DJR go for 'high five' in Queensland.

As if running two V8 Supercar Championship Fords and two HPDC entries isn't hard enough work, Dick Johnson Racing has announced that it is to run a fifth car this weekend at Queensland Raceway.

Steve Johnson and Glenn Seton will again drive in the V8 Supercar Championship while Will Davison will join Dean Canto and Grant Denyer in the HPDC V8 Supercar Series.

Davison, who has been signed to DJR as one of its Bathurst drivers, will drive the #19 Breakaway Direct backed Ford Falcon AU, giving him valuable miles in preparation for the endurance rounds starting in September.

"There was talk in late April, early May that I may get a drive at the Queensland round, but it wasn't confirmed until recently," he said. "I'm excited to be racing again. I'll be honest, I've had enough of the cycling and the swimming, I just want to get in the car and drive. It's been a long time coming.

"This week's V8 round gives me the opportunity to get some miles. I'd like to mix it with the guys at the front without getting in the way, I obviously don't want to interfere with the championship too much. I'm more grateful to DJR, it's an extra that they threw in which has added to my will to want to race with them. They're doing everything they can to help prepare me for the endurance races.

"It'll be good. Racing this weekend will help me get my eye in before Sandown. It's beneficial for all of us. On top of that Andrew Jones won last year's Konica series with a #19 Ford AU, that's got to be a good omen."

DJR team manager Dean Orr said that putting Davison into the car and letting him race was the best way to help him prepare for the endurance races at Sandown and Bathurst.

"We want to give Will miles, it's as simple as that," he said. "The testing restrictions are difficult to work around so the best possible driving alternative was to enter him in the HPDC round at Queensland.

"It allows him to practice; to qualify his own car and to race. It also allows us to find out about his race craft, which is difficult to ascertain at a test. Will did plenty of laps in the AU last Friday working on the Ford's chassis balance in preparation for this weekend, which we think will make him competitive. He also did laps in Steve Johnson's BA so that he when Sandown and Bathurst come along he knows what to expect.

"Will's got an enormous amount of potential, I want to give him every chance to prove himself and be as prepared and comfortable in a V8 Supercar as he can."

This weekend will be the first time that Breakaway Direct has involved itself in V8 Supercars DJR general manager Steve Chalker said he was pleased to bring another new company into the series.

"When it comes to sponsorship it is tough out there, but we've worked extremely hard to get new companies involved in V8 Supercars," he said. "Westpoint, Gatorz and now Breakaway Direct, it's been quite a year for Dick Johnson Racing.

"Breakway Direct will back Will Davison's Ford this weekend, but you never know where the relationship might go in the future."