2026 Supercars Championship

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.

Chaz Mostert will enter the championship as the defending Drivers' Champion.[1] Broc Feeney will enter the championship as the defending Sprint Cup Champion,[2] while Triple Eight Race Engineering will enter the championship as the reigning Team's Champions.[3]

Toyota will enter the championship with the GR Supra.

Teams and drivers

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

Championship entries Endurance entries
Manufacturer Model Team No. Driver name Rounds Co-driver name Rounds
Chevrolet Camaro Mk.6 Matt Stone Racing 4 Jack Le Brocq[4] TBA TBA TBA
10 Zach Bates[5] TBA TBA TBA
Erebus Motorsport 9 Jobe Stewart[6] TBA Jarrod Hughes[7] TBA
99 Cooper Murray[8] TBA Lochie Dalton[7] TBA
Team 18 18 Anton de Pasquale[9] TBA James Courtney[10]
Lee Holdsworth[11] 		TBA
20 David Reynolds[12] TBA TBA
PremiAir Racing 777 Declan Fraser[13][14] TBA Nash Morris[15] TBA
TBA Jayden Ojeda[13] TBA David Russell[15] TBA
Ford Mustang S650 Blanchard Racing Team 3 Aaron Cameron[16] TBA TBA TBA
7 James Golding[17] TBA Richie Stanaway[18] TBA
Tickford Racing 6 Cam Waters[19] TBA TBA TBA
55 Thomas Randle[19] TBA TBA TBA
Triple Eight Race Engineering 11 Jackson Walls[20] TBA TBA TBA
87 Will Brown[21] TBA Scott Pye[22] TBA
88 Broc Feeney[21] TBA Nick Percat[22] TBA
Dick Johnson Racing 17 Rylan Gray[23] TBA Tony D'Alberto[11][24] TBA
38 Brodie Kostecki[25] TBA Todd Hazelwood[24][25] TBA
Grove Racing 19 Matt Payne[26] TBA Tim Slade[11]
Will Davison[27] 		TBA
26 Kai Allen[26] TBA TBA
Toyota GR Supra Walkinshaw TWG Racing[28] 1 Chaz Mostert[26][29] TBA Fabian Coulthard[30] TBA
2 Ryan Wood[26] TBA Jaxon Evans[30] TBA
Brad Jones Racing 8 Andre Heimgartner[31] TBA TBA TBA
14 Cameron Hill[32] TBA TBA TBA
96 Macauley Jones[32] TBA TBA TBA
Wildcard Entries
Chevrolet Camaro Mk.6 Team 18 TBA Craig Lowndes[33][34] TBA TBA TBA

Manufacturer changes

Toyota will enter the series, marking the first time that three manufacturers are represented since 2019, when Nissan left the series.[35][36]

Team changes

Walkinshaw TWG Racing (formerly Walkinshaw Andretti United) will switch from running Ford Mustangs to Toyota GR Supras in a collaboration with Toyota Gazoo Racing, to become the Japanese manufacturer's factory racing team.[35][36] The team also underwent a name change as United Autosports sold their stake in the team and Andretti Global had been taken over by TWG Motorsports in 2023.[28]

Brad Jones Racing will join Walkinshaw TWG Racing in switching to Toyota GR Supras, from running Chevrolet Camaros making it five Toyota’s for 2026.[37][38]

Triple Eight Race Engineering will return to Ford and running Mustangs, after having entered General Motors-backed Holdens and Chevrolets since 2010. Triple Eight Race Engineering will also be the homologation team for all Ford teams.[39] 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.[40][41][42]

Team 18 will become the homologation team for Chevrolet following Triple Eight Race Engineering's departure from the brand.[43] 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).[44][45]

Driver changes

Nick Percat announced his retirement from full-time competition at the end of 2025, and joined Triple Eight Race Engineering as a co-driver.[22][46] His seat at Matt Stone Racing will be taken by 2024 Super2 Champion Zach Bates.[5]

James Courtney will also retire from full-time competition and will join Team 18 as a co-driver.[10][47]

James Golding will replace Courtney at the Blanchard Racing Team.[17] Golding will leave PremiAir Racing, who fields a new lineup following the departure of Richie Stanaway after the 2025 Gold Coast 500.[48] 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 replacing Stanaway for the final two rounds of the previous season.[49] Stanaway joined the Blanchard Racing Team as a co-driver, partnering Golding.[18]

Will Davison stepped back from full-time competition and departed Dick Johnson Racing, were he was replaced by 2025 Super2 Series champion Rylan Gray.[23][50] Davidson joined Grove Racing as a co-driver for the Enduro Cup races.[27]

Cameron Hill departed from Matt Stone Racing to join Brad Jones Racing, replacing Bryce Fullwood.[32][51][52] He will be replaced by Jack Le Brocq, who will depart Erebus Motorsport to return to the team for the first time since 2023.[4] The Erebus seat will be filled by Jobe Stewart, who will graduate from the Super2 Series.[6]

Jaxon Evans lost his seat at Brad Jones Racing as SCT Motorsport moved their Teams Racing Charter to Triple Eight Race Engineering.[53] Jackson Walls was named as SCT's driver, graduating from the Super2 Series.[20] Evans will join Walkinshaw Andretti United as a co-driver.[30]

Craig Lowndes will leave Triple Eight after 20 years with the team, moving to Team 18 to compete as a wildcard in the Enduro Cup races.[33][54]

Wildcard entries

With Triple Eight Race Engineering switching brands from Chevrolet to Ford, their wildcard program concluded. As a result, Craig Lowndes moved to Team 18, who started a wildcard entry as they became the homologation team for Chevrolet.[33][54][43]

Calendar

The following circuits are due to host a round of the 2026 championship.[55]

Round Race Event Circuit Location Dates Maps
Sprint Cup
1 1 Sydney 500 Sydney Motorsport Park Eastern Creek, New South Wales 20–22 February
2
3
2 4 Melbourne SuperSprint Albert Park Circuit Albert Park, Victoria 5–8 March
5
6
7
3 8 Taupō Super 440 Taupō International Motorsport Park Taupō, Waikato Region 10–12 April
9
10
4 11 Christchurch Super 440 Euromarque Motorsport Park Christchurch, Canterbury Region 17–19 April
12
13
5 14 Tasmania Super 440 Symmons Plains Raceway Launceston, Tasmania 22–24 May
15
16
6 17 Darwin Triple Crown Hidden Valley Raceway Darwin, Northern Territory 19–21 June
18
19
7 20 Townsville 500 Reid Park Street Circuit Townsville, Queensland 10–12 July
21
22
8 23 Perth Super 440 Wanneroo Raceway Neerabup, Western Australia 31 July-2 August
24
25
9 26 Ipswich Super 440 Queensland Raceway Ipswich, Queensland 21–23 August
27
28
Enduro Cup
10 29 The Bend 500 The Bend Motorsport Park Tailem Bend, South Australia 11–13 September
11 30 Bathurst 1000 Mount Panorama Circuit Bathurst, New South Wales 8–11 October
Finals Series
12 31 Gold Coast 500 Surfers Paradise Street Circuit Surfers Paradise, Queensland 23–25 October
32
13 33 Sandown 500 Sandown Raceway Springvale, Victoria 13–15 November
34
14 35 Adelaide Grand Final Adelaide Street Circuit Adelaide, South Australia 26–29 November
36
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Source:[55]

Calendar changes

The Euromarque Motorsport Park will host a Supercars event—the Christchurch Super 440—for the first time.[55] This will mark the first time in the category's history that two events will be held in New Zealand.[56]

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