2024 Supercars Championship

The 2024 Supercars Championship (known for commercial reasons as the 2024 Repco Supercars Championship) is an upcoming motor racing series for Supercars.

It will be the twenty-sixth running of the Supercars Championship and the twenty-eighth series in which Supercars have contested the Australian Touring Car Championship, the premier title in Australian motorsport. It is the sixty-fifth season of touring car racing in Australia.

Teams and drivers

The following teams and drivers are expecting to compete in the 2024 championship. Car numbers are presumed to carry over from 2023 unless otherwise stated.

Championship entries Endurance entries
Manufacturer Model Team No. Driver name Rounds Co-driver name Rounds
Chevrolet Camaro ZL1-1LE Brad Jones Racing 8 New Zealand Andre Heimgartner[1] TBA TBA TBA
TBA TBA TBA TBA TBA
TBA TBA TBA TBA TBA
TBA TBA TBA TBA TBA
Team 18 18 Australia Mark Winterbottom[2] TBA TBA TBA
TBA Australia David Reynolds[3] TBA TBA TBA
PremiAir Racing 23 Australia Tim Slade[4] TBA TBA TBA
31 Australia James Golding[4] TBA TBA TBA
Matt Stone Racing 34 Australia Nick Percat[5] TBA TBA TBA
35 Australia Cameron Hill[6] TBA TBA TBA
Triple Eight Race Engineering 88 Australia Broc Feeney[1] TBA Australia Scott Pye[7] TBA
TBA Australia Will Brown[8] TBA TBA
Erebus Motorsport 99 Australia Brodie Kostecki[1] TBA Australia David Russell[9] TBA
TBA Australia Jack Le Brocq[10] TBA TBA TBA
Ford Mustang GT Dick Johnson Racing 11 Australia Anton de Pasquale[11] TBA TBA TBA
17 Australia Will Davison[11] TBA TBA TBA
Grove Racing 19 New Zealand Matthew Payne[1] TBA Australia Garth Tander[12] TBA
TBA New Zealand Richie Stanaway[13] TBA TBA
Walkinshaw Andretti United 25 Australia Chaz Mostert[1] TBA TBA TBA
TBA New Zealand Ryan Wood[14] TBA TBA TBA
Blanchard Racing Team[15] 3 Australia Aaron Love[16] TBA TBA TBA
7 Australia James Courtney TBA TBA TBA
Tickford Racing[17] TBA TBA TBA TBA TBA
TBA TBA TBA TBA TBA
Wildcard Entries
Chevrolet Camaro ZL1-1LE Triple Eight Race Engineering[18] 888 — Australia Craig Lowndes[18]
TBA		 TBA
Source:[19]

Team changes

The amount of entrants is expected to be reduced from twenty-five to twenty-four as Tickford Racing will be downsizing from four cars to two cars after selling two of its Teams Racing Charters (TRC). One of the Teams Racing Charters was purchased by Blanchard Racing Team, who will expand to a two car team, while the second will be returning to Supercars.[17][15]

Driver changes

Shane van Gisbergen will leave Supercars at the end of the 2023 season and move to the United States to race in all three NASCAR national series in 2024 for Trackhouse Racing. His seat will be taken by Will Brown, who will leave Erebus Motorsport. Jack Le Brocq will leave Matt Stone Racing to move to Erebus Motorsport, replacing Brown.[10][8][20]

James Courtney will leave Tickford Racing, after they downscaled to two cars.[21]

Nick Percat will leave Walkinshaw Andretti United to replace Jack Le Brocq at Matt Stone Racing. His seat will be taken by Super2 Series graduate Ryan Wood.[22][23][14]

Scott Pye will leave Team 18 to join Triple Eight Race Engineering as an endurance co-driver. His seat will be replaced by David Reynolds, who will leave Grove Racing. His seat will be taken by Richie Stanaway, who will make his full time return to the category since 2019.[24][13][25][7]

Calendar

The following circuit is scheduled to host a round of the 2024 championship.

Event Circuit Location Dates
Taupō SuperSprint New Zealand Taupō International Motorsport Park Taupō, Waikato Region 20–21 April
Source

The following circuits are due to host a round of the 2024 championship.

Round Event Circuit Location Dates
Adelaide 500 South Australia Adelaide Street Circuit Adelaide, South Australia
Bathurst 1000 New South Wales Mount Panorama Circuit Bathurst, New South Wales
Gold Coast 500 Queensland Surfers Paradise Street Circuit Surfers Paradise, Queensland
Darwin Triple Crown Northern Territory Hidden Valley Raceway Darwin, Northern Territory
Townsville 500 Queensland Reid Park Street Circuit Townsville, Queensland
Sydney SuperNight New South Wales Sydney Motorsport Park Eastern Creek, New South Wales
Perth SuperSprint Western Australia Wanneroo Raceway Neerabup, Western Australia
Tasmania SuperSprint Tasmania Symmons Plains Raceway Launceston, Tasmania
Source

Calendar changes

Taupō International Motorsport Park will host a Supercars event for the first time.[26]

Newcastle 500 has been cancelled for 2024.[27]

References
  1. "How the 2024 Supercars grid currently stands". Supercars. Retrieved 2023-08-18.
  2. "Winterbottom signs new multi-year Team 18 deal". Supercars. Retrieved 2023-08-18.
  3. "Team 18 confirms Reynolds signing". Supercars. 27 August 2023.
  4. "PremiAir confirms 2024 Supercars driver line-up". Speedcafe.com. Retrieved 2023-09-27.
  5. "Percat joins MSR on multi-year deal". Supercars. 13 September 2023.
  6. Hill signs new MSR contract Speedcafe.com 7 September 2023
  7. Pavey, James (18 October 2023). "Pye signs Triple Eight enduro contract". Supercars.
  8. Pavey, James (16 August 2023). "Brown in, van Gisbergen out at Triple Eight". Supercars.
  9. Erebus announces Russell enduro contract renewal Speedcafe.com 20 October 2023
  10. "Le Brocq to replace Brown at Erebus". Supercars. Retrieved 2023-08-18.
  11. DJR confirms unchangeddriver line-up for 2024 Speedcafe.com 3 May 2023
  12. O'Brien, Connor (2023-09-12). "Tander itching to finally join forces with Stanaway". Retrieved 2023-09-11.
  13. "Stanaway seals comeback with Penrite Racing". Supercars. 21 August 2023.
  14. ""Dream come true" Supercars promotion for red hot rookie". www.motorsport.com. 2023-09-01. Retrieved 2023-09-01.
  15. "BRT confirms two-car expansion for 2024". www.motorsport.com. 2023-09-01. Retrieved 2023-09-01.
  16. O'Brien, Connor (2023-10-26). "Love, Courtney to spearhead expanded BRT". Retrieved 2023-10-25.
  17. "Tickford to scale back to two cars in 2024". www.motorsport.com. 2023-09-01. Retrieved 2023-09-01.
  18. O'Brien, Connor (2023-08-23). "Lowndes lands two-year Triple Eight extension". Retrieved 2023-08-22.
  19. Pavey, James (16 August 2023). "How the 2024 Supercars grid currently stands". Supercars.
  20. Trackhouse confirms 2024 van Gisbergen NASCAR contract Speedcafe.com 14 September 2023
  21. Pavey, James (24 October 2023). "Tickford announces Courtney departure". Supercars.
  22. "WAU confirms Percat departure". Supercars. 21 August 2023.
  23. "Percat joins MSR on multi-year deal". Supercars. 13 September 2023.
  24. Grove Racing confirms Reynolds exit Speedcafe.com 21 August 2023
  25. "Pye, Team 18 to part ways". Supercars. 25 August 2023.
  26. "Supercars returning to New Zealand in 2024". Supercars. 21 August 2023.
  27. Supercars Newcastle 500 has been cancelled for 2024 Speedcafe.com 19 October 2023
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