{"id":556199,"date":"2026-08-02T13:50:17","date_gmt":"2026-08-02T13:50:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/556199\/"},"modified":"2026-08-02T13:50:17","modified_gmt":"2026-08-02T13:50:17","slug":"supercars-news-blanchard-racing-team-crew-chief-dennis-huijser-part-ways","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/556199\/","title":{"rendered":"Supercars news: Blanchard Racing Team, crew chief Dennis Huijser part ways"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">THERE is a pivotal face missing from the Blanchard Racing Team garage this weekend.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">V8 Sleuth can reveal experienced crew chief Dennis Huijser parted ways with the Ford squad following last month\u2019s Townsville 500.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.v8sleuth.com.au\/blanchard-racing-team-recruits-supercars-veteran\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Huijser had been part of BRT\u2019s mid-2025 rebuild<\/a>, joining ahead of the Tasmania Super440 in May last year after the team\u2019s Taup\u014d woes.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/RGP-2025-SnowyRiver-Caravans-Tasmania-_05A5011-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-223231\"  \/>Dennis Huijser in 2025. Pic: Ross Gibb<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Prior to working with BRT, he had spent stints with the likes of Erebus Motorsport, Grove Racing and Team 18.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/superstore.v8sleuth.com.au\/products\/2026-repco-bathurst-1000-official-program?utm_source=website&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_campaign=buy-button&amp;utm_content=buy-button\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/2026-bathurst-1000-program.jpg\"\/><\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Despite suffering a winter downturn, BRT is in the midst of its best ever season in the Repco Supercars Championship with three podiums and a pole position to its credit.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It will have the chance to accrue a big Sunday points haul in Perth, with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.v8sleuth.com.au\/stats-driver-1192-James-Golding\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">James Golding<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.v8sleuth.com.au\/stats-driver-1568-Aaron-Cameron\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Aaron Cameron<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.v8sleuth.com.au\/starting-grid-for-perth-supercars-finale\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">starting today\u2019s 80-lap race from seventh and ninth respectively<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The Undercut \u2013 Who will make the cut?<\/p>\n<p>THE Undercut is back for another week, breaking down the latest news in the world of Supercars racing!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"THERE is a pivotal face missing from the Blanchard Racing Team garage this weekend. V8 Sleuth can reveal&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":556200,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[111,139,69,213],"class_list":["post-556199","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/556199","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=556199"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/556199\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/556200"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=556199"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=556199"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=556199"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}