Supercars Calendar 2026

The Repco Supercars Championship is Australia and New Zealand's premier motorsport series, featuring high-performance V8 touring cars racing across a diverse calendar of street circuits, permanent road courses, and the iconic Mount Panorama. Operating under FIA regulations as an International Series, Supercars brings together three manufacturers—Ford Mustang, Chevrolet Camaro, and Toyota GR Supra—in close, competitive racing. The 2026 season marks an expansion to 14 rounds and 37 races, with Toyota joining the grid as the third manufacturer alongside established competitors Ford and Chevrolet.

Championship Structure

The Supercars Championship operates across three distinct phases. The Repco Sprint Cup opens the season with nine rounds and 28 races, crowning a Sprint Cup champion who earns automatic entry to the Finals Series. The Ryco Enduro Cup follows, contested over two endurance events—the AirTouch 500 at The Bend and the legendary Repco Bathurst 1000—where co-drivers join the main competitors. The Enduro Cup winner also secures a Finals berth with bonus points. The season concludes with the Repco Finals Series, where the top 10 drivers compete across three rounds: the Boost Mobile Gold Coast 500, Penrite Oil Sandown 500, and bp Adelaide Grand Final. Points reset at each Finals round, with eliminations reducing the field to four contenders for the Adelaide finale.

Race Formats and Weekend Structure

Supercars events vary in format throughout the season. Super440 rounds at Taupō, Christchurch, Tasmania, Perth, and Ipswich feature two 120-kilometre races on Saturday and one 200-kilometre race on Sunday. The "500 format" events at Sydney, Townsville, and Darwin include racing across all three days, typically with a 100-kilometre race on Friday and two 200-kilometre races over the weekend. The Melbourne SuperSprint, held in support of the Australian Grand Prix, consists of four sprint races across four days.

Practice sessions typically run for 25 minutes at Super440 events, while Friday race events feature a single 45-minute session. Qualifying employs three different formats across the season, with 18 Top Ten Shootouts scheduled for 2026. Dunlop supplies Soft, Super Soft, and Wet Weather tyre compounds, with two dry compounds used at Super440 events. Teams must change a minimum of two tyres during compulsory pit stops, with shorter races requiring one stop and longer races requiring two. Fuel capacity is set at 133 litres for Sprint Cup rounds but reduced to 121 litres for Enduro Cup and Finals events.

Teams and Technical Regulations

The 2026 season represents the fourth year of Gen3 technical regulations. Walkinshaw TWG Racing and Brad Jones Racing field Toyota GR Supras, while Triple Eight Race Engineering has switched to Ford Mustangs. Team 18 has taken over as the Chevrolet homologation team. Current championship contenders include defending champion Chaz Mostert, alongside Broc Feeney, Brodie Kostecki, Will Brown, Matt Payne, Cam Waters, and Andre Heimgartner.

Calendar and Notable Events

The 2026 calendar runs from February to December, opening with the Sydney 500 at Sydney Motorsport Park. A historic New Zealand double-header includes Taupō International Motorsport Park and the championship's first visit to Ruapuna Raceway in Christchurch. Other key events include the Tasmania Super440 at Symmons Plains Raceway, Darwin Triple Crown at Hidden Valley Raceway, Townsville 500 on the Reid Park Street Circuit, and Perth Super440 at Barbagallo Raceway. The endurance races and Finals Series rounds provide the season's climactic moments, with the Bathurst 1000 remaining the championship's centrepiece event.