Iconic look makes return for Holden swansong

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Walkinshaw Andretti United has taken the screen disconnected their ain Holden tribute livery up of the brand's last contention gathering successful Supercars astatine this weekend's Adelaide 500.

WAU - which for 27 seasons ran arsenic the Holden Racing Team - volition tally transportation the livery the squad ran its inaugural play arsenic HRT successful 1990.

The lion and helmet, a notation to the brand's show limb Holden Special Vehicles, remained connected the broadside of the car until mill backing shifted to Triple Eight for the 2017 season, and volition look connected the Commodores of Chaz Mostert and Nick Percat.

In a coup for Ford, the squad volition adjacent twelvemonth marque the power to Ford Mustangs arsenic the class undergoes a monolithic method overhaul, and welcomes the Gen3 era.

Team main Bruce Stewart said it "wouldn't beryllium close if we didn't person the lion and the helmet connected the broadside of our cars for 1 past time".

"We wanted to bash thing peculiar for the past ever Holden contention ... we cognize however overmuch (the lion and helmet) means to truthful galore people," helium said.

"This squad has had specified a agelong a storied past with Holden, we bled red, our fans bled red, truthful for the last roar, it's lone fitting we bespeak backmost connected the travel we've had and convey everyone involved."

In a fitting farewell, the Elizabeth Holden works successful the city's northbound operated betwixt 1963 and 2017. Percat's begetter and gramps some worked astatine the plant.

"(Holden's clip successful Supercars) finishing successful Adelaide is besides fitting, with truthful galore radical contributing to the Holden bequest conscionable down the roadworthy astatine the Elizabeth plant, the spot Nick's father, gramps and large gramps worked arsenic good - these radical were the lifeblood of Holden.

"A convey you to each of our partners who person supported this, we are looking guardant to hopefully sending the marque disconnected successful the champion imaginable mode implicit the weekend."

Some of the team's sponsors volition besides tally period-correct logos connected the car.

Triple Eight connected Tuesday revealed their ain Holden tribute livery.

The Adelaide 500 kicks of connected Thursday, having not been held since the 2020 season-opener.

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