The recently announced 2020 Supercars Championship calendar has revealed the Australian series will now touch down in Auckland for the SuperSprint over Anzac weekend.
The April 24-26 race at Pukekohe Park Raceway will coincide with the 20th running of a Supercars Championship event in New Zealand.
April was the scheduled month of the New Zealand Supercars’ round for seven events between 2004 and 2014, which allowed several MotorSport New Zealand (MNZ) race championships to utilise the high-profile, international event as their championship finale.
MNZ president Wayne Christie supported the date change.
‘‘It’s great to be able to confirm the date with Supercars and see this special event return to an early part of the season.’’
This year, the Auckland SuperSprint will run next weekend with the newly-revamped NZ Formula Ford Championship getting its 2019-20 championship season under way there. This closely-fought single-seater series will be joined by the other Kiwi support categories BNT V8s, Tranzam Challenge, Central Muscle Cars and the SsangYong Racing Series.
‘‘With next year’s April date, we are in the favourable position of discussing which New Zealand classes may have the opportunity to be a Supercars support class and potentially run their 2019/20 season finale in front of the huge crowd at Pukekohe,’’ Christie added.
- by Catherine Pattison
Photo: Geoff Ridder
