NEW CONTENT // Gen 3 Supercars
December 14th, 2024 by Chris Leone
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Supercars has been Australia’s premier touring series since the mid-1990s, gathering a passionate and devoted worldwide following over decades of close and exciting racing. Supercars’ Gen 3 regulations were first announced in 2020 before making their debut in time for the 2023 season. The new regulation set was a completely clean slate for the series, intended to cut costs, increase road relevance for manufacturers, and create closer racing with cars that were more challenging to drive.
Ford’s signature Mustang became its Supercars model of choice in 2019, and its use in the series continued into the Gen 3 regulation set. The all-new Gen 3 Mustang won the first race of the new era at Newcastle with Cameron Waters in 2023, and capped off that season with four wins in a row at Surfers Paradise and Adelaide. Chaz Mostert led the Ford brigade in points in the car’s first two seasons, with a sweep of Sydney SuperNight in 2024 a highlight on the way to third in points that season.
With the phase-out of the Holden brand in Australia, General Motors elected to replace the tenured Commodore model with the Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 as the brand’s Supercars Gen 3 flagship. It marked the first time that Chevrolet had competed in the Supercars era, but the switch quickly paid off as Shane van Gisbergen gave the car its first win in its second race at Newcastle. That victory kicked off a 15-race winning streak for the Camaro on the way to Chevrolet’s first Supercars manufacturer’s title; the brand would repeat the feat in 2024, while Brodie Kostecki and Will Brown would give it back-to-back driver’s titles.