Campbell Logan shocked to lead Super2 Series ahead of finale
Tickford young gun only found out in Sunday TV interview
Top four covered by 42 points with 300 available in Adelaide finale
Not even Campbell Logan himself dreamed of leading the DUNLOP Super2 Series entering the final round of the 2026 season.
Having entered the penultimate round of Sandown at 174 points behind Lochie Dalton, the Tickford recruit needed things to fall his way, but also needed to ensure he capitalised with his own performances.
Sure enough, as Dalton's title charge hit a major bump in the road following a divisive clash with Nash Morris on Saturday, Logan put in the most complete weekend of his Super2 career with a clean sweep of poles and wins.
Remarkably, the Tasmanian now finds himself with a nine-point lead over Brad Vaughan, with Dalton 15 points back, and Morris 42 behind in what is shaping to be a hard-fought title decider in Adelaide.
Such were the wild ebbs and flows of the Sandown weekend from a points perspective, that Logan had no idea he'd pinched the series lead until his post-race TV interview.
"I didn't even know I was leading until Chad [Neylon] told me at the end of the race," Logan admitted at the post-round press conference.
"It's not something I'm really thinking about to be honest, you've just gotta execute race by race, and that's what we did well this weekend and it has paid off.
"Obviously Lochie had a hard day yesterday, which we needed a day like that. We were a long way back on points to him, so the fight's on and it'll be an exciting final round for sure."
Logan had Sandown circled as a place where he could perform, given a strong history that includes two Toyota GR Cup race wins in 2023, and one of his stronger weekends of a quiet rookie season with Walkinshaw in 2024.
Such a weekend was sorely needed, as Tickford suffered a rare winless weekend at the previous round at Bathurst, with Logan only managing finishes of fifth and sixth, whilst Dalton and Vaughan both claimed wins.
When asked if stealing the series leader's orange numbers was a goal for the weekend, Logan added: "Maybe not the championship lead, I knew Lochie needed a pretty bad day yesterday for me to end up in that position, but Sandown is a track I really like.
"I've had some good results here in previous categories, so it's somewhere where I knew I could do well.
"It's a credit to the Tickford Autosport guys, we have been working really hard. We had a bit of a tough round in Bathurst last round, so it's nice to bounce back with all three of us on the round podium.
"We worked really hard on our last test day to roll out strong here today, so it's a credit to the guys."
Tickford swept the round podium with Logan, Morris, and Reuben Goodall, despite Holden teams being granted a parity adjustment to their rear aerodynamics pre-round.
When pressed on the matter, and whether it will make Commodore driver Vaughan a bigger threat in Adelaide, Logan played it with a straight bat: "See what happens when we get there, I can't read into the future.
"At the end of the day, regardless of what goes on, we're all going to work as a team as hard as we can to try and win the championship, so it doesn't change anything for us as drivers per se."
The sixth and final round of the 2026 DUNLOP Super2 Series will be held at the bp Adelaide Grand Final from November 26-29.
