2018 SuperUtes Series

The 2018 ECB SuperUtes Series was an Australian motor racing competition for SuperUtes.[1] It was inaugural running of the series. It commenced at the Adelaide Street Circuit on March 1 and concluded at the Newcastle Street Circuit on November 25.

2018 SuperUtes Series
Previous:	none	Next:	2019
Parent series: Supercars Championship Super2 Series

Ryal Harris won the series in a Mazda BT-50

Craig Woods finished runner-up in a Toyota Hilux

Tom Alexander finished 3rd in a Holden Colorado

The series was won by Ryal Harris [2] driving a Mazda BT-50.

Teams and drivers

The following teams and drivers contested the series.

Manufacturer	Vehicle	Team	No	Drivers	Rounds
Ford	Ford Ranger (T6)	Sieders Racing Team	34	David Sieders	6
		Ranger Racing	49	Christopher Formosa[3]	All
		Ranger Racing	94	Richard Mork	7–8
Holden	Holden Colorado	Team 18	18	Thomas Gasperak[4]	1–7
		Team 18	18	Justin Ruggier	8
		Ross Stone Racing	22	Tom Alexander[3]	All
Isuzu	Isuzu D-Max	Steve Wilson Racing	1	Kim Jane	6–7
Isuzu	Isuzu D-Max	Steve Wilson Racing	3	Stephen Wilson[3]	2, 4–5, 8
Mazda	Mazda BT-50	Peters Motorsport	58	Ryal Harris[3]	All
Mazda	Mazda BT-50	Peters Motorsport	95	Aaron Cameron[3]	All
Mitsubishi	Mitsubishi Triton	Sieders Racing Team	45	Michael Sieders	4–8
			45	Craig Dontas[3]	2–3
			50	Craig Dontas[3]	1
			87	Toby Price[3]	1–2
				Elliot Barbour	3, 5
				Cameron Crick	4, 7
				Craig Dontas	6
				Aaren Russell	8
Toyota	Toyota Hilux (AN120)	Western Sydney Motorsport	8	Ben Walsh[3]	All
			52	Charlotte Poynting	6, 8
			64	Craig Woods[3]	All
		Sieders Racing Team	52	Luke Van Herwaade	7
		Sieders Racing Team	99	Matthew MacKelden[3]	All

Calendar

The calendar for the 2018 season was announced at the 2017 Newcastle 500 event. The calendar comprised eight rounds, each supporting a Supercars Championship event, starting at the Adelaide Street Circuit on 1 March and concluding at Newcastle Street Circuit on 25 November.[5]

Rnd		Circuit	Date	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning Driver	Winning Team
1	R1	Adelaide Street Circuit (Adelaide, South Australia)	March 1-4	Ryal Harris	Ryal Harris	Ryal Harris	Peters Motorsport
	R2				Ryal Harris	Tom Alexander	Ross Stone Racing
	R3				Ryal Harris	Ryal Harris	Peters Motorsport
2	R1	Winton Motor Raceway (Benalla, Victoria)	May 18-20	Tom Alexander	Tom Alexander	Tom Alexander	Ross Stone Racing
	R2				Tom Alexander	Ryal Harris	Peters Motorsport
	R3				Toby Price	Tom Alexander	Ross Stone Racing
3	R1	Townsville Street Circuit (Townsville, Queensland)	July 6-8	Craig Dontas	Craig Dontas	Craig Dontas	Sieders Racing Team
	R2				Aaron Cameron	Ryal Harris	Peters Motorsport
	R3				Aaron Cameron	Ryal Harris	Peters Motorsport
4	R1	Queensland Raceway (Ipswich, Queensland)	July 20-22	Tom Alexander	Ryal Harris	Ryal Harris	Peters Motorsport
	R2				Ryal Harris	Tom Alexander	Ross Stone Racing
	R3				Cameron Crick	Craig Woods	Western Sydney Motorsport
5	R1	Sandown Raceway (Melbourne, Victoria)	September 14-16	Elliot Barbour	Elliot Barbour	Elliot Barbour	Sieders Racing Team
	R2				Tom Alexander	Michael Sieders	Sieders Racing Team
	R3				Michael Sieders	Elliot Barbour	Sieders Racing Team
6	R1	Mount Panorama Circuit (Bathurst, New South Wales)	October 4-7	Craig Dontas	Ryal Harris	Ryal Harris	Peters Motorsport
	R2				David Sieders	Ryal Harris	Peters Motorsport
	R3				Ryal Harris	Ryal Harris	Peters Motorsport
7	R1	Surfers Paradise Street Circuit (Gold Coast, Queensland)	October 19-21	Ryal Harris	Craig Woods	Ryal Harris	Peters Motorsport
	R2				Aaron Cameron	Aaron Cameron	Peters Motorsport
	R3				Ryal Harris	Craig Woods	Western Sydney Motorsport
8	R1	Newcastle Street Circuit (Newcastle, New South Wales)	November 23-25
	R2
	R3

Series standings

Standings at the completion of Round 6 were Bathurst

Pos.	Driver	ADE			WIN			TOW			QUE			SAN			BAT			Pts.
1	Ryal Harris	1	Ret	1	5	1	2	10	1	1	1	2	6	3	11	6	1	1	1	923
2	Craig Woods	2	2	2	6	3	5	4	4	2	3	4	1	4	3	4	7	4	7	900
3	Aaron Cameron	5	Ret	3	2	2	4	3	Ret	4	7	10	3	5	10	7	4	8	6	800
4	Ben Walsh	7	4	Ret	9	4	7	6	3	5	11	5	4	2	6	2	3	3	5	789
5	Tom Alexander	3	1	Ret	1	9	1	5	6	Ret	2	1	5	6	4	5	5	7	4	776
6	Matthew MacKelden	6	3	6	8	7	8	9	8	8	6	Ret	DNS	8	5	8	9	6	8	695
7	Thomas Gasperak	8	7	8	7	5	6	7	5	6	9	6	8	9	8	9	Ret	Ret	Ret	640
8	Christopher Formosa	Ret	Ret	7	DNS	10	10	2	Ret	DNS	8	7	7	10	7	11	10	10	10	546
9	Craig Dontas	Ret	6	5	4	Ret	Ret	1	7	7							2	2	2	458
10	Michael Sieders										4	3	Ret	7	1	3	12	9	9	352
11	Steve Wilson				10	8	9				10	8	9	11	9	10				352
12	Elliot Barbour							8	2	3				1	2	1				321
13	Toby Price	4	5	4	3	6	3													295
14	Cameron Crick										5	9	2							146
15	David Sieders																6	5	3	144
16	Charlotte Poynting																11	11	12	108
17	Kim Jane																8	Ret	11	94

References

"2018 ECB SuperUtes Series Sporting and Technical Regulations, docs.cams.com.au, as archived at web.archive.org" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-09-22. Retrieved 2018-09-22.
ADJUSTED SERIES POINTS REPORT, 2018 ECB SuperUtes Series, racing.natsoft.com.au, as archived at web.archive.org Retrieved 4 February 2019
"SuperUtes entries falling into place". Retrieved September 16, 2018.
"Team 18 reveals Colorado SuperUte program". Retrieved September 16, 2018.
"Inaugural SuperUtes calendar confirmed". Retrieved September 16, 2018.

External links

Official website

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[Regs-1] "2018 ECB SuperUtes Series Sporting and Technical Regulations, docs.cams.com.au, as archived at web.archive.org" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-09-22. Retrieved 2018-09-22.

[2] ADJUSTED SERIES POINTS REPORT, 2018 ECB SuperUtes Series, racing.natsoft.com.au, as archived at web.archive.org Retrieved 4 February 2019

[InitialList-3] "SuperUtes entries falling into place". Retrieved September 16, 2018.

[Team18-4] "Team 18 reveals Colorado SuperUte program". Retrieved September 16, 2018.

[Calendar-5] "Inaugural SuperUtes calendar confirmed". Retrieved September 16, 2018.