Supercars reveals 2022 draft calendar

The 2022 Repco Supercars Championship features 13 rounds between March and November, commencing with the return of the Newcastle Street Circuit on the first weekend in March.

The Repco Bathurst 1000 will return to its traditional date in the NSW school holidays of 6-9 October.

Newcastle and the Gold Coast’s street circuit events will return to the schedule, with Gold Coast’s date returning to the post-Bathurst weekend in late October.

Sydney Motorsport Park, which hosted four consecutive weekends of racing in 2021, will host the scheduled season finale under lights on 18-20 November.

Supercars returns to Perth and New Zealand after COVID-19 restrictions forced changes to the 2020 and 2021 calendars, while the Auckland SuperSprint will return in September to Pukekohe Park Raceway.

The Repco Supercars Championship round at the Formula 1 Australian Grand Prix returns, with Supercars on track over three days of the event.

One event in July will be listed as TBC in the draft calendar as discussions continue with circuit providers on the event to be held on that date.

The 2022 Repco Supercars Championship will be the first for Supercars new ownership group Racing Australia Consolidated Enterprises Ltd (RACE).

The Dunlop Super2 Series will feature at six events on the calendar: Newcastle, Perth, Townsville, Sandown, Bathurst and Sydney.

The Gen3 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 and Ford Mustang GT Supercars will turn exhibition and testing laps at various events throughout the year, to give fans a glimpse of what is to come when they begin racing in 2023.

“The 2022 season will follow an unprecedented two years for Supercars in which the COVID-19 pandemic resulted in two revised calendars – a huge achievement given the nature of the sport,” says Supercars CEO Sean Seamer.

“It has been fantastic to welcome fans back to events this year, and we will continue to ensure this is done safely and in line with national guidelines as we welcome more fans back in 2022.

“We are very pleased with the interest in Supercars growing continuously through large audiences watching our world-class broadcast and a significant growth of our presence online across the globe.

The 2022 Repco Supercars Championship draft calendar:

March 4-6: Repco Newcastle 500, Newcastle Street Circuit, NSW
Mar 26-27: Tasmania SuperSprint, Symmons Plains, TAS
Apr 7-10: Melbourne, Formula 1 Australian Grand Prix, VIC
Apr 30-May 1: Bunnings Trade Perth SuperNight, Wanneroo Raceway, WA
May 21-22: Winton SuperSprint, Winton Raceway, VIC
June 18-19: Merlin Darwin Triple Crown, Hidden Valley, NT
July 8-10: NTI Townsville 500, Reid Park, QLD
July 30-31: TBC
Aug 19-21: Penrite Sandown SuperSprint, Melbourne, VIC
Sept 10-11: ITM Auckland SuperSprint, Pukekohe Park Raceway, NZ
Oct 6-9: Repco Bathurst 1000, Mount Panorama, NSW
Oct 28-30: Boost Mobile Gold Coast 500, Surfers Paradise, QLD
Nov 18-20: Beaurepaires Sydney Super600, Sydney Motorsport Park, NSW