{"id":561735,"date":"2026-08-07T11:32:15","date_gmt":"2026-08-07T11:32:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/561735\/"},"modified":"2026-08-07T11:32:15","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T11:32:15","slug":"supercars-news-team-18-recruits-ex-brt-crew-chief-for-wildcard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/561735\/","title":{"rendered":"Supercars news: Team 18 recruits ex-BRT crew chief for wildcard"},"content":{"rendered":"

\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"Team\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tTeam 18’s wildcard Camaro at The Bend. Image: Supplied <\/p>\n

Huijser recently parted ways with the Blanchard Racing Team after a 15-month stint, during which he was credited for improving the squad\u2019s car preparation.<\/p>\n

He has been recruited by Team 18 to manage its wildcard program and is at The Bend today as Bayley Hall prepares for his Ipswich debut.<\/p>\n

Huijser previously worked at Team 18 from 2022-2024, starting as crew chief and spending a stint as team manager.<\/p>\n

Team 18 has this year taken over the Supercheap Auto wildcard program from Triple Eight following the powerhouse squad\u2019s switch to Ford.<\/p>\n

Hall will make his Supercars debut with a wildcard in the Sprint Cup finale at Ipswich this month before tackling the Enduro Cup alongside Craig Lowndes.<\/p>\n

\"Dennis<\/p>\n

Dennis Huijser at The Bend. Image: Supplied<\/p>\n

The Supercheap Camaro is being engineered by veteran Richard Hollway, who is also guiding Hall\u2019s Super2 Series campaign with Eggleston Motorsport.<\/p>\n

Hall tested at The Bend with his Super2 Commodore on Thursday, during which Lowndes had a cameo steer.<\/p>\n

Also testing at The Bend today are rookies Rylan Gray (Dick Johnson Racing), Jackson Walls (Triple Eight), Zach Bates (Matt Stone Racing) and Jayden Ojeda (PremiAir Racing).<\/p>\n

Walkinshaw TWG Racing is also present with its Toyota Supra, which is being shared by Chaz Mostert and Ryan Wood.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Team 18’s wildcard Camaro at The Bend. Image: Supplied Huijser recently parted ways with the Blanchard Racing Team…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":561736,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[159853,15379,43206,111,139,69,1732,213,29709],"class_list":["post-561735","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-bayley-hall","tag-blanchard-racing-team","tag-craig-lowndes","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-slot4","tag-sports","tag-team-18"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/561735","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=561735"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/561735\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/561736"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=561735"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=561735"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=561735"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}