DJR set to race Erebus-built chassis in 2025

Ford homologation team Dick Johnson Racing is set to race Erebus Motorsport-built chassis in 2025 after striking a deal with the reigning champions.

As revealed in media reports on Tuesday, and confirmed to Supercars.com by an Erebus spokesperson, DJR will race with Erebus-built chassis from next year, built by fabricator James White.

Mount Gambier-based White is regarded highly, having built Bathurst-winning and championship-winning cars for Erebus since 2017.

He was also recently entrusted with rebuilding Dunlop Series driver Kai Allen’s damaged Holden Commodore following a crash in Bathurst last month.

Supercars Gen3 chassis are control specification items, later fitted with either Ford Mustang or Chevrolet Camaro bodywork. The chassis can be supplied completely built up, or assembled from a kit by teams.

DJR chassis have previously been built by Gold Coast-based PACE Innovations, with Erebus and Triple Eight also supplying chassis to teams.

It ensures star recruit Brodie Kostecki and incumbent Will Davison will steer Erebus-built machinery in 2025, with Kostecki signing a bumper deal to join the Shell V-Power Racing Team.

Customer chassis deals aren’t new in Supercars, with DJR famously winning the championship with a Triple Eight-built chassis in 2010, the year Triple Eight switched to Holden.

Erebus built new cars for its 2023 and 2024 campaigns, the first two years of the Gen3 era, as has Triple Eight.

The two teams have shared 31 of the 50 wins since the Gen3 era began last March, including all four endurance races, as well as all drivers’ and teams’ championships on offer.

DJR, meanwhile has one win — Townsville last July — and seven podiums since the start of 2023, and currently sits fifth in the teams’ championship standings with one round to go in 2024.

Beyond Erebus and Triple Eight, it has been a big year for new cars, with Matt Stone Racing and PremiAir Nulon Racing also entering 2024 with new equipment.

MSR took delivery of a third chassis late last year, and debuted a new car for Nick Percat in time for the enduros. PremiAir, meanwhile, took ownership of Triple Eight-built chassis 888A-074.

Penrite Racing built a new chassis for recruit Richie Stanaway, while Anton De Pasquale also received a new car.

Tickford Racing rolled out a new car for Cam Waters at the Grand Prix, with Waters winning four races in the chassis, which will be auctioned in coming weeks. Team 18 recently debuted a new car for David Reynolds at the Boost Mobile Gold Coast 500, following a Bathurst qualifying crash.

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