2023 NTI Townsville 500 Event Guide

2023 NTI TOWNSVILLE 500 EVENT GUIDE

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PREVIEW

NTI TOWNSVILLE 500 EVENT PREVIEW

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he Repco Supercars Championship returns to the north of Queensland for the NTI Townsville 500 on the Reid Park street circuit, the sixth round of the 2023 season.

Following a surprising set of results last time out in Darwin, the championship battle resumes amongst ongoing parity debates with the Chevrolet Camaro having won 14 of the 15 races held in 2023.

Erebus Motorsport’s Brodie Kostecki leads the

championship by 59 points from teammate Will Brown, ahead of the Triple Eight Race Engineering duo of Broc Feeney and Shane van Gisbergen. Chaz Mostert is the bestplaced Ford runner in fifth place, though the Mustang runners are losing touch in the championship race.

After first wins in Darwin, Team 18 and Matt Stone Racing will be out to continue their strong run of form, with Brad Jones Racing and PremiAir Racing the only

FRIDAY JULY 7 Time Category Session 0740-0800 Aussie Racing Cars Practice 0810-0830 TGRA 86 Practice 1 0840-0905 Porsche Carrera Cup Practice 1 0910-0915 Supercars Events Demonstration 0920-1000 Dunlop Series Practice 1 1005-1010 Supercars Events Track Crossing 1015-1045 Supercars Practice 1 1050-1100 Supercars Events Demonstration 1110-1130 Aussie Racing Cars Qualifying 1140-1200 TGRA 86 Practice 2 1205-1210 Supercars Events Track Crossing 1210-1235 Porsche Carrera Cup Practice 2 1240-1250 Supercars Events Demonstration 1255-1335 Dunlop Series Practice 2 1345-1405 Aussie Racing Cars Race 1 1415-1435 TGRA 86 Qualifying 1440-1445 Supercars Events Track Crossing 1450-1520 Supercars Practice 2 1525-1535 Supercars TV Track Time 1555-1610 Porsche Carrera Cup Event Rides 1615-1630 TGRA 86 Event Rides 1635-1655 Dunlop Series Event Rides 1700-1730 Supercars Event Ride SATURDAY JULY 8 Time Category Session 0740-0800 Supercars Events Course Car Rides & Pit Lane Walk 0810-0830 TGRA 86 Race 1 0840-0852 Porsche Carrera Cup Qualifying 1 0858-0910 Porsche Carrera Cup Qualifying 2 0915-0920 Supercars Events Track Crossing 0925-0935 Dunlop Series Qualifying DS3 0945-0955 Dunlop Series Qualifying DS2 1000-1010 Supercars Events Demonstration

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1010-1015 1015-1030 1035-1045 1050-1110 1120-1145 1150-1155 1200-1230 1240-1305 1315-1355 1400-1405 1405-1410 1440

Chevrolet teams yet to win a race in 2023.

The NTI Townsville 500 features two 250km races, with the grid for each race set by a single qualifying session followed by a top 10 Shootout.

The event will be run exclusively on Dunlop’s soft, after the last two rounds were run on the super soft compound.

Townsville first hosted Supercars in 2009, with an event held there in each year since, including two in 2020 and 2021 each.

Supercars Events Track Crossing Supercars Race 16 Qualifying Supercars Events Demonstration Aussie Racing Cars Race 2 TGRA 86 Race 2 Supercars Events Track Crossing Supercars Top Ten Shootout Porsche Carrera Cup Race 1 Dunlop Series Race 1 (40 mins) Supercars Events Demonstration Supercars Events Track Crossing Supercars Race 16 (88 laps)

SUNDAY JULY 9 Time Category Session 0735-0755 Supercars Events Course Car Rides & Pit Lane Walk 0805-0825 Aussie Racing Cars Race 3 0835-0915 Porsche Carrera Cup Race 2 0920-0925 Supercars Events Track Crossing 0930-0940 Dunlop Series Qualifying DS3 0950-1000 Dunlop Series Qualifying DS2 1005-1015 Supercars Events Demonstration 1015-1020 Supercars Events Track Crossing 1020-1035 Supercars Race 17 Qualifying 1035-1045 Supercars Events Demonstration 1050-1110 Aussie Racing Cars Race 4 1120-1140 TGRA 86 Race 3 1140-1155 Supercars Events Demonstration 1155-1200 Supercars Events Track Crossing 1200-1230 Supercars Top Ten Shootout 1240-1305 Porsche Carrera Cup Race 3 1305-1310 Supercars Events Track Crossing 1315-1355 Dunlop Series Race 2 (40 mins) 1400-1405 Supercars Events Demonstration 1405-1410 Supercars Events Track Crossing 1440 Supercars Race 17 (88 laps)

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ENTRY LIST

2023 REPCO SUPERCARS

CHAMPIONSHIP ENTRY LIST

#

Driver

Team

Car

2

Nick Percat

Walkinshaw Andretti United

Ford Mustang

3

Todd Hazelwood

Blanchard Racing Team

Ford Mustang

4

Jack Smith

Brad Jones Racing

Chevrolet Camaro

5

James Courtney

Tickford Racing

Ford Mustang

6

Cameron Waters

Tickford Racing

Ford Mustang

8

André Heimgartner

Brad Jones Racing

Chevrolet Camaro

9

Will Brown

Erebus Motorsport

Chevrolet Camaro

11

Anton De Pasquale

Dick Johnson Racing

Ford Mustang

14

Bryce Fullwood

Brad Jones Racing

Chevrolet Camaro

17

Will Davison

Dick Johnson Racing

Ford Mustang

18

Mark Winterbottom

Team 18

Chevrolet Camaro

19

Matthew Payne

Grove Racing

Ford Mustang

20

Scott Pye

Team 18

Chevrolet Camaro

23

Tim Slade

PremiAir Racing

Chevrolet Camaro

25

Chaz Mostert

Walkinshaw Andretti United

Ford Mustang

26

David Reynolds

Grove Racing

Ford Mustang

31

James Golding

PremiAir Racing

Chevrolet Camaro

34

Jack Le Brocq

Matt Stone Racing

Chevrolet Camaro

35

Cameron Hill

Matt Stone Racing

Chevrolet Camaro

55

Thomas Randle

Tickford Racing

Ford Mustang

88

Broc Feeney

Triple Eight Race Engineering

Chevrolet Camaro

96

Macauley Jones

Brad Jones Racing

Chevrolet Camaro

97

Shane van Gisbergen

Triple Eight Race Engineering

Chevrolet Camaro

99

Brodie Kostecki

Erebus Motorsport

Chevrolet Camaro

777 Declan Fraser

Tickford Racing

Ford Mustang

Entries correct at the time of publishing.

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TEAMS

TRIPLE EIGHT RACE ENGINEERING

CHEVROLET CAMARO #88 BROC FEENEY #97 SHANE VAN GISBERGEN Triple Eight Race Engineering didn’t miss a beat as Jamie Whincup moved from the driver’s seat to team management in 2022, with Shane van Gisbergen rewriting the record books with the championship and Bathurst double and Broc Feeney winning a race in his full-time main-game debut season.

Chevrolet’s homologation team will be hoping to lead the way amongst the Camaros, which feature in the familiar colours of Red Bull. While van Gisbergen will be out to defend his championship and Bathurst title, with Richie Stanaway in the latter in place of the Grove Racing-bound Garth Tander, Feeney looks ready to step up into a regular contender.

Martin Short and Andrew Edwards are back as the engineers for Feeney and van Gisbergen respectively, while Whincup now has a season of experience as team manager. While the new cars may close up the field, Triple Eight Race Engineering remains the team to beat after its form in 2022.

BROC FEENEY

Debut Teams

2020 Tickford Racing (2020), Triple Eight Race Engineering (2021 - 2023) Championship Best 6th (2022) 2022 Championship 6th Bathurst 1000 Best 5th (2022) 2022 Bathurst 5th

SHANE VAN GISBERGEN

Debut Teams

2007 Team Kiwi Racing (2007), Stone Brothers Racing (2008 - 2012), Tekno Autosports (2013 - 2015), Triple Eight Race Engineering (2016 - 2023) Championship Best 1st (2016, 2021, 2022) 2022 Championship 1st Bathurst 1000 Best 1st (2020, 2022) 2022 Bathurst 1st

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DICK JOHNSON RACING

FORD MUSTANG #11 ANTON DE PASQUALE #17 WILL DAVISON There’s been big changes for Dick Johnson Racing as well as the switch to the new Mustang with Brett Ralph and his family joining the ownership structure and David Noble appointed the team’s CEO at the end of 2022.

While Ford’s homologation team features some new faces off track, there’s continuity on the racing side with Anton De Pasquale and Will Davison behind the wheel, engineered yet again by Ludo Lacroix and Richard Harris respectively, and Shell continuing as the naming-rights sponsor of both entries.

Both drivers have won multiple races for the team in recent seasons, often mixing it at the front of the field. However, they will be hoping for a further gains this year after losing ground to Triple Eight Race Engineering and finishing behind Tickford Racing and Walkinshaw Andretti United entrants in the standings last season.

ANTON DE PASQUALE

Debut Teams

2018 Erebus Motorsport (2018 - 2020), Dick Johnson Racing (2021 - 2023) Championship Best 4th (2022) 2022 Championship 4th Bathurst 1000 Best 7th (2022) 2022 Bathurst 7th

WILL DAVISON

Debut Teams

2004 Team Dynamik (2004), Dick Johnson Racing (2005 - 2008, 2021 - 2023), Holden Racing Team (2009 - 2010), Tickford Racing (2011 - 2013, 2020), Erebus Motorsport (2014 - 2015), Tekno Autosports (2016 - 2017), 23 Red Racing (2018 - 2020) Championship Best 2nd (2009) 2022 Championship 5th Bathurst 1000 Best 1st (2009, 2016) 2022 Bathurst DNF SUPERCAR XTRA

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TEAMS

TICKFORD RACING

FORD MUSTANG

#5 JAMES COURTNEY #6 CAMERON WATERS #55 THOMAS RANDLE #777 DECLAN FRASER JAMES COURTNEY

Debut Teams

Championship Best 2022 Championship Bathurst 1000 Best 2022 Bathurst

2005 Holden Racing Team / Wakinshaw Racing / Walkinshaw Andretti United (2005, 2011 - 2019), Stone Brothers Racing (2006 - 2008), Dick Johnson Racing (2009 - 2010), Team Sydney (2020), Tickford Racing (2020 - 2023) 1st (2010) 12th 2nd (2007) DNF

Ford’s four-car team underwent a late change to its driver line-up with reigning Dunlop Super2 Series champion Declan Fraser replacing Jake Kostecki in the Tradie-backed #56 entry. Aside from that, there is stability at the team with Cameron Waters set to lead the line alongside veteran James Courtney, sophomore Thomas Randle and new recruit Fraser.

Monster Energy, Snowy River Caravans and Castrol continue as title sponsors for Waters, Courtney and Randle respectively, engineered once again by Sam Potter, Sam Scaffidi and Raymond Lau with Chris Stuckey working with Fraser.

After two runners-up finishes in the championship and Bathurst over the last three seasons, Waters is primed for a challenge with the experience of Courtney and potential of Randle and Fraser a valuable asset for the team.

CAMERON WATERS

Debut Teams

Championship Best 2022 Championship Bathurst 1000 Best 2022 Bathurst

6

2011 Kelly Racing (2011 - 2012), Charlie Schwerkolt Racing / Team 18 (2014), Prodrive Racing Australia / Tickford Racing (2015 - 2023) 2nd (2020, 2022) 2nd 2nd (2020, 2021) 3rd

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THOMAS RANDLE

DECLAN FRASER

Debut Teams

Debut Teams

2019 Tickford Racing (2019, 2021 - 2023), Brad Jones Racing (2020)

Championship Best 23rd (2022) 2022 Championship 23rd Bathurst 1000 Best 7th (2021) 2022 Bathurst DNF

2022 Triple Eight Race Engineering (2022), Tickford Racing (2023)

Championship Best 36th (2022) 2022 Championship 36th Bathurst 1000 Best 8th (2022) 2022 Bathurst 8th

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TEAMS

WALKINSHAW ANDRETTI UNITED

FORD MUSTANG

#2 NICK PERCAT #25 CHAZ MOSTERT

NICK PERCAT

It’s a new dawn for Walkinshaw Andretti United. After a long association with Holden, dating back to its days as the factory-backed Holden Racing Team, Walkinshaw Andretti United switches to Ford in 2023.

It’s a return to the Blue Oval for Chaz Mostert, who spent the early years of his career with Ford, while teammate Nick Percat will drive a Ford for the first time in Supercars.

After threatening to challenge for the championship in recent years and winning Bathurst in 2021 (the winning combination of Mostert and Lee Holdsworth reunite in 2023), Walkinshaw Andretti United will be hoping the manufacturer switch and full-field Gen3 reset doesn’t hinder its progress to the front of the grid.

Debut Teams

2010 Walkinshaw Racing / Holden Racing Team / WalkinshawAndrettiUnited(2010-2014,2022- 2023), Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport (2015 - 2016), Brad Jones Racing (2017 - 2021)

Championship Best 7th (2020, 2021) 2022 Championship 15th Bathurst 1000 Best 1st (2011) 2022 Bathurst 22nd

CHAZ MOSTERT

Debut Teams

2013 Dick Johnson Racing (2013), Ford Performance Racing / Prodrive Racing Australia / Tickford Racing (2014 - 2019), Walkinshaw Andretti United (2020 - 2023) Championship Best 3rd (2021, 2022) 2022 Championship 3rd Bathurst 1000 Best 1st (2014, 2021) 2022 Bathurst 2nd

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GROVE RACING

FORD MUSTANG

#19 MATTHEW PAYNE #26 DAVID REYNOLDS

Grove Racing entered into a partnership with Kelly Racing in 2021, morphing into Grove Racing in 2022. After building up the team with the addition of David Cauchi as team principal, Grant McPherson as a technical director and Garth Tander as endurance co-drive, Grove Racing is looking to step up under Gen3.

Penrite remains as the naming-rights sponsor of both entries with full-time rookie Matthew Payne replacing the retiring Lee Holdsworth alongside David Reynolds. Payne drove for the team in the Dunlop Super2 Series and made his main-game debut at Bathurst in 2022, scoring a sixth place. Reynolds is in his third season with the team, hoping to get back to winning ways after a number of podiums in that time.

Alistair McVean continues his long association with Reynolds as engineer, while Jack Bell will help steer Payne through his rookie campaign.

MATTHEW PAYNE

Debut

2022

Teams

Grove Racing (2022 - 2023)

Championship Best 34th (2022) 2022 Championship 34th Bathurst 1000 Best 6th (2022) 2022 Bathurst

6th

DAVID REYNOLDS

Debut Teams

2007 Paul Weel Racing (2007), HSV Dealer Team / Walkinshaw Racing (2008 - 2010), Kelly Racing / Kelly Grove Racing / Grove Racing, (2011, 2021 - 2023), Rod Nash Racing / Prodrive Racing Australia (2012 - 2015), Erebus Motorsport (2016 - 2020) Championship Best 3rd (2015) 2022 Championship 8th Bathurst 1000 Best 1st (2017) 2022 Bathurst DNF

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TEAMS

EREBUS MOTORSPORT

CHEVROLET CAMARO

#9 WILL BROWN #99 BRODIE KOSTECKI

Will Brown and Brodie Kostecki enter their third full seasons at Erebus Motorsport, with their new Chevrolet Camaros now in the colours of CocaCola with the soft-drink giant replacing Boost Mobile as the team’s naming-rights sponsor.

Both drivers scored podiums last season, though they will be hoping for further improvement having achieved more success in 2021.

With the new cars presenting a fresh start for the team and drivers, it’s a chance for the youngsters to step up and become regular contenders.

There’s stability off track with Tom Moore and George Commins back as the engineers for Brown and Kostecki respectively, with the new cars and sponsor the only significant changes.

WILL BROWN

Debut

2018

Teams

Erebus Motorsport (2018 - 2023)

Championship Best 8th (2021) 2022 Championship 14th Bathurst 1000 Best 10th (2022) 2022 Bathurst

10th

BRODIE KOSTECKI

Debut

2019

Teams

Kostecki Brothers Racing (2019), Erebus Motorsport (2020 - 2023)

Championship Best 7th (2022) 2022 Championship 7th Bathurst 1000 Best 3rd (2021) 2022 Bathurst

10

4th

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TEAM 18

CHEVROLET CAMARO

#18 MARK WINTERBOTTOM #20 SCOTT PYE

There’s a new look for Team 18 with Mark Winterbottom switching from Irwin Tools to Dewalt Tools sponsorship, while Scott Pye will feature a rotating livery for their fourth season as teammates. After not scoring a podium since 2020, Team 18 will be hoping the switch to the Chevrolet Camaro results in a more consistent jump up the grid following the recent end of its winless run dating back to its foundation in 2013.

The experienced engineering combination of Manuel Sanchez and Richard Hollway partner with Winterbottom and Pye respectively, with team owner Charlie Schwerkolt desperate for podiums and wins in Gen3.

MARK WINTERBOTTOM

Debut Teams

2003 Stone Brothers Racing (2003), Larkham Motorsport (2004 - 2005), Ford Performance Racing / Prodrive Racing Australia / Tickford Racing (2006 -2018), Team 18 (2019 - 2023) Championship Best 1st (2015) 2022 Championship 9th Bathurst 1000 Best 1st (2013) 2022 Bathurst 15th

SCOTT PYE

Debut Teams

2012 Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport (2012 - 2013), Dick Johnson Racing / DJR Team Penske (2014 - 2016), Walkinshaw Racing / Walkinshaw Andretti United (2017 - 2019), Team 18 (2020 - 2023) Championship Best 7th (2018) 2022 Championship 16th Bathurst 1000 Best 2nd (2017, 2018) 2022 Bathurst 16th SUPERCAR XTRA

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TEAMS

BRAD JONES RACING

CHEVROLET CAMARO JACK SMITH

Debut Teams

2019 Brad Jones Racing (2019 - 2023), Matt Stone Racing (2019)

Championship Best 21st (2021) 2022 Championship 24th Bathurst 1000 Best 17th (2021) 2022 Bathurst DNF

#4 JACK SMITH #8 ANDRÉ HEIMGARTNER #14 BRYCE FULLWOOD #96 MACAULEY JONES Brad Jones Racing continues with the same fourcar line-up as last season, with André Heimgartner expected to lead the team yet again following an impressive first full season with the team in 2022.

Tony Woodward and Phil Keed continue as engineers with Heimgartner and Bryce Fullwood respectively, while Andrew Donnelly and Julian Stannard team up with Macauley Jones and Jack Smith respectively.

Brad Jones Racing emerged as one of the frontrunners when Supercars switched to the Car of the Future rules in 2013, with Gen3 an opportunity for a return back to the top step of the podium.

ANDRÉ HEIMGARTNER

Debut Teams

2014 Super Black Racing (2014 - 2015), Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport (2016), Brad Jones Racing (2017, 2022 - 2023), Nissan Motorsport / Kelly Racing Racing / Kelly Grove Racing (2018 - 2021) Championship Best 10th (2022) 2022 Championship 10th Bathurst 1000 Best 9th (2017) 2022 Bathurst DNF

12

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BRYCE FULLWOOD

MACAULEY JONES

Debut Teams

Debut Teams

2018 Matt Stone Racing (2018), Kelly Racing (2019), Walkinshaw Andretti United (2020 - 2021), Brad Jones Racing (2022 - 2023) Championship Best 14th (2021) 2022 Championship 17th Bathurst 1000 Best 5th (2021) 2022 Bathurst 9th

2015 Brad Jones Racing (2015 - 2023)

Championship Best 19th (2020, 2022) 2022 Championship 19th Bathurst 1000 Best 7th (2018) 2022 Bathurst 13th

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TEAMS

MATT STONE RACING

CHEVROLET CAMARO

#34 JACK LE BROCQ #35 CAMERON HILL

Matt Stone Racing enters its sixth season in Supercars with Truck Assist back as the namingrights sponsor across both entries and Cameron Hill stepping up into the main game from the Dunlop Super2 Series.

Hill, the first Supercars driver to hail from Canberra in close to 20 years, raced for Triple Eight Race Engineering in the second-tier series, making his main-game debut with PremiAir Racing at Bathurst in 2022. It will be Le Brocq’s second season with the team, scoring its breakthrough first win in 2023.

While Le Brocq continues with Jack Bellotti as his engineer, Hill will work with Paul Forgie.

Forgie was part of the Stone Brothers Racing during its championship run, reuniting with the Stone family as engineer on the #35 Camaro.

JACK LE BROCQ

Debut Teams

2015 Erebus Motorsport (2015), Prodrive Racing Australia / Tickford Racing (2016, 20202021), Nissan Motorsport (2017), MW Motorsport (2017), Tekno Autosports (2018-2019), Matt Stone Racing (2022-2023) Championship Best 15th (2020) 2022 Championship 21st Bathurst 1000 Best 4th (2016) 2022 Bathurst 14th

CAMERON HILL

Debut

2022

Teams

PremiAir Racing (2022), Matt Stone Racing (2023)

Championship Best 51st (2022) 2022 Championship 51st Bathurst 1000 Best 21st (2022) 2022 Bathurst

14

21st

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PREMIAIR RACING

CHEVROLET CAMARO

#23 TIM SLADE #31 JAMES GOLDING

PremiAir Racing enters its second season in Supercars with an all-new line-up from the one that started its debut season in 2022. After replacing Garry Jacobson midway through 2022 and impressing with solid results, James Golding is rewarded with the full-time drive in the Nulon-backed entry. He is joined by veteran Tim Slade, who moves from the Blanchard Racing Team to PremiAir Racing in place of Chris Pither.

It was a solid debut season for PremiAir Racing, despite the mid-season changes, with the Gen3 introduction a chance for the team to get on an even keel with its rivals. Experienced engineer Geoffrey Slater will work with Golding, while Slade is paired with Phillip Di Fazio.

There may be more growing pains for PremiAir Racing in its sophomore season, though the pace of Golding in 2022 and experience of Slade means the team has a solid line-up to hit the ground running in Gen3.

TIM SLADE

Debut Teams

2009 Paul Morris Motorsport (2009), Stone Brothers Racing / Erebus Motorsport (2010-2013), Walkinshaw Racing (20142015), Brad Jones Racing (2016-2019), DJR Team Penske (2020), Blanchard Racing Team (2021-2022), PremiAir Racing (2023) Championship Best 5th (2012) 2022 Championship 11th Bathurst 1000 Best 5th (2020) 2022 Bathurst 19th

JAMES GOLDING

Debut Teams

2016 Garry Rogers Motorsport (2016 - 2019), Team 18 (2020 - 2021), PremiAir Racing (2022 - 2023) Championship Best 20th (2019) 2022 Championship 25th Bathurst 1000 Best 8th (2018, 2020) 2022 Bathurst 12th SUPERCAR XTRA

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TEAMS

BLANCHARD RACING TEAM

FORD MUSTANG #3 TODD HAZELWOOD The only single car team in Supercars was the first to unveil and run its Gen3 car.

The Blanchard Racing Team enters its third season as a standalone entry, after running out of Brad Jones Racing before 2021. And after two seasons with Tim Slade driving the team’s Ford Mustang, Todd Hazelwood takes over the CoolDrive-backed entry.

After a single season back at Matt Stone Racing, Hazelwood switches to the Blanchard Racing Team. It’s a reunion of sorts with Hazelwood driving alongside team owner Tim Blanchard in the CoolDrive entry when it was run out of Brad Jones Racing in 2017, returning to Ford for the first time since 2018.

Mirko De Rosa leads the engineering team, hoping the early build of its Gen3 Ford Mustang pays dividends to counter having just one car for development as the season progresses.

16

TODD HAZELWOOD

Debut

2017

Teams

Matt Stone Racing (2017 - 2019, 2022), Brad Jones Racing (2017, 2020 - 2021), Blanchard Team Racing (2023)

Championship Best 13th (2021) 2022 Championship 18th Bathurst 1000 Best 8th (2021) 2022 Bathurst

20th

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ROUND

01

10 - 12 MARCH

Thrifty Newcastle 500 12 MARCH Newcastle Circuit, NSW 01 10 -Street ROUND

Thrifty Newcastle 500 ROUND Newcastle Street Circuit, NSW

02

30 MARCH - 2 APRIL

Beaurepaires Melbourne SuperSprint - 2 APRIL 02 301®MARCH Formula Rolex Australian Grand Prix ROUND

Albert Park, VIC Melbourne SuperSprint Beaurepaires Formula 1® Rolex Australian Grand Prix ROUND 28 -VIC30 APRIL Albert 03 Park,

Perth - 30 APRIL 03 28SuperSprint Wanneroo Raceway, WA ROUND

2023CALENDAR

2023CALENDAR

Perth SuperSprint Wanneroo Raceway, WA ROUND

04

19 - 21 MAY

NED Whisky Tasmania SuperSprint - 21 MAY 04 19 ROUND

Symmons Plains Raceway, TAS

NED Whisky Tasmania SuperSprint Symmons Plains Raceway, TAS ROUND

05

16 - 18 JUNE

- 18 JUNE 05 16 Betr Darwin Triple Crown ROUND

HiddenDarwin Valley Raceway, Betr TripleNT Crown Hidden Valley Raceway, NT ROUND

06

7 - 9 JULY

7 - 9 JULY500 06 Townsville NTI ROUND

ReidTownsville Park, QLD NTI 500 Reid Park, QLD ROUND

07

28 - 30 JULY

28 - 30 JULY Beaurepaires Sydney SuperNight ROUND

07

Beaurepaires Sydney SuperNight Sydney Motorsport Park, NSW Sydney Motorsport Park, NSW

18--20 20AUGUST AUGUST 18 OTR SuperSprint OTR SuperSprint ROUND

08 08

ROUND

TheBend BendMotorsport Motorsport Park, The Park, SASA

15--17 17SEPTEMBER SEPTEMBER 15 PenriteOil OilSandown Sandown500 500 Penrite ROUND

ROUND

09 09

SandownRaceway, Raceway, VIC Sandown VIC ROUND ROUND

10 10

55--88OCTOBER OCTOBER

Repco RepcoBathurst Bathurst1000 1000 Mount MountPanorama, Panorama,NSW NSW

ROUND 11 27--29 29OCTOBER OCTOBER 11 27 ROUND

Boost 500 BoostMobile MobileGold GoldCoast Coast 500 Surfers Paradise Street Circuit, QLD

Surfers Paradise Street Circuit, QLD ROUND 23 - 26 NOVEMBER 12 ROUND

12

23 - 26 NOVEMBER

VALO Adelaide 500

VALO Adelaide 500 Adelaide Street Circuit, SA

Adelaide Street Circuit, SA

Event formats and dates are subject to change. Correct at the time of release 23/11/22.

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