SUPERCARS SYDNEY EVENT ROUNDUP
By Timothy Neal
Date posted: 27 October 2021
Supercars Championship action is just around the corner, so here is a breakdown of what categories will be running at each of the Sydney Motorsport Park (SMP) events.
Bunnings Trade – Sydney SuperNight – October 29-31
The resumption of Supercars racing at SMP will feature four support categories.
The Toyota Gazoo Australia 86 Series and V8 SuperUtes lead the support card for the opening event of four at the Western Sydney venue.
Local state categories NSW Sports Cars and NSW Sports Sedans will also feature, with all four support categories to have multiple practice and qualifying sessions ahead of a three-race event.
The races for each category will be spread across the Saturday and the Sunday.
Supercars action will include Qualifying and a Top Ten Shootout on Saturday with the first race of the weekend to commence at 7:10pm.
The main game will include back-to-back qualifying sessions between 10:30am – 11:00am on Sunday, with two races starting at 12:45pm and 4:25pm.
Armour All – Sydney SuperNight – November 6-7
The support categories for the second weekend are the NSW Production Touring cars and the NSW Formula Ford Championship.
The NSW Production Touring Cars Championship combines production car categories, Street Sedans and Saloon Cars.
In NSW Formula Ford, Zack Bates currently leads the standings while Auto Action young gun Tom Sargent sits sixth having taken part in just one out of the two rounds.
The event will see two Supercars races held under lights on a single weekend for the first time since 2011.
On both Saturday and Sunday the Supercars racing will take place at night with races starting at 7.45pm and 7.30pm respectively. The other Sunday encounter commences at 4.20pm AEDT.
Supercars will begin the round with two 30-minute practice sessions on Saturday followed by a knockout qualifying session before the night race.
On Sunday there will be two qualifying sessions before two 125km SuperSprint affairs to conclude the event.
BP – Sydney SuperSprint – November 13-14
The schedule for the third Sydney Supercars event has 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.
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.
During the weekend Supercars will run three 125km races, one on Saturday and two on Sunday.
Beaurepaires Sydney SuperNight – November 19-21
The support classes and schedule for the final Sydney SuperNight contains a couple of Australian Racing Group (ARG) categories.
The Super2 and Super3 categories will race at Sydney, as well as the Toyota Gazoo Racing 86 Series.
In addition, the ARG owned National Trans Am Series joins the open-wheel wings and slicks S5000 Championship and of course Supercars for the last of the Sydney Motorsport Park SuperNight events.
Super2 and Super3 will have two races, while the other categories all have three.
The fourth Sydney event will feature dual 250km Supercars races, with one on Saturday and one on the Sunday.
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