Retro: "Larrikin" Larry Perkins

[Tristan Clark]

Tristan Clark submitted a new blog post:

Retro: "Larrikin" Larry Perkins

Every now and then, a driver truly captures our imagination. Larry Perkins, a prime example of this, literally did it all during his long and illustrious career behind the wheel. “Larrikin Larry” was the perennial Aussie battler who cemented himself as one of Australia’s greatest ever touring car drivers following an often overlooked shot at Formula One stardom.

Larry Clifton Perkins was born in Murrayville, Victoria, on the 18th of March 1950. With racing ingrained in his DNA, Perkins...

Continue reading the Original Blog Post

 

[Omer Said]

Interesting read, thank you very much. Now i need a video of his last-to-first climb at Mount Panorama. There is only a very brief one unfortunately:
http://www.3news.co.nz/VIDEO-Bathurst-1995-race-remembered/tabid/415/articleID/271599/Default.aspx

 

[the_sigman]

A true motorsport legend in my opinion.

 

[Senna_2]

Ahhh, back when V8 Supercars/ATCC was just meat pie engineering. It's good that RD does ATCC stories as well as DTM and F1.

 

[Sam Smith]

Hey Reiza Studio's, with cars like this I think Ive found the next series for you to simulate
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SfizGl77fFI

 

[Scrambles]

WTF? I had absolutely no idea he had a drive in an F1 car back in the 70s!
Nice article, Perkins will always be a name synonymous with classic Aussie Motorsport.
Onya Lazza!!!

 

[Hugo von Falken]

Very interesting