Winton completes 2023 TCR calendar

By Thomas Miles

Date posted: 8 February 2023

All seven stops on the 2023 Supercheap Auto TCR Australia Series are confirmed with Winton the final box ticked.

The popular 3km circuit located near Benalla in rural Victoria will be the third stop on the calendar, which will be held on the June 9-11 long weekend.

It completes the TCR calendar, filling the TBC Victorian space and follows the Race Tasmania and Phillip Island events.

The TCR category joins the likes of Trans Am, S5000, Touring Car Masters, the reborn V8 Touring Car class, Sport Sedans and Formula Ford, which will all also feature at the Winton SpeedSeries round.

Winton has welcomed TCR cars once previously in its inaugural season in 2019.

On that occasion, Jason Bright opened the weekend with a tight win in his Volkswagen Golf GTI.

But the rest of the weekend was dominated by the man, who trailed Bright in race 1, Will Brown.

Brown was an untouchable figure in the second and third races of the round, winning both by at least eight seconds on his way to championship glory.

Tony D’Alberto leads a train of cars through Turn 2 at Winton during TCR’s only visit to the venue in 2019.

Australian Racing Group chief operating officer Liam Curkpatrick is looking forward to TCR’s first visit to the track in four years, with the two-litre touring cars well suited to the tight venue.

“This is great news that we will have TCR Australia back at Winton in 2023,” said Curkpatrick.

“The circuit is perfectly suited to the TCR cars, and just like we saw in 2019, it offers plenty of action and close racing.

“Our focus is now firmly on the opening round at Symmons Plains with some really great news for the category coming through in the coming weeks.”

With the addition of Winton completing the TCR Australia calendar, the only question mark remaining is which track will have the privilege of hosting the second TCR World Tour round down under.

The TCR World Tour will bring the biggest international TCR drivers and teams to Australia, with Mount Panorama already confirmed to host an event as part of the Supercheap Auto Bathurst International.

The opening round of the 2023 Supercheap Auto TCR Australia Series kicks off at Symmons Plains on February 24-26.

2023 Supercheap Auto TCR Australia Series

1. AWC Race Tasmania, Symmons Plains February 24-26

2. Phillip Island May 12-14

3. Winton June 9-11

4. Sydney Motorsport Park June 23-25

5. Queensland Raceway August 11-13

6. Sandown September 8-10

7. Supercheap Auto Bathurst International November 10-12

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Winton completes 2023 TCR calendar

All seven stops on the 2023 Supercheap Auto TCR Australia Series are confirmed with Winton the final box ticked.

It completes the TCR calendar, filling the TBC Victorian space and follows the Race Tasmania and Phillip Island events.

Winton has welcomed TCR cars once previously in its inaugural season in 2019.

Australian Racing Group chief operating officer Liam Curkpatrick is looking forward to TCR’s first visit to the track in four years, with the two-litre touring cars well suited to the tight venue.

With the addition of Winton completing the TCR Australia calendar, the only question mark remaining is which track will have the privilege of hosting the second TCR World Tour round down under.

2023 Supercheap Auto TCR Australia Series

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