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43-453: Qualifying for the Sandown 500 involved a twenty-minute session followed by a pair of 60 km "qualifying races" held on Saturday. The grid for the first race was based on the qualifying session; the grid for the second race was based on the results of the first. The results of the second race determined the grid for the main race on Sunday. Co-drivers were mandated to compete in the first of

86-410: A bid to improve racing and encourage overtakes. The rear wing angle was reduced from 18 degrees to 13 degrees, and has gurney flaps of 13 millimetres and 10 millimetres on the wing plane and bootlid respectively. The Mustang's rear wing has also moved forward by 90 millimetres and lowered by 50 millimetres. LED panels were to be fitted in the windows of all cars. To accommodate this, the car number on

129-489: A fourth car on behalf of Tim Blanchard Racing . Kelly Racing scaled down from a four-car team racing Nissan Altimas to a two-car team with Ford Mustangs . Two of the team's RECs were purchased by Team 18 and Matt Stone Racing, with both expanding to two car entries. Matt Stone Racing acquired a second REC from Garry Rogers Motorsport to replace the one it had been leasing from Britek Motorsport . Team principal Garry Rogers cited escalating costs of competing and

172-634: A model that required them to purchase parts rather than develop them as the reasons for his decision to withdraw. Rogers' team later returned to the championship with a single wildcard for the Bathurst 1000 – signing Super2 Series drivers Tyler Everingham and Jayden Ojeda . Nathan Herne from the Australian TA2 Racing Series was originally signed in Ojeda's place however his entry was blocked as Motorsport Australia denied him of

215-597: A night race. The Auckland Super400 moved from Pukekohe Park Raceway to Hampton Downs Motorsport Park . The change was made in response to Auckland Council passing legislation that prohibited from running any event at the circuit on key dates, with Anzac Day falling on the Saturday of the round. The Bend 500 was scheduled to replace the Sandown 500 as the opening round the Enduro Cup . The Bend SuperSprint

258-414: A scheduled third appearance at Sydney Motorsport Park cancelled. The number of engines that a team was allowed to use has been reduced to three, compared with four in 2019 in a bid to reduce costs. The piston ring and rocker ratios became control components and engines must complete 4,000 km (2,485 mi) before being rebuilt. Breaking the engine seal before reaching the mileage limit will result in

301-567: A series of endurance races for cars complying with Australian Touring Car regulations, which were based on International Group A . No Australian Endurance Championship was awarded in the years from 1987 to 1989, however the Australian Manufacturers' Championship continued, now contested over the same series of sprint races as the Australian Touring Car Championship . In 1990 CAMS re-instated

344-400: A ten-place grid penalty, similar to Formula One 's system of grid penalties for changing engine components. However, engine changes can be made with the approval of Supercars provided that teams present a clear reason for doing so. A control shock absorber manufactured by Supashock was introduced in a bid to reducing costs. All cars had a reduction of downforce of up to twelve percent, in

387-470: A two-car operation under the Team Sydney by Tekno brand. A second Racing Entitlement Contract (REC) was acquired from Supercars management. It entered two Triple Eight -built Holden ZB Commodores . Brad Jones Racing expanded to a three-car team, after acquiring an REC that was formerly owned by Britek Motorsport and had been leased to Matt Stone Racing . Brad Jones Racing continued to operate

430-579: Is an Australian motor racing title which has been awarded by the Confederation of Australian Motor Sport in numerous years and for numerous categories since 1981. The title was first contested as a championship for car manufacturers. Replacing the Australian Championship of Makes , which had been held from 1976 to 1980, it was decided over a series of endurance races for cars complying with CAMS Group C Touring Car regulations. In

473-572: The Australian Touring Car Championship , the premier title in Australian motorsport. Due to disruption caused by the COVID-19 pandemic , a number of rounds were rescheduled or cancelled. The series reverted to having only two manufacturers, Ford and Holden , for the first time since 2012 with Nissan no longer being represented on the grid. Scott McLaughlin successfully defended his drivers' championship with one event remaining, winning

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516-695: The Highlands 101 at Highlands Motorsport Park . In 2018, the Australian Endurance Championship was conducted over the three Endurance rounds of the Australian GT Championship, rather than being contested as a separate series. The following table lists the winners of the Australian Endurance Championship as awarded by the Confederation of Australian Motor Sport . CAMS also awarded an Australian Production Car Endurance Championship in 2011 and 2012 . It

559-609: The Australian Endurance Championship from 1981 to present, the AASA competition is not considered official or legitimate, and is not a recognised competition by the Australian Office of Sport. The AASA competition centered on placing a title across the otherwise disconnected events, which in 2013 saw its title \awarded to highest point-scorer in the Wakefield 300 and Winton 300 endurance events. In 2014, it also included

602-405: The Australian Endurance Championship, once again as a drivers’ championship, run over a series of endurance races for Group 3A Touring Cars . The Australian Manufacturers' Championship title was moved back to this series in the same year, however this format was only utilised for two years and the titles were not contested in 1992. From 2013 onwards, an Enduro Cup was awarded to the drivers scoring

645-498: The Bathurst 1000 featured single races held on Sunday, at 500 km and 1000 km in length respectively. The Gold Coast 600 consisted of two 300 km races with one held on Saturday and one on Sunday. For each of these races, each driver in every car was mandated to drive at least one third of the total race distance. From 1981 to 1986 and in 1990 and 1991, the Australian Endurance Championship

688-542: The Enduro Cup results. The Sandown 500 was scheduled to drop out of the Enduro Cup in 2020 , to be replaced by The Bend 500 at The Bend Motorsport Park . In a reshuffled calendar due to the COVID-19 pandemic , both the Gold Coast 600 and The Bend 500 were cancelled and the 2020 Bathurst 1000 was the only endurance event held. No Enduro Cup was awarded for this single event, and the 2021 Supercars Championship

731-523: The Enduro Cup, despite winning only the first race of the Gold Coast 600. In 2014, Jamie Whincup and Paul Dumbrell won the Enduro Cup, again for Triple Eight Race Engineering , winning both the Sandown 500 and the second race on the Gold Coast in the process. In 2015, Luff became the first driver to win the Enduro Cup on more than one occasion, this time driving with Garth Tander for the Holden Racing Team . Tander and Luff did not win any of

774-709: The Willowbank 300 at Queensland Raceway. This 3 event series was won by Justin Ruggier and Mark Mackay. 2020 Supercars Championship The 2020 Supercars Championship (known for commercial reasons as the 2020 Virgin Australia Supercars Championship ) was a motor racing series for Supercars . It was the twenty-second running of the Supercars Championship and the twenty-fourth series in which Supercars have contested

817-603: The calendar and the first since 2004 for Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit . The Saturday race at the SuperSprint and SuperNight events and the Darwin Triple Crown were due to be extended from 120 kilometres to 200 kilometres. Proposed changes to the Melbourne 400 and a relocated Sandown 500 to The Bend Motorsport Park did not take place as the events were subsequently cancelled. The championship

860-455: The car started to lease the REC from 23Red Racing and Car, entered the car as a fourth entry with James Courtney from round three. The 2020 championship was originally due to be contested over twenty-eight races run at fourteen rounds. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic , the Melbourne 400 event was cancelled after practice and qualifying had commenced. With multiple calendar revision during the year,

903-489: The championship on a full-time basis, racing with Team Sydney by Tekno. Pither last competed full-time in 2016 . Courtney departed the team after one round. Zane Goddard and Jake Kostecki graduated from the Super2 Series and make their championship débuts driving for Matt Stone Racing . Goddard and Kostecki will share a car as part of the new SuperLite program, allowing both drivers to compete in five rounds of

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946-422: The championship was contested over eleven rounds, although racing only occurred at ten rounds. The Sydney SuperNight was originally scheduled to return to the calendar after a one-year absence, but was instead be the first event back after the enforced break due to the COVID-19 pandemic , and ran in daylight hours. Sydney Motorsport Park continued to host the event. The Gold Coast 600 was to have also become

989-480: The first Enduro Cup for Ford, with one win at the Gold Coast 600. The 2018 winners were Craig Lowndes, who joined his 2013 co-driver Luff as a two-time winner, and Steven Richards driving a Holden Commodore ZB for Triple Eight Race Engineering. Lowndes and Richards became the first winners of the Enduro Cup to have also won the Bathurst 1000 in the same year, while in the second Gold Coast 600 race they were under investigation for two separate infringements, prior to

1032-411: The four races in the endurance season, with consistent results of two third and two fourth places instead accumulating enough points to win the trophy. In 2016, the all-international pairing of Shane van Gisbergen and Alexandre Prémat won the trophy, with three second-place finishes and one win amounting to the most dominant performance in the Enduro Cup era. In 2017, Chaz Mostert and Steve Owen won

1075-445: The front windscreen moved from the top-right to top-left corner. Originally scheduled to be introduced from the start of the season, due to production delays its introduction was postponed until 2021. Points were awarded for each race at an event, to the driver or drivers of a car that completed at least 75% of the race distance and was running at the completion of the race. At least 50% of the planned race distance must be completed for

1118-769: The most championship points over the three two-driver endurance events in the Supercars Championship . The CAMS Australian Endurance Championship title was revived in 2011 and contested within the Australian Manufacturers' Championship from that year through to 2015. From 2016, the CAMS Australian Endurance Championship was contested by Australian GT cars. The inaugural season included four 101 lap races, at Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit , Sydney Motorsport Park , Hampton Downs Motorsport Park and

1161-561: The pandemic. All three were later cancelled. The championship recommenced in June with a reformatted round at Sydney Motorsport Park , with the postponed races assigned new dates later in the season. Races at Gold Coast and Newcastle were removed from the schedule. Due to a spike in COVID-19 cases in Victoria , Sydney Motorsport Park hosted round four of the championship on the weekend of July 18–19 instead of Winton. The event followed

1204-457: The qualifying races with the main driver in the second. The Bathurst 1000 featured a single forty-minute qualifying session on Friday afternoon followed by a top ten shootout on Saturday. The Gold Coast 600 had two thirty-minute qualifying sessions, one each on Saturday and Sunday, with the Saturday session followed by a top ten shootout. The Sandown 500 and Bathurst 1000 both had a twenty-minute warm-up session on Sunday morning. The Sandown 500 and

1247-453: The race being abandoned due to bad weather. Lowndes retired from full-time Supercars competition after 2018, but went on to win the Enduro Cup again in 2019 as co-driver to Jamie Whincup. The 2019 series also featured the first shift in the endurance calendar since the cup's inception with the Sandown 500 moving from the first to the last of the three endurance events. The qualifying races at Sandown also became points-paying races, contributing to

1290-509: The required licence. Walkinshaw Andretti United fielded a new line-up in 2020 after James Courtney and Scott Pye left the team. Courtney moved to Team Sydney by Tekno , with his seat at Walkinshaw Andretti United filled by Chaz Mostert . Jack Le Brocq left Tekno Autosports and joined Tickford Racing , where he replaced Mostert. Scott Pye joined Team 18 and Walkinshaw Andretti United named reigning Super2 champion Bryce Fullwood as Pye's replacement. Chris Pither returned to

1333-407: The same format as the previous round but featured a night race on the Saturday night and fans were allowed to attend the event. This spike also caused the Sandown event to be removed from the calendar and replaced with two rounds at The Bend Motorsport Park on the weekends of September 19–20 and 26–27. This calendar revision also saw postponed races at Symmons Plains Raceway , Wanneroo Raceway and

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1376-672: The series each before teaming up for the Enduro Cup. Todd Hazelwood left Matt Stone Racing to join Brad Jones Racing . He replaced Tim Slade who will join DJR Team Penske as a co-driver. Jack Smith made his full-time début in the championship with the team. Smith had previously competed for Brad Jones Racing in the Super2 Series and at selected Supercars rounds as a wildcard in 2019. Richie Stanaway and James Golding left Garry Rogers Motorsport after

1419-465: The team for the contract to continue. He was replaced by Alex Davison . 23Red Racing withdrew from the series after its primary sponsor withdrew after round 2, leaving Will Davison without a drive. He became a co-driver at the Bathurst 1000 for Tickford Racing after Alexandre Prémat , who resides in Las Vegas , was forced out by COVID-19 travel restrictions. Tickford Racing, which had prepared

1462-531: The team withdrew from the series. Stanaway retired from motorsport, while Golding joined Team 18 for the endurance races. Simona de Silvestro and Garry Jacobson left Kelly Racing after it scaled down to two cars. De Silvestro returned to Europe to compete in the ADAC GT Masters with Porsche , while Jacobson joined Matt Stone Racing. James Courtney left Team Sydney by Tekno after round one, citing an inability to come to an agreement with

1505-403: The title for the third consecutive year. DJR Team Penske successfully defended the teams' championship. Ford successfully defended the manufacturers' championship. Holden was represented by factory-backed team Triple Eight Race Engineering respectively. The following teams and drivers competed in the 2020 championship. Tekno Autosports relocated to Western Sydney and expanded to

1548-525: The years from 1982 to 1984, the winner of the Australian Endurance Championship was the most successful driver rather than the manufacturer. The Australian Endurance Championship of Makes, run concurrently with the drivers’ title, was the new name for the manufacturers’ award. For 1985 the manufacturers’ title was again renamed, now becoming the Australian Manufacturers' Championship . The dual Australian Endurance Championship / Australian Manufacturers' Championship titles were contested in both 1985 and 1986 over

1591-497: Was again scheduled to contain only one endurance event, without an Enduro Cup. Points were awarded as follows at the Enduro Cup events. Each of the three events were worth 300 points in total, with both drivers earning the total points awarded to the finishing position of the car. As the Gold Coast 600 was a two-race event, the 300 points was divided across each race with the winners taking 150 points. Australian Endurance Championship The Australian Endurance Championship

1634-522: Was contested with the Australian Manufacturers' Championship in both years. The following table lists the winners of the Australian Production Car Endurance Championship as awarded by the Confederation of Australian Motor Sport . The Australian Autosport Alliance (AASA) has previously run a competition it dubbed the Australian Endurance Championship. An alternate sanctioning body to CAMS, which ran

1677-479: Was disrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic , with the Melbourne 400 cancelled before the first race of the event. Supercars' management later announced that should an event be postponed, the calendar would have been altered to complete the 2020 fixture, and that a January 2021 finish may have been required to do so. Supercars later announced the postponement of the Launceston , Auckland and Perth rounds due to

1720-448: Was dropped and teams could now pick the same driver for all three events. To accompany this, the Enduro Cup was introduced, as a championship within a championship. The award is sponsored by Pirtek , who had previously sponsored the successful Stone Brothers Racing as a title sponsor from 1998 to 2005. A collection of Pirtek hose fittings were used to create the trophy awarded to the winners. In 2013, Craig Lowndes and Warren Luff won

1763-456: Was held for touring cars over several races per year, however unlike today was not a part of that year's Australian Touring Car Championship . As per the Enduro Cup, the Sandown 500 and Bathurst 1000 regularly featured as championship rounds, and some years also had an event on the Gold Coast, at Surfers Paradise International Raceway . Allan Moffat and Jim Richards were the only two-time championship winners in this era. The Pirtek Enduro Cup

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1806-430: Was launched in 2013 as a way to link together the series' three two-driver endurance events. These races are Australia's traditional two endurance races, the Sandown 500 and Bathurst 1000, and the Gold Coast 600, which switched to a two-driver, two-race endurance format in 2010. From 2010 to 2012, the Gold Coast 600 required teams to use an international driver to accompany the local series regulars. In 2013, this requirement

1849-551: Was re-formatted as a 500 kilometre race, while the Sandown round adopted a sprint format, called the Sandown Super400 . This resulted in a 500 kilometre being restored as the first race of the Enduro Cup after the Bathurst 1000 was the first endurance race in 2019. The Ipswich and Phillip Island SuperSprints were removed from the calendar. It was the first time since opening that Queensland Raceway has not been on

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