2023 Superrace Championship

2023 Superrace Championship

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The 2023 Superrace Championship (also known as the 2023 CJ Logistics Superrace Championship) was a South Korean motor racing series for stock cars, production cars, prototypes and production bikes. It is the 18th season running for the championship and the 17th season both partnered by CJ Group and raced under the moniker 'Superrace Championship'. The championship is contested individually between 5 classes; Super 6000, Kumho GT (GT1 & GT2), BMW M Class, Sports Prototype (Radical) Cup Korea & the newly introduced Kawasaki Ninja Cup. There have been no announcements for a continuation of the Cadillac CT4 category.

Calendar

Round	Event	Circuit	Location	Dates	Map
1	Super Exciting Superrace	Everland Speedway	Yongin-si, Gyeonggi-do	22 April	Everland KIC Inje
2				23 April
3	Asia Motorsports Carnival	Korea International Circuit	Yeongam-gun, Jeollanam-do	4 June
4	Inje Night Race	Inje Speedium	Inje-gun, Gangwon-do	8 July
5	Summer Festival	Everland Speedway	Yongin-si, Gyeonggi-do	19–20 August
6	Jeonnam GT	Korea International Circuit	Yeongam-gun, Jeollanam-do	23–24 September
7	Final Battle	Everland Speedway	Yongin-si, Gyeonggi-do	4 November
8				5 November
Source

Teams and drivers

Super 6000

Since 2020, all teams are currently using the Toyota GR Supra powered with a General Motors 6.2L LS3 V8 engine capable of producing 460 horsepower. ^[1]

Key
Regular driver
Wildcard driver
Replacement driver

Team	No.	Driver(s)	Tyre	Rounds
AMC Racing	03	Takayuki Aoki	K	1-2, 6
	99	"Tony" Seo Seok-hyun		1-3, 5, 7-8
	27	Carlo van Dam		3-5
	78	Jung Kyung Hun		6-8
Brand New Racing	38	Park Gyu-seung	K	All
	87	Lee Hyo-jun
CJ Logistics Racing	36	Park Jun-seo	‹See Tfd› NEX	All
	50	Oh Han-sol
ECSTA Racing	18	Lee Chan-joon	K	All
	24	Lee Chang-uk
	55	Hiroki Yoshida		1-2
	88	Song Young-kwang		3-8
JUN-FITTED Racing	12	Hwang Jin-woo	K	All
	77	Park Jung-jun
L&K Motors	22	Lee Eun-jung	K	1-2, 5-8
	32	Son In-young		1-2
NEXEN-VOLLGAS Motorsports	04	Jung Eui-chul	‹See Tfd› NEX	1-2, 4-8
	44	Kim Jae-hyun
Seohan GP	05	Kim Joong-kun	‹See Tfd› NEX	All
	06	Jang Hyun-jin
	07	Jeong Hoe-won

Entrant changes

Team changes

• On March 12, at approximately 10:09pm, a fire broke out at Hankook's production plant in Daejeon, halting production after suffering severe damage to one of their factory complexes. ^[2] This incident in turn has affected supply to all teams using Hankook tyres in this year's Superrace Championship. As a result, Hankook-AtlasBX Motorsports announced that they (along with their second team, SONIC Motorsports-AtlasBX) will not contest the 2023 championship. ^[3] Additionally, VOLLGAS Motorsports switched to Nexen Tire, joining Seohan GP and CJ Logistics Racing, who switched from Kumho Tire. ^[4] JUN-FITTED Racing will switch to Kumho, joining newly formed AMC Racing, Brand New Racing, ECSTA Racing, and L&K Motors, who initially switched to Hankook. ^[4]

Driver changes

• As a result of the two AtlasBX teams withdrawing due to Hankook Tire's Daejeon plant fire and production stall, their drivers have decided not to contest for other teams in Super 6000. ^[3] It was reported that defending champion Kim Jong-kyum would be joined by SONIC driver Yang Tae-keun and Noh Dong-gi; the latter returning from military service. ^[3] Roelof Bruins and Steven Cho reportedly did not register to retain their spots in the team and are pursuing other motor racing activities. ^[3]
• MIDAS Racing driver Seo Seok-hyun and Japanese driver Takayuki Aoki will join newly formed AMC Racing's two-car operation. ^[3] The latter will be replaced by Carlo van Dam from round 3 onwards.
• Brand New Racing driver Park Gyu-seung will step up from Kumho GT1 to Super 6000 to join Lee Hyo-jun in the team's expanded two-car operation. ^[3]
• CJ Logistics Racing announced that Oh Han-sol will move to their team, while Park Jun-seo will step up to join in from the Kumho GT1 class. ^[3]
• ECSTA Racing's Lee Jung-woo will not contest in Super 6000 due to military service. ^[3] Japanese driver Hiroki Yoshida will join Lee Chan-joon and Lee Chang-uk for the first and second rounds of the championship. ^[4] Kumho GT1 driver Song Young-kwang is reported to drive the third entry for the rest of the season, due to Yoshida's Japanese racing commitments and tyre development for Kumho. ^{[4] [5]}
• Hwang Jin-woo and Hwang Do-yun left N'Fera Racing as the team ended operations after the 2022 championship. The latter was left without a drive while Jin-woo joined Park Jung-jun at JUN-FITTED Racing to replace CJ Logistics Racing-bound Oh Han-sol. ^[3]
• Seo Ju-won left L&K Motors at the end of the 2022 season. He is replaced by Son In-young, who joined the team just a week before the first race.

Mid-season changes

• NEXEN-VOLLGAS Motorsport initially announced that they wouldn't participate in the remaining races. The team stated that they were planning to participate at international races after the success in the championship. However, on June 27, 2023, the team reverted their decision and announced that they will participate the remaining races of the season.

• L&K Motors missed rounds 3 and 4 due to financial reasons. The team returned from round 5 onwards, but they ran only one car for Lee Eun-jung.

Season summary

Round	Circuit	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning driver	Winning team	Winning tyre	Report
1	Everland Speedway 1&2	Lee Chang-uk	Kim Jae-hyun	Lee Chang-uk	ECSTA Racing	Kumho	Report [6]
2		Lee Chan-joon	Kim Jae-hyun	Lee Chan-joon	ECSTA Racing	Kumho	Report [7]
3	Korea International Circuit 1	Lee Chang-uk	Lee Chang-uk	Lee Chan-joon	ECSTA Racing	Kumho	Report [8]
4	Inje Speedium	Lee Chang-uk	Kim Jae-hyun	Lee Chang-uk	ECSTA Racing	Kumho	Report [9]
5	Everland Speedway 3	Kim Jae-hyun	Kim Jae-hyun	Kim Jae-hyun	NEXEN-VOLLGAS Motorsports	Nexen	Report [10]
6	Korea International Circuit 2	Lee Chang-uk	Jang Hyun-jin	Lee Chan-joon	ECSTA Racing	Kumho	Report [11]
7	Everland Speedway 4&5	Jung Eui-chul	Lee Chang-uk	Lee Chang-uk	ECSTA Racing	Kumho	Report [12]
8		Hwang Jin-woo	Kim Jae-hyun	Kim Jae-hyun	NEXEN-VOLLGAS Motorsports	Nexen	Report [13]

Championship standings

Drivers championships

Scoring system

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	Race completion
Race	25	18	15	12	10	8	6	4	2	1	1
Round 3	30	22	18	14	12	9	7	5	3	2
Qualifying	3	2	1

Super 6000

2023 Super 6000 Driver Standings Rank Driver EVE1 EVE2 KOR1 INJ EVE3 KOR2 EVE4 EVE5 Points 1 Lee Chan-joon 92 11 1 3 8 13 9 3 132 2 Lee Chang-uk 11 Ret2 81 11 Ret Ret1 12 22 123 3 Kim Jae-hyun 23 8 23 11 7 7 13 120 4 Jung Eui-chul 3 23 5 3 14 21 9 89 5 Jang Hyun-jin 5 5 Ret2 9 22 2 11 4 84 6 Park Gyu-seung 6 6 2 8 9 Ret 4 5 73 7 Jeong Hoe-won 12 16 3 12 6 32 5 6 69 8 Kim Joong-kun 8 7 113 13 43 4 3 7 65 9 Hwang Jin-woo 13 3 7 10 5 6 6 161 60 10 Park Jun-seo 17 9 4 4 Ret 8 8 10 44 11 Oh Han-sol 11 Ret 9 6 7 5 Ret3 11 34 12 Takayuki Aoki 4 4 9 29 13 Song Young-kwang 6 Ret 13 11 15 8 18 14 Carlo van Dam 5 Ret 11 14 15 Lee Hyo-jun 10 10 Ret 7 Ret 13 12 DNS 13 16 Hiroki Yoshida 7 11 8 17 Tony Seo Seok-hyun 15 14 10 12 14 12 8 18 Park Jung-jun DNS 12 Ret 11 10 12 13 13 7 19 Jung Kyung Hun 10 10 14 5 20 Lee Eun-jung 15 16 Ret 15 16 15 5 21 Son In-young 14 13 2 Rank Driver EVE1 EVE2 KOR1 INJ EVE3 KOR2 EVE4 EVE5 Points

Key Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Other points position Blue Other classified position Not classified, finished (NC) Purple Not classified, retired (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Race cancelled (C) Blank Did not practice (DNP) Excluded (EX) Did not arrive (DNA) Withdrawn (WD) Annotation Meaning Superscript number123 Points-scoring position in qualifying Bold Pole position Italics Fastest lap

Teams championships

Super 6000

The teams championship is decided upon points scored by two drivers per team after each race. Teams with 3 or more drivers have 15 days before each race to select two drivers to add their points towards their final tally.

2023 Super 6000 Team Standings Rank Team EVE1 EVE2 KOR1 INJ EVE3 KOR2 EVE4 EVE5 Points 1 ECSTA Racing 11 11 1 11 8 155 92 11 81 3 Ret 2 NEXEN-VOLLGAS Motorsports 23 23 23 11 141 3 11 5 3 3 Seohan GP 5 5 113 9 22 68 8 16 Ret2 13 6 4 Brand New Racing 6 6 2 7 9 60 10 10 Ret 8 Ret 5 CJ Logistics Racing 11 9 4 4 7 53 17 Ret 9 6 Ret 6 AMC Racing 7 7 5 Ret 11 46 15 14 10 12 7 JUN-FITTED Racing 13 3 7 10 5 42 12 Ret 11 10 8 L&K Motors 14 13 Ret 4 15 16 Rank Team EVE1 EVE2 KOR1 INJ EVE3 KOR2 EVE4 EVE5 Points

Key Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Other points position Blue Other classified position Not classified, finished (NC) Purple Not classified, retired (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Race cancelled (C) Blank Did not practice (DNP) Excluded (EX) Did not arrive (DNA) Withdrawn (WD) Annotation Meaning Superscript number123 Points-scoring position in qualifying Bold Pole position Italics Fastest lap

Tyre manufacturers championships

Like the teams championship, the tyre manufacturers must select 5 drivers per tyre user 15 days before each round to add their points towards their final tally.

2023 Super 6000 Tyre Manufacturer Standings Rank Team EVE1 EVE2 KOR1 INJ EVE3 KOR2 EVE4 EVE5 Points 1 Kumho 11 11 1 11 5 298 4 3 2 3 8 6 4 5 7 9 7 6 6 8 10 92 10 7 10 11 2 Nexen 23 23 3 23 11 292 3 5 4 4 22 5 7 9 5 3 8 8 113 6 43 12 9 9 6 Rank Team EVE1 EVE2 KOR1 INJ EVE3 KOR2 EVE4 EVE5 Points

Key Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Other points position Blue Other classified position Not classified, finished (NC) Purple Not classified, retired (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Race cancelled (C) Blank Did not practice (DNP) Excluded (EX) Did not arrive (DNA) Withdrawn (WD) Annotation Meaning Superscript number123 Points-scoring position in qualifying Bold Pole position Italics Fastest lap

References

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External links

• Official website