2023 Sydney SuperNight

The 2023 Sydney SuperNight (commercially titled 2023 Beaurepaires Sydney SuperNight) was a motor racing event held as a part of the 2023 Supercars Championship from Saturday 29 July to Sunday 30 July 2023. The event was held at the Sydney Motorsport Park in Eastern Creek, New South Wales.

2023 Sydney SuperNight

Event Information
Round 7 of 12 in the 2023 Supercars Championship
Layout of the Sydney Motorsport Park
Date	29-30 July 2023
Location	Eastern Creek, New South Wales
Venue	Sydney Motorsport Park
Results
Race 1 Distance 51 laps 200.430 km Pole position Andre Heimgartner Brad Jones Racing 1:29.3447 Winner Brodie Kostecki Erebus Motorsport 1:22:58.4478
Race 2 Distance 36 laps 141.480 km Pole position Shane van Gisbergen Triple Eight Race Engineering 1:29.9100 Winner Shane van Gisbergen Triple Eight Race Engineering 57:04.6373
Round Results First Shane van Gisbergen Triple Eight Race Engineering 250 pts Second Brodie Kostecki Erebus Motorsport 241 pts Third Chaz Mostert Walkinshaw Andretti United 234 pts

Results

Qualifying 1

 

Andre Heimgartner (pictured at the pre-season test) claimed pole position for Race 1.

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Car	Qualifying
					Q1	Q2	Q3
1	8	Andre Heimgartner	Brad Jones Racing	Chevrolet Camaro Gen6			1:29.3447
2	99	Brodie Kostecki	Erebus Motorsport	Chevrolet Camaro Gen6			+0.0817
3	6	Cameron Waters	Tickford Racing	Ford Mustang S650			+0.2319
4	9	Will Brown	Erebus Motorsport	Chevrolet Camaro Gen6			+0.2629
5	34	Jack Le Brocq	Matt Stone Racing	Chevrolet Camaro Gen6			+0.4130
6	14	Bryce Fullwood	Brad Jones Racing	Chevrolet Camaro Gen6			+0.4603
7	31	James Golding	PremiAir Racing	Chevrolet Camaro Gen6			+0.5640
8	35	Cameron Hill	Matt Stone Racing	Chevrolet Camaro Gen6			+0.7834
9	25	Chaz Mostert	Walkinshaw Andretti United	Ford Mustang S650			+1.0992
10	17	Will Davison	Dick Johnson Racing	Ford Mustang S650			+1.3804
11	26	David Reynolds	Grove Racing	Ford Mustang S650		+0.3908
12	55	Thomas Randle	Tickford Racing	Ford Mustang S650		+0.3926
13	23	Tim Slade	PremiAir Racing	Chevrolet Camaro Gen6		+0.4335
14	18	Mark Winterbottom	Charlie Schwerkolt Racing	Chevrolet Camaro Gen6		+0.4566
15	20	Scott Pye	Charlie Schwerkolt Racing	Chevrolet Camaro Gen6		+0.6931
16	88	Broc Feeney	Triple Eight Race Engineering	Chevrolet Camaro Gen6		+0.6973
17	3	Todd Hazelwood	Blanchard Racing Team	Ford Mustang S650		+0.9014
18	5	James Courtney	Tickford Racing	Ford Mustang S650		+0.9884
19	96	Macauley Jones	Brad Jones Racing	Chevrolet Camaro Gen6		+1.1155
20	97	Shane van Gisbergen	Triple Eight Race Engineering	Chevrolet Camaro Gen6		No time
21	2	Nick Percat	Walkinshaw Andretti United	Ford Mustang S650	+0.9633
22	56	Declan Fraser	Tickford Racing	Ford Mustang S650	+1.0002
23	11	Anton de Pasquale	Dick Johnson Racing	Ford Mustang S650	+1.1090
24	19	Matthew Payne	Grove Racing	Ford Mustang S650	+1.1504
25	4	Jack Smith	Brad Jones Racing	Chevrolet Camaro Gen6	+2:21.7580
Source:^[1]

Race 1

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Car	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Pts.
1	99	Brodie Kostecki	Erebus Motorsport	Chevrolet Camaro Gen6	51	1:22:58.4478	2	150
2	25	Chaz Mostert	Walkinshaw Andretti United	Ford Mustang S650	51	+7.0050	9	138
3	9	Will Brown	Erebus Motorsport	Chevrolet Camaro Gen6	51	+10.4796	4	129
4	34	Jack Le Brocq	Matt Stone Racing	Chevrolet Camaro Gen6	51	+12.4560	5	120
5	6	Cameron Waters	Tickford Racing	Ford Mustang S650	51	+12.5545^[a]	3	111
6	23	Tim Slade	PremiAir Racing	Chevrolet Camaro Gen6	51	+14.1094	13	102
7	97	Shane van Gisbergen	Triple Eight Race Engineering	Chevrolet Camaro Gen6	51	+15.0627^[b]	20	96
8	14	Bryce Fullwood	Brad Jones Racing	Chevrolet Camaro Gen6	51	+15.3062	6	90
9	18	Mark Winterbottom	Charlie Schwerkolt Racing	Chevrolet Camaro Gen6	51	+18.2630	14	84
10	20	Scott Pye	Charlie Schwerkolt Racing	Chevrolet Camaro Gen6	51	+19.1481	15	78
11	88	Broc Feeney	Triple Eight Race Engineering	Chevrolet Camaro Gen6	51	+19.4468	16	72
12	31	James Golding	PremiAir Racing	Chevrolet Camaro Gen6	51	+19.9843	7	69
13	5	James Courtney	Tickford Racing	Ford Mustang S650	51	+21.3506	18	66
14	8	Andre Heimgartner	Brad Jones Racing	Chevrolet Camaro Gen6	51	+23.3637	1	63
15	11	Anton de Pasquale	Dick Johnson Racing	Ford Mustang S650	51	+23.6867	23	60
16	17	Will Davison	Dick Johnson Racing	Ford Mustang S650	51	+25.7597	10	57
17	35	Cameron Hill	Matt Stone Racing	Chevrolet Camaro Gen6	51	+27.1999	8	54
18	3	Todd Hazelwood	Blanchard Racing Team	Ford Mustang S650	51	+28.6923	17	51
19	4	Jack Smith	Brad Jones Racing	Chevrolet Camaro Gen6	51	+29.8866	25	48
20	2	Nick Percat	Walkinshaw Andretti United	Ford Mustang S650	51	+29.8940	21	45
21	56	Declan Fraser	Tickford Racing	Ford Mustang S650	51	+31.1230	22	42
22	96	Macauley Jones	Brad Jones Racing	Chevrolet Camaro Gen6	51	+32.1674	19	39
23	55	Thomas Randle	Tickford Racing	Ford Mustang S650	51	+33.3342	12	36
24	19	Matthew Payne	Grove Racing	Ford Mustang S650	51	+33.7425	24	33
DNF	26	David Reynolds	Grove Racing	Ford Mustang S650	31	Crash damage	11
Fastest Lap: Shane van Gisbergen (Triple Eight Race Engineering), 1:30.8646
Source:^[2]

Qualifying 2

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Car	Time
1	97	Shane van Gisbergen	Triple Eight Race Engineering	Chevrolet Camaro Gen6	1:29.9100
2	8	Andre Heimgartner	Brad Jones Racing	Chevrolet Camaro Gen6	+0.0563
3	88	Broc Feeney	Triple Eight Race Engineering	Chevrolet Camaro Gen6	+0.2067
4	14	Bryce Fullwood	Brad Jones Racing	Chevrolet Camaro Gen6	+0.2575
5	99	Brodie Kostecki	Erebus Motorsport	Chevrolet Camaro Gen6	+0.3052
6	6	Cameron Waters	Tickford Racing	Ford Mustang S650	+0.3361
7	18	Mark Winterbottom	Charlie Schwerkolt Racing	Chevrolet Camaro Gen6	+0.3945
8	26	David Reynolds	Grove Racing	Ford Mustang S650	+0.4160
9	11	Anton de Pasquale	Dick Johnson Racing	Ford Mustang S650	+0.5306
10	9	Will Brown	Erebus Motorsport	Chevrolet Camaro Gen6	+0.5336
11	35	Cameron Hill	Matt Stone Racing	Chevrolet Camaro Gen6	+0.5429
12	20	Scott Pye	Charlie Schwerkolt Racing	Chevrolet Camaro Gen6	+0.6046
13	34	Jack Le Brocq	Matt Stone Racing	Chevrolet Camaro Gen6	+0.6347
14	96	Macauley Jones	Brad Jones Racing	Chevrolet Camaro Gen6	+0.6449
15	5	James Courtney	Tickford Racing	Ford Mustang S650	+0.6650
16	25	Chaz Mostert	Walkinshaw Andretti United	Ford Mustang S650	+0.6737
17	23	Tim Slade	PremiAir Racing	Chevrolet Camaro Gen6	+0.6979
18	3	Todd Hazelwood	Blanchard Racing Team	Ford Mustang S650	+0.7354
19	55	Thomas Randle	Tickford Racing	Ford Mustang S650	+0.7392
20	31	James Golding	PremiAir Racing	Chevrolet Camaro Gen6	+0.8235
21	4	Jack Smith	Brad Jones Racing	Chevrolet Camaro Gen6	+0.8762
22	56	Declan Fraser	Tickford Racing	Ford Mustang S650	+0.8884
23	17	Will Davison	Dick Johnson Racing	Ford Mustang S650	+0.9197
24	19	Matthew Payne	Grove Racing	Ford Mustang S650	+0.9610
25	2	Nick Percat	Walkinshaw Andretti United	Ford Mustang S650	+1.0248
Source:^[3]

Race 2

 

Shane van Gisbergen (pictured at the pre-season test) was victorious in Race 2.

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Car	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Pts.
1	97	Shane van Gisbergen	Triple Eight Race Engineering	Chevrolet Camaro Gen6	36	57:04.6373	1	150
2	8	Andre Heimgartner	Brad Jones Racing	Chevrolet Camaro Gen6	36	+5.2275	2	138
3	11	Anton de Pasquale	Dick Johnson Racing	Ford Mustang S650	36	+15.6663	9	129
4	88	Broc Feeney	Triple Eight Race Engineering	Chevrolet Camaro Gen6	36	+16.0982	3	120
5	14	Bryce Fullwood	Brad Jones Racing	Chevrolet Camaro Gen6	36	+18.7067	4	111
6	6	Cameron Waters	Tickford Racing	Ford Mustang S650	36	+19.5718	6	102
7	25	Chaz Mostert	Walkinshaw Andretti United	Ford Mustang S650	36	+20.6820	16	96
8	99	Brodie Kostecki	Erebus Motorsport	Chevrolet Camaro Gen6	36	+23.1046	5	90
9	18	Mark Winterbottom	Charlie Schwerkolt Racing	Chevrolet Camaro Gen6	36	+25.5196	7	84
10	34	Jack Le Brocq	Matt Stone Racing	Chevrolet Camaro Gen6	36	+27.7387	13	78
11	20	Scott Pye	Charlie Schwerkolt Racing	Chevrolet Camaro Gen6	36	+30.4057	12	72
12	23	Tim Slade	PremiAir Racing	Chevrolet Camaro Gen6	36	+31.5091	17	69
13	5	James Courtney	Tickford Racing	Ford Mustang S650	36	+35.0350	15	66
14	9	Will Brown	Erebus Motorsport	Chevrolet Camaro Gen6	36	+35.4109	10	63
15	4	Jack Smith	Brad Jones Racing	Chevrolet Camaro Gen6	36	+37.2835	21	60
16	31	James Golding	PremiAir Racing	Chevrolet Camaro Gen6	36	+37.4967	20	57
17	17	Will Davison	Dick Johnson Racing	Ford Mustang S650	36	+38.0060	23	54
18	96	Macauley Jones	Brad Jones Racing	Chevrolet Camaro Gen6	36	+42.0539^[c]	14	51
19	2	Nick Percat	Walkinshaw Andretti United	Ford Mustang S650	36	+43.2628	25	48
20	26	David Reynolds	Grove Racing	Ford Mustang S650	36	+44.2567	8	45
21	3	Todd Hazelwood	Blanchard Racing Team	Ford Mustang S650	36	+48.2905	18	42
22	55	Thomas Randle	Tickford Racing	Ford Mustang S650	36	+50.3367	19	39
23	19	Matthew Payne	Grove Racing	Ford Mustang S650	36	+51.5007	24	36
24	35	Cameron Hill	Matt Stone Racing	Chevrolet Camaro Gen6	36	+55.4407	11	33
25	56	Declan Fraser	Tickford Racing	Ford Mustang S650	36	+1:02.6876	22	30
Fastest Lap: Jack Smith (Brad Jones Racing), 1:31.8393
Source:^[4]

Championship standings after the race

Drivers standings Pos Driver Pts Gap 1   Brodie Kostecki 1590 2   Will Brown 1549 +41 3   Shane van Gisbergen 1536 +54 4   Broc Feeney 1523 +67 5   Chaz Mostert 1348 +242

Teams standings Pos Team Pts Gap 1 Erebus Motorsport 3139 2 Triple Eight Race Engineering 3059 +80 3 Brad Jones Racing (#8, #14) 2354 +785 4 Tickford Racing (#5, #6) 2077 +1062 5 Charlie Schwerkolt Racing 2028 +1111

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

Notes

1. Cameron Waters received a 5-second post-race time penalty in Race 1 for an unsafe pit release.
2. Shane van Gisbergen received a 5-second post-race time penalty in Race 1 for a driving infringement.
3. Macauley Jones received a 5-second post-race time penalty in Race 2 for a driving infringement.

References

1. "2023 Beaurepaires Sydney SuperNight 2023 Repco Supercars Championship - Qualifying - Race 1". Natsoft Race Results. 28 July 2023.
2. "2023 Beaurepaires Sydney SuperNight SYDNEY MOTORSPORT PARK GARDNER 2023 Repco Supercars Championship - Race 18". Natsoft Race Results. 29 July 2023.
3. "2023 Beaurepaires Sydney SuperNight SYDNEY MOTORSPORT PARK GARDNER 2023 Repco Supercars Championship - Qualifying - Race 19". Natsoft Race Results. 30 July 2023.
4. "2023 Beaurepaires Sydney SuperNight SYDNEY MOTORSPORT PARK GARDNER 2023 Repco Supercars Championship - Race 19". Natsoft Race Results. 30 July 2023.