Ranking your favourite Indigenous liveries

This week marks a big step towards the third annual Supercars Indigenous Round, with teams beginning to reveal their 2024 Darwin liveries.

Since 2022, Supercars has celebrated its annual Indigenous Round at Hidden Valley Raceway at the Darwin Triple Crown.

As part of the celebrations, the Darwin Triple Crown features a grid of incredible artwork by First Nations artists, who illustrate rich storytelling in their unique designs.

Supercars.com previously conducted polls for the 2022 and 2023 events, calling on readers to vote for their favourite liveries.

Both polls were dominated by the Shell V-Power Racing Team, with the Ford squad topping both polls by a substantial margin.

Ahead of a big week of livery reveals, Supercars.com highlights the top five liveries from the 2022 and 2023 events.

2022

It was a resounding win for the Shell V-Power Racing Team, which won the 2022 poll with 31 percent of votes. The Ford team partnered with Bayila Creative for its 2022 livery, which was designed by Dixon Patten (Bitja).

Second was PremiAir Racing's Coca-Cola livery for the Chris Pither car, which was designed by 21-year-old artist Kiewa Tya Austin-Rioli.

Red Bull Ampol Racing's student-designed livery, devised by students of the Hunter River Clontarf Academy, received 12 percent of the votes.

Fourth was the Mobil 1 Optus livery for Chaz Mostert, which was designed by Brian ‘Deadly’ DeVries in conjunction with the KARI Foundation.

Penrite Racing rounded out the top five, with the striking brown scheme designed by Darwin-born Indigenous artist Lorraine Kabbindi White.

2023

For the second straight year, it was a big win for the Shell V-Power Racing Team, with 48 percent of voters choosing the Ford team's livery. The Shell V-Power Indigenous livery carried artwork from Zoe Raymond in conjunction with Supply Aus Holdings.

Second was CoolDrive Racing, with the #3 Ford carrying artwork by Djerait artist Melissa Yaram Tipo. Her work, the 'Three Generations’, represented the three generations of Blanchard.

Third again was Red Bull Ampol Racing, with the team's livery designed by Warumungu man Brock Compton, a student of Brisbane’s Ambrose Treacy College.

Triple Eight made it two liveries in the top four, with the wildcard Supercheap Auto colours foe Zane Goddard voted fourth. The #888 livery carried artwork from Racing Together students, with the program designed to help Indigenous youths aged 12 and above to get an insight into motorsport.

Rounding out the top five was James Courtney's Snowy River Caravans livery, which was the first 2023 Darwin look to be uncovered. The Snowy River Caravans-backed Mustang featured a spectacular First Nations-inspired look, designed by North Queensland artist Jedess Hudson.

The betr Darwin Triple Crown will be held on June 14-16. Tickets for the event are on sale now. International viewers can follow all the action on Superview.