Erebus firm on 'doing our own thing' amid GM alliance push

Erebus Motorsport is firm on "doing our own thing” amid a push towards a ‘Team Chevy’ alliance in 2026, says CEO Barry Ryan.

General Motors responded to Triple Eight’s Ford defection by pushing towards closer working relationships and data sharing between its Camaro teams, along with its American resources.

Triple Eight’s brand switch leaves a major hole in GM’s Supercars hopes, with the Ford-bound team taking 227 of GM’s 304 wins between 2010 and 2025.

Team 18 has assumed the mantle of GM’s homologation team, but has won just one race since 2016, leaving the door open to criticism amid GM’s push to remain at the front of the grid.

When it comes to runs on the board, Erebus is the strongest of the four GM teams, and had no data sharing deals. Conversely, Brad Jones Racing, Matt Stone Racing and PremiAir Racing were all customers of Triple Eight.

Before 2025, Erebus was the only team to beat Triple Eight in the drivers’ and/or teams’ championships between 2021 and 2024. Erebus has 12 wins (including the 2024 Bathurst 1000) in the Gen3 era, behind only Triple Eight’s 37, and more than MSR (4) Team 18 (1) and PremiAir (0) combined.

Ryan has gone on the record to state that his team will remain independent, electing not to share their data with the other three Chevrolet teams. Critically, Erebus has recently made moves to sharpen its off-track stocks, signing the experienced Dean Orr as Team Manager and new engineer Daniel Frencham, freeing up Ryan to serve solely as CEO after engineering Jack Le Brocq last season.

Erebus' customer chassis program has also been shut down, and the team have also cut ties with Super2 squad Image Racing, meaning focus is squarely back on the team's two Camaros, which will be driven by second year driver Cooper Murray and highly rated rookie Jobe Stewart.

All told, Erebus is rebuilding itself with an engineering group that’s focused on team results first, and management that is solely focused on management.

When asked about the alliance, Ryan told Supercars.com: “It’s no different to what we've always been doing. “We've never been aligned with any team, so why start now? We just want to be doing our own thing.

“Obviously, we can see some potential benefits out of what GM can deliver. But to be completely honest — and they'll probably hate me saying this — but we've never got anything off GM in the past.”

Under the alliance, GM is planning to have information from its four Supercars teams centralised and overseen by GM itself. It’s in stark contrast to the Triple Eight data sharing deals, whereby teams paid to access data.

For Erebus, it’s not necessarily a case of keeping secrets, especially given how limited tunability is on the Gen3 cars.

“It's not like we're giving anything away. We've got to prove to ourselves that we need to be involved with them,” Ryan added.

“If they were bringing in technology — like new uprights or a new widget for the car — great. But there are no widgets for these cars. They're all the same.”

Erebus will commence its new season at the Sydney 500 on February 20-22.