Garry Rogers Motorsport not ruling out further Supercars wildcards
Historic squad returning to Bathurst with Nathan Herne/James Moffat
GRM last contested Bathurst 1000 in 2020 as wildcard outfit
Garry Rogers Motorsport isn't closing the door on further Supercars appearances into 2027, but admits there are currently no plans to run further wildcards beyond this year's Repco Bathurst 1000.
Trans Am champions Nathan Herne and James Moffat will share an ex-Triple Eight Camaro in October's Great Race, marking the team's first Supercars appearance since the 2020 Bathurst 1000.
Taking ownership of a Gen3 Supercar raised questions over whether or not GRM could facilitate further wildcard opportunities for young talent, continuing a legacy that has established the likes of Garth Tander, Jamie Whincup, and Scott McLaughlin.
However, GRM Director Barry Rogers affirmed that the team is focussed on their Trans Am Cup Series operation for the foreseeable future, the category becoming GRM's domain in recent years following the dissolution of TCR Australia and S5000.
When asked if further wildcard outings were on the table following Bathurst, Rogers recently told media: "Not really at this moment, no.
"Really, the choice to buy a car in the end was because that it didn't work out that I could lease a car off through Erebus, and Jamie [Whincup] spoke to me just at Darwin.
"Probably, apart from a cash flow side of things, buying it made more sense, and whether we just use it the once and then sell it or keep it for a while and whether you use it in Super2 or something down the track, who knows?
"Really at this point, we're not thinking doing anything past doing Bathurst this year."
Erebus Motorsport CEO Barry Ryan explained his team would've assisted GRM had there been a spare car ready to run, and insisted his focus remains on turning around a tough 2026 season with Cooper Murray and Jobe Stewart.
Two-time Bathurst-winner Erebus previously ran a Bathurst wildcard in 2022 for Richie Stanaway and Greg Murphy, following a 2021 effort that was aborted due to COVID restrictions.
"I guess in the phase we're in at the moment, we didn't want to put any pressure on the workshop," Ryan said.
"We've never really wanted to do extra things; we did that wildcard once with Peter Adderton, but we were in a pretty good spot there. The workshop was going well and we were getting results.
"We're not in a phase where we need to put that pressure on ourselves. I would've loved to do it for Baz [Rogers] and for Gaz, because I know he really wants to push Nathan Herne, he always has.
"We really haven't got a spare car ready. If we had a spare car sitting turnkey, we would've 100% trusted it to go to Baz and just get his crew to run it, and we'd have nothing to do with it.
"We would've had to put a lot of effort in to build a new car, and we just couldn't make it happen unfortunately. Anyway, it's great that he's got a solution."
