{"id":24055,"date":"2025-09-15T16:20:11","date_gmt":"2025-09-15T16:20:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/24055\/"},"modified":"2025-09-15T16:20:11","modified_gmt":"2025-09-15T16:20:11","slug":"supercars-news-erebus-co-driver-jobe-stewart-aces-2026-audition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/24055\/","title":{"rendered":"Supercars news: Erebus co-driver Jobe Stewart aces 2026 audition"},"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\tJobe Stewart with Cooper Murray and Aaron Cameron on the grid. Image: InSyde Media<\/p>\n

The 21-year-old paired with Cooper Murray to convert eighth on the grid into a seventh-place finish in the 102-lap race aboard the #99 Erebus Camaro.<\/p>\n

They were the only combination on the \u2018alternate\u2019 driver strategy, as Erebus elected to start the primary driver before double-stinting Stewart and then putting Murray back in for the finish.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt helped us a fair bit in that first stint because Cooper was able to pass a few of those co-drivers when they were just figuring it out in the first few laps,\u201d Stewart told Speedcafe.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn my first stint I damaged the tyre early and kind of struggled, but then that second stint was awesome against all the main drivers.<\/p>\n

\u201cI managed to hold my ground and hang onto the tyres and bring it back in a good position for Cooper.\u201d<\/p>\n

Super2 driver Stewart said he had no reservations about going up against the primary drivers in his second stint at the wheel.<\/p>\n

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\u201cWe honestly expected a few more people to do it, but I wasn\u2019t really phased by who I was racing against,\u201d he said of the strategy.<\/p>\n

\u201cAt the end of the day, you\u2019re just on a race track with heaps of other cars and race car drivers, so I just tried to keep my head down and stay consistent and it worked out.\u201d<\/p>\n

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The Murray\/Stewart Camaro on track. Image: InSyde Media<\/p>\n

Stewart has put himself in pole position to graduate to a full-time drive next year as Erebus scouts for a replacement for Jack Le Brocq in its #9 Camaro.<\/p>\n

The Mount Gambier, SA, native is a product of Erebus\u2019 academy program, which is run in conjunction with Image Racing.<\/p>\n

He won the Super3 title in 2023 before stepping up to Super2 last year, finishing fifth in points after a breakout maiden win at Bathurst.<\/p>\n

This year has proven a tough one for the Image outfit but Stewart is doing everything he can to impress Erebus boss Barry Ryan.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think I\u2019m ready, I think Barry knows that I want to be in there, so I just have to wait and see, but this is the best way to show that I\u2019m ready,\u201d he said of a full-time seat.<\/p>\n

\u201cNo one\u2019s officially said that it\u2019s an audition, but I think everyone up and down pit lane would be looking at the rookie co-drivers and seeing how they do.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo it\u2019s definitely an audition of sorts.\u201d<\/p>\n

Stewart\u2019s connection to Erebus began through the team\u2019s Mount Gambier-based chassis builder James White back in 2017.<\/p>\n

\u201cDad owns a crash repair shop and we\u2019ve been painting the Erebus chassis for eight years now,\u201d explained Stewart, who also helps build and repair cars at White\u2019s workshop.<\/p>\n

\u201cBarry\u2019s pretty much pushed me down this pathway to where I am now, so I just can\u2019t thank those guys enough. It\u2019s working out so far, I\u2019m pretty stoked with my career up until this point.\u201d<\/p>\n

Stewart made the 300km trek back from Tailem Bend to Mount Gambier on Sunday night, ready to return to his day job this morning.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jobe Stewart with Cooper Murray and Aaron Cameron on the grid. Image: InSyde Media The 21-year-old paired with…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":24056,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[18756,24679,111,139,69,213],"class_list":["post-24055","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-erebus-motorsport","tag-jobe-stewart","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24055","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=24055"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24055\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24056"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24055"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24055"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24055"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}