When the Repco Supercars Championship calendar was shifted last month due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the previously announced Supercars Eseries was also moved forward to fill the gap. Originally slated to begin on 15th September, the upcoming dual series will now start on Wednesday, 25th August.
The Cash Converters Supercars Eseries features an All Star lineup of professional drivers as well as a Pro sim racer series. The All Star and Pro Series will both be broadcasted live on Fox Sports 506, Kayo and 7Plus for Australian viewers. Each broadcast is expected to have 90-minute television coverage of races that will begin at 7:30pm AEST. For international fans, the feed will be globally available on the Supercars’ Twitch, Facebook and YouTube channels.
For the All Star side of things, select competitors of the Repco Supercars Championship and the Dunlop Super 2 Series will go head to head at a handful of NASCAR oval tracks in iRacing‘s current Supercar models. The Pro Series will be made up of qualified elite sim racers chosen through a draft. Those Pro drivers will represent Supercars teams and major brands competing for their share of the $26,500 prize pool. The Pro champion will take home $10,000.
There will be one race week where both series will compete together, on 22nd September for the Mount Panorama Circuit Enduro. All Stars will pair up with Pro drivers in the combined event. The drivers and teams were announced on Wednesday. Here’s how both field stack up.
ALL STAR ROSTER
| # | All-Star Driver | All-Star Profession | Sponsor | Team |
| 2 | Oscar Piastri | Wildcard | BP Ultimate | BP Ultimate Racing |
| 3 | Matthew Payne | Wildcard | Cool Drive Auto Parts | Blanchard Racing Team |
| 5 | Jack Le Brocq | Supercars full-time | Truck Assist | Tickford Racing |
| 6 | Cameron Waters | Supercars full-time | Monster Energy | Tickford Racing |
| 7 | Andre Heimgartner | Supercars full-time | NED Australian Whisky | Kelly Grove Racing |
| 10 | Sam Brabham | Wildcard | Repco | Repco Racing |
| 11 | Anton De Pasquale | Supercars full-time | Shell V-Power | Shell V-Power Racing Team |
| 14 | Todd Hazelwood | Supercars full-time | Dunlop | Brad Jones Racing |
| 18 | Matt Chahda | Dunlop Super 2 | Shannons | Shannons Racing |
| 20 | Scott Pye | Supercars full-time | Dewalt | Team 17 |
| 22 | Dylan O’Keeffe | Supercars co-driver | PremiAir Hire | Team Sydney |
| 25 | Chaz Mostert | Supercars full-time | Mobil 1 Appliances Online | Walkinshaw Andretti United |
| 31 | Jayden Ojeda | Dunlop Super 2 | Swyftx | Swyftx Racing |
| 35 | Jake Kostecki | Supercars full-time | Yellow Cover UNIT | Matt Stone Racing |
| 54 | Matt McLean | Dunlop Super 2 | Shure | Jands / Shure Racing |
| 55 | Thomas Randle | Wildcard | Castrol Racing BP | BP Ultimate Racing |
| 62 | Richie Stanaway | Wildcard | Auckland Unlimited | Team Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland |
| 88 | Justin Ruggier | Dunlop Super 2 | Cash Converters | Cash Converters Racing |
| 96 | Macauley Jones | Supercars full-time | Coca-Cola | Brad Jones Racing |
| 99 | Brodie Kostecki | Supercars full-time | Boost Mobile | Erebus Motorsport |
| 131 | James Golding | Supercars co-driver | Pioneer DJ | Jands / Pioneer DJ Racing |
| 923 | Tony D’Alberto | Supercars co-driver | Logitech G | Logitech G Racing Team |
PRO SERIES ROSTER
| # | Pro Series Sim Racer | Sponsor | Team |
| 2 | Dayne Warren | Mobil 1 Middy’s | Walkinshaw Andretti United |
| 3 | Josh Anderson | Cool Drive Auto Parts | Blanchard Racing Team |
| 4 | Jackson Souslin-Harlow | R&J Batteries | Brad Jones Racing |
| 8 | Jake Burton | Dunlop | Brad Jones Racing |
| 9 | Jobe Stewart | Ozalnd Group | Erebus Motorsport |
| 12 | Jordan Caruso | Repco | Repco Racing |
| 14 | Madison Down | RYCO 24-7 | Brad Jones Racing |
| 18 | Cooper Webster | Irwin | Team 18 |
| 19 | Ryan Wood | PremiAir Hire | Team Sydney |
| 22 | Brady Meyers | Shell V-Power | Shell V-Power Racing Team |
| 35 | Andrew Gilliam | Yellow Cover UNIT | Matt Stone Racing |
| 44 | Richard Hamstead | Boost Mobile | Tickford Racing |
| 48 | Blake Purdie | Shannons | Shannons Racing |
| 51 | Emily Jones | Cash Converters | Cash Converters Racing |
| 56 | Ethan Warren | Tickford | Tickford Racing |
| 62 | Fawzan El-Nabi | Auckland Unlimited | Team Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland |
| 83 | Simon Feigl | Shure | Jands / Shure Racing |
| 89 | Wayne Bourke | Shannons | Kelly Grove Racing |
| 98 | James Scott | BP Ultimate | BP Ultimate Racing |
| 99 | Jarrad Filsell | Boost Mobile | Erebus Motorsport |
| 215 | Sam Blacklock | Swyftx | Swyftx Racing |
| 718 | Corey Shepherd | Pioneer DJ | Jands / Pioneer DJ Racing |
| 923 | Ethan Grigg-Gault | Logitech G | Logitech G Racing Team |
A slew of sponsors are jumping on to sponsor this year’s Eseries competition, including Shure, Pioneer DJ, Swyftx, Logitech, Shannons, Next Level Racing and Auckland Unlimited. This goes for the supplementary vehicles too, in the form of the Ford GTE BP Ultimate Safety Car.
The Pro sim racing drivers all competed for a chance at being drafted to a team in the Eseries Top 10 Showdown. Higher seeding allowed for a better chance at getting drafted for the series.
It all kicks off on Wednesday, 25th August. Check out the schedule below.
2021 All Star Series Schedule
- 25th August – Charlotte Motor Speedway
- 1st September – Pocono Raceway
- 8th September – Daytona Int’l Speedway
- 15th September – Michigan Int’l Speedway
- 22nd September – Mount Panorama Circuit
- 29th September – Bristol Motor Speedway
2021 Pro Series Schedule
- 25th August – Red Bull Ring
- 1st September – Long Beach
- 8th September – Road America
- 15th September – TBA (Fans’ Choice)
- 22nd September – Mount Panorama Circuit
- 29th September – Phillip Island Circuit
All images thanks to Supercars.
