2023 SuperUtes Series explained

The 2023 V8 SuperUte Series was an Australian motor racing competition for V8 SuperUtes. It was the fifth running of the SuperUtes Series.

The series was won by Aaron Borg ^[1] driving an Isuzu D-Max.

Calendar

The 2023 SuperUtes calendar was confirmed on 12 December 2022.^[2] A non-championship round in Adelaide was added in October 2023.^[3]

Rd.	Circuit	City / State	Date
1	Wanneroo Raceway	Neerabup, Western Australia	28–30 April
2	Sydney Motorsport Park	Eastern Creek, New South Wales	28–30 July
3	The Bend Motorsport Park	Tailem Bend, South Australia	18–20 August
4	Sandown Raceway	Springvale, Victoria	15–17 September
5	Mount Panorama Circuit	Bathurst, New South Wales	5–8 October
6	Surfers Paradise Street Circuit	Gold Coast, Queensland	27–29 October
NC	Adelaide Street Circuit	Adelaide, South Australia	25–26 November
Source:^[4]

Manufacturer	Model	Entrant	No.	Driver Name	Rounds
Ford	Ranger	Allgate Motorsport	49	Christopher Formosa	2
		EFS 4x4 Accessories	58	Ryal Harris	4-6
		World's Best Technology	68	Gerard Maggs	1–2
Holden	Colorado	Go Sunny Solar	19	George Gutierrez	All
Holden	Colorado	Go Sunny Solar	41	Adrian Cottrell	All
Isuzu	D-Max	Sieders Racing Team	1	Aaron Borg	1–2, 4-6
		Bendix Racing	5	David Casey	All
		Craig Jenner Racing	10	Craig Jenner	1
		Holly Espray Racing	777	Holly Espray	2
Mazda	BT-50	Sieders Racing Team	3	David Sieders	1–2
		Peters Motorsport	75	Richard Mork	1–2
		Triple Three Racing	333	Robert McMahon	1
		Roo Systems Australia	707	Lachlan Gardner	2
Mitsubishi	Triton	Sieders Racing Team	15	Adam Marjoram	1–2
		Coldmaster Australia / Industrial Batteries	33	Harrison Gray	2
		Hunter Pacific Ceiling Fans	50	Jimmy Vernon	1–2
		Best Leisure Industries	76	Ellexandra Best	1
		World's Best Technology	96	Jaiden Maggs	1–2
Toyota	Hilux	Western Sydney Motorsport	8	Benjamin Walsh	1–2
			18	Cody Brewcynski	3-6
			64	Craig Woods	1–2
			99	John Steffensen	1–2
		JKD Racing	52	Dean Brooking	1–2
			65	Glen Melling	1
			99	John Steffensen	6
			115	Tom Oliphant	5
			805	Jensen Engelhardt	2
		EFS 4x4 Accessories	58	Ryal Harris	1–3
Source:^[5] ^[6]

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	11th	12th	13th	14th	15th	16th	17th	18th	19th
Qualifying	5
Races 1, 3 and 4	70	66	62	58	56	54	52	50	48	46	44	42	40	38	36	34	32	30	28
Race 2	35	33	31	29	28	27	26	25	24	23	22	21	20	19	18	17	16	15	14

The series was won by Aaron Borg.^[1]

Standings as at the completion of the second round were as follows:

Pos.	Driver	PER				ECK				TLM				SAN				BAT				Points
1	Aaron Borg	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	1	WD				1	2	1	3	1	2	2	1	974
2	Adam Marjoram	2	16	4	3	4	6	7	5	10	4	5	C	2	4	2	1	5	3	3	3	967
3	Craig Woods	5	4	7	9	8	4	5	4	6	11	6	C	8	6	5	8	4	5	Ret	14	811
4	Ryal Harris	4	5	2	Ret	3	1	3	2	3	2	3	C	3	2	18	6	3	2	1	1	948
5	David Sieders	Ret	3	11	2	1	3	1	3	1	3	2	C	4	Ret	9	2	2	6	6	12	907
6	David Casey	8	8	8	7	5	8	6	6	8	9	14	C	10	7	7	10	8	8	8	8	831
7	George Gutierrez	6	2	3	4	11	7	12	16	5												353
8	Adrian Cottrell	9	7	6	5	12	17	9	10	18												336
9	Jimmy Vernon	7	6	5	6	7	5	Ret	11	4	6	4	C	5	3	3	4	5	4	5	4	862
10	Benjamin Walsh	3	Ret	9	16	6	18	16	14	13												285
11	Gerard Maggs	11	10	10	8	14	15	11	Ret	15												263
12	Jaiden Maggs	10	9	12	Ret	17	10	10	9	9												261
13	Ellexandra Best	14	12	15	14	15	13	17	15	14												257
14	John Steffensen	13	11	14	12	13	Ret	15	17													250
15	Richard Mork	16	14	16	13	16	16	DNS	DNS	19	Ret	17	C						Ret		Ret	178
16	Harrison Gray					10	9	4	8													178
17	Holly Espray					9	11	8	7	12												172
18	Dean Brooking	12	Ret	Ret	Ret	18	14	19	19	17												147
19	Glen Melling	15	13	17	10																	134
20	Craig Jenner	17	15	18	15																	116
21	Christopher Formosa					20	Ret	13	13													106
22	Lachlan Gardner					Ret	12	14	12	11										Ret	Ret	101
23	Jensen Engelhardt					19	Ret	18	18	16											Ret	88
24	Robert McMahon	Ret	Ret	13	11																	84
25	Cameron Crick									2	1	1	C									178
26	Cody Brewczynski									7	7	4	C	7	5	5	4	10	13	17	11	463