The Repco Supercars Championship returns to action this weekend, contesting four sprint races at the Melbourne SuperSprint in support of the Formula One Australian Grand Prix.
The Championship kicked off its 2026 campaign just over a week ago at the DUNLOP Sydney 500, where young guns and underdogs stole the headlines.
Spearheading the youngest field in Supercars history, 23-year old Broc Feeney won two from three races in Sydney, and heads into this weekend in a tie for the championship lead with 2025 Bathurst 1000 winner Matt Payne.
Feeney has form in Melbourne, with four race wins in the previous three years at the Albert Park Grand Prix Circuit.
Supercars sophomore Kai Allen’s Sydney 500 came to an early end thanks to a mechanical issue, but not before the 20-year old South Australian made a statement with a gutsy pass for the lead on Feeney in Sunday’s race.
Allen, from Mount Gambier, made a shock run to the Supercars Grand Final as a rookie in 2025, and is poised to challenge for his first career win this weekend.
Among the surprise stories from Sydney was the revelation of Blanchard Racing Team and Warragul’s James Golding, who took a shock pole for the season opening race in Sydney.
Golding picked up a podium on debut with BRT and was fast throughout the weekend, though a loose wheel derailed his Sunday hopes as he, too, pursues his first Supercars race win.
Those three will be at the forefront of this weekend’s Melbourne SuperSprint, where Supercars will race on each day of the four-day event.
On-track action begins Thursday, with the driver who scores the most points across the event to be awarded the Larry Perkins Trophy.
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