{"id":144317,"date":"2025-11-20T07:01:18","date_gmt":"2025-11-20T07:01:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/144317\/"},"modified":"2025-11-20T07:01:18","modified_gmt":"2025-11-20T07:01:18","slug":"supercars-news-triple-eight-driver-set-for-tickford-racing-switch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/144317\/","title":{"rendered":"Supercars news: Triple Eight driver set for Tickford Racing switch"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tTickford Racing will again run four Super2 entries in 2026. Image: InSyde Media<\/p>\n

The switch has been triggered by Triple Eight\u2019s decision to quit the second-tier series as it focuses on its future with Ford.<\/p>\n

Triple Eight rejoined Super2 this year in partnership with Ben\u2019s father Jason Gomersall, who owns the two ZB Holden Commodores raced by Ben, 19, and Jackson Walls, 22.<\/p>\n

Walls is already confirmed to be moving to Triple Eight\u2019s Supercars Championship squad<\/a> as it expands to three cars, taking on SCT Motorsport as a customer entry.<\/p>\n

Gomersall, however, is expected to switch to Tickford, taking the place of current title contender Lochie Dalton in the Ford team\u2019s four-car Super2 line-up.<\/p>\n

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Triple Eight\u2019s Super2 Series drivers Jackson Walls (left) with Ben Gomersall. Image: Supplied<\/p>\n

The move is believed to have prompted Dalton\u2019s surprise co-driving deal with Erebus Motorsport<\/a>, having previously been tipped to graduate into Tickford\u2019s Enduro Cup squad.<\/p>\n

Tickford\u2019s domination of the 2025 Super2 Series has triggered serious demand for seats in its Mustangs next season.<\/p>\n

The Gomersall-owned Triple Eight Commodores have proven best of the rest and are likely to be on the grid next year too, run by Matt Stone Racing.<\/p>\n

MSR, of which Gomersall is a stakeholder, is keen to return to Super2, having stepped back from the class when Gen3 was introduced to the main game in 2023.<\/p>\n

The fate of a Gomersall-owned final Gen2 Commodore still in build at Triple Eight<\/a> is unclear.<\/p>\n

Triple Eight is meanwhile the second major team to confirm its impending exit from Super2 for 2026 following a similar decision from Walkinshaw Andretti United.<\/p>\n

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Gomersall\u2019s T8 Holdens are likely to race on with MSR. Image: InSyde Media<\/p>\n

The ongoing participation of several other outfits has also been in doubt amid recent uncertainty over when Gen3 cars will be introduced to the category.<\/p>\n

Triple Eight says it will return to Super2 when the Gen3 ruleset is introduced \u2013 a move that has now been pushed back until 2028.<\/a><\/p>\n

That will allow Supercars to work through a cost containment process to make the cars more suitable to the budgets of second-tier teams.<\/p>\n

Supercars delays introduction of Gen3 cars to Super2 Series<\/a><\/p>\n

Tickford drivers hold the top four places in the 2025 points standings ahead of the final round in Adelaide next weekend, with Rylan Gray leading the charge.<\/p>\n

Gomersall is placed ninth on 822 points, just 63 adrift of fifth-placed teammate Walls in the battle for rookie of the year honours.<\/p>\n

A 23-car field has been confirmed for the event, with NASCAR Xfinity Series champion Jesse Love the big addition at Image Racing.<\/p>\n

Love will drive the Holden previously raced by Max Geoghegan, who has switched to Kelly Racing, while Elliot Cleary returns for Eggleston Motorsport after missing four races due to a wrist injury.<\/p>\n


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