The Supercars milestones on offer in 2023

Several drivers will celebrate significant milestones in the 2023 Repco Supercars Championship.

Of the 25 contracted drivers, 17 are set to celebrate significant milestones throughout the year.

By the end of the 2023 season, 20 of the 25 drivers will have made 100 or more race starts.

One driver will become just the third to the 600-race milestone, with another cracking 500 starts.

Drivers will also crack 400 starts and 300 starts, while four young guns will bring up 100 starts.

The 2023 Repco Supercars Championship will commence in Newcastle on March 10-12.

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600 races

**Mark Winterbottom’**s seventh start of the year — set to be in Perth — will be his 600th. He will become just the third driver, after Craig Lowndes (675) and Garth Tander (642) to start 600 races. He will also pass Rick Kelly into third all-time for round starts, and will end the year on 275 round starts. Winterbottom’s debut came in the 2003 enduros for Stone Brothers Racing.

550 races

The 22nd race of the year, which is set to be at The Bend, will be James Courtney’s 550th start. Only seven drivers — Lowndes (675), Tander (642), Russell Ingall (588), Rick Kelly (580), Jason Bright (577), Winterbottom (593) and Jamie Whincup (554) — have started 550 or more races. Courtney debuted in the 2005 enduros for the Holden Racing Team.

500 races

Shane van Gisbergen will become just the ninth driver to start 500 races when he makes his 17th start in 2023. It is set to come in Townsville, where he has won 10 races. Van Gisbergen debuted as a teenager for Team Kiwi Racing at Oran Park in 2007.

400 races

Tim Slade’s first start with PremiAir Racing, on the streets of Newcastle, will be his 400th career race start. He will be the 20th driver to start 400 or more races. Slade debuted for Paul Morris Motorsport in 2009.

300 races

Both Walkinshaw Andretti United drivers will join the ‘300 club’ in 2023. Chaz Mostert’s 300th start will come in Race 4 (Albert Park) before Nick Percat chalks up the same milestone in Race 12 (Tasmania). Mostert debuted in 2013, and Percat in 2010.

250 races

Cam Waters brought up 100 round starts and 200 race starts in 2022. In 2023, he will make his 250th race start, which is set to come in Adelaide. Waters debuted as a teenager at Mount Panorama in 2011.

150 races

Macauley Jones will celebrate his 150th race start in Race 4 at Albert Park. Jones debuted in the 2015 enduros.

100 races

Two young drivers are set to bring up 100 race starts in 2023 — James Golding and Will Brown. Second-year PremiAir driver Golding’s ninth start in 2023 will be his 100th start. Brown will record start No. 100 in Race 26 on the Gold Coast.

100 rounds

Andre Heimgartner will celebrate his 100th round start in Perth. He scored his first Brad Jones Racing podium at the Wanneroo circuit in May last year. Heimgartner debuted in the 2014 enduros in a Super Black Falcon.

50 rounds

Heimgartner’s BJR teammates Jack Smith and Bryce Fullwood will both bring up 50 round starts. Smith will hit 50 rounds in Sydney, and Fullwood at The Bend — the scene of his sole Supercars podium in 2020. James Golding will record his 50th round start in Perth.

50 races

The two 2022 rookies — Thomas Randle and Broc Feeney — will record their 50th race starts in 2023. Randle will hit 50 in Perth, with Feeney to hit the number in Darwin.

Debuts

There will be three full-time rookies in 2023, with Cameron Hill (Matt Stone Racing), Matt Payne (Penrite Racing) and Declan Fraser (Tickford Racing) all commencing their full Supercars careers in Newcastle. The trio also made their Bathurst debuts in 2022.

ATCC/Supercars race starts for full-time 2023 contracted drivers

593: Mark Winterbottom528: James Courtney518: Will Davison483: Shane van Gisbergen404: David Reynolds399: Tim Slade312: Scott Pye296: Chaz Mostert288: Nick Percat223: Cam Waters216: Andre Heimgartner170: Jack Le Brocq159: Todd Hazelwood154: Anton De Pasquale146: Macauley Jones105: Jack Smith101: Bryce Fullwood91: James Golding74: Will Brown71: Brodie Kostecki42: Thomas Randle36: Broc Feeney1: Matt Payne, Cameron Hill, Declan Fraser

ATCC/Supercars round starts for full-time 2023 contracted drivers

263: Mark Winterbottom233: James Courtney, Will Davison215: Shane van Gisbergen185: David Reynolds184: Tim Slade137: Scott Pye130: Chaz Mostert129: Nick Percat105: Cam Waters96: Andre Heimgartner78: Jack Le Brocq71: Todd Hazelwood67: Anton De Pasquale, Macauley Jones48: James Golding43: Jack Smith42: Bryce Fullwood32: Will Brown28: Brodie Kostecki22: Thomas Randle15: Broc Feeney1: Matt Payne, Cameron Hill, Declan Fraser