{"id":151237,"date":"2025-09-18T04:00:11","date_gmt":"2025-09-18T04:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/151237\/"},"modified":"2025-09-18T04:00:11","modified_gmt":"2025-09-18T04:00:11","slug":"supercars-news-erebus-to-make-post-bathurst-call-on-2026-seat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/151237\/","title":{"rendered":"Supercars news: Erebus to make post-Bathurst call on 2026 seat"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tThe #99 Camaro finished seventh in the AirTouch 500 at The Bend. Image: InSyde Media<\/p>\n

That\u2019s the word from Erebus boss Barry Ryan, who was impressed \u2013 but not surprised \u2013 by the 21-year-old\u2019s run against the primary drivers during his second stint on Sunday.<\/p>\n

Erebus was the only team to start a primary driver as Cooper Murray handled the opening stint in the #99 Camaro before handing over to Stewart for his double.<\/p>\n

Ryan said the car\u2019s engineer Wayne Mackie had pressed the button on the alternate strategy based on the rookie co-driver\u2019s performance in practice.<\/p>\n

\u201cWayne did a really good job at managing Jobe and that car,\u201d Ryan told Speedcafe.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe gave him a couple of race runs in practice and gave us confidence he was going to be able to manage the tyres, no problem.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat gave us the confidence to start Cooper, knowing that Jobe would be with main drivers at some stage.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe did an amazing job. He passed a couple of them and drove away. It was massively impressive. It was what we thought he\u2019d do, he just had to actually do it.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s easy to think they can do it but even for them, the self-belief he\u2019ll get from this is massive.\u201d<\/p>\n

Erebus rookie co-driver aces audition for full-time seat<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\n

The result was undoubtedly a shot in the arm for Stewart\u2019s career amid a difficult second season in Super2 driving for the Erebus-affiliated Image Racing.<\/p>\n

Stewart is a long-time Erebus Academy member and was already thought to be the leading contender to replace Jack Le Brocq in the team\u2019s #9 Camaro next year.<\/p>\n

Le Brocq is on the move after two seasons at Erebus, most likely to Matt Stone Racing amid a busy driver market.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s still a couple more bridges to cross but we\u2019d love to put him in main game,\u201d said Ryan of Stewart.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve just got to get everyone together that makes the decisions, which is basically me and Betty [Klimenko], and make sure the team is comfortable with it too.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe definitely deserves it. He\u2019s been with us since he was 12 years of age, we\u2019ve basically bred him to be what he is now.\u201d<\/p>\n

Klimenko has been open about previously pushing back on Ryan\u2019s insistence on putting young drivers in the Erebus cars.<\/p>\n

That included a decision to hire Anton De Pasquale in 2018 and Brodie Kostecki in 2021, with the latter example making for an all-rookie line-up alongside Will Brown.<\/p>\n

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Barry Ryan. Image: Richard Gresham<\/p>\n

Promoting Stewart would again give Erebus two young guns, with Cooper Murray, 24, already confirmed to be staying on for a second season.<\/p>\n

Erebus also currently has 20-year-old Jarrod Hughes on its books as a co-driver, with Ryan noting he too performed strongly alongside Le Brocq on Sunday.<\/p>\n

Either way, Stewart is almost certain to score the promotion, with the decision to be locked in following the Bathurst 1000.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat\u2019s the line in the sand we\u2019ve put,\u201d said Ryan of the timeline.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019d love to have two cars because Hughesy has done an awesome job as well. But he\u2019ll get there, he\u2019ll be in the main game very soon.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Murray\/Stewart Camaro finished seventh in Sunday\u2019 race, five places ahead of Le Brocq\/Hughes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The #99 Camaro finished seventh in the AirTouch 500 at The Bend. Image: InSyde Media That\u2019s the word…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":151238,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[572],"tags":[64,63,101490,101491,806,805,803,804,7499,85],"class_list":["post-151237","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-motosport","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-barry-ryan","tag-jobe-stewart","tag-motor","tag-motor-sports","tag-motosport","tag-motosports","tag-slot4","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/151237","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=151237"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/151237\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/151238"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=151237"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=151237"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=151237"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}