2019 Super2 Series

The 2019 Super2 Series was an Australian motor racing competition for Supercars, a support series to the 2019 Supercars Championship. It was the twentieth running of the Supercars Development Series, the second tier of competition in Supercars racing. The series was promoted as the 2019 Dunlop Super2 Series.

Bryce Fullwood won the series with one round to spare in the MW Motorsport prepared Nissan Altima L33

Entries

Bryce Fullwood (pictured in 2018) won the 2019 Dunlop Super2 Series

Matt Chahda placed 15th driving a Ford Falcon FG X

The following teams and drivers competed in the 2019 series:

Manufacturer	Model	Team	Driver details
			No.	Driver	Rounds
Ford	FG X Falcon	Tickford Racing	5	Thomas Randle	All
		Matt Chahda Motorsport	18	Matt Chahda	All
		Matt Stone Racing	47	Joel Heinrich	1–2
Holden	Commodore VF	Triple Eight Race Engineering	10	Brenton Grove	All
			55	Kurt Kostecki	All
		Image Racing	15	Adam Marjoram	All
			49	Jordan Boys	All
		Brad Jones Racing	21	Jack Smith	All
			77	Tim Blanchard	3
		Matt Stone Racing	33	Abbie Eaton	1
				David Russell	5
			35	Ashley Walsh	All
		Eggleston Motorsport	38	Will Brown	All
			54	Dean Fiore	1–2
				Jack Perkins	3–7
			88	Justin Ruggier	All
		Garry Rogers Motorsport	44	Dylan O'Keeffe	All
			99	Mason Barbera	1–4
		Kostecki Brothers Racing	56	Jake Kostecki	1–4
			57	Brodie Kostecki	1–2
Nissan	Altima L33	MW Motorsport	16	Bryce Fullwood	All
			27	Tyler Everingham	All
			28	Zane Goddard	All
Source:[1][2]

Team changes

• Brad Jones Racing scaled back to a single-car team, after having previously run three cars.^[3]
• Image Racing formed a partnership with Erebus Motorsport, expanding to a two-car operation.^[4]
• Kali Motorsport withdrew from the series citing a lack of sponsorship, but retained its entry and cars with a view to re-joining the series in the future.^[1]
• Matt Chahda Motorsport switched from running a Holden VF Commodore to a Ford FG X Falcon.^[5]
• Paul Morris Motorsport withdrew from the series to focus on its Super3 Series entry.^[1]
• Triple Eight Race Engineering returned to the Super2 series for the first time since 2013, entering two VF Commodores.^[6]

Driver changes

• Paul Dumbrell retired from the Super2 Series at the end of 2018.^[7]
• The Grand Tour test driver Abbie Eaton made her Super2 début with Matt Stone Racing.^[8]
• Reigning Super3 Series champion Tyler Everingham graduated to the Super2 Series with MW Motorsport.^[9]
• Dean Fiore moved to Eggleston Motorsport on a 2 round deal, replacing Nathan Morcom.^[10]
• Bryce Fullwood returned to MW Motorsport after racing with Matt Stone Racing in 2018.^[11]
• Zane Goddard left Brad Jones Racing and joined MW Motorsport.^[12]
• Kurt Kostecki and Brenton Grove left Kostecki Brothers Racing and Grove Racing respectively to join Triple Eight Race Engineering.^[6]
• 2018 Aussie Racing Cars champion Joel Heinrich made his Super2 début with Matt Stone Racing.^[13]
• Garry Jacobson and Macauley Jones left the series as they graduated to the Supercars Championship, with Kelly Racing and Tim Blanchard Racing respectively.^[14][15]
• Porsche Carrera Cup driver Dylan O'Keeffe made his Super2 début with Garry Rogers Motorsport, replacing 2018 champion Chris Pither.^[16]
• Aussie Racing Cars race winner Justin Ruggier made his Super2 début with Eggleston Motorsport.^[17]
• Ashley Walsh returned to the series for the first time since 2014, driving for Matt Stone Racing.^[18]

Mid-season changes

• Abbie Eaton withdrew from the series following the Adelaide round due to sponsorship issues.
• Joel Heinrich withdrew from the series following the Barbagallo round due to sponsorship issues.
• Brodie Kostecki withdrew from the series following the Barbagallo round to focus on his, and Kostecki Brothers Racing's Enduro Cup début.
• Tim Blanchard made a one-off appearance for Brad Jones Racing in Townsville in preparation for the Enduro Cup.^[19]
• Mason Barbera withdrew from the series following the Queensland round due to sponsorship issues.
• Jake Kostecki withdrew from the series following the Queensland round to focus on his, and Kostecki Brothers Racing's Enduro Cup début.
• David Russell made a one-off appearance for Matt Stone Racing at the Bathurst Round.
• Jack Perkins withdrew from the Bathurst round due to illness.

Calendar

The calendar for the 2019 series consisted of seven rounds:

Round	Event name	Circuit	Location	Date
1	Adelaide 500	Adelaide Street Circuit	Adelaide, South Australia	1–3 March
2	Perth SuperSprint	Barbagallo Raceway	Neerabup, Western Australia	3–4 May
3	Townsville 400	Townsville Street Circuit	Townsville, Queensland	6–7 July
4	Ipswich SuperSprint	Queensland Raceway	Ipswich, Queensland	27–28 July
5	Bathurst 1000	Mount Panorama Circuit	Bathurst, New South Wales	12 October
6	Sandown 500	Sandown Raceway	Springvale, Victoria	9–10 November
7	Newcastle 500	Newcastle Street Circuit	Newcastle, New South Wales	23–24 November
Source:[20]

Calendar changes

• The category returned to Queensland Raceway for the first time since 2015.^[20] The Symmons Plains round was removed from the schedule.

Results and standings

Season summary

Round		Event	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning driver	Winning team	Round winner
1	1	Adelaide 500	Mason Barbera	Brodie Kostecki	Bryce Fullwood	MW Motorsport	Bryce Fullwood
	2		Bryce Fullwood	Bryce Fullwood	Brodie Kostecki	Kostecki Brothers Racing
	3		Brodie Kostecki	Bryce Fullwood	Bryce Fullwood	MW Motorsport
2	4	Perth SuperNight	Zane Goddard	Zane Goddard	Will Brown	Eggleston Motorsport	Ashley Walsh
	5		Zane Goddard	Bryce Fullwood	Ashley Walsh	Matt Stone Racing
3	6	Townsville 400	Kurt Kostecki	Kurt Kostecki	Bryce Fullwood	MW Motorsport	Bryce Fullwood
	7		Jake Kostecki	Bryce Fullwood	Bryce Fullwood	MW Motorsport
4	8	Ipswich SuperSprint	Thomas Randle	Thomas Randle	Thomas Randle	Tickford Racing	Bryce Fullwood
	9		Kurt Kostecki	Thomas Randle	Bryce Fullwood	MW Motorsport
5	10	Bathurst 1000	Bryce Fullwood	Bryce Fullwood	Thomas Randle	Tickford Racing	Thomas Randle
6	11	Sandown 500	Bryce Fullwood	Jordan Boys	Tyler Everingham	MW Motorsport	Jack Perkins
	12		Jordan Boys	Will Brown	Jordan Boys	Image Racing
7	13	Newcastle 500	Thomas Randle	Bryce Fullwood	Bryce Fullwood	MW Motorsport	Bryce Fullwood
	14		Bryce Fullwood	Jordan Boys	Jordan Boys	Image Racing

Points system

Points were awarded in each race as follows.

Round format	Position
	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	11th	12th	13th	14th	15th	16th	17th	18th	19th	20th	21st	22nd	23rd	24th	25th	26th	27th	28th	29th	30th
Three races	100	92	86	80	74	68	64	60	56	52	48	46	44	42	40	38	36	34	32	30	28	26	24	22	20	18	16	14	12	10
Two races	150	138	129	120	111	102	96	90	84	78	72	69	66	63	60	57	54	51	48	45	42	39	36	33	30	27	24	21	18	15
One race	300	276	258	240	222	204	192	180	168	156	144	138	132	126	120	114	108	102	96	90	84	78	72	66	60	54	48	42	36	30

Series standings

Pos.	Driver	No.	ADE			BAR		TOW		QLD		BAT	SAN		NEW		Pen.	Points
1	Bryce Fullwood	16	1	2	1	4	2	1	1	2	1	2	6	4	1	2	0	1924
2	Kurt Kostecki	55	Ret	DSQ	10	6	3	2	4	3	3	3	2	5	5	4	35	1502
3	Thomas Randle	5	Ret	9	4	5	7	13	15	1	2	1	11	Ret	2	3	0	1396
4	Zane Goddard	28	2	3	3	2	9	4	5	11	13	10	8	13	10	6	0	1347
5	Dylan O'Keeffe	44	9	8	11	10	15	12	14	9	5	6	3	Ret	7	9	0	1142
6	Tyler Everingham	27	DNS	Ret	15	15	12	8	11	7	8	5	1	9	13	11	0	1111
7	Jordan Boys	49	Ret	11	20	9	11	Ret	Ret	16	9	7	13	1	3	1	0	1062
8	Brenton Grove	10	10	DSQ	13	13	16	5	2	Ret	10	4	Ret	6	9	8	0	1062
9	Ashley Walsh	35	6	5	16	3	1	Ret	12	10	14	Ret	10	7	4	7	0	1059
10	Jack Smith	21	8	13	17	11	17	7	10	8	12	12	9	12	14	12	0	1022
11	Justin Ruggier	88	11	12	12	14	13	11	16	14	11	11	7	8	12	10	0	1010
12	Will Brown	38	Ret	10	5	1	8	Ret	9	6	16	Ret	4	3	6	Ret	0	960
13	Adam Marjoram	15	7	6	9	Ret	10	6	6	12	4	Ret	12	11	8	Ret	0	890
14	Jack Perkins	54						10	8	5	15	WD	5	2	15	5	0	759
15	Matt Chahda	18	13	14	14	17	19	9	Ret	15	Ret	9	14	10	11	Ret	0	755
16	Jake Kostecki	56	5	7	6	7	6	Ret	7	4	6						0	722
17	Mason Barbera	99	3	4	7	12	14	Ret	13	13	7						0	590
18	Brodie Kostecki	57	4	1	2	18	5										0	434
19	Dean Fiore	54	Ret	15	8	8	4										0	310
20	Tim Blanchard	77						3	3								0	258
21	Joel Heinrich	47	12	16	19	16	18										0	224
22	David Russell	33										8					0	180
23	Abbie Eaton	33	14	Ret	18												0	76
Pos.	Driver	No.	ADE			BAR		TOW		QLD		BAT	SAN		NEW		Pen.	Points

References

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2. "Super2 entry list for Adelaide confirmed". 25 February 2019.
3. "BJR confirms one-car line-up for Super2". 19 February 2019.
4. "Erebus forms academy relationship with Image Super2 team". 16 January 2019.
5. Noonan, Aaron (18 December 2018). "Ex DJR For Super2 Series Regular". V8 Sleuth. Retrieved 26 December 2018.
6. "Triple Eight announces two-car Super2 team". 29 November 2018.
7. Adam, Mitchell (13 February 2019). "Dumbrell steps back from Supercars driving". Supercars.com. Retrieved 16 February 2019.
8. Howard, Tom (26 February 2019). "Grand Tour test driver Eaton secures Super2 race seat". Speedcafe.com. Retrieved 26 February 2019.
9. "Super3 Series winner announces step to Super2". 12 February 2019.
10. "Eggleston confirms Fiore for first two rounds of Super2". 20 February 2019.
11. "Fullwood announces return to MW Motorsport". 10 January 2019.
12. Adam, Mitchell (13 February 2019). "Goddard switches to MW Nissan in Super2". Supercars.con. Retrieved 16 February 2019.
13. Bartholomaeus, Stefan (5 January 2019). "Super2 seat for Aussie Racing Car champ". Supercars.com. Retrieved 5 January 2019.
14. Bartholomaeus, Stefan (6 December 2018). "Jones replaces Blanchard in CoolDrive Holden". Supercars.com. Retrieved 6 December 2018.
15. Heimgartner and Jacobsen set for Kelly Racing Speedcafe 6 February 2019
16. Bartholomaeus, Stefan (7 December 2018). "O'Keeffe replaces Pither in GRM Super2 line-up". Supercars.com. Retrieved 7 December 2018.
17. "Ruggier returns to Eggleston for Super2 opener". 21 February 2019.
18. "Ash Walsh returns to MSR for 2019 Super2 Series". 13 February 2019.
19. "Blanchard to make Super2 start in Townsville". 19 June 2019.
20. "Slight changes for 2019 Super2 calendar". 11 October 2018.

External links

• Official website