2018 SuperUtes Series

The 2018 ECB SuperUtes Series was an Australian motor racing competition for SuperUtes.[1] It was inaugural running of the series. It commenced at the Adelaide Street Circuit on March 1 and concluded at the Newcastle Street Circuit on November 25.

Ryal Harris won the series in a Mazda BT-50
Craig Woods finished runner-up in a Toyota Hilux
Tom Alexander finished 3rd in a Holden Colorado

The series was won by Ryal Harris[2] driving a Mazda BT-50.

Teams and drivers

The following teams and drivers contested the series.

Manufacturer Vehicle Team No Drivers Rounds
Ford Ford Ranger (T6) Sieders Racing Team 34 David Sieders 6
Ranger Racing 49 Christopher Formosa[3] All
94 Richard Mork 7–8
Holden Holden Colorado Team 18 18 Thomas Gasperak[4] 1–7
Justin Ruggier 8
Ross Stone Racing 22 Tom Alexander[3] All
Isuzu Isuzu D-Max Steve Wilson Racing 1 Kim Jane 6–7
3 Stephen Wilson[3] 2, 4–5, 8
Mazda Mazda BT-50 Peters Motorsport 58 Ryal Harris[3] All
95 Aaron Cameron[3] All
Mitsubishi Mitsubishi Triton Sieders Racing Team 45 Michael Sieders 4–8
Craig Dontas[3] 2–3
50 1
87 Toby Price[3] 1–2
Elliot Barbour 3, 5
Cameron Crick 4, 7
Craig Dontas 6
Aaren Russell 8
Toyota Toyota Hilux (AN120) Western Sydney Motorsport 8 Ben Walsh[3] All
52 Charlotte Poynting 6, 8
64 Craig Woods[3] All
Sieders Racing Team 52 Luke van Herwaade 7
99 Matthew MacKelden[3] All

Calendar

The calendar for the 2018 season was announced at the 2017 Newcastle 500 event. The calendar comprised eight rounds, each supporting a Supercars Championship event, starting at the Adelaide Street Circuit on 1 March and concluding at Newcastle Street Circuit on 25 November.[5]

Rnd Circuit Date Pole Position Fastest Lap Winning Driver Winning Team
1 R1 Adelaide Street Circuit
(Adelaide, South Australia)		 March 1–4 Ryal Harris Ryal Harris Ryal Harris Peters Motorsport
R2 Ryal Harris Tom Alexander Ross Stone Racing
R3 Ryal Harris Ryal Harris Peters Motorsport
2 R1 Winton Motor Raceway
(Benalla, Victoria)		 May 18–20 Tom Alexander Tom Alexander Tom Alexander Ross Stone Racing
R2 Tom Alexander Ryal Harris Peters Motorsport
R3 Toby Price Tom Alexander Ross Stone Racing
3 R1 Townsville Street Circuit
(Townsville, Queensland)		 July 6–8 Craig Dontas Craig Dontas Craig Dontas Sieders Racing Team
R2 Aaron Cameron Ryal Harris Peters Motorsport
R3 Aaron Cameron Ryal Harris Peters Motorsport
4 R1 Queensland Raceway
(Ipswich, Queensland)		 July 20–22 Tom Alexander Ryal Harris Ryal Harris Peters Motorsport
R2 Ryal Harris Tom Alexander Ross Stone Racing
R3 Cameron Crick Craig Woods Western Sydney Motorsport
5 R1 Sandown Raceway
(Melbourne, Victoria)		 September 14–16 Elliot Barbour Elliot Barbour Elliot Barbour Sieders Racing Team
R2 Tom Alexander Michael Sieders Sieders Racing Team
R3 Michael Sieders Elliot Barbour Sieders Racing Team
6 R1 Mount Panorama Circuit
(Bathurst, New South Wales)		 October 4–7 Craig Dontas Ryal Harris Ryal Harris Peters Motorsport
R2 David Sieders Ryal Harris Peters Motorsport
R3 Ryal Harris Ryal Harris Peters Motorsport
7 R1 Surfers Paradise Street Circuit
(Gold Coast, Queensland)		 October 19–21 Ryal Harris Craig Woods Ryal Harris Peters Motorsport
R2 Aaron Cameron Aaron Cameron Peters Motorsport
R3 Ryal Harris Craig Woods Western Sydney Motorsport
8 R1 Newcastle Street Circuit
(Newcastle, New South Wales)		 November 23–25 Tom Alexander Aaren Russell Tom Alexander Ross Stone Racing
R2 Tom Alexander Ryal Harris Peters Motorsport
R3 Tom Alexander Tom Alexander Ross Stone Racing

Series standings

Standings at the completion of Round 6 were Bathurst

Pos. Driver
ADE
WIN
TOW
QUE
SAN
BAT
SUR
NEW		 Pts.
1 Ryal Harris 1 Ret 1 5 1 2 10 1 1 1 2 6 3 11 6 1 1 1 1 2 4 7 1 3 1098
2 Craig Woods 2 2 2 6 3 5 4 4 2 3 4 1 4 3 4 7 4 7 3 5 1 3 9 Ret 1060
3 Tom Alexander 3 1 Ret 1 9 1 5 6 Ret 2 1 5 6 4 5 5 7 4 2 7 2 1 4 1 1023
4 Ben Walsh 7 4 Ret 9 4 7 6 3 5 11 5 4 2 6 2 3 3 5 5 12 5 5 3 2 994
5 Aaron Cameron 5 Ret 3 2 2 4 3 Ret 4 7 10 3 5 10 7 4 8 6 7 1 9 4 Ret 5 935
6 Matthew MacKelden 6 3 6 8 7 8 9 8 8 6 Ret DNS 8 5 8 9 6 8 9 6 7 10 2 6 901
7 Thomas Gasperak 8 7 8 7 5 6 7 5 6 9 6 8 9 8 9 Ret Ret Ret Ret 9 8 714
8 Christopher Formosa Ret Ret 7 DNS 10 10 2 Ret DNS 8 7 7 10 7 11 10 10 10 8 10 6 9 DNS DNS 673
9 Michael Sieders 4 3 Ret 7 1 3 12 9 9 DNS 8 10 6 8 7 483
10 Craig Dontas Ret 6 5 4 Ret Ret 1 7 7 2 2 2 458
11 Steve Wilson 10 8 9 10 8 9 11 9 10 13 Ret DNS 352
12 Elliot Barbour 8 2 3 1 2 1 321
13 Toby Price 4 5 4 3 6 3 295
14 Cameron Crick 5 9 2 4 4 Ret 146
15 Richard Mork 10 11 Ret 11 5 9 144
16 Charlotte Poynting 11 11 12 12 10 8 115
17 Kim Jane 8 Ret 11 94
18 David Sieders 6 5 3 0
19 Justin Ruggier 8 6 4 0
20 Luke van Herwaarde 6 3 3 0
21 Aaren Russell 2 7 Ret 0

References
  1. "2018 ECB SuperUtes Series Sporting and Technical Regulations, docs.cams.com.au, as archived at web.archive.org" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-09-22. Retrieved 2018-09-22.
  2. ADJUSTED SERIES POINTS REPORT, 2018 ECB SuperUtes Series, racing.natsoft.com.au, as archived at web.archive.org Retrieved 4 February 2019
  3. "SuperUtes entries falling into place". Retrieved September 16, 2018.
  4. "Team 18 reveals Colorado SuperUte program". Retrieved September 16, 2018.
  5. "Inaugural SuperUtes calendar confirmed". Retrieved September 16, 2018.
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