{"id":858184,"date":"2026-08-17T07:10:16","date_gmt":"2026-08-17T07:10:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/858184\/"},"modified":"2026-08-17T07:10:16","modified_gmt":"2026-08-17T07:10:16","slug":"valvoline-celebrates-bathurst-1000-return-with-grm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/858184\/","title":{"rendered":"Valvoline celebrates Bathurst 1000 return with GRM"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">VALVOLINE has shared excitement at the opportunity to return to the Repco Bathurst 1000 stage in partnership with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.v8sleuth.com.au\/stats-driver-354-Garry-Rogers\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Garry Rogers<\/a> Motorsport.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The oil brand has been confirmed as naming rights sponsor for the #34 Chevrolet Camaro wildcard of Nathan Herne and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.v8sleuth.com.au\/stats-driver-24-James-Moffat\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">James Moffat<\/a>, with a to-be-confirmed livery expected to take inspiration from the Victorian team\u2019s 2000 Great Race triumph.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cBathurst is where Australian motorsport creates its greatest stories, and Garry Rogers Motorsport has written many of them,\u201d said Kate Phillips, Valvoline Global\u2019s marketing director ANZ.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThis program is about more than returning to Mount Panorama. It represents the union of two icons \u2013 Valvoline and GRM \u2013 honouring a shared commitment to best-in-class performance and investment in the next generation of racing.<\/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\/08\/2026-bathurst-program-2.jpg\"\/><\/a> <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cNathan Herne has developed through the GRM pathway and now earns his opportunity on Australian motorsport\u2019s biggest stage alongside James Moffat.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cSupporting that journey perfectly reflects our belief that being an original isn\u2019t about what you\u2019ve achieved; it\u2019s about continuing to evolve.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">GRM director Barry Rogers added: \u201cSeeing the big \u2018V\u2019 of Valvoline on the bonnet of the #34 will bring back many fond memories of the achievements GRM and Valvoline have shared over many years.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cDad\u2019s racing journey would not have reached the heights it did without Valvoline\u2019s incredibly loyal support for more than 36 years.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThat same loyalty, along with Valvoline\u2019s respect for history, has made it possible to take the #34 Team Valvoline GRM Chevy Camaro to Bathurst.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"VALVOLINE has shared excitement at the opportunity to return to the Repco Bathurst 1000 stage in partnership with&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":858185,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[572],"tags":[64,63,806,805,803,804,85],"class_list":["post-858184","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\/858184","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=858184"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/858184\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/858185"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=858184"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=858184"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=858184"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}