2023 Superrace Championship

The 2023 Superrace Championship (also known as the 2023 CJ Logistics Superrace Championship) is a South Korean motor racing series for stock cars, production cars, prototypes and production bikes. It is the 18th season running for the championship and the 17th season both partnered by CJ Group and raced under the moniker 'Superrace Championship'. The championship is contested individually between 5 classes; Super 6000, Kumho GT (GT1 & GT2), BMW M Class, Sports Prototype (Radical) Cup Korea & the newly introduced Kawasaki Ninja Cup. There have been no announcements for a continuation of the Cadillac CT4 category.

Calendar
Round Event Circuit Location Dates Map
1 Super Exciting Superrace Everland Speedway Yongin-si, Gyeonggi-do 22 April
2 23 April
3 Asia Motorsports Carnival Korea International Circuit Yeongam-gun, Jeollanam-do 4 June
4 Inje Night Race Inje Speedium Inje-gun, Gangwon-do 8 July
5 Summer Festival Everland Speedway Yongin-si, Gyeonggi-do 19–20 August
6 Jeonnam GT Korea International Circuit Yeongam-gun, Jeollanam-do 23–24 September
7 TBA Everland Speedway Yongin-si, Gyeonggi-do 4 November
8 TBA 5 November
Source

Teams and drivers

Super 6000

Since 2020, all teams are currently using the Toyota GR Supra powered with a General Motors 6.2L LS3 V8 engine capable of producing 460 horsepower.[1]

Key
Regular driver
Wildcard driver
Replacement driver
Team No. Driver(s) Tyre Rounds
AMC Racing 03 Japan Takayuki Aoki K 1-2
99 South Korea "Tony" Seo Seok-hyun 1-5
27 Netherlands Carlo van Dam 3-5
Brand New Racing 38 South Korea Park Gyu-seung K 1-5
87 South Korea Lee Hyo-jun
CJ Logistics Racing 36 South Korea Park Jun-seo NEX 1-5
50 South Korea Oh Han-sol
ECSTA Racing 18 South Korea Lee Chan-joon K 1-5
24 South Korea Lee Chang-uk
55 Japan Hiroki Yoshida 1-2
88 South Korea Song Young-kwang 3-5
JUN-FITTED Racing 12 South Korea Hwang Jin-woo K 1-5
77 South Korea Park Jung-jun
L&K Motors 22 South Korea Lee Eun-jung K 1-2, 5
32 South Korea Son In-young 1-2
NEXEN-VOLLGAS Motorsports 04 South Korea Jung Eui-chul NEX 1-2, 4-5
44 South Korea Kim Jae-hyun
Seohan GP 05 South Korea Kim Joong-kun NEX 1-5
06 South Korea Jang Hyun-jin
07 South Korea Jeong Hoe-won

Team changes
  • On March 12, at approximately 10:09pm, a fire broke out at Hankook Tire's production plant in Daejeon, halting production after suffering severe damage to one of their factory complexes.[2] This incident in turn has affected supply to all teams using Hankook tyres in this year's Superrace Championship. As a result, Hankook-AtlasBX Motorsports announced that they (along with their second team, SONIC Motorsports-AtlasBX) will not contest the 2023 championship.[3] Additionally, VOLLGAS Motorsports switched to Nexen Tire, joining Seohan GP and CJ Logistics Racing, who switched from Kumho Tire.[4] JUN-FITTED Racing will switch to Kumho, joining newly formed AMC Racing, Brand New Racing, ECSTA Racing, and L&K Motors, who initially switched to Hankook.[4]

Driver changes
  • As a result of the two AtlasBX teams withdrawing due to Hankook Tire's Daejeon plant fire and production stall, their drivers have decided not to contest for other teams in Super 6000.[3] It was reported that defending champion Kim Jong-kyum would be joined by SONIC driver Yang Tae-keun and Noh Dong-gi; the latter returning from military service.[3] Roelof Bruins and Steven Cho reportedly did not register to retain their spots in the team and are pursuing other motor racing activities.[3]
  • MIDAS Racing driver Seo Seok-hyun and Japanese driver Takayuki Aoki will join newly formed AMC Racing's two-car operation.[3] The latter will be replaced by Carlo van Dam from round 3 onwards.
  • Brand New Racing driver Park Gyu-seung will step up from Kumho GT1 to Super 6000 to join Lee Hyo-jun in the team's expanded two-car operation.[3]
  • CJ Logistics Racing announced that Oh Han-sol will move to their team, while Park Jun-seo will step up to join in from the Kumho GT1 class.[3]
  • ECSTA Racing's Lee Jung-woo will not contest in Super 6000 due to military service.[3] Japanese driver Hiroki Yoshida will join Lee Chan-joon and Lee Chang-uk for the first and second rounds of the championship.[4] Kumho GT1 driver Song Young-kwang is reported to drive the third entry for the rest of the season, due to Yoshida's Japanese racing commitments and tyre development for Kumho.[4][5]
  • Hwang Jin-woo and Hwang Do-yun left N'Fera Racing as the team ended operations after the 2022 championship. The latter was left without a drive while Jin-woo joined Park Jung-jun at JUN-FITTED Racing to replace CJ Logistics Racing-bound Oh Han-sol.[3]
  • Seo Ju-won left L&K Motors at the end of the 2022 season. He is replaced by Son In-young, who joined the team just a week before the first race.

Mid-season changes
  • NEXEN-VOLLGAS Motorsport announced that they won't participate the remaining races. The team stated that they are planning to participate at international races after the success in the championship. However, on June 27, 2023, the team reverted their decision and announced that they will participate the remaining races of the season.
  • L&K Motors missed rounds 3 and 4 due to financial reasons. The team returned from round 5 onwards, but they ran only one car for Lee Eun-jung.

Season summary
Round Circuit Pole position Fastest lap Winning driver Winning team Report
1 South Korea Everland Speedway 1&2 South Korea Lee Chang-uk South Korea Kim Jae-hyun South Korea Lee Chang-uk ECSTA Racing Report[6]
2 South Korea Lee Chan-joon South Korea Kim Jae-hyun South Korea Lee Chan-joon ECSTA Racing Report[7]
3 South Korea Korea International Circuit 1 South Korea Lee Chang-uk South Korea Lee Chang-uk South Korea Lee Chan-joon ECSTA Racing Report[8]
4 South Korea Inje Speedium South Korea Lee Chang-uk South Korea Kim Jae-hyun South Korea Lee Chang-uk ECSTA Racing Report[9]
5 South Korea Everland Speedway 3 South Korea Kim Jae-hyun South Korea Kim Jae-hyun South Korea Kim Jae-hyun NEXEN-VOLLGAS Motorsports Report[10]
6 South Korea Korea International Circuit 2 Report
7 South Korea Everland Speedway 4&5 Report
8 Report

Championship standings

Scoring system
Position  1st   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th   7th   8th   9th   10th  Race completion 
Race 25 18 15 12 10 8 6 4 2 1 1
Round 3 30 22 18 14 12 9 7 5 3 2
Qualifying 3 2 1

Super 6000
2023 Super 6000 Driver Standings
Rank Driver EVE1
South Korea		 EVE2
South Korea		 KOR1
South Korea		 INJ
South Korea		 EVE3
South Korea		 KOR2
South Korea		 EVE4
South Korea		 EVE5
South Korea		 Points
1 South Korea Lee Chan-joon 92 11 1 3 8 86
2 South Korea Kim Jae-hyun 23 8 23 11 78
3 South Korea Lee Chang-uk 11 Ret2 81 11 Ret 70
4 South Korea Jung Eui-chul 3 23 5 3 63
5 South Korea Jang Hyun-jin 5 5 Ret2 9 22 50
6 South Korea Park Gyu-seung 6 6 2 8 9 49
7 South Korea Hwang Jin-woo 13 3 7 10 5 38
8 South Korea Park Jun-seo 17 9 4 4 Ret 32
9 South Korea Jeong Hoe-won 12 16 3 12 6 31
10 South Korea Kim Joong-kun 8 7 113 13 43 29
11 Japan Takayuki Aoki 4 4 26
12 South Korea Oh Han-sol 11 Ret 9 6 7 21
13 Netherlands Carlo van Dam 5 Ret 11 14
14 South Korea Song Young-kwang 6 Ret 13 11
15 South Korea Lee Hyo-jun 10 10 Ret 7 Ret 11
16 Japan Hiroki Yoshida 7 11 8
17 South Korea Tony Seo Seok-hyun 15 14 10 12 6
18 South Korea Park Jung-jun DNS 12 Ret 11 10 4
19 South Korea Son In-young 14 13 2
20 South Korea Lee Eun-jung 15 16 Ret 2
Rank Driver EVE1
South Korea		 EVE2
South Korea		 KOR1
South Korea		 INJ
South Korea		 EVE3
South Korea		 KOR2
South Korea		 EVE4
South Korea		 EVE5
South Korea		 Points
Key
ColourResult
GoldWinner
Silver2nd place
Bronze3rd place
GreenOther points position
Blue Other classified position
Not classified, finished (NC)
PurpleNot classified, retired (Ret)
Red Did not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
BlackDisqualified (DSQ)
White Did not start (DNS)
Race cancelled (C)
Blank Did not practice (DNP)
Excluded (EX)
Did not arrive (DNA)
Withdrawn (WD)
Annotation Meaning
Superscript
number123		 Points-scoring position
in qualifying
Bold Pole position
Italics Fastest lap

Super 6000

The teams championship is decided upon points scored by two drivers per team after each race. Teams with 3 or more drivers have 15 days before each race to select two drivers to add their points towards their final tally.

2023 Super 6000 Team Standings
Rank Team EVE1
South Korea		 EVE2
South Korea		 KOR1
South Korea		 INJ
South Korea		 EVE3
South Korea		 KOR2
South Korea		 EVE4
South Korea		 EVE5 Points
1 ECSTA Racing 11 11 1 11 8 155
92 11 81 3 Ret
2 NEXEN-VOLLGAS Motorsports 23 23 23 11 141
3 11 5 3
3 Seohan GP 5 5 113 9 22 68
8 16 Ret2 13 6
4 Brand New Racing 6 6 2 7 9 60
10 10 Ret 8 Ret
5 CJ Logistics Racing 11 9 4 4 7 53
17 Ret 9 6 Ret
6 AMC Racing 7 7 5 Ret 11 46
15 14 10 12
7 JUN-FITTED Racing 13 3 7 10 5 42
12 Ret 11 10
8 L&K Motors 14 13 Ret 4
15 16
Rank Team EVE1
South Korea		 EVE2
South Korea		 KOR1
South Korea		 INJ
South Korea		 EVE3
South Korea		 KOR2
South Korea		 EVE4
South Korea		 EVE5 Points
Key
ColourResult
GoldWinner
Silver2nd place
Bronze3rd place
GreenOther points position
Blue Other classified position
Not classified, finished (NC)
PurpleNot classified, retired (Ret)
Red Did not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
BlackDisqualified (DSQ)
White Did not start (DNS)
Race cancelled (C)
Blank Did not practice (DNP)
Excluded (EX)
Did not arrive (DNA)
Withdrawn (WD)
Annotation Meaning
Superscript
number123		 Points-scoring position
in qualifying
Bold Pole position
Italics Fastest lap

Tyre manufacturers championships

Like the teams championship, the tyre manufacturers must select 5 drivers per tyre user 15 days before each round to add their points towards their final tally.

2023 Super 6000 Tyre Manufacturer Standings
Rank Team EVE1
South Korea		 EVE2
South Korea		 KOR1
South Korea		 INJ
South Korea		 EVE3
South Korea		 KOR2
South Korea		 EVE4
South Korea		 EVE5 Points
1 South Korea Kumho 11 11 1 11 5 298
4 3 2 3 8
6 4 5 7 9
7 6 6 8 10
92 10 7 10 11
2 South Korea Nexen 23 23 3 23 11 292
3 5 4 4 22
5 7 9 5 3
8 8 113 6 43
12 9 9 6
Rank Team EVE1
South Korea		 EVE2
South Korea		 KOR1
South Korea		 INJ
South Korea		 EVE3
South Korea		 KOR2
South Korea		 EVE4
South Korea		 EVE5 Points
Key
ColourResult
GoldWinner
Silver2nd place
Bronze3rd place
GreenOther points position
Blue Other classified position
Not classified, finished (NC)
PurpleNot classified, retired (Ret)
Red Did not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
BlackDisqualified (DSQ)
White Did not start (DNS)
Race cancelled (C)
Blank Did not practice (DNP)
Excluded (EX)
Did not arrive (DNA)
Withdrawn (WD)
Annotation Meaning
Superscript
number123		 Points-scoring position
in qualifying
Bold Pole position
Italics Fastest lap

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