SUPERCARS RELEASE 2022 CALENDAR
By Dan McCarthy
Date posted: 5 December 2021
The 2022 Supercars Championship draft calendar has been revealed and contains 13 rounds from early March to mid-November.
As previously reported the season will kick off next year on the streets of Newcastle on the New South Wales Coast.
The legendary Bathurst 1000 will also return to its traditional date in the NSW School Holidays of 6-9 October.
The Gold Coast’s street circuit event will be brought back to life, returning in it’s traditional slot as the post-Bathurst event, next year running as a 500km race.
It is planned that Supercars will also travel overseas for the first time since the COVID-19 outbreak, returning to the popular Pukekohe Park in Auckland in September.
Perth is set to host the opening night race of 2022 from April 30 – May 1, while a night race at Sydney Motorsport Park will conclude the season on November 20. The venue last hosted the Supercars decider in 2004.
“The 2022 season will follow an unprecedented two years for Supercars in which the COVID-19 pandemic resulted in two revised calendars – a huge achievement given the nature of the sport,” Supercars CEO Sean Seamer said.
“It has been fantastic to welcome fans back to events this year, and we will continue to ensure this is done safely and in line with national guidelines as we welcome more fans back in 2022.
“We are very pleased with the interest in Supercars growing continuously through large audiences watching our world-class broadcast and a significant growth of our presence online across the globe.”
Notably Round 3 will see the return of the Formula 1 Australian Grand Prix at which Supercars will be on track for over three days of the event.
The 2022 Repco Supercars Championship will be the first for Supercars under the new ownership group Racing Australia Consolidated Enterprises Ltd (RACE).
One event in July will be listed as TBC as Supercars remains in discussions continue with the circuit providers on the event to be held on that date.
Supercars is working closely with Tony Quinn at Queensland Raceway on preparations to return to racing at the Ipswich circuit in the future.
The second-tier Super2 Series will be run over six rounds, Newcastle, Perth, Townsville, Sandown, Bathurst before concluding at Sydney.
Supercars will continue work on 2022 event formats and support categories for each event with details to be released over coming weeks.
As previously reported the Gen3 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 and Ford Mustang GT Gen3 Supercars, which made their first public appearance at the Bathurst 1000 will run exhibition laps at various events throughout the year ahead of the 2023 rollout.
The 2022 Repco Supercars Championship Draft On-Track Calendar:
March 4-6: Repco Newcastle 500, Newcastle Street Circuit, NSW
Mar 26-27: Tasmania SuperSprint, Symmons Plains, TAS
Apr 7-10: Melbourne, Formula 1 Australian Grand Prix, VIC
Apr 30-May 1: Bunnings Trade Perth SuperNight, Wanneroo Raceway, WA
May 21-22: Winton SuperSprint, Winton Raceway, VIC
June 18-19: Merlin Darwin Triple Crown, Hidden Valley, NT
July 8-10: NTI Townsville 500, Reid Park, QLD
July 30-31: TBC
Aug 19-21: Penrite Sandown SuperSprint, Melbourne, VIC
Sept 10-11: ITM Auckland SuperSprint, Pukekohe Park Raceway, NZ
Oct 6-9: Repco Bathurst 1000, Mount Panorama, NSW
Oct 28-30: Boost Mobile Gold Coast 500, Surfers Paradise, QLD
Nov 18-20: Beaurepaires Sydney Super600, Sydney Motorsport Park, NSW
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