Triple Eight reveals Supercheap Auto wildcard livery

Triple Eight Race Engineering and Supercheap Auto have revealed a tweaked Supercheap Auto Racing livery for this year’s endurance races, the Sandown 500 and Bathurst 1000.

Launched at Queensland Raceway in front of the Supercheap Auto team and partners, the #888 Chevrolet Camaro features a swash of a dark navy and grey lines across lower sections of the car, on its roof, and across the rear spoiler, in a nod to the recently launched Supercheap Auto Trade platform.

After a promising solo debut at Darwin, Cooper Murray will team with Craig Lowndes in the Supercheap Auto entry at Sandown and Bathurst. This follows a continuation of the “master and apprentice” theme with the Supercheap Auto Racing wildcard where young up-and-comers have previously made their case for full-time seats in Supercars.

The wildcard program began in 2021, where Broc Feeney was paired with legend Russell Ingall, and more recently, Declan Fraser and Zane Goddard alongside the seven-time Bathurst 1000 winner in Lowndes.

“It’s spectacular to see the kind of effort and determination Supercheap Auto, alongside Triple Eight, is displaying to uncover these liveries,” said Lowndes.

“The setup here at Queensland Raceway is exceptional, and I really enjoy the way they’ve brought their team and partners out here to support not only Cooper and myself but also the entire Supercheap Auto Racing program and everyone behind it. It’s super cool.”

“Cooper is a great young talent and I think that he needs the opportunity to showcase what he can do. And Darwin showcased that. He was in the Top Ten Shootout for the first time in an event, which was incredible. Unfortunately, the race didn’t go to plan, but that’s motor racing. But he is a bright young kid, really enthusiastic about it and is extremely methodical about how he goes about his preparation.”

“To be honest, what we’d like to achieve, and I’ve said it the last couple of years, I’d like to be on the podium at these races. I think that’s the style of racing I really enjoy. The endurance side of racing in Supercars, I really love it.

“For Cooper, he’s done many laps around Sandown in a Porsche. He was extremely quick at Bathurst early this year in his Super2 car. So, for both races, we are really excited. Even personally, I’m really excited and looking forward to trying to achieve a strong result, not only at Sandown coming up, but Bathurst very soon!”