Our 2024 Drivers

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Jobe Stewart enters 2024 as the reigning Super3 champion, but is now aiming for more as he graduates into Super2.

Last year, Stewart became another Erebus Academy driver to move onto the Supercars ladder when he made his Dunlop Super3 Series debut with Image Racing.

He was rock solid all season, culminating in an emotional Super3 title triumph after a season-long battle with the likes of Cameron McLeod and Jett Johnson.

Stewart first came under Erebus Motorsport's umbrella back in 2017, when he was still just 12 years old and racing in go-karts. 

The Mount Gambier product made his first steps towards car racing by taking part in the Academy's Karts to Cars program in late 2019 before moving into the Toyota GAZOO Racing Australia 86 Series the following year. 

The 2022 TGRA 86 season proved a breakout one for Stewart, who finished third overall with five podium finishes to his name. While the step from the little 86 to the fire-breathing V8 was a big one, 2023 wasn't the Stewart's first time behind the wheel of a Supercar. 

He completed a Super3 test in 2022 aboard one of Image Racing’s Project Blueprint-era Ford Falcons, while the Erebus Academy gave him a couple of opportunities to test the squad's ‘Mercodore' Mercedes-engined ZB Commodore at Winton as part of its ‘Who's Next' program.

Come 2023, and Stewart was ready to go, duly delivering a title for Image and Erebus.

(Courtesy V8Supercars) 

 Jarrod Hughes is the latest pupil from Paul Morris' Norwell Motorplex racing school on the Gold Coast to join the Supercars ladder system.

He follows the likes of Broc Feeney and Anton De Pasquale, with Hughes aiming to reach the main game.

Hughes started racing karts at age 10, before graduating to cars via Hyundai Excels.

He shifted to Toyota 86s, and finished seventh overall in 2022 before improving to fifth in 2023.

Hughes' 2023 also included V8-powered cars of the likes of Trans Am and TA2, including a winning outing at Calder Park.

He joins the Erebus Academy, and will race an Erebus Motorsport-built Commodore for Image Racing alongside Super3 champion Jobe Stewart.

Hughes will be engineered by Wayne Mackie, who notably oversaw the 2022 Bathurst wildcard of Greg Murphy and Richie Stanaway.

  "I began karting at age ten, consistently ranking in the top five nationally for five years. Transitioning to car racing in mid-2020, I swiftly proved my prowess with notable performances in the Hyundai Excel Series. From racing on iconic circuits like Townsville Street Circuit to securing victories at Queensland Raceway, my passion for motorsport fuels my drive. My ultimate goal? To compete in the Supercar series, and I'm dedicated to making that dream a reality."  (Courtesy V8 S8 SUpercars and Jarrod Huges Motorsport) 

South Gippsland local, Tony Auddino has returned to Image Racing and will rejoin the small Super3 field thanks to a new collaboration that will begin in round 2 at Wanneroo.

Auddino is a Super3 stalwart having raced in the category in 2022, finishing 10th in the championship after making a one-off debut in 2021 at Bathurst. His best result was fifth in the Sunday race of the 2022 trip to Townsville. Last year he raced in the former Kumho V8 Touring Car Series in a Ford BF Falcon and finished fifth overall.

Image Racing won the Super3 championship crown with Jobe Stewart in a VF Commodore with the Erebus Academy youngster now in Super2 and already turning heads.

Despite focusing on Super2 in the Bathurst opener, Image Racing led by Terry Wyhoon will return to Super3 with Auddino and engineering support from Erebus Motorsport. It will be a big change for Auddino, who has been a long tome Ford Falcon driver but now he will jump ship to Holden.

The tracks he has raced on around Australia include, Phillip Island, Bathurst, Sandown, Winton, Barbagallo, Queensland Raceway, Wakefield and Mallala, but his favourite tracks include Bathurst and Phillip Island

From racing in the super six touring cars/saloon cars for 7 years and V8 Utes, Tony will now be stepping up in to the Super3 series.

(Courtesy Auto Action) 

Second generation racer Ryan Wyhoon has been signed up as the latest and youngest member of the Erebus Academy.

Wyhoon joins the Academy run by current two-car Supercars squad Erebus Motorsport at the tender age of 12, but already with six karting seasons under his belt. Ryan is the son of Terry Wyhoon, who has been a major figure in Australian motorsport from racing AUSCAR and NASCAR to more recently running Erebus Motorsport affiliated team Image Racing, which has run Super2 entries and Supercars wildcards.

But the younger Wyhoon has forged his own path with three Morwell Go Kart Club championships, and multiple podium and championship successes, while he has even raced in America.

“I have three Club Championships at Morwell Go Kart Club and I’ve had a couple of podiums in the Golden Power Series but my highest achievement is probably third place at Parolin Junior Sprint Classic at the end of 2022,” Ryan Wyhoon said. “It was a great experience to race in America last year. Being able to spend some time with people who coach Nascar drivers and even the Nascar drivers themselves was a really cool experience.” 

(Bio Courtesy Auto Action, Image courtesy Pace images)