2019 Super3 Series Explained

The 2019 Super3 Series (known for commercial reasons as the Kumho Tyre Super3 Series) was the twelfth season of the Super3 Series, since its inception in 2008. Following an agreement between V8 Touring Cars and Supercars, the series undertook a name change from the "V8 Touring Car National Series" to "Super3", although the series will continue to be run by category managers Rob and Liam Curkpatrick.^[1]

The defending champion for the 2019 season is Tyler Everingham, whilst Jim Pollicina and Andy Cantrell are the respective Kumho and Heritage defending champions.^[2]

Teams and drivers

The following teams and drivers are currently under contract to compete in the 2019 championship:

Manufacturer	Model	Team	Driver details
			No.	Driver	Class	Rounds
Ford	AU Falcon	Turbo Brisbane	68	Jonathan Beikoff	H	3
	BA Falcon	Twin City Roller Doors	19	Mark Tracey	K	1
	BF Falcon	Edge Consulting Engineers	3	Shane Hunt	K	1, 3
		Auddino Racing	4	Tony Auddino	K	All
		TFMaintenance	17	Jason Foley	K	1–3, 5
		MW Motorsport	5	Hamish Ribarits	C	All
			48	Nic Carroll	C	All
			78	Zak Best	C	All
			9	Bradley Neill	K	All
			16	Joel Heinrich	C	4–5
			35		K	All
			39	Chris Smerdon	K	1–4
		Anderson Motorsport	11	Jayden Ojeda	C	All
		Image Racing	12	nowrap	Matt McLean	C	1–2, 5
		Aussie Driver Search	37	Matt Powers	C	1
		nowrap	Paul Morris Motorsport	67	Broc Feeney	C	All
		Mac Motorsport	69	nowrap	Jon McCorkindale	C	All
Holden	Commodore VE	Page Bros Jayco	2	Steven Page	K	All
		Pollicina Motorsports	7	Jim Pollicina	K	1, 3–5
			888			2
			15	Dean Lillie		5
		Brad Jones Racing	8	Madeline Stewart	C	All
			14	Josh Fife	C	All
		KE Motorsport	21	Kyle Ensbey	C	1, 3
		Paul Morris Motorsport	66	Jack Sipp	K	3
		Strong Motorsport	75	Brendan Strong	K	3
		Garry Hills Racing	76	Garry Hills	K	1–2
		Rsport Race Engineering	84	Emily Duggan	K	1–2
		Protrack Automotive Performance	96	Gary Collins	K	4
	Commodore VZ	HF Racing	23	Francois Habib	K	1–2, 4
Source:^[3] ^[4]

Calendar

The calendar for the 2019 championship consisted of five rounds, including four that ran in support of Supercars events:^[1]

Round	Event name	Circuit	Location	Date
1	Phillip Island SuperSprint		Phillip Island, Victoria	12–14 April
2	Winton SuperSprint	Winton Motor Raceway	Benalla, Victoria	24–26 May
3	Ipswich SuperSprint	Queensland Raceway	Ipswich, Queensland	26–28 July
4	The Bend SuperSprint	The Bend Motorsport Park		23–25 August
5		Sandown Raceway	Springvale, Victoria
Source:

Calendar changes

• The category returned to Sandown Raceway for the Sandown Shannons Nationals.
• Sydney Motorsport Park was removed from the calendar after being omitted from the Supercars calendar.^[5]

Results and standings

Season summary

		Event
1	1	Phillip Island SuperSprint (Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit, Victoria)	Broc Feeney	Jayden Ojeda	Broc Feeney	Paul Morris Motorsport
	2			Matt Powers	Zak Best	MW Motorsport
	3			Hamish Ribarits	Hamish Ribarits	MW Motorsport
2	1	Winton SuperSprint (Winton Motor Raceway, Victoria)	Hamish Ribarits	Hamish Ribarits	Zak Best	MW Motorsport
	2			Zak Best	Zak Best	MW Motorsport
	3			Jayden Ojeda	Jayden Ojeda	Anderson Motorsport
3	1	Ipswich SuperSprint (Queensland Raceway, Queensland)	Zak Best	Zak Best	Zak Best	MW Motorsport
	2			Josh Fife	Zak Best	MW Motorsport
	3			Jayden Ojeda	Jayden Ojeda	Anderson Motorsport
4	1	The Bend SuperSprint (The Bend Motorsport Park, South Australia)	Hamish Ribarits	Zak Best	Jayden Ojeda	Anderson Motorsport
	2			Broc Feeney	Jayden Ojeda	Anderson Motorsport
	3			Broc Feeney	Zak Best	MW Motorsport
5	1	Sandown Shannons Nationals (Sandown Raceway, Victoria)	Broc Feeney	Jayden Ojeda	Hamish Ribarits	MW Motorsport
	2			Broc Feeney	Josh Fife	Brad Jones Racing
	3			Zak Best	Josh Fife	Brad Jones Racing

Series standings

	Driver		Class	PHI			WIN			QUE			BEN			SAN				Points
1	Broc Feeney	67	C	1	7	2	2	7	3	2	4	2	3	2	2	3	2	3		562
2	Jayden Ojeda	11	C	4	5	5	4	6	1	4	2	1	1	1	4	5	4	2		538
3	Hamish Ribarits	5	C	2	6	1	8	2	2	6	9	5	2	3	6	1	3	5		494
4	Zak Best	78	C	3	1	3	1	1	Ret	1	1	Ret	16	4	1	4	9	4		454
5	Josh Fife	14	C	12	4	7	5	5	Ret	5	3	3	6	5	7	2	1	1		413
6	Nic Carroll	48	C	5	2	21	3	3	14	3	5	4	13	6	3	6	5	6		376
7	Jon McCorkindale	69	C	7	15	6	10	4	Ret	8	6	6	4	Ret	Ret	8	7	Ret		215
8	Bradley Neill	9	K	13	12	11	12	8	10	7	7	13	8	7	11	12	Ret	10		192
9	Jim Pollicina	7	K	11	11	9	11	Ret	7	10	8	7	Ret	9	8	13	12	15		190
10	Chris Smerdon	39	K	14	8	12	6	12	5	14	12	12	7	11	9					178
11	Matt McLean	12	C	8	17	8	7	9	4							7	6	9		170
12	Jason Gomersall	35	K	15	9	17	13	10	11	9	13	11	12	12	13	15	14	13		150
13	Steven Page	2	K	17	13	13	17	13	9				9	13	14	9	Ret	11		139
14	Madeline Stewart	8	C	18	19	16	15	Ret	8	Ret	14	9	11	11	10	14	Ret	14		124
15	Joel Heinrich	16	C										5	8	5	11	8	7		124
16	Tony Auddino	4	K	Ret	16	14	14	14	Ret	Ret	Ret	14	10	14	12	17	11	16		95
17	Matt Powers	37	C	6	3	4														92
18	Jason Foley	17	K	21	20	19	18	11	12	13	Ret	Ret				16	13	12		67
19	Emily Duggan	84	K	16	18	15	16	16	6											57
20	Dean Lille	15	K													10	10	8		45
21	Francois Habib	23	K	22	21	20	19	15	13				15	15	15					45
22	Jack Sipp	66	K							11	10	8								44
23	Kyle Ensbey	21	C	19	10	10				DNS	DNS	DNS								30
24	Garry Hills	76	K	9	Ret	DNS	9	17	DNS											30
25	Gary Collins	96	K										14	16	16					20
26	Shane Hunt	3	K	17	14	18				DNS	DNS	DNS								16
27	Mark Tracey	19	K	10	Ret	DNS														11
28	Brendan Strong	75	K							Ret	11	Ret								10
29	Jonathan Beikoff	68	H							DNS	15	Ret								6
	Driver		Class	PHI			WIN			QUE			BEN			SAN				Points

Notes and References

1. Web site: V8TC announces Super3 name change, 2019 calendar. 28 November 2018. December 30, 2018.
2. Web site: SUPPORTS: Everingham clinches V8TC title. 26 August 2018. December 30, 2018.
3. Web site: Late addition to Super3 field ahead of season opener. 11 April 2019.
4. Web site: Record field for Super3 opener at Phillip Island. 29 March 2019.
5. Web site: SuperNight format moves to Perth in 2019. 30 December 2018.