{"id":737566,"date":"2026-06-15T06:51:21","date_gmt":"2026-06-15T06:51:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/737566\/"},"modified":"2026-06-15T06:51:21","modified_gmt":"2026-06-15T06:51:21","slug":"supercars-team-owner-tim-blanchard-to-make-trans-am-return","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/737566\/","title":{"rendered":"Supercars team owner Tim Blanchard to make Trans Am return"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Blanchard-Trans-Am-1.jpg\" alt=\"Supercars team owner to make Trans Am return\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tTim Blanchard is set for a Trans Am Cup Series return at Hidden Valley. Image: Supplied<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/t.cfjump.com\/92797\/b\/287093\" rel=\"nofollow sponsored noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none; vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/t.cfjump.com\/92797\/a\/287093\" alt=\"\"\/><br \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Blanchard will pilot a Maverick Performance-prepared Ford Mustang in his first category appearance in 12 months.<\/p>\n<p>The same car was driven to a podium finish by BRT Supercars driver James Golding in Round 1 of the series at Bathurst.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s great to be back in the Trans Am Cup Series,\u201d Blanchard said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s been 12 months since I\u2019ve raced in one of these cars and what better place to return than Hidden Valley.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe atmosphere up there is great, and I always look forward to racing in front of the Territory crowd.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m stoked to be joining forces with the Maverick crew as Gerard [McLeod] runs a great outfit and I\u2019m confident we\u2019ll have a strong package to work with heading into the weekend.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>    Tickets for the 2026 betr Darwin Triple Crown are on sale now. Secure your spot today.<br \/>\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/ticketekau.pxf.io\/5kYxK3\" style=\"color:#de482e;\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Buy tickets<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Maverick Performance owner McLeod noted the squad\u2019s excitement to have a driver of Blanchard\u2019s experience aboard, particularly after the strong start at Bathurst with Golding.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTim has a wealth of experience and is a highly credentialed driver with lots of muscle memory, so anyone who doesn\u2019t see him as a genuine contender is kidding themselves,\u201d McLeod said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe was instantly on the pace at our test day at Winton and really gelled with the car and team so it will be great to see what he can do this weekend.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Blanchard earned a top 10 finish in his Darwin appearance in 2025, staying largely out of trouble in three Safety Car-plagued races.<\/p>\n<p>The Trans Am Cup Series will race on all three days of the Darwin Triple Crown on June 19-21.<\/p>\n<p>Nathan Herne leads the standings after sweeping the opening round of the season at Bathurst.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Tim Blanchard is set for a Trans Am Cup Series return at Hidden Valley. Image: Supplied Blanchard will&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":737567,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[572],"tags":[64,63,91423,806,805,803,804,7499,85,40367,91424,90050],"class_list":["post-737566","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-motosport","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-blanchard-racing-team","tag-motor","tag-motor-sports","tag-motosport","tag-motosports","tag-slot4","tag-sports","tag-supercars","tag-tim-blanchard","tag-trans-am"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/737566","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=737566"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/737566\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/737567"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=737566"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=737566"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=737566"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}