Season summary
The Boost Mobile Super Trucks' inaugural race weekend came as an "Australia v USA Series" with the Speed Energy Stadium Super Trucks at the Adelaide Street Circuit. [5] Excluding defending SST champion and Australian-American Matthew Brabham, eight drivers represented Australia at Adelaide. [1] Among the Australian drivers were Supercars veteran Paul Weel in his return to racing for the first time since 2008, [6] 2017 Stadium Super Trucks champion Paul Morris and his driving academy driver Luke van Herwaade under the Team Norwell banner, [7] Super2 Series driver Shae Davies, [5] Shaun Richardson in his first SST race since 2017, [1] SST veterans Toby Price and Greg Gartner, [8] and Matt Mingay racing for the first time since suffering serious injuries in a 2016 SST race. [9] Robby Gordon won the season opener after holding off a last-lap charge by Price. [10] The second race saw Mingay and Morris lead before Gordon and Brabham passed them in the second half, with Brabham edging out Gordon for the victory by .0361 seconds. [11] In the third and final round, Gartner led early while Davies climbed through the field after avoiding wrecks. Davies eventually took the lead after the competition caution and pulled away while the field battled among themselves for position. [12]
Prior to the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Boost Mobile Super Trucks planned to run an eight-race schedule in conjunction with the Supercars Championship starting with the Adelaide 500 in late February. [13] The trucks also planned to race in New Zealand for the first time at Hampton Downs Motorsport Park; the event was initially planned to take place at Pukekohe Park Raceway, but Pukekohe legislation forbade motorsports on Anzac Day (25 April). [14] [15]
Although the series had hoped to follow the Supercars Championship to postponed races once new races were finalised, [16] the trucks ultimately did not join the Supercars at their revised dates. [17]
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