2023 NTI Townsville 500 Official Program

CONTENTS OFFICIAL PROGRAM

7-9 JULY 2023, REID PARK STREET CIRCUIT, TOWNSVILLE

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PRE ROUND UPDATE

We’re five rounds and 15 races into the 2023 Repco Supercars Championship. Here’s how things are shaping up heading into Townsville ... 08

WELCOMES

The Queensland Government, Townsville City Council, NTI, Repco and Supercars welcome you to Townsville.

EVENT SCHEDULE

A full run down of what’s on the track so you don’t miss your favourite category.

2023 DRIVER & TEAM POINTS

The latest pointscores in the Repco Supercars Championship leading into this round.

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TOWNSVILLE HISTORY

We take a look back at how the Townsville event came to be and some of the highlights - and lowlights - since it joined the calendar in 2009. 46

SUPERCARS ENTRY LIST

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SUPERCARS DRIVER PROFILES

An in-depth look at each of the 25 drivers in this year’s Repco Supercars Championship field.

Your quick-reference guide to car numbers, drivers, teams and cars. 12

We take a look back at what unfolded in Townsville last year. 52

2022 FLASHBACK

Some of the greatest drivers in championship history have conquered Townsville’s unique Reid Park circuit. We take a look at each of the event’s winners. 56

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TOWNSVILLE WINNERS

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CHAMPIONSHIP STATS CORNER

Your quick reference guide to the most race wins, pole positions and podium finishes in championship history.

SUPPORT CATEGORIES

Dunlop Series’ special milestone round, Porsche Carrera Cup, TGRA 86 and Aussie Racing Cars

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TOWNSVILLE BY THE NUMBERS

A snapshot of the numbers that matter heading into this year’s NTI Townsville 500.

EVENT OFFICIALS

Thank you to all officials and volunteers for the NTI Townsville 500.

TRACK MAP

Your guide to the Reid Park Townsville circuit including gate info, parking and much, much more.

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WELCOME 2023 NTI TOWNSVILLE 500

THE NTI Townsville 500 is an annual extravaganza that stands tall on the North Queensland event calendar, drawing in a multitude of enthusiasts from far and wide to the vibrant region of Townsville.

Our city has been immensely fortunate to host this spectacular event since 2009, with each edition delivering an abundance of thrills and amusement for all who attend.

In 2023, we are delighted to welcome back the racing teams, supporters, and the drivers, as well as Ministry of Sound, the world’s leading authority in dance music, who will be performing live on Saturday night.

This year’s Supercars weekend promises to be one of Townsville’s most exhilarating events, not only for the heart-pounding races but also for the

incredible entertainment line-up that awaits.

Beyond the racetrack, this event brings a significant economic boost to the local businesses and the community. We encourage all visitors to take the opportunity to explore our remarkable region while they are here, discovering firsthand why Townsville is the ultimate destination for events in Northern Australia.

Prepare yourself for an unforgettable weekend of high-speed racing action in North Queensland. Get ready to witness breathtaking feats of skill and precision from the drivers, experience world-class entertainment from Ministry of Sound, and join the tens of thousands of excited fans who will be captivated by the magic of the NTI Townsville 500.

IT is my pleasure to welcome you to this momentous occasion for our sport, the 2023 NTI Townsville, Queensland’s largest annual sporting event.

We are thrilled to bring back the Repco Supercars Championship to North Queensland, showcasing this beautiful part of the world to a global audience of over 233 million households.

debut appearance in North Queensland this year. We also express our gratitude to our major partners, the Queensland Government, Tourism and Events Queensland, Townsville City Council, and NTI Limited for their continuous support of this event that has been a major part of our calendar since 2009.

Shane Howard Chief Executive Officer Supercars

This year we have an exciting highlight as Townsville hosts the firstever races between the new Chevrolet Camaro and Ford Mustang. We are truly grateful for the support of our loyal and dedicated fans here in Townsville, many of whom have travelled across Australia to be part of this incredible event.

In addition to the thrilling races, we are proud to announce a special performance by the Ministry of Sound Classical Orchestra on Saturday night. This exceptional act adds another layer of pride to our marquee event, and we hope you enjoy the experience.

We extend our thanks to ATN for their spectacular light show, making its

We hope you, our fans, have a fantastic weekend of celebrations both on and off the track.

This weekend holds special significance as we celebrate the 150th round of the Dunlop Series, a platform that has contributed to the success of many of our sport’s biggest stars.

We extend our heartfelt appreciation to our series naming rights partner, Repco, as well as our valued partners, broadcasters, race teams, drivers, volunteers, officials, and fans for their dedicated support to Supercars. Without you, our success would not be possible.

Thank you for being part of the 2023 NTI Townsville 500, and we hope you have a memorable and enjoyable experience.

Cr Jenny Hill Mayor of the City of Townsville

WELCOME to the NTI Townsville 500, a highlight on the It’s Live! in Queensland events calendar and a wonderful opportunity to showcase Townsville as a tourism destination.

The Townsville community is grateful to welcome visitors who fill their cafes and restaurants, stay in their accommodation, use local transport and explore our unique tourism experiences.

That’s why we support events through Tourism and Events

Queensland’s Major Event program because they bring a welcomed

boost to the local community and supports local jobs. Events like the NTI Townsville 500 allows friends and family to reconnect and creates community pride. We hope you enjoy your stay and return again in the near future.

Be sure to immerse yourself in the local culture and get the opportunity to explore some of our world-class tourism experiences in this beautiful region.

Congratulations to the event organisers and volunteers – we wish you all the best for a successful event.

NTI is proud and excited to welcome you to the 2023 NTI Townsville 500.

The Townsville round has truly earned its reputation as a fantastic, communityfocused event that attracts both fans and families looking for a fun day out.

This year the days will be packed with exciting activities for everyone, young and old, including the Truck Parade, a celebration of 150 rounds of the Dunlop Series, not to mention outstanding entertainment with the Ministry of Sound concert at the Big Top and Drone Show.

Fans have always been at the heart of Supercars; whether you’re watching on the couch at home or cheering trackside, it’s the fans that continue to make each round an exhilarating experience.

On behalf of the NTI Team – thank you for your passion and support of this world-class competition.

NTI will once again be drawing the winner of the MND and Me Raffle to win a rejuvenated 1950s Chevy pick-up truck, with all proceeds raised by the raffle going towards funding Motor Neurone Disease (MND) research grants within Australia.

We are so appreciative of the continued support from the Supercars community in helping us with this cause.

Best of luck to all teams – especially those who are part of the NTI family: Matt Stone Racing, Walkinshaw Andretti United and Tickford Racing.

We hope you enjoy the weekend of racing. Sit back, enjoy, and stay safe.

REPCO welcomes race fans back to Townsville for the fifth event on the 2023 Repco Supercars Championship calendar.

Townsville comes at an interesting time in the championship fight as Erebus Motorsport continues its strong start to the Gen3 era, but the other teams are starting to catch up!

It’s an exciting time for the Repco Supercars Championship as young stars Brodie Kostecki, Will Brown, Broc Feeney, Matt Payne, Cameron Hill, James Golding and Declan Fraser continue to make their mark.

Gen3 continues to provide spectacular racing and Townsville’s Reid Park street circuit is set to continue this trend.

A favourite of drivers and fans alike,

Townsville provides new challenges through its fast sections around the back of the circuit, plus heavy stops towards the end of the lap.

The event is always well run and forms part of an exciting sporting precinct within the city.

Fans of all generations flock to Townsville and this year I know that the North Queenslanders are eager to get their first sight of Gen3.

North Queensland is a big and important part of Repco’s national network.

I know all the Crew up north will embrace the action across the weekend by bringin’ the passion the Repco Supercars Championship provides on its first trip to the Sunshine State for the year.

Wayne Bryant

Tony Clark Chief Executive Officer Automotive Division, GPC Asia Pacific

Chief Executive Officer NTI

The Hon. Stirling Hinchliffe MP Minister for Tourism, Sport and Innovation and Minister Assisting the Premier on Olympics and Paralympics Sport and Engagement

EVENT SCHEDULE 2023 NTI TOWNSVILLE 500

Note: All times are local Queensland time, AEST (Australian Eastern Standard Time)

THE FIGHT HEADS NORTH

The first Queensland round of the year sees Ford keen to launch a fightback in the battle for Supercars glory, as CONNOR O’BRIEN reports …

THE last round of the Repco Supercars Championship at Hidden Valley in Darwin on-track was all about fairytales and feel-good stories.

Who will be next as the Repco Supercars Championship rolls up to the streets of Townsville?

First it was 2015 champion Mark Winterbottom at Hidden Valley finally breaking through for Team 18’s longawaited maiden victory.

Heightening the occasion was the fact Winterbottom had not even reached the podium in his first four-plus

years at Charlie Schwerkolt’s squad, and that it was his first win altogether since 2016. Almost exactly 24 hours later, Matt Stone Racing entered the winners’ circle courtesy of a fine drive from Jack Le Brocq.

While the angst was high as ever regarding Ford’s ability to compete with the dominant Chevrolets, these were bright moments for hardworking crews to cherish after years of grinding away.

Moving to Townsville, Ford might just have its best shot yet in Gen3.

A parity review was triggered postDarwin by a fifth strike of Supercars’ average lap time equation, meaning a tweak is to come for the Mustang fleet sooner than later.

Moreover, the category’s return to a street circuit spells good news for the battle between marques.

That’s because of the five rounds this season, the Mustangs were most competitive at the only previous visit to a street track: Newcastle.

It was there that David Reynolds

scored a pole position for Grove Racing, Tickford Racing’s Cam Waters belatedly was classified as the Race 1 winner – and may have contended for a sweep if not for a brush of the wall –and Walkinshaw Andretti United’s Chaz

Mostert left as the championship leader.

So, perhaps the light at the end of the tunnel is getting closer for the Blue Oval’s teams, drivers and fans.

Remarkably, despite all the drama, Mostert enters Townsville just 179 points off the championship lead, meaning he could well roar into contention if there’s a sudden swing from brand-to-brand.

Ahead of him in the championship, it’s the two drivers from each of Erebus Motorsport and Triple Eight Race Engineering. That in itself is a rivalry which is simmering closer and closer to boiling over.

Mark Winterbottom’s drought-breaking win in Darwin, opposite page, gave the 2015 champion his first win since 2016 and resulted in a champagne shower for Team 18 owner Charlie Schwerkolt, above.

“THERE’S AN UNFAMILIAR TEAM LEADING THE BLUE OVAL CHARGE IN 2023, WITH CHAZ MOSTERT SPEARHEADING WALKINSHAW ANDRETTI UNITED’S FIRST FORD SEASON”

Will Davison scored his - and the Shell V-Power Racing Team’s - first podium finish of 2023 in Darwin. The DJR Ford team is aiming to score more silverware in Townsville.

After rearing its head in Perth when Erebus protested Shane van Gisbergen’s winning overtake on Brodie Kostecki, there was more to come in Darwin following a last-lap Race 1 battle between SVG and Will Brown.

Erebus requested an investigation into alleged dangerous driving by the Kiwi, who slowed up significantly in what Brown claimed was a ploy to ruin his race. Triple Eight for its part suggested Brown had started things by repeatedly pummelling the back of the #97 Camaro.

Watch this space.

After an unfortunate last-start mishap, Kostecki’s lead has been slashed to

59 points over Brown – but his biggest threat could well be Triple Eight’s other driver, Broc Feeney.

Sitting just 32 points adrift of Brown, Feeney has tasted victory at each of the past four rounds and is on a five-race podium streak.

What’s more is that Townsville has traditionally been a happy hunting ground for Triple Eight, with van Gisbergen having won seven of the past nine races at the Reid Park complex.

Others entering north Queensland with recent form on the board include Andre Heimgartner (Brad Jones Racing), who now has four podiums in

2023,

Davison has been superb in a troubled campaign for DJR, establishing himself as the team’s lead driver and at Hidden Valley securing its first silverware of the year.

Meanwhile at the bottom end of the standings, Tickford rookie Declan Fraser will hope Townsville can spark a change of fortunes, it being the site of his maiden Super2 race win last year.

By the end of Townsville, the 2023 season will be halfway done… and there’ll be a clearer picture on the adjusted parity situation ahead of the biggest races of the year.

It’s all to play for.

and Will Davison (Dick Johnson Racing).

Matt Stone Racing’s crew were all smiles, above, after Jack Le Brocq took the team’s first Supercars race win in the Sunday race in Darwin. But the chase continues for championship leader Brodie Kostecki, below, who retained his lead despite suffering damage in the final race.

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2023 NTI TOWNSVILLE 500

ENTRY LIST

ENTRY LIST

Note: Entry details subject to change after deadline for this program had closed.

NICK

PERCAT 2010 136 303 4 14 2

AGE 34 YEARS FROM ADELAIDE, SOUTH AUSTRALIA LIVES MELBOURNE, VICTORIA

2011 BATHURST 1000 WINNER

2016 ADELAIDE 500 WINNER

@nickpercat @nickpercat

TOWNSVILLE STATS

THIS year marks a major change for Nick Percat, his first season in the Repco Supercars Championship at the wheel of a Ford after 288 championship race starts exclusively driving Holden Commodores.

This season is his second with Walkinshaw Andretti United after a relatively difficult 2022 in which he finished 15th in the championship.

The highlight of last year for the 2011 Bathurst winner was undoubtedly his second-place finish as part of a WAU 1-2 in the Saturday race at his home event, the VALO Adelaide 500.

DEBUT RACES ROUNDS BEST FINISH RACES PODIUMS CHAMP POS

BEST FINISH BEST QUAL PODIUMS POLES

2014 15 11 9th 26 0 23rd

4th 7th 0 1

Percat made his Supercars Championship debut at the 2010 Phillip Island 500 codriving a Walkinshaw Racing Commodore and this year marks his 10th season as a full-time driver in the championship.

He spent four years (2010-2013) as an endurance co-driver with the Walkinshaw team under the Bundaberg Racing and Holden Racing Team banners before getting his first full-time season in 2014 at the wheel of a Walkinshaw-run Commodore.

From there he spent two seasons (20152016) with Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport and five seasons (2017-2021) with Brad Jones

Racing, which included two race wins at Sydney Motorsport Park in 2020 and two pole positions – in 2020 in Townsville and 2021 at Sydney Motorsport Park.

Percat has made 12 Bathurst 1000 starts and, in addition to his win alongside Garth Tander in 2011, finished third in 2014 with Brit Oliver Gavin and again in 2016 alongside Cameron McConville.

He won the 2009 Australian Formula Ford Championship and finished runner-up to Craig Baird in the 2013 Porsche Carrera Cup Australia championship in addition to spending three seasons competing in the Dunlop Series.

TODD Hazelwood has made the move for 2023 to driving the CoolDrive Racing Mustang for the Blanchard Racing Team.

Hazelwood is hardly a stranger to racing in CoolDrive’s distinct blue colours given he drove under its banner in a Commodore (then run by Brad Jones Racing) as co-driver to Tim Blanchard in the 2017 endurance races at Sandown, Bathurst and the Gold Coast.

This year marks Hazelwood’s sixth season in the Supercars Championship. He made his debut at Queensland Raceway in 2017 as a one-off wildcard entry in a Matt Stone

AGE 27 YEARS FROM ADELAIDE, SOUTH AUSTRALIA LIVES GOLD COAST, QUEENSLAND

2017 DUNLOP SUPER2 SERIES WINNER

2014 MIKE KABLE YOUNG GUN AWARD WINNER

@toddhazelwood @toddhazelwoodracing

TOWNSVILLE STATS

HAZELWOOD 2017 76 174 3rd 1 1

DEBUT RACES ROUNDS BEST FINISH RACES PODIUMS CHAMP POS

BEST FINISH BEST QUAL PODIUMS POLES

2018 15 7 4th 17 0 16th

4th 9th 0 1

Racing-run Commodore.

He joined the championship full-time the following season with MSR and stayed with the team in 2019 before embarking on two seasons with Brad Jones Racing across 2020 (when he scored a breakthrough pole position in Townsville and his first podium at Sydney Motorsport Park) and 2021.

Hazelwood moved back to MSR last year as part of its two-car team alongside Jack Le Brocq.

He is a product of the Supercars pathway system having spent four seasons in the Dunlop Series with MSR between 2014 (the

year he won the Mike Kable Young Gun Award for best first-year driver) and 2017. Hazelwood finished fifth in the 2015 series and third in 2016 (the year he also won the Privateers Cup Award) before going one step further the following season.

Hazelwood won the Dunlop Super2 Series in 2017 (including two round wins) and clinched the crown in the final round of the season with overall victory on the streets of Newcastle.

It set up his graduation into the Supercars Championship and he’s been a permanent part of the grid ever since.

2023 CHAMPIONSHIP STATS

SMITH 2019 48 120 10th 0 10th

AGE 23 YEARS FROM GOLD COAST, QUEENSLAND LIVES YARRAWONGA, VICTORIA

2017 V8 TOURING CAR SERIES WINNER 2018/19 BNT V8s NEW ZEALAND CHAMPION

@_4jacksmith

YOUNG gun Jack Smith is in his fourth straight season in the Repco Supercars Championship this year as part of the fourcar line-up from Albury-based Brad Jones Racing.

He joins Andre Heimgartner, Bryce Fullwood and Macauley Jones in BJR’s squad of drivers as the team retains the same four pilots from 2022 into 2023.

Smith made his Supercars Championship debut at Symmons Plains in Tasmania in 2019 as a wildcard and competed in additional rounds of that year’s championship, also as a wildcard entry.

TOWNSVILLE STATS

DEBUT RACES ROUNDS BEST FINISH RACES PODIUMS CHAMP POS

BEST FINISH BEST QUAL PODIUMS BEST QUAL

2020 15 5 14th 13 0 24th

16th 12th 0 21st

He co-drove a Matt Stone Racing Commodore with Todd Hazelwood in the Sandown, Bathurst and Gold Coast endurance races held later that year before stepping into the championship on a full-time basis in 2020 at the wheel of a BJR-run Commodore. Smith finished 22nd in the 2020 championship, 21st in 2021 and 24th last year.

A product of the Supercars ladder system, he won the V8 Touring Car Series in a BJR Commodore in 2017, concurrently racing a newer model BJR-run VF Commodore in that year’s Dunlop Series. Smith competed

in the Dunlop Series in 2018 and 2019 and finished 10th in the final points in each of those two seasons.

Prior to his involvement in Supercars, Smith raced in the Australian Formula 4 Championship for open wheelers and in the Australian GT Trophy Series at the wheel of a MARC car.

He also finished third in the Invitational Class of the 2017 Bathurst 12 Hour endurance race and won the 2018/19 BNT V8s Championship in New Zealand.

Smith celebrates his 24th birthday on Sunday at Townsville.

JAMES

AGE 43 YEARS FROM PENRITH, NEW SOUTH WALES LIVES GOLD COAST, QUEENSLAND

2010 SUPERCARS CHAMPION

2014, 2015 ADELAIDE 500 WINNER

@jcourtney @jamescourtneyracing

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COURTNEY 2005 238 541 15 65 10

THE ever-smiling James Courtney returns to the Repco Supercars Championship this season for his fourth straight year at the wheel of a Tickford Racing Mustang.

The 2010 Supercars Champion during his time with Dick Johnson Racing, Courtney is this year competing in his 18th season as a full-time driver in the Supercars Championship.

Courtney came to Supercars with impressive international credentials. A twotime world karting champion, he also won the British Formula Ford Championship and was a race winner in the British Formula 3 Championship before a huge accident

DEBUT RACES ROUNDS BEST FINISH RACES PODIUMS CHAMP POS

RACE WINS BEST QUAL PODIUMS POLES

2009 13 16 3rd 36 1 20th

1 5th 6 1

at Monza in Italy while testing a Jaguar Formula 1 car in 2002 changed the course of his career.

He raced in Japan and won the 2003 Japanese Formula 3 Championship and then shifted to racing in the SuperGT series.

Courtney’s Supercars Championship debut came in the 2005 endurance races as a co-driver with the Holden Racing Team. He then joined the championship full-time, replacing Marcos Ambrose at Stone Brothers Racing for 2006.

He spent three seasons with SBR (including two Bathurst 1000 podium finishes and his first championship race win at

Queensland Raceway in 2008) before moving on to spend two years with Dick Johnson Racing in its Jim Beam-backed Fords.

Courtney joined the Holden Racing Team in 2011 and stayed with the Walkinshawrun team right through to 2019. In that time he and the team won seven championship races, including three at the Adelaide 500.

He signed to drive for Team Sydney but only competed in Adelaide in 2020 before leaving the team.

Courtney stepped into a Boost-backed Mustang at Tickford Racing after the COVIDenforced pause of that year’s championship and has remained with the team ever since.

2023 CHAMPIONSHIP STATS

NOW in his eighth season in the Repco Supercars Championship, Cam Waters has proven himself to be one of men to beat in the modern era of Supercars racing and has become the main strike weapon for Tickford Racing.

The Melbourne-based Ford team is again running four cars in the championship this year with Waters joined in the driver line-up by James Courtney, Thomas Randle and newcomer Declan Fraser.

Waters made his Supercars

Championship debut as a teenager at Bathurst in 2011 sharing a Commodore with Grant Denyer after winning the Shannons

CAM

WATERS

AGE 28 YEARS FROM MILDURA, VICTORIA LIVES MELBOURNE, VICTORIA

2017 SANDOWN 500 WINNER

2015 DUNLOP SERIES WINNER

Monster Energy Racing

@cam_waters @camwaters94

Supercar Showdown TV series.

He spent the following years in the Dunlop Series, eventually winning the title in 2015 driving a Prodrive Racing Australia (now known as Tickford Racing) Falcon FG.

Waters finished runner-up in that year’s Sandown 500 alongside Chaz Mostert and took over Mostert’s #6 Falcon for the Gold Coast, Pukekohe and Phillip Island rounds after its regular pilot was injured in a qualifying crash at Bathurst.

He graduated full-time to the Supercars Championship in 2016 at the wheel of a Monster Energy-backed Falcon and has been part of the furniture of the

championship ever since.

Waters’ first championship pole position came in Western Australia in 2016 and he and Kiwi Richie Stanaway teamed up to win the Sandown 500 the following year in a dominant display.

Voted the ‘Drivers’ Driver’ of the 2020 season by his peers, Waters has shone at Bathurst in recent years. The Bathurst 1000 pole-sitter in 2020 and 2022, he has finished on the podium in each of the last three years in the ‘Great Race’ at the wheel of Tickford’s Monster Energy Mustang.

Waters also finished runner-up in the Supercars Championship in 2020 and 2022.

TOWNSVILLE STATS

2023 CHAMPIONSHIP STATS

NEW Zealander Andre Heimgartner is a man on the move in the #8 R&J Batteries Racing entry for the Albury-based Brad Jones Racing.

This year marks Heimgartner’s eighth fulltime season in the championship and comes after a stellar 2022 with BJR.

He finished 10th in the championship pointscore (the best of his Supercars Championship career) and had four podium finishes, including two on home soil at Pukekohe in New Zealand.

The 2017 Porsche Carrera Cup Australia runner-up also had a lucky escape at The Bend when he ploughed into the back of

ANDRE

HEIMGARTNER

AGE 28 YEARS FROM AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND LIVES GOLD COAST, QUEENSLAND

2021 SUPERCARS CHAMPIONSHIP RACE 9 WINNER – THE BEND 2017/18 NZ TOURING CARS CHAMPION

R&J Batteries Racing

the stalled Mustang of Thomas Randle. Both drivers emerged unscathed from the frightening accident.

Heimgartner made his Supercars Championship debut in 2014 driving a Super Black Racing wildcard entry at Bathurst alongside countryman Ant Pedersen.

He raced for the team full-time in 2015 and made the move to driving a Holden Commodore for Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport in 2016.

The Kiwi moved to racing a Porsche in the Carrera Cup series for 2017 but was called up to replace the injured Ash Walsh in a Brad Jones Racing Commodore at Bathurst

alongside Tim Slade.

The duo drove together again on the Gold Coast and a podium result caught the eye of Kelly Racing, who signed him up for 2018 to replace the retiring Todd Kelly at the wheel of one of its Nissan Altimas.

He spent two years driving a Nissan before the team moved to Ford Mustangs for 2020 and brought in new partners in the Grove family in 2021.

Heimgartner broke through for his first Supercars Championship race win that year at The Bend Motorsport Park in one of the team’s Mustangs and moved on to BJR for 2022.

@andreheimgartner @AHRacing

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2023 CHAMPIONSHIP STATS

BROWN 2018 37 89 4 11 3

AGE 25 YEARS FROM TOOWOOMBA, QUEENSLAND LIVES TOOWOOMBA, QUEENSLAND

2-TIME SUPERCARS CHAMPIONSHIP RACE WINNER 2016 TOYOTA 86 SERIES WINNER

@willbrown38 @willbrownmotorsport

2023 CHAMPIONSHIP STATS

A LACONIC lad from Toowoomba in Queensland, Will Brown has quickly carved himself an impressive resume in Australian motorsport. This year is his third year in the Repco Supercars Championship with Erebus Motorsport after a stunning rookie season in 2021.

In that year he scored his first Supercars Championship race win and pole position (both at Sydney Motorsport Park), was fastest in qualifying for the Bathurst 1000 and finished an impressive eighth in the championship. Brown made his Supercars Championship debut in 2018 co-driving an Erebus Commodore with Anton De Pasquale

DEBUT RACES ROUNDS RACE WINS RACES PODIUMS CHAMP POS

BEST FINISH POLES PODIUMS BEST QUAL

2021 15 3 3 7 7 2nd

5th 2 0 7th

in that year’s Sandown, Bathurst and Gold Coast races and returned in the same role for the 2019 races.

He co-drove with David Reynolds for Erebus at Bathurst in 2020 before taking over the seat in the team’s #9 entry when Reynolds left at the end of the season.

Brown’s history in the junior categories is indeed impressive. He won the Australian Formula 4 Championship and Toyota 86 Racing Series in the same year – 2016 – that he also finished runner-up in the Australian Formula Ford Series.

He moved into the Dunlop Super2 Series in 2017 with Eggleston Motorsport and won

the Mike Kable Young Gun Award for the best first-year drivers.

Brown spent three years learning the ropes of Supercars with the Eggleston team before making the move to drive an Image Racing, Erebus-supported Commodore in the 2020 series.

He finished runner-up to Thomas Randle in the COVID-shortened season (there were only three rounds held).

The versatile young racer also won the Invitational Class in the 2017 Bathurst 12 Hour and won the inaugural TCR Australia Series in 2019 at the wheel of a HMO Customer Racing Hyundai.

ANTON

AGE 27 YEARS FROM MELBOURNE, VICTORIA LIVES GOLD COAST, QUEENSLAND

2021 ARMOR ALL SUPERCARS POLE AWARD WINNER 2013 AUSTRALIAN FORMULA FORD CHAMPION

@antondepasquale @antondepasquale86

TOWNSVILLE STATS

DE PASQUALE 2018 72 169 8 29 16

THIS year marks Anton De Pasquale’s sixth season in the Repco Supercars Championship and his third driving one of Dick Johnson Racing’s Shell V-Power Racing Team Ford Mustangs.

He’s proven blindingly fast in qualifying and already amassed 15 championship pole positions, 10 of which were claimed in the 2021 season in which he was awarded the ARMOR ALL Pole Position Award for most pole positions in that year.

He made his Supercars Championship debut at the wheel of one of Erebus Motorsport’s Commodores at the 2018 Adelaide 500 and spent three seasons with

DEBUT RACES ROUNDS BEST FINISH RACES PODIUMS CHAMP POS

BEST FINISH POLES PODIUMS POLES

2018 15 7 5th 16 0 17th

2nd 1 4 1

the Melbourne-based team.

De Pasqaule also scored his first Supercars race win with the team, at Hidden Valley in Darwin in 2020.

De Pasquale’s championship progression continues; he finished 20th in 2018, 14th in 2019, eighth in his last year with Erebus in 2020, sixth with DJR in 2021 and fourth last season.

He’s also proven to be a Sydney Motorsport Park expert in his time in Supercars, claiming five race wins there in 2021 and seven poles there across 2021 (six) and 2022 (one).

The young gun was a winner in junior

open wheeler categories before he raced in Supercars.

He won the Australian Formula Ford Championship in 2013 and headed to Europe to follow his racing dreams.

De Pasquale won the 2014 Formula Renault 1.6 Northern European Cup but ran out of sponsorship funding and was forced to return home.

He linked with Paul Morris to drive a Falcon in the 2016 Dunlop Series and returned the following year in a newer generation car to finish fourth in the series and win two rounds at Phillip Island and Sydney Motorsport Park.

2023 CHAMPIONSHIP STATS

BRYCE

FULLWOOD 2018 47 116 3rd 1 3rd

@brycefullwood @brycefullwoodracing

TOWNSVILLE STATS

THE only current Supercars Championship driver to originally hail from Darwin in the Northern Territory, Bryce Fullwood is back with Brad Jones Racing this year for his second straight season with the Alburybased team.

This year marks Fullwood’s fourth season in the Repco Supercars Championship as a full-time driver.

He made his Supercars Championship debut in the 2018 endurance races at Sandown, Bathurst and the Gold Coast with Matt Stone Racing as co-driver with Todd Hazelwood in a Matt Stone Racing Commodore.

DEBUT RACES ROUNDS BEST FINISH RACES PODIUMS CHAMP POS

BEST FINISH BEST QUAL PODIUMS BEST QUAL

2020 15 5 5th 13 0 12th

8th 3rd 0 8th

The following year, 2019 (the same year he also won the Dunlop Super2 Series), Fullwood was signed by Kelly Racing to codrive a Nissan with Kiwi Andre Heimgartner in the three endurance rounds.

That opened the door to a full-time seat in the Supercars Championship as Chaz Mostert’s teammate at Walkinshaw Andretti United in 2020.

The emerging racer scored his first podium finish that season at The Bend Motorsport Park and he continued in the team’s #2 Commodore in 2021, a year highlighted by fifth-place in the Repco Bathurst 1000 at Mount Panorama alongside

the experienced Warren Luff.

Fullwood first appeared on the Supercars scene as a teenager back in 2015 competing in the Dunlop Series at the wheel of an exPaul Morris Motorsports Commodore.

He spent five seasons in the category including three (2016, 2017, 2019) racing Falcons and Nissan Altimas for MW Motorsport and one (2018) in a Falcon, and later, a Commodore run by Matt Stone Racing.

He won four rounds of the seven held in 2019 on his way to winning the Dunlop Super2 Series and finished on the podium in all bar one of them.

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DAVISON 2004 238 533 22 79 28

AGE 40 YEARS FROM MELBOURNE, VICTORIA LIVES GOLD COAST, QUEENSLAND

2009, 2016 BATHURST 1000 WINNER 2012 ADELAIDE 500 WINNER

@willdavison__ @willdavisonofficial

WILL Davison is in his 18th season as a full-time driver in the Repco Supercars Championship in 2023, his third successive year driving a Ford Mustang for the Shell V-Power Racing Team.

He’s no stranger to Dick Johnson Racing given he started his full-time Supercars career with the team in 2006.

Davison’s actual Supercars Championship debut came in 2004 in a Team Dynamik Commodore at Winton and, after joining DJR as a co-driver in the 2005 endurance races, he joined full-time in 2006 and spent three years with the famous Ford team.

The opportunity to replace Mark Skaife

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RACE WINS BEST QUAL PODIUMS BEST QUAL

2009 15 14 3rd 30 1 9th

1 5th 7 2nd

lured him away from Dick Johnson Racing to the Holden Racing Team for 2009, the year he won Bathurst with Garth Tander, finished runner-up in the Driver’s championship and helped HRT clinch the Team’s Championship as well.

He moved to Ford Performance Racing and spent three years with the factory Ford team (2011-2013) before two seasons at Erebus Motorsport (2014-2015) and two at TEKNO Autosports (2016-2017) that included a Bathurst 1000 win in 2016 alongside team owner Jonathon Webb.

A move to 23Red Racing for 2018 lasted until COVID struck in early 2020 when

sponsor Milwaukee Tools and team owner Phil Munday pulled the plug, forcing Davison to the sidelines.

He picked up a Bathurst co-drive alongside Cam Waters in a Tickford Mustang and they finished second, vaulting Davison back into a seat in the championship with DJR in 2021 as teammate to Anton De Pasquale.

Davison finished fourth in the 2021 pointscore in his first season back with the Queensland-based squad and showed plenty of pace in 2022 to take nine pole positions and win three races on his way to finishing fifth in the championship.

THE STORY OF A HALL OF FAMER

‘Seto’ tells the story of Supercars Hall of Famer Glenn Seton and his amazing motorsport career as champion driver and team owner. A two-time Australian Touring Car Champion, Seton has dedicated his life to racing and opens up on the highs and lows of a lifetime behind the wheel. This is a must-have motorsport book!

THE most experienced driver in the 2023 Repco Supercars Championship field, Mark Winterbottom is this year marking his 20th straight season as a full-time competitor in the championship.

So closely linked to Ford for so many years during his time with Ford Performance Racing and Prodrive/Tickford Racing, this is the fifth year for Winterbottom driving for Team 18 owner Charlie Schwerkolt.

After four years in IRWIN-backed Commodores, this year marks a change for him with new backing from DEWALT and a brand new Chevrolet Camaro race car.

The 2015 Supercars Champion,

AGE 42 YEARS FROM SYDNEY, NEW SOUTH WALES LIVES MELBOURNE, VICTORIA

2015 SUPERCARS CHAMPION

2013 BATHURST 1000 WINNER

WINTERBOTTOM 2003 268 608 39 118 36

@markjwinterbottom @markjwinterbottom

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RACE WINS BEST QUAL PODIUMS POLES

2009 15 16 1 36 1 11th

3 3rd 10 4

Winterbottom made his debut in Supercars as an endurance driver with Stone Brothers Racing in its second car alongside Mark Noske at Sandown and Bathurst in 2003.

He’s been full-time in the ‘main game’ since 2004 and, after spending two seasons with Mark Larkham’s team, moved to Ford Performance Racing for the 2006 season.

His first Supercars Championship race win came that year alongside Jason Bright in the Sandown 500 and he became part of the furniture at the Melbourne-based Ford team as it morphed into Prodrive Racing Australia and then Tickford Racing.

All up Winterbottom spent 13 seasons

with the team through to the end of 2018, a stint highlighted by winning Bathurst in 2013 and the championship in 2015. He won nine races in his championship-winning season, including the Sandown 500 alongside Steve Owen.

Winterbottom won the 2003 Konica V8 Supercar Series (now known as Super2) at the wheel of a Stone Brothers Racingrun Falcon before his graduation into the Supercars Championship.

Winterbottom took his 39th championship race win in Darwin at the last event, the first race win in the Repco Supercars Championship for Team 18.

PAYNE 2022 6 16 6th 0 5th

MATTHEW Payne continues his rapid rise up the motorsport ladder with his first full-time season in the Repco Supercars Championship in 2023.

The young New Zealander only raced a Supercar for the first time in November 2021, while this year will be just his third full season racing cars since stepping up from karting.

He graduated to circuit racing in New Zealand’s Toyota Racing Series, winning the three-race 2021 title and finishing third in the New Zealand Grand Prix.

Payne was also the first recipient of the Team Porsche NZ scholarship under the

AGE 20 YEARS FROM AUCKLAND,

NEW

ZEALAND LIVES GOLD COAST, QUEENSLAND

2021 NZ TOYOTA RACING SERIES WINNER

2022 MIKE KABLE YOUNG GUN AWARD WINNER

@matthewpayne_7 @matthewpayne.racing

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DEBUT RACES ROUNDS BEST FINISH RACES PODIUMS CHAMP POS

BEST FINISH BEST QUAL PODIUMS BEST QUAL

2023 15 0 6th 0 0 18th N/A 5th 0 N/A

tutelage of multiple Le Mans 24 Hours winner Earl Bamber, leading to a drive in Porsche Carrera Cup Australia in 2021.

He impressed with back-to-back poles at The Bend Motorsport Park and Townsville and put in an assured drive to victory at the latter round, finishing sixth in the standings overall.

Payne’s form saw him recruited as the foundation driver of the Grove Junior Team in mid-2021, with the goal of graduating to the Repco Supercars Championship with the squad in 2023.

There were indications he’d move to the ‘main game’ sooner than that, but Grove

Racing elected to field him in a Nissan Altima in the second-tier class in 2022.

The extra season behind the wheel of a second-tier machine paid dividends with Payne sharpening his skills.

He led the points early in the season and eventually finished third in the series and won the Mike Kable Young Gun Award for his efforts as best first year driver in Supercars racing.

To cap his graduation, Payne finally made his ‘main game’ debut at last year’s Repco Bathurst 1000, impressing alongside veteran Lee Holdsworth in finishing sixth in one of the Grove’s team Penrite Mustangs.

THE arrival of Gen3 for this year represents a fresh start for Scott Pye at Team 18 in his fourth season with the Melbourne-based team.

Pye very nearly signed off last season with the ultimate race-winning reward at his home event in Adelaide, where he qualified on the front row for the Saturday race and came agonisingly close to breaking through for Team 18’s very first Repco Supercars Championship race win.

Pye joined Charlie Schwerkolt’s Team 18 outfit in a new second entry for the 2020 season as teammate to Mark Winterbottom and scored a podium finish at Hidden Valley,

PYE SCOTT

AGE 33 YEARS FROM ADELAIDE, SOUTH AUSTRALIA LIVES MELBOURNE, VICTORIA

2010 BRITISH FORMULA FORD CHAMPION

2017, 2018 BATHURST 1000 RUNNER-UP

Hino Trucks

the team’s first since becoming a standalone squad in 2016.

He ended his first season with the squad one place ahead of teammate Winterbottom in ninth in the final championship pointscore.

Prior to his time in Supercars, Pye raced karts and then Formula Ford in 2007 before he won races in both the British Formula Ford and Formula 3 Championships.

He returned home in 2012 and burst into Supercars driving for Triple Eight in the Dunlop Series, finishing runner-up overall and winning the Mike Kable Young Gun Award.

His first year in the ‘main game’ in 2013

with Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport was tough, though a top 10 finish at Bathurst was a highlight and enough to get him a gig with Dick Johnson Racing the following year in 2014.

Pye became a co-driver when Team Penske arrived and scaled the squad back to a single car in 2015, though Marcos Ambrose’s decision to step back again handed Pye the full-time seat.

He headed to Mobil 1 HSV Racing in 2017, the team that became Walkinshaw Andretti United a year later, and scored his breakthrough maiden Supercars win with the team in 2018 at Albert Park.

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TIM

SLADE 2009 189 414 2 17 2

AGE 37 YEARS FROM HORNSBY, NEW SOUTH WALES LIVES GOLD COAST, QUEENSLAND

2008 SUPERCARS PRIVATEERS CUP WINNER

2012 BATHURST 12 HOUR RUNNER-UP

@TimSladeRacing

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TIM Slade has joined emerging squad PremiAir Racing for the 2023 Repco Supercars Championship after spending the past two seasons racing for the Blanchard Racing Team in a single-car Mustang team.

Slade began his career in open wheelers and he finished second in the 2006 Australian Formula Ford Championship after also dabbling in Formula 3.

Slade progressed to the Fujitsu Series (now known as Super2) in 2007 and the following year ran his own team to claim the Privateers Cup and a race and round win at Wakefield Park.

His persistence captured the attention

DEBUT RACES ROUNDS BEST FINISH RACES PODIUMS CHAMP POS

BEST FINISH BEST QUAL PODIUMS BEST QUAL

2009 15 14 6th 30 0 13th

4th 4th 0 7th

of Supercars team owner Paul Morris and, with the help of long-time backer James Rosenberg, Slade was rewarded with a full-time championship drive and he scored top 10 results alongside Morris in the Phillip Island and Bathurst endurance races.

A shift to Stone Brothers Racing in 2010 yielded further improvements, taking his first podium finish in 2011. A career best of fifth in points followed in 2012, before the Ford squad transformed into Erebus Motorsport for 2013.

He crossed the floor to Holden for the 2014 season, spending two years piloting Walkinshaw Racing Commodores then

joining Brad Jones Racing in 2016, the year he broke through and won both races at the Winton round.

He finished 2016 eighth in the championship, but the following years proved tougher and left Slade with little more than a handful of podium finishes to show for his toil.

Unable to land a full-time drive for 2020, Slade secured a co-drive with DJR Team Penske, helping Scott McLaughlin secure his third Supercars title at Bathurst.

He returned to the Supercars grid fulltime with the drive in the Blanchard Racing Team’s CoolDrive Mustang in 2021.

CHAZ

MOSTERT 2013 135 311 21 83 23

AGE 31 YEARS FROM MELBOURNE, VICTORIA LIVES GOLD COAST, QUEENSLAND

2014, 2021 BATHURST 1000 WINNER 2017 SUPERCARS ENDURO CUP WINNER

@chazmozzie @chazmozzie

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ONE of the Repco Supercars Championship’s biggest stars has returned to his roots in 2023 as Chaz Mostert is now back behind the wheel of a Ford.

After three seasons of racing Holdens, Walkinshaw Andretti United’s off-season manufacturer switch puts Mostert back aboard a ‘blue oval’ machine for the first time since 2019.

Mostert moved to WAU in 2020 after eight years with Tickford Racing along with his engineer Adam DeBorre and the 2021 season saw them deliver a breakthrough victory at Symmons Plains plus further wins at Hidden Valley and Bathurst, where he and

DEBUT RACES ROUNDS BEST FINISH RACES PODIUMS CHAMP POS

BEST FINISH BEST QUAL PODIUMS POLES

2013 15 12 2nd 28 2 5th

2nd 2nd 6 1

co-driver Lee Holdsworth took a dominant victory.

Mostert finished a career-best third in that year’s championship, a result he repeated in 2022. During his formative years he won the 2010 Australian Formula Ford Championship and made his Dunlop Series debut the same year with Miles Racing. He competed in the series with them full-time in 2011 but was then snapped up by Ford Performance Racing (now Tickford Racing), finishing third overall in the 2012 series.

He began 2013 driving for MW Motorsport in the Dunlop Series before receiving a ‘main game’ call-up to join Dick Johnson Racing

and broke through for his maiden race win at Queensland Raceway.

The FPR-contracted Mostert returned ‘home’ to drive its #6 Ford in 2014, when he took a famous last-lap Bathurst win with Paul Morris.

A year later Mostert was mounting a serious title challenge when a horror qualifying crash at Bathurst left him with a broken leg and wrist, sidelining him for the rest of the year.

He returned for the start of 2016 and proved a regular front-runner for the Ford team over the next four seasons before moving to WAU in 2020.

REYNOLDS 2007 190 419 7 40 16

AGE 38 YEARS FROM ALBURY, NEW SOUTH WALES LIVES MELBOURNE, VICTORIA

@daffidreynolds

2017 BATHURST 1000 WINNER 2007 PORSCHE CARRERA CUP AUSTRALIA CHAMPION

THE rise of Grove Racing in 2022 allowed David Reynolds to remind the Repco Supercars Championship of his reputation as one of its most formidable racers.

Reynolds’ career to date is packed with success, winning the Australian Formula Ford and Carrera Cup titles en route to Supercars.

His Supercars debut came in 2007 as Cameron McConville’s co-driver at PWR Racing, and he drove a Tony D’Alberto Racing-run Holden in the 2008 Fujitsu (Super2) Series before graduating to the ‘main game’ in 2009 with Walkinshaw Racing.

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DEBUT RACES ROUNDS BEST FINISH RACES PODIUMS CHAMP POS

BEST FINISH POLES PODIUMS POLES

2009 15 15 3rd 34 2 10th

2nd 1 2 2

Reduced to an endurance driver role for 2010, he returned to full-time duties with Kelly Racing in 2011 then jumped across to Rod Nash Racing to drive its Ford Performance Racing-prepared Falcon in 2012.

The move delivered instant results as Reynolds finished a close second in the 2012 Bathurst 1000 and built himself into a championship contender by 2015, finishing third in the points that season.

He moved to Erebus Motorsport amid its shift from Mercedes-Benz to Holden in 2016 and won at Bathurst alongside Luke Youlden the next year.

His relationship with the team soured during a rough 2020 campaign and they agreed to part ways at the end of the season, just one year into a much-publicised 10-year deal.

His 2021 move to what was then known as Kelly Grove Racing put him in familiar surroundings, having driven for then-Holden team Kelly Racing in 2011.

He finished on the podium at Sandown and led the resurgent Grove squad during 2022, delivering a pair of ARMOR ALL Pole Positions along with seven podium finishes that helped the team secure fifth in the Teams Championship.

JAMES

GOLDING 2016 53 107 4th 0 3rd

AGE 27 YEARS FROM WARRAGUL, VICTORIA LIVES GOLD COAST, QUEENSLAND

@jimmygolding

@JamesGoldingMotorsport

2022 S5000 AUSTRALIAN DRIVERS CHAMPIONSHIP RUNNER-UP 4th, 2016 DUNLOP SERIES

THE 2023 season marks James Golding’s first full-time Repco Supercars Championship campaign since 2019, completing a three-year fight to regain a seat in the ‘main game’.

A Formula Ford open wheeler racing graduate, he finished third in the 2014 national series and made his Dunlop Series debut at the end of that year in a Commodore after catching the eye of team owner Garry Rogers.

He became a full-time driver in the series in 2015 and enjoyed a solid season in 2016 in a Garry Rogers Motorsport-run Commodore, finishing fourth in the series

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DEBUT RACES ROUNDS BEST FINISH RACES PODIUMS CHAMP POS

BEST FINISH BEST QUAL PODIUMS BEST QUAL

2018 15 3 4th 6 0 14th

7th 3rd 0 20th

with four podium finishes and two race wins at Phillip Island and Sandown.

He also made his ‘main game’ debut as James Moffat’s co-driver in the #34 GRM Volvo S60 in that year’s Enduro Cup.

However his first race at Sandown ended abruptly when a punctured tyre pitched him into the wall at the Esses at the end of the back straight on the opening lap.

More enduro outings and solo wildcard starts followed in 2017 before Golding stepped up to a full-time seat with GRM in 2018, impressing with a strong drive at Bathurst that netted an eighth-place finish. However, GRM’s exit from Supercars

at the end of the 2019 season left Golding without a seat and at a career crossroads.

He kept his skills sharp in the openwheeler S5000 category, winning races in cars developed and run by GRM, and kept his hand in Supercars with impressive endurance co-drives with Team 18 in 2020 and 2021.

Golding was again scheduled to return to Team 18 for last year’s Repco Bathurst 1000 until a mid-season opportunity came up with PremiAir Racing, and a series of eyecatching performances across the second half of the season secured a full-time drive with the team for this year.

LE BROCQ 2015 83 185 2 3 1

AGE 31 YEARS FROM MELBOURNE, VICTORIA LIVES BRISBANE, QUEENSLAND

@jack_lebrocq

@JackLeBrocq.com.au

2023 SUPERCARS CHAMPIONSHIP RACE 15 WINNER – DARWIN

2012 AUSTRALIAN FORMULA FORD CHAMPION

JACK Le Brocq remains with Matt Stone Racing for the 2023 Repco Supercars Championship.

Le Brocq joined the Gold Coast-based squad last year following two years at Tickford Racing and two years with TEKNO Autosports.

His first season with MSR last year was highlighted by strong qualifying performances, including the team’s first frontrow start at Symmons Plains in Tasmania.

Coming up through the ranks of karts and Formula Vee, Le Brocq won the Australian Formula Ford Championship in 2012. He then caught the attention of Supercars team

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DEBUT RACES ROUNDS RACE WINS RACES PODIUMS CHAMP POS

BEST FINISH POLES PODIUMS BEST QUAL

2018 15 7 1 17 1 8th

7th 1 0 6th

owner Betty Klimenko, who drafted him into her Erebus Motorsport squad’s academy to drive Formula 3 and GT machinery.

He made his Supercars Championship debut at Sandown in 2015 sharing one of the team’s E63 AMGs alongside Ash Walsh.

By that point Le Brocq had completed nearly two Dunlop Super2 Series seasons, debuting in 2014 in an Image Racing-run Falcon and then an MW Motorsport Ford in 2015.

Le Brocq moved to Tickford Racing for 2016 and finished runner-up in the series in addition to finishing fourth at Bathurst codriving a Falcon with Cam Waters.

In 2017 he moved back to MW Motorsport for the Super2 Series and became Nissan’s first Super2 race winner at Symmons Plains. He also competed as a wildcard entry in a selection of Supercars Championship events and served as Todd Kelly’s endurance codriver.

Le Brocq moved into the ‘main game’ with TEKNO Autosports in 2018, finishing the season as the best of five rookies, but a difficult second year led to a return to Tickford and a breakthrough win in 2020.

His second race win in Darwin last month was a first for MSR. Le Brocq will celebrate his 31st birthday on the Friday of this round.

HILL 2022 6 16 8th 0 5th

AGE 26 YEARS FROM CANBERRA, ACT LIVES CANBERRA, ACT

@cameron_hill11

@cameronhill11

2021 PORSCHE CARRERA CUP AUSTRALIA CHAMPION

2022 BATHURST 6 HOUR WINNER

CAMERON Hill is among the ranks of Dunlop Super2 Series graduates in 2023 stepping up to the Repco Supercars Championship, the Canberra young join joining Matt Stone Racing at the wheel of a Camaro.

Hill won a host of state and national titles in karting before graduating to Formula Ford in 2014, where he romped to the Australian title a year later. He continued his strong form into the Toyota 86 Racing Series, winning more races than any other driver in the class across 2016 and 2017 while posting a pair of top-three championship finishes.

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2023 CHAMPIONSHIP STATS

DEBUT RACES ROUNDS BEST FINISH RACES PODIUMS CHAMP POS

BEST FINISH BEST QUAL PODIUMS BEST QUAL

2023 15 0 8th 0 0 22nd N/A 5th 0 N/A

His success led to an opportunity in Porsche Carrera Cup Australia and he progressed each year. Hill finished ninth in the points in his rookie season, sixth in 2019 and became champion in 2021, including a streak of six race wins.

His rise through Australian motorsport, from junior open-wheel racing to Carrera Cup, came in cars entered and prepared by his own family-run team. However, for his step up to Super2 last year, Hill landed a plum seat driving a Commodore for reigning champions Triple Eight Race Engineering.

Although his more experienced teammate Declan Fraser took out the title, Hill matched

him six-all across the year’s qualifying sessions and stood on the podium twice on his way to fifth in the final pointscore.

Hill also made his ‘main game’ debut in last year’s Repco Bathurst 1000 with PremiAir Racing sharing a Coca-Cola Commodore with Chris Pither, losing a potential top 10 finish with a late power steering problem.

He tasted Mount Panorama success earlier in 2022, winning the Bathurst 6 Hour production car race in a BMW that started from the tail of the grid, stealing the win with an electric late-race pass on Supercars regular Tim Slade.

RANDLE 2019 27 66 3rd 1 2nd

AGE 27 YEARS FROM MELBOURNE, VICTORIA LIVES MELBOURNE, VICTORIA

2020 DUNLOP SUPER2 SERIES WINNER

2018 MIKE KABLE YOUNG GUN AWARD WINNER

@thomasrandle @thomasrandle55

RESULTS were hard to come by for Thomas Randle in his rookie Repco Supercars Championship season in 2022 but there were plenty of moments that demonstrated his potential as a star of the future.

The Melbournian won the 2014 Australian Formula Ford series with five race victories and was runner-up in the 2015 Australian Formula 4 Championship.

He gathered further open-wheel experience overseas in British Formula 3 and a range of other open wheeler categories as well as LMP3 sportscar competition, and victory in New Zealand’s Toyota Racing Series in 2017.

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DEBUT RACES ROUNDS BEST FINISH RACES PODIUMS CHAMP POS

BEST FINISH BEST QUAL PODIUMS BEST QUAL

2022 15 1 8th 2 0 19th

15th 8th 0 10th

Randle stepped into Super2 with Tickford in a Falcon in 2018 and scored his first ARMOR ALL Pole Position and a podium finish in Perth before finishing third in the series in 2019 at the wheel of one of the team’s cars.

Randle also made his ‘main game’ debut with the Ford squad in 2019, driving at The Bend Motorsport Park as a wildcard before an Enduro Cup campaign with Lee Holdsworth that included a third-place finish in the Sandown 500.

A switch to MW Motorsport for the 2020 Super2 Series paid dividends as Randle romped to the title at the wheel of one of

its Nissan Altimas, finishing either first or second in all seven races of the COVIDshortened season.

The win capped a rollercoaster 12 months for Randle: he was diagnosed with testicular cancer in late 2019, had treatment throughout 2020 and completed his last round of chemotherapy on New Year’s Day in 2021.

After co-driving at Bathurst in 2020 for Brad Jones’ team, Randle returned to Tickford Racing in 2021 with a pair of top 10 finishes in a handful of wildcard Supercars appearances before gaining a full-time drive for 2022.

BROC Feeney repaid Triple Eight Race Engineering’s faith by ending his rookie Repco Supercars Championship campaign with a maiden race victory at the 2022 VALO Adelaide 500.

The 20-year-old began his first season in the premier class with big shoes to fill, driving the #88 Holden vacated by seventime Supercars Champion, and now Triple Eight Team Principal Jamie Whincup.

Feeney posted his first front row start and maiden podium finishes in the second round at Symmons Plains and scored 25 top 10 finishes, helping Triple Eight secure its 11th Teams Championship win.

AGE 20 YEARS FROM GOLD COAST, QUEENSLAND LIVES GOLD COAST, QUEENSLAND

2022 VALO ADELAIDE 500 WINNER

2021 DUNLOP SUPER2 SERIES WINNER

@brocfeeney93

@brocfeeney93

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FEENEY 2020 20 51 5 11 3

DEBUT RACES ROUNDS RACE WINS RACES PODIUMS CHAMP POS

BEST FINISH POLES PODIUMS BEST QUAL

2022 15 1 4 2 8 3rd

6th 3 0 8th

Following in the footsteps of father Paul Feeney, who raced on two wheels in the 1970s and ‘80s, Broc began racing motorbikes at the age of three.

He moved into karts aged nine and then cars at 15, becoming the youngest race winner in Toyota 86 Racing Series history before making the leap to Super3 and winning the series in 2019.

He graduated to the Dunlop Super2 Series with Tickford Racing in 2020 and finished seventh overall in the COVID-impacted season before a switch to Triple Eight for 2021.

He won the Super2 Series title off the

back of four wins, along with claiming the ARMOR ALL Super2 Pole Champion Award.

Prior to his full-time graduation last year, Feeney made his ‘main game’ debut at the 2020 Bathurst 1000, sharing a Tickford Mustang with James Courtney to a top 10 finish on the day of his 18th birthday.

He took on lead driver duties one year later aboard a Triple Eight-run wildcard entry at Bathurst with 2005 Supercars Champion Russell Ingall the same weekend he clinched the Super2 Series.

Last year he returned to Bathurst and finished fifth with Whincup co-driving their Red Bull Ampol Racing Commodore.

MACAULEY Jones lines up for his fifth full-time Repco Supercars Championship season in 2023.

The son of team owner and former driver Brad, Jones moved into the ‘main game’ with a full-time drive in 2019 when he took over the reins of the Team CoolDrive Commodore entry run by BJR at the time for Tim Blanchard.

Jones rose through karting into Formula Ford and moved into the Dunlop Series with BJR midway through 2013. He started the first of four full-time seasons in the class the following year.

He finished 12th, ninth and seventh in his

MACAULEY

JONES

AGE 28 YEARS FROM ALBURY, NEW SOUTH WALES LIVES ALBURY, NEW SOUTH WALES

Pizza Hut Racing

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first three campaigns in the series and then suffered a series of misfortunes that cost a breakthrough race win and a shot at the title in 2018, including two suspension failures in Townsville and contact from Garry Jacobson at The Chase on the last lap fighting for the win at Bathurst.

Although remaining without a race win in the Dunlop Super2 Series itself, Jones did take out the Bathurst 250-kilometre race when it was a non-points event in 2017.

Jones spent four years as an Enduro Cup co-driver for BJR from 2015 to 2018, finishing seventh alongside Nick Percat at Bathurst in 2018 and sixth on the Gold Coast

@macauleyjones96

street circuit just weeks later.

His full-time Supercars career endured a false start at the Adelaide 500 in 2019 as a brake failure-induced crash in practice meant Jones missed the season-opening race.

Jones ended his rookie season 21st in the championship and improved to 19th in 2020 before finishing 23rd in 2021.

Remaining in the #96 BJR entry last year, Jones posted the best solo race finish of his Supercars career with a sixth place at Albert Park.

This year he is behind the wheel of the Pizza Hut #96 Camaro as part of BJR’s fourcar line-up.

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SHANE

AGE 34 YEARS FROM AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND LIVES BRISBANE, QUEENSLAND

2016, 2021, 2022 SUPERCARS CHAMPION 2020, 2022 BATHURST 1000 WINNER

VAN GISBERGEN 2007 220 498 78 173 47

@SVG97 @SVG97

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AFTER enjoying one of the greatest years of his career in 2021, Shane van Gisbergen somehow managed to top it in 2022 to become a three-time Repco Supercars Champion and a two-time Repco Bathurst 1000 winner.

A young van Gisbergen learnt his craft at home in New Zealand in motocross, midgets and karts before taking the step up into car racing in open wheelers.

He was talent-spotted by Supercars team owners Ross and Jimmy Stone and brought to Australia to make his Supercars debut at just 17 years of age in a Stone Brothers Racing-run Team Kiwi Racing Ford Falcon at

DEBUT RACES ROUNDS RACE WINS RACES PODIUMS CHAMP POS

RACE WINS POLES PODIUMS POLES

2009 15 16 3 36 7 4th

10 2 17 4

Oran Park Raceway in Sydney.

He scored his first Supercars Championship race win in 2011 during a five-year stint with SBR and looked lost to the category at the end of 2012 until doing a shock deal to drive a TEKNO Autosports Holden for 2013.

He won on debut with his new team in the Sunday race in Adelaide and finished runnerup to future teammate Jamie Whincup in the 2014 Supercars Championship.

He moved to Triple Eight Race Engineering in 2016 as teammate to Whincup and Craig Lowndes and won seven races on his way to his first Supercars

Championship win.

The Kiwi had to wait until 2020 to break through for his first Bathurst 1000 win and finished off the Gen2 Supercars era with two of the most dominant seasons in championship history across 2021 and 2022.

He romped to the 2021 title off the back of 14 wins and 23 podiums from 30 races, including a streak of seven victories to start the season.

He reset the record books in 2022 with 21 race wins across the season, including a second Bathurst 1000 triumph alongside Garth Tander at the wheel of the very same chassis they used to win Bathurst in 2020.

BRODIE

KOSTECKI 2019 34 86 2 15 5

AGE 25 YEARS FROM PERTH, WESTERN AUSTRALIA LIVES GOLD COAST, QUEENSLAND

3rd, 2021 REPCO BATHURST 1000 5th, 2018 DUNLOP SUPER2 SERIES

@brodiekostecki @brodiekostecki57

BRODIE Kostecki came into the 2023 Repco Supercars Championship season looking every inch that he’d be the next first-time race winner and he removed himself from that list with a breakthrough win recently at Albert Park.

Kostecki wasted no time dispelling any doubters of his full-time graduation to the ‘main game’ with Erebus Motorsport in 2021 by finishing ninth in the Supercars Championship.

He quickly claimed his first podium with a stunning second place finish in tricky conditions at Sandown, then took another in Sydney later in the year, while a

2023 CHAMPIONSHIP STATS

DEBUT RACES ROUNDS RACE WINS RACES PODIUMS CHAMP POS

BEST FINISH POLES PODIUMS BEST QUAL

2021 15 3 2 7 10 1st

7th 4 0 8th

swashbuckling final stint earnt him a Repco Bathurst 1000 podium finish with co-driver David Russell. That momentum rolled into last year, which Kostecki kicked off with his first career pole position in Sydney. He converted the front row start to a podium finish, then added another at The Bend before narrowly missing out on back-to-back podium finishes at Bathurst.

Kostecki and his family moved to America where he cut his teeth in the uncompromising world of Late Model stock car racing on short ovals, winning at the famous Rockingham Speedway in North Carolina at age 15 against future NASCAR

stars Ty Dillon and Bubba Wallace. He returned home and competed in the Dunlop Super2 Series from 2017. He broke through for his first Super2 Series race and round win at Sandown in 2018 and finished fifth in the final standings.

Kostecki sat out the bulk of the 2019 series as he and cousin Jake focused on a three-round Enduro Cup wildcard campaign.

He joined Eggleston Motorsport for the 2020 Super2 season and won the opening round in Adelaide but didn’t see out the COVID-affected season, concentrating on his Erebus co-drive at Bathurst alongside Anton De Pasquale.

FRASER 2022 6 16 8th 0 14th

AGE 22 YEARS FROM CASTLEMAINE, VICTORIA LIVES MELBOURNE, VICTORIA 2022 DUNLOP SUPER2 SERIES WINNER 4th, 2019 TOYOTA 86 RACING SERIES

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2023 CHAMPIONSHIP STATS

DECLAN Fraser becomes the latest in a long line of Dunlop Super2 Series winners to graduate to the Repco Supercars Championship.

He secured his step up to the ‘main game’ for 2022 with a late deal to drive Tickford Racing’s #56 Tradie-backed Ford Mustang GT, becoming the third second-tier champ in the team’s driver line-up alongside Cam Waters and Thomas Randle.

The last driver to sort a place on the grid for this year, Fraser’s pathway to the ‘main game’ came via a plum seat with reigning champions Triple Eight in the 2022 Dunlop Super2 Series, in which he claimed four race

DEBUT RACES ROUNDS BEST FINISH RACES PODIUMS CHAMP POS

BEST FINISH BEST QUAL PODIUMS BEST QUAL

2023 10 0 10th 0 0 25th N/A 14th 0 N/A

wins and a pair of round wins (including the Adelaide season finale) to secure the series win.

He also turned in an impressive debut drive at the Repco Bathurst 1000 aboard Triple Eight’s wildcard entry alongside Craig Lowndes, leading the race in the early stages before finishing eighth.

Fraser began his career in karts in 2008 before he graduated to car racing in 2017 in the competitive one-make Toyota 86 Racing Series.

His development accelerated during 2018 when he started receiving coaching from Paul Morris at the Norwell Motorplex in

Queensland, winning a race, scoring a pole position and finishing on the podium three times on his way to 12th place in the series points, then improving to fourth overall the following year.

Fraser graduated to Super3 in 2020 in what ultimately turned out to be a severely shortened two-round series, before moving up to Super2 in 2021 in an MW Motorsport Nissan Altima.

He was forced to sit out the final two rounds due to an accident at Bathurst not of his doing after a loose wheel forced him to crash and he finished eighth in the final points.

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RACING IN THE SUN

The NTI Townsville 500 is part of a rich history of Supercars and touring car racing in Queensland, as CONNOR O’BRIEN reports …

QUEENSLAND has been a fixture on the Repco Supercars Championship and Australian Touring Car Championship calendar for more than half a century, but it wasn’t until 2009 that the championship ventured outside of the state’s southeast.

First there was Lowood Airfield Circuit west of Brisbane which formed the sole stop on the 1961 championship schedule.

Lakeside Park and Surfers Paradise International Raceway debuted later in the ‘60s and became regular venues before being phased out as the end of millennium neared.

Thereafter was the rise of Queensland Raceway and the modern-day Surfers

Paradise Street Circuit – and then Townsville. A trawl back through the archives finds that John Howard’s LNP Federal Government made a $10 million, 2007 election commitment to the Reid Park Street Circuit. That money was to develop a facility that would act as the pit building, and a centre of pre-vocational automotive and hospitality training throughout the remainder of the year.

Howard lost that election but there was no stopping the Townsville event, and by mid2008 the Labor-aligned Queensland state government had promised $14.61 million towards the venue, construction for which was estimated to cost $29.58 million in total.

Sport Minister Judy Spence further committed $2.5 million annually for the first five years of the event while unveiling the site’s blueprint.

“This map shows Townsville residents exactly where construction will be undertaken, to develop this world-class multipurpose events precinct,” Spence said at the time. “The declaration of this development area is the first big step towards transforming Reid Park into a raceway in time for the first V8 Supercar race next year.

“With the construction footprint now finalised, we can progress the detailed design of the track and facilities for release in the coming weeks.”

TOWNSVILLE HISTORY

Opposite Page: Nick Percat’s Brad Jones Racing Commodore lights up in pit lane back in 2019. Above: The Reid Park construction area as work was ongoing to create the facility that now hosts the annual event. Below: The inaugural Townsville round in 2009 as Will Davison (#22) leaves his pit bay, David Reynolds (#24) is serviced by his team and Todd Kelly (#7) makes his way down the pit lane.

Less than three weeks later, the dates for the inaugural event were officially announced as July 10-12, 2009.

“This is fantastic news for the people of Townsville and North Queensland to now plan their arrangements for the event,” declared then V8 Supercars Australia chairman Tony Cochrane.

“Now the huge audience in North Queensland has their first chance to see V8 Supercars live in their own region.”

A hybrid street circuit featuring a mix of public and racing-specific roads nearby the Townsville CBD, the event has not missed a beat since.

In fact, it’s one of three venues to have featured on every calendar from 2009 onwards, along with Hidden Valley and Mount Panorama.

A winter getaway for drivers and teams based in cooler climates, the event debuted in a 400km format, split across a pair of 200km races.

This year’s edition will be the fourth run as ‘a 500’, following 2014, 2021 and 2022.

Townsville also hosted a pair of SuperSprint events in 2020 and 2021 as Supercars navigated COVID-related challenges.

The Townsville 500 sees a gruelling 250km race held on each of the Saturday and Sunday, making for a pair of strategyfilled mini-enduros on a street circuit where overtaking is very possible.

The field jostles for position on the streets of Townsville in 2014. That year’s champion Jamie Whincup (#1 Red Bull Commodore) remains the most winning drivers in the history of the event.

“TOWNSVILLE IS ONE OF THREE VENUES TO HAVE FEATURED ON EVERY CALENDAR FROM 2009 ONWARDS ALONG WITH HIDDEN VALLEY AND MOUNT PANORAMA.”

James Courtney picked up victory in Townsville in 2009 in the Sunday race. He shared the podium with Garth Tander and Jamie Whincup.

AHEAD OF THE PACK. UNCHALLENGED. HINO HYBRID ELECTRIC.

Above: Shell V-Power Mustang driver Anton De Pasquale finished runner-up in the final race in Townsville’s 2022 round after a last corner collision with Shane van Gisbergen. Below: van Gisbergen won both of last year’s 250-kilometre races in Townsviille.

2023 NTI TOWNSVILLE 500

THIS TIME LAST YEAR IN TOWNSVILLE

A last turn tangle, slick pole lap, a category returnee and a breakthrough in Super2. WILL DALE covers off all of the major items from the 2022 round in North Queensland

SVG’S CLEAN SWEEP

Shane van Gisbergen’s domination of the 2022 season included a perfect pair of victories on the streets of Townsville. Last year’s race format called for drivers to use a set of Dunlop Super Soft tyres at some point during each race, creating diverging strategies at the front of the field. In the Saturday race, van Gisbergen watched as Dick Johnson Racing’s Will Davison forge ahead in the early stages, but the Kiwi saved his soft rubber until the final stint and ran his Ford rival down with a handful of laps remaining. A similar strategy on Sunday also delivered him the win, but he wasn’t the first past the chequered flag…

LAST-TURN TANGLE

It was actually Anton De Pasquale who took the chequered flag first in the Sunday race with van Gisbergen right on his rear bumper, although the Dick Johnson Racing pilot was destined to cop a post-race time penalty for an incident that happened at the final corner. De Pasquale had been closing in on the #97 and made a lunge, only to tap van Gisbergen into a half-spin. The Ford driver was quickly awarded a five-second time penalty that dropped him to second place and elevated van Gisbergen to his second victory of the weekend.

WATERS’ SLICK POLE

Cam Waters claimed his fifth ARMOR ALL Pole Position of the season in the Top 10 Shootout for the Sunday race, trouncing the field by over 0.3-seconds. With all drivers struggling to get up enough tyre temperature during one warm-up lap, Waters and engineer Sam Potter pulled a masterstroke by fitting lightly-used tyres from qualifying on the front. The extra temperature and grip delivered a boost over rivals that opted for new tyres all-round. He also overcame tricky track conditions, due to oil spilt at Turn 2 by a support category.

BIEBER’S BACK

James Golding made a welcome return to the Repco Supercars Championship paddock, recruited by PremiAir Racing to replace Garry Jacobson in its Subway-backed entry. Golding had been out of a full-time drive since Garry Rogers Motorsport’s departure from the category at the end of the 2019 season, but had been a co-driver with Team 18 at the Repco Bathurst 1000 in the intervening years and was scheduled to join them again when the PremiAir opportunity came up. A steady outing in North Queensland was the precursor to a series of impressive runs through the remainder of the season.

EREBUS STRUGGLE

Last year’s Townsville round was one to forget for this year’s championship leaders. Neither Brodie Kostecki nor Will Brown managed a top 10 finish across the weekend as the team struggled to find form on Dunlop’s hard-compound tyre. The Sunday race was the low point, with Brown coming home a lapped 19th and Kostecki only just escaping the same fate courtesy of the SVG/De Pasquale last-turn tango in 16th. “I apologise to our sponsors for a bad show,” team chief Barry Ryan said afterwards.

FRASER’S FIRST WIN

Hailing from Mackay, four hours south of Townsville, Declan Fraser’s maiden Dunlop Super2 Series race win came in the closest thing to a ‘home’ event. He qualified on pole for the Sunday race, which left him clear of a three-car tangle that unfolded alongside him that took out Saturday race winner Tyler Everingham, Matt Payne and Zak Best out of contention. The victory proved the first of four that led to him winning the 2022 second-tier title.

SUPERCARS IN TOWNSVILLE

THE WINNERS

A limited number of drivers can say they have won in Supercars in Townsville. In fact, eight drivers have shared the 36 race wins between them. Here’s a look at the most successful drivers on the Reid Park layout …

12 RACE WINS

First Win – 2009, Last Win – 2020

in both Fords and Holdens, winning eight of the 13 races held between 2009 and 2014. Whincup’s last wins in Townsville came in the first round of two held on back-to-back weekends in 2020.

Rapidly closing in on his team boss’ record of the most Supercars race wins in Townsville, the threetime Supercars Champion has been on fire at the venue in the recent past. He’s won seven of the last 10 races held there (covering the second round held in 2020, two rounds in 2021 and one round in 2022). Perhaps his most standout Townsville win though came in 2020 in the final race of the SuperSprint round. Starting from 12th, he managed to drive his way through the field to lead seven of the 39 laps and march on to take victory, his second win that day and fifth in Townsville.

10 RACE WINS

First Win – 2016, Last Win – 2022

Jamie Whincup

Seven-time Supercars Champion Jamie Whincup still sits atop the list of Townsville race winners having retired from full-time racing at the end of 2021. His victory in the inaugural race in North Queensland in 2009 didn’t come easy though, escaping a penalty for contact that spun Jack Perkins and overcoming a ninth-place grid position to seal the win. He went on to become a master of the Reid Park layout and win

Shane van Gisbergen

4 RACE WINS

First Win – 2017, Last Win – 2020

The Kiwi ace is now firmly part of the furniture in the NTT INDYCAR Series in the United States for Team Penske, but Townsville is a place where he did plenty of winning in Supercars. His first win in North Queensland came in the Saturday race in 2017 at the wheel of the Shell V-Power Racing Team’s FG X Falcon leading 62 of the 70 laps from pole position to take victory. He followed up with another win in 2019 at the wheel of the team’s #17 Mustang and took a win in each of the SuperSprint rounds held during the COVID-affected 2020 season.

The 2007 Supercars Champion did all of his winning in Townsville for the Holden Racing Team. His first win came on the Saturday in 2011, a race where each car had to use both hard and soft compound Dunlop tyres. The win also moved Tander past Peter Brock in the championship record books by taking his 49th career win. He followed it up by leading home teammate James Courtney in an HRT 1-2 on the Sunday in 2013 and then won the second race in 2014 (again leading home Courtney in a 1-2 for HRT) from 11th on the grid.

3 RACE WINS

First Win – 2011, Last Win – 2014

Garth Tander

Scott McLaughlin

3 RACE WINS

First Win – 2010, Last Win – 2015

The long-time Ford hero picked up his first Townsville win in the Sunday race in 2010, leading 47 laps of 71 to head home eventual champion James Courtney and third-placed Garth Tander. He had to wait until 2015 – the year he won the Supercars Championship – to add further victories in Townsville to his career tally, winning both of the 70 races. Winterbottom came home in front on Saturday (when he led Prodrive teammate David Reynolds to the line) and again Sunday (leading home James Courtney and Reynolds). It’s one of just four times that a single driver has clean swept the wins in a Townsville Supercars weekend.

The Monster Energy Tickford Mustang pilot won the Dunlop Series round in Townsville in 2015, the year he went on to win the Supercars development series. He made his first Townsville Supercars ‘main game’ start a year later though had to wait until 2021 to taste his first victory in the top tier there. He won the Saturday race in the first of two consecutive rounds held at the circuit and backed it up on the Sunday afternoon to win again by holding off Shane van Gisbergen in a tight tussle. “We had a mega battle with him, it was really cool,” he said in the aftermath. “It was awesome to get one on him and win that race.”

2 RACE WINS

First Win – 2021, Last Win – 2021

Cam Waters

Mark Winterbottom

1 RACE WIN

Only Win – 2009

The 2010 Supercars Champion lined up as a major contender for the first Townsville race in 2009, especially after he qualified his #18 Falcon on the front row for the Saturday 250-kilometre race. However, engine failure left him sidelined after just five laps and plotting a Sunday fightback, which resulted in Courtney leading 48 of the 72 laps and storming home to victory. The result wasn’t his first Supercars race win (that had come in 2008 in Queensland), but the Townsville win marked his first visit to the top step of a Supercars podium given the championship had changed to having a podium presentation for each race, rather than the overall round.

Will Davison’s only win so far in Townsville came back in 2013 at the wheel of Ford Performance Racing’s Pepsi Max Crew Falcon FG in the first year of the ‘Car of the Future’ regulations. He led home teammate Mark Winterbottom in a 1-2 finish, however its Davison’s post-race celebrations that are perhaps best remembered from that day. While lighting up the rear tyres of his #6 Ford to perform a victorious burn out, the now two-time Bathurst 1000 winner misjudged where he was on the track and promptly smacked the rear of his car into the concrete wall!

1 RACE WIN

Davison

Only Win – 2013

James Courtney

Will

A MATTER OF NUMBERS

There’s a range of interesting statistics pertaining to this year’s NTI Townsville 500 and Repco Supercars Championship. AARON NOONAN steps you through some numbers that matter heading into the North Queensland round of the championship …

4Amazingly, just four teams have won all 36 Supercars races that have been held in Townsville since the event debuted on the calendar in 2009. The bulk have been won by Triple Eight Race Engineering, which has claimed a whopping 22 wins. Jamie Whincup won the inaugural race driving a TeamVodafone Falcon for the team back in 2009. Tickford Racing (which also won in Townsville under the Ford Performance Racing and Prodrive Racing Australia banners) is next best with six wins from Dick Johnson Racing’s five (all achieved during its DJR Team Penske era) and the Holden Racing Team (now Walkinshaw Andretti United) with three.

A unique piece of history unfolded in the last round of the Repco Supercars Championship at the Betr Darwin Triple Crown at Hidden Valley. The first Sunday race (Race 14 of the 2023 championship) saw Chevrolet Camaros fill the first nine finishing positions. It was just the second time in the 63-year history of the championship that this had occurred. The only other time was on Sunday March 18, 1979 at Calder Park in Melbourne, pictured, when Peter Brock led home eight other Torana A9Xs in the 50 lap second round of that year’s Australian Touring Car Championship.

Seventh place is the only grid position in the top 12 yet to produce a Supercars race winner in Townsville. The most common starting position for a race winner at the event is pole position – 11 of the 36 races held in Townsville been won by the car starting on pole. Race winners have started from second a total of seven times. Three Townsville races have been won from 10th or worse on the grid - Jamie Whincup (10th in Race 1 in 2014), Garth Tander (11th in Race 2 in 2014, pictured) and Shane van Gisbergen (12th in final race in the September round in 2020).

Mark Winterbottom’s win on the Saturday at the Betr Darwin Triple Crown moved his career tally to 39 Supercars Championship race wins. He remains ninth on the all-time race winner’s list but has closed to within one race win of equalling Ford legend Glenn Seton (40 wins) for eighth place. Three of Winterbottom’s wins have come in Townsville, one in 2010 and two in his championshipwinning season of 2015, pictured.

Monster Energy Mustang ace Cam Waters and Red Bull Ampol Racing’s Shane van Gisbergen have been the dominant drivers in the recent past on the Reid Park circuit in Townsville. Between they have won the last nine Townsville races in a row dating back to partway through the September round in 2020 (the second of two rounds in a row that year). Van Gisbergen has won seven of those races in that period and Waters has won two (both at the SuperSprint round in 2021).

Townsville marks a very special milestone for the Dunlop Series, which celebrates its 150th round in the sun in North Queensland. The series began back in March 2000 and was originally known as the Konica V8 Lites Series. It has since provided a training ground for drivers and teams to develop their skills as the feeder series for the Supercars Championship and now features Super2 and Super3 cars formerly raced in the ‘main game’. The series has competed in Townsville since 2009 every year bar one (2020). The inaugural round winner in 2009 was James Moffat driving a Sonic Motor Racing Falcon BF, pictured.

Repco Supercars Championship points leader Brodie Kostecki heads Coca-Cola Racing by Erebus teammate Will Brown by 59 points coming into the NTI Townsville 500. It’s the smallest championship lead Kostecki has held since he first took the points lead at the competition of Race 6 at Albert Park in Melbourne. Kostecki’s biggest championship lead was 109 points after Race 14 in Darwin, however a 26th place finish (after sustaining damage on the opening lap) in Race 15 has brought it back to 59 entering the Townsville event.

Shane van Gisbergen is set to start his 500th Supercars Championship race when the field lines up on the grid in Townsville for Sunday’s 250-kilometre race. The three-time Supercars Champion comes into the Townsville round with 498 race starts and will become just the 12th driver in the history of the championship to reach the milestone. The Kiwi has added just one race win this year (Race 7 at Wanneroo) to his career tally from the 15 races held so far this year to move to 78 career championship race wins. By comparison he won nine of the first 15 races last year and nine of the first 15 races in 2021.

The team now known as Grove Racing is making its 200th Supercars Championship round start when it rolls onto the track in Townsville with its pair of Penrite Mustangs. Originally formed as Kelly Racing in 2009 by the Kelly family, including brothers Rick and Todd, the team ran under the Nissan Motorsport banner during its time as Nissan’s factory-backed team. A half share was sold to Stephen Grove and the team renamed Kelly Grove Racing for the 2021 season. The Kellys sold out completely at the end of that season, though the team remains based in the same workshop in the south-east Melbourne suburb of Braeside.

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SLEUTHING THE CHAMPIONSHIP’S

STAR PERFORMERS

The 2023 season continues Australia’s long-standing history of touring car and Supercars racing. V8 Sleuth’s AARON NOONAN has tracked the main categories of success across the history of the Australian Touring Car Championship and the Repco Supercars Championship – here’s where they all sit in the history books ...

HITTING A CENTURYAND A HALF

The Dunlop Series celebrates a special milestone in Townsville as it chalks up its 150th round of racing action.

THE Dunlop Series is the proving ground for young racers and the category’s 150th round this weekend in North Queensland provides a chance to stop and reflect on where it’s been and who is among the next crop of future stars.

The second-tier Supercars category was founded in 2000, with 21 cars – predominantly either Holden VS Commodores or Ford EL Falcons – on the grid for the inaugural race at Eastern Creek.

In the subsequent years, drivers to be crowned Super2 champion before graduating to the main game include Mark Winterbottom, Scott McLaughlin, Cam Waters and Broc Feeney.

Winterbottom, now the third most experienced driver in Supercars Championship history, hailed the role of what was then known as the Konica Series in his

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career progression.

“As a former champion of the Dunlop Super2 Series, I am incredibly proud to witness its 150th round coming up at the Townsville 500,” says Winterbottom.

“It’s a testament to the series’ legacy and its role in shaping the future stars of Australian motorsport. Super2, or the Development Series as it was back then, holds a special place in my heart, as it gave me the platform to showcase my skills and make a name for myself in the Supercars paddock. I have fond memories from my championship year (2003) with Stone Brothers (right).

“It wasn’t just about the drivers, but it gave the platform for new crew, engineers and support staff to work their way up and provide exposure to teams, sponsors and fans of the main game.”

The latest young gun to show all the signs of future stardom is Walkinshaw Andretti United’s young Kiwi signing Ryan Wood.

The 19-year-old, who works during the week in the team’s Melbourne workshop, broke through to win both races in the last round in Perth, sealing the overall round victory in just his second appearance in one of the team’s Super2 Commodores.

The breakthrough performance moves Wood into sixth in the Super2 pointscore, just 114 points off the lead held by Anderson

Motorsport Mustang driver Zak Best.

Best holds a 48-point lead over Cooper Murray (Eggleston Motorsport Commodore) in the chase for the Super2 Series crown with Aaron Love (Petronas/Blanchard Racing Team Mustang) a further 27 points behind in third and Image Racing’s Jay Hanson only a further six points behind.

The Super3 Series for older ex-Supercars is a close fight too, with Image Racing’s young gun Jobe Stewart holding a 27-point advantage over Cameron McLeod’s Nissan

Jett Johnson, grandson of Supercars legend Dick Johnson, sits third in his rookie season aboard another Altima with Kiwi Matthew McCutcheon (Eggleston Motorsport Commodore, not competing in Townsville) and Mason Kelly rounding out the top five.

The Dunlop Series cars will battle over a pair of races in Townsville, one on Saturday and one on Sunday.

Altima. Stewart won the opening round in Newcastle while McLeod bounced back to win overall at Wanneroo.

Opposite Page: Young gun Kai Allen heads the pack in Perth. Above: Kiwi Ryan Wood was joined on the podium in Perth by Aaron Love (left) and Lachie Dalton (right). Below: Wood’s #2 Pacific Fuel Solutions Commodore is part of a two-car Walkinshaw Andretti United Super2 team.

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ROUND 3 - SUPER 2 / SUPER 3 ENTRY LIST

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A CLASSIC BATTLE

Good luck picking a winner in this year’s Porsche pack! As RICHARD CRAILL reports, the chase for the 2023 Carrera Cup is well and truly alive …

TWO ROUNDS into the 2023

Porsche Paynter Dixon Carrera Cup Championship and it’s really becoming a battle of youth versus experience in the fastest one-make series in the country.

In one corner you’ve got the young-guns, Michelin Junior stars like Jackson Walls and Max Vidau who were so evenly matched at Albert Park’s season opener that they left with the joint lead of the championship.

They were trailed by young New Zealander Callum Hedge, another Kiwi superstar in the making and last year’s Townsville winner.

Three young, charismatic, super quick and high achieving young drivers already to make their mark on the racing world,

joined by other quick young stars like Christian Pancione, Garnet Patterson, Luke King, Bayley Hall, Thomas Maxwell, Dylan O’Keeffe and Simon Fallon.

And then the series went to Darwin, where the only thing people saw was the rear wing of Dale Wood’s Shannons-backed EBM Type 992 GT3 Cup Car.

With pole, three race wins, the round win and a new lap record, the now 40-year-old Wood crushed the field in the Territory and got one back for the group that could call themselves ‘more experienced’.

Joining Wood in that division are former Porsche Carrera Cup Australia champions David Wall, Alex Davison and Fabian Coulthard, Supercars refugee Chris Pither,

Nick McBride and Bathurst podium finisher David Russell.

Walls leads the series by just five points, with Wood in hot pursuit and Hedge not far back in third.

It’s a tasty mix of youth and experience and helps explain why this year’s Carrera Cup championship is so competitive, both in the Equity One Pro class and in SP Tools Pro Am, where four drivers have won the five races contested so far this year.

Watch for a furious street fight this weekend in North Queensland, the series returning to Townsville just two rounds into the 2023 campaign - with no clear form guide established and no one contender having made their mark so far.

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ENTRY LIST

Note: All drivers compete in identical Porsche 911 GT3 Cup (991 Gen I) cars.

WITH STARS IN THEIR EYES

The Toyota GAZOO Racing Australia 86 Series kicks off for 2023 in Townsville. AARON NOONAN previews the action …

FIRST introduced to Australian motorsport in 2016, the Toyota GAZOO Racing Australia 86 Series has become the latest success story as a grassroots category providing a proven breeding ground for future stars.

The first series winner in 2016, Will Brown, finds himself thesedays fighting for the Repco Supercars Championship and he’s joined on this year’s Supercars grid by fellow TGRA 86 Series graduates in Broc Feeney, Cameron Hill and Declan Fraser, who all cut their teeth in the category.

Such has been the popularity of the TGRA 86 Series that Toyota Australia has introduced a new second-tier entry-level scholarship series this year after receiving overwhelming interest from teams and drivers wishing to compete in the category.

Drivers who finished in the top 20 in the 2022 series points are automatically eligible

for the opening round in Townsville and the first three rounds of the Scholarship Series have formed pre-qualifying events for new or returning drivers or those that finished outside the top 20 last season.

“When we started the TGRA 86 Series back in 2016, our vision was to provide a series that offered the opportunity for young up and coming drivers to hone their race craft, alongside some of the best in the business,” says Toyota Australia Chief Marketing Officer Vin Naidoo. “It was designed as a professional, safe, one-make series that placed an emphasis on helping aspiring professional drivers develop their skills, alongside professional drivers and mentors, as well as providing an affordable series for passionate weekend warriors who just want to race for the thrill of it.”

This year’s field includes a range of talent looking to grab the mantle of series

champion with 11 of last year’s top 20 series finishers returning for 2023. And two Supercars teams – Grove Racing and Walkinshaw Andretti United – have opted in join the series with one car each, proof that the big end of Aussie motorsport is watching the TGRA 86 Series very closely.

A field of 34 cars will be on track in Townsville with 32 series regulars and two guest drivers. Bathurst 6 Hour winner (and Truck Assist Racing Supercars endurance driver) Jayden Ojeda and rally ace Lewis Bates will join the field, with further guest drivers to make appearances in the following rounds of the series.

The NTI Townsville 500 marks the first of five rounds of the TGRA 86 Series this year with the remainder to be held at Repco Supercars Championship rounds at Sydney Motorsport Park, The Bend, Sandown and Bathurst.

2023 TOYOTA GAZOO RACING AUSTRALIA 86 SERIES

ROUND 1 - TOYOTA GAZOO RACING AUSTRALIA 86 SERIES

POCKET ROCKETS RETURN TO TOWNSVILLE

They’ve been away for a while, but the Battery World Aussie Racing Cars Super Series drivers and teams are heading back to North Queensland …

APACK of angry ants or pint-sized racers, call them what you will, but the Battery World Aussie Racing Cars Super Series is a must-see part of the support category action at the NTI Townsville 500.

The motorcycle-engined race cars always deliver close racing; however, it has been some time since the category has made the trip to North Queensland. The last time the Aussie Racing Cars headed to Townsville was way back in 2017, so this year marks a welcome return.

The fight for victory among these ‘pocket rockets’ has been entertaining again this year with close racing and tight title fights in the various categories always guaranteed.

Round one supported the Repco Supercars Championship at the Thrifty Newcastle 500, round two at Queensland Raceway supported the Australian Superbike Championship round and the next two rounds at Symmons Plains and Hidden Valley respectively have supported Supercars.

South Australian Joel Heinrich, the 2018 Aussie Racing Cars Super Series winner, leads the title chase with two rounds to go, nine points clear of Reece Chapman with 2022 champion Joshua Anderson another two points back in third place.

Anthony Di Mauro and Kent Quinn round out the top five in the series pointscore.

Last time out saw Cody Brewczynski

top the weekend points in round four of the series in Darwin. The Shell Rimula Topgun Race Team driver now sits 11th in the points in the keenly contested series.

This year’s Battery World Aussie Racing Cars Super Series is being held over six rounds. This weekend is the fifth and penultimate round of the series with the final round to be at Highlands Motorsport Park in New Zealand on November 3-5 to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the circuit.

Highlands circuit owner Tony Quinn makes a special return to racing in Townsville at the wheel of an Aussie Racing Car too, after being seriously injured in a Porsche Carrera Cup crash here last year.

BATTERY WORLD AUSSIE RACING CARS SUPER SERIES

ROUND 5 - BATTERY WORLD AUSSIE RACING CARS SUPER SERIES

2023 NTI TOWNSVILLE 500

EVENT OFFICIALS

OFFICIALS OF THE EVENT

National Sporting Authority

Motorsport Australia

Promoter V8 Supercars Australia Pty Ltd

Organiser V8 Supercars Australia Pty Ltd

Organising Committee Matthew Ramsden, Phil Shaw, Kimberly Hughes, Nigel Faull

SUPERCARS OFFICIALS

VCS and DS2/3 Stewards Matt Selley, Bradley Tubb, Trevor Neumann

VCS Race Director James Taylor

VCS Deputy Race Director David Mori, James Delzoppo

DS2/3 Race Director

DS2/3 Deputy Race Director

Clerk of the Course

Secretary of the Event

David Mori

James Delzoppo

Nigel Faull

Kimberly Hughes

Medical Delegate Dr Carl Le

Supercars Head of Motorsport

DS2/3 Category Technical Manager

Starter

Driving Standards Advisor

Race Control Operations

SUPPORT EVENT OFFICIALS

Adrian Burgess

Scott Campbell

Paul Martin

Craig Baird

James Delzoppo

Timing Co-ordinator

Recovery Co-ordinator

Ian Leech

Alistair Walker

Safety Car Driver Jason Routley

Safety Car Communicator

Media Manager

Berenice Stratton

Paul Glover

Support Category Stewards Geoffrey Nicol, Matthew Halpin

Deputy Clerk of the Course

Glenn Pincott

Kaye Callander

Emergency Coordinator TBC

Chief of Communications

Catherine McHugh

Communicators Peter Durkin, Oliver Sellars

Chief Timekeeper TBC

Course Car Marshal Paul Howlett

Support Safety Car Driver Brad Stratton

Support Safety Car Observer Berenice Stratton

Chief Starter Erik James

Assistant Starter Zac Dawes

Chief Scrutineer

Deputy Chief Scrutineer

Athol Wilcox

Scott Swarbrick

Chief Marshal Wayne Oliver

Chief Flag Marshal

Deputy Chief Flag Marshal

Cosmin Ghebosu

Leigh Evans

Chief of Recovery Brad Moras

Chief Fire Marshal

Deputy Chief Fire Marshal

Chief Pit Lane & Grid Marshal

Chanelle Fryer

Bruce Nissen

Adrian Bond

Deputy Chief Pit Lane Marshal Anthea Ma

Deputy Chief Grid Marshal

Trevor Allen

Chief Paddock Marshal - Infield

Greg Waller

Deputy Chief Paddock Marshal - Infield Shane Young

Chief Paddock Marshal - Outfield June Bunker-Marratt

Deputy Chief Paddock Marshal - Outfield

Chief Supply

Warren Skimmings

Ian Lamb

Chief Medical Officer Dr Karyn Lun

Medical Coordinator

Peter Castledine

Medical Centre Manager Natalie Borg

Medical Administration Manager Rhonda Castledine

2023 NTI TOWNSVILLE 500

VOLUNTEERS

Trevor Allan

Joe Allen

Linda Anderson

Renee Anderson

Mike Arthur

Lewis Baldwin

Ian Balkin

Shane Bawden

Brian Baxter

Melanie Beets

Shane Beikoff

Graham Bell

David Bellettini

Aaron Bennett

Tracey Bennett

Damien Berger

Peter Besic

Julie Betts

Christina Billing

Kaaren Binns

Jenny Bishop

Geoffrey Blaine

Linda Blows

Luke Bohlsen

Vinette Boland

Adrian Bond

Joanne Boon

Natalie Borg

Liam Brand

Kalliope Brown

Connor Browning

Shane (Mully) Bunker

June Bunker-Marratt

Michelle Burgess

Jay Burling

Jayden Calder

Kaye Callander

Donna Campbell

Richard Campbell

Wayne Campbell

Michael Cannon

Steve Caplice

Graham Carnes

Leah Carr

Peter Castledine

Rhonda Castledine

Peter Chandler

Melissa Christiansen

Sarah-Anne Clark

Paul Cliffe

Michael Cochrane

Terry Coleman

Michael Collins

John Commins

Ross Contarino

Justin Cooper

Melanie Cossor

Tony Cousins

David Cowie

Pat Curtis

Stewart Davey

Jason Davidson

Kelsey Davidson

Samuel Davidson

Brett Davis

Neil Davis

Zac Dawes

Ashlynn Dawson

Kaitlyn Debney

Karen Debney

Reece Debney

James Delzoppo

Simon Devlin

Stephen Dorrenboom

Michael Downs

Jeff Dowson

Amanda Dudley

Vanessa Dunbar

Maureen Durkin

Peter Durkin

Mike Dutton

Ray Dyson

Dennis Eagle

Ken Eardman

Graham Eden

Bihindu Edirisinghe

Leslie Elliott

Ray Elliott

Zoeanne Elliott

Kim Ensinger

Leigh Evans

Mikayla Evans

Brian Fackrell

Nigel Faull

James Fludder

Kiera Fludder

Errol Flynn

Peter Ford

John Forde

Steven Forrest

Les Francis

Ricky Friedman

Chanelle Fryer

Mark Furey

Ken Gaffel

Tom Gardner

Cameron Gaskell

Breannah Ghebosu

Cosmin Ghebosu

Brian Gibson

Jasmine S M Gibson

Ron Gibson

Tegan-lee Gilbert

Ross Girvan

Sandy Golding

Trevor Goodwin

Simon Gore

Greg Graham

Dewayne Grant

Kevin Green

Stuart Green

Tamara Green

Ashley Groves

William Hackett

Kylie Haines

Matthew Halpin

Maurice Hann

Joshua Hansford

George Hardas

Geoff Harris

Des Hartwig

Scott Haynes

Paul Hayward

Shaz Hembrow

Finlay Henderson

Tegan Henderson

Desi Hepburn

Jack Herrod

Ken Hey

Peter Hodgkison

Paul Howlett

Daniel Huggett

Kimberly Hughes

Joel Humphreys

Kate Hutchinson

Martha Ireland

Melissa Irwin

Krystian Jackson

Erik James

Matt Jarrett

Catherine Johnson

Shane Johnson

Stephen Johnson

Mathew Jones

Kelly Joubert

Keith Keating

Teresa Kent

Buddy King

Colleen Kneipp

Bruce Knight

Danijel Kovac

Nikamantha Krishnan

Tammie Kumor-Anderson

Peter Lamond

Greg Lang

Pam Lang

Lesley Lawrence

Cristian Lenske

Michelle Lenske

Clayton Lewis

Carolyn Lillie

Chris Linfoot

Jason Loadsman

Richard Longford

Graham Lovell

Karyn Lun

Jo Lynch

Shaun Lynch

Therese Lynch

Timothy Lynch

Anthea Ma

Gary Mackay

Wayne Mackay

Steven Magnussen

Stephen Mallory

Sheila Marchisella

Brent May

Jenn McCartney

Pat McGaw

Phillip McHardy

Catherine McHugh

Katie McIver

Peter McKinnon

Ian McKirdy

Peter Miller

Samantha Mitchell

William Mitchell

Ben Moody

Brad Moras

David Mori

Ray Morris

Nelson Mount

Gregory Muller

Casey Muscat

Stephen Navaratnam

Vicki Nebbia

Troy Nethercott

Trevor Neumann

Kim Nicholls

Jess Nicholson

Geoffrey Nicol

Bruce Nissen

Sam Norton-Bern

Brian O’ Rourke

Michelle O’Connell

Patrick Oconnor

Kyle Oliver

Wayne Oliver

Trish Olliver

Wayne Olliver

Deb Orchiston

Seho Park

Ashley Parrish

Anastacia Paul

Joseph Paul

Fay Payne

Stacey Paynter

Stephen Peach

Brian Perry

Rachelle Petersen

Robert Petersen

Delani Phillips

Glenn Pincott

Michael Platt

Lachlan Potter

Angeleigh Pritchard

Rhonda Purcell

Debbie Rapp

Lindsay Rapp

Gary Reddacliff

Nicole Redderhof

Errol Reeves

Leslie Reeves

John Reid

Mark Reimers

Gabrielle Rhall

Roberta Ridolfi

Wayne Rieck

Madison Riley-Shaw

Patricia Robertson

Shaun Robertson

Simon Robinson

Phil Robson

Tony Rodda

Andrew Rogers

Benjamin Rowe

Sarah Rowe

Peter Ryland

Charles Sandham

Alies Schellingerhout

Jess Scott

Jim Scott

Eleanor Scully

Paul Scully

Oliver Sellars

Matt Selley

Sharon Sharp

Cameron Shaw

Warren Skimmings

Murray Slana

Kel Smith

Matthew Smith

Peter Southwell

Reeannan Stanley

Peter Stapley

Bryce Steer

Ronald Stewart

Dave Stillwell

Stephen Stone

Berenice Stratton

Brad Stratton

David Stuart

Scott Swarbrick

Brad Symons

James Taylor

Michael Taylor

Soon Teoh

Robert Thiry

Barb Thompson

Katherine Thomson

Robyn Thomson

Norm Truscott

Bradley Tubb

Sean Turk

Robert Turner

George Uren

Travis Van Der Vliet

John Vantiel

Roz Vecchio

Donn Vidler

Ryan Viney

Helen Voysey

Trevor Voysey

Tylah Wager

Neil Wallbridge

Greg Waller

Anthony Walsh

Adrian Warren

Corey Watts

Noah Weber

Micheal Weekes

Greg Whan

Bill Whitburn

Ken Whitby

Abner White

Linda White

Athol Wilcox

Carmel Wilcox

Scott Wilkie

Douglas Williams

Emily-Kate Williams

Garry Williams

Stuart Williams

Tyler Williamson

Rosie Wilson

Felicity Wood

Allan Young

Don Young

Michelle young

Shane Young

Darryl Zeller

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2023CALENDAR

10 - 12 MARCH

Thrifty Newcastle 500 Newcastle Street Circuit, NSW

30 MARCH - 2 APRIL

Beaurepaires Melbourne SuperSprint

28 - 30 APRIL

Bosch Power Tools Perth SuperSprint CARCO.com.au

19 - 21 MAY

NED Whisky Tasmania SuperSprint Symmons Plains

Betr Darwin Triple Crown Hidden

7 - 9 JULY

NTI Townsville 500 Reid

28 - 30 JULY

Beaurepaires Sydney SuperNight Sydney Motorsport

18 - 20 AUGUST

OTR SuperSprint The Bend Motorsport Park, SA

15 - 17 SEPTEMBER

Raceway,

Repco Bathurst 1000 Mount

Panorama, NSW

Surfers Paradise Street Circuit,

QLD

ROUND 12 Event formats and dates are subject to change. Correct at the time of release 23/11/22. Go to Supercars.com for the latest version.

Adelaide Street Circuit, SA 23 - 26 NOVEMBER

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