12/06/2026
๐ฃ๐ฅ๐๐ฆ๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐๐๐๐๐ฆ๐: ๐ก๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐ ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐น๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ผ๐บ๐ฒ ๐ฅ๐ผ๐๐ป๐ฑ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ ๐๐ฟ๐ฝ๐ต๐ ๐๐๐ผ.
: On the back of a challenging second round, at Shell V-Power Motorsport Park in South Australia, Gerry and Jed Murphy are in far more familiar surroundings this weekend, as the Monochrome GT4 Australia series heads to Queensland Raceway, as part of the third event of the Shannons SpeedSeries tour for 2026.
Last time out, Gerry was inadvertently caught up in an on-track incident, in the latter stages of Race 1, in which the Team Soutar Motorsport Mercedes sustained a driveshaft failure, and wasnโt able to continue. Having completed more than 75% of the race distance, the Murphy pair were still classified 26th outright, and 7th in class, despite not being able to take the chequered flag.
Jed lamented the missed opportunity, to show the true one-lap potential of the Mercedes AMG, on a wet circuit, that was drying, in his words, โvery slowlyโ, and that, combined with not being able to get a clear lap, ultimately compromised their qualifying run on the Saturday morning.
After a long Saturday night trackside, the team were able to repair the car, in order for Gerry and Jed to line up in Race 2, on the Sunday morning.
Unfortunately, Jedโs stint in the second race came to an abrupt end, when he was left with nowhere to go, when an Am Class entry had a moment right in front of the TSM Mercedes AMG.
Jedโs reaction time was next to none, and the end result was a race retirement, and substantial damage to the car, for the second day in a row.
While it can be hard to take positives out of a weekend in which youโve not seen the chequered flag in either race, it does allow this team, and their drivers, to focus on the rest of the season on a round-by-round basis, as any slim hope of them competing for title supremacy has already slipped away.
Fortunately, the team wasnโt required to turn the car around within 24 hours, as they were on the Saturday night, and the car has since been repaired, in the five weeks between rounds, back at the Team Soutar Motorsport workshop, in Victoria, and those repairs were completed in time, with some assistance from a local nearby body shop (without whom, the boys may have been non-starters for this weekendโs event) in time for Gerry and Jed to have some seat time at Queensland Raceway, in a pre-event test, which was also impacted by changing weather conditions.
Despite the weather, Jed remains confident that the team will hit the circuit, on Friday, for the standard pair of 40-minute practice sessions, โthere or thereaboutsโ from a car setup point of view.
Away from the pre-event test day, both drivers have continued to utilise the sim rig, to stay match fit. Jed, while juggling the final year of his academic studies, opts to start his day in the sim, before heading to university.
Unfortunately, unlike the circuits that hosted the first two rounds of the series, this weekendโs venue isnโt featured on the iRacing platform as yet, placing even further importance on their real-life familiarity of the 6-turn circuit, despite not having raced the Mercedes AMG GT4 around there yet.
As an added bonus, for competitors and spectators alike, the opening race of the weekend will start on the brink of sunset, and finish in the dark, which is a prospect that excites Jed, who said that night racing in Willowbank brings with it a whole different challenge, degree of difficulty, due to the lack of floodlights around the 3.126km circuit, compared to Sydney Motorsport Park, which is a fully-lit facility, to the point where itโs like daylight on the circuit, and you donโt necessarily need to use your car headlights.
Whether the category will have a night race, when the championship visits Sydney, in September, remains to be seen.
This weekend, only 27 cars will line up on the grid, including 7 in the Sliver-Am class, the class in which Gerry and Jed will be hopeful of securing a strong result in, not just to boost morale, after the disappointment of the previous round, but also because it is their home round, and the only one theyโll have in 2026.
Both drivers know the 3.126 paperclip very well, through their vast experience in QLD Production Cars, QLD Production Sports, and, in Jedโs case, also the Toyota 86 Scholarship Series, and will be hoping to use that knowledge, to their advantage, this weekend.
Like Phillip Island, mixed weather conditions greeted the field in South Australia, and that trend looks set to continue this weekend, with South-East Queensland in the middle of a stretch of wet weather days, with long-ranges forecast predicting the rain to hang around until early next week.
๐ข๐ป-๐ง๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฒ๐ฑ๐๐น๐ฒ (๐๐น๐น ๐ง๐ถ๐บ๐ฒ๐ ๐๐๐ฆ๐ง)
๐ฅ๐ผ๐๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฏ โ ๐ค๐๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐น๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐๐ฎ๐ | ๐๐๐ป๐ฒ ๐ญ๐ฎ-๐ญ๐ฐ, ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฑ
Friday
Practice 1 โ 40 Minutes | 10:35am
Practice 2 โ 40 Minutes | 1:30pm
Saturday
Qualifying 1 โ 15 Minutes | 11:05am
Qualifying 2 โ 15 Minutes | 11:30am
Race 1 โ 60 Minutes* | 5pm
Sunday
Race 2 โ 60 Minutes* | 1:15pm
*Clock begins at commencement of Formation Lap + the length of each race is listed as โ58 Minutes + 1 Lapโ.
TV Broadcast
Saturday: 8:15am-6:15pm AEST on FOX Sports 506 & KAYO
Sunday: 10am-3:30pm AEST on FOX Sports 506 & KAYO.
Off the track, it promises to be one of the busiest weekends of the season for the Murphy Racing stable. With this being their only home round of the campaign, many of their supporters and sponsors will be making the trek down the Bruce Highway, to support the team trackside.
Furthermore, trackside spectators will have the opportunity to see the cars up close, with a free GRID WALK prior to Sundayโs race, and Jed and Gerry will also be centre stage over the course of the weekend, as part of the categoryโs autograph session, which will take place within the pit paddock precinct at Queensland Raceway. Thereโll also be garage tours for some lucky spectators and supporters as well.
As always, Murphy Racing is always supporting good causes, and this weekendโs round at QR is no exception. Theyโve teamed up with the โVery Special Kids Foundationโ, which provides holistic and palliative care for kids, and younger adults, with life-limiting medical conditions, as well as ongoing support for their families.
With this partnership comes the opportunity for Murphy Racing fans, and spectators alike, to enjoy an immersive and interactive experience with the team, in a bid to raise vital funds for a wonderful organisation.
For anyone willing to donate a minimum of TWO DOLLARS, youโll get to put your signature on the roof of the #58 Mercedes AMG, and your signature will ride with the boys for the balance of the season.
On top of that, the team has welcomed a new sponsor on board for the remainder of the season, with up and coming clothing brand, Elev8 Workwear, joining the growing list of businesses across the Sunshine Coast, and SEQ more broadly, supporting the Murphy Racing Monochrome GT4 Australia campaign in 2026.
The crew from Elev8 Workwear attended the recent Test Day, and will be in attendance again this weekend, having thoroughly enjoyed their first trackside experience.
This weekend will mark the end of the first-half of the season, and thereโll be a six-week break before the second-half gets underway, with the long trek north, and a maiden visit to Darwinโs Hidden Valley Raceway, from July 24-26.
Murphy Racing is proudly supported by the following: Axial Wealth Management, Massel Foods Australia, Hinternoosa Real Estate, Team Soutar Motorsport, Laguna Signs, Edge Endurance, Brisk, P.MU Racing, SP Tools, Elev8 Workwear, Racer Industries, Wrapwise, Reco Max, TAC โ Timmy Aviu Coaching, Apple Pip Catering, and MoComm Racing Communications.
