What you need to know: Round 2 Supercars Eseries
This year’s Cash Converters Supercars Eseries will feature a hybrid format of the competition, with two championships within the series.
The All Stars consists of main game Supercars and Dunlop Super2 drivers.
The Pro Series features elite gamers representing Supercars teams.
This Wednesday, Supercars drivers and pro gamers pair up for a virtual endurance race at Sandown Raceway.
Qualifying begins at 7pm AEST on Supercars’ Facebook page, Supercars Twitch and YouTube.
Racing coverage for Round 2 begins at 7.30pm AEST and will be broadcast live on Fox Sports 506, Kayo, 7Plus, and Sky NZ.
Online fans from around the globe can watch races via the Supercars’ Facebook page, Supercars Twitch and YouTube.
FAVOURITES
Round 2 of the Eseries will see the All Stars and Pro Series grids join forces for a 41-lap enduro at Sandown.
Brodie Kostecki cruised to victory in the Winton opener.
The Erebus Motorsport driver, who won last year’s All Stars title, won from pole.
Kostecki will be teaming up with Erebus Academy talent Jarrad Filsell at Sandown, with the young driver scoring a podium at Winton last week.
The duo will prove hard to beat, the previously combined to win a thrilling Cash Converters Supercars Eseries Bathurst enduro last season.
Defending Pro Series champion Dayne Warren continued his dominant form, with the Walkinshaw Andretti United gamer topping both qualifying and race sessions at the Winton opener.
Warren will share the Mobil 1 Appliances Online Racing Holden with Jayden Ojeda, who has plenty of real-life experience at Mount Panorama.
Despite Ojeda struggling in last year’s series, the former Super2 driver finished eighth in Winton last week.
Third-place finisher Andre Heimgartner will share the Brad Jones Racing Commodore with Pro Series contender Jake Burton.
Burton finished fourth at Winton and was a consistent top performer last season.
The duo will be likely front runners at Sandown, both keen to score valuable points.
THE FORM SEEKERS
Justin Ruggier made a promising start to his 2022 campaign, driving the Cash Converters Mustang to second behind Kostecki.
The former Super2 talent will share his Ford with Pro Series gamer Brenton Hobson, who finished outside the top ten in Winton.
Ruggier will be looking to keep his good form going to stay within striking distance of the defending All Stars champion.
Matt Stone Racing’s Jack Le Broc will be looking to claw his way up through the top 10 following a strong showing in Winton.
He teams up with Andrew Gilliam who finished eighth in the Bathurst enduro last season.
THE ROUGHIES
Aaron Borg impressed to finish inside the top five last week; however his Brad Jones Racing teammate Madison Downs had an uncharacteristic result of ninth.
Tickford Racing’s Jake Kostecki could be an outside chance to claim victory in the enduro.
Kostecki will team up with pro gamer Jordan Caruso, who finished tenth at Winton.
Super2 talent Jordan Boys joins the All Stars line-up for Repco Racing alongside Corey Shepherd.
Shepherd finished fifth in Winton, making him a strong chance for another strong result in Sandown.
THE CIRCUIT
Sandown International Raceway will make its Supercars Eseries debut for tonight's first endurance round.
The Victorian circuit, which has been in operation since in 1962, has recently been added to iRacing’s extensive catalogue.
The 3.104 km circuit which has hosted endurance and sprint events in the Repco Supercars Championship, will now host the Supercars Eseries for the first time.
Sandown is considered a power circuit with its ‘drag strip’ front and back straights being 899-metre and 910-metre m long respectively.
THE FORMAT
Round 2 sees the All Stars and Pro Gamers join forces to tackle Sandown Motor Raceway.
Both teams will complete one combined 20-minute qualifying session that will set the grid for their races.
The fastest five qualifiers will roll into a 10-minute Top 5 Shootout, with All Star drivers required to set their best flying lap to set the grid for Race 2.
19:05-19:25 – Combined Qualifying for Race 2
19:40-19:50 – Top Ten Shootout for Race 2
20:05 – Combined Race 2, 41 laps or 50 minutes, one pitstop, 300 points available
TRACK CONDITIONS
Track state for both races will be set to 70 percent for each race.
Weather conditions will be 68°F (20°c), partly cloudy, humidity 60, wind 5mph West.
Dynamic sky will be enabled but no dynamic weather.
Time of Day:
Morning
COMPULSORY PIT STOPS
Combined Race 2 – 1 CPS
You must take 4 new tyres during each CPS
No fuel required
Both championships will be using open setups. Drivers can create and use their own setups for the Supercars Eseries.
DRIVER FAIR SHARE
Either driver can start the race
Driver fair share will be disabled for this session
All Stars drivers must complete a minimum of 17 laps (40%).
Teams must complete at least 1 driver change during the course of the race. This change can occur outside of the CPS.
WHERE TO WATCH
The Cash Converters Supercars Eseries will take place on the iRacing platform, running over six weekly rounds from Wednesday 20th July through to 24th August and will be broadcast live on Fox Sports 506, Kayo, 7Plus, Sky NZ, and on Supercars Facebook, YouTube and Twitch channels.
Four-time Bathurst 1000 winner Garth Tander will join the Supercars broadcast panel alongside Chad Neylon to host the Eseries.
Regular Eseries commentator Jonathan Simon returns as a pitlane reporter for the series.
Qualifying begins at 7pm AEST on Supercars’ Facebook page, Supercars Twitch and YouTube.
Racing coverage for Round 1 begins at 7.30pm AEST and will be broadcast live on Fox Sports 506, Kayo, 7Plus, and Sky NZ.
Online fans from around the globe can watch races via the Supercars’ Facebook page, Supercars Twitch and YouTube.
