Photo: Richard Gresham
It’ll mark a fitting crescendo to week-long festivities commemorating 20 years since the death of nine-time Bathurst winner Brock.
Perkins will chauffeur the trophy in the Perkins Engineering Holden Commodore driven by Brock in the 1991 race.
Brock’s season aboard the Mobil VN marked the icon’s return to Holden and reunited a duo that won the Great Race three times together at the Holden Dealer Team.
The 1991 Commodore is now owned by Kenny Habul and was recently restored by Perkins Engineering, which is these days run by Larry’s son Jack.
Perkins and Brock were vastly different but complementary characters when teamed up at HDT, where the former was contracted to prepare and co-drive the cars.
“When I joined I wanted to run the team my way,” Perkins reflected on the Fox Sports broadcast in a segment paying tribute to Brock.
Brock and Perkins won the 1982, ’83 and ’84 Bathurst 1000s together. Image: Glenis Lindley
“He let me run it my way and he went off doing his PR thing, which he was very good at. We had a nice clear line of responsibilities.
“That went on for three and a half years. I enjoyed that I was allowed to run it my way.
“The success of the vehicle and the PR meant it was always very well funded. That gave us an edge, but it was an earned edge.”
Among other highlights of a spectacular pre-race show will be a performance of True Blue by John Williamson at the top of Mount Panorama.
The Great Race field will park up on the run to Skyline for a period pre-race as has become custom in recent years.
Brock’s 1972 Bathurst-winning Holden Torana and a 2025 Grove Racing Mustang will also feature at the top of the Mountain for a TV piece by Mark Larkham.