{"id":767115,"date":"2026-06-29T05:11:24","date_gmt":"2026-06-29T05:11:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/767115\/"},"modified":"2026-06-29T05:11:24","modified_gmt":"2026-06-29T05:11:24","slug":"campbell-logan-to-share-tickford-racing-supercars-the-bend-500-wildcard-with-ben-gomersall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/767115\/","title":{"rendered":"Campbell Logan to share Tickford Racing Supercars The Bend 500 wildcard with Ben Gomersall"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>THE newest Super2 race winner will get his shot at the big time later this year, with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.v8sleuth.com.au\/stats-driver-2798-Campbell-Logan\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Campbell Logan<\/a> confirmed for his Repco Supercars Championship debut.<\/p>\n<p>It comes as Tickford Racing rounds out its wildcard roster, with Logan to join <a href=\"https:\/\/www.v8sleuth.com.au\/stats-driver-2866-Ben-Gomersall\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ben Gomersall<\/a> for a one-off start at The Bend 500 in September.<\/p>\n<p>Factory Ford junior <a href=\"https:\/\/www.v8sleuth.com.au\/stats-driver-2754-Cameron-McLeod\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Cameron McLeod<\/a> had initially been linked to the seat, but the turn of events will see all four Tickford Autosport Super2 drivers get a taste of the main game in 2026.<\/p>\n<p>Gomersall is also making a solo wildcard appearance at the Ipswich Super440; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.v8sleuth.com.au\/stats-driver-2802-Reuben-Goodall\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Reuben Goodall<\/a> will enter the Townsville 500 before joining <a href=\"https:\/\/www.v8sleuth.com.au\/stats-driver-1293-Thomas-Randle\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Thomas Randle<\/a> for the enduros; and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.v8sleuth.com.au\/stats-driver-2680-Nash-Morris\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Nash Morris<\/a> is having another run with PremiAir Racing for The Bend and Bathurst.<\/p>\n<p>The Undercut \u2013 How hot is too hot?<\/p>\n<p>The Undercut is back for another week, downloading a hot weekend in the Top End for Supercars!<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo complete the wildcard program with a full Tickford Autosport line-up is fantastic and a testament to the driver talent we hold within the team,\u201d said Tickford CEO Simon Brookhouse.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSince joining the team Campbell has demonstrated the commitment to his craft and it was great to see him achieve the results he did in Darwin.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe is well deserving of this opportunity and I have no doubt that utilising our experienced main game drivers will give him the best chance to get the most out of this wildcard entry.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are very excited to have Ben and Campbell paired up for the opening race of the Ryco Enduro Cup and will be looking to give them the best opportunity to go well come September.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/2026SCR6_DARWIN_RACE_PROJECT160-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-258556\"  \/>Simon Brookhouse congratulates Campbell Logan in Darwin. Pic: Supplied\/Race Project<\/p>\n<p>Logan said: \u201cI\u2019ve always dreamed of racing in Supercars and to be able to finally debut in the main game alongside Ben Gomersall at The Bend truly is surreal.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere has been a lot of work over my career to get to an opportunity like this. Off the back of a round win in Darwin for Super2, I\u2019m confident I\u2019m ready to take the next step but I know it\u2019ll be a massive learning experience.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Tickford Autosport program has been instrumental in my development this year having been able to lean on Frosty (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.v8sleuth.com.au\/stats-driver-2-Mark-Winterbottom\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Mark Winterbottom<\/a>), Randle and (Cam) Waters, which I\u2019ll definitely be continuing leading into The Bend.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI can\u2019t thank my family, partners and Tickford Racing enough for getting me to this point.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe hard work doesn\u2019t stop here, it\u2019s another step forward and I can\u2019t wait to show what I can do in a Gen3 Mustang.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Gomersall will test today at Queensland Raceway.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/2026SCR6_DARWIN_RACE_PROJECT296-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-258557\"  \/>Pic: Supplied\/Race Project<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"THE newest Super2 race winner will get his shot at the big time later this year, with Campbell&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":767116,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[572],"tags":[64,63,806,805,803,804,85],"class_list":["post-767115","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-motosport","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-motor","tag-motor-sports","tag-motosport","tag-motosports","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/767115","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=767115"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/767115\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/767116"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=767115"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=767115"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=767115"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}