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
Entry list
Manufacturer
Model
Team
Driver name
Class
Rounds
Ref
Car
Driver
Ford
BF Falcon
Auddino Racing
4
Tony Auddino
S3
All
[ 1]
TF Racing
17
Jason Foley
S3
4
[ 2]
FG Falcon
Anderson Motorsport
5
Brad Vaughan
S3
R
All
[ 3]
Matt Stone Racing [ 4]
35/93
Jason Gomersall
S3
All
[ 1]
39
Chris Smerdon
S3
1–4, 6
[ 1]
Eggleston Motorsport
24
David Murphy
S3
3, 5
[ 1]
Image Racing
28
Jordan Michels
S3
R
4–5
[ 5]
Beikoff Racing
46
Jarred Danaher
S3
1, 3–6
[ 1]
AU Falcon
68
Shane Beikoff
S3
R
1, 3, 5–6
[ 1]
FG X Falcon
Matthew Chahda Motorsport
18
Matt Chahda
S2
1–4, 6
[ 6]
Paul Morris Motorsport
67
Nash Morris
S2
R
All
[ 1]
Tickford Racing
78
Zak Best
S2
All
[ 7]
BA Falcon
Ray Hislop Motorsport
23
Ray Hislop
S3
1, 3–6
[ 1]
Holden
Commodore VE
Eggleston Motorsport
2
Steven Page
S3
All
[ 1]
26
Kai Allen
S3
R
All
[ 8]
Commodore VF
38
Cameron Crick
S2
R
All
[ 9]
50
Jack Perkins
S2
4
[ 10]
54
Matt McLean
S2
1–2, 4–5
[ 11]
Tim Blanchard
S2
3
[ 12]
Brad Jones Racing
8
Elly Morrow
S2
R
1–5
[ 13]
Lachlan Dalton
S2
6
[ 14]
Brema Group Racing
11
Zane Morse
S2
All
[ 15]
Matt Stone Racing
30
Aaron Seton
S2
All
[ 4]
58
Ryal Harris
S2
R
All
[ 16]
Image Racing
49
Jay Hanson
S2
R
All
[ 17]
999
Jaylyn Robotham
S2
1–4, 6
[ 6]
Reef McCarthy
S2
5
[ 18]
Triple Eight Race Engineering [ 19]
111
Cameron Hill
S2
R
All
[ 20]
777
Declan Fraser
S2
All
[ 21]
Commodore VE
Pollicina Motorsports
7
Jim Pollicina
S3
All
[ 1]
Weldcraft Motorsport
25
Paul Boschert
S3
1, 5
[ 1]
Adam Wallis Motorsport
33
Adam Wallis
S3
6
[ 22]
Layton Barker Racing
72
Layton Barker
S3
3
Strong Motorsport
75
Brendan Strong
S3
4–6
[ 1]
Garry Hills Racing
76
Garry Hills
S3
1–5
Mr HDT Race Cars
77
Blake Fardell
S3
1–4
[ 1]
Gary Collins Racing
96
Gary Collins
S3
4–6
[ 1]
Masterton Motorsports
219
James Masterton
S3
1, 3–6
[ 1]
Nissan
Altima L33
MW Motorsport
3
Thomas Maxwell
S2
R
All
[ 23]
6
Angelo Mouzouris
S2
All
[ 24]
16
Dean Fiore
S2
4
[ 2]
27
Tyler Everingham
S2
All
[ 25]
Grove Racing
10
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:
Results and standings
Season summary
Super2 Series
Super3 Series
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
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
SMP
WAN
TOW
SAN
BAT
ADE
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
SMP
WAN
TOW
SAN
BAT
ADE
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
^ 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]
^ a b Race 10 was cancelled due to torrential rain, no points were awarded.
References
^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p O'Brien, Connor (2022-02-18). "Super2 Grid set for Sydney" . Speedcafe.com .
^ a b Seven former winners in Sandown Super2 field Supercars 12 August 2022
^ a b Herrero, Daniel (2022-02-15). "Anderson Motorsport confirms Super3 Entry" . Speedcafe.com .
^ a b c "MSR flags Super2 expansion" . 19 October 2021.
^ Kiwi joins competitive Super3 grid Speedcafe 15 August 2022
^ a b Bullis, Charlie (2022-02-17). "Super2 grid is taking shape" . Supercars Championship .
^ Chapman, Simon (2022-02-15). "Tickford confirms Best for Super2" . Speedcafe.com .
^ O'Brien, Connor (2022-02-19). "Eggleston confirms Allen signing" . Speedcafe.com .
^ Chapman, Simon (2022-02-02). "Crick swaps Superutes for Super2" . Speedcafe.com .
^ "Perkins honours father with special livery" .
^ Herrero, Daniel (2022-01-18). "McLean re-signs with Eggleston Motorsport" . Speedcafe.com .
^ Bullis, Charlie (2022-06-30). "Blanchard confirmed to replace McLean for Townsville" . Supercars Championship .
^ a b c Bullis, Charlie (2022-02-02). "BJR confirms Morrow for 2022 Super2" . Supercars Championship .
^ [https://www.speedcafe.com/2022/11/24/ambrose-protege-joins-adelaide-super2-grid/ Ambrose protege joins Adelaide Super2 grid Speedcafe.com 24 November 2022
^ Herrero, Daniel (2021-12-10). "Morse to continue in Super2" . Speedcafe.com .
^ O'Brien, Connor (2022-02-16). "MSR confirms Harris signing" . Speedcafe.com .
^ O'Brien, Connor (2022-02-16). "Erebus confirms Hanson signing for Super2" . Speedcafe.com .
^ McCarthy confirmed to replace Robotham for Bathurst
^ a b "Whincup: Triple Eight in the 2022 Super2 driver market" . 30 September 2021.
^ "Triple Eight signs title winner to Super2 programme" .
^ O'Brien, Connor (2021-12-15). "Triple Eight signs Fraser for Super2" . Speedcafe.com .
^ [https://www.supercars.com/news/super2/super2-super3-grid-locked-in-for-adelaide-return/ Super2/Super3 grid locked in for Adelaide return Speedcafe.com 24 November 2022
^ O'Brien, Connor (2021-12-17). "MW Motorsport confirms first driver signing for 2022 Super2 Series" . Speedcafe.com .
^ O'Brien, Connor (2022-02-17). "Mouzouris joins MW Motorsport" . Speedcafe.com .
^ O'Brien, Connor (2022-02-17). "MW Motorsports confirms Everingham Resigning" . Speedcafe.com .
^ a b c Bullis, Charlie (2021-12-16). "Payne confirms 2022 Super2 Campaign" . Supercars.com .
^ Super2 to race at Adelaide 500 Speedcafe 23 June 2022
^ "Payne stripped of Sandown Super2 pole" .
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