2021 Super2 Series
The 2021 Super2 & Super3 Series was an Australian motor racing competition for Supercars, which is being staged as a support series to the 2021 Supercars Championship. It was the twenty-second running of the Supercars Development Series, the second tier of competition in Supercars racing. 2021 saw Super3 entries competing alongside Super2 Series cars as a class for the first time within the series which also marked at the same time as the fourteenth running of the Super3 Series itself (Formerly the Kumho Tyre V8 Touring Car Series before officially becoming a third-tier Supercars Series in 2019 as the Kumho Tyre Super3 Series).
Broc Feeney won the Super2 Series championship.[1]
Matt McLean won the Rookie of Year.
Matt McLean won the Mike Kable Young Gun Award.
retired from the final round after a big crash in Practice 2.
Angelo Mouzouris retired from the final round after a big crash in Qualifying 2.
Nash Morris won the Super3 Series championship with a race to spare.[2]
Entries[]
The following teams and drivers are competing in the 2021 series.
Super2[]
The category is open to 2015 to 2017 V8 Supercars including Ford Falcon FG-X, Holden VF Commodore, Nissan Altima L33, Mercedes-Benz E63 AMG W212 and Volvo S60.
Manufacturer | Model | Team | No. | Driver name | Rounds | Ref. |
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Ford | FG X Falcon | 18 | Matt Chahda | All | [3] | |
Tickford Racing | 78 | All | [4] | |||
Holden | Commodore VF | Triple Eight Race Engineering | 6 | Angelo Mouzouris | All | [5] |
888 | Broc Feeney | All | [5] | |||
11 | All | [6] | ||||
Eggleston Motorsport | 22 | 1 | [7] | |||
38 | 1–3 | [8] | ||||
Tony D'Alberto | 4 | [9] | ||||
Josh Fife | 5 | [10] | ||||
54 | Matt McLean | All | [11] | |||
88 | Tim Blanchard | 2, 4–5 | [12] | |||
Jack Perkins | 3 | [13] | ||||
Matt Stone Racing | 30 | Aaron Seton | All | [14] | ||
49 | Jordan Boys | All | [15] | |||
999 | Jaylyn Robotham | All | [16] | |||
Mac Motorsport | 69 | 2–5 | [17] | |||
Nissan | Altima L33 | Grove Junior Team | 10 | 4–5 | [9] | |
MW Motorsport | 27 | Tyler Everingham | All | [18] | ||
28 | Josh Fife | 1–4 | [19] | |||
31 | Jayden Ojeda | All | [18] | |||
777 | All | [20] |
Super3[]
The category is open to post 1996 V8 Supercars allowing Ford Falcon EF to FG and Holden Commodore VP to VE2.
Manufacturer | Model | Team | No. | Driver name | Rounds | Ref. |
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Ford | BA Falcon | 23 | 1 | [21] | ||
BF Falcon | Tony Auddino | 4 | 1 | [21] | ||
Jason Foley | 17 | 1, 4–5 | [21] | |||
FG Falcon | Anderson Motorsport | 5 | All | [21] | ||
24 | 2, 4 | [22] | ||||
Matt Stone Racing | 35 | 1–4 | [23] | |||
39 | 2–4 | [22] | ||||
61 | All | [24] | ||||
Nemo Racing[a] | 67 | Nash Morris | All | [21] | ||
Mac Motorsport | 69 | 1 | [21] | |||
Holden | Commodore VE | Eggleston Motorsport | 2 | 1–2, 4–5 | [21] | |
7 | 1, 4 | [21] | ||||
Brad Jones Racing | 8 | 4 | [9] | |||
75 | 1–3 | [21] | ||||
77 | 1–4 | [21] | ||||
96 | 2–4 | [21] |
Team changes[]
Triple Eight Race Engineering returned to running a two car operation after one year entering a single car. Matt Stone Racing returned to the category after a one-year absence. MW Motorsport scaled up to a four car operation after purchasing an ex-Kelly Racing Nissan Altima.
Driver changes[]
- Broc Feeney left Tickford Racing and joined Triple Eight Race Engineering.
- left MW Motorsport to join Tickford Racing
- Aaron Seton, the son of former Supercars Champion Glenn Seton, joined the championship with Matt Stone Racing.
- Jaylyn Robotham graduated to the series with to replace Will Brown who graduated to the Supercars Championship.
- joined the championship with Eggleston Motorsport driving his own ex-Holden Racing Team VF Commodore.
- Tyler Everingham returned to MW Motorsport after one year with Anderson Motorsport. He will be partnered by Josh Fife, who left Brad Jones Racing to join; and by Declan Fraser, who will make his championship début.
- and Matt McLean graduated to the series with Eggleston Motorsport.
Mid Season Changes[]
- Tim Blanchard drove a third Eggleston Motorsport Holden VF Commodore for Round 2, 4 & 5.
- Jack Perkins took over driving duties in Bradley Neill's ex-HRT Holden VF Commodore due to Neil having to step down due to his fight with cancer.
- Tony D'Alberto replaced for Round 4 due to the Queensland Border Restrictions.
- Josh Fife joined Eggleston Motorsport for Round 5 to took over No. 38 Holden VF Commodore from Tony D'Alberto as due to the Queensland Border Restrictions.
Calendar[]
The following venues are under contract to host a round of the 2021 championship:
Round | Event | Circuit | Location | Dates |
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1 | Mount Panorama 500 | Mount Panorama Circuit | Bathurst, New South Wales | 27–28 February |
2 | Townsville 500 | Reid Park Street Circuit | Townsville, Queensland | 10–11 July |
3 | Townsville SuperSprint | 17–18 July | ||
4 | Sydney SuperNight | Sydney Motorsport Park | Eastern Creek, New South Wales | 20–21 November |
5 | Bathurst 1000 | Mount Panorama Circuit | Bathurst, New South Wales | 3–4 December |
Source:[25] |
Results and standings[]
Season summary[]
Super2 Series[]
Round | Race | Event | Pole position | Fastest lap | Winning driver | Winning team |
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1 | 1 | Mount Panorama 500 | Angelo Mouzouris | Broc Feeney | Broc Feeney | Triple Eight Race Engineering |
2 | Jayden Ojeda | Tyler Everingham | Tyler Everingham | MW Motorsport | ||
2 | 3 | Townsville 500 | Broc Feeney | Broc Feeney | Broc Feeney | Triple Eight Race Engineering |
4 | Broc Feeney | Broc Feeney | Broc Feeney | Triple Eight Race Engineering | ||
3 | 5 | Townsville SuperSprint | Broc Feeney | Jayden Ojeda | Broc Feeney | Triple Eight Race Engineering |
6 | Tickford Racing | |||||
4 | 7 | Sydney SuperNight | Jayden Ojeda | Tyler Everingham | Tyler Everingham | MW Motorsport |
8 | Broc Feeney | race abandoned[b] | ||||
5 | 9 | Bathurst 1000 | Broc Feeney | Broc Feeney | Broc Feeney | Triple Eight Race Engineering |
10 | Jordan Boys | Broc Feeney | Jordan Boys |
Super3 Series[]
Round | Race | Event | Pole position | Fastest lap | Winning driver | Winning team |
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1 | 1 | Mount Panorama 500 | ||||
2 | Anderson Motorsport | |||||
2 | 3 | Townsville 500 | Anderson Motorsport | |||
4 | Nash Morris | Nash Morris | Nash Morris | Nemo Racing | ||
3 | 5 | Townsville SuperSprint | Nash Morris | Nash Morris | Nash Morris | Nemo Racing |
6 | Nash Morris | Nash Morris | ||||
4 | 7 | Sydney SuperNight | Nash Morris | Nash Morris | Nemo Racing | |
8 | Nash Morris | race abandoned[b] | ||||
5 | 9 | Bathurst 1000 | Nash Morris | Nash Morris | Nemo Racing | |
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Series standings[]
Points system[]
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.
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1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | 11th | 12th | 13th | 14th | 15th | 16th | 17th | |||||||||
150 | 138 | 129 | 120 | 111 | 102 | 96 | 90 | 84 | 78 | 72 | 69 | 66 | 63 | 60 | 57 | 54 |
Super2 Series[]
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Super3 Series[]
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Notes[]
References[]
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