, August 1979, page 68. During 1982 and 1983 he worked with brother Garry on the construction of The Quiet Achiever solar car. He was one of the drivers of the car during the transcontinental solar crossing of Australia, the car using only a photovoltaic solar cell source.{{cite web |url=http://www.snooksmotorsport.com.au/solartrek/Solar_Trek/Solar_Trek_The_Journey.htm |title=The Journey |publisher=Snooks Motorsport |access-date=7 May 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120323011759/http://www.snooksmotorsport.com.au/solartrek/Solar_Trek/Solar_Trek_The_Journey.htm |archive-date=23 March 2012}} During these years he met with success in Australian Touring Cars and in 1988 he returned to Europe to race at the Le Mans 24 Hour with Tom Walkinshaw Racing, finishing 4th.

After returning home from Europe, Perkins made his Bathurst 1000 debut in 1977 in a Holden LX Torana SS A9X Hatchback where he finished third with Peter Janson. He went on to win the race six times (1982, 1983, 1984, 1993, 1995, 1997), with co-drivers Peter Brock (1982–84), John Harvey (1983) (all for the Holden Dealer Team which by then was owned by Brock with Perkins in charge of race car building and preparation), Gregg Hansford (1993) and in his last two wins in 1995 and 1997 with Russell Ingall, winning each time in an Australian developed Holden Commodore.

Arguably his most memorable win was in the 1995 Tooheys 1000 in which he dropped to last place after a pit stop at the end of the first lap to replace a flat tyre, and subsequently gained the lead with less than 10 laps remaining after the Ford Falcon of Glenn Seton retired having dropped a valve in the engine. Perkins and co-driver Russell Ingall thus became only the second driving combination in the history of the race to recover from last place to win the event. Perkins has however, never won an Australian Touring Car Championship, his best championship results being three fourth places.

Perkins made his first appearance in Formula One at the 1974 German Grand Prix for Chris Amon Racing. With regular driver and team owner Chris Amon sidelined with sinusitis after just one practice lap, Perkins took over in the AF101, failing to qualify after crashing on the second day of practice.

In 1976 he signed a deal with the works Boro team, for the team's first season. He made his first Formula One start at the Spanish Grand Prix, finishing 13th before achieving a seasons best result of 8th at the following race in Belgium. He failed to qualify at Monaco and retired from the Swedish Grand Prix after blowing an engine. With the team's money drying up, Perkins only made two further appearances in a Boro, retiring from the Dutch and Italian Grands Prix, and after Boro's withdrawal, was left without a drive. He replaced Carlos Reutemann at Brabham for the final three races of the year, finishing in 17th position in Canada and retiring from the remaining two races.

For the beginning of 1977, the Australian secured a drive for Stanley BRM, the remnants of the once great BRM team. After his car failed to be delivered on time for the opening Grand Prix, he made his first appearance at the Brazilian Grand Prix, albeit 12.1 seconds off the pace and retiring after one lap. Lapped five times before finishing 15th in South Africa, Perkins lost his seat to Conny Andersson at the beginning of the European season. He had a brief stint at Surtees, finishing 12th in Belgium and failing to qualify in Sweden. At the French Grand Prix, he drove in Friday practice, but was replaced by Patrick Tambay the next day. This marked the end of Perkins' brief and unsuccessful Formula One career.

Perkins retired from driving in 2003, aged 53 and was inducted into the V8 Supercars Hall of Fame in 2008. In addition to his racing credentials as a driver he is an accomplished automotive engineer and engine-builder having built many race cars for both his own team and for other racing teams. He is well known for his outgoing and humorous personality. His nickname is "LP", but he is often referred to as "Lightning Larry" or "Larrikin Larry". Larry is the father of V8 Supercar race winner Jack Perkins.

On 7 December 2017, the "Larry Perkins Trophy" was named in his honour. It is awarded to the driver who accumulates the most points across the four races at the Beaurepaires Melbourne 400, the Supercars event supporting the Australian Grand Prix.{{cite web|url=http://www.supercars.com/news/championship/supercars-to-race-for-larry-perkins-trophy-at-agp/|title=Supercars to race for Larry Perkins Trophy at AGP|publisher=Supercars|first=Mitchell|last=Adam|date=7 December 2017|access-date=7 December 2017}}

In 2018 Perkins and his brother Peter discovered the lost cache of equipment left behind in the Simpson Desert by explorers Henry Vere Barclay and Ronald MacPherson in 1904. The explorers had been forced to abandon the load, which included camel tanks, tools, scientific equipment and personal belongings, in order to cross sandhills to get to a water source. The Perkins' discovery was described as a "highly significant archaeological find".{{cite news |url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-07-16/racing-car-driver-larry-perkins-finds-explorers-cache-of-eqipmen/9992376 |title=Racing legend Larry Perkins swaps racetrack for outback and returns with buried treasure |first=Claire |last=Moodie |date=16 July 2018 |publisher=ABC News|location=Australia |access-date=16 July 2018}}

In the 2021 Queen's Birthday Honours Perkins was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia for "significant service to motorsport as a touring car driver and team owner".{{Cite web|title=Mr Larry Clifton Perkins|url=https://honours.pmc.gov.au/honours/awards/2009445|access-date=2021-06-13|website=It's An Honour}}

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(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

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|style="background:#;"| LAK
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|style="background:#;"| SAN
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|style="background:#;"| SAN
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|style="background:#;"| WAN
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|style="background:#dfffdf;"| AIR
{{small|4}}

|style="background:#dfffdf;"| AIR
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|style="background:#cfcfff;"| SUR
{{small|13}}

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! 26th

! 1

|-

! 1985

! Mobil Holden Dealer Team

! Holden VK Commodore

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|style="background:#;"| SAN
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|style="background:#;"| SYM
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|style="background:#;"| WAN
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|style="background:#;"| AIR
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|style="background:#;"| CAL
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|style="background:#dfffdf;"| SUR
{{small|6}}

|style="background:#efcfff;"| LAK
{{small|Ret}}

|style="background:#;"| AMA
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|style="background:#;"| ORA
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! 25th

! 13

|-

! 1987

! Enzed Team Perkins

! Holden VK Commodore

|style="background:#dfdfdf;"| CAL
{{small|2}}

|style="background:#dfffdf;"| SYM
{{small|7}}

|style="background:#dfffdf;"| LAK
{{small|4}}

|style="background:#ffdf9f;"| WAN
{{small|3}}

|style="background:#dfffdf;"| AIR
{{small|6}}

|style="background:#dfffdf;"| SUR
{{small|5}}

|style="background:#ffdf9f;"| SAN
{{small|3}}

|style="background:#dfffdf;"| AMA
{{small|5}}

|style="background:#dfffdf;"| ORA
{{small|4}}

!colspan=25|

! 5th

! 117

|-

! 1988

! Holden Special Vehicles

! Holden VL Commodore

|style="background:#dfffdf;"| CAL
{{small|4}}

|style="background:#efcfff;"| SYM
{{small|Ret}}

|style="background:#efcfff;"| WIN
{{small|Ret}}

|style="background:#dfffdf;"| WAN
{{small|6}}

|style="background:#dfffdf;"| AIR
{{small|8}}

|style="background:#dfffdf;"| LAK
{{small|4}}

|style="background:#ffdf9f;"| SAN
{{small|3}}

|style="background:#dfffdf;"| AMA
{{small|7}}

|style="background:#efcfff;"| ORA
{{small|Ret}}

!colspan=25|

! 7th

! 45

|-

! 1989

! Perkins Engineering

! Holden VL Commodore

|style="background:#;"| AMA
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|style="background:#;"| SYM
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|style="background:#;"| LAK
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|style="background:#;"| WAN
{{small|}}

|style="background:#;"| MAL
{{small|}}

|style="background:#dfffdf;"| SAN
{{small|8}}

|style="background:#efcfff;"| WIN
{{small|Ret}}

|style="background:#;"| ORA
{{small|}}

!colspan=26|

! 18th

! 3

|-

! 1990

! Perkins Engineering

! Holden VL Commodore

|style="background:#cfcfff;"| AMA
{{small|11}}

|style="background:#dfffdf;"| SYM
{{small|10}}

|style="background:#dfffdf;"| PHI
{{small|8}}

|style="background:#dfffdf;"| WIN
{{small|7}}

|style="background:#cfcfff;"| LAK
{{small|14}}

|style="background:#dfffdf;"| MAL
{{small|7}}

|style="background:#dfffdf;"| WAN
{{small|7}}

|style="background:#efcfff;"| ORA
{{small|Ret}}

!colspan=26|

! 11th

! 16

|-

! 1991

! Mobil 1 Racing

! Holden VN Commodore

|style="background: #"| SAN
R1
{{small|}}

|style="background: #"| SYM
R2
{{small|}}

|style="background: #"| WAN
R3
{{small|}}

|style="background: #"| LAK
R4
{{small|}}

|style="background: #"| WIN
R5
{{small|}}

|style="background: #"| AMA
R6
{{small|}}

|style="background: #"| MAL
R7
{{small|}}

|style="background: #"| LAK
R8
{{small|}}

|style="background: #"| ORA
R9
{{small|}}

!colspan=25|

! 11th

! 19

|-

! 1992

! Perkins Engineering

! Holden VL Commodore

|style="background:#;"| AMA
R1
{{small|}}

|style="background:#;"| AMA
R2
{{small|}}

|style="background:#dfffdf;"| SAN
R3
{{small|7}}

|style="background:#dfffdf;"| SAN
R4
{{small|8}}

|style="background:#;"| SYM
R5
{{small|}}

|style="background:#;"| SYM
R6
{{small|}}

|style="background:#dfffdf;"| WIN
R7
{{small|4}}

|style="background:#dfffdf;"| WIN
R8
{{small|6}}

|style="background:#dfffdf;"| LAK
R9
{{small|7}}

|style="background:#dfffdf;"| LAK
R10
{{small|9}}

|style="background:#dfffdf;"| EAS
R11
{{small|13}}

|style="background:#dfffdf;"| EAS
R12
{{small|12}}

|style="background:#dfffdf;"| MAL
R13
{{small|4}}

|style="background:#dfffdf;"| MAL
R14
{{small|8}}

|style="background:#dfffdf;"| BAR
R15
{{small|9}}

|style="background:#dfffdf;"| BAR
R16
{{small|5}}

|style="background:#dfffdf;"| ORA
R17
{{small|8}}

|style="background:#dfffdf;"| ORA
R18
{{small|8}}

!colspan=16|

! 10th

! 108

|-

! 1993

! Perkins Engineering

! Holden VL Commodore

|style="background:#dfffdf;"| AMA
R1
{{small|10}}

|style="background:#efcfff;"| AMA
R2
{{small|Ret}}

|style="background:#dfffdf;"| SYM
R3
{{small|6}}

|style="background:#cfcfff;"| SYM
R4
{{small|12}}

|style="background:#dfffdf;"| PHI
R5
{{small|5}}

|style="background:#efcfff;"| PHI
R6
{{small|Ret}}

|style="background:#efcfff;"| LAK
R7
{{small|Ret}}

|style="background:#dfffdf;"| LAK
R8
{{small|9}}

|style="background:#dfffdf;"| WIN
R9
{{small|5}}

|style="background:#dfffdf;"| WIN
R10
{{small|10}}

|style="background:#dfffdf;"| EAS
R11
{{small|6}}

|style="background:#dfffdf;"| EAS
R12
{{small|6}}

|style="background:#dfffdf;"| MAL
R13
{{small|6}}

|style="background:#dfffdf;"| MAL
R14
{{small|7}}

|style="background:#efcfff;"| BAR
R15
{{small|Ret}}

|style="background:#dfffdf;"| BAR
R16
{{small|4}}

|style="background:#dfffdf;"| ORA
R17
{{small|10}}

|style="background:#dfffdf;"| ORA
R18
{{small|10}}

!colspan=16|

! 12th

! 38

|-

! 1994

! Perkins Engineering

! Holden VP Commodore

|style="background:#dfffdf;"| AMA
R1
{{small|7}}

|style="background:#cfcfff;"| AMA
R2
{{small|15}}

|style="background:#dfffdf;"| SAN
R3
{{small|7}}

|style="background:#dfdfdf;"| SAN
R4
{{small|2}}

|style="background:#dfffdf;"| SYM
R5
{{small|5}}

|style="background:#dfffdf;"| SYM
R6
{{small|9}}

|style="background:#cfcfff;"| PHI
R7
{{small|11}}

|style="background:#efcfff;"| PHI
R8
{{small|Ret}}

|style="background:#dfdfdf;"| LAK
R9
{{small|2}}

|style="background:#ffffbf;"| LAK
R10
{{small|1}}

|style="background:#dfffdf;"| WIN
R11
{{small|6}}

|style="background:#dfffdf;"| WIN
R12
{{small|5}}

|style="background:#ffdf9f;"| EAS
R13
{{small|3}}

|style="background:#cfcfff;"| EAS
R14
{{small|11}}

|style="background:#dfffdf;"| MAL
R15
{{small|7}}

|style="background:#dfdfdf;"| MAL
R16
{{small|2}}

|style="background:#dfdfdf;"| BAR
R17
{{small|2}}

|style="background:#dfdfdf;"| BAR
R18
{{small|2}}

|style="background:#dfffdf;"| ORA
R19
{{small|5}}

|style="background:#dfffdf;"| ORA
R20
{{small|10}}

!colspan=14|

! 4th

! 177

|-

! 1995

! Perkins Engineering

! Holden VR Commodore

|style="background:#ffffbf;"| SAN
R1
{{small|1}}

|style="background:#dfdfdf;"| SAN
R2
{{small|2}}

|style="background:#efcfff;"| SYM
R3
{{small|Ret}}

|style="background:#dfffdf;"| SYM
R4
{{small|5}}

|style="background:#dfffdf;"| BAT
R5
{{small|5}}

|style="background:#ffdf9f;"| BAT
R6
{{small|3}}

|style="background:#efcfff;"| PHI
R7
{{small|Ret}}

|style="background:#dfffdf;"| PHI
R8
{{small|7}}

|style="background:#dfffdf;"| LAK
R9
{{small|6}}

|style="background:#dfffdf;"| LAK
R10
{{small|4}}

|style="background:#efcfff;"| WIN
R11
{{small|Ret}}

|style="background:#dfffdf;"| WIN
R12
{{small|6}}

|style="background:#efcfff;"| EAS
R13
{{small|Ret}}

|style="background:#dfffdf;"| EAS
R14
{{small|8}}

|style="background:#cfcfff;"| MAL
R15
{{small|12}}

|style="background:#cfcfff;"| MAL
R16
{{small|14}}

|style="background:#ffdf9f;"| BAR
R17
{{small|3}}

|style="background:#dfdfdf;"| BAR
R18
{{small|2}}

|style="background:#dfffdf;"| ORA
R19
{{small|8}}

|style="background:#dfffdf;"| ORA
R20
{{small|5}}

!colspan=14|

! 4th

! 178

|-

! 1996

! Perkins Engineering

! Holden VR Commodore

|style="background:#dfffdf;"| EAS
R1
{{small|10}}

|style="background:#dfffdf;"| EAS
R2
{{small|8}}

|style="background:#dfffdf;"| EAS
R3
{{small|9}}

|style="background:#dfffdf;"| SAN
R4
{{small|9}}

|style="background:#dfffdf;"| SAN
R5
{{small|5}}

|style="background:#efcfff;"| SAN
R6
{{small|Ret}}

|style="background:#dfffdf;"| BAT
R7
{{small|8}}

|style="background:#ffdf9f;"| BAT
R8
{{small|3}}

|style="background:#ffdf9f;"| BAT
R9
{{small|3}}

|style="background:#cfcfff;"| SYM
R10
{{small|15}}

|style="background:#dfffdf;"| SYM
R11
{{small|6}}

|style="background:#dfffdf;"| SYM
R12
{{small|6}}

|style="background:#dfdfdf;"| PHI
R13
{{small|2}}

|style="background:#ffffbf;"| PHI
R14
{{small|1}}

|style="background:#dfffdf;"| PHI
R15
{{small|8}}

|style="background:#dfffdf;"| CAL
R16
{{small|5}}

|style="background:#dfffdf;"| CAL
R17
{{small|7}}

|style="background:#ffdf9f;"| CAL
R18
{{small|3}}

|style="background:#dfffdf;"| LAK
R19
{{small|7}}

|style="background:#dfffdf;"| LAK
R20
{{small|6}}

|style="background:#cfcfff;"| LAK
R21
{{small|12}}

|style="background:#dfffdf;"| BAR
R22
{{small|10}}

|style="background:#dfffdf;"| BAR
R23
{{small|8}}

|style="background:#efcfff;"| BAR
R24
{{small|Ret}}

|style="background:#dfffdf;"| MAL
R25
{{small|4}}

|style="background:#dfffdf;"| MAL
R26
{{small|5}}

|style="background:#efcfff;"| MAL
R27
{{small|Ret}}

|style="background:#cfcfff;"| ORA
R28
{{small|12}}

|style="background:#dfffdf;"| ORA
R29
{{small|7}}

|style="background:#dfffdf;"| ORA
R30
{{small|6}}

!colspan=4|

! 5th

! 192

|-

! 1997

! Perkins Engineering

! Holden VS Commodore

|style="background:#dfffdf;"| CAL
R1
{{small|7}}

|style="background:#dfffdf;"| CAL
R2
{{small|13}}

|style="background:#dfffdf;"| CAL
R3
{{small|6}}

|style="background:#dfffdf;"| PHI
R4
{{small|4}}

|style="background:#dfdfdf;"| PHI
R5
{{small|2}}

|style="background:#ffffbf;"| PHI
R6
{{small|1}}

|style="background:#dfffdf;"| SAN
R7
{{small|4}}

|style="background:#;"| SAN
R8
{{small|DSQ}}

|style="background:#efcfff;"| SAN
R9
{{small|Ret}}

|style="background:#dfffdf;"| SYM
R10
{{small|6}}

|style="background:#dfffdf;"| SYM
R11
{{small|7}}

|style="background:#dfffdf;"| SYM
R12
{{small|7}}

|style="background:#ffffbf;"| WIN
R13
{{small|1}}

|style="background:#dfdfdf;"| WIN
R14
{{small|2}}

|style="background:#dfdfdf;"| WIN
R15
{{small|2}}

|style="background:#dfffdf;"| EAS
R16
{{small|6}}

|style="background:#ffdf9f;"| EAS
R17
{{small|3}}

|style="background:#efcfff;"| EAS
R18
{{small|Ret}}

|style="background:#dfffdf;"| LAK
R19
{{small|8}}

|style="background:#dfffdf;"| LAK
R20
{{small|5}}

|style="background:#dfffdf;"| LAK
R21
{{small|5}}

|style="background:#ffffbf;"| BAR
R22
{{small|1}}

|style="background:#dfffdf;"| BAR
R23
{{small|6}}

|style="background:#efcfff;"| BAR
R24
{{small|Ret}}

|style="background:#dfdfdf;"| MAL
R25
{{small|2}}

|style="background:#dfdfdf;"| MAL
R26
{{small|2}}

|style="background:#ffffbf;"| MAL
R27
{{small|1}}

|style="background:#dfffdf;"| ORA
R28
{{small|12}}

|style="background:#dfffdf;"| ORA
R29
{{small|8}}

|style="background:#dfffdf;"| ORA
R30
{{small|9}}

!colspan=4|

! 5th

! 548

|-

! 1998

! Perkins Engineering

! Holden VS Commodore

|style="background:#dfffdf;"| SAN
R1
{{small|5}}

|style="background:#dfffdf;"| SAN
R2
{{small|5}}

|style="background:#dfffdf;"| SAN
R3
{{small|5}}

|style="background:#dfffdf;"| SYM
R4
{{small|8}}

|style="background:#dfffdf;"| SYM
R5
{{small|6}}

|style="background:#dfffdf;"| SYM
R6
{{small|6}}

|style="background:#dfffdf;"| LAK
R7
{{small|4}}

|style="background:#ffdf9f;"| LAK
R8
{{small|3}}

|style="background:#ffdf9f;"| LAK
R9
{{small|3}}

|style="background:#dfffdf;"| PHI
R10
{{small|7}}

|style="background:#dfffdf;"| PHI
R11
{{small|9}}

|style="background:#dfffdf;"| PHI
R12
{{small|4}}

|style="background:#ffdf9f;"| WIN
R13
{{small|3}}

|style="background:#dfffdf;"| WIN
R14
{{small|4}}

|style="background:#dfffdf;"| WIN
R15
{{small|17}}

|style="background:#dfffdf;"| MAL
R16
{{small|4}}

|style="background:#dfffdf;"| MAL
R17
{{small|14}}

|style="background:#dfffdf;"| MAL
R18
{{small|11}}

|style="background:#dfffdf;"| BAR
R19
{{small|5}}

|style="background:#dfffdf;"| BAR
R20
{{small|4}}

|style="background:#dfffdf;"| BAR
R21
{{small|4}}

|style="background:#dfffdf;"| CAL
R22
{{small|10}}

|style="background:#dfffdf;"| CAL
R23
{{small|11}}

|style="background:#ffffff;"| CAL
R24
{{small|C}}

|style="background:#dfffdf;"| HDV
R25
{{small|16}}

|style="background:#dfffdf;"| HDV
R26
{{small|6}}

|style="background:#dfffdf;"| HDV
R27
{{small|4}}

|style="background:#efcfff;"| ORA
R28
{{small|Ret}}

|style="background:#dfffdf;"| ORA
R29
{{small|13}}

|style="background:#dfffdf;"| ORA
R30
{{small|8}}

!colspan=4|

! 4th

! 722

|-

! 1999

! Perkins Engineering

! Holden VT Commodore

|style="background:#;"| EAS
R1
{{small|}}

|style="background:#;"| EAS
R2
{{small|}}

|style="background:#;"| EAS
R3
{{small|}}

|style="background:#;"| ADE
R4
{{small|}}

|style="background:#;"| ADE
R5
{{small|}}

|style="background:#;"| BAR
R6
{{small|}}

|style="background:#;"| BAR
R7
{{small|}}

|style="background:#;"| BAR
R8
{{small|}}

|style="background:#;"| PHI
R9
{{small|}}

|style="background:#;"| PHI
R10
{{small|}}

|style="background:#;"| PHI
R11
{{small|}}

|style="background:#;"| HDV
R12
{{small|}}

|style="background:#;"| HDV
R13
{{small|}}

|style="background:#;"| HDV
R14
{{small|}}

|style="background:#;"| SAN
R15
{{small|}}

|style="background:#;"| SAN
R16
{{small|}}

|style="background:#;"| SAN
R16
{{small|}}

|style="background:#;"| QLD
R18
{{small|}}

|style="background:#;"| QLD
R19
{{small|}}

|style="background:#;"| QLD
R20
{{small|}}

|style="background:#;"| CAL
R21
{{small|}}

|style="background:#;"| CAL
R22
{{small|}}

|style="background:#;"| CAL
R23
{{small|}}

|style="background:#;"| SYM
R24
{{small|}}

|style="background:#;"| SYM
R25
{{small|}}

|style="background:#;"| SYM
R26
{{small|}}

|style="background:#;"| WIN
R27
{{small|}}

|style="background:#;"| WIN
R28
{{small|}}

|style="background:#;"| WIN
R29
{{small|}}

|style="background:#;"| ORA
R30
{{small|}}

|style="background:#;"| ORA
R31
{{small|}}

|style="background:#;"| ORA
R32
{{small|}}

|style="background:#;"| QLD
R33
{{small|}}

|style="background:#;"| BAT
R34
{{small|}}

! 9th

! 1232

|-

! 2000

! Perkins Engineering

! Holden VT Commodore

| PHI
R1

| PHI
R2

| BAR
R3

| BAR
R4

| BAR
R5

| ADE
R6

| ADE
R7

| EAS
R8

| EAS
R9

| EAS
R10

| HDV
R11

| HDV
R12

| HDV
R13

| CAN
R14

| CAN
R15

| CAN
R16

| QLD
R17

| QLD
R18

| QLD
R19

| WIN
R20

| WIN
R21

| WIN
R22

| ORA
R23

| ORA
R24

| ORA
R25

| CAL
R26

| CAL
R27

| CAL
R28

|style="background:#;"| QLD
R29
{{small|}}

| SAN
R30

| SAN
R31

| SAN
R32

|style="background:#;"| BAT
R33
{{small|}}

!colspan=1|

! 13th

! 752

|-

! 2001

! Perkins Engineering

! Holden VX Commodore

| PHI
R1

| PHI
R2

| ADE
R3

| ADE
R4

| EAS
R5

| EAS
R6

| HDV
R7

| HDV
R8

| HDV
R9

| CAN
R10

| CAN
R11

| CAN
R12

| BAR
R13

| BAR
R14

| BAR
R15

| CAL
R16

| CAL
R17

| CAL
R18

| ORA
R19

| ORA
R20

|style="background:#;"| QLD
R21
{{small|}}

| WIN
R22

| WIN
R23

|style="background:#;"| BAT
R24
{{small|}}

| PUK
R25

| PUK
R26

| PUK
R27

| SAN
R28

| SAN
R29

| SAN
R30

!colspan=4|

! 14th

! 1856

|-

! 2002

! Perkins Engineering

! Holden VX Commodore

|style="background:#;"| ADE
R1
{{small|}}

|style="background:#;"| ADE
R2
{{small|}}

|style="background:#;"| PHI
R3
{{small|}}

|style="background:#;"| PHI
R4
{{small|}}

|style="background:#;"| EAS
R5
{{small|}}

|style="background:#;"| EAS
R6
{{small|}}

|style="background:#;"| EAS
R7
{{small|}}

|style="background:#;"| HDV
R8
{{small|}}

|style="background:#;"| HDV
R9
{{small|}}

|style="background:#;"| HDV
R10
{{small|}}

|style="background:#;"| CAN
R11
{{small|}}

|style="background:#;"| CAN
R12
{{small|}}

|style="background:#;"| CAN
R13
{{small|}}

|style="background:#;"| BAR
R14
{{small|}}

|style="background:#;"| BAR
R15
{{small|}}

|style="background:#;"| BAR
R16
{{small|}}

|style="background:#;"| ORA
R17
{{small|}}

|style="background:#;"| ORA
R18
{{small|}}

|style="background:#;"| WIN
R19
{{small|}}

|style="background:#;"| WIN
R20
{{small|}}

|style="background:#;"| QLD
R21
{{small|}}

|style="background:#;"| BAT
R22
{{small|}}

|style="background:#;"| SUR
R23
{{small|}}

|style="background:#;"| SUR
R24
{{small|}}

|style="background:#;"| PUK
R25
{{small|}}

|style="background:#;"| PUK
R26
{{small|}}

|style="background:#;"| PUK
R27
{{small|}}

|style="background:#;"| SAN
R28
{{small|}}

|style="background:#;"| SAN
R29
{{small|}}

!colspan=5|

! 18th

! 568

|-

! 2003

! Perkins Engineering

! Holden VY Commodore

|style="background: #"| ADE
R1
{{small|}}

|style="background: #"| ADE
R1
{{small|}}

|style="background: #"| PHI
R3
{{small|}}

|style="background: #"| EAS
R4
{{small|}}

|style="background: #"| WIN
R5
{{small|}}

|style="background: #"| BAR
R6
{{small|}}

|style="background: #"| BAR
R7
{{small|}}

|style="background: #"| BAR
R8
{{small|}}

|style="background: #"| HDV
R9
{{small|}}

|style="background: #"| HDV
R10
{{small|}}

|style="background: #"| HDV
R11
{{small|}}

|style="background: #"| QLD
R12
{{small|}}

|style="background: #"| ORA
R13
{{small|}}

|style="background: #dfffdf"| SAN
R14
{{small|6}}

|style="background: #dfffdf"| BAT
R15
{{small|4}}

|style="background: #"| SUR
R16
{{small|}}

|style="background: #"| SUR
R17
{{small|}}

|style="background: #"| PUK
R18
{{small|}}

|style="background: #"| PUK
R19
{{small|}}

|style="background: #"| PUK
R20
{{small|}}

|style="background: #"| EAS
R21
{{small|}}

|style="background: #"| EAS
R22
{{small|}}

!colspan=12|

! 36th

! 180

|}

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

† Not eligible for series points

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

• [http://f1rejects.com/drivers/perkins/ Larry Perkins] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120716184828/http://f1rejects.com/drivers/perkins/ |date=16 July 2012 }} Comprehensive Biography and Race Record

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{{succession box | before = Dick Johnson
John French | title = Winner of the Bathurst 1000 | years = 1982, 1983, 1984
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Armin Hahne}}

{{succession box | before = Jim Richards
Mark Skaife | title = Winner of the Bathurst 1000 | years = 1993
(with Gregg Hansford) | after = Dick Johnson
John Bowe}}

{{succession box | before = Dick Johnson
John Bowe | title = Winner of the Bathurst 1000 | years = 1995
(with Russell Ingall) | after = Craig Lowndes
Greg Murphy}}

{{succession box | before = Craig Lowndes
Greg Murphy | title = Winner of the Bathurst Classic | years = 1997
(with Russell Ingall) | after = Jason Bright
Steven Richards}}

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