Drivers prepared to battle the heat, each other, as Darwin Triple Crown begins Friday

Supercars drivers will be pushed as hard as ever this weekend, as the 24-car Supercars field prepares to do battle at the betr Darwin Triple Crown.

There will be three Supercars races this weekend, one each day at Darwin’s Hidden Valley Raceway, the sixth round of the 2026 Repco Supercars Championship.

Along with Darwin’s customary weather that will see high humidity and temperatures approaching the 30s, this year’s on-track competition means the thermometer isn’t the only thing heating up.

With eight different race winners in the first 16 races, the competitiveness of Supercars is arguably as strong and intense as ever.

2024 Supercars champion Will Brown is surprisingly not among the winners list quite yet in 2026, the Toowoomba native sitting eighth in the championship having been involved in several on-track scraps already this season.

Brown has also further upped his physical training game ahead of this weekend’s three races.

The 28-year old has suffered on multiple occasions from overheating in his Supercar, with rules updated heading into this weekend to ensure driver cooling systems are working correctly.

PremiAir Racing’s Declan Fraser is one of the more fit drivers on the Supercars grid, but similarly expects a fierce challenge in the car and on the track across all three days of racing.

Mackay native Fraser returned to the full-time grid this year after two seasons competing only in the endurance races.

While results are yet to truly shine for Fraser, the revamped PremiAir team is making considerable progress with its competitiveness, giving Fraser confidence that big results are not far away.

Supercars hits the track Friday morning at 10:05 a.m. ACST for first practice, with a 100-kilometre race from 5:00 p.m. local time Friday.

200-kilometre races on Saturday (3:20 p.m.) and Sunday (2:40 p.m.) will round out the betr Darwin Triple Crown.

The driver who scores the most points across the weekend will be awarded the Darwin Triple Crown.

This weekend’s event is also Supercars’ annual Indigenous Round, and will see all 24 Supercars dressed in unique indigenous-themed liveries, featuring artwork designed by indigenous artists.

Broc Feeney leads the Championship standings by 90 points over Kiwi Matt Payne heading into the start of action on Friday.