After months of anticipation, the Shannons SpeedSeries officially gets underway this weekend with the return of AWC Race Tasmania.
 
In 2023, the new-look Shannons SpeedSeries will host eight events throughout the year, with visits to Mount Panorama, Sandown, Winton, Phillip Island, Sydney Motorsport Park and Queensland Raceway all part of the calendar.
 
However it all begins this weekend at Symmons Plains with the Launceston based circuit to host the season opener for the third consecutive year.
 
Six categories will be in action over the course of the weekend with a busy schedule awaiting teams, drivers and fans alike.
 
Popular national categories such as the Supercheap Auto TCR Australia Series, the S5000 Australian Drivers' Championship and the National Trans Am Series will all be taking centre stage at multiple times throughout the round.
 
The Gulf Western Oils Touring Cars Masters is the other national category in action in the season opener, while state level Hyundai Excel and Tin Tops round out the list of categories. 
 
Click here to view the schedule for Race Tasmania.
 
The Shannons SpeedSeries action begins on Friday morning at 10:30am local time with all six categories to have practice sessions, while Hyundai Excels, Tin Tops and Hyundai Excels to hold qualifying.
 
The two state-level categories then kick off Saturday morning’s proceedings with two races, before TCR, Trans Am, S5000 and Touring Car Masters hold qualifying and opening races of the weekend.
 
The final day of the season opener will run in a similar format to Saturday, with Tin Tops and Hyundai Excels in the early morning, before the four national categories round out the weekend with their remaining races.
 
All ticketing options for the event, and the Shannons SpeedSeries season as a whole, are available via www.motorsporttickets.com.au.
 
Of course, fans unable to make the Shannons SpeedSeries season opener in Tasmania will be able to tune into the event via the Stan Sport broadcast on Saturday and Sunday, as well as via 9GEM (around Australia) and 9Go (Sydney) on Saturday from 2pm – 5pm.
 
Stan Sport is the official broadcaster for the series in 2023 and fans in Australia will be able to watch all the action live and ad-free from 11.30am until 5pm AEDT on both Saturday and Sunday.
 
Fans new to Stan Sport can sign up for free, seven day trial via stan.com.au/sport/motorsport. 

International based fans will also be able to watch the season opener between 11am until 5pm AEDT via www.speedseries.com.au/tv or Speedcafe.com.
 
Click here for more information on the Shannons SpeedSeries opening round. 
 
The opening round of the 2023 Shannons SpeedSeries, AWC Race Tasmania, takes place in Symmons Plains on 24-26 March.