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.
Round | Event | Circuit | Location | Dates | Map |
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1 | Super Exciting Superrace | Everland Speedway | Yongin-si, Gyeonggi-do | 22 April | |
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 | ||||
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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]
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Team | No. | Driver(s) | Tyre | Rounds |
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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 | 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 | NEX | 1-2, 4-8 |
44 | Kim Jae-hyun | |||
Seohan GP | 05 | Kim Joong-kun | NEX | All |
06 | Jang Hyun-jin | |||
07 | Jeong Hoe-won | |||
Round | Circuit | Pole position | Fastest lap | Winning driver | Winning team | Winning tyre | Report |
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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] |
Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | Race completion |
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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 |
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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.
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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.
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