{"id":227013,"date":"2025-10-20T08:26:08","date_gmt":"2025-10-20T08:26:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/227013\/"},"modified":"2025-10-20T08:26:08","modified_gmt":"2025-10-20T08:26:08","slug":"how-the-2026-grid-now-looks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/227013\/","title":{"rendered":"How the 2026 grid now looks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>*:not(.wp-block-quote):not(.alignwide):not(.alignfull.wp-block-cover.has-parallax):not(.td-a-ad){margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto}.tdb_single_content a{pointer-events:auto}.tdb_single_content .td-spot-id-top_ad .tdc-placeholder-title:before{content:&#8217;Article Top Ad&#8217;!important}.tdb_single_content .td-spot-id-inline_ad0 .tdc-placeholder-title:before{content:&#8217;Article Inline Ad 1&#8242;!important}.tdb_single_content .td-spot-id-inline_ad1 .tdc-placeholder-title:before{content:&#8217;Article Inline Ad 2&#8242;!important}.tdb_single_content .td-spot-id-inline_ad2 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Brocq<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.v8sleuth.com.au\/stats-driver-2756-Jobe-Stewart\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jobe Stewart<\/a> are thought to be locks at Matt Stone Racing and Erebus Motorsport respectively.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.v8sleuth.com.au\/stats-driver-2747-Zach-Bates\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Zach Bates<\/a> is the favourite for the other MSR seat, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.v8sleuth.com.au\/stats-driver-1568-Aaron-Cameron\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Aaron Cameron<\/a> continues to be a likely candidate for a renewal at the Blanchard Racing Team.<\/p>\n<p>That leaves the SCT entry, which <a href=\"https:\/\/www.v8sleuth.com.au\/triple-eight-lands-two-year-sct-mustang-supercar-deal\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">will move from Brad Jones Racing to Triple Eight<\/a> in the coming off-season. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.v8sleuth.com.au\/scts-answer-to-2026-supercars-driver-question\/\" 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