{"id":477887,"date":"2026-06-15T05:12:16","date_gmt":"2026-06-15T05:12:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/477887\/"},"modified":"2026-06-15T05:12:16","modified_gmt":"2026-06-15T05:12:16","slug":"supercars-news-david-cauchi-makes-low-key-motorsport-return","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/477887\/","title":{"rendered":"Supercars news: David Cauchi makes low-key motorsport return"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Cauchi left the sport after finishing up his Grove duties at the end of 2025, citing a desire to take a break after 18 years in the Supercars paddock.<\/p>\n

He relocated from Melbourne to Brisbane and has been working for earthwork supply company JGI Quarry.<\/p>\n

Cauchi appeared at Queensland Raceway to help run the Multispares Racing Ford Mustang of Cameron McLeod\/Mason Harvey in the GT4 Australia Series.<\/p>\n

The connection came through veteran engineer Wally Storey, who had originally helped Cauchi enter the sport in the mid-2000s.<\/p>\n

\u201cWally reached out to me and asked if I could come and help out for the weekend, being a local round,\u201d Cauchi told Speedcafe.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was nice to work with Wally. Those two young drivers are very fast and professional and we managed to get on the podium.<\/p>\n

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\u201cIt was good fun.\u201d<\/p>\n

Cauchi\u2019s exit from Grove Racing included a six-month period of gardening leave, which concluded in mid-March.<\/p>\n

Although QR was his first time working at a race meeting since the end of 2025, he did attend a NASCAR race as a spectator during a holiday to the US.<\/p>\n

\u201cI went to the Las Vegas NASCAR race as a spectator with Shane [van Gisbergen], and saw the two NRL games over there,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cI have some family there too, and I also went over to Charlotte and caught up with some friends who work with various NASCAR teams and manufacturers.<\/p>\n

\u201cSince coming back to Australia I\u2019ve gotten into some work and settled back into Brisbane. So I\u2019m plodding along, quietly.\u201d<\/p>\n

Cauchi described the QR appearance as a one-off for now and said he\u2019s not in any rush to return to professional motorsport.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs always, I never say never, but I\u2019m happy doing my thing outside of the industry,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s something I miss, it\u2019s something that was part of my life for a very long time, so I miss the competition and the people you meet along the way.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut for now I\u2019m also happy watching it on TV.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"David Cauchi during his time with Grove Racing. Image: Supplied Cauchi left the sport after finishing up his…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":107864,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[95393,111,139,69,1058,213],"class_list":["post-477887","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-david-cauchi","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-slot1","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/477887","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=477887"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/477887\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/107864"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=477887"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=477887"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=477887"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}