Thought it was about time this super* series had it's own thread!
Commonly referred to as the 'Supercars Championship' or 'V8 Supercars' this thrilling series runs from March to November throughout Australia with a trip to New Zealand for some light international flavour.
The vehicles used in the series are loosely based on road going four door saloons. Initially the series was only for Ford Falcons and Holden Commodore's but new regulations introduced in the 2013 season opened it up to more manufacturers. This year in addition to Ford's and Holden's there are some Nissan Altima's racing as well.
The cars are front engine, rear wheel drive with an output of 620-650bhp currently using a 5.0 litre V8 although new regulations have also opened up the engine options although no teams have committed to this yet. This is going to be a V6 with a twin turbo setup which has been trialled at Bathurst last year and is under development by Triple Eight Race Engineering.
Enough boring stuff though!
Calendar:
Round Event Circuit Location Dates
1 Adelaide 500
Adelaide Street Circuit Adelaide, South Australia 3–4 March
2 Melbourne 400
Melbourne Grand Prix Circuit Melbourne, Victoria 23–25 March
3 Tasmania SuperSprint
Symmons Plains Raceway Launceston, Tasmania 7–8 April
4 Phillip Island 500 Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit Phillip Island, Victoria 21–22 April
5 Perth SuperSprint
Barbagallo Raceway Pinjar, Western Australia 5–6 May
6 Winton SuperSprint Winton Motor Raceway Benalla, Victoria 19–20 May
7 Darwin Triple Crown
Hidden Valley Raceway Darwin, Northern Territory 16–17 June
8 Townsville 400
Townsville Street Circuit Townsville, Queensland 7–8 July
9 Ipswich SuperSprint Queensland Raceway Ipswich, Queensland 21–22 July
10 Sydney SuperNight 300
Sydney Motorsport Park Eastern Creek, New South Wales 4 August
11 The Bend SuperSprint The Bend Motorsport Park Tailem Bend, South Australia 25–26 August
12 Sandown 500 Sandown Raceway Springvale, Victoria 16 September
13 Bathurst 1000 Mount Panorama Circuit Bathurst, New South Wales 7 October
14 Gold Coast 600 Surfers Paradise Street Circuit Surfers Paradise, Queensland 20–21 October
15 Auckland SuperSprint
Pukekohe Park Raceway Pukekohe, Auckland Region 3–4 November
16 Newcastle 500 Newcastle Street Circuit Newcastle, New South Wales 24–25 November
The big changes for this year are:
How to watch:
Internationally the series can be live streamed and races played on demand via Supercars Superview which goes for a fairly reasonable $60 AUD for the season.
It can also be caught on Motorsport.tv on the following channels:
That'll do for now although I'll probably add more info here as I have time. Hopefully this gets enough chatter to be worth doing on a yearly basis! For now I'm going to suggest to keeping all the races in this thread.
Rounds 1 & 2 are in the bag with some great action at Adelaide - lets see what's in store for the rest of the year!
The vehicles used in the series are loosely based on road going four door saloons. Initially the series was only for Ford Falcons and Holden Commodore's but new regulations introduced in the 2013 season opened it up to more manufacturers. This year in addition to Ford's and Holden's there are some Nissan Altima's racing as well.
The cars are front engine, rear wheel drive with an output of 620-650bhp currently using a 5.0 litre V8 although new regulations have also opened up the engine options although no teams have committed to this yet. This is going to be a V6 with a twin turbo setup which has been trialled at Bathurst last year and is under development by Triple Eight Race Engineering.
Enough boring stuff though!
Calendar:
Round Event Circuit Location Dates
1 Adelaide 500
Adelaide Street Circuit Adelaide, South Australia 3–4 March2 Melbourne 400
Melbourne Grand Prix Circuit Melbourne, Victoria 23–25 March3 Tasmania SuperSprint
Symmons Plains Raceway Launceston, Tasmania 7–8 April4 Phillip Island 500
Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit Phillip Island, Victoria 21–22 April5 Perth SuperSprint
Barbagallo Raceway Pinjar, Western Australia 5–6 May6 Winton SuperSprint
Winton Motor Raceway Benalla, Victoria 19–20 May7 Darwin Triple Crown
Hidden Valley Raceway Darwin, Northern Territory 16–17 June8 Townsville 400
Townsville Street Circuit Townsville, Queensland 7–8 July9 Ipswich SuperSprint
Queensland Raceway Ipswich, Queensland 21–22 July10 Sydney SuperNight 300
Sydney Motorsport Park Eastern Creek, New South Wales 4 August11 The Bend SuperSprint
The Bend Motorsport Park Tailem Bend, South Australia 25–26 August12 Sandown 500
Sandown Raceway Springvale, Victoria 16 September13 Bathurst 1000
Mount Panorama Circuit Bathurst, New South Wales 7 October14 Gold Coast 600
Surfers Paradise Street Circuit Surfers Paradise, Queensland 20–21 October15 Auckland SuperSprint
Pukekohe Park Raceway Pukekohe, Auckland Region 3–4 November16 Newcastle 500
Newcastle Street Circuit Newcastle, New South Wales 24–25 NovemberThe big changes for this year are:
- Melbourne is now a championship round featuring 4 races in support of the F1 circus
- The race at Sydney Motorsport Park becomes a single night race of 300km
- Auckland Supersprint gets a Top 10 Shootout for the Sunday race
- NEW EVENT: The Bend Supersprint takes place on a brand new circuit!
How to watch:
Internationally the series can be live streamed and races played on demand via Supercars Superview which goes for a fairly reasonable $60 AUD for the season.
It can also be caught on Motorsport.tv on the following channels:
- Freesat - 253
- Sky 447
- Virgin Media 545
That'll do for now although I'll probably add more info here as I have time. Hopefully this gets enough chatter to be worth doing on a yearly basis! For now I'm going to suggest to keeping all the races in this thread.
Rounds 1 & 2 are in the bag with some great action at Adelaide - lets see what's in store for the rest of the year!
