{"id":467990,"date":"2026-02-09T06:38:15","date_gmt":"2026-02-09T06:38:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/467990\/"},"modified":"2026-02-09T06:38:15","modified_gmt":"2026-02-09T06:38:15","slug":"triple-eight-built-holden-commodore-supercar-reborn-for-tommy-smith-matt-stone-racing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/467990\/","title":{"rendered":"Triple Eight-built Holden Commodore Supercar reborn for Tommy Smith, Matt Stone Racing"},"content":{"rendered":"

THE Holden Supercar involved in a frightening crash at the 2024 Adelaide 500 has been given a new lease on life and will soon return to racing.<\/p>\n

Chassis 888A-050 was in the hands of then Super2 rookie Reuben Goodall<\/a> when it slammed into the Turn 3 wall and proceeded to skate at such high speed that it partially exited the circuit after impacting the barriers at the end of the Turn 4 run-off area.<\/p>\n

The car was in a bad enough state that it forced a chassis reshuffle to facilitate Triple Eight\u2019s two-car Super2 program last year, with an ex-Shane van Gisbergen Commodore upgraded to ZB specification<\/a> to fill the void.<\/p>\n

That chassis, 888A-033, also ended up in an Adelaide wreckage following a mechanical failure for Jackson Walls<\/a> during practice last year.<\/p>\n

Both \u2018050\u2019 and \u2018033\u2019 have now undergone extensive rebuilds and will be the basis of Matt Stone Racing\u2019s 2026 Super2 campaign, for Tommy Smith and Ayrton Hodson<\/a> respectively. Both are testing today at Queensland Raceway.<\/p>\n

The ex-Goodall car in particular was a monumental rebuild.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt went to Triple Eight and got a lot of stuff replaced, so it was basically a brand-new chassis and then we painted in December and started putting it together the 1st of January,\u201d MSR owner Matt Stone told V8 Sleuth.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is effectively a brand-new chassis because there wasn\u2019t much left of the old one. That has come up a really nice car.\u201d<\/p>\n

Stone is confident in the resources assigned to his Dunlop Series squad.<\/p>\n

\u201cWith our wildcard program last year, we committed to growing the staff base so that we could really do it properly and then this year we\u2019re expanding on that with the Super2 program,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\"\"Ayrton Hodson is running in a plain black livery for now. Pic: Matthew Paul Photography<\/p>\n

\u201cOur goal is to have the Super2 program being run by 80 percent full-time staff at MSR and then supplementing it with contractors, which is probably the opposite percentages to most in the category.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat gives us the strength to be able to really have top quality engineers and mechanics working on that program.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo that\u2019s all going very well, fully staffed and underway.\u201d<\/p>\n

The other 2025 Triple Eight Super2 car, 888A-039 which was raced by Ben Gomersall<\/a>, has been purchased by Alice Buckley Motorsport.<\/p>\n

Gomersall has joined Tickford Autosport while Triple Eight has quit the second-tier category to focus on its three-pronged Ford main game effort.<\/p>\n

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