EVENT GUIDE: PERTH PUTS HEAT ON GEN3 SUPERCARS

By Thomas Miles

Date posted: April 20, 2023

Supercars heads west to Wanneroo Raceway for what promises to be an intriguing Perth SuperSprint on April 28-30.

A third format in as many rounds will be on offer with the familiar hat-trick of 100km sprints returning to the 2.42km circuit.

The 2023 Barbagallo blast will be the first not to feature a night race since 2018, while only one practice session will be seen on Friday.

Perth is notorious for chewing through tyres with five of the seven corners right handers putting immense pressure on the working left-hand side – this characteristic has produced many nail-biting finishes over the years.

The Soft rubber, which held up well last year will be on show once again.

Supercars arrives at WA with a new championship leader in homegrown hero Brodie Kostecki, who tops the points for the first time after a breakthrough Australian Grand Prix.

Kostecki has shown a liking to the Gen3 Camaro from the get-go and scored his first two main-game wins at Melbourne before a strong drive from 14th to third to secure the Larry Perkins Trophy.

The Erebus driver has a 32-point advantage over Chaz Mostert, while Shane van Gisbergen is quickly closing in just 86 back.

All onlookers will be keeping a keen eye on the timesheets with parity a hot topic coming out of the Melbourne SuperSprint where not a single Ford scored a podium finish.

Camaros have won all six races on the track in 2023, with Cam Waters only awarded the Race 1 win following a disqualification.

The Mustang runners will be desperate to stop the worrying trend, but can turn to last year for hope.

Ford entered Sunday of last year’s Perth SuperSprint winless from the first 10 races before Will Davison made the breakthrough.

Although van Gisbergen claimed the other two wins, he was kept honest as the Blue Oval brigade featured prominently on the podium throughout the weekend.

Car #97 is the only non-DJR car to win a race at Perth since 2016, but the oldest team on the grid has struggled to unlock their new Gen3 weapon.

Whilst Mostert has been Ford’s leading Gen3 challenger, Perth has not been a happy hunting ground for WAU.

Last year both WAU cars lacked pace at a track the team has not won at since 2006, while Mostert has also struggled for tyre life this year.

History will be made at Perth where Mark Winterbottom will make his 600th race start at the scene of his last podium, in 2018.

Could a fitting Frosty fairytale be on the cards as the Camaros strengthen their grip or will Ford fight back at Wanneroo?

Download the full Supercars Perth Round 3 Event Guide with track stats and facts and a full event schedule, plus our extensive driver profiles here

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EVENT GUIDE: PERTH PUTS HEAT ON GEN3 SUPERCARS

Supercars arrives at WA with a new championship leader in homegrown hero Brodie Kostecki, who tops the points for the first time after a breakthrough Australian Grand Prix.

Download the full Supercars Perth Round 3 Event Guide with track stats and facts and a full event schedule, plus our extensive driver profiles here

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