Final dig ... Ingall will take to the track in 2013 knowing the season will be his last. Source: Supplied
The lure of a wide open V8 Supercars championship race has convinced Russell Ingall to take one last crack at the title in 2013.
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The 47-year-old veteran confirmed on Tuesday he would compete in his 18th and final full-time V8s campaign next year, and he's going into it confident he can add another title to his 2005 success.
Ingall says the introduction of car of the future regulations, new race formats, new manufacturers and new tracks to next year's championship will ensure more than just the usual front-runners can make a title tilt.
The Holden veteran believes it will be smarts, more than raw speed, which will prove decisive next year, especially in the early rounds.
"We're going into something now where no-one knows the cars," Ingall told AAP.
"They don't know how they're going to handle at each circuit.
"I reckon if you're pretty smart - you still have to be quick - but you're going to have to use your head, especially in the first handful of rounds.
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"Throw in the different race formats and it could be anyone's championship.
"I've got a gameplan in my head of how I'm going to approach it and if that gameplan works there's no reason I can't be in with a shot at the championship.
"I'm definitely aiming that high. I'm not aiming just to go around in the back of the ute waving at the crowd in meetings."
While he'll be walking away from a full-time drive in V8s at the end of 2013, it won't be the last time Ingall straps himself into the driver's seat.
He's hoping to compete in some select events in the US and Europe and will be a keenly sought-after co-driver for the annual endurance races at Sandown and Bathurst.
But Ingall is also aiming to spend more time being a husband to wife Julie and their daughters Sasha and Jaz.
"I've got to dedicate a bit more time to the family ... it's time they came first," Ingall said.
"Also the race against age is one you can't win, it catches up with you sooner or later."
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