SUPERCARS boss Shane Howard has declared it “a good thing” that Peter Adderton wants to become a team owner, while explaining why his bid for an entry was knocked back.

Adderton publicly campaigned for Supercars to release the dormant 26^th Teams Racing Charter in order for him to field a car for Richie Stanaway in the 2023 championship.

The Boost Mobile founder’s push included announcing at the Gold Coast 500 that he’s ordered a Gen3 Chevrolet Camaro from Triple Eight ahead of the new season.

Although it’s been clear for some time that he won’t be granted the TRC, Supercars has remained silent on the matter – until now.

Addressing media at the VALO Adelaide 500, Howard confirmed that the grid will remain capped at 25 cars in 2023.

“There’s a very strict process that we have to administer for that (releasing the 26^th TRC),” said Howard.

“Just because you want to go racing doesn’t mean you can.

“There’s been a lot of RECs (Racing Entitlements Contracts, now known as TRCs) sold previously and people have had opportunities to buy them off existing teams.

“The point that we’ve got a TRC that’s held by RACE or the Supercars Board, they’ll make the decision on whether they consider allocating that or not.

“But it’s always been, it’s in the teams’ business model, they own the TRC, and…