Tickford lead both drivers' and teams' championships in Super2
Sandown shocker for Lochie Dalton opened door to Campbell Logan
Tickford gunning for back-to-back Super2 title sweeps
Over the last two seasons, Tickford Autosport has emerged as the powerhouse operation of the DUNLOP Super2 Series, sweeping the top four in points in the 2025 season.
So when the team walked away from Bathurst with little more than a round podium for Nash Morris to show for it, plus an awkward inter-team tangle between Reuben Goodall and Ben Gomersall, things looked bleak.
Entering Sandown, Morris and Campbell Logan were 165 and 174 points off the series lead respectively. While by no means out of it, they needed not only misfortune, but strong performances of their own to capitalise.
Sure enough, Logan delivered to secure a maiden clean sweep to continue his breakout campaign, and with erstwhile points leader Lochie Dalton registering a DNF on Saturday after colliding with Morris, the Hobart product now takes a nine-point advantage to the final round in Adelaide.
That came despite Holden teams being granted a parity adjustment ahead of Sandown. While it stirred controversy through the paddock, it only served to galvanise the Tickford development squad.
"Those guys are back in the fight, and young Campbell did and amazing job all weekend, hats off to him. Two poles and two race wins is a fantastic weekend for him," said Tickford Team Manager Matt Roberts on Supercars' Equip Super Cool Down Lap podcast.
"Equally the whole team obviously locked out the [round] podium today, so that was a great achievement.
"Like I said to everybody back at the workshop, I said we didn't need to get distracted by the white noise, by the parity change, and everyone was arguing and wanted to put in protests.
"We just sat down as a team and said, 'Look, everyone focus on our job, we'll go out and do what we do best, we put it all out on the track,' and we actually did that, and I'm really proud of the whole team."
All four of Tickford's Super2 cars remain in mathematical title contention heading into Adelaide, though 2026 recruit Gomersall is at long odds with a 222-point deficit.
Morris is 42 points behind Logan in fourth, while Goodall is 132 points back, having finished third for the round at Sandown off the strength of finishing runner-up to Logan in the opening race of the weekend.
Tickford also lead both Super2 title races heading into the last round, having also stolen a commanding 171-point advantage over Brad Jones Racing in the Super2 teams' championship.
However, the Super2 program is all part of a bigger picture for Tickford, who despite not seeing either of its two cars make the Supercars Grand Final, is insistent that its starting to see results seep through from Super2 into Supercars.
"We invest a lot in our program from engineering, mechanics, I think we're the only ones that tested last week at Winton," Roberts said.
"We put so much time and effort into our Super2 program, and it's a genuine feeder for the main series, and we're seeing those results now.
"Those guys, they'll knuckle down, and hopefully one of them can bring home the championship, and I think they can do it. Very, very focused those boys."
