{"id":833457,"date":"2026-07-30T13:05:17","date_gmt":"2026-07-30T13:05:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/833457\/"},"modified":"2026-07-30T13:05:17","modified_gmt":"2026-07-30T13:05:17","slug":"motorsport-news-hi-tec-oils-super-series-renamed-aasa-race-series-without-explanation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/833457\/","title":{"rendered":"Motorsport news: Hi-Tec Oils Super Series renamed AASA Race Series without explanation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">INTRIGUE is building around the immediate status of a leading Australian motorsport series following a curious case of rebranding.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The platform that\u2019s come to be known as the Hi-Tec Oils Super Series has suddenly been renamed on its website and social media as the \u2018AASA Race Series\u2019. The website now has no trace of Hi-Tec Oils logos either. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">No explanation has been provided for the mid-season change.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">V8 Sleuth has attempted to contact several relevant parties regarding the matter.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Round 4 of the 2026 Super Series is due to take place in roughly a fortnight\u2019s time, August 14-16 at Queensland Raceway, where the Australian Endurance Championship will take centre stage for the Fight In The Night event.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/superstore.v8sleuth.com.au\/products\/2026-repco-bathurst-1000-official-program?utm_source=website&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_campaign=buy-button&amp;utm_content=buy-button\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/2026-bathurst-1000-program.jpg\"\/><\/a> <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Other categories scheduled to appear include but are not limited to the TA2 Muscle Car Series, Formula Ford, Legend Cars, and Formula RX8.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It\u2019s worth noting that Hi-Tec Oils Motorsport Pty Ltd was announced last October as the new promoter of the Super Series, which is sanctioned by the Australian Auto-Sport Alliance.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Super Series\u2019 Hi-Tec Oils sponsorship is thought to cover a large percentage of the costs attached to the AVE-produced TV broadcast.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Industry sources have pointed to being in the dark on exactly what the rebranding revelation means, but there\u2019s no question it has got tongues wagging.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">All the while, a stoush is playing out in the background around who is the rightful owner of the AASA, following <a href=\"https:\/\/www.v8sleuth.com.au\/new-details-come-to-light-on-aasa-sale-dispute\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">allegations that share transfer documents were signed by Benalla Auto Club vice-president Ross Wood under the false impression that they related to a lease renewal<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Les Smith \u2013 who is joined in the consortium claiming to now own AASA by Stephen Whyte, Michael FitzGerald and Peter Washington \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.v8sleuth.com.au\/aasa-executive-director-breaks-silence-amid-saga\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">subsequently hit back via a statement supplied to media<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"INTRIGUE is building around the immediate status of a leading Australian motorsport series following a curious case of&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":803490,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[572],"tags":[64,63,806,805,803,804,85],"class_list":["post-833457","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\/833457","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=833457"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/833457\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/803490"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=833457"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=833457"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=833457"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}