{"id":927179,"date":"2026-10-13T23:38:15","date_gmt":"2026-10-13T23:38:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/927179\/"},"modified":"2026-10-13T23:38:15","modified_gmt":"2026-10-13T23:38:15","slug":"supercars-premiair-racing-signs-cooper-murray-for-2027-2028-seasons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/927179\/","title":{"rendered":"Supercars: PremiAir Racing signs Cooper Murray for 2027, 2028 seasons"},"content":{"rendered":"

IT\u2019S official: Cooper Murray<\/a> won\u2019t just be joining PremiAir Racing for the coming month and a half.<\/p>\n

Rather, the Peter Xiberras-owned team has announced next week\u2019s Gold Coast 500 will be the start of a multi-year deal that will see Murray in PremiAir colours until at least the end of 2028.<\/p>\n

\u201cCooper has signed up with us for the 2027 and 2028 seasons, so it makes sense to have him onboard now for the end of the current campaign. We\u2019re thrilled to have him joining us,\u201d said Xiberras.<\/p>\n

News broke yesterday that Murray will shift from Erebus Motorsport to PremiAir with immediate effect<\/a>. He replaces Declan Fraser<\/a>, while Jarrod Hughes<\/a> slots into the #99 seat on a three-round trial<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"\"Cooper Murray and Lochie Dalton<\/a> were strong throughout the Bathurst 1000. Pic: Mark Walker<\/p>\n

This marks the third time in PremiAir\u2019s five-year Supercars existence that it has swung a mid-season driver change: Garry Jacobson was axed for James Golding<\/a> in 2022, and Richie Stanaway<\/a> was dismissed post-Gold Coast last year to get Jayden Ojeda<\/a> a headstart.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re grateful to Declan for his efforts this year in the team, but we want to prepare ourselves for 2027 as early as possible, and the opportunity to put Cooper into the car now cannot be passed up, as it will only benefit our program development for next season,\u201d explained PremiAir team principal Roland Dane.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe wish Declan the best for the future.\u201d<\/p>\n

MORE: Fraser breaks silence on in-season axing<\/a><\/p>\n

Now, the Chevrolet squad is formally out of the silly season market, with a fascinating line-up of Ojeda and Murray up its sleeve.<\/p>\n

Ojeda has been very good throughout his rookie campaign and should absolutely be a finals contender in 2027; Murray has speed to burn, as was abundantly obvious at Bathurst, and ought to be challenging for trophies sooner than later.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m excited to be joining PremiAir Racing and getting started with the team at the Gold Coast. With 2027 and 2028 locked in, these final three events give us a great opportunity to start working together and build towards next season,\u201d said Murray, 25.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m looking forward to getting to know the engineers and crew, understanding how the team operates and getting comfortable in the Camaro. It\u2019s also great to continue within the GM Motorsports family.<\/p>\n

\u201cThank you to Peter and Roland for the opportunity and their belief in me. I\u2019m keen to get to work and make the most of these remaining rounds.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"IT\u2019S official: Cooper Murray won\u2019t just be joining PremiAir Racing for the coming month and a half. Rather,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":927180,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[572],"tags":[64,63,806,805,803,804,85],"class_list":["post-927179","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\/927179","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=927179"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/927179\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/927180"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=927179"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=927179"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=927179"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}