{"id":317898,"date":"2025-11-30T04:55:14","date_gmt":"2025-11-30T04:55:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/317898\/"},"modified":"2025-11-30T04:55:14","modified_gmt":"2025-11-30T04:55:14","slug":"the-adelaide-grand-final-farewell-list","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/317898\/","title":{"rendered":"The Adelaide Grand Final farewell list"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>TODAY marks the end of the road for a number of chapters in the Supercars industry, as V8 Sleuth explores below\u2026<\/p>\n<p>Triple Eight\/Brad Jones Racing and General Motors<\/p>\n<p>Sixteen seasons together for T8\/GM have already netted seven Bathurst 1000 victories and nine Supercars drivers\u2019 championships. A 10th could yet come this afternoon\u2026<\/p>\n<p>Triple Eight is rejoining Ford for 2026 to lead the Blue Oval charge as homologation team and engine supplier.<\/p>\n<p>BJR\u2019s relationship with the General stretches even further back, to the start of 2008. \u00a0It will join Toyota next year.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/superstore.v8sleuth.com.au\/products\/1-43-scale-2024-adelaide-500-87-chevrolet-camaro-will-brown-model?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\/11\/B18C24G_1_43_in_box-2_1024x1024.png\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Walkinshaw Andretti United and Ford<\/p>\n<p>The former Holden Racing Team\u2019s Ford relationship will last just three years before it transitions to being the flagship Toyota team.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.v8sleuth.com.au\/stats-driver-15-James-Courtney\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">James Courtney<\/a>\/<a href=\"https:\/\/www.v8sleuth.com.au\/stats-driver-4-Will-Davison\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Will Davison<\/a>\/<a href=\"https:\/\/www.v8sleuth.com.au\/stats-driver-38-Nick-Percat\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Nick Percat<\/a> and full-time Supercars racing<\/p>\n<p>The trio have one championship and three Bathurst 1000 wins between them, and plenty of long-standing, wide-ranging success in the category.<\/p>\n<p>Courtney has won races for three different teams, Davison five, and Percat four.<\/p>\n<p>All three will bid farewell to their current teams, too.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018JC\u2019 remains responsible for the Blanchard Racing Team\u2019s only podium, Davison is one of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.v8sleuth.com.au\/stats-driver-250-Dick-Johnson\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Dick Johnson<\/a> Racing\u2019s most-capped drivers (260 races so far, one to come), and Percat is the most successful driver in Matt Stone Racing history.<\/p>\n<p>David Cauchi and Grove Racing<\/p>\n<p>Having established himself as a championship-winning engineer, Cauchi has been team principal for the entirety of Grove Racing\u2019s four seasons since completing its takeover of Kelly Racing.<\/p>\n<p>He has overseen its rise to Bathurst 1000 winners and title contenders, but <a href=\"https:\/\/www.v8sleuth.com.au\/bathurst-winning-team-principal-to-exit-grove-racing\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">will set sail for a new adventure in 2026<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Ludo Lacroix\/<a href=\"https:\/\/www.v8sleuth.com.au\/stats-driver-1192-James-Golding\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">James Golding<\/a> and PremiAir Racing<\/p>\n<p>A changing of the guard is in effect as Roland Dane takes control.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.v8sleuth.com.au\/stats-driver-1189-Richie-Stanaway\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Richie Stanaway<\/a> has already departed and James Golding is next, bringing to an end what\u2019s been a meaningful period for driver and team alike.<\/p>\n<p>PremiAir plucked Golding from obscurity in mid-2022, and he has repaid them with their best qualifying, race and championship results. Golding will join BRT next season and will be replaced by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.v8sleuth.com.au\/stats-driver-2633-Declan-Fraser\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Declan Fraser<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The esteemed Lacroix meanwhile <a href=\"https:\/\/www.v8sleuth.com.au\/lacroix-explains-end-of-year-premiair-departure\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">is finishing up after two seasons as competition director<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/superstore.v8sleuth.com.au\/products\/1-18-scale-2025-bathurst-1000-31-chevrolet-camaro-golding-russell-model-pre-order?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\/11\/ACD18C25UWebsite_P3Pitboard_d8307020-daff-40cc-89d7-94ea4f6bb972_1024x1024.jpg\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>David Noble and DJR<\/p>\n<p>Three seasons as chief executive are coming to an end for the former AFL administrator and coach, during which time he has overseen DJR\u2019s own changing of the guard.<\/p>\n<p>Triple Eight and Kenny McNamara<\/p>\n<p>The guru behind KRE Race Engines has been associated with the squad for so long, his relationship actually pre-dates Triple Eight\u2019s involvement!<\/p>\n<p>McNamara was with Briggs Motorsport when it was purchased by Triple Eight in mid-2003, and served as its liaison when the team used Stone Brothers Racing-supplied engines.<\/p>\n<p>It switched to KRE-supplied engines in the late 2000s and has used them ever since.<\/p>\n<p>However, with KRE sticking with Chevrolet while Triple Eight moves to Ford, the two parties will go their separate ways after Adelaide.<\/p>\n<p><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-2544-Jaxon-Evans\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jaxon Evans<\/a>\/SCT and BJR<\/p>\n<p>Fullwood and Evans have spent four years apiece at BJR, albeit two for the latter came as an enduro co-driver.<\/p>\n<p>Evans is off to WAU as a co-driver; Fullwood\u2019s future is unclear.<\/p>\n<p>SCT and the Smith family meanwhile are taking their charter to Triple Eight.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/superstore.v8sleuth.com.au\/products\/erebus-motorsport-from-challengers-to-champions-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\/11\/erebus-champions-book_1024x1024.jpg\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.v8sleuth.com.au\/stats-driver-1181-Jack-Le Brocq\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jack Le Brocq<\/a> and Erebus<\/p>\n<p>Having initially spent time as a GT3 and Supercars co-driver for Erebus in the mid-2010s, the second stint for \u2018JLB\u2019 has involved two full-time seasons headlined by a Townsville pole position.<\/p>\n<p>He is rejoining MSR.<\/p>\n<p>Triple Eight\/WAU\/Kelly Racing and Super2<\/p>\n<p>Triple Eight and WAU are collectively responsible for four second-tier titles, while the Kellys have been race winners in both 2024 and \u201925 through <a href=\"https:\/\/www.v8sleuth.com.au\/stats-driver-1568-Aaron-Cameron\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Aaron Cameron<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.v8sleuth.com.au\/stats-driver-2754-Cameron-McLeod\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Cameron McLeod<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>MORE: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.v8sleuth.com.au\/could-adelaide-be-cromptons-last-supercars-tv-round\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Could Adelaide be Crompton\u2019s last Supercars TV round?<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"TODAY marks the end of the road for a number of chapters in the Supercars industry, as V8&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":317899,"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-317898","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\/317898","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=317898"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/317898\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/317899"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=317898"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=317898"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=317898"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}