2020 Boost Mobile Super Trucks Series

Although no standings were kept for the season, Toby Price would have recorded the most points under the series' points system

The 2020 Boost Mobile Super Trucks Series was the first season for the Boost Mobile Super Trucks, an Australian off-road racing series spawned as an offshoot of the American Stadium Super Trucks.

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, much of the season's races were cancelled following the opening race at the Adelaide 500. Three of the eight rounds were to be combination races held alongside the Stadium Super Trucks. As a result, the series did not track standings for the season. Shae Davies was the lone Boost Mobile Super Truck driver to win a race.

Drivers

No.	Driver	Races
2	Matt Mingay	All
12	Shaun Richardson	All
50	Paul Weel	All
38	Luke van Herwaarde	All
67	Paul Morris	All
87	Toby Price	All
88	Shae Davies	All
410	Greg Gartner	All
Sources:[a]

Schedule

During the 2019 Gold Coast 600 in October, the series' first race in Australia since Motorsport Australia lifted its year-long ban, the 2020 Australian schedule was announced under the Boost Mobile Super Trucks name.^[2][3] The full schedule was revealed on 21 November 2019, with the series being divided into the American Speed Energy Stadium Super Trucks and the Australian Boost Mobile Super Trucks; both championships intended to run three companion rounds.^[4]

Round	Track	Location	Date	Supporting
1	Adelaide Street Circuit	Adelaide, South Australia	21–23 February	Adelaide 500
Combination races with Boost Mobile Super Trucks listed in bold

Races cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic

Track	Location	Supporting
Symmons Plains Raceway	Launceston, Tasmania	Tasmania Super400
Hampton Downs Motorsport Park	Waikato, Auckland Region	Auckland Super400
Wanneroo Raceway	Neerabup, Western Australia	Perth SuperNight
Townsville Street Circuit	Townsville, Queensland	Townsville 400
Hidden Valley Raceway	Darwin, Northern Territory	Darwin Triple Crown
Sydney Motorsport Park	Eastern Creek, New South Wales	Sydney SuperNight 300
Surfers Paradise Street Circuit	Surfers Paradise, Queensland	Gold Coast 600

Season summary

The Boost Mobile Super Trucks' inaugural race weekend came as an "Australia v USA Series" with the Speed Energy Stadium Super Trucks at the Adelaide Street Circuit.^[5] Excluding defending SST champion and Australian-American Matthew Brabham, eight drivers represented Australia at Adelaide.^[1] Among the Australian drivers were Supercars veteran Paul Weel in his return to racing for the first time since 2008,^[6] 2017 Stadium Super Trucks Series champion Paul Morris and his driving academy driver Luke van Herwaade under the Team Norwell banner,^[7] Super2 Series driver Shae Davies,^[5] Shaun Richardson in his first SST race since 2017,^[1] SST veterans Toby Price and Greg Gartner,^[8] and Matt Mingay racing for the first time since suffering serious injuries in a 2016 SST race.^[9] Robby Gordon won the season opener after holding off a last-lap charge by Price.^[10] The second race saw Mingay and Morris lead before Gordon and Brabham passed them in the second half, with Brabham edging out Gordon for the victory by .0361 seconds.^[11] In the third and final round, Gartner led early while Davies climbed through the field after avoiding wrecks. Davies eventually took the lead after the competition caution and pulled away while the field battled among themselves for position.^[12]

Prior to the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Boost Mobile Super Trucks planned to run an eight-race schedule in conjunction with the Supercars Championship starting with the Adelaide 500 in late February.^[13] The trucks also planned to race in New Zealand for the first time at Hampton Downs Motorsport Park; the event was initially planned to take place at Pukekohe Park Raceway, but Pukekohe legislation forbade motorsports on Anzac Day (25 April).^[14][15]

Although the series had hoped to follow the Supercars Championship to postponed races once new races were finalised,^[16] the trucks ultimately did not join the Supercars at their revised dates.^[17]

Results and standings

Race results

Round	Race	Event	Fastest qualifier	Pole position	Winning driver	Ref
1	1	Adelaide	Matthew Brabham	Robby Gordon	Robby Gordon	[18]
	2			Matt Mingay	Matthew Brabham	[18]
	3			Greg Gartner	Shae Davies	[18]

Drivers' championship

Points are approximate based on the SST points system and unofficial as the series did not track standings for the 2020 season.

Rank Driver ADE Points 1 Toby Price 2 5 6 71 2 Shae Davies 4 10 1 67 3 Paul Morris 6 3* 5 60 4 Paul Weel 5 4 7 56 5 Greg Gartner 8 12 4* 44 6 Luke van Herwaarde 9 7 8 39 7 Matt Mingay 12 6 12 33 8 Shaun Richardson 11 9 11 32 Stadium Super Trucks drivers Robby Gordon 1* 2 2 Matthew Brabham 3 1 3 Bill Hynes 7 11 9 Sara Price 10 8 10 Rank Driver ADE Points

Legend Color Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green 4th–5th place (Top 5) Light Blue 6th–10th place (Top 10) Dark Blue Finished (Outside Top 10) Purple Did not finish (DNF) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Brown Withdrew (Wth) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Race cancelled or abandoned (C) Blank Did not participate (DNP) Driver replacement (Rpl) Race not held (NH) Not competing In-Line Notation Bold Pole position Italics Ran fastest race lap * Led most race laps miscellaneous notation

Points Position 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th 13th 14th 15th Heat 12 10 8 7 5 4 3 2 1 Final 25 22 20 18 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6

Bonuses Most laps led 3 Position gained 1 Fastest qualifier 1

See also

• Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on motorsport

Notes

1. Entry lists:
   • Adelaide (Races 1–3)^[1]

References

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6. Murray, Brett (6 February 2020). "Paul Weel set to make full-time comeback in SST in Adelaide". Speedcafe. Retrieved 6 February 2020.
7. Murray, Brett (6 February 2020). "Morris and Van Herwaarde form Team Norwell Stadium Trucks squad". Speedcafe. Retrieved 6 February 2020.
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13. Howard, Tom (26 October 2018). "Stadium Super Trucks to feature at 2020 Adelaide 500". Speedcafe. Retrieved 28 October 2019.
14. Bijoux, Nile (13 September 2019). "Stadium Super Trucks to Debut in New Zealand Next Year". New Zealand Autocar. Retrieved 28 October 2019.
15. Nguyen, Justin (14 January 2020). "SST following Supercar swap from Pukekohe to Hampton Downs". The Checkered Flag. Retrieved 15 January 2020.
16. Nguyen, Justin (18 March 2020). "Tasmania, Auckland, Perth races postponed, SST to follow reschedules". The Checkered Flag. Retrieved 25 March 2020.
17. Nguyen, Justin (25 November 2020). "SST confirmed for 2021 Darwin Triple Crown". The Checkered Flag. Retrieved 25 November 2020.
18. "2020 Adelaide Results". Stadium Super Trucks. 23 February 2020. Retrieved 6 March 2020.