Thanks, Skaifeman.

Well, that's 2026 taken care of in an old article.

But, add buckets of GM money and we will see about 2027 and 2028?

There are not a lot of first line drivers in Supercars and Grove have two of them and trained them at great expense.

Grove hasn't hesitated to change manufacturers in the past.

We have had some discussions, but this is a 2027 (and maybe 2028)ssue.

Quote[font="Source Sans Pro", sans-serif]Matt Payne is contracted to Grove Racing until the end of 2027, but that has not stopped General Motors from mounting a sustained campaign to lure one of Supercars' most exciting young talents away from the Ford fold.[/font]
[font="Source Sans Pro", sans-serif]The question was put directly to Brenton Grove at a media conference at Taupo at the weekend, with the co-owner of Grove Racing confirming Payne's contract runs through to the end of the 2027 season.[/font]

There is not much comment of the Grove family racing many different company products over time.

Sure, they race Fords but that may be as a result of buying a Ford Team.

If GM really have buckets of money to spread about, why spend it on a top driver and place him in a less-than-top team?

It would make a lot of sense to sign the entire Grove Supercar Team to convert to GM cars. GM would then get two top drivers in a front running team.

Grove aren't commenting because the question isn't being asked.

Matt Payne linked to GM Supercars move amid Cadillac hypercar lure and Reynolds retirement talk

Quotehttps://speedcafe.com/supercars-news-taupo-super440-general-motors-team-18-parity-adrian-burgess-comments/

GM are unhappy about car balance and 3 rounds in are prepping for a change.  Who didn't see the reintroduction of the trigger was only for GMs benefit?

Probably almost everyone aside from yourself. 

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QuoteFrom memory both Shippy and Cauchi left 888 at the same time as well, and at the time we were all saying they were leaving for more $$$ to be shuffled down the grid too.

Nothing new, Ship has now left winning teams 4(?) times: Prodrive after Bathurst, 888 after everything, WAU after Bathurst and now Grove after Bathurst.
I'm more interested in what role he has and if it's one of these weird overarching positions that'd feed data to all GM teams, with a bit of GT mixed in.

Regardless of why/how those two left. It's a loss to Grove.

The Matt Payne to Chevrolet rumors keep coming too. Another big loss for Grove if true.

I rate him highly, champion material...but is he THAT good?

Grove says he is under contract for 2027.

It could be that Michael Patrizi is getting an early run for a big $$$ 2028++ contract.

https://www.v8sleuth.com.au/grove-steadfast-on-paynes-2027-contract/

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It may be uninspiring to the aficionado, but it really gets the sponsors message across and that's why Supercheap keep coming back with buckets of money.

I find it interesting that the mid race placings give Shane 34 points and two of the drivers who beat him got only 30.

https://autoaction.com.au/2026/03/30/gamble-pays-off-for-elliott-as-svg-fights-hard

As someone with a training in Electronics and Physics, I am totally lost.

Can anyone explain how a vibrating battery can be a problem with the Honda engine?

It is all beyond my, obviously dated, understanding of batteries. Such is the curse of aging.

Maybe I should harness up my horse and cart and retreat to a retirement home.

Maybe this will provide a racing opportunity, particularly for the early TCR cars that dropped off the scene.

https://www.v8sleuth.com.au/ex-tcm-utes-gts-auscar-and-more-on-radar-for-winton-festival/

Sorry Mike. It's off for 2026, and probably forever until they join the historic multitude.

https://www.v8sleuth.com.au/tcr-australia-revival-called-off/

GRM has had a multitude of TCR for sale for some time.

Like S5000, TCR was, in the main, funded by GRM.

Quote from: AlbertM on March 19, 2026, 02:14:19 PMFor now, I'd say the pay is better. If Cauchi pops up in another team. I'd start leaning towards work environment.

Cauchi very clearly said that his aim is getting out of Melbourne and back to a better lifestyle in Queensland.

It will still be interesting to see where he pops up.

https://www.msn.com/en-au/news/australia/two-teens-killed-in-e-bike-collision-with-harley-davidson-in-brisbane/ar-AA1YvFrt?ocid=msedgntp&pc=HCTS&cvid=69b3f44ef54c4fbbac577f1b633fd888&ei=28

QuoteTwo teenagers on an e-bike have died in a collision with a Harley Davidson motorcycle in Brisbane's south.

Police believe the motorcycle collided with the e-bike when it overtook a vehicle on Middle Road in Greenbank about 9pm last night.

The boy and girl on the e-bike, both in their teens, died at the scene and the motorcyclist was taken to Princess Alexandra Hospital in a stable condition.

Investigating officers don't think the e-bike had lights on at the time of the crash. �

Frankly, I find that bike riders, with or without power, flaunt road rules and in particular, I am concerned about riders in dark clothes and no light riding at night.

I might add that two up on an e-bike is probably not legal and is certainly not sensible, 

Today, in daylight admittedly, I was cut off by a bike rider changing lanes without signaling. That rider had a child seat mounted behind and a young child put at great risk.

Thankfully, I usually anticipate that a bike rider will do something stupid and back well off accordingly.

Most times, I am pleasantly surprised that the rider is more sensible than I allowed for.

Well! It is the Senate that actually makes decisions on contentious bills.

The lower house government majority votes ensure all bills pass that house.

I love the current and previous leaders of the Nationals are actually members of the LNP and the LNP is actually a branch of the Liberal Party.

I haven't seen the instagram, whatever that is, but Police in Brisbane have been issuing radar speeding fines to cyclists for years, and rightly so, along with a lot of blitzes on failing to stop at stop signs.