2023 SuperUtes Series

The 2023 V8 SuperUte Series was an Australian motor racing competition for V8 SuperUtes. It was the fifth running of the SuperUtes Series.

The series was won by Aaron Borg [1] driving an Isuzu D-Max.

Calendar

The 2023 SuperUtes calendar was confirmed on 12 December 2022.[2] A non-championship round in Adelaide was added in October 2023.[3]

Rd. Circuit City / State Date Map
1 Wanneroo Raceway Neerabup, Western Australia 28–30 April
2 Sydney Motorsport Park Eastern Creek, New South Wales 28–30 July
3 The Bend Motorsport Park Tailem Bend, South Australia 18–20 August
4 Sandown Raceway Springvale, Victoria 15–17 September
5 Mount Panorama Circuit Bathurst, New South Wales 5–8 October
6 Surfers Paradise Street Circuit Gold Coast, Queensland 27–29 October
NC Adelaide Street Circuit Adelaide, South Australia 25–26 November
Source:[4]

Entries

Manufacturer Model Entrant No. Driver Name Rounds
Ford Ranger Allgate Motorsport 49 Christopher Formosa 2
EFS 4x4 Accessories 58 Ryal Harris 4-6
World's Best Technology 68 Gerard Maggs 1–2
Holden Colorado Go Sunny Solar 19 George Gutierrez All
41 Adrian Cottrell All
Isuzu D-Max Sieders Racing Team 1 Aaron Borg 1–2, 4-6
Bendix Racing 5 David Casey All
Craig Jenner Racing 10 Craig Jenner 1
Holly Espray Racing 777 Holly Espray 2
Mazda BT-50 Sieders Racing Team 3 David Sieders 1–2
Peters Motorsport 75 Richard Mork 1–2
Triple Three Racing 333 Robert McMahon 1
Roo Systems Australia 707 Lachlan Gardner 2
Mitsubishi Triton Sieders Racing Team 15 Adam Marjoram 1–2
Coldmaster Australia / Industrial Batteries 33 Harrison Gray 2
Hunter Pacific Ceiling Fans 50 Jimmy Vernon 1–2
Best Leisure Industries 76 Ellexandra Best 1
World's Best Technology 96 Jaiden Maggs 1–2
Toyota Hilux Western Sydney Motorsport 8 Benjamin Walsh 1–2
18 Cody Brewcynski 3-6
64 Craig Woods 1–2
99 John Steffensen 1–2
JKD Racing 52 Dean Brooking 1–2
65 Glen Melling 1
99 John Steffensen 6
115 Tom Oliphant 5
805 Jensen Engelhardt 2
EFS 4x4 Accessories 58 Ryal Harris 1–3
Source:[5][6]

Results and standings

Summary

Round Event Pole position Fastest lap Winning driver Winning team Winning ute Source
1 R1 Perth Aaron Borg David Sieders Aaron Borg Sieders Racing Team Isuzu D-Max [7]
R2 David Sieders Aaron Borg Sieders Racing Team Isuzu D-Max [8]
R3 George Gutierrez Aaron Borg Sieders Racing Team Isuzu D-Max [9]
R4 David Sieders Aaron Borg Sieders Racing Team Isuzu D-Max [10]
2 R1 Eastern Creek Aaron Borg David Sieders David Sieders Sieders Racing Team Mazda BT-50 [11]
R2 David Sieders Ryal Harris EFS 4x4 Accessories Toyota Hilux [12]
R3 Aaron Borg David Sieders Sieders Racing Team Mazda BT-50 [13]
R4 Aaron Borg Aaron Borg Sieders Racing Team Isuzu D-Max [14]
3 R1 Tailem Bend
R2
R3
R4
4 R1 Sandown
R2
R3
R4
5 R1 Bathurst
R2
R3
R4
6 R1 Gold Coast
R2
R3
R4

Points system

Position 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th 13th 14th 15th 16th 17th 18th 19th
Qualifying 5
Races 1, 3 and 4 70 66 62 58 56 54 52 50 48 46 44 42 40 38 36 34 32 30 28
Race 2 35 33 31 29 28 27 26 25 24 23 22 21 20 19 18 17 16 15 14

Series standings

The series was won by Aaron Borg.[1]

Standings as at the completion of the second round were as follows:

Pos. Driver BAR
SMP
BEN
SAN
BAT
Pen. Points
1 Aaron Borg 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 WD 1 2 1 3 1 2 2 1 974
2 Adam Marjoram 2 16 4 3 4 6 7 5 10 4 5 C 2 4 2 1 5 3 3 3 967
3 Craig Woods 5 4 7 9 8 4 5 4 6 11 6 C 8 6 5 8 4 5 Ret 14 811
4 Ryal Harris 4 5 2 Ret 3 1 3 2 3 2 3 C 3 2 18 6 3 2 1 1 948
5 David Sieders Ret 3 11 2 1 3 1 3 1 3 2 C 4 Ret 9 2 2 6 6 12 907
6 David Casey 8 8 8 7 5 8 6 6 8 9 14 C 10 7 7 10 8 8 8 8 831
7 George Gutierrez 6 2 3 4 11 7 12 16 5 353
8 Adrian Cottrell 9 7 6 5 12 17 9 10 18 336
9 Jimmy Vernon 7 6 5 6 7 5 Ret 11 4 6 4 C 5 3 3 4 5 4 5 4 862
10 Benjamin Walsh 3 Ret 9 16 6 18 16 14 13 285
11 Gerard Maggs 11 10 10 8 14 15 11 Ret 15 263
12 Jaiden Maggs 10 9 12 Ret 17 10 10 9 9 261
13 Ellexandra Best 14 12 15 14 15 13 17 15 14 257
14 John Steffensen 13 11 14 12 13 Ret 15 17 250
15 Richard Mork 16 14 16 13 16 16 DNS DNS 19 Ret 17 C Ret Ret 178
16 Harrison Gray 10 9 4 8 178
17 Holly Espray 9 11 8 7 12 172
18 Dean Brooking 12 Ret Ret Ret 18 14 19 19 17 147
19 Glen Melling 15 13 17 10 134
20 Craig Jenner 17 15 18 15 116
21 Christopher Formosa 20 Ret 13 13 106
22 Lachlan Gardner Ret 12 14 12 11 Ret Ret 101
23 Jensen Engelhardt 19 Ret 18 18 16 Ret 88
24 Robert McMahon Ret Ret 13 11 84
25 Cameron Crick 2 1 1 C 178
26 Cody Brewczynski 7 7 4 C 7 5 5 4 10 13 17 11 463

References

  1. ^ a b Thomas Miles, October 29, 2023, Borg bests Majoram in V8 SuperUte Series showdown, autoaction.com.au, as archived at web.archive.org
  2. ^ "SuperUtes announces 2023 calendar". Speedcafe. 12 December 2022.
  3. ^ "V8 SuperUtes complete Adelaide 500 programme". Speedcafe. 13 October 2023.
  4. ^ "SuperUtes announces 2023 calendar". Speedcafe. 12 December 2022.
  5. ^ O'Brien, Connor (24 April 2023). "Perth Entries". V8 Sleuth.
  6. ^ "RECORD-BREAKING ROUND FOR V8 SUPERUTES IN SYDNEY". SuperUtes Series. 21 July 2023.
  7. ^ "V8 SuperUtes Series 2023 – Round 1 Barbagallo 2023". Driver Database. Retrieved 28 July 2023.
  8. ^ "V8 SuperUtes Series 2023 – Round 2 Barbagallo 2023". Driver Database. Retrieved 28 July 2023.
  9. ^ "V8 SuperUtes Series 2023 – Round 3 Barbagallo 2023". Driver Database. Retrieved 28 July 2023.
  10. ^ "V8 SuperUtes Series 2023 – Round 4 Barbagallo 2023". Driver Database. Retrieved 28 July 2023.
  11. ^ "V8 SuperUtes Series 2023 – Round 5 Sydney Motorsport Park 2023". Driver Database. 29 July 2023.
  12. ^ "V8 SuperUtes Series 2023 – Round 6 Sydney Motorsport Park 2023". Driver Database. 29 July 2023.
  13. ^ "V8 SuperUtes Series 2023 – Round 7 Sydney Motorsport Park 2023". Driver Database. 30 July 2023.
  14. ^ "V8 SuperUtes Series 2023 – Round 8 Sydney Motorsport Park 2023". Driver Database. 30 July 2023.