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A Letter to the Fans

Hi everyone,

On behalf of all my team mates, past and present, we’ve got some really exciting news to share with you today.

Our main objective at Triple Eight is to entertain people, bring people joy, watching our race cars go around tracks at silly speeds. We want to inspire people to push a little harder, go a little further, push the boundaries to generate new experiences.   

From the start of the 2026 season, I’m very excited to announce that we’ll be the official homologation team and performance partner of Ford Performance. Of course, a huge part of this partnership will be managing the Gen3 Supercar program, but our plan is for it to extend much further than that.

Our partnership extends from our desire to be performance partners, across multiple levels of motorsport where Ford want to showcase their world class products.

Ford have a rich history in worldwide motorsport and nothing highlights this more than their commitment to the Red Bull Formula One team which also debuts in 2026. Aligning manufacturers with Red Bull’s major motorsport commitment will only further strengthen the partnership.

It’s important to know, our biggest attraction to committing to this change, is the fact that so many Aussies already love this great brand, with over 100,000 new Ford’s sold in 2024.

Our mission is to take the learnings that we’ve developed in motorsport the last 20 years to allow everyone the opportunity to experience it in some way shape or form in their everyday travel.

We have serious passion about everything we do at Triple Eight which makes the timing exactly right to come back to this great brand.  We are very very proud of everything we have achieved in our 20 year history, which includes 15 years representing the Holden/GM brand and their supporters. We can’t thank you enough for accepting us back in 2010 and enjoying the journey with us.

Right now, we’re looking forward to bringing you proper motorsport action, fighting for another Supercar Championship with Will and Broc, and we can’t wait to share further detail with you on our 2026 plans as soon as we can.  We hope to see you trackside real soon.

Jamie