Erebus Motorsport team principal Brad Tremain has departed the Supercars powerhouse to pursue a long-planned career in IndyCar.
After nine years at Erebus, Tremain will head to the US to work with Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing, but not before heading home to New Zealand to spend time with his ill father.
Tremain’s new role was set to start in January, but the native Kiwi has postponed his arrival in America to be with his dad, who is battling a serious illness..
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He will make the odd appearance at Supercars events while he remains based in New Zealand for 2025 before heading over to the US in 2026.
Erebus CEO Barry Ryan will include the team principal role in his portfolio moving forward, while Brad Packham has been promoted to team manager and Kierton Woodger moves into Packham’s former role of chief mechanic.
“He’s been working on a visa all year and getting a job,” Ryan said on KTM Summer Grill.
“His journey is going to IndyCar next year to work. At the moment his dad’s fallen ill in New Zealand, so best of wishes to Brad and his father and family.
“I just want to say thanks to Brad for nine awesome years. Starting as a mechanic, fresh from New Zealand, never worked on a Supercar, to being a team principal this year and leading a championship and winning two Bathursts with us. So thanks, Brad.”
Tremain says he is likely to join the team for races in Taupo, Townsville and Bathurst.
He first joined Erebus in 2016 as a mechanic before rising to become the team principal ahead of the 2024 season.
“It has been incredible,” he told Speedcafe.
“I didn’t really know what to expect when I moved over at the start of 2016, I planned to just go with the flow and see what it was like.
“I’m very thankful to (co-owners) Betty (Klimenko) and Barry for giving me the opportunities over the last nine years to prove my worth.
“I think it was a risk putting me in the roles that I went in, but for the most part it worked out well.”
