SUPERUTES MAIN SUPPORT AT THIRD SMP ROUND
By Dan McCarthy
Date posted: 13 October 2021
The schedule for the third Sydney Supercars event, the Sydney SuperSprint has been announced with a mix of local and national categories once again on the program.
The sole Sydney SuperSprint will take place over the weekend of November 13-14 and will be supported by the V8 SuperUtes and NSW Improved Production series.
This particular Sydney round will be the third of four successive weeks at Sydney Motorsport Park.
During the weekend Supercars will run three 125km races, one on Saturday and two on Sunday.
Saturday’s action will be concluded by the Supercars race which also includes a three-part Qualifying session.
Sunday will be headlined by dual qualifying sessions followed by Races 27 and 28 of the 2021 season.
Both of the support categories will have a practice session, qualifying and race on Saturday.
Sunday will see the NSW Improved Production Series run its final two races, while the V8 SuperUtes will contest a further three as part of a four race round.
The Supercars round will see several drivers reach some memorable milestones.
The Sydney SuperSprint will be the 250th round for the retiring seven-time champion Jamie Whincup, who made his championship debut back in 2002.
Sunday’s first encounter will also be Whincup’s 550th race start, as well as the 250th race start for Nick Percat.
Championship leader and reigning Bathurst 1000 winner Shane van Gisbergen will also celebrate his 200th round start.
Tickets for all four Sydney events are on sale now.
Sydney SuperSprint Schedule – All times AEDT
Saturday November 13
9:55-10:15 – NSW Improved Production – Practice
10:35-11:05 – Supercars – Practice 1
11:20-11:50 – V8 SuperUtes – Practice
12:05-12:35 – Supercars – Practice 2
12:50-13:10 – NSW Improved Production – Qualifying
13:25-13:45 – V8 SuperUtes – Qualifying
14:00-14:10 – Supercars – Qualifying Part 1 (Race 26)
14:15-14:25 – Supercars – Qualifying Part 2 (Race 26)
14:35-14:45 – Supercars – Qualifying Part 3 (Race 26)
15:05-15:25 – NSW Improved Production – Race 1
15:40-16:00 – V8 SuperUtes – Race 1
16:45 – Supercars – Race 26
Sunday, November 14
10:40-11:00 – V8 SuperUtes – Race 2
11:20-11:30 – Supercars – Qualifying (Race 27)
11:40-11:50 – Supercars – Qualifying (Race 28)
12:10-12:30 – NSW Improved Production – Race 2
12:45-13:05 – V8 SuperUtes – Race 3
13:35 – Supercars – Race 27
15:00-15:20 – NSW Improved Production – Race 3
15:35-15:55 – V8 SuperUtes – Race 4
16:45 – Supercars – Race 28
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