2023 Newcastle 500

The 2023 Newcastle 500 (commercially titled 2023 Thrifty Newcastle 500) was a motor racing event for the Supercars Championship, held on the weekend of 10 to 12 March 2023. The event was held on the Newcastle Street Circuit in Newcastle East, New South Wales and consisted of two races, 250 kilometres in length. It was the first round of the 2023 Supercars Championship and the first round of the "Gen3" Supercars Championship regulations.^[1]

2023 Newcastle 500

Event Information
Round 1 of 12 in the 2023 Supercars Championship
Date	10–12 March 2023
Location	Newcastle East, New South Wales
Venue	Newcastle Street Circuit
Results
Race 1 Distance 95 laps 250.895 km Pole position Brodie Kostecki Erebus Motorsport 1:11.3217 Winner Cameron Waters Tickford Racing 1:58:33.2312
Race 2 Distance 89 laps 235.049 km Pole position David Reynolds Grove Racing 1:12.0813 Winner Shane van Gisbergen Triple Eight Race Engineering 2:11:50.4825

Results

Qualifying 1

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Car	Times
					Qualifying	Shootout
1	99	Brodie Kostecki	Erebus Motorsport	Chevrolet Camaro Gen6	1:11.3217	1:11.8481
2	6	Cameron Waters	Tickford Racing	Ford Mustang S650	+0.2601	+0.1520
3	88	Broc Feeney	Triple Eight Race Engineering	Chevrolet Camaro Gen6	+0.3157	+0.1527
4	400	Tim Slade	PremiAir Racing	Chevrolet Camaro Gen6	+0.1261	+0.1538
5	26	David Reynolds	Grove Racing	Ford Mustang S650	+0.2513	+0.1783
6	97	Shane van Gisbergen	Triple Eight Race Engineering	Chevrolet Camaro Gen6	+0.1141	+0.1940
7	25	Chaz Mostert	Walkinshaw Andretti United	Ford Mustang S650	+0.0371	+0.2648
8	8	Andre Heimgartner	Brad Jones Racing	Chevrolet Camaro Gen6	+0.3840	+0.2943
9	20	Scott Pye	Charlie Schwerkolt Racing	Chevrolet Camaro Gen6	+0.4040	+0.3110
10	31	James Golding	PremiAir Racing	Chevrolet Camaro Gen6	+0.4298	+0.3951
11	9	Will Brown	Erebus Motorsport	Chevrolet Camaro Gen6	+0.4304
12	5	James Courtney	Tickford Racing	Ford Mustang S650	+0.4454
13	55	Thomas Randle	Tickford Racing	Ford Mustang S650	+0.4623
14	17	Will Davison	Dick Johnson Racing	Ford Mustang S650	+0.4780
15	34	Jack Le Brocq	Matt Stone Racing	Chevrolet Camaro Gen6	+0.5581
16	18	Mark Winterbottom	Charlie Schwerkolt Racing	Chevrolet Camaro Gen6	+0.6048
17	11	Anton de Pasquale	Dick Johnson Racing	Ford Mustang S650	+0.6292
18	14	Bryce Fullwood	Brad Jones Racing	Chevrolet Camaro Gen6	+0.6397
19	35	Cameron Hill	Matt Stone Racing	Chevrolet Camaro Gen6	+0.6438
20	3	Todd Hazelwood	Blanchard Racing Team	Ford Mustang S650	+0.6472
21	2	Nick Percat	Walkinshaw Andretti United	Ford Mustang S650	+0.6920
22	19	Matthew Payne	Grove Racing	Ford Mustang S650	+0.7215
23	96	Macauley Jones	Brad Jones Racing	Chevrolet Camaro Gen6	+0.7247
24	56	Declan Fraser	Tickford Racing	Ford Mustang S650	+1.2286
25	4	Jack Smith	Brad Jones Racing	Chevrolet Camaro Gen6	+1.3477
Source:^[2]^[3]

Race 1

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Car	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Pts.
1	6	Cameron Waters	Tickford Racing	Ford Mustang S650	95	1:58:33.2312	2	150
2	25	Chaz Mostert	Walkinshaw Andretti United	Ford Mustang S650	95	+7.6491	7	138
3	99	Brodie Kostecki	Erebus Motorsport	Chevrolet Camaro Gen6	95	+13.4411	1	129
4	9	Will Brown	Erebus Motorsport	Chevrolet Camaro Gen6	95	+17.5361	11	120
5	8	Andre Heimgartner	Brad Jones Racing	Chevrolet Camaro Gen6	95	+18.4873	8	111
6	18	Mark Winterbottom	Charlie Schwerkolt Racing	Chevrolet Camaro Gen6	95	+24.5926	16	102
7	20	Scott Pye	Charlie Schwerkolt Racing	Chevrolet Camaro Gen6	95	+30.4976	9	96
8	5	James Courtney	Tickford Racing	Ford Mustang S650	95	+42.7666	12	90
9	34	Jack Le Brocq	Matt Stone Racing	Chevrolet Camaro Gen6	95	+42.8684	15	84
10	26	David Reynolds	Grove Racing	Ford Mustang S650	95	+43.5652	5	78
11	17	Will Davison	Dick Johnson Racing	Ford Mustang S650	95	+49.7735	14	72
12	19	Matthew Payne	Grove Racing	Ford Mustang S650	95	+53.1997	22	69
13	56	Declan Fraser	Tickford Racing	Ford Mustang S650	95	+1:37.7302	24	66
14	3	Todd Hazelwood	Blanchard Racing Team	Ford Mustang S650	95	+1:40.3506	20	63
15	14	Bryce Fullwood	Brad Jones Racing	Chevrolet Camaro Gen6	95	+1:56.5120	18	60
16	11	Anton de Pasquale	Dick Johnson Racing	Ford Mustang S650	95	+2:01.4156	17	57
17	55	Thomas Randle	Tickford Racing	Ford Mustang S650	95	+2:02.8224	13	54
18	31	James Golding	PremiAir Racing	Chevrolet Camaro Gen6	94	+1 lap	10	51
19	96	Macauley Jones	Brad Jones Racing	Chevrolet Camaro Gen6	94	+1 lap	23	48
20	35	Cameron Hill	Matt Stone Racing	Chevrolet Camaro Gen6	94	+1 lap	19	45
21	4	Jack Smith	Brad Jones Racing	Chevrolet Camaro Gen6	93	+2 laps	25	42
22	400	Tim Slade	PremiAir Racing	Chevrolet Camaro Gen6	90	+5 laps	4	39
DNF	2	Nick Percat	Walkinshaw Andretti United	Ford Mustang S650	50	Mechanical	21
DSQ	97	Shane van Gisbergen	Triple Eight Race Engineering	Chevrolet Camaro Gen6	95	Technical	6
DSQ	88	Broc Feeney	Triple Eight Race Engineering	Chevrolet Camaro Gen6	95	Technical	3
Fastest Lap: Chaz Mostert (Walkinshaw Andretti United), 1:12.6998
Source:^[4]^[5]

Qualifying 2

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Car	Times
					Qualifying	Shootout
1	26	David Reynolds	Grove Racing	Ford Mustang S650	1:11.4872	1:12.0813
2	25	Chaz Mostert	Walkinshaw Andretti United	Ford Mustang S650	+0.2855	+0.0058
3	31	James Golding	PremiAir Racing	Chevrolet Camaro Gen6	+0.0456	+0.1092
4	6	Cameron Waters	Tickford Racing	Ford Mustang S650	+0.0147	+0.2142
5	97	Shane van Gisbergen	Triple Eight Race Engineering	Chevrolet Camaro Gen6	+0.1442	+0.2672
6	400	Tim Slade	PremiAir Racing	Chevrolet Camaro Gen6	+0.2364	+0.5455
7	88	Broc Feeney	Triple Eight Race Engineering	Chevrolet Camaro Gen6	+0.4184	+0.6588
8	34	Jack Le Brocq	Matt Stone Racing	Chevrolet Camaro Gen6	+0.4001	+0.8770
9	3	Todd Hazelwood	Blanchard Racing Team	Ford Mustang S650	+0.2927	+1.0226
10	5	James Courtney	Tickford Racing	Ford Mustang S650	+0.3957	DNF
11	17	Will Davison	Dick Johnson Racing	Ford Mustang S650	+0.4619
12	19	Matthew Payne	Grove Racing	Ford Mustang S650	+0.4722
13	8	Andre Heimgartner	Brad Jones Racing	Chevrolet Camaro Gen6	+0.4880
14	18	Mark Winterbottom	Charlie Schwerkolt Racing	Chevrolet Camaro Gen6	+0.5477
15	99	Brodie Kostecki	Erebus Motorsport	Chevrolet Camaro Gen6	+0.5595
16	55	Thomas Randle	Tickford Racing	Ford Mustang S650	+0.6151
17	9	Will Brown	Erebus Motorsport	Chevrolet Camaro Gen6	+0.6361
18	20	Scott Pye	Charlie Schwerkolt Racing	Chevrolet Camaro Gen6	+0.6365
19	14	Bryce Fullwood	Brad Jones Racing	Chevrolet Camaro Gen6	+0.6379
20	2	Nick Percat	Walkinshaw Andretti United	Ford Mustang S650	+0.6601
21	11	Anton de Pasquale	Dick Johnson Racing	Ford Mustang S650	+0.7002
22	35	Cameron Hill	Matt Stone Racing	Chevrolet Camaro Gen6	+0.7214
23	96	Macauley Jones	Brad Jones Racing	Chevrolet Camaro Gen6	+0.8227
24	56	Declan Fraser	Tickford Racing	Ford Mustang S650	+0.8266
25	4	Jack Smith	Brad Jones Racing	Chevrolet Camaro Gen6	+1.4589
Source:^[6]^[7]

Race 2

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Car	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Pts.
1	97	Shane van Gisbergen	Triple Eight Race Engineering	Chevrolet Camaro Gen6	89	2:11:50.4825	5	150
2	25	Chaz Mostert	Walkinshaw Andretti United	Ford Mustang S650	89	+4.4992	2	138
3	26	David Reynolds	Grove Racing	Ford Mustang S650	89	+25.1401	1	129
4	31	James Golding	PremiAir Racing	Chevrolet Camaro Gen6	89	+27.0901	3	120
5	88	Broc Feeney	Triple Eight Race Engineering	Chevrolet Camaro Gen6	89	+27.6594	7	111
6	99	Brodie Kostecki	Erebus Motorsport	Chevrolet Camaro Gen6	89	+28.6089	15	102
7	8	Andre Heimgartner	Brad Jones Racing	Chevrolet Camaro Gen6	89	+33.3244	13	96
8	34	Jack Le Brocq	Matt Stone Racing	Chevrolet Camaro Gen6	89	+46.9619	8	90
9	400	Tim Slade	PremiAir Racing	Chevrolet Camaro Gen6	89	+54.4407	6	84
10	18	Mark Winterbottom	Charlie Schwerkolt Racing	Chevrolet Camaro Gen6	89	+58.9769	14	78
11	14	Bryce Fullwood	Brad Jones Racing	Chevrolet Camaro Gen6	89	+1:04.1607	19	72
12	6	Cameron Waters	Tickford Racing	Ford Mustang S650	89	+1:15.5631	4	69
13	9	Will Brown	Erebus Motorsport	Chevrolet Camaro Gen6	88	+1 lap	17	66
14	19	Matthew Payne	Grove Racing	Ford Mustang S650	88	+1 lap	12	63
15	3	Todd Hazelwood	Blanchard Racing Team	Ford Mustang S650	88	+1 lap	9	60
16	11	Anton de Pasquale	Dick Johnson Racing	Ford Mustang S650	88	+1 lap	21	57
17	20	Scott Pye	Charlie Schwerkolt Racing	Chevrolet Camaro Gen6	88	+1 lap	18	54
18	55	Thomas Randle	Tickford Racing	Ford Mustang S650	88	+1 lap	16	51
19	17	Will Davison	Dick Johnson Racing	Ford Mustang S650	88	+1 lap	11	48
20	4	Jack Smith	Brad Jones Racing	Chevrolet Camaro Gen6	88	+1 lap	25	45
21	35	Cameron Hill	Matt Stone Racing	Chevrolet Camaro Gen6	88	+1 lap	22	42
22	96	Macauley Jones	Brad Jones Racing	Chevrolet Camaro Gen6	88	+1 lap	23	39
23	2	Nick Percat	Walkinshaw Andretti United	Ford Mustang S650	87	+2 laps	20	36
DNF	56	Declan Fraser	Tickford Racing	Ford Mustang S650	0	Crash	24
DNS	5	James Courtney	Tickford Racing	Ford Mustang S650		Crash in Shootout
Fastest Lap: Shane van Gisbergen (Triple Eight Race Engineering), 1:12.5355
Source:^[8]^[9]

Championship standings

Drivers standings Pos Driver Pts Gap 1   Chaz Mostert 276 2   Brodie Kostecki 231 +45 3   Cameron Waters 219 +57 4   David Reynolds 207 +69 5   Andre Heimgartner 207 +69

Teams standings Pos Team Pts Gap 1 Erebus Motorsport 417 2 Grove Racing 339 +78 3 Charlie Schwerkolt Racing 330 +87 4 Walkinshaw Andretti United 312 +105 5 Tickford Racing (#5, #6) 309 +108

• Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.

References

1. "Return of Newcastle 500 confirmed for 2023". V8 Sleuth. 6 October 2022.
2. "2023 Thrifty Newcastle 500 NEWCASTLE STREET CIRCUIT 2023 Repco Supercars Championship - Qualifying - Race 1". Natsoft Race Results. 28 July 2023.
3. "2023 Thrifty Newcastle 500 NEWCASTLE STREET CIRCUIT 2023 Repco Supercars Championship - Top Ten - Race 1". Natsoft Race Results. 4 August 2023.
4. "2023 Thrifty Newcastle 500 NEWCASTLE STREET CIRCUIT 2023 Repco Supercars Championship - Race 1". Natsoft Race Results. 28 July 2023.
5. "RACE 1". Supercars Championship. 28 July 2023.
6. "2023 Thrifty Newcastle 500 NEWCASTLE STREET CIRCUIT 2023 Repco Supercars Championship - Qualifying - Race 2". Natsoft Race Results. 28 July 2023.
7. "2023 Thrifty Newcastle 500 NEWCASTLE STREET CIRCUIT 2023 Repco Supercars Championship - Top Ten - Race 2". Natsoft Race Results. 28 July 2023.
8. "2023 Thrifty Newcastle 500 NEWCASTLE STREET CIRCUIT 2023 Repco Supercars Championship - Race 2". Natsoft Race Results. 28 July 2023.
9. "RACE 2". Supercars Championship. 28 July 2023.

External links

• Series website

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