The 2026 Aussie Racing Cars Series (known for commercial reasons as the 2026 Battery World Aussie Racing Cars Super Series) is the 26th year of national competition in Aussie Racing Cars. The series utilises miniature silhouette racing car class, styled as scaled-down versions of sports cars including the Mustang and Camaro used in the Supercars Championship, and powered by a 1300cc motorcycle engine. The season began at the Mount Panorama Circuit on April 3 and will conclude on the Surfers Paradise Street Circuit on October 25.
The season marked the arrival of the new Yamaha MT-09 powerplant as used in the Legends Car series'. A number of drivers still retained the Yamaha XJR1300 engine used in previous seasons, and a dispute over engine restrictors led to defending champion, Kody Garland, withdrawing midway through the opening weekend after a bitter dispute with the category management.
Calendar The following circuits are scheduled to host at least one round throughout the 2026 season. Rnd Circuit Dates Supporting Map 1 Mount Panorama Circuit 3–5 April Bathurst 6 HourAustralian National Trans Am Series 2 Symmons Plains Raceway 22–24 May Supercars ChampionshipSuperUtes Series 3 Reid Park Street Circuit 10–12 July Supercars ChampionshipGR CupPorsche Sprint Challenge Australia 4 Queensland Raceway 21–23 August Supercars ChampionshipGR CupPorsche Carrera Cup AustraliaAustralian National Trans Am Series 5 The Bend Motorsport Park 11–13 September Supercars ChampionshipPorsche Carrera Cup AustraliaAustralian National Trans Am Series 6 Surfers Paradise Street Circuit 23–25 October Supercars ChampionshipSuperUtes SeriesPorsche Carrera Cup Australia
Teams and drivers + Manufacturer Model Entrant No. Driver Rounds Chevrolet Camaro Riskie Racing 4 Scott Andriske 1–5 PCA Racing 14 Matt Gooding 1–2, 4 Reece Chapman 3 Team Grand Racing 17 Dennis Butler 3–4 Corish Motorsports 18 Diesel Thomas 1–5 35 Brendon Tucker 5 Action Line Marking 23 Scott Dornan 2–3 Jeff Horsey Solicitor 27 Kyle Lovering 4 Chicane Motorsports 28 Ayrton Hodson 1 67 Richard Knight 2 69 Cody McKay 1–5 Team 33 Racing 33 Andrew Hamilton 3–4 Ballarat Performance Auto 55 Nathan Barber 5 Axil Coffee 65 David Makin 3 Koan Solutions - Crete & Works 91 Anthony DiMauro 1–5 Barrington Motorsports 177 Jaxon Barrington 1–3 Ford Falcon Bridge Windscreens 153 Jacob Paige 5 Mustang Kody Garland Racing 1 Kody Garland 1 TFH Racing 3 Josh Thomas 4–5 777 Jarrod Keyte 1 Chris Tippett 2 Corish Motorsports 7 Les Corish 1 28 Ayrton Hodson 2–3 51 Oscar Pedersen 1–3, 5 66 Ayrton Hodson 4 81 Matthew Basso 2–5 87 Andrew Corish 1–5 333 Rossi Johnson 1–5 Reynovate Construction 9 Ryan Reynolds 2 Heinrich Racing 16 Brad Gartner 5 O'Keefe Motorsports 22 Scott O'Keefe 1, 3–4 Action Linemarking 23 Scott Dornan 5 Motorsport 25 25 Chad Chapman 1–3, 5 Bradi Owen 4 Speedvision / Air Everywhere 26 Jacob Currie 5 Norganics Protein 28 Kent Quinn 4 101 Caleb Paterson 4 Riskie Racing 57 Brandon Madden 2–5 Western Sydney Motorsport 64 Craig Woods 1 72 Craig Thompson 2–3 78 Grant Thompson 3 Axil Coffee 65 David Makin 5 Competition Coatings 95 Nathan Williams 1–4 Applied Engineering Analysis 96 Jeff Waters 1–5 CNH Racing 195 Hayden Nissen 1–4 Kart Mania 230 William Rowe 5 CXC Racing 888 Josh Thomas 1 Ruben Dan 2 Dylan Thomas 3 Jarrod Keyte 4 Joe Andriske 5 Toyota Aurion Boyd Racing 38 Jack Boyd 1, 3, 5 ASAP Marketing 48 Keith Bensley 1 Kart Mania 230 William Rowe 1–4
Results and standings Season summary Rnd Circuit Pole position Fastest lap Winning driver Winning team 1 R1 Mount Panorama Circuit(Bathurst, New South Wales) Kody Garland Diesel Thomas Rossi Johnson Corish Motorsports R2 Diesel Thomas Diesel Thomas Corish Motorsports R3 Scott Andriske Scott Andriske Riskie Racing R4 Anthony DiMauro Anthony DiMauro Koan Solutions - Crete & Works 2 R1 Symmons Plains Raceway(Launceston, Tasmania) Anthony DiMauro Scott Andriske Ryan Reynolds Reynovate Construction R2 Ryan Reynolds Ryan Reynolds Reynovate Construction R3 Brandon Madden Scott Dornan Action Line Marking R4 Nathan Williams Brandon Madden Riskie Racing 3 R1 Reid Park Street Circuit(Townsville, Queensland) Reece Chapman Diesel Thomas Brandon Madden Riskie Racing R2 Diesel Thomas Diesel Thomas Corish Motorsports R3 Anthony DiMauro Brandon Madden Riskie Racing R4 Diesel Thomas Brandon Madden Riskie Racing 4 R1 Queensland Raceway(Ipswich, Queensland) Brandon Madden Diesel Thomas Diesel Thomas Corish Motorsports R2 Scott Andriske Caleb Paterson Norganics Protein R3 Brandon Madden Diesel Thomas Corish Motorsports R4 Diesel Thomas Diesel Thomas Corish Motorsports 5 R1 The Bend Motorsport Park(Tailem Bend, South Australia) Diesel Thomas Mathew Basso Mathew Basso Corish Motorsports R2 Diesel Thomas Brandon Madden Riskie Racing R3 Diesel Thomas Diesel Thomas Corish Motorsports R4 Jack Boyd Mathew Basso Corish Motorsports 6 R1 Surfers Paradise Street Circuit(Surfers Paradise, Queensland) R2 R3 R4
Championship standings Driver BAT TAS TOW QUE BEN SUR Points R1 R2 R3 R4 R1 R2 R3 R4 R1 R2 R3 R4 R1 R2 R3 R4 R1 R2 R3 R4 R1 R2 R3 R4 1 Anthony DiMauro 4 4 3 1 Ret 5 18 4 Ret 10 3 6 8 2 2 2 6 6 3 8 232 2 Rossi Johnson 1 5 18 7 13 9 5 5 3 4 Ret 14 12 9 9 Ret 5 2 6 3 216 3 Jeff Watters 19 14 13 10 15 17 15 16 15 17 19 18 17 21 20 10 17 12 15 13 207 4 Diesel Thomas 6 1 Ret Ret 2 15 Ret 8 2 1 4 2 1 8 1 1 Ret 5 1 Ret 205 5 Scott Andriske 2 2 1 16 3 3 12 Ret Ret 7 12 9 4 1 8 4 4 14 4 Ret 204 6 Cody McKay 12 7 9 13 DNS 14 16 DSQ 7 5 5 5 Ret 14 12 8 11 3 10 Ret 197 7 William Rowe 16 10 8 9 Ret 19 Ret 17 9 12 21 8 14 11 22 16 8 10 Ret DNS 196 8 Brandon Madden 5 2 2 1 1 2 1 1 2 23 6 13 2 1 5 5 195 9 Chad Chapman Ret DNS 17 15 14 20 19 15 Ret 16 16 Ret 16 15 17 15 171 10 Mathew Basso Ret 8 11 3 10 Ret 11 3 6 3 18 Ret 1 8 2 1 169 11 Ayrton Hodson 8 Ret 7 3 4 4 6 7 Ret 9 2 11 9 6 7 DSQ 165 12 Andrew Corish 11 12 6 Ret 7 10 14 11 Ret WD WD WD Ret 17 Ret 18 14 Ret 12 DNS 164 13 Nathan Williams 5 11 4 2 6 6 20 Ret 12 11 8 7 13 13 13 Ret 161 14 Hayden Nissen 13 9 Ret 12 9 12 10 Ret 4 20 15 Ret 7 4 11 6 147 15 Oscar Pedersen 7 Ret 10 Ret 11 7 9 10 Ret 14 10 13 13 Ret Ret 9 146 16 Jack Boyd 14 3 2 4 5 3 9 Ret 3 4 7 2 132 17 Josh Thomas 10 8 DNS 6 5 5 10 3 7 7 11 6 131 18 Scott O'Keefe 9 6 12 Ret 13 13 14 15 11 7 4 19 125 19 Matt Gooding 15 16 15 11 10 13 4 6 15 10 14 Ret 119 20 Scott Dornan Ret 21 1 12 6 6 6 Ret 9 Ret 9 7 108 21 Jaxon Barrington 17 13 11 8 16 18 Ret 13 106 22 David Makin 14 15 17 10 Ret 13 14 12 83 23 Craig Thompson 8 16 7 14 11 Ret 13 12 78 24 Brendan Tucker 21 Ret 21 15 18 17 16 10 77 25 Andrew Hamilton 16 18 22 17 Ret 19 17 11 74 26 Jarrod Keyte 21 WD WD WD 19 22 19 12 68 27 Dennis Butler Ret Ret DNS 16 16 16 Ret 17 65 28 Ryan Reynolds 1 1 3 2 51 29 Bradi Owen 10 12 5 7 46 30 Brad Gartner 10 9 8 4 46 31 Chais Tippett 12 11 8 9 45 32 Nathan Barber 15 11 13 11 44 33 Caleb Paterson 3 DSQ 3 5 43 34 Reece Chapman 18 Ret 7 4 42 35 Kyle Lovering 20 20 16 9 42 36 Keith Bensley 20 17 16 14 40 37 Joseph Andriske 19 16 19 14 40 38 Craig Woods Ret 15 5 5 39 39 Jacob Paige 20 18 18 16 38 40 Grant Thompson 17 19 18 19 36 41 Richard Knight 17 Ret 17 18 35 42 Les Corish 18 18 14 DNS 31 43 Dylan Thomas 8 8 20 Ret 31 44 Kody Garland 3 WD WD WD 30 45 Jacob Currie 12 DNS Ret DNS 30 46 Ruben Dan DNS 22 13 DNS 29 47 Kent Quinn 18 15 15 Ret 28 Driver R1 R2 R3 R4 R1 R2 R3 R4 R1 R2 R3 R4 R1 R2 R3 R4 R1 R2 R3 R4 R1 R2 R3 R4 Points BAT TAS TOW QUE BEN SUR
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