{"id":560938,"date":"2026-08-06T16:20:11","date_gmt":"2026-08-06T16:20:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/560938\/"},"modified":"2026-08-06T16:20:11","modified_gmt":"2026-08-06T16:20:11","slug":"gt1-race-club-joins-support-card-for-adelaide-grand-final-supercars-event","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/560938\/","title":{"rendered":"GT1 Race Club joins support card for Adelaide Grand Final Supercars event"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1422\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Adelaide-GF-GT1.jpg\" class=\"sc-hero-img\" alt=\"$8 million Pagani to star in new Adelaide Grand Final support class\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"eager\"  \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tThe Pagani at the launch of the Adelaide Grand Final event. Image: Supplied<\/p>\n<p>Organisers have added an additional category to the on-track program titled GT1 Race Club presented by GG Classic Cars.<\/p>\n<p>It was teased during Wednesday night\u2019s event launch through the unveiling of an $8 million Pagani Huayra R Evo Roadster.<\/p>\n<p>High-end exotica from manufacturers including Bugatti and Ferrari are also said to be part of the program.<\/p>\n<p>GT1 Race Club is backed by international GT racing promoter the SRO Motorsports Group.<\/p>\n<p>Adelaide is yet to confirm details on the format, although is promoting it as a \u201crace feature\u201d and a \u201ccompetitive event\u201d.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/speedcafe.com\/supercars-news-2026-adelaide-grand-final-schedule-released-details-supports-program-start-times\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The event schedule released last month<\/a> included six slots across the four days for a \u2018feature challenge\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>Event director Shaun Bennetts trumpeted the addition at the launch event.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAdelaide has always been a place where special racing cars belong,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFrom the Formula 1 era through to Supercars, GT racing and international demonstrations, this circuit has hosted some of the most significant competition cars ever brought to Australia.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn 2026 we will continue that tradition with the GT1 Race Club presented by GG Classic Cars.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe GT1 Race Club will bring together an exceptional collection of track focused hypercars from leading manufacturers and specialist race car constructors.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Details of eligibility, entries and participating cars and drivers are yet to be confirmed.<\/p>\n<p>The Wednesday night launch also featured the premiere of a new commercial for the November 26-29 event featuring Hollywood star Eric Bana.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Pagani at the launch of the Adelaide Grand Final event. Image: Supplied Organisers have added an additional&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":560939,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[100807,111,139,69,9335,213],"class_list":["post-560938","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-adelaide-grand-final","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-slot2","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/560938","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=560938"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/560938\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/560939"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=560938"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=560938"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=560938"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}