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2025 Supercars Championship

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The 2025 Supercars Championship (known for commercial reasons as the 2025 Repco Supercars Championship) is an upcoming motor racing series for Supercars.

It will be the twenty-seventh running of the Supercars Championship and the twenty-ninth series in which Supercars have contested the Australian Touring Car Championship, the premier title in Australian motorsport. It is the sixty-sixth season of touring car racing in Australia.

Teams and drivers

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The following teams and drivers are expected to compete in the 2025 championship. All cars and numbers from 2024 are carried over unless stated otherwise.

Championship entries
Manufacturer Model Team No. Driver name Rounds
Chevrolet Camaro Mk.6 Matt Stone Racing 4 Australia Cameron Hill TBA
10 Australia Nick Percat TBA
Erebus Motorsport 9 Australia Jack Le Brocq TBA
99 Australia Cooper Murray TBA
Brad Jones Racing 8 New Zealand Andre Heimgartner TBA
12 New Zealand Jaxon Evans TBA
14 Australia Bryce Fullwood TBA
96 Australia Macauley Jones TBA
Team 18 18 Australia Anton de Pasquale TBA
20 Australia David Reynolds TBA
PremiAir Racing 31 Australia James Golding TBA
TBA TBA TBA
Triple Eight Race Engineering 87 Australia Will Brown TBA
88 Australia Broc Feeney TBA
Ford Mustang S650 Walkinshaw Andretti United 2 New Zealand Ryan Wood TBA
25 Australia Chaz Mostert TBA
Blanchard Racing Team 3 Australia Aaron Love TBA
7 Australia James Courtney TBA
Tickford Racing 6 Australia Cameron Waters TBA
55 Australia Thomas Randle TBA
Dick Johnson Racing 11 Australia Brodie Kostecki TBA
17 Australia Will Davison TBA
Grove Racing 19 New Zealand Matthew Payne TBA
26 Australia Kai Allen TBA
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Driver changes

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Richie Stanaway will depart Grove Racing and will be replaced by 2023 Super2 Series winner Kai Allen.[1][2]

Mark Winterbottom will depart Team 18 and will be replaced by Anton de Pasquale, who will depart Dick Johnson Racing. Brodie Kostecki will leave Erebus Motorsport, to replace De Pasquale at Dick Johnson Racing, and will be replaced by Super2 Series graduate Cooper Murray.[3][4][5][6]

Calendar

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The following circuits are due to host a round of the 2025 championship.

Event Circuit Location Dates
Melbourne SuperSprint Victoria (state) Albert Park Circuit Albert Park, Victoria 13–16 March
Taupō Super400 New Zealand Taupō International Motorsport Park Taupō, Waikato Region 12–13 April
Sources:[7]

The following circuits are expected to host a round of the 2025 championship

Event Circuit Location
Bathurst 1000 New South Wales Mount Panorama Circuit Bathurst, New South Wales
Sydney SuperNight New South Wales Sydney Motorsport Park Eastern Creek, New South Wales
The Bend 500 South Australia The Bend Motorsport Park Tailem Bend, South Australia
Sandown 500 Victoria (state) Sandown Raceway Springvale, Victoria
Gold Coast 500 Queensland Surfers Paradise Street Circuit Surfers Paradise, Queensland
Adelaide 500 South Australia Adelaide Street Circuit Adelaide, South Australia
Townsville 500 Queensland Reid Park Street Circuit Townsville, Queensland
Sources:[8][9]

Calendar changes

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The Bend Motorsport Park is expected to return to the calendar, after missing out on the 2024 championship, as an endurance event.[8]

References

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  1. ^ Pavey, James (6 August 2024). "Penrite Racing signs rising star Allen". Supercars.
  2. ^ Pavey, James (26 July 2024). "Penrite Racing announces Stanaway exit". Supercars.
  3. ^ van Leeuwen, Andrew (27 August 2024). "Winterbottom announces shock Team 18 exit". Speedcafe.
  4. ^ van Leeuwen, Andrew (27 August 2024). "De Pasquale to replace Winterbottom at Team 18". Speedcafe.
  5. ^ Dowdell, Zac (29 August 2024). "Murray latest young gun to get full-time Erebus opportunity".
  6. ^ Dowdell, Zac (29 August 2024). "Kostecki to spearhead revitalised DJR in 2025". Supercars.
  7. ^ "Dates confirmed for 2025 ITM Taupō Super400". Supercars. 10 July 2024.
  8. ^ a b Pavey, James (10 November 2023). "The Bend to host Supercars enduro in 2025".
  9. ^ O'Brien, Connor (25 March 2024). "14-round target for 2025 Supercars calendar". V8 Sleuth.
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