{"id":946001,"date":"2026-10-30T05:28:15","date_gmt":"2026-10-30T05:28:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/946001\/"},"modified":"2026-10-30T05:28:15","modified_gmt":"2026-10-30T05:28:15","slug":"ben-grice-gets-late-sandown-mustang-cup-australia-2026-drive-for-ben-kavich","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/946001\/","title":{"rendered":"Ben Grice gets late Sandown Mustang Cup Australia 2026 drive for Ben Kavich"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">BEN Grice will represent Team Thryv Race For A Cure in back-to-back Sandown weekends, after fielding an SOS to substitute for Ben Kavich in Motorcraft Mustang Cup Australia.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Kavich took part in Practice 1 this morning but has now handed the #11 entry over to Grice amid an ongoing health issue.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWhile I am disappointed not to finish the event, particularly as I love these cars and the Sandown circuit, I know it is the sensible decision,\u201d Ben said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI am handing the keys to Ben Grice, who I consider one of Australia\u2019s most underrated racing talents.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/ben_grice2-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-269373\"  \/>Pic: Supplied<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe silver lining is that Ben will gain valuable track time at Sandown ahead of driving our Team Thryv Race For A Cure Trans Am car next weekend, when the series supports the Supercars Sandown 500.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI have enormous respect for Ben and I know he will give it everything he has got. I will be right there cheering him and the entire team on.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Grice said: \u201cI am gutted for Ben. While I relish any opportunity to get behind the wheel of a race car, I would much rather have seen my friend finish the event himself.<\/p>\n<p>Supercars Finals &amp; Team Orders | The Undercut<\/p>\n<p>THE Supercars Finals have landed for 2026, leaving plenty to unpack in this week\u2019s episode of The Undercut!<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI am grateful for the opportunity and the trust Ben has placed in me. I will be giving it everything I have got to deliver a strong result for him and the entire Team Thryv Race For A Cure crew.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Joe Fawcett headed the Mustang Cup field in opening practice, with Brock Stinson, Oliver Wickham, Josh Anderson and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.v8sleuth.com.au\/stats-driver-2633-Declan-Fraser\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Declan Fraser<\/a> rounding out the top five.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Grice\u2019s participation in the Trans Am finale next weekend had not previously been announced. The V8-powered category is also racing this weekend at Sandown.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BEN Grice will represent Team Thryv Race For A Cure in back-to-back Sandown weekends, after fielding an SOS&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":946002,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[572],"tags":[64,63,806,805,803,804,85],"class_list":["post-946001","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\/946001","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=946001"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/946001\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/946002"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=946001"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=946001"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=946001"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}