Crown Contenders
V8X Supercar Magazine|February - March 2018

Crown Contenders

Crown Contenders

DJR TEAM PENSKE

CARS: Ford FG X Falcon

DRIVERS: Fabian Coulthard, Scott McLaughlin

DJR Team Penske scored its first teams’ championship and helped Ford to its first manufacturers’ championship since 2009 last season, going some way to compensate for Scott McLaughlin’s last-lap drivers’ championship defeat. While Holden teams update to the new ZB Commodore, DJR Team Penske and the other Ford teams have continuity by campaigning the FG X Falcon for another season.

TRIPLE EIGHT RACE ENGINEERING

CARS: Holden ZB Commodore

DRIVERS: Jamie Whincup, Shane van Gisbergen, Craig Lowndes Triple Eight may have lost its place at the end of pitlane to DJR Team Penske but did secure a seventh drivers’ championship for Jamie Whincup. The factory-backed Holden team leads the development of the new ZB Commodore and will field a wildcard entry powered by the new twin-turbo V6 at select events. Whincup will run the #1 plate for the seventh time in his career in the Red Bull Holden Racing Team entry, while Craig Lowndes will be in new colours courtesy of Autobarn.

TEKNO AUTOSPORTS

CAR: Holden ZB Commodore

DRIVER: Jack Le Brocq

Tekno Autosports will run the fourth Triple Eight-built ZB Commodore. The customer team struggled to build on its 2016 Bathurst 1000 win last season, so the switch to the new car with the support of Triple Eight gives Tekno Autosports the chance to bounce back in 2018, with Jack Le Brocq stepping up from Super2 and Adrian Burgess appointed team manager.

TICKFORD RACING

CARS: Ford FG X Falcon

DRIVERS: Mark Winterbottom, Cameron Waters, Chaz Mostert, Richie Stanaway

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