After what was an extremely busy off-season, the 2025 Repco Supercars Championship begins this weekend with the highly-anticipated Thrifty Sydney 500.

If the many entertaining livery reveals by teams or the spectacular Sydney Harbour Bridge crossing earlier this month wasn’t enough to get the average Supercars fans excited for the season opener, then the prospect of racing under lights at Sydney Motorsport Park will certainly do the job.

Kicking off an extended 13-round season, the first two races of the year will see the best drivers in the country do battle under the night sky on Friday and Saturday evening before wrapping up the weekend on Sunday afternoon with the third and final race.

Supercars will also look towards exciting and innovative changes coming into play for the 2025 season.

Firstly, this weekend will give all teams and drivers the opportunity to experience the new construction of Dunlop tyres in race conditions.

Secondly, this year will be the first time the season is split into three sections – the first eight rounds making up a Sprint Cup, before the two-round Endurance Cup sets up the brand new Finals system, which will ultimately come down to a four-way battle to decide the champion in Adelaide.

The Championship’s pre-season had its fair share of talking points, with the most notable move throughout the paddock being 2023 Champion Brodie Kostecki departing Erebus Motorsport for Dick Johnson Racing.

The West Australian replaces the ever-talented Anton De Pasquale, who joins former Erebus teammate David Reynolds at Team 18, while Cooper Murray fills the vacant seat left by Kostecki.

Although Murray has already made his Supercars debut, this weekend marks his first official round as a full season driver – a feat shared by Kai Allen, who joins Matthew Payne at Grove Racing.

Allen’s arrival to Grove Racing resulted in Richie Stanaway replacing the retiring Tim Slade at PremiAir Racing.

There is plenty to look forward to, with a raft of support categories also commencing their season across the Super2 Series, V8 SuperUte Series, Touring Car Masters, and Porsche Carrera Cup Australia at the Thrifty Sydney 500 on 21-23 February.

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Schedule*

Friday 21 February

1:40 PM – 2:10 PM Practice 1

4:20 PM – 4:50 PM Qualifying – Race 1

7:50 PM – Race 1 (26 laps)

Saturday 22 February

2:35 PM – 3:05 PM Boost Mobile Qualifying (Race 2)

4:35 PM – 5:05 PM Boost Mobile TTSO (Race 2)

7:30 PM – Race 2 (52 laps)

Sunday 23 February

11:10 AM – 11:40 AM Boost Mobile Qualifying (Race 3)

1:05 PM – 01:35 PM Boost Mobile TTSO (Race 3)

4:05 PM – Race 3 (52 laps)

*All times are in AEDT

View the full event schedule.

Support Categories

Dunlop Super2 Series

V8 SuperUte Series

Touring Car Masters

Porsche Carrera Cup Australia

Entry List

Erebus Motorsport

#9 Chevrolet Camaro – Jack Le Brocq

#99 Chevrolet Camaro – Cooper Murray

Walkinshaw Andretti United

#2 Ford Mustang GT – Ryan Wood

#25 Ford Mustang GT – Chaz Mostert

Blanchard Racing Team

#3 Ford Mustang GT – Aaron Love

#7 Ford Mustang GT – James Courtney

Matt Stone Racing

#4 Chevrolet Camaro – Cameron Hill

#10 Chevrolet Camaro – Nick Percat

Tickford Racing

#6 Ford Mustang GT – Cameron Waters

#55 Ford Mustang GT – Thomas Randle

Dick Johnson Racing

#17 Ford Mustang GT – Will Davison

#38 Ford Mustang GT – Brodie Kostecki

Brad Jones Racing

#8 Chevrolet Camaro – Andre Heimgartner

#12 Chevrolet Camaro – Jaxon Evans

#14 Chevrolet Camaro – Bryce Fullwood

#96 Chevrolet Camaro – Macauley Jones

Team 18

#18 Chevrolet Camaro – Anton De Pasquale

#20 Chevrolet Camaro – David Reynolds

Grove Racing

#19 Ford Mustang GT – Matthew Payne

#26 Ford Mustang GT – Kai Allen

PremiAir Nulon Racing

#31 Chevrolet Camaro – James Golding

#62 Chevrolet Camaro – Richie Stanaway

Triple Eight Race Engineering

#1 Chevrolet Camaro – Will Brown

#88 Chevrolet Camaro – Broc Feeney