{"id":577892,"date":"2026-04-01T05:42:22","date_gmt":"2026-04-01T05:42:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/577892\/"},"modified":"2026-04-01T05:42:22","modified_gmt":"2026-04-01T05:42:22","slug":"best-of-april-fools-aussie-motorsport-2026-edition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/577892\/","title":{"rendered":"Best of April Fool\u2019s: Aussie motorsport 2026 edition"},"content":{"rendered":"

IT\u2019S the morning where you learn not to trust anything you read, all in the name of a laugh.<\/p>\n

Every year, many in the motorsport industry get in on the act for April Fool\u2019s \u2013 and 2026 was no exception.<\/p>\n

Leading the charge were two Supercars teams known for their social media antics.<\/p>\n

Tickford Racing goes back to the well<\/p>\n

Twelve months on from releasing imagery of the New Zealand-bound container carrying its Mustang Supercars ending up overboard in the Tasman Sea<\/a>, teams\u2019 championship leaders Tickford opted to double down on a proven subject.<\/p>\n

This time, CEO Simon Brookhouse was left to handle crisis communications, informing fans via a video that Cam Waters<\/a> and Thomas Randle<\/a>\u2019s Fords would likely miss Taup\u014d due to \u201ca language barrier issue\u201d.<\/p>\n

Enter logistics manager Ben Milton, who stars in an exchange with a foreign freight operator whose thick accent causes a mix-up whereby cars were shipped to Oakland in the US rather than Auckland in NZ.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s going to take some time, I would suspect. There\u2019s a lot of ocean between Auckland and Oakland as we speak,\u201d Brookhouse surmises.<\/p>\n

Such a shame when Tickford were off to a flyer, too\u2026<\/p>\n

Blanchard Racing Team bosses senses his moment<\/p>\n

A remarkable uptick in BRT\u2019s form in 2026 clearly has team boss Tim Blanchard excited, to the point where it\u2019s an inspired a comeback behind the wheel.<\/p>\n

His Adelaide wildcard announcement is complete with a video backed by rather dramatic music, and the icing on the cake is the various jabs landed including by a self-deprecating Blanchard who tallied 187 main game races for a best result of sixth.<\/p>\n

\u201cLooking at the results the last few years with JC (James Courtney<\/a>) getting a podium and him being a little bit older than me, I still think I have got a little bit left in me and now\u2019s the time to show what I can truly do,\u201d said Blanchard.<\/p>\n

BRT regular Aaron Cameron<\/a> has a stellar cameo too, displaying his surprise at Blanchard giving the wildcard to himself and struggling to conceal some sarcasm.<\/p>\n

A triple treat for New Zealand tracks<\/p>\n

\"\"Pic: Taup\u014d International Motorsport Park Facebook<\/p>\n

Tony Quinn\u2019s trio of New Zealand circuits have had a field day.<\/p>\n

Highlands opened the batting with a shock announcement that gold had been discovered at the venue, leading Quinn to strike a lucrative deal to close the track in favour of partnering with musician Santana in a mining project.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, on the North Island, construction works were announced to start simultaneously on April 26 at Taup\u014d and Hampton Downs.<\/p>\n

The brainwave at Taup\u014d was to construct a gigantic roof to cover the entire circuit (because who likes wet-weather racing anyway, right?) while a McDonald\u2019s-centric initiative was launched for Hampton Downs.<\/p>\n

The \u2018McHamptons\u2019 menu of course features TQ McNuggets and Spillane Sweet & Sour Sauce.<\/p>\n

\"\"Pic: Hampton Downs Facebook<\/p>\n

Mallala\u2019s \u2018new\u2019 addition<\/p>\n

Enough of the fancy official course vehicles. Mallala Motorsport Park has made the timely decision to debut a state-of-the-art Toyota Lexcen as its Pace Car\u2026.<\/p>\n

\"\"Pic: Mallala Motorsport Park Facebook<\/p>\n

Answers to the fuel crisis<\/p>\n

Improved Production in NSW is clearly all for proactivity, judging by the sudden debut of a new electric vehicle class and rejigged race distances announced in response to the global fuel crisis.<\/p>\n

The new class was aptly named NEV-R (New EV \u2013 Race).<\/p>\n

Not to be outdone, Karting NSW announced the trial of a sustainability round where competitors are to do away with engines altogether in favour of \u2018pushers\u2019.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s amazing how all these revolutionary ideas come out of the woodworks on the same day!<\/p>\n

The Undercut \u2013 Breaking down the big 2026 issues!<\/p>\n

The Undercut is back for 2026, with Aaron Noonan once again joined by Jack Perkins and James Moffat, breaking down a massive start to the new motorsport season!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"IT\u2019S the morning where you learn not to trust anything you read, all in the name of a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":577893,"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-577892","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\/577892","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=577892"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/577892\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/577893"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=577892"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=577892"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=577892"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}