{"id":289159,"date":"2025-11-16T22:58:16","date_gmt":"2025-11-16T22:58:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/289159\/"},"modified":"2025-11-16T22:58:16","modified_gmt":"2025-11-16T22:58:16","slug":"supercars-news-erebus-motorsport-signs-tickford-young-gun-lochie-dalton-for-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/289159\/","title":{"rendered":"Supercars news: Erebus Motorsport signs Tickford young gun Lochie Dalton for 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ADKq_NarN8mHm98ybX5lD7VTeE1OW6sqVO4FOaGA3X3Y9GO-qifNrv9nZya1JUthPzZ3s_FLCLV5LJUkbjU_Rf-RrmcRJEiVzA3N.jpeg\" alt=\"Erebus signs Tickford young gun for 2026\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t(From left) Cooper Murray with Lochie Dalton, Jarrod Hughes, and Jobe Stewart.<\/p>\n<p>Dalton, 23, will join Cooper Murray in the team\u2019s #99 Camaro, while Jarrod Hughes stays on to link with Jobe Stewart.<\/p>\n<p>Stewart starred alongside Murray in the 2025 Enduro Cup and moves into a full-time drive next year.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s a bit bittersweet to have to split Cooper and Jobe up after such a strong showing at Bathurst and The Bend this year, but we\u2019re excited by the prospect of having Jarrod and Lochie complete our Enduro Cup line-up,\u201d said team principal Barry Ryan.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBoth of them have proven speed, focus and bring a determination that fits Erebus and what we\u2019re aiming to achieve moving forward.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Dalton is currently second in the Super2 standings for Tickford and drove in three main game events as a wildcard this year.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m excited to be joining Erebus for the enduros in 2026 and pairing with Cooper,\u201d said Dalton.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey\u2019ve shown yet again this year they know how to perform at Bathurst, and I know Cooper has unfinished business there, so we\u2019re going to give it absolutely everything.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Hughes continues with the team after making his Enduro Cup debut alongside Jack Le Brocq at Erebus in 2025.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe guys and girls at Erebus have so much heart and somehow always find a way to pull something out exactly when it\u2019s needed,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s nowhere else I\u2019d rather be for the 2026 enduros and I can\u2019t wait to get into it with Jobe and see what we can do.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>  <a data-bid=\"1\" data-no-instant=\"1\" href=\"https:\/\/t.cfjump.com\/92797\/b\/289781\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">&#13;<br \/>\n    <img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none; vertical-align: middle;\" alt=\"\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/289781.gif\"\/>&#13;<br \/>\n  <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"(From left) Cooper Murray with Lochie Dalton, Jarrod Hughes, and Jobe Stewart. Dalton, 23, will join Cooper Murray&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":289160,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[572],"tags":[64,63,166576,44544,806,805,803,804,7499,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-289159","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-erebus","11":"tag-erebus-motorsport","12":"tag-motor","13":"tag-motor-sports","14":"tag-motosport","15":"tag-motosports","16":"tag-slot4","17":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/289159","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=289159"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/289159\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/289160"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=289159"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=289159"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=289159"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}