Zach Bates has been partnered with seven-time Bathurst winner Craig Lowndes for the 2025 enduros. The Super2 champion will also make a solo wildcard start at Queensland Raceway.
It's a big year for Super2 champion Zach Bates, who rises to the main game with Triple Eight.
Bates has been partnered with seven-time Bathurst winner Craig Lowndes for the AirTouch 500 at The Bend and the Repco Bathurst 1000.
The Canberran will make a solo wildcard start at Queensland Raceway before joining Lowndes for the enduros.
Bates, the son of rally driver Rick Bates and the nephew of multiple Australian champion Neal Bates, began his racing career in karts at age 10, and won the Formula Ford title in 2021.
Following his Formula Ford success, Bates shifted to Toyota 86 and won nine races in 2021, including eight in a row. In 2022, he won seven of 15 races.
Bates becomes the latest rising star, after Broc Feeney, Declan Fraser, Zane Goddard and Cooper Murray, to make his case for full-time seats in the Supercars Championship with a Triple Eight wildcard program.