{"id":279923,"date":"2026-02-12T05:32:21","date_gmt":"2026-02-12T05:32:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/279923\/"},"modified":"2026-02-12T05:32:21","modified_gmt":"2026-02-12T05:32:21","slug":"supercars-news-livery-and-number-change-for-cooldrive-mustang","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/279923\/","title":{"rendered":"Supercars news: Livery and number change for CoolDrive Mustang"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/BRT-COOLDRIVE-RACING-202611-1.jpg\" alt=\"Livery and number change for CoolDrive Mustang\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tJames Golding&#8217;s CoolDrive Mustang. Image: Supplied <\/p>\n<p>BRT\u2019s CoolDrive car will now sport the #7 following a decision to keep the now Liqui Moly-backed Aaron Cameron in #3.<\/p>\n<p>The team has also tweaked its traditionally simple CoolDrive livery, adding graphic elements that carry across both cars.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is probably the biggest shift we\u2019ve made with a CoolDrive livery in our time in Supercars,\u201d said team boss Tim Blanchard.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere was a clear focus on creating stronger alignment across both sides of the garage.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhile we represent different partners, everything operates under the BRT umbrella and this years designs really showcase that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1019471\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/BRT-COOLDRIVE-RACING-202613-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1282\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>The livery shares common elements with the #3 car. Image: Supplied<\/p>\n<p>Golding joins BRT following a three-and-a-half year stint at PremiAir Racing.<\/p>\n<p>Limited edition Full Credit Papaya Rules &amp; Race Day Sunday merch drops now live! <a href=\"https:\/\/shop.fcttn.com\/?utm_source=speedcafe&amp;utm_medium=textlink&amp;utm_campaign=ad\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Click here to shop.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe car looks unreal. The CoolDrive blue is iconic, and it\u2019s a nice change for me personally to roll out in something that stands out like this,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHeading into this season, I feel like I\u2019m in a really strong place. The relationship I\u2019ve built with the crew already makes it feel like home. I can\u2019t wait to roll out in Sydney.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/speedcafe.com\/supercars-news-2026-triple-eight-blanchard-racing-team-ford-customer-deal-explained-comments\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Blanchard breaks silence on Triple Eight alliance<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a data-bid=\"1\" data-no-instant=\"1\" href=\"https:\/\/t.cfjump.com\/92797\/b\/285241\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none; vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/285241.gif\" alt=\"\"\/><br \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"James Golding&#8217;s CoolDrive Mustang. Image: Supplied BRT\u2019s CoolDrive car will now sport the #7 following a decision to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":279924,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[15379,37803,111,139,69,213],"class_list":{"0":"post-279923","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports","8":"tag-blanchard-racing-team","9":"tag-james-golding","10":"tag-new-zealand","11":"tag-newzealand","12":"tag-nz","13":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/279923","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=279923"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/279923\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/279924"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=279923"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=279923"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=279923"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}