Chevy Aussie Racing Engine Program To Be Supported By NASCAR Teams

The most dominant Australian Supercars team – Triple Eight Race Engineering – has been allied with General Motors for a decade and a half. But the team is pulling the plug on its Chevy partnership at the end of the 2025 racing season, joining with Ford next year. GM wasn’t exactly thrilled with the news, leaving the automaker in a sticky situation regarding its future in the sport. Now, though, GM Motorsports announced its Supercars engine program will be supported by American motorsports teams, including some from NASCAR.

According to a report from Supercars.com, as part of GM’s commitment to Supercars racing, the automaker is pulling in outside support from GM Motorsports teams in the U.S. Alliances will be formed locally within Supercars, of course, but the engine program will receive expertise from overseas, drawing from lessons learned by Chevy teams in NASCAR and other North American motorsports divisions.

All Chevy allied Supercars teams will have access to the technical resources utilized by GM Motorsports teams in the U.S. Additionally, Supercars drivers racing under The Bow Tie Brand’s banner will have opportunities to compete in American racing classes, including NASCAR – an obvious choice – as well as GT racing, which would put them behind the wheel of the Corvette Racing Z06 GT3.R in competition worldwide.

For 2026, Matt Stone Racing, Team 18, and Erebus Motorsport will continue racing Chevy Camaro based race cars while receiving engine support from NASCAR teams. Brad Jones Racing may defect to Toyota, which is entering Supercars next year, and PremiAir Racing is expected to join Ford.

GM doesn’t seem too keen on sharing its engine supplier with the Ford racers next year, indicating bad blood between Chevy and Triple Eight. That team is in the process of cutting all ties with GM anyway, even auctioning off its custom Holden Commodore as a final farewell to the automaker.