T8 REPLACEMENT COMING (VERY) SOON

The future of General Motors in Supercars will be decided within a fortnight.

An announcement of the new Homologation Team for the red side of Supercars is expected in the immediate lead-up to the Australian Grand Prix in Melbourne.

It will coincide with a visit to Australia by Jim Campbell, the vice-president of Performance Vehicles and Motorsports at Chevrolet, from the USA.

Chris Payne, the general manager of motorsport at Chevrolet, has already said a decision on the new Homologation Team for General Motors Australia New Zealand will be taken in 2025.

But the plan has been fast-tracked since the start of the Supercars season at Sydney Motorsport Park, where Ford scored a clean sweep thanks to Cam Waters' Monster Mustang and Chevrolet's outgoing Homologation Team, Triple Eight Race Engineering, fielded the best of the Camaro contenders – as usual.

The choice of Triple Eight's replacement as Homologation Team is believed to be between Charlie Schwerkolt's Team 18 and PremiAir Racing, owned by Peter Xiberras.

Schwerkolt was originally thought to be jockeying for the second slot with the new Toyota Supra for the 2026 season, after the choice of Walkinshaw Andretti United as the Japanese brand's Homologation Team, based on very close ties to Toyota through his Waverley Forklifts business.

"Yes, I am Toyota's biggest customer. But it's not tied to the road car business," Schwerkolt told Race.news.

Adrian Burgess, team principal at Team 18 and previously with both Triple Eight and the Holden Racing Team, said he is keen to take up the challenge of an Homologation Team.

"Why wouldn't we want to do it?," he told Race.news.

"I'm going to do what's best for my team," Schwerkolt eventually said.

Xiberras, whose team battled through a torrid first weekend in season 2025, is known to be keen on taking the next step with PremiAir Racing.

He is also keen to see a quick decision so Camaro teams can focus on the future.

"At the end of the day, one of us needs to step and do this," Xiberras told Race.news.

"None of us is at the level of Triple Eight, but one team needs to have the willingness to become the next Triple Eight."

As the Chevrolet teams, and Supercars, waits for the decision, motorsports manager Chris Payne is giving nothing away.

"We look forward to sharing more details regarding our new Homologation Team in the coming weeks," is the only comment from a spokesperson from General Motors Australia and New Zealand.