The Shannons Trophy Series returns this weekend with the second round of the inaugural season to take over Queensland Raceway.
 
Five categories will feature in the three-day meeting with fans in the sunshine state to be treated to some entertaining racing from a variety of competitions.

Watch the action live and free on Sunday on 7plus. 
 
Featuring in the weekend will be the Australian Formula Open Series, the Precision National Sports Sedans, the Workhorse Radical Cup Australia, the TGRA Scholarship Series and the Circuit Excels Series – all of which are at different stages of their respective seasons.
 
The exciting Formula Open Series is the deepest into its 2023 campaign and there will be 13 drivers entered in the fourth round of the season, headlined by the current series leader in Trent Grubel.
 
Outright title contender Ryan Astley and Formula 4 Class leader Kristen Janev are among the other notable drivers entered in the series, which will have three practice sessions on Friday, qualifying and the first race on Saturday and the final two races on Sunday.
 
Hosting a similar format will be the TGRA Scholarship Series and the National Sports Sedan Series, albeit both categories will have just two practice sessions on Friday, before its third practice session, qualifying and the opening race on Saturday, while the remaining two races will be held on Sunday.

Hosting its second round for the year, the Sports Sedans Series has the second largest field for the round with 20 entries, and there are plenty of big names to tackle the Ipswich circuit.
 
From the old guard in category legend Tony Ricciardello, Steve Lacey and multiple-time champion Steve Tamasi to the current crop of stars, led by Jordan Caruso, the competitors are likely to treat fans to some memorable racing. 
 
As for the Scholarship Series, which returns from the first-ever Shannons Trophy Series round at Sydney Motorsport Park, there is a solid field of 15 competitors entered in the event.
 
The series will welcome back a handful of drivers from the previous round, including Lachlan Bloxsom, while there will be a number of new faces in action, including the double Racing Together entry of Lincoln Taylor and Karlai Warner.
 
Also continuing its season from Eastern Creek are the Radicals, with a solid field of 17 cars to battle it out over two 50-minute races across the weekend, one of which will run on Saturday and the other on Sunday.
 
As usual, the popular one-make category will have a strong entry list to contest round honours, including defending champion Chris Perini, GT ace Bart Mawer, the power combination of Adam Lisle and Jordan Oon, and young gun Alex Gardner, who picked up a win in his first ever race back in June.
 
While the national categories will certainly be the ones to watch this weekend, boasting the field unsurprisingly is the state-level Excels category, where 24 drivers will do battle.
 
Also holding the most races across the event with five in total, the category will be busy across all three days with its first race on Friday, before two are held are both Saturday and Sunday.
 
Notable names in the Jaylyn Robotham, Racing Together’s Braedyn Cidoni, proven winners Zane Rinaldo and Jack Wood, and Alice Buckley, who will be doing double duties in both the Excels and the Scholarship Series.
 
In addition to the five categories, there will also be an exciting Speed Comparison, which will feature some big names – including 2022 Polaris Motorsport Australia Off Road Championship winner Ryan Taylor and Australian hill climb superstar Dean Tighe.

The full schedule is available here. 

The Shannons Trophy Series will also be available to watch on Sunday, with free coverage live on 7plus. Motorsport Australia’s YouTube and social media channels will also showcase the live stream, produced by Blend Line TV. 
 
The Shannons Trophy Series’ round at Queensland Raceway takes place on 4-6 August.