Melbourne launch for 2024 Triple Eight wildcard

Triple Eight will head interstate to launch its 2024 wildcard season, with Craig Lowndes and rising star Cooper Murray on site for a special event.

One of Melbourne’s largest food precincts, Grazeland, will host the special launch on Friday April 12, a week before the ITM Taupō Super400.

Triple Eight will unveil the brand-new 2024 Supercheap Auto livery on Grazeland’s main stage, with the venue activated to support the launch.

The event will also feature a racing simulator, while there will be a multitude of specialised race cars and vehicles, along with a line-up of live music, and food choices from over 50 vendors.

There will also be a FIA Girls on Track booth, and an interactive kids zone.

Grazeland Director, John Forman, said: “We are incredibly grateful to have the opportunity to host the Supercheap Auto Wildcard season launch, it’s a great demonstration of Grazeland's capabilities and allows us to introduce our diverse offerings to a new audience.

"As avid Supercar fans ourselves, we're especially excited to be part of an event that aligns so closely with our passions.”

Triple Eight’s wildcard campaign debuted in 2021, and has helped act as a springboard for young drivers Broc Feeney and Declan Fraser into the main game.

Fraser and Lowndes combined in 2022 to bring home the best ever wildcard result — eighth — in the Repco Bathurst 1000.

This year, Lowndes will be joined by rising star Murray, who is currently racing for Eggleston Motorsport in the Dunlop Series.

Feeney and Will Brown will resume Triple Eight’s Supercars campaign at this weekend’s MSS Security Melbourne SuperSprint.