INGALL AND FEENEY TO PAIR AT BATHURST

Russell Ingall will step out of Supercars retirement to team with rising star Broc Feeney in a Supercheap Auto-backed Triple Eight wildcard entry at the Bathurst 1000 in October.

Auto Action understands the Holden Commodore pairing is set to be unveiled at the Norwell Motorplex in Queensland tomorrow.

The Enforcer has not raced in the Bathurst 1000 since 2016 when he paired with Rick Kelly in a Nissan Altima.

Ingall, 57, won the race in 1995 and 1997 driving with Larry Perkins in a Castrol-backed Holden Commodore.

He later drove in Supercheap Auto colours for both Paul Morris Motorsport and Walkinshaw Racing.

Feeney, 18, made his debut in the Bathurst 1000 in 2020, co-driving James Courtney’s Tickford Racing Boost Ford Mustang to 10th place.

In the off-season he swapped from Tickford to Triple Eight for his second season in the Dunlop Super2 Series. After one round at Bathurst the Queenslander sits second in the standings behind new Tickford Racing recruit Zak Best.

Feeney is one of a number of drivers said to be in the running to take over retiring Jamie Whincup’s seat in the main game in 2022.

The presence of a Supercheap sponsored car in the 2021 Bathurst 1000 will be a delicious sidebar story, as the auto parts retailer was replaced as naming rights sponsor of the Great Race by rival Repco in the off-season.

The combination of the outspoken media-savvy Ingall with one of the key rising talents in Australian racing will be sure to guarantee plenty of publicity and attention for the entry.

Triple Eight last ran a wildcard at Bathurst in 2013 when XBox backed an entry for internationals Andy Priaulx and Mattias Ekstrom engineered by Ludo Lacroix. It finished 10th only fading late from a shot at the podium.

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