Rising female star declares 2026 Super2 ambitions
Rising female star Alice Buckley declares ambitions to contest Super2 in 2026
Buckley won the Toyota Scholarship Series earlier this season
17-year-old also won on debut in TA2 at Queensland Raceway
2025 Toyota Gazoo Racing Australia Scholarship Series winner Alice Buckley has declared her intentions to compete in the 2026 Dunlop Super2 Series.
17-year-old Buckley has turned heads in the motorsport scene since making her debut in the TA2 Muscle Car Series earlier this year, winning on debut at Queensland Raceway and claiming the Tag Team Enduro alongside two-time Supercars race winner and mentor Tim Slade.
That led to a debut in the Trans Am Series on the undercard of the AirTouch 500 at The Bend, however a mechanical failure in the opening race of the weekend injured the rising star, and has kept her out of a car since.
Should a deal fall into place, Buckley would become the first female to contest the Dunlop Series since Elly Morrow drove for Tickford in 2023. No female has competed full-time in Supercars since Simona de Silvestro in 2019.
"It's very, very, very exciting, we're aiming to do Super2 next year," stated Buckley at Bathurst.
"So we're trying to put that all together, as well as doing TA2 and any other category, the more time you spend in the seat, the better for you as a driver.
"Because I am so young, the more driving I can do, obviously the better.
"That's the goal going forward, and I'm doing some deals this weekend trying to get it all in place. Obviously being Bathurst week, a lot of things fall into place, so we're trying our best to get that to happen."
Buckley, who is backed by Chevrolet alongside current Super2 star Jarrod Hughes, has been won widespread praise for her performances over the last few years in both tiers of Toyota 86 competition, as well as her step up to TA2 machinery.
The latest rising star to come through Paul Morris' Norwell Motorplex ranks, Buckley has also drawn praise from GM ambassador and seven-time Bathurst winner Craig Lowndes after her debut TA2 win.
However, her injury sustained at The Bend prevented the teenager from taking the next step in her career, with a planned Super2 test with Eggleston Motorsport at Winton being postponed.
"I didn't do it to myself, my race car did it to me. I was doing my debut weekend in Trans Am after graduating from TA2, and my diff blew up on me, so it shot through to the gearbox and jolted my arm back.
"Now I have a torn ligament, torn tendon, and two damaged nerves, so not convenient at this time of year.
"It's cool to still be at Bathurst and on this side of things."
