{"id":146347,"date":"2025-11-21T12:02:11","date_gmt":"2025-11-21T12:02:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/146347\/"},"modified":"2025-11-21T12:02:11","modified_gmt":"2025-11-21T12:02:11","slug":"brand-new-holden-commodore-zb-supercar-in-doubt-after-triple-eight-super2-decision","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/146347\/","title":{"rendered":"Brand-new Holden Commodore ZB Supercar in doubt after Triple Eight Super2 decision"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>NEWS that Triple Eight will again exit the Dunlop Super2 Series at the end of this season could have a knock-on effect with regards to the proposed build of the world\u2019s newest Commodore.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.v8sleuth.com.au\/stats-driver-2866-Ben-Gomersall\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ben Gomersall<\/a> had been in line to return for a second Super2 season with Triple Eight in 2026, armed with a brand-new ZB Commodore.<\/p>\n<p>But Triple Eight\u2019s decision to funnel its full focus into an expanded three-car full-time main game effort and thus <a href=\"https:\/\/www.v8sleuth.com.au\/triple-eight-confirms-impending-super2-gt4-exits\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">ditch its Super2 program<\/a> has thrown a spanner in the works.<\/p>\n<p>Jason Gomersall, the father of Ben, is not ruling out the possibility that the Holden build mightn\u2019t go ahead.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/bathurst-1000-friday-hi-res-209-of-317-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-239516\"  \/>Jason Gomersall. Pic: Mark Walker<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have got to catch up with Jamie (Whincup, Triple Eight boss) in the next week or so to talk about how we round all of that out,\u201d he told V8 Sleuth.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve been overseas for about a month\u2026 the main concern is to make sure Ben is on the grid for next year, which I\u2019m pretty comfortable with, and everything else is just housekeeping.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Having cut his teeth in Toyota 86s, Gomersall Jr burst out of the blocks with a round podium on Super2 debut at Sydney Motorsport Park in February.<\/p>\n<p>He has drifted towards the back of the 10 as the year has progressed, with Tickford Autosport\u2019s quartet becoming increasingly dominant, but nevertheless has compiled a reasonably promising campaign to date.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/RGP-2025-Thrifty-Sydney-500-_25A4307-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-173209\"  \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.v8sleuth.com.au\/stats-driver-2754-Cameron-McLeod\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Cameron McLeod<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.v8sleuth.com.au\/stats-driver-2749-Jordyn-Sinni\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jordyn Sinni<\/a> and Ben Gomersall spray champagne on the Sydney Super2 podium. Pic: Ross Gibb<\/p>\n<p>The teenager has been linked to Tickford for 2026.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re just working on our plans for next year,\u201d Gomersall Sr said upon returning from the United States yesterday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ve got a few options, I\u2019ve had a number of calls from most of the teams to be honest, which is great.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo yeah, he\u2019ll be on the grid, so we\u2019ll finalise that and make an announcement post-Adelaide.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Tickford will win the 2025 Super2 title, with its four drivers (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.v8sleuth.com.au\/stats-driver-2773-Rylan-Gray\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Rylan Gray<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.v8sleuth.com.au\/stats-driver-2740-Lochie-Dalton\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Lochie Dalton<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.v8sleuth.com.au\/stats-driver-2680-Nash-Morris\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Nash Morris<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.v8sleuth.com.au\/stats-driver-2802-Reuben-Goodall\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Reuben Goodall<\/a>) the only mathematical contenders heading into next weekend\u2019s Adelaide decider.<\/p>\n<p>Gray will next year replace <a href=\"https:\/\/www.v8sleuth.com.au\/stats-driver-4-Will-Davison\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Will Davison<\/a> in a full-time <a href=\"https:\/\/www.v8sleuth.com.au\/stats-driver-250-Dick-Johnson\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Dick Johnson<\/a> Racing Supercars seat, while Dalton and Morris have signed co-drive deals with Erebus Motorsport and PremiAir Racing respectively.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NEWS that Triple Eight will again exit the Dunlop Super2 Series at the end of this season could&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":146348,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[111,139,69,213],"class_list":{"0":"post-146347","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports","8":"tag-new-zealand","9":"tag-newzealand","10":"tag-nz","11":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/146347","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=146347"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/146347\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/146348"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=146347"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=146347"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=146347"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}