Student-designed Indigenous livery revealed for Triple Eight Fords

Triple Eight Race Engineering have unveiled their first Indigenous Ford liveries in almost 20 years ahead of the betr Darwin Triple Crown, showcasing a livery designed by school students on the Red Bull Ampol Mustangs.

Partnering once again with the Clontarf Academy, partner of the Ampol Foundation, students from the Wyong Academy on the NSW Central Coast were on hand with drivers Broc Feeney and Will Brown to reveal the new look.

A motif of the Hidden Valley circuit is central to the design, a motif which draws similarities to the whale totem of the Darkinjung people.

The whale totem represents strength, guidance, and resilience, and also serves as an anchor connecting the land and the water, whilst also guiding people towards Supercars' Indigenous Round.

The students who designed the livery will remain in Darwin through the course of the Triple Crown weekend, going on exclusive behind the scenes experiences with the team.

Triple Eight first ran an Indigenous livery in 2008, using the work of Northern Territory artist Raymond Walters Japanangka in their iconic 'Red Dust' Vodafone liveries.

Almost two decades later, an Indigenous design returns to Triple Eight-run Fords.

Championship leader and defending Triple Crown winner Feeney said: "Indigenous Round is one of my favourite rounds each season.

"I love the track here in Darwin, I've had awesome success here recently, I love racing for the Triple Crown, and I love seeing the cars in something different — something that means so much to these students and gets them involved so closely with the team.

"Being able to roll out with something that looks this good and is so unique — it's eye-catching, and it wouldn't be possible without all of our long-standing partners getting behind it as well as they do.

"To have the freedom to fully wrap a car — both our cars — and have the Clontarf Academy kids design it is super special. It looks fantastic, looks good with the orange #88 on it as well. Can't wait to go racing in it."

2024 Supercars champion Brown added: "How good does it look? I love the design. The Clontarf Academy kids have done an awesome job with it — it just popped as soon as the covers came off. It looks so good.

"These liveries change so much every year. It's cool to see the design and know what inspired it, why it is what it is, and how they got it to look as good as it does on the Supercar.

"It's so different to our standard livery, and it's cool that we have partners who support us doing things like this for the students, the community and Indigenous Round — it's definitely a special round on the calendar.

"Excited to see it roll out of the garage on Friday and hit the track."

On-track action begins on Friday with practice, Boost Mobile Qualifying, and a 100km sprint race.