PREMIAIR Racing team principal Roland Dane has hailed Grant McPherson’s recruitment a major coup for General Motors.
V8 Sleuth broke the news last month that GM had signed McPherson from Grove Racing, where he’s spent the past several seasons as its technical director.
This weekend’s Taupō Super440 will be the first event for the Groves without ‘Shippy’ on the ground, as he quietly serves the remainder of his six-month notice period.
That will leave him clear to start at GM sometime before the 2026 Repco Bathurst 1000.
McPherson’s impending arrival has Camaro Supercar teams upbeat.
“I’m a big fan of Grant and have been for many years. He worked for me for a long time and it was very positive from both our points of view,” Dane told V8 Sleuth, with reference to their time together at Triple Eight.
“I was disappointed when he went back down south (initially to join Walkinshaw Andretti United), but he’d be the first person to tell you that he went to the wrong place to begin with.
“Then I believe he has enjoyed his time at Grove, but he has decided to move on as people will. It happens.
“If I were the Groves, I’d be sorry to see him go, but by the same token, that’s what happens in life. The Groves took people from other teams when they first started and GM have just gone out and gone to the marketplace.
“So Grant has taken the job and I couldn’t be more pleased for GM and for Grant.”
PremiAir is one of four Chevrolet Supercar teams, alongside Team 18, Matt Stone Racing and Erebus Motorsport.
GM Motorsports’ Supercars racing program manager Simon McNamara. Pic: Mark Walker