Penrite Racing Reveals dual Supercars-ASBK Indigenous Round livery
Penrite Racing and Penrite Honda Racing has today peeled the covers off its dual livery for Supercars Indigenous Round at Darwin’s Hidden Valley on June 17-19.
In collaboration with team partner Melbourne Indigenous Transition School (MITS), the artwork was designed by Darwin born Indigenous artist and MITS Boarding House Manager Lorraine Kabbindi White.
The story depicted within the livery is based on ‘The First Bees’ and the ‘Freshwater Mermaids’ artworks created by Kabbindi.
The three different colours each represent the bees. Kubbulak, Kardderre and Nabiwu. Kubbulak belongs to the mardku moiety, and Kardderre and Nabiwu belong to ngarradjku moiety. The artwork captures their first flight out of their human bodies.
To make her two separate artworks come to life across both our Supercars and Australian Superbike complex body panels the team utilised the talents of Peter Hughes and Tim Pattinson.
Kabbindi used natural pigments all sourced from her family’s Mok Clan – Ankung Djang (Sugar bag dreaming) estate on the upper Liverpool River, Arnhem Land, NT.
To further mark the occasion Supercars drivers David Reynolds, Lee Holdsworth and ASBK rider Troy Herfoss visited MITS students in their classroom last week to engage with them about motorsport and the upcoming Indigenous Round in Darwin.
On the same afternoon MITS alumni visited the Penrite Racing workshop to get a closer look at the teams Supercars and the Honda Superbike piloted by Herfoss.
Car #26 Penrite Racing Supercars driver, David Reynolds, said: “I love the Indigenous Round concept. We’re celebrating the oldest living culture in the world which is very cool. My partner has rich Indigenous heritage and is from Darwin so this round has special significance for me. It was also good to give the MITS students a look an insight into our world at the workshop. I can’t wait to get on track at Darwin.”
Ahead of his 100th race Start Penrite Honda Racing’s, Troy Herfoss, said: “It’s really cool to be supporting the indigenous round and aligning ourselves with Penrite Racing supercars team again. It was a lot of fun spending the day with Lee, Dave and the team in Melbourne during our visit to MITS.
Partnering with the school and connecting to an organisation that supports young Aboriginal people from regional Victoria and the Darwin region who want to access education in Melbourne has been great and I am proud our teams are supporting this. I’m also looking forward to showing off the new livery of course.”
MITS Executive Director, Edward Tudor, said: “We are delighted to be partnering with the team at Penrite Racing for this year’s Indigenous Round. It is very special to be celebrating our wonderful students, their communities and their cultures while racing on Larrakia Country. The generosity the Penrite team have shown MITS and our students has been greatly appreciated.”
Penrite Racing produced this unique livery in conjunction with its paint supplier PPG and vinyl partners Graphic Art Mart and Mac Tac.
Reynolds and Holdsworth are on track for the Supercars Merlin Darwin Triple Crown, and Herfoss will compete in Round 4 of the Australian Superbike Championship from Friday, June 17.
