The 2020 Super2 Series was an Australian motor racing competition for Supercars, which was staged as a support series to the 2020 Supercars Championship. It was the twenty-first running of the Supercars Development Series, the second tier of competition in Supercars racing.
Entries
editThe following teams and drivers competed in the 2020 championship:
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Team changes
edit- Brema Group Racing made its début in the series, acquiring an ex-Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport VF Commodore.[6]
- Anderson Motorsport made their début in the series, acquiring an ex-Walkinshaw Andretti United VF Commodore.[4]
- Eggleston Motorsport scaled back their commitment to the series from three cars to two.[9]
- Triple Eight Race Engineering scaled back its commitment to the series from two cars to one.[5]
- Kostecki Brothers Racing returned to the series after withdrawing from final three rounds in 2019.[12]
- Matt Chahda Motorsport expanded its operations to enter a second car at the Bathurst round.[3]
- Garry Rogers Motorsport withdrew from the series after withdrawing from the Supercars Championship, while Matt Stone Racing withdrew from the series to focus on the Supercars Championship.[18][19]
Driver changes
edit- Will Brown moved from Eggleston Motorsport to Image Racing. The team is supported by Erebus Motorsport and Brown is expected to be promoted to Erebus' Supercars Championship in 2021.[11]
- Thomas Randle moved from Tickford Racing to MW Motorsport.[13]
- Tyler Everingham moved from MW Motorsport to Anderson Motorsport.[4] He missed the first round due to an incident in the Bathurst 12 Hour.
- Kurt Kostecki returned to Kostecki Brothers Racing after spending a single year with Triple Eight Race Engineering.[12]
- Brodie Kostecki returned to the series with Eggleston Motorsport, after withdrawing from the last four rounds in 2019.[8]
- 2019 Super 3 Series winner Broc Feeney graduated to the series with Tickford Racing.[1]
- Super3 Series drivers Zak Best & Jayden Ojeda Graduated to the series with MW Motorsport.[15]
- Josh Fife graduated to the series with Brad Jones Racing.[7]
- Reigning Australian Formula Ford champion Angelo Mouzouris joined the series with Triple Eight Race Engineering.[5]
- Toyota 86 Series driver Zane Morse joined the series with Brema Group Racing.[6]
- Matt McLean made his series debut at Bathurst with Matt Chahda Motorsport
- Bryce Fullwood Graduated to the Supercars Championship with Walkinshaw Andretti United[20]
- Jack Smith graduated to the Supercars Championship with Brad Jones Racing[21]
- Jake Kostecki and Zane Goddard graduated to the Supercars Championship, sharing the Matt Stone Racing Superlite entry.[18]
- Brenton Grove and Adam Marjoram will not drive in the series in 2020.[22][23]
Calendar
editThe calendar for the 2020 championship was expected to consist of five rounds, but only three were run as the COVID-19 pandemic disrupted the running of the championship.
| Round | Event name | Circuit | Location | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Adelaide 500 | Adelaide Street Circuit | Adelaide, South Australia | 21–23 February |
| 2 | Sydney SuperSprint | Sydney Motorsport Park | Eastern Creek, New South Wales | 18–19 July |
| 3 | Bathurst 1000 | Mount Panorama Circuit | Bathurst, New South Wales | 16–17 October |
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Calendar changes
edit- The original calendar removed the Ipswich, Newcastle and Perth rounds with Sydney Motorsport Park and Symmons Plains reinstated, having last being in the series in 2017 and 2018 respectively.[17][24] Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, a revised calendar resulted in the Symmons Plains and The Bend Motorsport Park rounds being cancelled.[16]
- The Bathurst 250 km race was split into two races of 125 km. The change was made as the mandatory refuelling in pit stops proved to be problematic in 2019.[25]
Rule changes
editSporting regulations
editThe series was to have seen an increase in the prize money awarded, with the champion to be given $400,000 as a way to secure funding into the Supercars Championship. A "Rookie" class aimed at drivers under the age of 25 was planned, with the winner to be awarded $100,000 to secure a second year in the series. This was done to help young drivers into the Supercars Championship as part of the Junior Development Program.[17] As a result the COVID-19 pandemic, both were shelved.[26]
Results and standings
editSeason summary
editPoints system
editPoints were awarded in each race as follows.
| Round format |
Position | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | 11th | 12th | 13th | ||||||||||||||||||
| Three races | 100 | 92 | 86 | 80 | 74 | 68 | 64 | 60 | 56 | 52 | 48 | 46 | 44 | |||||||||||||||||
| Two races | 150 | 138 | 129 | 120 | 111 | 102 | 96 | 90 | 84 | 78 | 72 | 69 | 66 | |||||||||||||||||
Drivers' championship
edit| Pos. | Driver | No. | ADE |
SYD |
BAT |
Pen. | Points | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thomas Randle | 16 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 860 |
| 2 | Will Brown | 999 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 813 |
| 3 | Jordan Boys | 49 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 645 |
| 4 | Jayden Ojeda | 31 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 2 | Ret | 2 | 0 | 615 |
| 5 | Matt Chahda | 18 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 566 |
| 6 | Zak Best | 78 | 8 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 549 |
| 7 | Broc Feeney | 5 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 4 | DNS | 0 | 510 |
| 8 | Brodie Kostecki | 38 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 499 | ||
| 9 | Angelo Mouzouris | 10 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 7 | DNS | 0 | 463 |
| 10 | Josh Fife | 14 | 11 | 9 | Ret | 10 | 13 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 434 |
| 11 | Zane Morse | 11 | 13 | Ret | 10 | 13 | 12 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 405 |
| 12 | Jack Perkins | 54 | 6 | Ret | Ret | 7 | 6 | 30 | 236 | ||
| 13 | Kurt Kostecki | 55 | 4 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 188 | ||||
| 14 | Tyler Everingham | 7 | 5 | 11 | 0 | 183 | |||||
| 15 | Matt McLean | 17 | 10 | Ret | 0 | 78 | |||||
| Pos. | Driver | No. | ADE |
SYD |
BAT |
Pen. | Points | ||||
References
edit- ^ a b O'Brian, Connor (17 December 2019). "Tickford signs Super3 champ Feeney". Supercars.com. Retrieved 17 December 2019.
- ^ "Matt Chahda Motorsport to Field Two Cars at Bathurst". 30 September 2020.
- ^ a b "Chahda confirms multi-car team for 2020 Super2 Series". 15 January 2020.
- ^ a b c "Young Gun Award winner rejoins Super2 field". 6 March 2020.
- ^ a b c "Triple Eight signs Formula Ford champ for Super2". 9 January 2020.
- ^ a b c O'Brian, Connor (17 January 2020). "Morse confirms Super2 step up". Supercars. Retrieved 17 January 2020.
- ^ a b O'Brian, Connor (5 December 2019). "Latest BJR protege gets Super2 call-up". Supercars Championship. Supercars Championship. Retrieved 5 December 2019.
- ^ a b Howard, Tom (18 December 2019). "Eggleston Motorsport signs up Brodie Kostecki". Speedcafe. Speedcafe. Retrieved 18 December 2019.
- ^ a b Makhoul, Joshua (7 February 2020). "Perkins secures full season Super2 deal". Supercars. Retrieved 7 February 2020.
- ^ Makhoul, Joshua (10 January 2020). "Boys locked in at Image Racing". Supercars.com. Retrieved 10 January 2020.
- ^ a b Howard, Tom (11 December 2019). "Brown set to graduate to Supercars in 2021 with Erebus". Speedcafe.com. Retrieved 11 December 2019.
- ^ a b c Makhoul, Joshua (13 January 2020). "Kostecki reunites with family team". supercars.com. Supercars Championship. Retrieved 13 January 2020.
- ^ a b Howard, Tom (18 December 2019). "Randle switches to MW Motorsport for 2020 Super2 series". Speedcafe. Retrieved 18 December 2019.
- ^ "Small grid expected for Super2 season-opener". 10 February 2020.
- ^ a b O'Brian, Connor (17 January 2020). "Best graduates to Super2". Supercars. Retrieved 17 January 2020.
- ^ a b c Revised Super2 Calendar Announced Auto Action 19 June 2020
- ^ a b c Herrero, Daniel (18 November 2019). "Super2 drops Newcastle for 2020, adds $500k in prizemoney". Speedcafe. Retrieved 18 November 2019.
- ^ a b Bartholomaeus, Stefan (12 December 2019). "Goddard, Kostecki to share MSR Holden". Supercars.com. Retrieved 12 December 2019.
- ^ Coch, Mat (18 October 2019). "Emotional Rogers confirms GRM's Supercars exit". speedcafe.com. Speedcafe. Retrieved 18 October 2019.
- ^ Herrero, Daniel (20 January 2020). "WAU confirms Bryce Fullwood for 2020". Speedcafe. Retrieved 20 January 2020.
- ^ Bartholomaeus, Stefan (13 November 2019). "BJR adds fourth full-time entry for 2020". supercars.com. Supercars Championship. Retrieved 13 November 2019.
- ^ O'Brian, Connor (9 December 2019). "Triple Eight's parting gift to Groves". Supercars Championship. Retrieved 9 December 2019.
- ^ Marjoram, Adam (11 February 2020). "Announcement". Facebook. Retrieved 11 February 2020.
- ^ Howard, Tom (28 August 2019). "Supercars drops QR, Phillip Island in revised 2020 calendar". Speedcafe. Speedcafe. Retrieved 28 August 2019.
- ^ Herrero, Daniel (6 February 2020). "Bathurst Super2 race split in two". Speedcafe. Retrieved 6 February 2020.
- ^ Dunlop Super2 funding program postponed Supercars 9 July 2020