2026 TA2 Racing Muscle Car Series

The 2026 TA2 Racing Muscle Car Series is an ongoing motor racing competition for TA2 race cars. It is the tenth running of the TA2 Racing Muscle Car Series and the second under the new ownership of a group of regular series competitors. It is one of two national series for the TA2 class in Australia; the other being the Australian National Trans-Am Series.

Run in conjuncture with the Hi-Tec Oils Super Series, the championship began at The Bend Motorsport Park on March 13 and will conclude at Calder Park Raceway on November 15. The defending drivers' champion is Jarrod Hughes

Calendar

The following circuits are due to host a round of the 2026 championship.[1]

Round Circuit Dates Format Map
1 South Australia The Bend Motorsport Park 13–15 March sprint races
NC New South Wales Mount Panorama Circuit 3–5 April sprint races (combined with Trans-Am)
2 Queensland Queensland Raceway 1–3 May two-driver enduro
3 New South Wales Sydney Motorsport Park 17–18 July sprint races
4 Queensland Queensland Raceway 14–16 August sprint races
5 Victoria (state) Winton Motor Raceway 25–27 September sprint races
6 Victoria (state) Calder Park Raceway 13–15 November sprint races

Teams and drivers

Manufacturer Model Entrant No. Driver Name Class Rounds Co-Driver
Chevrolet Camaro IES Motorsport 1 Australia Jarrod Hughes 2 New Zealand Caleb Byers
38 Australia Tyler Cheney[2] 1–4 Australia Tim Brook
50 Australia Paul Hadley[2] M 1–4 Australia Graham Cheney
51 Australia Graham Cheney M 3 N/a
Steve Wilson Racing 3 Australia Steve Wilson[2] 1–2 Australia Nick Lange
Reidy Racing 5 Australia Danny Reidy[2] 1–4 Australia Charlie Parker
Robbie Farr Motorsport 7 Australia Robbie Farr[3] M 1–4 Australia Jason Pryde
Castle Railing & Gates 9 Australia Cameron Laws[2] 1–4 Australia Cody Gillis
Arrow Truck Repairs 19 Australia Connor Roberts 4 N/a
KRT Motorsport 21 Australia Kiara Zabetakis[2] 1, 3 N/a
Brock Paine Racing 33 Australia Brock Paine[2] 1–4 Australia Brad Gartner
Hi-Tec Oils 37 Australia Jackson Rice[2] 1–3 Australia Chase Hoy
Matt Stone Racing[4] 39 Australia Chris Smerdon[2] M 1–4 Australia Oscar Targett[5]
89 Australia Pat Neville[2] R 1–4 Australia Sam Simpson
116 Australia Tommy Smith[2] 1–4 Australia Jack Smith
Ash Jarvis Racing 76 Australia Clint Rayner[2] M 1–2 Australia Dion Jarvis
Kavich Racing 92 Australia Ben Kavich[6] 2–3 Australia Ben Grice[6]
Alice Buckley Motorsport 150 Australia Alice Buckley[7] 1–4 Australia Tim Slade
Dodge Challenger Ashley Jarvis Racing 25 Australia Coleby Cowham 4 N/a
Ford Mustang 00 Australia Ryan MacMillan 2 Australia Cameron McLeod
Crutcher Developments 4 Australia Mark Crutcher[8] M 2 Australia Hugh McAlister[8]
Osborne Transport 16 Australia Joel Heinrich[2] 1–4 Australia Max Vidau
TFH Racing 18 Australia Diesel Thomas[2] 1–2 Australia Josh Thomas
63 Australia Des Collier[2] 1–4 Australia Elliot Barbour
69 Australia Josh Thomas[2] 1 N/a
Waltech 19 Australia Pip Casabene[2] R 1–2 New Zealand Ryan Wood[9]
Action Linemarking 23 Australia Scott Dornan M 3 N/a
Ash Jarvis Racing 32 Australia Ben Gomersall[2] 1–4 Australia Will Davison[10]
76 Australia Clint Rayner M 3–4 N/a
Kody Garland Racing 41 Australia Kody Garland[11] 1–4 New Zealand Ayrton Hodson
Total Parts Pro 45 Australia Hayden Hume 3–4 N/a
Paul Morris Motorsport 67 Australia Nash Morris 2–4 Australia Brodie Kostecki
Wadley Property Group 88 Australia Warren Wadley 2, 4 Australia Hayden Hume
Icon Class
R Rookies
M Masters

Results and standings

Season summary

Rd Race Circuit Pole position Winning driver Winning team Winning car Round Winner
1 1 South Australia The Bend Motorsport Park Australia Tyler Cheney Australia Joel Heinrich Australia Tyler Cheney IES Motorsport Australia Jackson Rice
2 Australia Jackson Rice Australia Tommy Smith Matt Stone Racing
3 Australia Jackson Rice Australia Tyler Cheney Australia Jackson Rice Hi-Tec Oils
4 Australia Tyler Cheney Australia Jackson Rice Hi-Tec Oils
2 1 Queensland Queensland Raceway Australia Alice Buckley Australia Brodie Kostecki Australia Alice Buckley Alice Buckley Motorsport Australia Alice Buckley
Australia Tim Slade
2 Australia Tim Slade Australia Tim Slade Australia Tim Slade Alice Buckley Motorsport
3 Australia Alice Buckley
Australia Tim Slade		 Australia Alice Buckley
Australia Tim Slade		 Alice Buckley Motorsport
4 New Zealand Ryan Wood New Zealand Ryan Wood Waltech
5 Australia Cameron McLeod Australia Brodie Kostecki Paul Morris Motorsport
6 Australia Alice Buckley
Australia Tim Slade		 Australia Alice Buckley
Australia Tim Slade		 Alice Buckley Motorsport
3 1 New South Wales Sydney Motorsport Park Australia Ben Gomersall Australia Nash Morris Australia Nash Morris Paul Morris Motorsport Australia Nash Morris
2 Australia Ben Gomersall Australia Ben Gomersall Ash Jarvis Racing
3 Australia Ben Gomersall Australia Tyler Cheney Australia Tyler Cheney IES Motorsport
4 Australia Ben Gomersall Australia Nash Morris Paul Morris Motorsport
4 1 Queensland Queensland Raceway Australia Joel Heinrich Australia Tyler Cheney Australia Nash Morris Paul Morris Motorsport Australia Nash Morris
2 Australia Nash Morris Australia Nash Morris Paul Morris Motorsport
3 Australia Tommy Smith Australia Tommy Smith Australia Tommy Smith Matt Stone Racing
4 Australia Ben Gomersall Australia Nash Morris Paul Morris Motorsport
5 1 Victoria (state) Winton Motor Raceway
2
3
4
6 1 Victoria (state) Calder Park Raceway
2
3
4

Championship standings

Pos. Driver South Australia
BEN		 Queensland
QLD1		 New South Wales
SYD		 Queensland
QLD2		 Victoria (state)
WIN		 Victoria (state)
CAL		 Pen Points
R1 R2 R3 R4 R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 R1 R2 R3 R4 R1 R2 R3 R4 R1 R2 R3 R4 R1 R2 R3 R4
1 Australia Tyler Cheney 1 3 2 3 4 4 3 5 5 7 1 3 3 2 8 7 306
2 Australia Alice Buckley 5 4 10 6 1 1 2 1 2 4 8 8 4 5 12 Ret 264
3 Australia Ben Gomersall Ret Ret 4 DNS 2 2 5 3 8 1 3 2 18 3 3 2 260
4 Australia Joel Heinrich 4 2 5 2 7 5 9 Ret 3 3 4 4 2 18 4 4 256
5 Australia Tommy Smith 2 1 3 5 15 Ret 8 10 4 5 9 12 6 4 1 3 224
6 Australia Nash Morris 3 3 3 2 1 2 2 1 1 1 2 1 207
7 Australia Brock Paine Ret 10 9 4 6 6 7 4 9 11 5 7 17 6 5 6 187
8 Australia Jackson Rice 3 5 1 1 8 Ret 10 Ret 10 8 7 5 152
9 Australia Kody Garland 7 6 6 7 19 7 13 Ret 6 10 18 10 8 11 6 8 138
10 Australia Brodie Kostecki 3 3 1 2 100
11 Australia Hayden Hume DNS DNS DNS DNS Ret 9 6 6 5 7 7 5 91
12 Australia Des Collier 15 9 13 9 12 11 16 8 11 15 13 11 Ret 12 11 10 84
13 Australia Pip Casabene 8 7 7 8 5 Ret 6 11 75
14 Australia Robbie Farr 10 8 11 Ret 14 9 14 9 7 6 Ret DNS Ret Ret Ret 12 72
15 Australia Cam Laws 11 Ret 12 DNS Ret Ret 21 Ret 12 13 12 9 12 10 13 11 51
16 Australia Danny Reidy Ret DNS 15 Ret 16 12 15 14 15 18 14 15 9 9 10 Ret 45
17 Australia Cameron McLeod 10 19 4 6 42
18 Australia Patrick Neville Ret 13 17 11 Ret 17 Ret 17 12 17 16 15 17 11 15 16 14 41
19 Australia Coleby Cowham 7 8 9 9 37
20 Australia Chris Smerdon 14 12 18 10 21 Ret Ret Ret 18 14 16 18 13 13 17 15 36
21 New Zealand Caleb Byers 13 8 12 7 35
22 Australia Josh Thomas 6 Ret 14 DNS 9 10 11 DNS 35
23 Australia Clinton Rayner 9 Ret DNS Ret 17 13 19 13 16 17 Ret 14 14 14 Ret DNS 31
24 Australia Stephen Wilson 13 11 16 12 18 16 DNS 16 20
25 Australia Scott Dornan 13 12 10 13 16
26 Australia Paul Hedley DNS DNS DNS DNS 20 18 20 15 16 Ret 15 16 16
27 Australia Connor Roberts 10 17 14 12 15
28 Australia Ben Kavich Ret 15 18 Ret 14 Ret 17 16 12
29 Australia Diesel Thomas Ret Ret 8 DNS 11 10 Ret DNS 9
30 Australia Mark Crutcher 11 14 DNS DNS 9
31 Australia Kiara Zabetakis 12 Ret Ret DNS Ret DNS DNS DNS 4
32 Australia Warren Wadley DNS DNS DNS DNS 15 16 DNS DNS 4
33 Australia Graham Cheney 15 18 16 15 Ret Ret 11 Ret 0
Drivers ineligible for points
Australia Tim Slade 1 1 2 1 0
New Zealand Ryan Wood 2 Ret 1 11 0
Australia Elliot Barbour 4 11 6 8 0
Australia Jarrod Hughes 5 8 4 7 0
New Zealand Ayrton Hodson 6 7 5 Ret 0
Australia Max Vidau 7 5 Ret Ret 0
Australia Tim Brook 8 4 8 5 0
Australia Jack Smith 9 Ret 17 10 0
Australia Brad Gartner 10 6 9 4 0
Australia Chase Hoy 12 Ret 14 Ret 0
Australia Ben Grice 13 15 7 Ret 0
Australia Sam Simpson 14 17 0
Australia Hugh McAlister 16 14 Ret DNS 0
Australia Dion Jarvis 17 13 12 13 0
Australia Jason Pryde 18 9 15 9 0
Australia Oscar Targett 19 Ret 10 Ret 0
Australia Will Davison Ret 2 11 3 0
Australia Ryan MacMillan Ret 19 18 6 0
Australia Charlie Parker Ret 12 Ret 14 0
Australia Cody Gillis Ret Ret 13 Ret 0
Australia Nick Lange DNS 16 Ret 16 0
Pos. Driver R1 R2 R3 R4 R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 R1 R2 R3 R4 R1 R2 R3 R4 R1 R2 R3 R4 R1 R2 R3 R4 Pen Points
South Australia
BEN		 Queensland
QLD1		 New South Wales
SYD		 Queensland
QLD2		 Victoria (state)
WIN		 Victoria (state)
CAL

Notes

References

  1. ↑ O'Brien, Connor (2025-12-09). "Calendars released for 2026 Trans Am, TA2". V8 Sleuth. Retrieved 2026-02-26.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 O'Brien, Connor (2026-03-09). "TA2 hails destination status, strongest ever field". V8 Sleuth. Retrieved 2026-03-09.
  3. ↑ O'Brien, Connor (2025-12-20). "Sprint car hero to go it alone in TA2". V8 Sleuth. Retrieved 2026-02-26.
  4. ↑ Fletcher, Jack (2026-03-12). "Supercars team expands into TA2 Muscle Car Series". Speedcafe.com. Retrieved 2026-03-12.
  5. ↑ Fletcher, Jack (2026-04-24). "Porsche champ scores TA2 debut with Supercars squad". Speedcafe.com. Retrieved 2026-04-24.
  6. 1 2 Fletcher, Jack (2026-04-29). "Grice, Kavich families reunite for TA2 enduro". Speedcafe.com. Retrieved 2026-04-29.
  7. ↑ Fletcher, Jack (2026-03-02). "Buckley commits to factory-backed TA2 campaign". Speedcafe.com. Retrieved 2026-03-03.
  8. 1 2 Fletcher, Jack (2026-04-28). "Co-driver switch for Brodie Kostecki's TA2 Enduro return". Speedcafe.com. Retrieved 2026-04-28.
  9. ↑ Fletcher, Jack (2026-04-22). "Ryan Wood to race Ford Mustang in TA2 debut". Speedcafe.com. Retrieved 2026-04-22.
  10. ↑ Fletcher, Jack (2026-04-27). "Will Davison joins TA2 Tag Team Enduro field". Speedcafe.com. Retrieved 2026-04-27.
  11. ↑ Fletcher, Jack (2026-02-10). "Aussie Racing Cars champion set to make TA2 debut". Speedcafe.com. Retrieved 2026-02-26.
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