IRWIN RACING KICK STARTS 2012 WITH NEW LIVERY REVEAL
IRWIN Racing is ready to go full steam ahead into 2012 after recently announcing that Lee Holdsworth will drive for the team and today revealing its livery for the impending season.
IRWIN Racing is the first team to show off its new season war paint, taking advantage of a big crowd at the weekend’s Sydney Telstra 500 to wrap the new car and pull the covers off.
Team sponsor, IRWIN Tools, ran a nation-wide competition searching for the perfect design to showcase its colours. Bathurst based apprentice sign writer Sam Dwyer submitted several designs, and was a runaway winner.
For IRWIN Racing Team Principal Ross Stone, launching the 2012 colours early means that after the end of season Christmas break he can hit the season running.
“The IRWIN Racing Ford is looking really good, young Sam (Dwyer) has done an outstanding job designing it,” said IRWIN Racing Team Principal Ross Stone.
“We’ll tweak it a little, but I think everyone agrees that the IRWIN Ford will look really good when it hits the track next March.
“We’re really looking forward to next year, it’s almost like a fresh start, but we carry on with all the hard work that we’ve done this year.
“The homework’s all been done, we’ve just got to make sure we cook the cake right and it comes out good, which I am confident it will.”
Bathurst apprentice sign writer Sam Dwyer could not contain his excitement when he saw his artwork on the IRWIN Racing Ford.
“The car looks unbelievable, I can’t believe what I’m seeing,” said Sam Dwyer.
“I’m really pleased with how it’s turned out, it looks fantastic.
“I was trying to give it that corporate look. I wanted to keep it clean, simple, but effective. I wanted to give it a racey look but didn’t want to go over the top
“I’m looking forward to seeing the IRWIN Ford on the track at the Clipsal 500; I think that’s when everything will sink in. It’s been a whirlwind.”
IRWIN Tools Managing Director Nick Pritchard likes what he sees. With the announcement of IRWIN’s new driver and the livery revealed he is looking forward to the 2012 season.
“V8 Supercars is a big sport, to achieve success you’ve got to get well ahead of the game,” said Pritchard.
“We’ve learned over the years that the more prepared we are the better we will be during the year.
“Were probably more prepared this year than we have ever been before. Next year is an important year for us, so we are getting as many things as we can organised before we hit 2012 and the first event in Adelaide.”
Stone agrees with Prichard. With the 2011 season coming to an end, plans are already underway for the up and coming 2012 V8 Supercars championship.
“At the moment we go into the last event ninth in the championship, which is solid, but not spectacular,” said Stone.
“We always set goals, the goal for the team this year was to have all three cars in the top 12, which we are on target to do.
“I have a lot of ideas in my head in regard to next year already. We will sit down and talk about 2012 next week where I expect we’ll have high expectations.”
The all new 2012 IRWIN Racing livery will debut at the Clipsal 500 in Adelaide, March 1-4, 2012.