{"id":263596,"date":"2025-11-05T05:25:14","date_gmt":"2025-11-05T05:25:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/263596\/"},"modified":"2025-11-05T05:25:14","modified_gmt":"2025-11-05T05:25:14","slug":"dick-johnson-racing-to-re-sign-tony-dalberto-for-supercars-2026-enduros-bathurst-1000","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/263596\/","title":{"rendered":"Dick Johnson Racing to re-sign Tony D’Alberto for Supercars 2026 enduros, Bathurst 1000"},"content":{"rendered":"

THROUGH all the change Dick Johnson<\/a> Racing has undergone, there\u2019s set to be a familiar face still around in 2026.<\/p>\n

V8 Sleuth understands Tony D\u2019Alberto is in line to be retained by DJR for an 11th consecutive Supercars Championship enduro campaign.<\/p>\n

D\u2019Alberto, who turns 40 next month, is an immensely popular figure in the Shell V-Power Racing camp, having been reliable through its title-winning Penske phase and into subsequent rebuilds.<\/p>\n

A TCR Australia champion and former Supercars full-timer, he did have a rare shocker this enduro season, collecting two penalties in The Bend 500 (one for contact, one for pitlane speeding) and then crashing out of the Repco Bathurst 1000.<\/p>\n

But DJR is backing its man to bounce back, having routinely done a stellar job with minimal fuss.<\/p>\n

\"\"Tony D\u2019Alberto<\/a>. Pic: Mark Walker<\/p>\n

D\u2019Alberto has been part of two Great Race podium results for DJR, in 2017 with Fabian Coulthard<\/a> and 2023 with Anton De Pasquale<\/a>.<\/p>\n

He would next year co-drive with Will Davison\u2019s replacement Rylan Gray<\/a>, offering an experienced hand to complement the teen come the longest races of his rookie season.<\/p>\n

Todd Hazelwood<\/a> will co-drive with Brodie Kostecki<\/a> again in 2026, the pair having won this year\u2019s Bend 500 and previously conquering Bathurst together for Erebus Motorsport.<\/p>\n

Elsewhere in the co-driver market, Grove Racing and Dale Wood have parted ways<\/a>, James Courtney<\/a> is tipped to be joining Team 18, and Jaxon Evans<\/a> has been heavily linked to the Walkinshaw Andretti United co-drive being vacated by Jayden Ojeda<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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