The 2022 Super2 & Super3 Series was an Australian motor racing competition for Supercars as a support series. It was 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 also marked 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).
Name | Regulation | Example Vehicles |
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Super2 | 2013 to 2017 V8 Supercars | Holden VF Commodore Nissan Altima L33 Ford Falcon FG X Mercedes-Benz E63 W212 |
Super3 | post 1993 V8 Supercars | Ford AU Falcon Ford BA Falcon Holden Commodore VE Ford FG Falcon |
Matt Stone Racing fielded two Super2 cars, expanding from running a single car in 2021. [4]
Grove Junior Team joined the championship fielding a single Nissan Altima L33 for Matthew Payne. [26]
Brad Jones Racing returns to the championship after a year's absence fielding a Holden Commodore VF for Elly Morrow. [13]
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.
Eggleston Motorsport scaled there operation up to three cars, running two Holden VE Commodores for Steven Page and Kai Allen and a Ford FG Falcon for David Murphy.
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. [19] 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. [26]
Brad Jones Racing driver Elly Morrow graduated from Super3 Series. [13]
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.
Brad Vaughan graduated from Toyota 86 Racing Series to join Anderson Motorsport. [3]
Bradley Neill returned to Super3 to join Matt Stone Racing. [1]
Kai Allen graduated from Toyota 86 Racing Series to join Eggleston Motorsport.
Six rounds hosted a round of the 2022 championship:
Round | Event | Circuit | Location | Dates |
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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 |
6 | Adelaide 500 [27] | Adelaide Street Circuit | Adelaide, South Australia | 3–4 December |
Source |
Round | Event | Pole position | Fastest lap | Winning Driver | Winning Team | Round Winner | |
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1 | Sydney SuperNight | Matthew Payne | Tyler Everingham | Jaylyn Robotham | Image Racing | Zak Best | |
Declan Fraser | Zak Best | Zak Best | Tickford Racing | ||||
2 | Perth SuperNight | Matthew Payne | Cameron Hill | Matthew Payne | Grove Racing | Matthew Payne | |
Matthew Payne | Tyler Everingham | Tyler Everingham | MW Motorsport | ||||
3 | Townsville 500 | Zak Best | Tyler Everingham | Tyler Everingham | MW Motorsport | Declan Fraser | |
Declan Fraser | Cameron Hill | Declan Fraser | Triple Eight Race Engineering | ||||
4 | Sandown SuperSprint | Tyler Everingham [a] | Tyler Everingham | Declan Fraser | Triple Eight Race Engineering | Zak Best | |
Thomas Maxwell | Tyler Everingham | Matthew Payne | Grove Racing | ||||
5 | Bathurst 1000 | Zak Best | Tyler Everingham | Zak Best | Tickford Racing | Zak Best | |
Tyler Everingham | race cancelled [b] | ||||||
6 | Adelaide 500 | Declan Fraser | Declan Fraser | Declan Fraser | Triple Eight Race Engineering | Declan Fraser | |
Declan Fraser | Matt Chahda | Declan Fraser | Triple Eight Race Engineering |
Round | Event | Pole position | Fastest lap | Winning Driver | Winning Team | Round Winner | |
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1 | Sydney SuperNight | Brad Vaughan | Brad Vaughan | Brad Vaughan | Anderson Motorsport | Kai Allen | |
Kai Allen | Kai Allen | Kai Allen | Eggleston Motorsport | ||||
2 | Perth SuperNight | Kai Allen | Kai Allen | Kai Allen | Eggleston Motorsport | Kai Allen | |
Kai Allen | Kai Allen | Kai Allen | Eggleston Motorsport | ||||
3 | Townsville 500 | Kai Allen | Brad Vaughan | Brad Vaughan | Anderson Motorsport | Kai Allen | |
Kai Allen | Blake Fardell | Kai Allen | Eggleston Motorsport | ||||
4 | Sandown SuperSprint | Kai Allen | Brad Vaughan | Kai Allen | Eggleston Motorsport | Brad Vaughan | |
Kai Allen | Kai Allen | Brad Vaughan | Anderson Motorsport | ||||
5 | Bathurst 1000 | Kai Allen | Kai Allen | Kai Allen | Eggleston Motorsport | Kai Allen | |
Kai Allen | race cancelled [b] | ||||||
6 | Adelaide 500 | Kai Allen | Brad Vaughan | Brad Vaughan | Anderson Motorsport | Brad Vaughan | |
Kai Allen | Brad Vaughan | Brad Vaughan | Anderson Motorsport |
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 |
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