{"id":417542,"date":"2026-01-16T19:43:01","date_gmt":"2026-01-16T19:43:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/417542\/"},"modified":"2026-01-16T19:43:01","modified_gmt":"2026-01-16T19:43:01","slug":"supercars-news-djr-announces-2026-livery-launch-date","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/417542\/","title":{"rendered":"Supercars news: DJR announces 2026 livery launch date"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                            \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/E-Davison-Z81_8539-copy-2.jpg\" alt=\"DJR announces 2026 livery launch date\"\/>&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tDJR will launch its 2026 season on February 1. Image: Richard Gresham&#13;<\/p>\n<p>The famous Ford team will open the doors of its Stapylton workshop on February 1 as it officially launches the new season.<\/p>\n<p>That will include the reveal of the 2026 livery that will be raced by Brodie Kostecki and rookie signing Rylan Gray.<\/p>\n<p>The free event will have Kostecki and Gray, and their respective enduro partners Todd Hazelwood and Tony D\u2019Alberto, in attendance.<\/p>\n<p>While there are no great surprises expected on the livery front, all eyes will be on which numbers appear on which of the Shell V-Power backed Mustangs.<\/p>\n<p>Kostecki used number #38 last year given the famous #17 was tied to long-standing DJR driver Will Davison.<\/p>\n<p>However, with Davison now gone and Kostecki the team\u2019s spearhead, he could take over the iconic #17 from this season onwards.<\/p>\n<p>That was something teased in the social media post announcing the event.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis year\u2019s Shell V-Power Racing Team season launch will take place on 1 February at our Stapylton workshop in Queensland,\u201d it read.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe 2026 Shell V-Power Mustangs will be revealed as will our driver numbers for the 2026 Repco Supercars Championship.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe free event will be open to the public and take place at the Dick Johnson Racing HQ from 8.30am.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur 2026 Shell V-Power Racing Team merchandise will also be available to purchase, along with our Shell V-Power Team Mate membership packages.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBeat the rush and secure your 2026 Shell V-Power Team Mate package now, with perks including a hot lap in a Shell V-Power Mustang.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPlus, all four drivers will be in attendance for a signing session on the day.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><a data-bid=\"1\" data-no-instant=\"1\" href=\"https:\/\/t.cfjump.com\/92797\/b\/285249\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none; vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/285249.gif\" alt=\"\"\/><br \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#13; &#13; DJR will launch its 2026 season on February 1. Image: Richard Gresham&#13; The famous Ford team&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":417543,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[572],"tags":[64,63,2497,220179,806,805,803,804,45804,9910,85],"class_list":["post-417542","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-motosport","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-brodie-kostecki","tag-djr","tag-motor","tag-motor-sports","tag-motosport","tag-motosports","tag-rylan-gray","tag-slot2","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/417542","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=417542"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/417542\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/417543"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=417542"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=417542"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=417542"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}