{"id":182797,"date":"2025-10-01T15:19:13","date_gmt":"2025-10-01T15:19:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/182797\/"},"modified":"2025-10-01T15:19:13","modified_gmt":"2025-10-01T15:19:13","slug":"the-stark-reality-facing-general-motors-in-supercars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/182797\/","title":{"rendered":"The stark reality facing General Motors in Supercars"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>JUST one of the Supercars Championship\u2019s top dozen drivers as it stands will race full-time for Chevrolet next year.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s the harsh facts of the matter as General Motors prepares to head into its first Triple Eight-less season since 2009 with a green driver line-up.<\/p>\n<p>Of the 14 regular Camaro campaigners in 2025, just four are likely to still be flying the flag (or bowtie) in a matter of months.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.v8sleuth.com.au\/stats-driver-1545-Broc-Feeney\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Broc Feeney<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.v8sleuth.com.au\/stats-driver-1292-Will-Brown\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Will Brown<\/a> are Ford-bound in line with Triple Eight\u2019s blue return, as is Blanchard Racing Team recruit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.v8sleuth.com.au\/stats-driver-1192-James-Golding\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">James Golding<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.v8sleuth.com.au\/stats-driver-829-Andre-Heimgartner\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Andr\u00e9 Heimgartner<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.v8sleuth.com.au\/stats-driver-1703-Cameron-Hill\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Cameron Hill<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.v8sleuth.com.au\/stats-driver-1184-Macauley-Jones\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Macauley Jones<\/a> will be aboard Brad Jones Racing Toyotas.<\/p>\n<p>Beyond that, the futures of Chev quartet <a href=\"https:\/\/www.v8sleuth.com.au\/stats-driver-38-Nick-Percat\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Nick Percat<\/a> (despite having two years to run on his contract), <a href=\"https:\/\/www.v8sleuth.com.au\/stats-driver-1232-Bryce-Fullwood\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Bryce Fullwood<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.v8sleuth.com.au\/stats-driver-1189-Richie-Stanaway\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Richie Stanaway<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.v8sleuth.com.au\/stats-driver-2544-Jaxon-Evans\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jaxon Evans<\/a> are all up in the air.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/superstore.v8sleuth.com.au\/products\/v8-sleuth-commodore-chronicles-vn-vp-vr-vs-book?utm_source=SRBuyButton&amp;utm_medium=website\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/commodore-chronicles_1024x1024.jpg\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>So, where does that leave GM going forward?<\/p>\n<p>Well for a start, with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.v8sleuth.com.au\/stats-driver-1264-Anton-De Pasquale\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Anton De Pasquale<\/a> leading the charge, after what\u2019s been a happy start to life at Team 18.<\/p>\n<p>De Pasquale is seventh in the standings. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.v8sleuth.com.au\/stats-driver-1181-Jack-Le Brocq\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jack Le Brocq<\/a> (14th) will switch teams within the GM fold, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.v8sleuth.com.au\/stats-driver-5-David-Reynolds\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">David Reynolds<\/a> (18th) is expected to be retained, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.v8sleuth.com.au\/stats-driver-1701-Cooper-Murray\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Cooper Murray<\/a> (22nd) will be back for a sophomore season with Erebus Motorsport.<\/p>\n<p>As for the remainder?<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s a fair chance the other half of GM\u2019s eight \u2013 assuming the manufacturer does come to terms with PremiAir Racing \u2013 will almost all be rookies.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.v8sleuth.com.au\/stats-driver-2756-Jobe-Stewart\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jobe Stewart<\/a> is the favourite to replace Le Brocq at Erebus, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.v8sleuth.com.au\/stats-driver-1544-Jayden-Ojeda\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jayden Ojeda<\/a>\/<a href=\"https:\/\/www.v8sleuth.com.au\/stats-driver-2633-Declan-Fraser\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Declan Fraser<\/a> combination is being hotly tipped for PremiAir, and it\u2019s considered a long shot that MSR will opt for anyone but a youngster alongside \u2018JLB\u2019. Fraser does have one prior season under his belt (2023 Tickford Racing).<\/p>\n<p>GM does have quality experience steering the ship behind the scenes in Simon McNamara and Jeromy Moore, and is sure to give the driver market a major nudge for 2027 as it digs in against Ford and Toyota.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"JUST one of the Supercars Championship\u2019s top dozen drivers as it stands will race full-time for Chevrolet next&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":182798,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[572],"tags":[64,63,806,805,803,804,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-182797","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-motosport","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-motor","11":"tag-motor-sports","12":"tag-motosport","13":"tag-motosports","14":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/182797","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=182797"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/182797\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/182798"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=182797"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=182797"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=182797"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}