2025 Repco Supercars ChampionshipTouring Cars

[Spacegoat]

Team	Car	Drivers
Red Bull Ampol Racing	Chev Camaro	#87 Will Brown	#88 Broc Feeney
Dick Johnson Racing	Ford Mustang	#?? Brodie Kostecki	#17 Will Davison
Tickford	Ford Mustang	#6 Cameron Waters	#55 Thomas Randle
Walkinshaw Andretti United	Ford Mustang	#2 Ryan Wood	#25 Chaz Mostert
Erebus	Chev Camaro	#9 Jack Le Brocq	#99 Cooper Murray
Brad Jones Racing	Chev Camaro	#8 Andre Heimgartner	#14 Bryce Fullwood	#96 Macualey Jones*	#12 Jaxon Evans
Team 18	Chev Camaro	#18 Anton De Pasquale	#20 David Reynolds
Grove Racing	Ford Mustang	#19 Matthew Payne	#26 Kai Allen
Matt Stone Racing	Chev Camaro	#10 Nick Percat	#4 Cameron Hill
PremiAir Racing	Chev Camaro	#23 Richie Stanaway	#31 James Golding
Cooldrive Racing	Ford Mustang	#7 James Courtney	#3 Aaron Love

*Don't know if Macualey Jones has been officially confirmed but I'm going to assume he's driving. Brad seemingly isn't going to fire his son anytime soon. Probably.

Calendar​

1	Sydney Motorsport Park​ ​	Feb 21th-23th
2	Albert Park	Mar 13th-16th
3	Taupo NZ	Apr 11th-13th
4	Symmons Plains	May 9th-11th
5	Wanneroo Raceway	Jun 6th-8th
6	Hidden Valley	Jun 20th-22nd
7	Townsville	Jul 11th-13th
8	Queensland Raceway	Aug 8th-10th
9	The Bend Motorsport Park	Sep 12th-14th
10	Bathurst 1000	Oct 9th-12th
11	Surfers Paradise	Oct 24th-26th
12	Sandown Motor Raceway	Nov 14th-16th
13	Adelaide	Nov 27th-30th

 

[Cap'n Jack]

I’m going into 2025 cautiously. Parity for this season was good, not perfect but I trust Tim Edward’s and his team will be hard at work over the Summer break. We have the new Dunlop tyres to look forward to, which will hopefully allow the drivers to race harder for longer without worrying about overheating. Then there’s the Finals… let’s just see how that pans out. I’m not looking forward to that aspect but I’m trying to not let it sour the whole thing for me.

 

[Cap'n Jack]

This has been a good watch over the off season, the iRacing Supercars series. These are the top split races of each week for Season 1 2024, so not an organised series but SimSpeed have been kind enough to broadcast the races for our enjoyment. Featuring the likes of Brodie Kostecki, Richie Stanaway and our own @Mad94d.

Week 1 - Watkins Glen

Week 2 - Phillip Island

Week 3 - Circuit de Navarra


And next week’s race at Brands Hatch:

 

[Spacegoat]

Livery season is officially underway with MSR revealing Cam Hill's ride yesterday.

And here's the rest of the dates for the unveils.

Tickford Racing (#55)	Friday January 31
Shell V-Power Racing Team (#17 & #TBA)	Thursday February 6
Erebus Motorsport (#9 & #99)	Saturday February 8
Matt Stone Racing (#10 & #35)	Tuesday February 11
Walkinshaw Andretti United (#2 & #25)	Tuesday February 11
Team 18 (#18 & #20)	Wednesday February 12
Blanchard Racing Team (#3 & #7)	Thursday February 13
Tickford Racing (#6)	Friday February 14
Red Bull Ampol Racing (#1, #88)	Friday February 14 or 15 (TBD)
Penrite Racing (#19 & #26)	Saturday February 15
PremiAir Racing (#31 & #62)	Monday February 17
Brad Jones Racing	TBA

 

[FPV MIC]

It's okay I suppose, just a bit boring... no wow factor like many of the BJR liveries have.

 

[FPV MIC]

I wonder if this is true? I guess we'll find out later today.

It kinda makes sense for them to want to switch... but I didn't support them (Triple 8) before when they were a Ford team and I won't this time either (if it's true). Will Brown, and to a slightly lesser extent Broc on the other hand...

EXCLUSIVE! Top GM team defecting to Ford - Supercar Xtra Publications

Super-sleuth Mark Fogarty uncovers Ford’s secret Supercars plan on the eve of its announcement

supercarxtra.com.au

Edit: Just to clarify, my support of WB and Broc won't change as I like both of them as drivers now.

Edit 2: Not much different to last years Castrol livery but it's still one of the best looking liveries out there. Hopefully they don't need too many secondary sponsors detracting from it.

 

[Cap'n Jack]

I wonder if this is true? I guess we'll find out later today.

It kinda makes sense for them to want to switch... but I didn't support them (Triple 8) before when they were a Ford team and I won't this time either (if it's true). Will Brown, and to a slightly lesser extent Broc on the other hand...

Officially announced at the Ford Performance season launch right now.

 

[FPV MIC]

Officially announced at the Ford Performance season launch right now.

Yep, just watched it and came here to post this👇

 

[Cap'n Jack]

I wonder what this means for GM, are they pulling support? Or are Ford that worried about Toyota that they felt this was their best bet to stay on top of that threat? This is all very interesting.

 

[CodeRedR51]

What in the world is happening?

 

[LumpiestFish]

Was quietly confident about the future of the sport when the Toyota announcement came, because I just assumed 888 were going to prop up the Chevrolet brand for as long as it exists.

Pretty unsure now though. There’s just no decent GM left. BJR aren’t going to replace them, Premiair are improving but still a way off being a top team, Erebus… not happening.

I get why they left, but still surprised me.

There was talk of 888 running a Corvette GT3 as well? Doubt that’s happening anymore.

 

[Spacegoat]

I wonder what this means for GM, are they pulling support? Or are Ford that worried about Toyota that they felt this was their best bet to stay on top of that threat? This is all very interesting.

Definitely feels like this is the beginning of the end of GM in series now. Wonder if this is why Supercars themselves were the ones behind the Toyota deal. They obviously (probably) knew something was up.

Edit: Also I guess this means there suddenly won't be any parity issues with the Mustang after this year.

 

[ScottPuss20]

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA TRIPLE EIGHT ARE GOING BACK TO FORD! JUSTICE IS SERVED! GOODBYE CHEVROLET! This is the best news I have ever heard as it completely shoots down the old-fashioned narrative that was pushed SOO HARD by Supercars. All the hullabaloo has come to nought and I couldn't be happier. Old habits die hard don't they?

 

[FPV MIC]

Edit: Also I guess this means there suddenly won't be any parity issues with the Mustang after this year.

Nah mate, there'll be an (obvious) top speed issue with the Mustang that T8 will demand to have addressed

 

[05XR8]

I'm right now typing I've got no words, but I've got no words. They really didn't want to get stuck. Roland Dane is rolling in his.... bed! BED!

Well I guess Ford and Toyota keep going toe to toe for car, err, truck sales.

Imagine Hyundai/Genesis ran the Gr.3 VGT in Supercars spec.

 

[Twisteddrift]

Hmmm... i guess i gotta change my profile pic.

 

[LumpiestFish]

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA TRIPLE EIGHT ARE GOING BACK TO FORD! JUSTICE IS SERVED! GOODBYE CHEVROLET! This is the best news I have ever heard as it completely shoots down the old-fashioned narrative that was pushed SOO HARD by Supercars. All the hullabaloo has come to nought and I couldn't be happier. Old habits die hard don't they?

What are you referring to?

 

[ScottPuss20]

What are you referring to?

The "rivalry" between GM and Ford.

 

[Cap'n Jack]

Imagine if Red Bull marketing decided on a primarily red livery, causing the whole deal to fall through.

 

[Spacegoat]

Are Toyota interested in expanding their program beyond two teams next year? No doubt the interest in being that second team has gotten a lot larger after today.

 

[Cap'n Jack]

Are Toyota interested in expanding their program beyond two teams next year? No doubt the interest in being that second team has gotten a lot larger after today.

I don’t think there has been any word on it. Rumours suggest either Erebus or Team 18. Maybe both? Or perhaps Erebus will try to position themselves as the Chevrolet homologation team, if GM plan on sticking around.