2026 Supercars Championship

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The 2026 Supercars Championship (known for commercial reasons as the 2026 Repco Supercars Championship) is an upcoming motor racing series for Supercars.

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It will be the twenty-eighth running of the Supercars Championship and the thirtieth series in which Supercars have contested the Australian Touring Car Championship, the premier title in Australian motorsport. It is the sixty-seventh season of touring car racing in Australia.

Toyota is expected to enter the championship, through collaboration between Walkinshaw Andretti United and Toyota Gazoo Racing, with the GR Supra. [1] [2] As well as two Walkinshaw Andretti United entries, another four Supras will be fielded by Brad Jones Racing. [3] [4]

Entries

Championship entries
ManufacturerModelTeamNo.Driver nameRoundsCo DriverRounds
Chevrolet Camaro Mk.6 Matt Stone Racing 10 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Nick Percat TBAFlag of none.svg TBATBA
TBAFlag of none.svg TBATBAFlag of none.svg TBATBA
Team 18 18 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Anton de Pasquale TBAFlag of none.svg TBATBA
TBAFlag of none.svg TBATBAFlag of none.svg TBATBA
PremiAir Racing 62 Flag of New Zealand.svg Richie Stanaway TBAFlag of none.svg TBATBA
TBAFlag of none.svg TBATBAFlag of none.svg TBATBA
Erebus Motorsport 99 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Cooper Murray TBAFlag of none.svg TBATBA
TBAFlag of none.svg TBATBAFlag of none.svg TBATBA
Ford Mustang S650 Tickford Racing 6 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Cameron Waters TBAFlag of none.svg TBATBA
55 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Thomas Randle TBAFlag of none.svg TBATBA
Dick Johnson Racing 17Flag of none.svg TBATBAFlag of none.svg TBATBA
38 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Brodie Kostecki TBA Flag of Australia (converted).svg Todd Hazelwood [5] TBA
Grove Racing 19 Flag of New Zealand.svg Matthew Payne TBAFlag of none.svg TBATBA
26 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Kai Allen TBAFlag of none.svg TBATBA
Triple Eight Race Engineering 87 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Will Brown TBAFlag of none.svg TBATBA
88 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Broc Feeney TBAFlag of none.svg TBATBA
Blanchard Racing Team TBA Flag of Australia (converted).svg James Golding TBAFlag of none.svg TBATBA
TBAFlag of none.svg TBATBAFlag of none.svg TBATBA
Toyota GR Supra Walkinshaw Andretti United 2 Flag of New Zealand.svg Ryan Wood TBAFlag of none.svg TBATBA
25 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Chaz Mostert TBAFlag of none.svg TBATBA
Brad Jones Racing 4 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Cameron Hill [6] TBAFlag of none.svg TBATBA
8 Flag of New Zealand.svg Andre Heimgartner TBAFlag of none.svg TBATBA
96 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Macauley Jones [6] TBAFlag of none.svg TBATBA
TBAFlag of none.svg TBATBAFlag of none.svg TBATBA
Wildcard Entries
Chevrolet Camaro Mk.6 Team 18 TBA Flag of Australia (converted).svg Craig Lowndes [7] [8] TBAFlag of none.svg TBATBA

Driver changes

Bryce Fullwood departed Brad Jones Racing and was replaced by Cameron Hill, who will depart from Matt Stone Racing. [9] [6] [10]

James Golding departed from PremiAir Racing and will join Blanchard Racing Team, replacing the retiring James Courtney. [11] [12] [13]

Craig Lowndes left Triple Eight at the end of 2025. [14] Lowndes signed a two-year contract with Team 18 to compete at the enduros. [7]

Team changes

Walkinshaw Andretti United will switch from running Ford Mustangs to Toyota GR Supras, to become the Japanese manufacturer's factory racing team. Brad Jones Racing will join Walkinshaw Andretti United in switching to Toyota GR Supras, from running Chevrolet Camaros. [1] [4]

Triple Eight Race Engineering will return to Ford and running Mustang's, after having entered General Motors-backed Holdens and Chevrolets from 2010. Triple Eight Race Engineering will also be the homologation team for all Ford teams. [15]

Calendar

The following circuits are due to host a round of the 2026 championship.

EventCircuitLocationDates
Sydney Motorsport Park Supercars round Flag of New South Wales.svg Sydney Motorsport Park Eastern Creek, New South Wales 20–22 February
Melbourne SuperSprint Flag of Victoria (Australia).svg Albert Park Circuit Albert Park, Victoria 5–8 March
Taupo Super440 Flag of New Zealand.svg Taupō International Motorsport Park Taupō, Waikato Region 10–12 April
TBA Flag of New Zealand.svg Euromarque Motorsport Park Christchurch, Canterbury Region 17–19 April
Bathurst 1000 Flag of New South Wales.svg Mount Panorama Circuit Bathurst, New South Wales TBA

Calendar changes

Euromarque Motorsport Park will host a Supercars event for the first time, marking the first time in the category history that two events in New Zealand took place. [16]

References

  1. 1 2 Pavey, James (18 September 2024). "Toyota to join Supercars in 2026 with GR Supra". Supercars Championship . Retrieved 18 September 2024.
  2. ↑ The beginnings of Toyota Supra Supercar Auto Action 2 October 2024
  3. ↑ Toyota to Join Supercars Championship in 2026 with GR Supra Toyota Australia 18 September 2024
  4. 1 2 Andrew, van Leeuwen (10 May 2025). "Confirmed: BJR to run four Toyota Supercars". Speedcafe.
  5. ↑ O'Brien, Connor (24 September 2025). "Hazelwood reveals 2026 component to DJR deal". V8 Sleuth. Retrieved 25 September 2025.
  6. 1 2 3 Leeuwen, Andrew van (24 September 2025). "Two more Toyota Supercars drivers locked in". Speedcafe.com. Retrieved 24 September 2025.
  7. 1 2 van Leeuwen, Andrew (13 August 2025). "Craig Lowndes signs two-year Team 18 wildcard deal". Speedcafe . Retrieved 14 August 2025.
  8. ↑ O'Brien, Connor (13 August 2025). "Lowndes to part ways with iconic race number". V8 Sleuth. AN1 Media. Retrieved 14 August 2025.
  9. ↑ Leeuwen, Andrew van (23 September 2025). "Bryce Fullwood's BJR split confirmed". Speedcafe.com. Retrieved 24 September 2025.
  10. ↑ Pavey, James (23 September 2025). "Hill, Matt Stone Racing confirm split at end of 2025".
  11. ↑ Bartholomaeus, Stefan (24 September 2025). "Golding confirms impending PremiAir Racing exit". Speedcafe.com. Retrieved 24 September 2025.
  12. ↑ Pavey, James (16 July 2024). "Courtney marks 2025 as final season".
  13. ↑ Pavey, James (25 September 2025). "Blanchard reveals Golding as Courtney replacement".
  14. ↑ Branagan, Phil (11 March 2025). "Lowndes to split from Triple Eight after 20 years to stay at General Motors". Autosport . Motorsport Network . Retrieved 14 August 2025.
  15. ↑ Pavey, James (31 January 2025). "Triple Eight switching to Ford from 2026". Supercars .
  16. ↑ "Supercars confirms first-ever New Zealand double-header". 23 May 2025.
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