General Motors has been a key player in the Australian Supercars Championship for decades, doing battle against the likes of Ford and other makes that have come and gone over the series’ history. However, The General is at a bit of a crossroads when it comes to racing Down Under, but it’s not going to be easy to chase the automaker off. In fact, it’s committed to the series for a while yet.
Currently, GM-allied teams compete with Chevy Camaro based race cars, but, well, the Camaro is dead, and even if it wasn’t, it hasn’t been offered in Oceania for several years. Moreover, GM’s homologation team, Triple Eight, recently announced that it’s ditching the automaker for its crosstown rival, Ford, at the end of the 2025 racing season. But despite all that, GM said that it wants to stick around through the Australian Supercars 2026 racing season and beyond, according to a report from Supercars.com.
“We are committed to the Supercars sport, we’ve already signed agreements with Supercars for the following few years,” said Jess Bala, Managing Director, GM Australia and New Zealand. “We are still very much committed and love being part of the sport. GM, through many different lenses, have been part of the Supercars and motorsport industry here in Australia for almost 70 years.”
She added, “And when you look at what we bring to market here within Australia and also New Zealand from a GMSV standpoint, we know that a lot of our customers are very passionate about the sport as well. We are, as a company, committed to Supercars here and the industry and the racing series moving forward.”
Chris Payne, Chevy Racing General Manager, backed up Bala’s sentiments, saying, “These are circumstances that we’re not accustomed to. We are, and collectively with the Chevrolet Racing teams, below average losers. Ironically, the decision by Triple Eight, positions us, you might argue, as the underdog in the sport, all of a sudden.”
In fact, General Motors is actively searching for a new homologation team to take Triple Eight’s place in 2026.
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Breaking news. GM is leaving supercars after 2026. Toyota will take over from GM in the new gen 3 series.
How is gm even relevant in this space? What vehicle are they going to field, a 1.2L 3 pot made in Korea?
So no EV virtue signalling for Mary and the NASCAR family in Australia? Only dirty Americans must race EVs?