{"id":891521,"date":"2026-09-14T09:22:13","date_gmt":"2026-09-14T09:22:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/891521\/"},"modified":"2026-09-14T09:22:13","modified_gmt":"2026-09-14T09:22:13","slug":"latest-supercars-parity-test-underway-in-melbourne-following-the-bend-500","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/891521\/","title":{"rendered":"Latest Supercars parity test underway in Melbourne following The Bend 500"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1422\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/The-Bend-500.jpg\" class=\"sc-hero-img\" alt=\"Latest Supercars parity test underway in Melbourne\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"eager\"  \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tFord, Chevrolet and Toyota battle it out at The Bend. Image: InSyde Media <\/p>\n<p>Ten cars have been sent to Dunlop Motorsport\u2019s Melbourne facility for Centre of Gravity evaluations that will take place across multiple days.<\/p>\n<p>Supercars committed to the test as part of its parity reviews that occured between Ipswich and The Bend.<\/p>\n<p>Speedcafe understands both the Chevrolet (Team 18) and Toyota (Walkinshaw TWG Racing) homologation teams requested the CoG topic be revisited.<\/p>\n<p>Supercars tested just three cars when assessing CoG in February, utilising the Triple Eight Mustang, Walkinshaw TWG Supra and Team 18 Camaro that were run at the Bathurst 12 Hour.<\/p>\n<p>That testing resulted in <a href=\"https:\/\/speedcafe.com\/supercars-news-2026-sydney-500-parity-chevrolet-ford-toyota-centre-of-gravity\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Chevrolet teams having to relocate 4.4kg of ballast to the top of their roll-cage<\/a>, much to their chagrin.<\/p>\n<p>Team 18 immediately began campaigning for re-testing, claiming its car had been <a href=\"https:\/\/speedcafe.com\/supercars-news-parity-change-reaction-chevrolet-camaro-team-18-centre-of-gravity\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">prepared for the earlier wind tunnel testing and the other two were \u201creal race cars\u201d.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Walkinshaw TWG also had CoG on a list of items for review submitted to Supercars after Ipswich.<\/p>\n<p>Supercars today confirmed the latest tests involve three Fords, three Toyotas and four Chevrolets.<\/p>\n<p>The Fords are from Triple Eight (#888), Grove Racing (#26) and Tickford Racing (#6), with Walkinshaw TWG Racing (#2) and Brad Jones Racing (#8 and #14) both supplying Toyotas.<\/p>\n<p>Erebus Motorsport (#9), Team 18 (#20 and #15 wildcard) and PremiAir Racing (#31) were all required to send Camaros.<\/p>\n<p>Those cars were sealed by Supercars officials following Sunday\u2019s action to ensure they can be tested as raced, pending supervised repairs.<\/p>\n<p>The testing takes place by physically tipping each car on its side to find its tipping point and then using a formula to derive the centre of gravity position.<\/p>\n<p>Supercars instigated CoG testing as part of its technical parity mandate following the introduction of the Gen2 Ford Mustang in 2019.<\/p>\n<p>The weekend\u2019s AirTouch 500 event was dominated by parity discussions following the granting of revised aerodynamics that put the Camaro outside the agreed \u2018parity box\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>Supercars on Saturday morning made a secondary change to reduce the Camaro\u2019s downforce, having been hit with an <a href=\"https:\/\/speedcafe.com\/supercars-news-2026-the-bend-500-parity-aerodynamics-ford-chevrolet-legal-dispute-teams-racing-charter-brenton-grove-comments\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">orchestrated flurry of legal letters from each Ford teams.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Ford teams were adamant the earlier change had taken place in breach of the Teams Racing Charter, which is a contract that each team holds with the series.<\/p>\n<p>Parity reviews can only be instigated after the first endurance event if a specific issue is identified beforehand, as has been the case with CoG.<\/p>\n<p>Learn more about CoG testing with Brad Jones Racing\u2019s 2024 video below<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Ford, Chevrolet and Toyota battle it out at The Bend. 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