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The 2020 Super2 Series was an Australian motor racing competition for
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, which was staged as a support series to the
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. It was the twenty-first running of the
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, the second tier of competition in Supercars racing.


Entries

The following teams and drivers competed in the 2020 championship: * – Eligible for the A$100,000 'rookie class' prize pool.


Team changes

* Brema Group Racing made its début in the series, acquiring an ex-
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VF Commodore. * Anderson Motorsport made their début in the series, acquiring an ex- Walkinshaw Andretti United VF Commodore. *
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scaled back their commitment to the series from three cars to two. * Triple Eight Race Engineering scaled back its commitment to the series from two cars to one. *
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returned to the series after withdrawing from final three rounds in 2019. * Matt Chahda Motorsport expanded its operations to enter a second car at the Bathurst round. * Garry Rogers Motorsport withdrew from the series after withdrawing from the Supercars Championship, while Matt Stone Racing withdrew from the series to focus on the Supercars Championship.


Driver changes

* Will Brown moved from
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to
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. The team is supported by Erebus Motorsport and Brown is expected to be promoted to Erebus' Supercars Championship in 2021. *
Thomas Randle Thomas Randle (born 7 April 1996) is an Australian racing driver. He currently races in the Supercars Championship for Tickford Racing in the No. 55 Ford Mustang GT. Randle has also won the 2014 Australian Formula Ford Series, 2017 Toyota Racing ...
moved from Tickford Racing to MW Motorsport. *
Tyler Everingham Tyler Everingham (born 7 January 2001) is a racing driver from Australia. He currently competes in the Super2 Series The Dunlop Super2 Series (formerly known as Dunlop Series, Fujitsu V8 Supercars Series, HPDC V8 Supercars Series, Konica Min ...
moved from MW Motorsport to Anderson Motorsport. He missed the first round due to an incident in the Bathurst 12 Hour. *
Kurt Kostecki Kurt Kostecki (born 4 July 1998) is an Australian racing driver currently competing in the Dunlop Super2 Series in the No. 55 Holden VF Commodore for Kostecki Brothers Racing. He is also co-driving in the Pirtek Enduro Cup alongside Jake Kostec ...
returned to
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after spending a single year with Triple Eight Race Engineering. *Brodie Kostecki returned to the series with
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, after withdrawing from the last four rounds in 2019. * 2019 Super 3 Series winner
Broc Feeney Broc Feeney (born 18 October 2002) is an Australian racing driver competing in the Repco Supercars Championship for Triple Eight Race Engineering. He inherited Jamie Whincup's No. 88 Holden ZB Commodore following Whincup's retirement from ful ...
graduated to the series with Tickford Racing. *
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drivers Zak Best &
Jayden Ojeda Jayden Ojeda (born 31 July 1999) is an Australian racing driver from Sydney, Australia. He is currently competing in the Dunlop Super2 Series with MW Motorsport, driving the No. 31 Nissan Altima L33.Herrero, D. (2020). Ojeda completes MWM Supe ...
Graduated to the series with MW Motorsport. *
Josh Fife Joshua Fife (born 1 July 2000) is an Australian racing driver from Canberra, Australia. He is currently competing in the S5000 Australian Drivers' Championship with 88Racing, driving the No. 88 Onroak-Ligier-Ford. Biography Fife began karting ...
graduated to the series with Brad Jones Racing. *Reigning Australian Formula Ford champion
Angelo Mouzouris Angelo Mouzouris (born 10 August 2001) is an Australian racing driver from Melbourne, Australia currently competing in the Dunlop Super2 Series with MW Motorsport, driving the No. 6 Nissan Altima L33. Biography Mouzouris started karting i ...
joined the series with Triple Eight Race Engineering. * Toyota 86 Series driver Zane Morse joined the series with Brema Group Racing. *
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made his series debut at Bathurst with Matt Chahda Motorsport * Bryce Fullwood Graduated to the Supercars Championship with Walkinshaw Andretti United * Jack Smith graduated to the Supercars Championship with Brad Jones Racing * Jake Kostecki and Zane Goddard graduated to the Supercars Championship, sharing the Matt Stone Racing Superlite entry. * Brenton Grove and Adam Marjoram will not drive in the series in 2020.


Calendar

The calendar for the 2020 championship was expected to consist of five rounds, but only three were run as the
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disrupted the running of the championship.


Calendar changes

* The original calendar removed the
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, Newcastle and
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rounds with Sydney Motorsport Park and
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reinstated, having last being in the series in 2017 and 2018 respectively. Due to the
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, a revised calendar resulted in the Symmons Plains and The Bend Motorsport Park rounds being cancelled. * The Bathurst 250 km race was split into two races of 125 km. The change was made as the mandatory refuelling in pit stops proved to be problematic in 2019.


Rule changes


Sporting regulations

* The series was to have seen an increase in the prize money awarded, with the champion to be given $400,000 as a way to secure funding into the Supercars Championship. A "Rookie" class aimed at drivers under the age of 25 was planned, with the winner to be awarded $100,000 to secure a second year in the series. This was done to help young drivers into the
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as part of the Junior Development Program. As a result the COVID-19 pandemic, both were shelved.Dunlop Super2 funding program postponed
Supercars 9 July 2020


Results and standings


Season summary


Points system

Points were awarded in each race as follows.


Drivers' championship


References

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