Anton De Pasquale wants more GM drivers in 2026 Finals
Team 18 driver is well placed, sitting 338 points clear of cut-line
Jack Le Brocq moved back into top 10, Jayden Ojeda is 12th
Anton De Pasquale has put out a rallying cry to his fellow General Motors drivers, insisting he wants to see as many Camaros as possible in the 2026 Supercars Finals.
Team 18 driver De Pasquale and Matt Stone Racing veteran Jack Le Brocq are the only GM drivers currently in the top 10. Le Brocq, though, is only 11 points clear, having forced his way back into the 10 in Townsville.
Where De Pasquale is relatively safe, sitting 338 points clear, Le Brocq is perilously perched, while PremiAir Racing rookie Jayden Ojeda (-137) and David Reynolds (-230) are hanging on by their fingernails.
Strength in numbers is firmly on Ford's side, with six of the current top seven in Mustangs. Last year, De Pasquale was one of three Camaros in the Finals, with the other two — Broc Feeney and Will Brown — now in Fords.
"It'd be great for the brand, and those guys [Le Brocq and Ojeda] are building into the year really well," De Pasquale told Supercars.com, when asked if he wants more GM firepower in the Finals.
"We want to see as many cars in there as possible. Obviously a focus for our team is to try and get Dave in there and at the same time move ourselves up in the pit lane as well.
"We want to consistently get our cars up the front together. We've sort of been swapping and changing a bit sometimes, so to get a couple spots up in the pit lane would be nice before the enduros.
"It's a pretty tight battle between a few teams, so we'll keep trucking down that path and see what happens."
De Pasquale was only 120 points clear leaving Townsville 12 months ago. Already a two-time race winner this season, the Victorian has improved his year-on-year position to Finals by a staggering 218 points, and is only 25 points behind fifth placed Kai Allen.
When asked if he can afford to take a bigger swing at the final two Repco Sprint Cup rounds, De Pasquale replied: "I guess it's not something we've fully planned around, but it's something that we've just been doing naturally.
"I can only talk for myself, but we've been doing stuff and trying things pretty consistently throughout the year. Some obviously work and some not.
"It's not something we've been too scared of already. Obviously compared to last year we're a chunk of points further ahead, so we're not talking so much about the cut line this year. Ideally you wanna take that all the way to the enduros, so you can have a really good crack at that those races.
"For us, we obviously want to have a solid next couple rounds, but we also just want to keep ticking off some of our weaknesses. Other weaknesses might show up at different tracks, so we just want to be ready for that and keep adding to our toolbox."
De Pasquale will hit the track in Perth on Friday.
