Percat to step back from full time Supercars after 2025
By Andrew Clarke
Date posted: 7 October 2025
Nick Percat will step back from full-time Supercars at the end of 2025, drawing a line under 12 straight seasons in the main game. The 2011 Bathurst winner says the call is about timing, not speed, with JND Racing and a 2026 enduro seat in his sights.
“It was definitely not an easy decision because I’m still very competitive, I feel like I’m driving well and have got trophies this year,” Percat said in confirming 2025 will be his last season as a primary driver. “There was probably opportunity to stay on the grid but it is about making sure you put yourself in the right place at the right time, so for me, now was a good time.”
Percat, 37, will make his 15th Bathurst 1000 start this week, his last as a main driver, before signing off at home at the bp Adelaide Grand Final on 27 to 30 November. “Now to get to do my last Bathurst as a main driver alongside Tim Slade is really, really cool because he is a good friend.”
Nick Percat (2nd) and Cam Hill (1st) celebrate a historic one-two for Matt Stone Racing at the Australian Grand Prix meeting in March 2025. Image: Mark Horsburgh
He stressed the call was about life direction, not pace.
“When there was a decision to be made, I was actually at Ipswich Kart Club watching the kids drive around and I realised how much I do enjoy giving back to the sport and how much I enjoy watching the kids progress and learn and grow.
“So I was like, you know what, life after Supercars is still very cool, so that made it a lot easier. We’ll fire up the JND stuff a bit bigger and hopefully I’ll be able to get myself a nice co-drive and keep putting in good drives for whoever it is I might be driving alongside and try to get some big wins in the future.”
The recent run at The Bend showed he still has it. Sharing with Tim Slade, Percat climbed from 11th on the grid to finish fifth, a clean, pace-on day that underlined the race craft that has him within reach of a finals berth and reminded everyone that the speed and discipline remain.
Percat reflected on the moments that shaped his career.
“Winning the Adelaide 500 is still one of the greatest achievements, with Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport, in those conditions at your home event was amazing. Bathurst 2011 with Garth and HRT is something I will never forget and every time it comes on, I actually get goosebumps.
“Even this year, being involved in a 1-2 for MSR, and my 1-2 with Chaz for the last Holden event in 2022, I have been fortunate that when I do stand on the podium they are very cool races and very meaningful.”
Percat closed with thanks to the people behind the scenes. “I look back at how fortunate I have been to be on the grid this long. It has been a very good time.”
Garth Tander and rookie Nick Percat celebrate their win in the 2011 Bathurst 1000. Image: Mark Horsburgh
Career snapshot, at announcement
- Debut, 2010 Phillip Island 500, Bathurst 1000 winner in 2011 with Garth Tander for Holden Racing Team
- 164 rounds, 366 races, six wins, 19 podiums, two poles
- Race wins for four different teams, Holden Racing Team at Bathurst 2011, Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport at Adelaide 2016, Brad Jones Racing twice at Sydney Motorsport Park 2020, Matt Stone Racing at Albert Park and Symmons Plains 2024
- Five seasons with top 10 championship finishes, in the hunt to add another in 2025
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