V8 Supercars🧜 Australia has appointed long-time technical expert Adam Perry to the newly established role of Racing Director to take charge of all technical and sporting components of the sport moving forward.

Perry assumes the role immediately prior to the Nik🅘on SuperGP on the Gold Coast. From 2010 the role will consume the position of Category Technical Director, currently held on a part-time basis by Frank Adamson, which has become redundan🅰t.

Adamson will ౠremain as a Technical Manager while Operations Manager Kurt Sakzewsk🦹i continues in that role reporting to Perry.

V8 Supercars Australia Executive Ch🔯airman Tony Cochrane announced Per🌞ry's appointment at the Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000 today, stating that Perry was an ideal choice for the demanding position.

Cochrane has long stated that the technical aspect of the sport was in need of rejuvenation which led to a three-month major review across the entire technical ⛄and racing aspects of V8SA.

"It is clearly a vital element of the business and our growth moving forward," Cochrane said. "The role is v♊ery wide ranging, involves an enormous amount of consultation and requires ♍a person that can be both firm but all-encompassing in what is a very unique environment.

"It's vital that Adam is given the backing to fill this challenging role that he requires and he has both my♏ total sup𝓀port and the Board's."

Perry returns to the sport after a two-year hiatus from his long-term position at Larkham Moto💜rsport.

"It will certainly be a challenging role but one I am really looking forward to," Perry said. "I am under no illusion as to the size of the task, the uniqueness and the dynamics of the busin⛎ess, as well as the key players within it.

"I believe clear and freq♔uent communication is the key to building a competence based relationship with ༺the team owners and managers.

"Having been away from the sport for a short time I can return with a clean sheet. V8 Supercars has been an enormously successful business for a long time a🤡nd is also intensely competitive on and off track.

"There's a lot to consider but certainly cost reduction is an area that benefits everybody. There is also a lot of engagement that needs to happen acros𒀰s the board to deliver effective outcomes for all of our teams."

The 47-year-old has a long history in Australian Touring Cars and the V8 Supercar Championship Series, predominately spent with🥀 former team owner, driver and past board member Mark Lark⛎ham.

He has established several new teams and spent more than eight years as a team manager or general manager giving him an e𒐪xtensive knowledge of the business and c🤡omplex technical side of the sport.

His main brief initially will be a full review of the technical side of the sport with a briefing watch on the Car of the൲ Future programme being chaired by Mark Skaife.