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  "I want a real good crack at it," Ingall said as he confirmed a move that gives him back-door access to the Holden Racing Team...

The Enforcer is refusing to call time on his V8 Supercar career.

Russell Ingall, 47, admits to a lousy racing season in 2011, and admits he is looking to his life beyond fulltime track time.

But Ingall also said yesterday that a move to the crack Walkinshaw Racing operation for 2011, where he will park his helmet and multi- million-dollar backing from Supercheap Auto, could be the spark that re-ignites his passion for racing.

"I want a real good crack at it," Ingall said as he confirmed a move that gives him back-door access to the Holden Racing Team - always his V8 Supercar dream outfit - but leaves Fabian Coulthard out in the cold.

"I want to get back on the podium. I want some good results. If I can have a good year next year then we'll see. Every time I jump into a half-reasonable car I think I can race anyone out there. I don't feel like I'm going to have a crash at any moment."

Ingall admitted he had battled during his time with the Paul Morris team in Queensland, his third in the V8 championship after starting with Larry Perkins' Commodore crew, where he won Bathurst twice, and then switching to Stone Brothers Racing, where he finally took the championship.

Now he is hopeful that he has timed things right by moving to a Walkinshaw Commodore with the same pace and back-up that took Garth Tander and Nick Percat to victory in the Bathurst 1000 in October.

"I think we're jumping on at Walkinshaws at the right time. I always seem to time it not-quite right but this time I might have timed it right," he said.

The Supercheap deal is more than just a one-year program and, despite his own racing ambitions, Ingall sees it taking him through into his retirement.

"We're not talking one year, we're talking five or 10 years," he said.

As Supercheap's motorsport ambassador, and television pitcher, the move also means he is likely to be responsible for selecting the driver who eventually takes his place.

"All those young blokes who want a steer better start sucking up. Start cleaning my helmet  . . ."

But Ingall still refuses to talk directly about retirement.

"I've still got a lot of things on the bucket list to tick off. There are some endurance races in Europe that I want to do. And I will definitely do the enduros as a co-driver after I finish Full-time in the full championship."