{"id":789977,"date":"2026-07-09T21:15:30","date_gmt":"2026-07-09T21:15:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/789977\/"},"modified":"2026-07-09T21:15:30","modified_gmt":"2026-07-09T21:15:30","slug":"supercars-legend-glenn-seton-reacts-to-sons-tribute-at-townsville-500","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/789977\/","title":{"rendered":"Supercars legend Glenn Seton reacts to son’s tribute at Townsville 500"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Aaron Seton, 28, makes his debut in a single-driver Supercars event aboard a Matt Stone Racing wildcard entry.<\/p>\n

The car is being campaigned in the colours carried by his father to the 1993 Australian Touring Car Championship title.<\/p>\n

The tribute was scheduled to roll out for the first time at Ipswich in August, before Cam Crick\u2019s withdrawal from Townsville<\/a> for health reasons led to an early debut.<\/p>\n

Glenn is not only approving of his son running his famous colours, he\u2019s waited three years for it.<\/p>\n

\u201cI wanted him to do it in the Super2 Series back in 2023,\u201d Seton told Speedcafe.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat was 30 years since that championship, but the sponsor at the time didn\u2019t want to do it.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve always thought it would be good for him to use that livery from a PR point of view, and I\u2019m rapt to see what he\u2019s done with it.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt looks bloody brilliant on the car.\u201d<\/p>\n

That endorsement of the way the livery has been replicated carries extra weight given Seton was renowned for attention to detail with graphics while running his eponymous team.<\/p>\n

Glenn Seton Racing ran the Peter Jackson colours from its formation in 1989 through to the end of tobacco advertising six years later.<\/p>\n

It proved to be a golden period in Seton\u2019s career.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat was the start of the success of GSR, through the early Supercar days, winning that championship in 1993 and always being competitive,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cAll the years in those colours were an extremely enjoyable and memorable time in my motor racing career.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Seton driving the car during Track to Town. Image: InSyde Media<\/p>\n

The livery has drawn a mixed reaction online, with many Seton fans loving the idea but questioning its revival on a Chevrolet.<\/p>\n

Seton is a Ford man at heart, but also drove other marques \u2013 including Holden Supercars and even a Chevrolet Camaro in historic racing \u2013 during his career.<\/p>\n

\u201cAt the end of the day it doesn\u2019t bother me too much. Those colours look good on any car,\u201d he said of the Camaro canvas.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe most important part is that it\u2019s my son who\u2019s running a retro livery from my past. It\u2019s very rewarding for me to see that.\u201d<\/p>\n

Seton has guided much of his son\u2019s career and they continue to work together in the Gomersall Motorsport GT4 Australia operation.<\/p>\n

However, the champion driver is not involved in the running of the wildcard Camaro and his only advice for the weekend is to enjoy it.<\/p>\n

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Seton will also campaign the colours at Ipswich in August. Image: Supplied<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen you are father and son, you can\u2019t really give too much advice because they don\u2019t want to take it half the time,\u201d he laughed.<\/p>\n

\u201cI just want him to enjoy the experience. He certainly doesn\u2019t need to go ballistic from the first lap out.\u201d<\/p>\n

Seton made last-minute arrangements to head to Townsville following his son\u2019s late call-up and will arrive on Saturday.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m not a good spectator,\u201d he admitted. \u201cWith him racing in such a prestigious category, I\u2019ll probably get more nervous than he will.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Aaron Seton with his Matt Stone Racing Chevrolet Camaro dressed in a retro scheme. Aaron Seton, 28, makes…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":789978,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[572],"tags":[93158,64,63,298220,42484,806,805,803,804,12357,85],"class_list":["post-789977","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-motosport","tag-aaron-seton","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-glenn-seton","tag-matt-stone-racing","tag-motor","tag-motor-sports","tag-motosport","tag-motosports","tag-slot1","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/789977","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=789977"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/789977\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/789978"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=789977"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=789977"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=789977"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}