2024 Super2 Series

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The 2024 Dunlop Series will be an Australian motor racing competition for Supercars as a support series. It will be the twenty-fifth running of the Supercars Development Series, the second tier of competition in Supercars racing. Since joining as a class in 2021 this marks at the same time as the seventeeth running of the Super3 Series, the third tier of competition in Supercars racing (Officially in 2019 as the Kumho Tyre Super3 Series).

Calendar[edit]

Round Event Circuit Location Dates Map of circuit locations
1 Bathurst 500 New South Wales Mount Panorama Circuit Bathurst, New South Wales 23–25 February
2 Perth SuperSprint Western Australia Wanneroo Raceway Neerabup, Western Australia 17–19 May
3 Townsville 500 Queensland Reid Park Street Circuit Townsville, Queensland 5–7 July
4 Sandown 500 Victoria (state) Sandown Raceway Springvale, Victoria 13–15 September
5 Bathurst 1000 New South Wales Mount Panorama Circuit Bathurst, New South Wales 10–13 October
6 Adelaide 500 South Australia Adelaide Street Circuit Adelaide, South Australia 14–17 November
Source

Calendar changes[edit]

The Sandown 500 was originally set to be held on 22 September, but on 14 March, the event was moved forward a week to 15 September. This change has caused the Super2 event to also be move forward a week.[1]

Entries[edit]

Classes[edit]

Name Regulation Vehicles
Super2 2018 to 2022 Gen2 Ford Mustang S550
Holden Commodore ZB
Super3 2013 to 2017 Car of the Future Ford Falcon FG X
Holden Commodore VF
Mercedes-AMG E63 W212
Nissan Altima L33
Volvo S60 Mk.2
2003 to 2012 Project Blueprint Ford Falcon FG
Holden Commodore VE

Entry List[edit]

Manufacturer Model Entrant No. Driver Name Class Rounds
Car Driver
Ford Mustang S550 Tickford Autosport[2][3] 5 Australia Bradley Vaughan[3] S2 1
6 Australia Lachlan Dalton[3] S2 1
55 Australia Rylan Gray[3] S2 R 1
AIM Motorsport Australia[4] 11 Australia Zane Morse[3] S2 1
Australia Ryan Gilroy[5] S2 R TBA
117 Australia Jett Johnson[3] S2 R 1
219 Australia James Masterton[3] S2 1
Anderson Motorsport 17 Australia Max Vidau[6][3] S2 R 1
Kelly Racing 22 Australia Mason Kelly[3] S2 R 1
27 Australia Aaron Cameron[3] S2 1
Holden Commodore ZB Eggleston Motorsport 1 Australia Kai Allen[3] S2 1
38 Australia Cameron Crick S2 1
54 Australia Jordyn Sinni[3] S2 1
88 Australia Cooper Murray[3] S2 1
Walkinshaw Andretti United 2 Australia Campbell Logan[7][3] S2 R 1
25 Australia Zach Bates[8][3] S2 1
Brad Jones Racing[9] 9 Australia Cody Gillis[3] S2 R 1
19 Australia Elliott Cleary[3] S2 R 1
Matt Chahda Motorsport 18 Australia Matt Chahda[10][3] S2 1
Gomersall Motorsport 20 Australia Reuben Goodall[3] S2 R 1
Callum Walker Racing 33 Australia Callum Walker[3] S2 1
RM Racing Cars / PremiAir Racing[3] 92 Australia Cameron McLeod[3] S2 R 1
Image Racing / Erebus Motorsport[11] 99 Australia Jobe Stewart[3] S2 R 1
Image Racing 118 Australia Jarrod Hughes[3] S2 R 1
Nissan Altima L33 MW Motorsport 3 Australia Thomas Maxwell[3] S3 R 1
15 Australia Cody Burcher[3] S3 R 1
Icon Class
S2 Super2 (Gen2)
S3 Super3 (Car of the Future)
S3 Super3 (Project Blueprint)
R Rookie Cup

Notes

Teams Changes[edit]

Super2[edit]

AIM Motorsport Australia will expand to a two car team after purchasing another ex-Tickford Racing Ford Mustang GT from MW Motorsport.[4]

Drivers Changes[edit]

Super2[edit]

Lachlan Dalton switched from Brad Jones Racing to Tickford Racing.[2]

Max Vidau graduated from the Porsche Carrera Cup Australia to join Anderson Motorsport.[6]

Cody Burcher, Jarrod Hughes, Reuben Goodall and Campbell Logan graduated from the Toyota 86 Racing Series to join MW Motorsport, Image Racing, Gomersall Motorsport and Walkinshaw Andretti United respectively.[7]

Reuben Goodall graduated from the SuperUtes Series to join Gomersall Motorsport

Results and standings[edit]

Season summary[edit]

Super2 Series[edit]

Round Event Pole position Fastest lap Winning Driver Winning Team Round Winner
1 New South Wales Bathurst 500 Australia Cooper Murray Australia Kai Allen Australia Kai Allen Eggleston Motorsport Australia Kai Allen
Australia Kai Allen Australia Kai Allen Australia Kai Allen Eggleston Motorsport
2 Western Australia Perth SuperSprint
3 Queensland Townsville 500
4 Victoria (state) Sandown 500
5 New South Wales Bathurst 1000
6 South Australia Adelaide 500

Super3 Series[edit]

Round Event Pole position Fastest lap Winning Driver Winning Team Round Winner
1 New South Wales Bathurst 500 Australia Cody Burcher Australia Cody Burcher Australia Cody Burcher MW Motorsport Australia Cody Burcher
Australia Cody Burcher Australia Thomas Maxwell Australia Cody Burcher MW Motorsport
2 Western Australia Perth SuperSprint
3 Queensland Townsville 500
4 Victoria (state) Sandown 500
5 New South Wales Bathurst 1000
6 South Australia Adelaide 500

Series standings[edit]

Points system[edit]

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.

Position
1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th 13th 14th 15th 16th 17th 18th 19th 20th
150 138 129 120 111 102 96 90 84 78 72 69 66 63 60 57 54 51 48 45

Super2 Series[edit]

Pos. Driver No. BAT1
New South Wales
WAN
Western Australia
TOW
Queensland
SAN
Victoria (state)
BAT2
New South Wales
ADE
South Australia
Pen. Points
1 Australia Kai Allen 1 1 1 0 300
2 Australia Aaron Cameron 27 2 4 0 258
3 Australia Brad Vaughan 5 6 3 0 231
4 Australia Rylan Gray 55 4 6 0 222
5 Australia Lachlan Dalton 6 7 5 0 207
6 Australia Jarrod Hughes 118 5 9 0 195
7 Australia Jobe Stewart 99 17 2 0 192
8 Australia Zach Bates 25 3 19 0 177
9 Australia Max Vidau 17 10 7 0 174
10 Australia Cameron McLeod 92 13 8 0 156
11 Australia Cameron Crick 38 9 15 0 144
12 Australia Jordyn Sinni 54 11 12 0 141
13 Australia Zane Morse 11 8 20 0 135
14 Australia Mason Kelly 22 18 10 0 129
15 Australia Jett Johnson 117 16 11 0 129
16 Australia Reuben Goodall 20 12 17 0 123
17 Australia Cody Gillis 9 19 13 0 114
18 Australia Elliott Cleary 19 20 14 0 108
19 Australia Matt Chahda 18 14 Ret 0 63
20 Australia Campbell Logan 2 15 Ret 0 60
21 Australia Callum Walker 33 Ret 16 0 57
22 Australia James Masterton 219 DNS 18 0 51
Australia Cooper Murray 88 Ret Ret 0
Pos. Driver No. BAT1
New South Wales
WAN
Western Australia
TOW
Queensland
SAN
Victoria (state)
BAT2
New South Wales
ADE
South Australia
Pen. Points
Key
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver Second place
Bronze Third 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)
Did not enter (cell empty)
Text formatting Meaning
Bold Pole position
Italics Fastest lap

Super3 Series[edit]

Pos. Driver No. BAT
New South Wales
WAN
Western Australia
TOW
Queensland
SAN
Victoria (state)
BAT
New South Wales
ADE
South Australia
Pen. Points
1 Australia Cody Burcher 15 1 1 0 300
2 Australia Thomas Maxwell 3 2 2 0 276
Pos. Driver No. BAT
New South Wales
WAN
Western Australia
TOW
Queensland
SAN
Victoria (state)
BAT
New South Wales
ADE
South Australia
Pen. Points
Key
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver Second place
Bronze Third 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)
Did not enter (cell empty)
Text formatting Meaning
Bold Pole position
Italics Fastest lap

References[edit]

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