Triple Eight Race Engineering is excited to announce its return to the Dunlop Super2 Series in 2025, spearheaded by youngsters Ben Gomersall and Jackson Walls.
Jackson and Ben will join Triple Eight after completing their respective 2024 campaigns. Jackson joins after a strong season within the Porsche Carrera Cup series, where he currently sits third in the standings with wins at Taupo and Sandown. Ben currently competes in the Toyota 86 GR Cup series and has shown strong consistency and pace across the championship races, including several fastest laps.
Ben says although he hasn’t spent a significant amount of time in a Supercar, learning as much as possible will be the aim for 2025.
“I just feel like it’s such a great opportunity to be driving a Triple Eight Super2 car next year,” said Ben. “It’s going to be a really cool environment to learn from everyone with so much experience there.
“It is going to be a big learning curve next year, so if I can try to take in as much information as I can and learn from all the experienced guys there, it’s going to help me out.
If we’re consistently improving each round from the first round in Sydney to the last round in Adelaide, getting some top-ten and top-five finishes along the way, I’d be really happy with that.
“I have done a couple of test days in some of my some of my dad’s Supercars,” Ben explained. “Earlier this year in July, I did a few laps in Reuben Goodall’s Holden ZB Commodore at the time was. I did about 40 or so laps at Queensland Raceway, but other than that, haven’t done much driving of them.
“This year so far has been pretty solid overall; we’ve had a really good pace at all of the rounds this year. We’ve been top five in the championship for the whole year as well as results-wise on track.
“My dad’s always been a big help in my career. He’s always been there for me, and I couldn’t do it without him. I’d like to thank all my sponsors as well, particularly Hugh Zochling. He’s been pretty important this year since jumping on board. “
For Jackson, the chance to drive a Triple Eight Supercar is the chance of a lifetime and will be looking to maximize every opportunity.
“To be completely honest, I don’t really think there’s a better way to start a Supercars campaign in Super2, especially with the best team in the country at the moment and one of the best, if not the best teams, in the last 15 years or so.
“It’s pretty exciting for me, my family, and my supporters. We want to get things rolling right from the get-go. I’m super excited. Like always, you want to do the best job possible, but for me, it’s just maximizing myself in learning how to drive the Supercar.
“But at the end of the day, I wouldn’t be here if I didn’t want to go win races and win championships. I want to strive for the top and give the championship a good crack.
“After completing the limited days I’ve done in a Supercar and then the evaluation day with Triple Eight and the Supercheap Auto Wildcard Camaro, you don’t realise until you’re in a part of the internal outfit, what kind of level they run at.”
“It was super cool, and I learned a lot, particularly with Wes McDougall (Supercheap Auto Racing, Race Engineer) and everyone who was part of the Wildcard crew for the evaluation day. So, for me, I was just taking everything in and trying to be as fast as possible.
“I wouldn’t be here without my dad; he has been working tirelessly for the last 15 years or so. He’s been my number-one backer since the start.”
Triple Eight Race Engineering Managing Director Jamie Whincup has expressed his excitement about a return to the series, and the start of a new chapter at Triple Eight.
“It is fantastic to be returning to Super2,” he said. “We are big supporters of introducing young talent into motorsport and providing that young talent a pathway from go-karts to Supercars. And Super2 is a big part of that pathway.
“I’ve felt a bit hollow the last few years not being in Super2, only because we didn’t have cars available. But we’ve been able to now get cars available so we can enter the series again. However, this is just the start of a grand plan to develop talent, provide the stepping stones, and give them the pathway from go-karts to Supercars.
“Jackson is a talented young kid, predominantly known for his Porsche Carrera Cup performances. He’s very, very competitive in that championship, and he’s someone that we feel we can rely on to represent the Triple Eight Race Engineering brand in Super2 again.
“We’ve needed drivers who can showcase the performance of the car and what Triple Eight is all about, and we’ve got full trust that Jackson’s going to be able to do that. He is certainly a fast young kid looking to get on the Supercar grid, and we hope we can be a part of that journey.
“Ben has done quite a bit of racing. He’s still quite young, so I think it’s a great opportunity for him to massively increase his learning curve. He’ll be surrounded by some of the best drivers and engineers in the business. So, I think it’s going to be fantastic, but we’re not putting too much pressure on him.
“Hopefully, that learning curve accelerates quickly over the first 6 months, and then he can become a real contender by the end of the season.
“I just want them both to grow. If they can get to the end of the year with a significant amount more experience and good knowledge of the Triple Eight way to make a Supercar go fast, that’d be a job well done.”
Four of Triple Eight’s previous ten Super2 drivers have graduated to secure various Supercars main-game drives, including current Red Bull Ampol Racing driver Broc Feeney, current co-driver Scott Pye, Declan Fraser, and Cameron Hill.
The Dunlop Super2 Championship begins at the Sydney 500 on 21-23 February, at Sydney Motorsport Park.
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