Skaife tries Jack.

Holden Racing Team owner/driver Mark Skaife switched camps for the day and tested for Larry Perkins' Jack Daniel's Racing V8 Supercar team at Winton this week, in an effort to get its effort up to speed.

Skaife completed ten laps in the #7 JDR VE Commodore in a test organised by Holden Motorsport manager Simon McNamara. The five-time V8 Supercar champion recorded a best lap time of 1min 25.1secs around the 3km circuit, comparable with other teams testing for next month's Sandown 500 enduro.

"Holden asked me to evaluate the Jack Daniel's Racing Commodores for a couple of young blokes in Price and Perkins, who are going well but still learning the ropes," Skaife explained, "There are a few tricks in V8s and, although the cars are certainly up to scratch, it's probably a couple of set-up things in brakes and suspension that we would do at HRT.

"[Team principal] Larry Perkins has always had a great engineering base, but you can't replace driver experience and that only comes with more testing, more practice and more racing. I've had 20 years of it and I certainly don't mind helping out in the best interests of Holden Motorsport."

Jack Perkins said Skaife's input and advice would be beneficial to both Price and himself.

"It was great for us to get an overview from such an experienced operator like Skaifey - he's the best in the business," Perkins Jr said, "The disadvantage for Shane and me is that we are both learning from each other and neither of us has been around V8s that long. This sort of advice will certainly help."