\n"}},"i":0}}]}"> [lower-alpha 2] Much of the 2020 season's schedule was lost to the COVID-19 pandemic, leading to only the season-opening Adelaide 500 being run. [8] The first confirmed race of 2021 was the Darwin Triple Crown, which was announced in November 2020, in the trucks' first race there since 2017. [9] [8] In March 2021, Speedcafe spoke with series manager Nathan Cayzer, who confirmed a seven-round schedule supporting the Supercars Championship. [10] A Boost Mobile Super Trucks weekend consists of three races, with the first on one day while the other two take place the following day. [11] Restrictions in response to the pandemic resulted in the Perth SuperNight (originally scheduled for 11–12 September), Auckland SuperSprint (6–7 November), and Gold Coast 500 (4–5 December) being cancelled. [12] [13] The Sydney SuperNight was initially postponed from 21–22 August to 19–21 November before being changed to a four-weekend stretch for the Supercars. [12] [14] Although Supercars CEO Sean Seamer indicated his hope for the trucks to support a round at Sydney, no races took place. [15] [16] [17] The season-opening weekend at Symmons Plains Raceway supported the Tasmania SuperSprint; the weekend was initially planned for 10–11 April before being postponed by a week due to COVID-related travel restrictions. [18] The six drivers for the weekend included two newcomers in Nash Morris, the son of Paul Morris, and Dave Casey, who tested a truck in 2020; [3] [19] however, the younger Morris missed the first race due to back pain and was relieved by Russell Ingall for the rest of the weekend. [6] Paul Morris won two of the first three races while Shae Davies won the third. [20] The second weekend at the Darwin Triple Crown saw the returns of Greg Gartner (raced in 2020), Travis Milburn (last raced in 2018), and Rob Whyte (last start in 2016). [4] Paul Weel flipped in the first race after contact with Casey resulted in a poor ramp entry, leading to a one-lap run to the finish as Paul Morris passed Gartner for the win; Morris also won the second race. [21] A healthy Nash Morris, making his debut in a truck originally arranged for Craig Dontas, [7] dominated the third before Davies overtook him in the final chicane as the two approached the finish. [22] Toby Price began the Reid Park Street Circuit weekend by winning his first career race in his season debut. [23] [24] Weel won the rest of the weekend's races for his maiden victories. [25] The cancellation of the Gold Coast 500 and exclusion from the Supercars' Sydney tripleheader quietly ended the Boost Mobile Super Trucks season. [17] No season-long standings were properly tracked by the series (though weekend points were kept), though Morris and Davies were mathematically tied for the lead with 93 points apiece; Morris claimed the tiebreaker as he had four wins to Davies' two. [26] Paul Weel is an Australian racing driver with experience in the V8 Supercars and Boost Mobile Super Trucks. Russell Ingall is a former full-time Australian V8 Supercar driver. He won his V8 Supercars title in 2005, and finished second in 1998, 1999, 2001 and 2004. Ingall has also won the Bathurst 1000, in 1995 and 1997. His particular driving style earned him the nickname "Enforcer". Paul "The Dude" Morris is an Australian motor racing driver and team owner. The owner of Paul Morris Motorsport, he competes in Queensland sprint car racing and the Stadium Super Trucks, the latter of which includes the series' Australian Boost Mobile Super Trucks championship. He won the SST championship in 2017 and the Boost Mobile Super Trucks title in 2021. Toby Joseph Price OAM is an Australian off-road and enduro motorcycle racing world champion. He lives in Gold Coast, Queensland, and rode for the KTM Off-Road Racing Team until October 2015. He now represents the Red Bull Factory KTM Rally Team. The Townsville 500 is an annual motor racing event for Supercars, held on the Reid Park Street Circuit in Townsville, Queensland, Australia. The event has been held since 2009. Matthew Chase Brabham is an Australian-American racing driver. He competes in the Trans-Am Series, driving the No. 20 Ford Mustang for Gym Weed. From 2015 to 2021, he was a regular in the Stadium Super Trucks, where he is a three-time series champion with titles in 2018, 2019 and 2021. He has also won championships in the Road to Indy ladder with the 2012 U.S. F2000 and 2013 Pro Mazda Championships. 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Nicknamed "The Flash", he is the son of former Supercars Championship driver Paul Morris, and drives for his father's Paul Morris Motorsport in the Super2 Series and Trans Am Series Australia. He won the Super3 Series in 2021.Schedule
Round Track Location Date Supporting 1 Symmons Plains Raceway Launceston, Tasmania 17–18 April Tasmania SuperSprint 2 Hidden Valley Raceway Darwin, Northern Territory 19–20 June Darwin Triple Crown 3 Reid Park Street Circuit Townsville, Queensland 10–11 July Townsville 500 Races cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
Season summary
Results and standings
Race results
Round Race Event Fastest qualifier Pole position Winning driver Ref 1 1 Tasmania Paul Weel Paul Morris Paul Morris [27] 2 Shae Davies Paul Morris [28] 3 Dave Casey Shae Davies [29] 2 4 Darwin Shae Davies Dave Casey Paul Morris [30] 5 Russell Ingall Paul Morris [31] 6 Dave Casey Shae Davies [32] 3 7 Townsville Shae Davies Shae Davies Toby Price [33] 8 Rob Whyte Paul Weel [34] 9 Rob Whyte Paul Weel [35] Drivers' championship
Rank Driver
SYM
HID
TOW Points 1 Paul Morris 1 1 2 1 1 6 4 6 2 93 2 Shae Davies 5 2 1 3 2 1 2 7 3 93 3 Paul Weel 3 3 4 9 5 3 5 1 1 84 4 Shaun Richardson 2 4 3 7 3 8 6 3 [lower-alpha 3] 6 75 5 Dave Casey 4 6 5 8 10 10 8 5 7 54 6 Travis Milburn 4 6 4 3 4 [lower-alpha 4] 5 53 7 Nash Morris DNS Rpl† Rpl† 5 8 2 39 8 Rob Whyte 6 7 9 7 9 4 36 9 Toby Price 1 2 9 27 10 Greg Gartner 2 4 7 26 11 Russell Ingall 5† 6† 10 9 5 15 12 Phillip Foster 9 8 8 14 Rank Driver
SYM
HID
TOW Points Sources: [36] [37] [38] Color Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green 4th–5th place (Top 5) Light Blue 6th–10th place (Top 10) Dark Blue Finished (Outside Top 10) Purple Did not finish (DNF) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Brown Withdrew (Wth) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Race cancelled or abandoned (C) Blank Did not participate (DNP) Driver replacement (Rpl) Race not held (NH) Not competing Bold Pole position Italics Ran fastest race lap * Led most race laps miscellaneous notation Position Points 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Fastest qualifier 1 Driver replacements
Key No. Original driver Replacement driver Race Ref † 94 Nash Morris Russell Ingall Tasmania [6] All points scored by the replacement went to the original driver. Notes
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