2026 Super2 Series

The 2026 Super2 Series is an Australian motor racing competition for Supercars as a support series. It will be the twenty-seventh running of the Super2 Series.

2025 Super2 Champion Rylan Gray will not defend his title as he will graduate to the Supercars Championship with Dick Johnson Racing.

Calendar

Rd Event Circuit Location Dates
1 Sydney 500 Sydney Motorsport Park Eastern Creek, New South Wales 20–22 February
2 Darwin Triple Crown Hidden Valley Raceway Darwin, Northern Territory 19–21 June
3 Perth Super 440 Wanneroo Raceway Neerabup, Western Australia 31 July—2 August
4 Bathurst 1000 Mount Panorama Circuit Bathurst, New South Wales 8–11 October
5 Sandown 500 Sandown Raceway Springvale, Victoria 6–8 November
6 Adelaide Grand Final Adelaide Parklands Circuit Adelaide, South Australia 26–29 November
[1]

Entries

Manufacturer Model Entrant No. Driver Name Class Rounds
Ford Mustang GT Tickford Autosport[2] 5 Reuben Goodall 1
6 Ben Gomersall 1
55 Nash Morris 1
56 Campbell Logan 1
Anderson Motorsport[3] 17 Ryan Tomsett 1
78 Zak Best[4] 1
Blanchard Racing Team[3] 33 Bailey Sweeny[5] 1
43 Lochie Dalton[5] 1
Masterton Motorsport[6] 116 Hamish Fitzsimmons R 1
Holden Commodore ZB Brad Jones Racing 2 Matt Hillyer[7] 1
80 Brad Vaughan[7] 1
Matt Stone Racing 16 Tommy Smith[8] R 1
28 Ayrton Hodson[9] 1
Matt Chahda Motorsport[6] 18 Matt Chahda[10] 1
81 Jordyn Sinni[11] 1
Eggleston Motorsport[3] 36 Cody Burcher[12] 1
38 Elliot Cleary[12] 1
54 Bayley Hall[13] R 1
88 Bradi Owen[12] 1
Alice Buckley Motorsport[14][a] 50 Alice Buckley R 1

Team Changes

Triple Eight Race Engineering withdrew from the series to focus on becoming the new Ford homologation team in Supercars.[15]

Walkinshaw TWG Racing withdrew from the series to focus on becoming the new Toyota homologation team in Supercars and its GR Cup program.

Kelly Racing withdrew from the series[16]

Matt Stone Racing rejoined the series after last competing in 2022 with two ex-Triple Eight Race Engineering Holden Commodore ZBs.[9]

Alice Buckley Motorsport joined the series as a satellite team for Matt Stone Racing with a ex-Triple Eight Race Engineering Holden Commodore ZB.[14]

Matt Chahda Motorsport rejoined the series after last competing in 2024 with two ex-Walkinshaw Andretti United Holden Commodore ZBs.[6][10]

Driver Changes

Rylan Gray, Jobe Stewart, Zach Bates and Jackson Walls all graduated to the Supercars Championship with Dick Johnson Racing, Erebus Motorsport, Matt Stone Racing and Triple Eight Race Engineering respectively.[17][18][19][20]

Ayrton Hodson moved from Anderson Motorsport to Matt Stone Racing. He was replaced by 3x Super2 runner-up Zak Best who rejoins the team and the series after last competing with the team in 2023.[9][4]

Lachlan Dalton left Tickford Autosport.[21]

Ben Gomersall moved from Triple Eight Race Engineering to Tickford Autosport[2]

Campbell Logan moved from Walkinshaw Andretti United to Tickford Autosport[2]

Tommy Smith will graduate from Trans Am Series to race with Matt Stone Racing

Matt Hillyer moved from Walkinshaw TWG Racing to Brad Jones Racing to replace Cody Gillis.[7]

Alice Buckley will graduate from Trans Am Series to race with Alice Buckley Motorsport.[14]

Bayley Hall will graduate from Porsche Carrera Cup to race with Eggleston Motorsport.[13]

Jordyn Sinni moved from Eggleston Motorsport to Matt Chada Motorsport.[11]

Results and Standings

Season Summary

Rd Event Pole position Fastest lap Winning Driver Winning Team Winning Car Round Winner
1 Sydney SuperNight 500 Zak Best Reuben Goodall Brad Vaughan Brad Jones Racing Holden Commodore (ZB) Lochie Dalton
Lochie Dalton Lochie Dalton Lochie Dalton Blanchard Racing Team Mustang GT
2 Darwin Triple Crown
3 Perth Super440
4 Bathurst 1000
5 Sandown 500
6 Adelaide Grand Final

Series standings

Points system

Position[22]
1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th 13th 14th 15th 16th 17th 18th 19th 20th 21st 22nd 23rd 24th 25th 26th 27th 28th 29th 30th
150 138 129 120 111 102 96 90 84 78 72 69 66 63 60 57 54 51 48 45 42 39 36 33 30 27 24 21 18 15

Points Standings

Pos Driver No. SYD

HID

BAR

BAT

SAN

ADE

Pen. Points
1 Lochie Dalton 43 5 1 0 261
2 Brad Vaughan 80 1 5 0 261
3 Reuben Goodall 5 2 4 0 258
4 Ben Gomersall 6 6 2 0 240
5 Zak Best 78 4 6 0 222
6 Nash Morris 55 9 3 0 203
7 Ryan Tomsett 17 3 16 0 186
8 Matt Hillyer 2 7 9 0 180
9 Bailey Sweeny 33 8 8 0 180
10 Campbell Logan 56 11 7 0 168
11 Cody Burcher 36 12 13 0 135
12 Bayley Hall 54 14 12 0 132
13 Bradi Owen 88 18 10 0 129
14 Matt Chahda 18 17 11 0 126
15 Ayrton Hodson 28 13 17 0 120
16 Elliot Cleary 38 19 14 0 111
17 Hamish Fitzsimmons 116 16 18 0 108
18 Tommy Smith 16 20 15 0 105
19 Jordyn Sinni 81 10 NC 0 78
20 Alice Buckley 50 15 Ret 0 60
Pos Driver No. SYD

HID

BAR

BAT

SAN

ADE

Pen. Points
Key
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver Second place
Bronze Third place
Green Other points position
Blue Other classified position
Not classified, finished (NC)
Purple Not classified, retired (Ret)
Red Did not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black Disqualified (DSQ)
White Did not start (DNS)
Race cancelled (C)
Blank Did not practice (DNP)
Excluded (EX)
Did not arrive (DNA)
Withdrawn (WD)
Did not enter (cell empty)
Text formatting Meaning
Bold Pole position
Italics Fastest lap

Notes

  1. ^ Satellite team of Matt Stone Racing

References

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  18. ^ "Erebus announces main game deal for rookie Stewart | Supercars". www.supercars.com. Retrieved 2025-12-09.
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