{"id":623094,"date":"2026-04-22T07:51:15","date_gmt":"2026-04-22T07:51:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/623094\/"},"modified":"2026-04-22T07:51:15","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T07:51:15","slug":"supercars-supremo-barclay-nettlefold-responds-to-suggestions-he-could-become-full-time-ceo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/623094\/","title":{"rendered":"Supercars supremo Barclay Nettlefold responds to suggestions he could become full-time CEO"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>THERE is a common theory in the Supercars paddock regarding the quest to replace James Warburton as the category\u2019s chief executive.<\/p>\n<p>That is, that interim CEO Barclay Nettlefold will become the permanent CEO.<\/p>\n<p>Nettlefold is an ultra-successful businessman who already is chairman and co-owner of Supercars.<\/p>\n<p>Warburton\u2019s demise pertained to a growing divide in the desired direction to take.<\/p>\n<p>So, why not just hand the reins to Nettlefold? Dictatorships, per se, are known to have been a largely winning formula in motorsport whether it\u2019s been Bernie Ecclestone in Formula 1 or Tony Cochrane in Supercars.<\/p>\n<p>Plus, Nettlefold just so happens to have freed up cash and responsibility. His QMS Media business was sold to Nine Entertainment for $850 million mere weeks ago, and now per the Australian Financial Review, offers are being accepted on the MediaWorks empire he\u2019s involved in too.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/superstore.v8sleuth.com.au\/products\/v8-sleuth-magazine-issue-3?utm_source=SRBuyButton&amp;utm_medium=website\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/v8sleuth-mag-issue3_1024x1024.jpg\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Supercars has indicated it will launch a global search for its next CEO, but perhaps it already has its man in place.<\/p>\n<p>So, V8 Sleuth put the question to Nettlefold: would you rule out becoming the full-time chief?<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s a board decision, and the board hasn\u2019t discussed that at all at this stage,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat we are doing is we are looking at the process and we\u2019ll see what candidates come forward.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes, I have been a CEO in many of my businesses that I have founded and grown successfully, but at the end of the day it\u2019s really just what is right for the sport.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Warburton\u2019s second stint at the helm of Supercars ended effective immediately on April 2.<\/p>\n<p>Top 5: Gold Coast V8 Ute Racing Madness!<\/p>\n<p>The masters of mayhem come out to play with our Top 5 powered by Shell V-Power, which this week delves into the vault to unearth five classic crashes from the epic V8 Ute Series from the concrete canyon that is the streets of Surfers Paradise!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"THERE is a common theory in the Supercars paddock regarding the quest to replace James Warburton as the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":623095,"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-623094","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\/623094","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=623094"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/623094\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/623095"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=623094"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=623094"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=623094"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}