ANTON SWITCHES TO NEW PENRITE RACING COMMODORE

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Penrite Racing has undertaken a chassis swap ahead of this weekend’s Gold Coast 600, after heavy damage at Bathurst earlier this month.

Anton De Pasquale and Will Brown’s entry suffered substantial damage in Race 25, when the throttle jammed, and the former couldn’t make the right hander at Sulman Park.

“I’m feeling really good, it was a big hit, but I have pulled up alright from it,” De Pasquale said.

“I am really excited to get to the Gold Coast now; the crew have done a ripper job to turn the car around in this short break.”

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It was the car that won Bathurst in 2017 as a VF, before it was converted into a ZB for De Pasquale at the start of last season.

With that now sidelined, De Pasquale has taken over chassis EMH-03 and though the new chassis was always destined to be De Pasquale’s, the swap came sooner than anticipated.

“The damaged car is the first built in-house by Erebus, so it will be repaired over time and revert back to the Bathurst winner,” CEO Barry Ryan said.

“We had a spare bare chassis at the shop that was already assigned to Anton for 2020, so this was ready to replace the damaged one.

“The team has worked minimum 10.5-hour days since last Tuesday, including the weekend for some of the team.

“They have done a terrific job to get this new car ready and have it 100% before the truck left for Queensland yesterday.”

The first new car of De Pasquale’s, the young gun is keen to repay his team this weekend.

“It’s the first time I have had a new car, so that’s pretty exciting,” De Pasquale said.

“A new car has slight improvements, the car is a bit lighter and it’s tidier in a few areas, so I am looking forward to hopefully rewarding the boys and girls for their efforts.

“Everyone has worked hard in all aspects, not only the car build, but to make sure we are better for the Gold Coast.

“Will and I have spent a bit more time practicing our driver changes, doing anything we can to make ourselves faster, because it can be fairly important this weekend compared to Bathurst.”

The team has another chassis due for completion in the coming weeks which is set to debut in David Reynolds’ hands next season.

Both Penrite Holden’s are set to debut their KISS liveries for the first time this weekend, before they bring them out again for the season finale at Newcastle.

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