Tomorrow, after a half-day stint chipping away at Australia's most revered asphalt mountain, he will be able to add Bathurst to the list, racing in what he believes will be the only all-New Zealand team.
Joined by South Island endurance series runner-up Scott O'Donnell, of Invercargill, and New Zealand V8 ute contender Bob Grove (Auckland), Dunedin driver Dippie is competing in the fourth annual Bathurst 12-hour race at Mount Panorama.
Dippie and O'Donnell are no strangers to long stretches of seat time.
In 2008, they were part of a four-man team to conquer the 24-hour marathon race at Germany's Nurburgring.
Aucklander David Taylor, of Motorsport Services, ran the team for them there and is lending his expertise - and BMW 130i - again in Australia.
Taylor specialises in taking teams to off-shore events and he takes care of the car preparation, transport and all other logistics.
"There's a mile of paperwork to race in Australia," Dippie said.
Walking the track on Wednesday in "very hot" conditions, he was thankful the team had decided to run cool-suits under their race overalls, as he believed the heat would be a "big factor".
Nothing could dampen his enthusiasm for making his debut at Bathurst and first impressions did not disappoint.
"You watch it all your life on TV and then you get an opportunity to race it.
"It's very steep and twisty - frighteningly fast.
"This is an amazing place."
The 45 entries include V8 Supercar drivers Jason Bargwanna, Glenn Seton and Cameron McConville, as well as Leanne Tander, wife of 2007 Australian V8 series champion Garth Tander.
Southlander Inky Tulloch is joining two drivers - Rod Salmon and Damien White - from a two-time winning team in last year's winning Mitsubishi Evo X RS.
"I'm really quite tickled pink that they asked me," Tulloch said.
He credited the invitation to his performance at the Australian Manufacturers' final round at Sandown last year where he finished second overall and set a lap record.
"I think they said `that old man from down there [Mataura] must be all right'," Tulloch said.
He raced at Bathurst twice in the 1980s, in the Bathurst 1000, and for the past two years in the 12-hour race.
