2019 Calendars: Virgin Australia Supercars Championship

Including the famous Bathurst 1000.

Power, speed, money, sponsorship. What’s not to like?

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*As at 1 February 2019*

Date	Race	Circuit
2-3 Mar	Adelaide 500	Victoria Park, Adelaide
15-17 Mar	Melbourne (x4)	Albert Park, Melbourne
6-7 Apr	Tasmania SuperSprint	Symmons Plains Raceway
13-14 Apr	Phillip Island SuperSprint	Phillip Island GP
4-5 May	Perth SuperNight	Barbagallo Raceway
25-26 May	Winton SuperSprint	Winton Raceway
15-16 Jun	Darwin Triple Crown	Hidden Valley Motorsports Complex
6-7 Jul	Townsville 400	Townsville Street Circuit
27-28 Jul	Ipswich SuperSprint	Queensland Raceway
24-25 Aug	The Bend SuperSprint	The Bend Motorsports Park
14-15 Sep	Auckland SuperSprint	Pukekohe Park
13 Oct	Bathurst 1000	Mount Panorama
26-27 Oct	Gold Coast 600	Surfers Paradise
10 Nov	Sandown 500	Sandown Raceway
23-24 Nov	Newcastle SuperSprint	Newcastle Street Circuit

Teams and drivers get tested with a variety of different race formats. These are:

SuperSprint & SuperNight:
A 120km race on Saturday and a 200km race on Sunday.

SuperStreet:
Adelaide and Newcastle, the opening and closing rounds of the season, have a 250km race each on Saturday and Sunday.
Pukekohe and Townsville have a 200km race each on Saturday and Sunday.

Enduro Cup:
Each driver is joined by an enduro co-driver who must complete 1/3rd of the race.
The iconic Bathurst 1000 is a single 1000km race and this year will open the Enduro Cup.
The Gold Coast 600 at Surfers Paradise is a pair of 300km races.
The Sandown 500 is a single 500km race.

What’s Changed?

Sydney Motorsports Park (Eastern Creek) takes a year out, with the plan to bring it back in January 2020 as part of a move to run the calendar in the Australian summer. Which seems brave to me, I thought it was in Aussie winter because the summer was too hot!

As a consequence, Barbagallo will take the night race format.

Phillip Island switches to the SuperSprint format.

The Sandown 500, traditionally in September, moves after Bathurst and Gold Coast to be the penultimate round, in November. Pukekohe moves to September and effectively swaps places with Sandown.

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