Quote from: lanky1 on Today at 04:49:25 AMI also made a change

You did, lank man.  I stand corrected.  Your changes have been logged and are in effect.  Hence, there are TWO camps that have made changed prior to the Enduro round.

Post-race Excellence Awards will be waiting in the Members Thread.  Like last year, vote for an A Driver and B Driver.  Hope to see you there.

Team rosters are now locked in for The Bend.  Only R&K Motorsports has submitted a change.

Good luck to all as the Enduro Season is now upon us!

Correct for 2026?

1   Chaz Mostert          Fabian Coulthard
2   Ryan Wood             Jaxon Evans
3   Aaron Cameron         Zak Best
4   Jack LeBrocq          Harri Jones
5   Ben Gomersall         Campbell Logan
6   Cam Waters            Mark Winterbottom
7   James Golding         Richey Stanaway
8   Andre Heimgartner     Bryce Fullwood
9   Jobe Stewart          Jarrod Hughes
10  Zach Bates            Aaron Seton
11  Jackson Walls         Jack Perkins
14  Cam Hill              Brad Vaughan
15  Craig Lowndes         Bayley Hall
17  Brodie Kostecki       Todd Hazelwood
18  Anton de Pasquale     Lee Holdsworth
19  Matt Payne            Will Davison
20  David Reynolds        James Courtney
26  Kai Allen             Tim Slade
31  Jayden Ojeda          David Russell
34  Nathan Herne          James Moffat
38  Rylan Gray            Tony D'Alberto
55  Thomas Randle         Reuben Goodall
88  Broc Feeney           Nick Percat
96  Macauley Jones        Jordan Boys
99  Cooper Murray         Lochie Dalton
777 Declan Fraser         Nash Morris
888 Will Brown            Scott Pye

R&K Motorsports with the third change of the year prior to the Enduros:

Group D, out with the 4, in with the 8.

Our first Toyota.   

Using a shorter track - the West Circuit.  I might find it actually easier to follow.  We have had this discussion before.   

Gorokan, NSW – R&K Motorsports, never to not thrill the fans, has finally made an announcement as to who will pair up with their primary driver, Thomas Randle, for the Enduros.

After careful scrutiny and interviewing of many applicants, one of which was Team Principal Mike considering performing the duties himself, former British Touring Car Champion Jason Plato has been given the opportunity.

Plato, just recently was released as Team Principal of Plato Cataclean Mercedes Racing in the BTCC as the team went bankrupt due to spending about three times more than what they were bringing in and subsequently went into receivership.  Cataclean is now calling the shots as Plato is sitting on the sidelines with no connection to the team whatsoever.


The signing came as a surprise to many on the paddock area as Plato has never driven a car of the current Supercars specs.

"I am not too worried about him," said Mike.  "He can handle himself in any situation."

"But he drove his BTCC team BANKRUPT," pointed out one motorsport journalist in the crowd.

Mike then altered his previous statement, "Well, he can handle anything but finances.  He can still drive."

"What are you paying him?"

"Not much," replied Mike.

Quote from: Professor on September 03, 2026, 07:38:08 AMTGI Racing are happy to "sit on the benches" for the Enduro Cup so Canuck Motorsports / Cdnguy can participate.

I am very receptive of your offer, Professor, but I am going to have to not allow it.  By pulling you out it will skew the remaining 10 camps.  It would make Canuck Motorsports #10 on the totem and move the entire bottom half of the teams up by one step, thus changing all combined teams.  It would also team me (R&K Motorsports) up with Troy01505 (R.A.G. Racing) subsequently re-creating the winning team from last year.  The conspiracy theories would then flood social media and cause the masses to fall into a hysterectomy, I mean hysteria.

You earned it and you are going to race, mate. 

Time for the 2026 V8CFL Enduro Cup, gents.  Same format as last year.  Same number of teams, for that matter - five.

Top 10 on the table will play.  The leading contender for 2026 V8CFL Rookie-of-the-Year, Canuck Motorsports and Cdnguy will be the odd team out this year as they sit 11th on the table and will be watching from the paddock. 

Teams 1-10, 2-9, 3-8, 4-7, and 5-6 will be the pairings just as last year.  The top seed's car, manufacturer, and number will be used.

Rules are once again simple - just like last year:  Total points of all of your cars (both teams).  Tiebreakers will be higher seeded teams' tiebreakers.  If tie is not broken then the lower seeded teams' tiebreakers will be used.

The 2026 V8CFL Enduro Cup teams:

The Arrow Motorsport         TheArrow
Ecurie Escargo               stevo qld
57 Hyundai N-Sport

Ain't Care Motorsports       skaifeman
Shogun Autosport             Helix
38 Chevrolet Camaro

Team Hindsight               lanky1
Kalyara Racing Team          Kytabu
11 Ford Puma

TAA Performance              Jetpac013
R&K Motorsports              mikeamerica84
013 Ford Mustang V6 TT

R.A.G. Racing                Troy01505
TGI Racing                   Professor
015 Ford Mustang

The first round will be at The Bend, wherein we will be using the West Circuit.  The latter race, of course, will be Bathurst.  Last year's V6CFL Enduro Cup champs were mikeamerica84 and Troy01505 driving R&K Motorsports' Ford Mustang.  This year we have three Fords, one Chevrolet, and one Hyundai.  You can always count on the V8CFL to have top shelf parity and balance-of-plant formuli.

Quote from: stevo qld on August 28, 2026, 05:16:27 PMWith Grant McPherson starting his GM employment assisting all the GM teams, thing may improve.

I have to agree that the GM parity problem is that they haven't got ANY genuine top drivers. The one most touted as the best has seriously underperformed at three teams now even though he gets an occasional good result.

There are a lot of sub optimum or even genuine backmarkers in Ford and Toyota Teams backed by family or personal sponsors which explains why they still have a drive.

With only a handful of genuine consistent drivers in the serious, one has to wonder where GM is going to recruit some front runners.

NASCAR had a problem of this sort some 10 years back.  The Ford teams were lacking in both drivers and engineering.  So NASCAR stepped in (2017) and poached/convinced Stewart-Haas Racing to jump from GM to Ford.  This was for the good of the series.  They had Ford in tow with a boatload of dollars and help.  Kevin Harvick was a Stewart-Haas driver at the time and this did not settle well with him.  But I think over time, NASCAR and Tony Stewart got him to realize that it needed to be done.  Now a retired Harvick is one of the main broadcasters and pod casters.  I think maybe his career after driving was "aided" in a way.  Just my opinion.

If Supercars could step in and poach a Ford team like Tickford or Grove over to GM it would help the series.  Anyone with racing eyes can see this.  There is only one thing missing:

There will be no big dollars behind it like with Ford in BASCAR. 

A quick refresher of the rules for 2026.  This is straight out of the rulebook:

A maximum of THREE car changes (total) will be allowed for Groups A-E up until the Playoffs begin at Round 12 at the Gold Coast 500.  After that, for Rounds 12-14, only ONE change will be allotted for each team NO MATTER HOW MANY CHANGES YOU HAVE MADE UP TO THAT POINT.

Just keep that in mind, gents. 

Quote from: lanky1 on August 26, 2026, 01:01:44 PMIn hindsight, I should have made this change a long time ago.

Team principal:  Lanky 1
Team name:  Team Hindsight
Car number:  11
Manufacturer:  Ford Puma

Group B:  OUT 2
Group B:  IN 6

GROUP D OUT 99
GROUP D In 8

I guess I was a bit hesitant as I have been top 3 for quite a while now, even with no wins!

Your changes are in for The Bend, lankman.  You have used all of your allotted three changes.  You will get one more once the playoff rounds start (ref: the rules).

Hindsight is always 20-20, you know.  You are having a really good season.  V8CFL success for me is only a memory at this time.

Quote from: Professor on August 25, 2026, 11:08:31 AMChange please:-

Team principal:  Professor
Team name:  TGI Racing
Car number:  161
Manufacturer:  Toyota Supra

Group B:  OUT 2
Group B:  IN 6

Done for The Bend.  This is your second change for 2026.

Bump.

Quote from: skaifeman on August 25, 2026, 02:19:38 PMI've never actually read the tie-break rules, as I was about to note that you got it wrong. But there they are!
Thanks for explaining Mike. Who am I to think you got it wrong!!    

I cannot remember exactly why I made it that way, but when we came up with tiebreakers, something didn't jive with cars that were not scored.  One thing that could possibly happen, though, which it never has before, is that a lower placed car could actually win a tiebreaker if he had the five bonus points for fastest lap.  I think I am going to eliminate that loophole next year.

And..... if I must say..... I have gotten it wrong before.  Professor is always backing me up via PM with post-race penalties and I appreciate that VERY much.