Supercars Super Preview: Sydney Motorsport Park V2

Wednesday 03 November, 2021
Photo: Edge Photographics
The Repco Supercars Championship returns for the second consecutive round at Sydney Motorsport Park this weekend with the ARMOR ALL Sydney SuperNight.

After a welcome return to racing following a 104-day break last weekend, the championship certainly delivered with plenty of drama and action across the three days.

Thankfully, Supercars fans don’t have to wait much longer for more action, with a busy weekend of racing once again locked in for the second of four consecutive rounds at Eastern Creek.

There will be plenty of things to keep an eye on this weekend and like the Bunnings Trade Sydney SuperNight, the format will see three races take place across the weekend, the only difference being a night race on each day.

The grid will look a bit more crowded than it did on the weekend with Kurt Kostecki and Thomas Randle both making their final wildcard appearances.

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This round also marks the duo’s maiden appearance at Sydney Motorsport Park in a Supercar – giving them some extra vital preparation for their co-driver campaigns at the Repco Bathurst 1000.

Another first this weekend will be the Championship’s first ever Sunday night race with Race 25 scheduled to take place under lights at 7:30pm to finish off the round.

The ARMOR ALL Sydney SuperNight will also see Red Bull Ampol Racing reach a major milestone, celebrating its 250th Supercars round appearance since debuting in 2003.

The team will have to use all its experience gained in those 18 years to find a way to close in on the raw pace of Dick Johnson Racing’s Anton De Pasquale who was a class above.

The former, who won two races over the weekend, set a new circuit record for the largest pole-winning margin ever at Sydney Motorsport Park after Race two qualifying lap time was 0.6565-seconds faster than the next best driver in Davison – eclipsing Mark Skaife’s 2002 record by just over one hundredth of a second. 
 

Schedule 

Saturday 6 November 
1:40pm - 2:10pm - Practice 1 
3:05pm - 3:35pm - Practice 2 
5:00pm - 5:45pm – Armor All Qualifying Race 23 
7:45pm - 8:45pm -  Race 20 
TV Broadcast: Foxtel and Kayo – 12:30pm to 9:00pm AEDT 
 
Sunday 7 November 
2:15pm - 2:25pm - Armor All Qualifying Race 24 
2:35pm - 2:45pm - Armor All Qualifying Race 25 
4:25pm - 5:25pm – Race 24 
7:30pm - 8:30pm – Race 25 
(All times are marked as AEDT) 
TV Broadcast: Foxtel and Kayo – 12:30pm to 9:30pm AEDT 
 

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Championship Top 10 

Shane van Gisbergen – 2198 points 
Jamie Whincup - 1860 
Will Davison - 1735 
Chaz Mostert - 1702 
Cameron Waters - 1670 
Anton De Pasquale - 1451 
Nick Percat - 1342 
Mark Winterbottom - 1272 
Will Brown - 1222 
Brodie Kostecki – 1208 
 

Beaurepaires Sydney Cup Top 10 

Shane van Gisbergen – 272 points 
Will Davison - 230 
Will Brown - 219 
Nick Percat - 214 
Brodie Kostecki - 211 
Jamie Whincup - 210 
Anton De Pasquale - 205 
Chaz Mostert - 196 
Tim Slade - 182 
David Reynolds - 158 
 
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The Grid 

#2 Holden Commodore ZB - Bryce Fullwood 
#3 Ford Mustang - Tim Slade 
#4 Holden Commodore ZB - Jack Smith 
#5 Ford Mustang - Jack Le Brocq 
#6 Ford Mustang - Cameron Waters 
#7 Ford Mustang - Andre Heimgartner 
#8 Holden Commodore ZB - Nick Percat 
#9 Holden Commodore ZB - Will Brown 
#11 Ford Mustang - Anton De Pasquale 
#14 Holden Commodore ZB - Todd Hazelwood 
#17 Ford Mustang - Will Davison 
#18 Holden Commodore ZB - Mark Winterbottom 
#19 Holden Commodore ZB - Fabian Coulthard 
#20 Holden Commodore ZB - Scott Pye 
#22 Holden Commodore ZB - Garry Jacobson 
#25 Holden Commodore ZB - Chaz Mostert 
#26 Ford Mustang -TBC
#27 Holden Commodore ZB - Kurt Kostecki* 
#34 Holden Commodore ZB - Jake Kostecki 
#35 Holden Commodore ZB - Zane Goddard 
#44 Ford Mustang - James Courtney 
#55 Ford Mustang – Thomas Randle* 
#88 Holden Commodore ZB - Jamie Whincup 
#96 Holden Commodore ZB - Macauley Jones 
#97 Holden Commodore ZB - Shane van Gisbergen 
#99 Holden Commodore ZB - Brodie Kostecki 
*Wildcard Entries 
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