2023 Super2 Series

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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.

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

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]

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]

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]

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
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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

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

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.

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

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