EXCLUSIVE: Renee Gracie says Supercars 'need someone like me' amid grim prediction
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OnlyFans-sponsored driver Renee Gracie is adamant a shift is coming to Australian motorsport, arguing that the stagnant nature of Supercars has leant itself to GT's surge as Australia's main racing category.
The 30-year-old highlighted that national categories such as GT3 may pose a "serious threat" to the premier category as it battles a continual loss of younger fans.
"Other categories and Supercars itself, I think a lot of people have been feeling over the last few years is that it's just kind of lost its spark. It's not what it used to be, and GT is a serious threat to them, because it's new and it's exciting, and there's a lot of action," Gracie told Wide World of Sports on Monday.
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"I mean, I think Supercars would probably need someone like me to make it half interesting.
"GT [Racing], they don't discriminate. They have people from all over the world. They want people to race.
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"You know, there's nothing stopping us from going over and racing the exact same GT Championship overseas. It's the same car. It's the same everything. It's exciting. It's new, it's fresh.
"There's different cars. There's a whole bunch of different drivers, and every single one of them is a character, and it's super competitive, and it's lots of fun."
Gracie previously raced in Supercars but was pushed out of the category several years ago and has not been back since.
She now exclusively competes in GT3.
Formula 1 and endurance races such as Bathurst 12 Hour have surpassed Supercars in the bid to attract younger audiences, being able to create a global online presence to grow the motorsport fanbase.
Although teams such as Triple Eight Racing have two young drivers at the helm to cater to the generational shift, the average age of a Supercars driver is now 28 years old and there are no females currently racing in the category.
In contrast, Speed Series has on average six young female drivers across the GT3, GT4 and Radical categories.
"There are some categories that still are very old in their ways, and you can just sense that it's not welcoming because there's no women in the category," Gracie said.
"And I think in a couple of years' time, the amount of women that will be in the sport itself, in the certain categories and on track as well, it will be so obvious where they are welcome and where they are not welcome."
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Supercars' biggest weekend in fan attendance, in Adelaide, saw 259,400 punters through the gate, with a five per cent reduction at some of their biggest races compared to last year.
In contrast, the 2025 Australian Grand Prix had more than 465,498 fans pour through the gates of Albert Park, with 42 per cent of fans overall under 35.
"I think one thing that happens with motorsport is sometimes with racing, you get your dominant teams, your dominant crews, your dominant drivers, and it gets a bit stagnant and a bit boring. And ultimately, we watch motorsport because we want it to be fun," Gracie said.
"We want the adrenaline. We want the crashes and the excitement and the pit lane drama, and that's what people want. And GT gives people that.
"Supercars stuff, that's long gone. I think [people now] get the idea that I would never, ever, ever give them the time of day, to even give them the satisfaction of potentially helping them with their sport."
Gracie took her first Am class win on Sunday at Phillip Island, during the first Speed Series weekend of the year.
