2022 Super2 Series

The 2022 Super2 & Super3 Series is an Australian motor racing competition for Supercars as a support series. It is the twenty-third running of the Supercars Development Series, the second tier of competition in Supercars racing. Since joining as a class in 2021 this will also mark at the same time as the fifteenth running of the Super3 Series, the third tier of competition in Supercars racing (Officially in 2019 as the Kumho Tyre Super3 Series).

Entries

Super2
Manufacturer Model Team No. Driver name Class Rounds Ref
Ford FG X Falcon Matthew Chahda Motorsport 18 Matthew Chahda 1–2 [1]
Paul Morris Motorsport 67 Nash Morris R 1–2 [2]
Tickford Racing 78 Zak Best 1–2 [3]
Holden Commodore VF Brad Jones Racing 8 Elly Morrow R 1–2 [4]
Brema Group Racing 11 Zane Morse 1–2 [5]
Matt Stone Racing 30 Aaron Seton 1–2 [6]
58 Ryal Harris R 1–2 [7]
Eggleston Motorsport 38 Cameron Crick R 1–2 [8]
54 Matt McLean 1–2 [9]
Image Racing 49 Jay Hanson R 1–2 [10]
999 Jaylyn Robotham 1–2 [1]
Triple Eight Race Engineering[11] 111 Cameron Hill R 1–2 [12]
777 Declan Fraser 1–2 [13]
Nissan Altima L33 MW Motorsport 3 Thomas Maxwell R 1–2 [14]
6 Angelo Mouzouris 1–2 [15]
27 Tyler Everingham 1–2 [16]
Grove Racing 10 Matthew Payne R 1–2 [17]

Super3
Manufacturer Model Team No. Driver name Class Rounds Ref
Ford BA Falcon Ray Hislop Motorsport 23 Ray Hislop 1 [2]
BF Falcon Auddino Racing 4 Tony Auddino 1–2 [2]
FG Falcon Anderson Motorsport 5 Brad Vaughan R 1–2 [18]
Matt Stone Racing[6] 9 Bradley Neill TBA [2]
35 Jason Gomersall 1–2
39 Chris Smerdon 1–2
David Murphy 24 David Murphy TBA [2]
Beikoff Racing 46 Jarred Danaher 1 [2]
AU Falcon 68 Shane Beikoff R 1 [2]
Holden VE Commodore Eggleston Motorsport 2 Steven Page 1–2 [2]
26 Kai Allen R 1–2 [19]
Pollicina Motorsports 7 Jim Pollicina 1–2 [2]
Weldcraft Motorsport 25 Paul Boschert 1 [2]
Strong Motorsport 75 Brendan Strong TBA [2]
Garry Hills Racing 76 Garry Hills 1–2
PremiAir Racing 77 Blake Fardell 1–2 [2]
Gary Collins 96 Gary Collins TBA [2]
Masterton Motorsports 219 James Masterton 1 [2]

Super2

Matt Stone Racing fielded two Super2 cars, expanding from running a single car in 2021.[6]

Grove Junior Team joined the championship fielding a single Nissan Altima L33 for Matthew Payne.[17]

Brad Jones Racing returns to the championship after a year's absence fielding a Holden Commodore VF for Elly Morrow.[4]

Paul Morris Motorsport returned to the championship after last competing in 2018 fielding a single Ford FG X Falcon for current Super3 Series Champion Nash Morris.

Eggleston Motorsport scaled down its commitment to the series from three cars to two.

MW Motorsport scaled down its commitment to the series from four cars to three.

Super2

Triple Eight Race Engineering fielded a new driver lineup with Cameron Hill who graduated from Porsche Carrera Cup Australia to replace Broc Feeney graduated to the Supercars Championship to replace Jamie Whincup.[11] Declan Fraser left MW Motorsport to replace Angelo Mouzouris who took over his spot at MW Motorsport.

Matthew Payne, who graduated from Porsche Carrera Cup Australia, joined Grove Racing on a full time basis.[17]

Brad Jones Racing driver Elly Morrow graduated from Super3 Series.[4]

Cameron Crick graduated from SuperUtes Series to join Eggleston Motorsport.

Ryal Harris graduated from SuperUtes Series to join Matt Stone Racing.

Jay Hanson graduated from TCR Australia to join Image Racing.

Thomas Maxwell joined MW Motorsport.

Nash Morris graduated from Super3 Series to join Paul Morris Motorsport.

Super3

Brad Vaughan graduated from Toyota 86 Racing Series to join Anderson Motorsport.[18]

Bradley Neil returned to Super3 to join Matt Stone Racing.[2]

Kai Allen graduated from Toyota 86 Racing Series to join Eggleston Motorsport.

List of planned races

Six rounds are due to host a round of the 2022 championship:

Round Event Circuit Location Dates
1 Sydney SuperNight Sydney Motorsport Park Eastern Creek, New South Wales 5–6 March
2 Perth SuperNight Wanneroo Raceway Neerabup, Western Australia 30 April–1 May
3 Townsville 500 Reid Park Street Circuit Townsville, Queensland 9–10 July
4 Sandown SuperSprint Sandown Raceway Springvale, Victoria 20–21 August
5 Bathurst 1000 Mount Panorama Circuit Bathurst, New South Wales 7–8 October
TBA[20] Newcastle 500 Newcastle Street Circuit Newcastle, New South Wales TBC
Source

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.

Position
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
Pos. Driver No. SMP
 BAR
 TOW
 SAN
 BAT
 NEW
 Pen. Points
1 Matthew Payne 10 4 2 1 2 0 546
2 Declan Fraser 777 6 3 6 3 0 462
3 Tyler Everingham 27 15 5 3 1 0 450
4 Cameron Hill 111 7 11 2 4 0 432
5 Jaylyn Robotham 999 1 6 14 5 0 426
6 Thomas Maxwell 3 3 4 7 15 0 405
7 Zak Best 78 2 1 Ret 7 0 382
8 Aaron Seton 30 5 7 12 10 0 354
9 Zane Morse 11 8 12 9 6 0 348
10 Matt McLean 54 12 10 4 9 0 339
11 Cameron Crick 38 9 14 8 11 0 309
12 Matt Chadha 18 10 8 11 13 0 306
13 Angelo Mouzouris 6 13 Ret 5 8 0 252
14 Elly Morrow 8 16 13 13 16 0 249
15 Ryal Harris 58 11 Ret 10 12 0 219
16 Jay Hanson 49 14 9 Ret 14 0 210
17 Nash Morris 67 Ret Ret Ret Ret 0 0
Pos. Driver No. SMP
 BAR
 TOW
 SAN
 BAT
 NEW
 Pen. Points
Key
Colour Result
GoldWinner
SilverSecond place
BronzeThird place
GreenOther points position
Blue Other classified position
Not classified, finished (NC)
PurpleNot classified, retired (Ret)
Red Did not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
BlackDisqualified (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

Super3 Series
Pos. Driver No. SMP
 BAR
 TOW
 SAN
 BAT
 NEW
 Pen. Points
1 Kai Allen 26 2 1 1 1 0 588
2 Brad Vaughan 5 1 2 8 2 0 516
3 Blake Fardell 77 3 4 2 3 0 516
4 Jim Pollicina 7 5 5 4 5 0 453
5 Garry Hills 76 7 6 3 4 0 447
6 Chris Smerdon 39 12 7 6 6 0 369
7 Steven Page 2 9 10 9 9 0 330
8 Jason Gomersall 35 Ret 9 5 8 0 285
9 Tony Auddino 4 8 Ret 7 7 0 282
10 Ray Hislop 23 4 3 0 249
11 Jarred Danaher 46 6 8 0 192
12 Shane Beikoff 68 11 11 0 144
13 Paul Boschert 25 10 Ret 0 78
14 James Masterton 219 Ret Ret 0 0
Pos. Driver No. SMP
 BAR
 TOW
 SAN
 BAT
 NEW
 Pen. Points
Key
Colour Result
GoldWinner
SilverSecond place
BronzeThird place
GreenOther points position
Blue Other classified position
Not classified, finished (NC)
PurpleNot classified, retired (Ret)
Red Did not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
BlackDisqualified (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

References
  1. Bullis, Charlie (2022-02-17). "Super2 grid is taking shape". Supercars Championship.
  2. O'Brien, Connor (2022-02-18). "Super2 Grid set for Sydney". Speedcafe.com.
  3. Chapman, Simon (2022-02-15). "Tickford confirms Best for Super2". Speedcafe.com.
  4. Bullis, Charlie (2022-02-02). "BJR confirms Morrow for 2022 Super2". Supercars Championship.
  5. Herrero, Daniel (2021-12-10). "Morse to continue in Super2". Speedcafe.com.
  6. "MSR flags Super2 expansion". 19 October 2021.
  7. O'Brien, Connor (2022-02-16). "MSR confirms Harris signing". Speedcafe.com.
  8. Chapman, Simon (2022-02-02). "Crick swaps Superutes for Super2". Speedcafe.com.
  9. Herrero, Daniel (2022-01-18). "McLean re-signs with Eggleston Motorsport". Speedcafe.com.
  10. O'Brien, Connor (2022-02-16). "Erebus confirms Hanson signing for Super2". Speedcafe.com.
  11. "Whincup: Triple Eight in the 2022 Super2 driver market". 30 September 2021.
  12. "Triple Eight signs title winner to Super2 programme".
  13. O'Brien, Connor (2021-12-15). "Triple Eight signs Fraser for Super2". Speedcafe.com.
  14. O'Brien, Connor (2021-12-17). "MW Motorsport confirms first driver signing for 2022 Super2 Series". Speedcafe.com.
  15. O'Brien, Connor (2022-02-17). "Mouzouris joins MW Motorsport". Speedcafe.com.
  16. O'Brien, Connor (2022-02-17). "MW Motorsports confirms Everingham Resigning". Speedcafe.com.
  17. Bullis, Charlie (2021-12-16). "Payne confirms 2022 Super2 Campaign". Supercars.com.
  18. Herrero, Daniel (2022-02-15). "Anderson Motorsport confirms Super3 Entry". Speedcafe.com.
  19. O'Brien, Connor (2022-02-19). "Eggleston confirms Allen signing". Speedcafe.com.
  20. Super2 season-opener moves to SMP Speedcafe 24 January 2022
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