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 Australia Tony Auddino S3 All [1]
TF Racing 17 Australia Jason Foley S3 4 [2]
FG Falcon Anderson Motorsport 5 Australia Brad Vaughan S3 R All [3]
Matt Stone Racing[4] 35/93 Australia Jason Gomersall S3 All [1]
39 Australia Chris Smerdon S3 1–4, 6 [1]
Eggleston Motorsport 24 Australia David Murphy S3 3, 5 [1]
Image Racing 28 New Zealand Jordan Michels S3 R 4–5 [5]
Beikoff Racing 46 Australia Jarred Danaher S3 1, 3–6 [1]
AU Falcon 68 Australia Shane Beikoff S3 R 1, 3, 5–6 [1]
FG X Falcon Matthew Chahda Motorsport 18 Australia Matt Chahda S2 1–4, 6 [6]
Paul Morris Motorsport 67 Australia Nash Morris S2 R All [1]
Tickford Racing 78 Australia Zak Best S2 All [7]
BA Falcon Ray Hislop Motorsport 23 Australia Ray Hislop S3 1, 3–6 [1]
Holden Commodore VE Eggleston Motorsport 2 Australia Steven Page S3 All [1]
26 Australia Kai Allen S3 R All [8]
Commodore VF 38 Australia Cameron Crick S2 R All [9]
50 Australia Jack Perkins S2 4 [10]
54 Australia Matt McLean S2 1–2, 4–5 [11]
Australia Tim Blanchard S2 3 [12]
Brad Jones Racing 8 Australia Elly Morrow S2 R 1–5 [13]
Australia Lachlan Dalton S2 6 [14]
Brema Group Racing 11 Australia Zane Morse S2 All [15]
Matt Stone Racing 30 Australia Aaron Seton S2 All [4]
58 Australia Ryal Harris S2 R All [16]
Image Racing 49 Australia Jay Hanson S2 R All [17]
999 Australia Jaylyn Robotham S2 1–4, 6 [6]
Australia Reef McCarthy S2 5 [18]
Triple Eight Race Engineering[19] 111 Australia Cameron Hill S2 R All [20]
777 Australia Declan Fraser S2 All [21]
Commodore VE Pollicina Motorsports 7 Australia Jim Pollicina S3 All [1]
Weldcraft Motorsport 25 Australia Paul Boschert S3 1, 5 [1]
Adam Wallis Motorsport 33 Australia Adam Wallis S3 6 [22]
Layton Barker Racing 72 Australia Layton Barker S3 3
Strong Motorsport 75 Australia Brendan Strong S3 4–6 [1]
Garry Hills Racing 76 Australia Garry Hills S3 1–5
Mr HDT Race Cars 77 Australia Blake Fardell S3 1–4 [1]
Gary Collins Racing 96 Australia Gary Collins S3 4–6 [1]
Masterton Motorsports 219 Australia James Masterton S3 1, 3–6 [1]
Nissan Altima L33 MW Motorsport 3 Australia Thomas Maxwell S2 R All [23]
6 Australia Angelo Mouzouris S2 All [24]
16 Australia Dean Fiore S2 4 [2]
27 Australia Tyler Everingham S2 All [25]
Grove Racing 10 New Zealand Matthew Payne S2 R All [26]
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.[4]

Grove Junior Team joined the championship fielding a single Nissan Altima L33 for Matthew Payne.[26]

Brad Jones Racing returns to the championship after a year's absence fielding a Holden Commodore VF for Elly Morrow.[13]

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.[19] 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.[26]

Brad Jones Racing driver Elly Morrow graduated from Super3 Series.[13]

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.[3]

Bradley Neill returned to Super3 to join Matt Stone Racing.[1]

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 New South Wales Sydney Motorsport Park Eastern Creek, New South Wales 5–6 March
2 Perth SuperNight Western Australia Wanneroo Raceway Neerabup, Western Australia 30 April – 1 May
3 Townsville 500 Queensland Reid Park Street Circuit Townsville, Queensland 9–10 July
4 Sandown SuperSprint Victoria (state) Sandown Raceway Springvale, Victoria 20–21 August
5 Bathurst 1000 New South Wales Mount Panorama Circuit Bathurst, New South Wales 7–8 October
6 Adelaide 500[27] South Australia 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 New South Wales Sydney SuperNight New Zealand Matthew Payne Australia Tyler Everingham Australia Jaylyn Robotham Image Racing Australia Zak Best
Australia Declan Fraser Australia Zak Best Australia Zak Best Tickford Racing
2 Western Australia Perth SuperNight New Zealand Matthew Payne Australia Cameron Hill New Zealand Matthew Payne Grove Racing New Zealand Matthew Payne
New Zealand Matthew Payne Australia Tyler Everingham Australia Tyler Everingham MW Motorsport
3 Queensland Townsville 500 Australia Zak Best Australia Tyler Everingham Australia Tyler Everingham MW Motorsport Australia Declan Fraser
Australia Declan Fraser Australia Cameron Hill Australia Declan Fraser Triple Eight Race Engineering
4 Victoria (state) Sandown SuperSprint Australia Tyler Everingham[a] Australia Tyler Everingham Australia Declan Fraser Triple Eight Race Engineering Australia Zak Best
Australia Thomas Maxwell Australia Tyler Everingham New Zealand Matthew Payne Grove Racing
5 New South Wales Bathurst 1000 Australia Zak Best Australia Tyler Everingham Australia Zak Best Tickford Racing Australia Zak Best
Australia Tyler Everingham race cancelled[b]
6 South Australia Adelaide 500 Australia Declan Fraser Australia Declan Fraser Australia Declan Fraser Triple Eight Race Engineering Australia Declan Fraser
Australia Declan Fraser Australia Matt Chahda Australia Declan Fraser Triple Eight Race Engineering

Super3 Series

Round Event Pole position Fastest lap Winning Driver Winning Team Round Winner
1 New South Wales Sydney SuperNight Australia Brad Vaughan Australia Brad Vaughan Australia Brad Vaughan Anderson Motorsport Australia Kai Allen
Australia Kai Allen Australia Kai Allen Australia Kai Allen Eggleston Motorsport
2 Western Australia Perth SuperNight Australia Kai Allen Australia Kai Allen Australia Kai Allen Eggleston Motorsport Australia Kai Allen
Australia Kai Allen Australia Kai Allen Australia Kai Allen Eggleston Motorsport
3 Queensland Townsville 500 Australia Kai Allen Australia Brad Vaughan Australia Brad Vaughan Anderson Motorsport Australia Kai Allen
Australia Kai Allen Australia Blake Fardell Australia Kai Allen Eggleston Motorsport
4 Victoria (state) Sandown SuperSprint Australia Kai Allen Australia Brad Vaughan Australia Kai Allen Eggleston Motorsport Australia Brad Vaughan
Australia Kai Allen Australia Kai Allen Australia Brad Vaughan Anderson Motorsport
5 New South Wales Bathurst 1000 Australia Kai Allen Australia Kai Allen Australia Kai Allen Eggleston Motorsport Australia Kai Allen
Australia Kai Allen race cancelled[b]
6 South Australia Adelaide 500 Australia Kai Allen Australia Brad Vaughan Australia Brad Vaughan Anderson Motorsport Australia Brad Vaughan
Australia Kai Allen Australia Brad Vaughan Australia 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
New South Wales 		WAN
Western Australia 		TOW
Queensland 		SAN
Victoria (state) 		BAT
New South Wales 		ADE
South Australia 		Pen. Points
1 Australia Declan Fraser 777 6 3 6 3 4 1 1 8 5 C 1 1 0 1383
2 Australia Zak Best 78 2 1 Ret 7 2 12 2 3 1 C 4 3 0 1257
3 New Zealand Matthew Payne 10 4 2 1 2 10 Ret 19 1 3 C 2 4 0 1209
4 Australia Tyler Everingham 27 15 5 3 1 1 Ret 17 4 2 C 5 5 0 1134
5 Australia Cameron Hill 111 7 11 2 4 6 3 14 11 4 C 3 Ret 0 1047
6 Australia Matt Chahda 18 10 8 11 13 3 2 6 13 11 2 0 957
7 Australia Thomas Maxwell 3 3 4 7 15 11 5 12 Ret 10 C 7 11 0 903
8 Australia Jaylyn Robotham 999 1 6 14 5 15 Ret 4 14 6 7 0 867
9 Australia Aaron Seton 30 5 7 12 10 5 8 16 9 9 C Ret 12 0 849
10 Australia Jay Hanson 49 14 9 Ret 14 9 4 10 6 6 C 10 Ret 0 780
11 Australia Zane Morse 11 8 12 9 6 8 10 8 Ret 12 C 12 Ret 0 747
12 Australia Cameron Crick 38 9 14 8 11 12 Ret 15 7 8 C Ret 9 0 708
13 Australia Ryal Harris 58 11 Ret 10 12 16 6 9 Ret 11 C 8 6 0 702
14 Australia Elly Morrow 8 16 13 13 16 13 11 18 12 15 C 0 567
15 Australia Matt McLean 54 12 10 4 9 7 Ret 7 C 0 531
16 Australia Angelo Mouzouris 6 13 Ret 5 8 Ret 7 5 Ret Ret C Ret DNS 0 459
17 Australia Nash Morris 67 Ret Ret Ret Ret 14 Ret 13 10 14 C 9 10 0 438
18 Australia Dean Fiore 16 3 5 0 240
19 Australia Jack Perkins 50 11 2 0 210
20 Australia Tim Blanchard 54 7 9 0 180
21 Australia Lachlan Dalton 8 12 8 0 159
22 Australia Reef McCarthy 999 13 C 0 66
Pos. Driver No. SMP
New South Wales 		WAN
Western Australia 		TOW
Queensland 		SAN
Victoria (state) 		BAT
New South Wales 		ADE
South Australia 		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
New South Wales 		WAN
Western Australia 		TOW
Queensland 		SAN
Victoria (state) 		BAT
New South Wales 		ADE
South Australia 		Pen. Points
1 Australia Brad Vaughan 5 1 2 8 2 1 7 2 1 2 C 1 1 0 1488
2 Australia Kai Allen 26 2 1 1 1 2 1 1 10 1 C 2 Ret 0 1392
3 Australia Jim Policina 7 5 5 4 5 4 11 8 3 4 C 5 3 0 1224
4 Australia Chris Smerdon 39 12 7 6 6 5 3 13 2 3 2 0 1080
5 Australia Blake Fardell 77 3 4 2 3 3 2 9 11 WD WD 0 939
6 Australia Ray Hislop 23 4 3 7 6 3 Ret 11 C 6 6 0 852
7 Australia Jason Gomersall 35 Ret 9 5 8 9 8 5 Ret 3 C 7 DNS 0 795
8 Australia Garry Hills 76 7 6 3 4 Ret Ret 12 4 7 C 0 732
9 Australia Steven Page 2 9 10 9 9 Ret 4 7 9 8 C DNS DNS 0 720
10 Australia Tony Auddino 4 8 Ret 7 7 11 5 DNS 7 6 C DNS DNS 0 663
11 Australia Jarred Danaher 46 6 8 6 Ret 4 Ret Ret C 4 4 0 654
12 Australia James Masterton 219 Ret Ret 10 9 10 Ret 0 318
13 New Zealand Jordan Michels 28 6 6 0 204
14 Australia Gary Collins 96 DNS C 8 5 0 201
15 Australia Layton Barker 72 8 10 0 168
16 Australia Jason Foley 17 11 8 0 162
17 Australia Paul Boschert 25 10 Ret 9 C 0 162
18 Australia Shane Beikoff 68 11 11 DNS DNS Ret DNS 0 144
19 Australia David Murphy 24 DNS DNS 5 C 0 111
20 Australia Brendan Strong 75 Ret 5 DNS C WD WD 0 111
– Australia Adam Wallis 33 Ret Ret 0 0
Pos. Driver No. SMP
New South Wales 		WAN
Western Australia 		TOW
Queensland 		SAN
Victoria (state) 		BAT
New South Wales 		ADE
South Australia 		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[28]
  2. ^ a b Race 10 was cancelled due to torrential rain, no points were awarded.

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