{"id":813501,"date":"2026-07-21T03:02:11","date_gmt":"2026-07-21T03:02:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/813501\/"},"modified":"2026-07-21T03:02:11","modified_gmt":"2026-07-21T03:02:11","slug":"v8-superutes-news-jason-norris-buys-scott-taylor-ford-rangers-category-shareholdings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/813501\/","title":{"rendered":"V8 SuperUtes news: Jason Norris buys Scott Taylor Ford Rangers, category shareholdings"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">SCOTT Taylor has found a buyer for the pair of V8 SuperUte Series cars and licences he had been looking to offload.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">V8 Sleuth has verified that Taylor\u2019s pair of Ford Rangers and attached category shareholdings have been snapped up by Jason Norris.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">V8 SuperUtes is a competitor-owned category, with a maximum of 24 stakes in play. Norris now owns three, having already been part of the SuperUtes field driving an Apogee Motorsport-run Toyota Hilux.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For the upcoming round in Perth (July 31-August 2), he will shift into the Ranger last raced by Paul Morris at the 2025 Townsville event.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/youtube.com\/playlist?list=PLiAr8CHM3DtoWt6OTp_GBaG_GZkqo2ibz&amp;si=2EyUGGxzIpKBNLBv\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/undercut1.png\" style=\"width: 100%; border:0px;\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Luke Webber meanwhile will slot into the repaired car that was at the centre of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.v8sleuth.com.au\/collapsed-lung-internal-bleeding-for-v8-superutes-racer\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Taylor\u2019s nasty Bathurst crash last October<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Both Fords will be run by Apogee, the South Australian squad which made its Super2 debut last month in Darwin.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Norris has made his Hilux available to lease on an arrive-and-drive basis.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a case of competitor camaraderie, fellow SuperUtes racer and frequent truck driver Jensen Engelhardt helped expedite the handover process in time for Perth by venturing from his native Winton up to Scott Taylor Motorsport in southeast Queensland to collect the Rangers and drop them off to Apogee in Adelaide.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/ApogeeMotorsport_RangersV3-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-260057\"  \/>Now run out of Apogee, the cars headed to Mallala for a recent test. Pic: Supplied<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A total of 21 utes have been entered for the Perth Super440 support card.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">NEWS: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.v8sleuth.com.au\/old-school-champion-to-make-ute-racing-return\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Former V8 Utes star returns as Crick sub<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Taylor continues to have a presence in Australian motorsport, this year competing in Carrera Cup.<\/p>\n<p>ENTRY LIST: Round 3, 2026 Tyrepower V8 SuperUte Series<\/p>\n<p>NumberTeamDriverCar1WeatherTechDavid SiedersMazda BT-504Team Motion RacingAaron BorgIsuzu D-Max7EFS 4\u00d74 AccessoriesGrant JohnsonIsuzu D-Max8Auto Masters RacingJason NorrisFord Ranger15Team Motion RacingAdam MarjoramIsuzu D-Max18Custom Lithium \/ WSMCody BrewczynskiMazda BT-5022Apogee MotorsportJonathon HanburyHolden Colorado26Apogee MotorsportLuke WebberFord Ranger28Brightforce RacingAnthony JewellMitsubishi Triton29Jack Westbury RacingJack WestburyMitsubishi Triton33Airbag Man RacingSean EvansMitsubishi Triton41Team Forty OneAdrian CottrellHolden Colorado49UnidenChris FormosaFord Ranger55Michael Sherwell RacingMichael SherwellMitsubishi Triton64Thrifty \/ WSMCraig WoodsToyota Hilux68EFS 4\u00d74 AccessoriesHudson JamesMazda BT-5079Wheelnutz GarageRichard MorkToyota Hilux88Thrifty \/ WSMJustin RuggierToyota Hilux111Brown Commercial BuildingRuben DanMazda BT-50333Shorebarge \/ Apogee<a href=\"https:\/\/www.v8sleuth.com.au\/stats-driver-3029-Rossi-Johnson\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Rossi Johnson<\/a>Holden Colorado805Aprilla Grids RacingJensen EngelhardtToyota Hilux<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SCOTT Taylor has found a buyer for the pair of V8 SuperUte Series cars and licences he had&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":813502,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[572],"tags":[64,63,806,805,803,804,85],"class_list":["post-813501","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\/813501","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=813501"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/813501\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/813502"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=813501"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=813501"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=813501"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}