PARITY is back in the Supercars spotlight in a big way as enduro season arrives.
Despite the category having more than two manufacturers for the first time since 2019, Ford utterly dominated the nine-round Repco Sprint Cup, winning 23 of 28 races and accounting for 69 of 84 podium placings.
Those results have seen Supercars’ performance-monitoring parity review system be repeatedly triggered, including for both Chevrolet and Toyota at the most recent event at Queensland Raceway.
Those triggers compel Supercars to investigate if there is a problem at hand, but do not guarantee that changes will be pushed through.
V8 Sleuth understands that just days out from the AirTouch 500 at The Bend, it remains up in the air if tweaks will be applied to the Camaro and what those might potentially entail.
It’s believed that changes to the Toyota Supra, by contrast, have been ruled out.
General Motors, via homologation team boss Adrian Burgess of Team 18, has publicly stated its position that a parity update is needed.
Naturally, that assertion has been baulked at by Ford rivals.
It’s worth noting that the 2026 rules state that trigger-based adjustments cannot be made once the Ryco Enduro Cup starts – meaning there is now a roughly 72-hour deadline in play.
Supercars does however have the power to reverse, revise or modify an adjustment within two events of its implementation, meaning it could walk back any Camaro changes post-Tailem Bend if need be.
There’ll also be the matter of altitude impact on engine performance at Bathurst, with the 2026-spec technical parity pillars allowing for a one-off change at the Mountain should planned barometric pressure testing warrant it.
The 26-car field for The Bend 500 (September 11-13) will comprise of 12 Mustangs, nine Camaros and five Supras.
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