2020 Super2 Series

The 2020 Super2 Series is an Australian motor racing competition for Supercars, which is staged as a support series to the 2020 Supercars Championship. It is the twenty-first running of the Supercars Development Series, the second tier of competition in Supercars racing.

2020 Super2 Series
Previous: 2019 Next: 2021
Parent series:
Supercars Championship

Entries

The following teams and drivers are competing in the 2020 championship:

Manufacturer Model Team No. Driver name Class Rounds Ref.
Ford Ford FG X Falcon Tickford Racing 5 Broc Feeney R 1-2 [1]
Matt Chahda Motorsport 18 Matt Chahda 1-2 [2]
TBA TBA TBA [3]
Holden Holden VF Commodore Anderson Motorsport 7 Tyler Everingham 2 [4]
Triple Eight Race Engineering 10 Angelo Mouzouris R 1-2 [5]
Brema Group Racing 11 Zane Morse R 1-2 [6]
Brad Jones Racing 14 Josh Fife R 1-2 [7]
Eggleston Motorsport 38 Brodie Kostecki 1-2 [8]
54 Jack Perkins 1-2 [9]
Image Racing 49 Jordan Boys 1-2 [10]
999 Will Brown 1-2 [11]
Kostecki Brothers Racing 55 Kurt Kostecki 1 [12]
Nissan Nissan Altima L33 MW Motorsport 16 Thomas Randle 1-2 [13]
31 Jayden Ojeda R 1-2 [14]
78 Zak Best R 1-2 [15]
Icon Class
R Rookie driver
  • R – Eligible for the A$100,000 'rookie class' prize pool.[16]

Team changes

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] while 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, with an option of adding a third car.[2][17]

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

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] His spot was filled by Brodie Kostecki, who returned to the series after withdrawing from the last four rounds in 2019.[8]

Super3 Series drivers Zak Best, Jayden Ojeda, Josh Fife and 2019 champion Broc Feeney graduated to the Super2 series with MW Motorsport, Brad Jones Racing and Tickford Racing respectively.[7][1][15] Reigning Australian Formula Ford champion Angelo Mouzouris joined the series with Triple Eight Race Engineering.[5]

Brenton Grove and Adam Marjoram will not drive in the series in 2020.[20][21]

Toyota 86 Series driver Zane Morse joined the series with Brema Group Racing.[6]

Kurt Kostecki returned to Kostecki Brothers Racing after spending a single year with Triple Eight Race Engineering.[12]

Thomas Randle moved from Tickford Racing to MW Motorsport.[13]

Tyler Everingham moved from MW Motorsport to Anderson Racing.[4] He missed the first round due to injuries sustained in the Bathurst 12 Hour.

Bryce Fullwood, Jack Smith, Jake Kostecki and Zane Goddard graduated to the Supercars Championship, with Walkinshaw Andretti United, Brad Jones Racing and Matt Stone Racing respectively.[22][23][18]

Calendar

The calendar for the 2020 championship will consist of five rounds, down from seven rounds in 2019:

Round Event name Circuit Location Date
1 Adelaide 500 Adelaide Street Circuit Adelaide, South Australia 20–23 February
2 Sydney SuperSprint Sydney Motorsport Park Eastern Creek, New South Wales 18–19 July
3 Sandown Sandown Raceway Springvale, Victoria 19–20 September
4 Bathurst 1000 Mount Panorama Circuit Bathurst, New South Wales 8–11 October
5 Sydney SuperNight Sydney Motorsport Park Eastern Creek, New South Wales 12–13 December
Source:[24]

Calendar changes

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.[16][25] Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, a revised calendar resulted in the Symmons Plains and The Bend Motorsport Park rounds being cancelled with a round added at Sandown.[24]

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 as Super2 teams were forced to use fuel rigs that were designed for Supercars teams and were not compatible with Super2 cars.[26]

Rule changes

Sporting regulations

The 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.[16] As a result the COVID-19 pandemic, both were shelved.[27]

Results and standings

Points system

Points were awarded in each race as follows.

Round
format		 Position
1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th 13th 14th 15th 16th 17th 18th 19th 20th 21st 22nd 23rd 24th 25th 26th 27th 28th 29th 30th
Three races 100 92 86 80 74 68 64 60 56 52 48 46 44 42 40 38 36 34 32 30 28 26 24 22 20 18 16 14 12 10
Two races 150 138 129 120 111 102 96 90 84 78 72 69 66 63 60 57 54 51 48 45 42 39 36 33 30 27 24 21 18 15
One race 300 276 258 240 222 204 192 180 168 156 144 138 132 126 120 114 108 102 96 90 84 78 72 66 60 54 48 42 36 30

Drivers' championship
Pos. Driver No. ADE
 SYD1
 SAN
 BAT
 SYD2
 Pen. Points
1 Brodie Kostecki 38 1 1 3 0 286
2 Thomas Randle 16 2 2 1 0 284
3 Will Brown 999 3 3 2 0 264
4 Jordan Boys 49 5 6 4 0 222
5 Jayden Ojeda 31 9 4 5 0 210
6 Matt Chahda 18 7 5 6 0 206
7 Kurt Kostecki 55 4 11 8 0 188
8 Broc Feeney 5 10 7 7 0 180
9 Zak Best 78 8 8 11 0 168
10 Angelo Mouzouris 10 12 10 9 0 154
11 Josh Fife 14 11 9 Ret 0 104
12 Zane Morse 11 13 Ret 10 0 96
13 Jack Perkins 54 6 Ret Ret 30 38
Pos. Driver No. ADE
 SYD1
 SAN
 BAT
 SYD2
 Pen. Points

References
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  2. https://www.speedcafe.com/2020/01/15/chahda-confirms-multi-car-team-for-2020-super2-series/
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  4. https://www.speedcafe.com/2020/03/06/young-gun-award-winner-rejoins-super2-field/
  5. https://www.speedcafe.com/2020/01/10/triple-eight-signs-formula-ford-champ-for-super2/
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  7. O'Brian, Connor (5 December 2019). "Latest BJR protege gets Super2 call-up". Supercars Championship. Supercars Championship. Retrieved 5 December 2019.
  8. Howard, Tom (18 December 2019). "Eggleston Motorsport signs up Brodie Kostecki". Speedcafe. Speedcafe. Retrieved 18 December 2019.
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  10. Makhoul, Joshua (10 January 2020). "Boys locked in at Image Racing". Supercars.com. Retrieved 10 January 2020.
  11. Howard, Tom (11 December 2019). "Brown set to graduate to Supercars in 2021 with Erebus". Speedcafe.com. Retrieved 11 December 2019.
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  13. Howard, Tom (18 December 2019). "Randle switches to MW Motorsport for 2020 Super2 series". Speedcafe. Retrieved 18 December 2019.
  14. https://www.speedcafe.com/2020/02/11/small-grid-expected-for-super2-season-opener/
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  18. Bartholomaeus, Stefan (12 December 2019). "Goddard, Kostecki to share MSR Holden". Supercars.com. Retrieved 12 December 2019.
  19. Coch, Mat (18 October 2019). "Emotional Rogers confirms GRM's Supercars exit". speedcafe.com. Speedcafe. Retrieved 18 October 2019.
  20. O'Brian, Connor (9 December 2019). "Triple Eight's parting gift to Groves". Supercars Championship. Retrieved 9 December 2019.
  21. Marjoram, Adam (11 February 2020). "Announcement". Facebook. Retrieved 11 February 2020.
  22. Herrero, Daniel (20 January 2020). "WAU confirms Bryce Fullwood for 2020". Speedcafe. Retrieved 20 January 2020.
  23. Bartholomaeus, Stefan (13 November 2019). "BJR adds fourth full-time entry for 2020". supercars.com. Supercars Championship. Retrieved 13 November 2019.
  24. Revised Super2 Calendar Announced Auto Action 19 June 2020
  25. Howard, Tom (28 August 2019). "Supercars drops QR, Phillip Island in revised 2020 calendar". Speedcafe. Speedcafe. Retrieved 28 August 2019.
  26. Herrero, Daniel (6 February 2020). "Bathurst Super2 race split in two". Speedcafe. Retrieved 6 February 2020.
  27. Dunlop Super2 funding program postponed Supercars 9 July 2020
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