The car itself has a great heritage, being the Bathurst-winning BF Falcon from 2007 (which was driven by Craig Lowndes and Jamie Whincup) which is still owned by Triple 8 Engineering.
Andrew and Steve Peach from Jesus Racing along with Dave and Luke Seiders from the Seiders Race Team traveled to Triple 8 Vodafone Headquarters in QLD for their first and only test day before the L and H 500 at Phillip Island next week.
The test day was the perfect opportunity to push the limits and see what the car can do!
Dave and Andrew had seat fittings for the race car, as well as practicing driver changes.
They lined up at the QLD circuit alongside the other members of the top Triple 8 Race Team, including Craig Lowndes and Jamie Whincup, which gave Andrew and co-driver Dave Sieders a good idea of their pace.
"I was a second or so off the mark after a day's testing," says Andrew, "which is fantastic considering those boys are pretty-much guaranteed a top-five finish".
"The Utes and the Supercars are like chalk and cheese," he says. "The Supercar is much more powerful and they're a more physical car to drive.
"Braking technique is incredibly important in the Supercar so that is what we focused most of our track time on. David is obviously more advanced in that area given his previous Supercar experience
Andrew is pleased with the shakedown and says it gave the team the opportunity to iron out a few teething issues.
"Our times were pretty much within the parameters of where we expected them to be after one day," he says. "I got to practice with a full tank of fuel, then with fresh tyres, both of which made an incredible difference to the car's performance.
"Now I just have to build up confidence so I'm mentally prepared because the next time I get behind the wheel will be in the race at Phillip Island. There's nothing like diving in at the deep end!"
The Jesus Racing Team is still working on pulling together the additional funds needed to take advantage of this incredible opportunity.
"I have no doubt that the funds will come in however if they don't then it will be up to us to pay. This was a risk we had no choice but to take".

Who would have thought that you would see a V8 Supercar with the name of Jesus written all over it racing at the Bathurst 1000?