2023 Super2 Series

The 2023 Dunlop Series was an Australian motor racing competition for Supercars as a support series. It was the twenty-fourth running of the Supercars Development Series, the second tier of competition in Supercars racing. Since joining as a class in 2021 this marks at the same time as the sixteenth running of the Super3 Series, the third tier of competition in Supercars racing (Officially in 2019 as the Kumho Tyre Super3 Series).

It was the first year that the Super2 class will run the Gen2 cars (Holden Commodore ZB and Ford Mustang GT), while the Super3 class ran the older Project Blueprint and Car of the Future vehicles.[1]

The Super2 Class was won by Kai Allen in a Holden ZB Commodore, while the Super3 class was won by Jobe Stewart in a Holden VF Commodore.

Teams and drivers

Classes

Name Regulation Vehicles
Super2 2018 to 2022 Gen2 Ford Mustang S550
Holden ZB Commodore
Super3 2013 to 2017 Car of the Future Ford FG X Falcon
Holden VF Commodore
Mercedes-AMG E63 W212
Nissan Altima L33
Volvo S60 Mk.2
2003 to 2012 Project Blueprint Ford FG Falcon
Holden VE Commodore

Entry list

Manufacturer Model Team No. Driver name Class Rounds
Car Driver
Ford Falcon FG X Tickford Racing 55 Rylan Gray S3 R 6
Mustang GT 5 Brad Vaughan S2 R All
6 Elly Morrow S2 All
MW Motorsport 3 Jaylyn Robotham S2 1
AIM Motorsport 11 Zane Morse S2 All
Anderson Motorsport 17 Zak Best S2 All
SCHRAMM Group Racing 27 Aaron Cameron S2 R 4–6
Blanchard Racing Team 78 Aaron Love S2 R All
Masterton Motorsport 219 James Masterton S2 1–5
Holden Commodore VE Pollicina Motorsport 7 Jim Pollicina S3 1
Commodore VF Gommersall Motorsport 35 Jason Gommersall S3 1–2
Matt Stone Racing 39 Chris Smerdon S3 1–3
AIM Motorsport 89 Ryan Gilroy S3 R 1–3
Image Racing 999 Jobe Stewart S3 R All
Eggleston Motorsport 97 Matthew McCutcheon S3 R 1–2
Commodore ZB 26 Kai Allen S2 R All
38 Cameron Crick S2 All
54 Jordyn Sinni S2 R All
88 Cooper Murray S2 R All
Walkinshaw Andretti United 2 Ryan Wood S2 R All
25 Zach Bates S2 R All
Matt Chahda Motorsport 18/50 Matt Chahda S2 All
Gommersall Motorsport 30 Aaron Seton S2 All
Callum Walker 33 Callum Walker S2 R All
Brad Jones Racing 43 Lachlan Dalton S2 R All
Image Racing 49 Jay Hanson S2 All
World Gym NEMO Racing 67 Nash Morris S2 All
Erebus Motorsport 70 Jack Perkins S2 1–5
99 Jordan Boys S2 6
Nissan Altima L33 MW Motorsport 3 Valentino Astuti S3 R 4–5
Kelly Racing 22 Mason Kelly S3 R All
AIM Motorsport 89 Ryan Gilroy S3 R 4–5
Ryan McLeod Racing 92 Cameron McLeod S3 R All
Team Johnson 117 Jett Johnson S3 R All
Source:[2]
Icon Class
S2 Super2 (Gen2)
S3 Super3 (Car of the Future)
S3 Super3 (Project Blueprint)
R Rookie Cup

Team changes

Super2

Anderson Motorsport returned to the Super2 Series after purchasing an ex-Dick Johnson Racing Mustang.[3]

Brema Group Racing switched from driving a single Holden Commodore VF, to an ex-Tickford Racing Ford Mustang GT.[4]

Triple Eight Race Engineering withdrew from the Super2 Series, to focus on Supercars and GT programs.[5]

Blanchard Racing Team announced they would run a Super2 program for the first time in 2023, in preparation for expanding to a second car in the Supercars Championship.[6]

Tickford Racing expanded to a two-car team.[7]

Matt Stone Racing withdrew from the Super2 Series, in order to focus resources on their Supercars program.[8]

Walkinshaw Andretti United announced they would run a Super2 program for the first time since Nick Percat finished 4th in 2012, running two Holden ZB Commodores.[9]

MW Motorsport switched from their Nissan Altima L33s to an ex-Tickford Racing Ford Mustang GT.[10]

Matt Chahda Motorsport switched from a Ford FG X Falcon to an ex-Brad Jones Racing ZB Commodore.[11]

Super3

Driver changes

Super2

Kai Allen remained with Eggleston Motorsport in Super2 after graduating from Super3 Series.[12] He is joined by 2020 Porsche Carrera Cup Australia champion Cooper Murray and Australian Formula Ford Championship driver Jordyn Sinni.

Aaron Cameron joined the series at Sandown, running an ex Grove Racing Ford Mustang.[13]

Porsche Carrera Cup Australia driver Aaron Love became Blanchard Racing Team’s first Super2 driver.[6]

Elly Morrow switched from Brad Jones Racing to Tickford Racing in Super2.[7]

2022 Super3 champion Brad Vaughan made his Super2 debut at Tickford Racing.[7]

Zach Bates graduated from the Toyota 86 Racing Series to join Walkinshaw Andretti United.[14]

Aaron Seton switched from Matt Stone Racing to Gommersall Motorsport in Super2.[15]

Super3

Cameron McLeod, grandson of 1987 James Hardie 1000 race winner Peter McLeod, graduated to Super3 from Australian Formula Ford driving a Nissan Altima L33.[16]

Calendar

Round Event Circuit Location Dates
1 Newcastle 500 Newcastle Street Circuit Newcastle, New South Wales 11–12 March
2 Perth SuperSprint Wanneroo Raceway Neerabup, Western Australia 29–30 April
3 Townsville 500 Reid Park Street Circuit Townsville, Queensland 8–9 July
4 Sandown 500 Sandown Raceway Springvale, Victoria 16–17 September
5 Bathurst 1000 Mount Panorama Circuit Bathurst, New South Wales 6–7 October
6 Adelaide 500 Adelaide Street Circuit Adelaide, South Australia 25–26 November
Source

Results and standings

Season summary

Super2 Series

Round Event Pole position Fastest lap Winning Driver Winning Team Round Winner
1 Newcastle 500 Cooper Murray Cooper Murray Cooper Murray Eggleston Motorsport Zak Best
Ryan Wood Kai Allen Zak Best Anderson Motorsport
2 Perth SuperSprint Zak Best Ryan Wood Ryan Wood Walkinshaw Andretti United Ryan Wood
Brad Vaughan Ryan Wood Ryan Wood Walkinshaw Andretti United
3 Townsville 500 Aaron Seton Kai Allen Kai Allen Eggleston Motorsport Kai Allen
Kai Allen Zane Morse Zak Best Anderson Motorsport
4 Sandown 500 Ryan Wood Ryan Wood Ryan Wood Walkinshaw Andretti United Ryan Wood
Brad Vaughan Ryan Wood Cooper Murray Eggleston Motorsport
5 Bathurst 1000 Zak Best Aaron Love Aaron Love Blanchard Racing Team Kai Allen
Zak Best Ryan Wood Kai Allen Eggleston Motorsport
6 Adelaide 500 Ryan Wood Ryan Wood Ryan Wood Walkinshaw Andretti United Ryan Wood
Ryan Wood Ryan Wood Ryan Wood Walkinshaw Andretti United

Super3 Series

Round Event Pole position Fastest lap Winning Driver Winning Team Round Winner
1 Newcastle 500 Cameron McLeod Cameron McLeod Jobe Stewart Image Racing Jobe Stewart
Cameron McLeod Jobe Stewart Cameron McLeod Ryan McLeod Racing
2 Perth SuperSprint Cameron McLeod Cameron McLeod Jobe Stewart Image Racing Cameron McLeod
Jobe Stewart Cameron McLeod Cameron McLeod Ryan McLeod Racing
3 Townsville 500 Cameron McLeod Cameron McLeod Cameron McLeod Ryan McLeod Racing Cameron McLeod
Cameron McLeod Cameron McLeod Cameron McLeod Ryan McLeod Racing
4 Sandown 500 Cameron McLeod Cameron McLeod Jobe Stewart Image Racing Jobe Stewart
Cameron McLeod Jobe Stewart Jobe Stewart Image Racing
5 Bathurst 1000 Cameron McLeod Cameron McLeod Cameron McLeod Ryan McLeod Racing Cameron McLeod
Cameron McLeod Cameron McLeod Cameron McLeod Ryan McLeod Racing
6 Adelaide 500 Jobe Stewart Cameron McLeod Cameron McLeod Ryan McLeod Racing Cameron McLeod
Jobe Stewart Cameron McLeod Cameron McLeod Ryan McLeod Racing

Series standings

Points system

Points were awarded for each race at an event, to the driver of a car that completed at least 75% of the race distance and was running at the completion of the race. At least 50% of the planned race distance must be completed for the result to be valid and championship points awarded. The following points scales apply to both the Super2 and Super3 Series.

Position
1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th 13th 14th 15th 16th 17th 18th 19th 20th
150 138 129 120 111 102 96 90 84 78 72 69 66 63 60 57 54 51 48 45

Super2 Series

Pos. Driver No. NEW
 WAN
 TOW
 SAN
 BAT
 ADE
 Pen. Points
1 Kai Allen 26 4 6 19 4 1 2 4 4 3 1 3 5 0 1437
2 Zak Best 17 3 1 3 7 9 1 2 12 2 2 13 2 0 1431
3 Ryan Wood 2 8 Ret 1 1 8 5 1 3 Ret 4 1 1 0 1296
4 Cooper Murray 88 1 5 13 3 6 16 7 1 Ret 5 2 4 0 1230
5 Zach Bates 25 11 13 10 18 10 7 3 5 4 3 10 3 0 1143
6 Jay Hanson 49 5 4 8 6 18 6 8 7 Ret 6 15 6 0 1029
7 Aaron Seton 30 13 7 9 10 3 13 9 11 11 12 5 12 0 996
8 Matt Chahda 18 7 3 5 9 7 8 12 13 8 9 Ret 11 0 969
9 Aaron Love 78 18 2 6 2 4 Ret 15 Ret 1 DNS 11 8 0 921
10 Lachlan Dalton 43 12 DNS 4 5 19 12 14 15 7 8 7 15 0 885
11 Cameron Crick 38 10 Ret 14 12 2 9 11 Ret 9 11 4 7 0 876
12 Brad Vaughan 5 6 Ret 2 Ret 12 4 16 2 5 10 DNS DNS 0 813
13 Elly Morrow 6 16 10 16 16 15 11 17 14 14 13 14 16 0 747
14 Jordyn Sinni 54 Ret 8 12 13 13 10 13 6 10 15 Ret 13 0 741
15 Zane Morse 11 14 15 7 8 5 3 5 Ret Ret Ret Ret 14 35 688
16 Callum Walker 33 15 9 18 15 14 14 19 DNS 13 14 12 17 0 681
17 Nash Morris 67 Ret 11 11 14 11 15 20 9 12 Ret 8 Ret 0 627
18 Aaron Cameron 27 6 10 6 7 9 10 0 540
19 James Masterton 219 17 12 17 17 17 17 18 Ret 15 16 0 510
20 Jack Perkins 70 2 Ret 15 11 DNS DNS 10 8 Ret DNS 0 438
21 Jordan Boys 99 6 9 0 186
22 Jaylyn Robotham 3 9 14 0 147
Pos. Driver No. NEW
 WAN
 TOW
 SAN
 BAT
 ADE
 Pen. Points
Key
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver Second place
Bronze Third place
Green Other points position
Blue Other classified position
Not classified, finished (NC)
Purple Not classified, retired (Ret)
Red Did not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black Disqualified (DSQ)
White Did not start (DNS)
Race cancelled (C)
Blank Did not practice (DNP)
Excluded (EX)
Did not arrive (DNA)
Withdrawn (WD)
Did not enter (cell empty)
Text formatting Meaning
Bold Pole position
Italics Fastest lap

Super3 Series

Pos. Driver No. NEW
 WAN
 TOW
 SAN
 BAT
 ADE
 Pen. Points
1 Jobe Stewart 999 1 2 1 2 2 2 1 1 2 2 4 2 0 1686
2 Jett Johnson 117 3 4 4 3 4 3 4 2 5 5 3 5 0 1476
3 Cameron McLeod 92 5 1 2 1 1 1 Ret Ret 1 1 1 1 0 1449
4 Mason Kelly 22 6 5 3 5 Ret DNS 2 5 3 3 Ret 3 0 1089
5 Ryan Gilroy 89 4 3 6 Ret 3 Ret 5 4 DNS DNS 0 702
6 Valentino Astuti 3 3 3 4 4 0 498
7 Matthew McCutcheon 97 2 6 5 4 0 471
8 Chris Smerdon 39 7 7 7 6 Ret Ret 0 390
9 Jason Gomersall 35 8 8 8 7 0 366
10 Rylan Gray 55 2 4 0 258
Jim Pollicina 7 Ret DNS 0 0
Pos. Driver No. NEW
 WAN
 TOW
 SAN
 BAT
 ADE
 Pen. Points
Key
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver Second place
Bronze Third place
Green Other points position
Blue Other classified position
Not classified, finished (NC)
Purple Not classified, retired (Ret)
Red Did not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black Disqualified (DSQ)
White Did not start (DNS)
Race cancelled (C)
Blank Did not practice (DNP)
Excluded (EX)
Did not arrive (DNA)
Withdrawn (WD)
Did not enter (cell empty)
Text formatting Meaning
Bold Pole position
Italics Fastest lap

Notes

References

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  9. ^ "Walkinshaw Andretti United / Bates Joins WAU in Return to Super2". Walkinshaw Andretti United. Retrieved 2022-12-15.
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  11. ^ O'Brien, Connor. "Change for Chahda as DJR Mustang Parked". Retrieved 2023-02-03.
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