DECLAN Fraser is set to bring the #777 back to the Repco Supercars Championship on the Camaro he’ll race full-time in 2026.
PremiAir Racing is the one Supercars team which routinely lets all its drivers choose their numbers, as opposed to have team-orientated digits.
That’s why it has rotated between #22 (Chris Pither), #23 (Tim Slade), #31 (James Golding), #62 (Richie Stanaway) and #76 (Garry Jacobson) in its four seasons to date.
“I like doing that. It gives them a little bit of ownership,” team owner Peter Xiberras told V8 Sleuth.
“So I am going to give them that opportunity.”
That last line was in reference to his 2026 drivers Fraser and Jayden Ojeda.
Ojeda is initially expected to adopt the #62 for the rest of this season having replaced Stanaway effective immediately, but is undecided on a permanent number beyond that.
For Fraser, it’s straightforward.
“I mean, if Pete, Roland (Dane) and Peter Vale allow me to bring it back, I’d love to have #777 back on the grid,” he told V8 Sleuth.
“Obviously it’s something pretty close to me now – I have even got it tattooed on my body after I won the Super2 championship, so I’d love to have it back in the category.”
The triple-seven has featured in just 40 ATCC/Supercars Championship races to date.
Aside from Fraser borrowing it for the 2023 Townsville 500, #777’s last use in the main game was the sole time it ran for a full season – on the Ford Rising Stars Falcon of Michael Patrizi in 2008.
Michael Patrizi at the 2008 Winton round. Pic: an1images.com / Justin Deeley