Nathan Herne from the Australian TA2 Racing Series was originally signed in Ojeda's place however his entry was blocked as Motorsport Australia denied him of the required licence.
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Rogers' team later returned to the championship with a single wildcard for the Bathurst 1000 – signing Super2 Series drivers Tyler Everingham and Jayden Ojeda. Team principal Garry Rogers cited escalating costs of competing and a model that required them to purchase parts rather than develop them as the reasons for his decision to withdraw. Matt Stone Racing acquired a second REC from Garry Rogers Motorsport to replace the one it had been leasing from Britek Motorsport. Two of the team's RECs were purchased by Team 18 and Matt Stone Racing, with both expanding to two car entries. Kelly Racing scaled down from a four-car team racing Nissan Altimas to a two-car team with Ford Mustangs. Brad Jones Racing continued to operate a fourth car on behalf of Tim Blanchard Racing. īrad Jones Racing expanded to a three-car team, after acquiring an REC that was formerly owned by Britek Motorsport and had been leased to Matt Stone Racing. It entered two Triple Eight-built Holden ZB Commodores. A second Racing Entitlement Contract (REC) was acquired from Supercars management. Tekno Autosports relocated to Western Sydney and expanded to a two-car operation under the Team Sydney by Tekno brand. The following teams and drivers competed in the 2020 championship. Holden was represented by factory-backed team Triple Eight Race Engineering respectively. "I'm looking forward to getting back behind the wheel of a Commodore and together with Erebus growing a strong relationship with Holden. "Since then, the VF Commodore has proven to be the car of choice and I see the change to Holden as a positive for Erebus Motorsport. "I made my V8 Supercars debut in a Commodore, but since I last raced a Holden the series moved into the Car Of The Future era," Reynolds said.
"Erebus has experienced success, but with the switch to Holden combined with our experienced team personnel in Barry Ryan and Campbell Little, and David Reynolds behind the wheel, we have every chance to win more often."ĭriving the #9 Penrite Racing Erebus Motorsport VF Commodore, Reynolds is looking forward to getting back into a Holden. "Holden has proved its competitiveness in the sport again and again," Klimenko said. Holden is Australian motorsport's most successful manufacturer with a record 30 Bathurst 1000 triumphs, 496 championship race wins and 19 Australian Touring Car/V8 Supercars Championships.Ĭommodore is the most winning nameplate with 446 championship race victories while VF Commodore, introduced in 2013, has recorded 74 wins and already sits second on V8 Supercars' all-time most winning models list.Įrebus Motorsport owner, Betty Klimenko is confident the change will enable the team to challenge for wins and podiums on a more regular basis. Given Holden's successful racing heritage and its on-going commitment to Supercars, Erebus has decided to form a new relationship with the iconic Australian marque to spearhead its 2016 campaign. Erebus' defection leaves no one at present to run the Mercedes metal, which effectively means that it will disappear from the series.Įrebus Motorsport chooses to race Holdens in 2016Įrebus Motorsport has chosen to race Holden VF Commodores in the 2016 V8 Supercars Championship. Holdens – the rest of the field composed on In fact, of 24 entries registered for this season, a narrow majority of 13 will be driving Holden VF Commodore in this year's championship, making it not only the most successful car in the history of the series, but far and away the most popular car on the grid for 2016. The switch will make Erebus one of seven to run the In three years on the grid so far, Erebus and Mercedes have won only two races: one in 2014 and another in 2015, leaving them in eleventh place in the teams' championship in 20, and seventh in 2014. Mercedes SLS AMGs in the Australian GT Championship, and brought But now the team is switching toĮrebus ported over to V8 Supercars in 2013 after fielding a pair of Not to be confused with Cerberus (the investment firm to which Mercedes-Benz soldĬhrysler), Erebus is the team that adapted the E63ĪMG for and fielded it in the Australian touring car series. The announcement doesn't come from the manufacturer but rather from Erebus Motorsports. Mercedes-Benz is killing it in Formula One and putting up a solid fight in DTM, but it won't be represented any longer inĪustralia's V8 Supercars series.
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