{"id":917997,"date":"2026-10-06T09:14:17","date_gmt":"2026-10-06T09:14:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/917997\/"},"modified":"2026-10-06T09:14:17","modified_gmt":"2026-10-06T09:14:17","slug":"bathurst-1000-news-supercheap-auto-backed-v8-superute-series-ford-ranger-revealed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/917997\/","title":{"rendered":"Bathurst 1000 news: Supercheap Auto-backed V8 SuperUte Series Ford Ranger revealed"},"content":{"rendered":"

\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"Supercheap\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tV8 SuperUtes Series driver Chris Formosa’s Supercheap Auto-backed Ford Ranger. Image: Supplied<\/p>\n

Formosa\u2019s #49 Ford Ranger will not wear its usual orange livery at the Mountain, instead dressed in the familiar red, yellow and black Supercheap Auto colours.<\/p>\n

The livery change is being carried out in conjunction with Formosa\u2019s regular backer Uniden, with Supercheap Auto serving as the brand\u2019s major retail partner.<\/p>\n

Formosa\u2019s Ranger carries a similar design to the Team 18 Wildcard entry of Craig Lowndes and Bayley Hall in the Great Race.<\/p>\n

The one-off partnership for Bathurst brings the automotive retailer into the championship for the first time, and celebrates the brand\u2019s long-standing relationship with Mount Panorama and the Bathurst 1000.<\/p>\n

Having appeared on several cars competing in the Great Race since the late 1990s, Supercheap Auto was also the race\u2019s title sponsor from 2005-2021.<\/p>\n

\u201cBathurst holds a special place in Supercheap Auto\u2019s history,\u201d said Supercheap Auto sponsorship and content manager Justin Murray.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve been part of the event for more than 25 years and we\u2019re thrilled to be partnering with Uniden and Chris Formosa as we support our first V8 SuperUte entry.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe look forward to making it super with Chris and Uniden at one of Australia\u2019s greatest sporting events.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"V8<\/p>\n

V8 SuperUtes Series driver Chris Formosa with his Supercheap Auto-backed Ford Ranger. Image: Supplied<\/p>\n

For Uniden executive regional general manager Damon Gardner, the partnership represents an opportunity to showcase a successful commercial relationship in front of a passionate audience that lives and breathes automotive culture.<\/p>\n

\u201cSupercheap Auto is an important retail partner for Uniden and Bathurst week is a fantastic opportunity to strengthen that relationship,\u201d Gardner said.<\/p>\n

\u201cBringing together the promotion and our presence on track gives fans another reason to connect with both brands.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a great way to celebrate our partnership on one of Australian motorsport\u2019s biggest stages, and we can\u2019t wait to see it out on track.\u201d<\/p>\n

Round 4 of the V8 SuperUte Series will be held as part of the Bathurst 1000 from October 8-11.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"V8 SuperUtes Series driver Chris Formosa’s Supercheap Auto-backed Ford Ranger. Image: Supplied Formosa\u2019s #49 Ford Ranger will not…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":917998,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[572],"tags":[64,63,486132,806,805,803,804,85,350115,281364],"class_list":["post-917997","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-motosport","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-chris-formosa","tag-motor","tag-motor-sports","tag-motosport","tag-motosports","tag-sports","tag-supercheap-auto","tag-v8-superutes"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/917997","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=917997"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/917997\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/917998"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=917997"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=917997"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=917997"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}