Nissan Motorsport has finalised its endurance driver line-up for the 2013 V8
Championship, confirming the signing of young talent Taz Douglas and Daniel Gaunt in the team’s Norton 360-backed Nissan Altimas.
Douglas will partner James Moffat in the #360 Norton 360 Nissan Altima, while New Zealander Gaunt will drive alongside Michael Caruso in the #36 entry.
Douglas and Gaunt will compete with Moffat and Caruso respectively at the Sandown 500, Bathurst 1000 and the Gold Coast 600.
The signings complete the four-car line-up, with Jack Daniel’s Racing’s Rick and Todd Kelly to be joined by Karl Reindler and David Russell respectively.
The Douglas/Gaunt duo will be race fit for the two-driver events as they are both competing in the Dunlop V8 Supercars Development Series this year.
This year’s endurance events will be Douglas and Gaunt’s fourth Bathurst 1000 race attempt, with Gaunt having the best finishing result of 12th in 2011 with Tim Slade.
All four of Nissan Motorsport’s endurance drivers will have the opportunity to test the Altimas at test days leading up to the endurance races, as well as ‘co-driver’ practice sessions at Townsville, Queensland Raceway and Winton’s V8 Supercars events.
The Sandown 500 (September 13-15, 2013), the Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000 (October 10-13, 2013) and the Armor All Gold Coast 600 (October 25-27, 2013) make up the inaugural ‘Endurance Cup’, to be awarded to the highest scoring driver/s from the three events.
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