Who will be on the Supercars grid in five years?

The blog hasn't had a Supercars article in a long time (there have been 12 Hour and IndyCar articles but the last Supercars one was on the 4th of Jan, 22 days ago) so I thought now was a good time to go back and do one. I thought I'd look forward and say who will and won't be on the Supercars grid in five years. A note on this article- I'm assuming that Supercars will have 26 cars on the grid.

WILL:

David Reynolds: Has a deal until 2029.

SVG, Anton de Pasquale, Todd Hazlewood, Jack le Brocq, Andre Heimgartner, Bryce Fullwood, Chaz Mostert, Cam Waters, Nick Percat, Macaulay Jones, Jake Kostecki and Garry Jacobson: All of these drivers, barring mishap or moving abroad for racing, should be here still in five years.

Will brown: Same as the other drivers above, but his Supercars deal begins in 2021 so he isn't currently here but will be.

Jack Smith: I don't think Jack is even a good Super2 driver, but he has his father's money to carry his career, so he should still be around due to that.

The remaining 2 Kosteckis: Unlike Smith, these two, while still carrying decent money from family, are actually very good drivers. I wouldn't be surprised to see Brodie, if not both, in a really good seat (think WAU or Tickford level) in five years time.

Jack Doohan: The most controversial one on the list. I think Jack won't make it to F1, and I think then he'll go for Supercars over GT racing or other alternatives. Don't be surprised if he's knocking around the paddock in years to come.

James Golding: I wouldn't be surprised for him to have a backmarker seat or a good codriver gig. I'll go with the main seat for now.

Tom Randle: Quite frankly the best driver in 2020 Super2 regardless of who comes in. He's the favourite and he'll have a really good gig in the main game in five years time.

Tyler Everingham, Broc Feeney, and Zak Best: These three youngsters are really rated highly. Watch for their ascent.

Jordan Boys: He'll be with Erebus in 2025 unless Brodie is given a main game seat. I think Erebus will have three cars and de Pasquale will be a Supercars champ but not with them, leaving them with Reynolds, Will Brown and either Boys or Brodie, all of whom are a good fit with Betty's character.

Angelo Mozouris: The final driver on the list is Angelo Mozouris, just because of his connections with Triple 8. I wouldn't be surprised to see him be loaned somewhere like Matt Stone.

WON'T:

Scott McLaughlin: He'll be either in IndyCar or Nascar in 2025. He'll win the title by 2027 too.

Jamie Whincup, Rick Kelly, Fabian Coulthard, Lee Holdsworth, James Courtney and Will Davison: These six are veterans of the sport nowadays. They will probably be retired at least from full-time driving in 2025.

Mark Winterbottom: Frosty will also retire but he might still be around in 2025. He seems to have a big drive to take Team 18 to greatness.

Brenton Grove: I think Grove has a better chance of going into Porsche racing worldwide than into Supercars.

Zane Goddard: Goddard was lucky to get even fourth in the championship, as Will Brown seemed to be concentrating on TCR, Jordan Boys only came good late and both Brodie and Jake Kostecki pulled out to focus on their endure wildcard. In my opinion, he's not a Supercars-level driver. Not yet, anyway.

Scott Pye: I think Pye will probably join Slade and Caruso in the dropped main game but top co driver bin after three or four years with Team 18. He's a good driver but with the Hazlewoods and Fullwoods and Jacobsons rising through the ranks it'll be hard for him to find his space.

Dylan O'keeffe: He did impressively well with his first Super2 season but with GRM leaving the sport, I think he'll follow them back over to TCR and S5000 and dominate both by 2025.

Josh Fife: A tricky one to call as I haven't seen him race at all, but I think that unless Smith's money runs out (which it might) then Fife will stay as a co-driver for BJR.

Maddie Stewart, Nic Carroll and Jayden Ojeda: These guys may well graduate after 2025 but unless Supercars puts substantial pressure on finding a female driver, these guys won't be here before then.

Just to finish, here's my predicted 2025 grid:

Zak Best

Jordan Boys

Will Brown

Anton de Pasquale

Jack Doohan

Tyler Everingham

Broc Feeney

Bryce Fullwood

Jimmy Golding

Todd Hazlewood

Andre Heimgartner

Garry Jacobson

Macauley Jones

Brodie Kostecki

Jake Kostecki

Kurt Kostecki

Jack le Brocq

Chaz Mostert

Angelo Mozouris

Nick Percat

Tom Randle

David Reynolds

Jack Smith

Shane van Gisbergen

Cam Waters