2022 Super2 Series

The 2022 Super2 & Super3 Series was an Australian motor racing competition for Supercars as a support series. It was the twenty-third running of the Supercars Development Series, the second tier of competition in Supercars racing. Since joining as a class in 2021 this also marked at the same time as the fifteenth running of the Super3 Series, the third tier of competition in Supercars racing (Officially in 2019 as the Kumho Tyre Super3 Series).

Entries

Classes

Name Regulation Example Vehicles
Super2 2013 to 2017 V8 Supercars Holden VF Commodore
Nissan Altima L33
Ford Falcon FG X
Mercedes-Benz E63 W212
Super3 post 1993 V8 Supercars Ford AU Falcon
Ford BA Falcon
Holden Commodore VE
Ford FG Falcon

Entry list

Manufacturer Model Team No. Driver name Class Rounds Ref
Car Driver
Ford BF Falcon Auddino Racing 4 Tony Auddino S3 All
TF Racing 17 Jason Foley S3 4
FG Falcon Anderson Motorsport 5 Brad Vaughan S3 R All
Matt Stone Racing 35/93 Jason Gomersall S3 All
39 Chris Smerdon S3 1–4, 6
Eggleston Motorsport 24 David Murphy S3 3, 5
Image Racing 28 Jordan Michels S3 R 4–5
Beikoff Racing 46 Jarred Danaher S3 1, 3–6
AU Falcon 68 Shane Beikoff S3 R 1, 3, 5–6
FG X Falcon Matthew Chahda Motorsport 18 Matt Chahda S2 1–4, 6
Paul Morris Motorsport 67 Nash Morris S2 R All
Tickford Racing 78 Zak Best S2 All
BA Falcon Ray Hislop Motorsport 23 Ray Hislop S3 1, 3–6
Holden Commodore VE Eggleston Motorsport 2 Steven Page S3 All
26 Kai Allen S3 R All
Commodore VF 38 Cameron Crick S2 R All
50 Jack Perkins S2 4
54 Matt McLean S2 1–2, 4–5
Tim Blanchard S2 3
Brad Jones Racing 8 Elly Morrow S2 R 1–5
Lachlan Dalton S2 6
Brema Group Racing 11 Zane Morse S2 All
Matt Stone Racing 30 Aaron Seton S2 All
58 Ryal Harris S2 R All
Image Racing 49 Jay Hanson S2 R All
999 Jaylyn Robotham S2 1–4, 6
Reef McCarthy S2 5
Triple Eight Race Engineering 111 Cameron Hill S2 R All
777 Declan Fraser S2 All
Commodore VE Pollicina Motorsports 7 Jim Pollicina S3 All
Weldcraft Motorsport 25 Paul Boschert S3 1, 5
Adam Wallis Motorsport 33 Adam Wallis S3 6
Layton Barker Racing 72 Layton Barker S3 3
Strong Motorsport 75 Brendan Strong S3 4–6
Garry Hills Racing 76 Garry Hills S3 1–5
Mr HDT Race Cars 77 Blake Fardell S3 1–4
Gary Collins Racing 96 Gary Collins S3 4–6
Masterton Motorsports 219 James Masterton S3 1, 3–6
Nissan Altima L33 MW Motorsport 3 Thomas Maxwell S2 R All
6 Angelo Mouzouris S2 All
16 Dean Fiore S2 4
27 Tyler Everingham S2 All
Grove Racing 10 Matthew Payne S2 R All
Icon Class
S2 Super2
S3 Super3
R Rookie Cup

Team Changes

Super2

Matt Stone Racing fielded two Super2 cars, expanding from running a single car in 2021.

Grove Junior Team joined the championship fielding a single Nissan Altima L33 for Matthew Payne.

Brad Jones Racing returns to the championship after a year's absence fielding a Holden Commodore VF for Elly Morrow.

Paul Morris Motorsport returned to the championship after last competing in 2018 fielding a single Ford FG X Falcon for current Super3 Series Champion Nash Morris.

Eggleston Motorsport scaled down its commitment to the series from three cars to two.

MW Motorsport scaled down its commitment to the series from four cars to three.

Super3

Eggleston Motorsport scaled there operation up to three cars, running two Holden VE Commodores for Steven Page and Kai Allen and a Ford FG Falcon for David Murphy.

Driver Changes

Super2

Triple Eight Race Engineering fielded a new driver lineup with Cameron Hill who graduated from Porsche Carrera Cup Australia to replace Broc Feeney graduated to the Supercars Championship to replace Jamie Whincup. Declan Fraser left MW Motorsport to replace Angelo Mouzouris who took over his spot at MW Motorsport.

Matthew Payne, who graduated from Porsche Carrera Cup Australia, joined Grove Racing on a full time basis.

Brad Jones Racing driver Elly Morrow graduated from Super3 Series.

Cameron Crick graduated from SuperUtes Series to join Eggleston Motorsport.

Ryal Harris graduated from SuperUtes Series to join Matt Stone Racing.

Jay Hanson graduated from TCR Australia to join Image Racing.

Thomas Maxwell joined MW Motorsport.

Nash Morris graduated from Super3 Series to join Paul Morris Motorsport.

Super3

Brad Vaughan graduated from Toyota 86 Racing Series to join Anderson Motorsport.

Bradley Neill returned to Super3 to join Matt Stone Racing.

Kai Allen graduated from Toyota 86 Racing Series to join Eggleston Motorsport.

Calendar

Six rounds hosted a round of the 2022 championship:

Round Event Circuit Location Dates
1 Sydney SuperNight Sydney Motorsport Park Eastern Creek, New South Wales 5–6 March
2 Perth SuperNight Wanneroo Raceway Neerabup, Western Australia 30 April – 1 May
3 Townsville 500 Reid Park Street Circuit Townsville, Queensland 9–10 July
4 Sandown SuperSprint Sandown Raceway Springvale, Victoria 20–21 August
5 Bathurst 1000 Mount Panorama Circuit Bathurst, New South Wales 7–8 October
6 Adelaide 500 Adelaide Street Circuit Adelaide, South Australia 3–4 December
Source

Results and standings

Season summary

Super2 Series

Round Event Pole position Fastest lap Winning Driver Winning Team Round Winner
1 Sydney SuperNight Matthew Payne Tyler Everingham Jaylyn Robotham Image Racing Zak Best
Declan Fraser Zak Best Zak Best Tickford Racing
2 Perth SuperNight Matthew Payne Cameron Hill Matthew Payne Grove Racing Matthew Payne
Matthew Payne Tyler Everingham Tyler Everingham MW Motorsport
3 Townsville 500 Zak Best Tyler Everingham Tyler Everingham MW Motorsport Declan Fraser
Declan Fraser Cameron Hill Declan Fraser Triple Eight Race Engineering
4 Sandown SuperSprint Tyler Everingham Tyler Everingham Declan Fraser Triple Eight Race Engineering Zak Best
Thomas Maxwell Tyler Everingham Matthew Payne Grove Racing
5 Bathurst 1000 Zak Best Tyler Everingham Zak Best Tickford Racing Zak Best
Tyler Everingham race cancelled
6 Adelaide 500 Declan Fraser Declan Fraser Declan Fraser Triple Eight Race Engineering Declan Fraser
Declan Fraser Matt Chahda Declan Fraser Triple Eight Race Engineering

Super3 Series

Round Event Pole position Fastest lap Winning Driver Winning Team Round Winner
1 Sydney SuperNight Brad Vaughan Brad Vaughan Brad Vaughan Anderson Motorsport Kai Allen
Kai Allen Kai Allen Kai Allen Eggleston Motorsport
2 Perth SuperNight Kai Allen Kai Allen Kai Allen Eggleston Motorsport Kai Allen
Kai Allen Kai Allen Kai Allen Eggleston Motorsport
3 Townsville 500 Kai Allen Brad Vaughan Brad Vaughan Anderson Motorsport Kai Allen
Kai Allen Blake Fardell Kai Allen Eggleston Motorsport
4 Sandown SuperSprint Kai Allen Brad Vaughan Kai Allen Eggleston Motorsport Brad Vaughan
Kai Allen Kai Allen Brad Vaughan Anderson Motorsport
5 Bathurst 1000 Kai Allen Kai Allen Kai Allen Eggleston Motorsport Kai Allen
Kai Allen race cancelled
6 Adelaide 500 Kai Allen Brad Vaughan Brad Vaughan Anderson Motorsport Brad Vaughan
Kai Allen Brad Vaughan Brad Vaughan Anderson Motorsport

Series standings

Points system

Points were awarded for each race at an event, to the driver of a car that completed at least 75% of the race distance and was running at the completion of the race. At least 50% of the planned race distance must be completed for the result to be valid and championship points awarded. The following points scales apply to both the Super2 and Super3 Series.

Position
1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th 13th 14th 15th 16th 17th
150 138 129 120 111 102 96 90 84 78 72 69 66 63 60 57 54

Super2 Series

Pos. Driver No. SMP
 WAN
 TOW
 SAN
 BAT
 ADE
 Pen. Points
1 Declan Fraser 777 6 3 6 3 4 1 1 8 5 C 1 1 0 1383
2 Zak Best 78 2 1 Ret 7 2 12 2 3 1 C 4 3 0 1257
3 Matthew Payne 10 4 2 1 2 10 Ret 19 1 3 C 2 4 0 1209
4 Tyler Everingham 27 15 5 3 1 1 Ret 17 4 2 C 5 5 0 1134
5 Cameron Hill 111 7 11 2 4 6 3 14 11 4 C 3 Ret 0 1047
6 Matt Chahda 18 10 8 11 13 3 2 6 13 11 2 0 957
7 Thomas Maxwell 3 3 4 7 15 11 5 12 Ret 10 C 7 11 0 903
8 Jaylyn Robotham 999 1 6 14 5 15 Ret 4 14 6 7 0 867
9 Aaron Seton 30 5 7 12 10 5 8 16 9 9 C Ret 12 0 849
10 Jay Hanson 49 14 9 Ret 14 9 4 10 6 6 C 10 Ret 0 780
11 Zane Morse 11 8 12 9 6 8 10 8 Ret 12 C 12 Ret 0 747
12 Cameron Crick 38 9 14 8 11 12 Ret 15 7 8 C Ret 9 0 708
13 Ryal Harris 58 11 Ret 10 12 16 6 9 Ret 11 C 8 6 0 702
14 Elly Morrow 8 16 13 13 16 13 11 18 12 15 C 0 567
15 Matt McLean 54 12 10 4 9 7 Ret 7 C 0 531
16 Angelo Mouzouris 6 13 Ret 5 8 Ret 7 5 Ret Ret C Ret DNS 0 459
17 Nash Morris 67 Ret Ret Ret Ret 14 Ret 13 10 14 C 9 10 0 438
18 Dean Fiore 16 3 5 0 240
19 Jack Perkins 50 11 2 0 210
20 Tim Blanchard 54 7 9 0 180
21 Lachlan Dalton 8 12 8 0 159
22 Reef McCarthy 999 13 C 0 66
Pos. Driver No. SMP
 WAN
 TOW
 SAN
 BAT
 ADE
 Pen. Points
Key
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver Second place
Bronze Third place
Green Other points position
Blue Other classified position
Not classified, finished (NC)
Purple Not classified, retired (Ret)
Red Did not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black Disqualified (DSQ)
White Did not start (DNS)
Race cancelled (C)
Blank Did not practice (DNP)
Excluded (EX)
Did not arrive (DNA)
Withdrawn (WD)
Did not enter (cell empty)
Text formatting Meaning
Bold Pole position
Italics Fastest lap

Super3 Series

Pos. Driver No. SMP
 WAN
 TOW
 SAN
 BAT
 ADE
 Pen. Points
1 Brad Vaughan 5 1 2 8 2 1 7 2 1 2 C 1 1 0 1488
2 Kai Allen 26 2 1 1 1 2 1 1 10 1 C 2 Ret 0 1392
3 Jim Policina 7 5 5 4 5 4 11 8 3 4 C 5 3 0 1224
4 Chris Smerdon 39 12 7 6 6 5 3 13 2 3 2 0 1080
5 Blake Fardell 77 3 4 2 3 3 2 9 11 WD WD 0 939
6 Ray Hislop 23 4 3 7 6 3 Ret 11 C 6 6 0 852
7 Jason Gomersall 35 Ret 9 5 8 9 8 5 Ret 3 C 7 DNS 0 795
8 Garry Hills 76 7 6 3 4 Ret Ret 12 4 7 C 0 732
9 Steven Page 2 9 10 9 9 Ret 4 7 9 8 C DNS DNS 0 720
10 Tony Auddino 4 8 Ret 7 7 11 5 DNS 7 6 C DNS DNS 0 663
11 Jarred Danaher 46 6 8 6 Ret 4 Ret Ret C 4 4 0 654
12 James Masterton 219 Ret Ret 10 9 10 Ret 0 318
13 Jordan Michels 28 6 6 0 204
14 Gary Collins 96 DNS C 8 5 0 201
15 Layton Barker 72 8 10 0 168
16 Jason Foley 17 11 8 0 162
17 Paul Boschert 25 10 Ret 9 C 0 162
18 Shane Beikoff 68 11 11 DNS DNS Ret DNS 0 144
19 David Murphy 24 DNS DNS 5 C 0 111
20 Brendan Strong 75 Ret 5 DNS C WD WD 0 111
– Adam Wallis 33 Ret Ret 0 0
Pos. Driver No. SMP
 WAN
 TOW
 SAN
 BAT
 ADE
 Pen. Points
Key
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver Second place
Bronze Third place
Green Other points position
Blue Other classified position
Not classified, finished (NC)
Purple Not classified, retired (Ret)
Red Did not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black Disqualified (DSQ)
White Did not start (DNS)
Race cancelled (C)
Blank Did not practice (DNP)
Excluded (EX)
Did not arrive (DNA)
Withdrawn (WD)
Did not enter (cell empty)
Text formatting Meaning
Bold Pole position
Italics Fastest lap

Notes

  1. ^ Matthew Payne was on Pole Position but set a fastest sector under a yellow flag and was given a three-spot grid penalty which sent him back to fourth and elevating Tyler Everingham to pole
  2. ^ a b Race 10 was cancelled due to torrential rain, no points were awarded.

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