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. 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 will be the sixty-seventh season of touring car racing in Australia.

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Triple Eight Race Engineering are the reigning team's champions.

Toyota will enter the championship with the GR Supra, through a collaboration between Walkinshaw Andretti United and Toyota Gazoo Racing. As well as the two Walkinshaw Andretti United entries, another three Supras will be fielded by Brad Jones Racing.

Teams and drivers

The following teams and drivers will compete in the 2026 championship.

Championship entries Endurance entries
ManufacturerModelTeamNo.Driver nameRoundsCo-driver nameRounds
Chevrolet Camaro Mk.6 Matt Stone Racing 4 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jack Le Brocq [1] TBAFlag of none.svg TBATBA
10 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Zach Bates [2] TBAFlag of none.svg TBATBA
Erebus Motorsport 9 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jobe Stewart [3] TBA Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jarrod Hughes [4] TBA
99 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Cooper Murray [5] TBA Flag of Australia (converted).svg Lachlan Dalton [4] TBA
Team 18 18 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Anton de Pasquale [6] TBA Flag of Australia (converted).svg James Courtney [7]
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Lee Holdsworth [8] 		TBA
20 Flag of Australia (converted).svg David Reynolds [9] TBATBA
PremiAir Racing TBA Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jayden Ojeda [10] TBA Flag of Australia (converted).svg David Russell [11] TBA
777 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Declan Fraser [10] [12] TBA Flag of Australia (converted).svg Nash Morris [11] TBA
Ford Mustang S650 Blanchard Racing Team 3 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Aaron Cameron [13] TBAFlag of none.svg TBATBA
7 Flag of Australia (converted).svg James Golding [14] TBAFlag of none.svg TBATBA
Tickford Racing 6 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Cam Waters [15] TBAFlag of none.svg TBATBA
55 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Thomas Randle [15] TBAFlag of none.svg TBATBA
Triple Eight Race Engineering 11 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jackson Walls [16] TBAFlag of none.svg TBATBA
87 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Will Brown [17] TBA Flag of Australia (converted).svg Scott Pye [18] TBA
88 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Broc Feeney [17] TBA Flag of Australia (converted).svg Nick Percat [18] TBA
Dick Johnson Racing 17 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Rylan Gray [19] TBA Flag of Australia (converted).svg Tony D'Alberto [8] [20] TBA
38 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Brodie Kostecki [21] TBA Flag of Australia (converted).svg Todd Hazelwood [20] [21] TBA
Grove Racing 19 Flag of New Zealand.svg Matthew Payne [22] TBA Flag of Australia (converted).svg Tim Slade [8]
Flag of none.svg TBA		TBA
26 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Kai Allen [22] TBATBA
Toyota GR Supra Walkinshaw Andretti United 2 Flag of New Zealand.svg Ryan Wood [22] TBA Flag of New Zealand.svg Jaxon Evans [23] TBA
25 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Chaz Mostert [22] TBA Flag of New Zealand.svg Fabian Coulthard [23] TBA
Brad Jones Racing 8 Flag of New Zealand.svg Andre Heimgartner [24] TBAFlag of none.svg TBATBA
14 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Cameron Hill [25] TBAFlag of none.svg TBATBA
96 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Macauley Jones [25] TBAFlag of none.svg TBATBA
Wildcard Entries
Chevrolet Camaro Mk.6 Team 18 TBA Flag of Australia (converted).svg Craig Lowndes [26] [27] TBAFlag of none.svg TBATBA

Team changes

Toyota will enter the Supercars Championship with the GR Supra (GT4 Evo model shown). The frontview of Toyota GR Supra GT4 EVO.jpg
Toyota will enter the Supercars Championship with the GR Supra (GT4 Evo model shown).

Walkinshaw Andretti United will switch from running Ford Mustangs to Toyota GR Supras, to become the Japanese manufacturer's factory racing team. [28] [29] Brad Jones Racing will join Walkinshaw Andretti United in switching to Toyota GR Supras, from running Chevrolet Camaros making it five Toyota’s for 2026. [30] [31]

Triple Eight Race Engineering will return to Ford and running Mustangs, 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. [32] They will also expand to a three car team, for the first time since 2018, utilising a Teams Racing Charter (TRC) from SCT Motorsport, who parted ways with Brad Jones Racing. [33] [34] [35]

Team 18 will become the homologation team for Chevrolet following Triple Eight Race Engineering's departure from the brand. [36] It will be General Motors third homologation team in the V8 Supercars era, after Walkinshaw Racing (1993–2016) and Triple Eight Race Engineering (2017–2025).[ citation needed ]

Driver changes

Nick Percat will retire from full-time competition at the end of 2025, moving to Triple Eight Race Engineering as a co-driver. [18] [37] His seat at Matt Stone Racing will be taken by 2024 Super2 Champion Zach Bates. [2] Cameron Hill will also depart the team to join Brad Jones Racing, replacing Bryce Fullwood. [25] [38] [39] He will be replaced by Jack Le Brocq, who will depart Erebus Motorsport to return to the team for the first time since 2023. [1] The Erebus seat will be filled by Jobe Stewart, who will graduate from the Super2 Series. [3]

James Courtney will also retire from full-time competition and will join Team 18 as a co-driver. [7] [40] His seat at Blanchard Racing Team will go to James Golding. [14] Golding will leave PremiAir Racing, who fields a new lineup following the departure of Richie Stanaway after the 2025 Gold Coast 500 round. [41] The pair will be replaced by Declan Fraser—who will make his first full-time return to the category since 2023—and Jayden Ojeda—who will make his full-time debut in the category after participating in various races as a Wildcard and co-driver since 2020, including a round in Stanaway's car during the previous season. [42]

Craig Lowndes will leave Triple Eight after 20 years with the team, moving to Team 18 to compete in the Enduro Cup races. [26] [43] In his place, Jackson Walls will graduate from the Super2 Series, driving full-time following a technical partnership with SCT Motorsport, who parted ways with Brad Jones Racing. [16] As a result, Jaxon Evans will depart from the team and is set to join Walkinshaw Andretti United as an co-driver. [23] [44] Will Davison will depart from Dick Johnson Racing and will be replaced by Super2 Series graduate Rylan Gray. [19] [45]

Calendar

The following circuits are due to host a round of the 2026 championship. [46]

RoundRaceEventCircuitLocationDatesMaps
Sprint Cup
11 Sydney 500 Flag of New South Wales.svg Sydney Motorsport Park Eastern Creek, New South Wales 20–22 February
2
3
24 Melbourne SuperSprint Flag of Victoria (Australia).svg Albert Park Circuit Albert Park, Victoria 5–8 March
5
6
7
38 Taupō Super 440 Flag of New Zealand.svg Taupō International Motorsport Park Taupō, Waikato Region 10–12 April
9
10
411 Christchurch Super440 Flag of New Zealand.svg Euromarque Motorsport Park Christchurch, Canterbury Region 17–19 April
12
13
514 Tasmania Super 440 Flag of Tasmania.svg Symmons Plains Raceway Launceston, Tasmania 22–24 May
15
16
617 Darwin Triple Crown Flag of the Northern Territory.svg Hidden Valley Raceway Darwin, Northern Territory 19–21 June
18
19
720 Townsville 500 Flag of Queensland.svg Reid Park Street Circuit Townsville, Queensland 10–12 July
21
22
823 Perth Super 440 Flag of Western Australia.svg Wanneroo Raceway Neerabup, Western Australia 31 July-2 August
24
25
926 Ipswich Super 440 Flag of Queensland.svg Queensland Raceway Ipswich, Queensland 21–23 August
27
28
Enduro Cup
1029 The Bend 500 Flag of South Australia.svg The Bend Motorsport Park Tailem Bend, South Australia 11–13 September
1130 Bathurst 1000 Flag of New South Wales.svg Mount Panorama Circuit Bathurst, New South Wales 8–11 October
Finals Series
1231 Gold Coast 500 Flag of Queensland.svg Surfers Paradise Street Circuit Surfers Paradise, Queensland 23–25 October
32
1333 Sandown 500 Flag of Victoria (Australia).svg Sandown Raceway Springvale, Victoria 13–15 November
34
1435 Adelaide Grand Final Flag of South Australia.svg Adelaide Street Circuit Adelaide, South Australia 3–6 December
36
37
Source: [46]

Calendar changes

The Euromarque Motorsport Park will host a Supercars event—the Christchurch Super 440—for the first time. [46] This will mark the first time in the category's history that two events will be held in New Zealand. [47]

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