The 2019 Super2 Series was an Australian motor racing competition for Supercars, a support series to the 2019 Supercars Championship. It was the twentieth running of the Supercars Development Series, the second tier of competition in Supercars racing. The series was promoted as the 2019 Dunlop Super2 Series.

Bryce Fullwood won the series with one round to spare in the MW Motorsport prepared Nissan Altima L33

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The following teams and drivers competed in the 2019 series: ManufacturerModelTeamDriver detailsNo.DriverRoundsFordFG X Falcon Tickford Racing 5All Matt Chahda Motorsport 18 Matt ChahdaAll Matt Stone Racing 47 Joel Heinrich1–2Holden 10 Brenton GroveAll 55 Kurt KosteckiAllImage Racing 15 Adam MarjoramAll 49 Jordan BoysAllBrad Jones Racing 21 Jack SmithAll 77 Tim Blanchard3 33 Abbie Eaton1 David Russell5 35 Ashley WalshAllEggleston Motorsport 38 Will BrownAll 54 Dean Fiore1–2 Jack Perkins3–7 88 Justin RuggierAll 44 Dylan O'KeeffeAll 99 Mason Barbera1–4 56 Jake Kostecki1–4 57 Brodie Kostecki1–2NissanAltima L33MW Motorsport 16All 27 Tyler EveringhamAll 28 Zane GoddardAllSource:

Team changes Brad Jones Racing scaled back to a single-car team, after having previously run three cars. Image Racing formed a partnership with Erebus Motorsport, expanding to a two-car operation. Kali Motorsport withdrew from the series citing a lack of sponsorship, but retained its entry and cars with a view to re-joining the series in the future. Matt Chahda Motorsport switched from running a Holden VF Commodore to a Ford FG X Falcon. Paul Morris Motorsport withdrew from the series to focus on its Super3 Series entry. Triple Eight Race Engineering returned to the Super2 series for the first time since 2013, entering two VF Commodores.

Driver changes Paul Dumbrell retired from the Super2 Series at the end of 2018. The Grand Tour test driver Abbie Eaton made her Super2 début with Matt Stone Racing. Reigning Super3 Series champion Tyler Everingham graduated to the Super2 Series with MW Motorsport. Dean Fiore moved to Eggleston Motorsport on a 2 round deal, replacing Nathan Morcom. Bryce Fullwood returned to MW Motorsport after racing with Matt Stone Racing in 2018. Zane Goddard left Brad Jones Racing and joined MW Motorsport. Kurt Kostecki and Brenton Grove left Kostecki Brothers Racing and Grove Racing respectively to join Triple Eight Race Engineering. 2018 Aussie Racing Cars champion Joel Heinrich made his Super2 début with Matt Stone Racing. Garry Jacobson and Macauley Jones left the series as they graduated to the Supercars Championship, with Kelly Racing and Tim Blanchard Racing respectively.Heimgartner and Jacobsen set for Kelly Racing Speedcafe 6 February 2019 Porsche Carrera Cup driver Dylan O'Keeffe made his Super2 début with Garry Rogers Motorsport, replacing 2018 champion Chris Pither. Aussie Racing Cars race winner Justin Ruggier made his Super2 début with Eggleston Motorsport. Ashley Walsh returned to the series for the first time since 2014, driving for Matt Stone Racing.

Mid-season changes Abbie Eaton withdrew from the series following the Adelaide round due to sponsorship issues. Joel Heinrich withdrew from the series following the Barbagallo round due to sponsorship issues. Brodie Kostecki withdrew from the series following the Barbagallo round to focus on his, and Kostecki Brothers Racing's Enduro Cup début. Tim Blanchard made a one-off appearance for Brad Jones Racing in Townsville in preparation for the Enduro Cup. Mason Barbera withdrew from the series following the Queensland round due to sponsorship issues. Jake Kostecki withdrew from the series following the Queensland round to focus on his, and Kostecki Brothers Racing's Enduro Cup début. David Russell made a one-off appearance for Matt Stone Racing at the Bathurst Round. Jack Perkins withdrew from the Bathurst round due to illness.

Calendar The calendar for the 2019 series consisted of seven rounds: Round Event name Circuit Location Date 1 Adelaide 500 Adelaide Street Circuit Adelaide, South Australia 1–3 March 2 Perth SuperSprint Neerabup, Western Australia 3–4 May 3 Townsville 400 Townsville, Queensland 6–7 July 4 Queensland Raceway Ipswich, Queensland 27–28 July 5 Bathurst 1000 Bathurst, New South Wales 12 October 6 Sandown 500 Sandown Raceway Springvale, Victoria 9–10 November 7 Newcastle 500 Newcastle Street Circuit Source:

Calendar changes The category returned to Queensland Raceway for the first time since 2015. The Symmons Plains round was removed from the schedule.

Results and standings Season summary Event Pole position Fastest lap Winning driver Winning team Round winner 1 1 Adelaide 500 Mason Barbera Brodie Kostecki Bryce Fullwood MW Motorsport Bryce Fullwood 2 Bryce Fullwood Bryce Fullwood Brodie Kostecki Kostecki Brothers Racing 3 Brodie Kostecki Bryce Fullwood Bryce Fullwood MW Motorsport 2 4 Perth SuperNight Zane Goddard Zane Goddard Will Brown Eggleston Motorsport Ashley Walsh 5 Zane Goddard Bryce Fullwood Ashley Walsh Matt Stone Racing 3 6 Townsville 400 Kurt Kostecki Kurt Kostecki Bryce Fullwood MW Motorsport Bryce Fullwood 7 Jake Kostecki Bryce Fullwood Bryce Fullwood MW Motorsport 4 8 Ipswich SuperSprint Thomas Randle Thomas Randle Thomas Randle Tickford Racing Bryce Fullwood 9 Kurt Kostecki Thomas Randle Bryce Fullwood MW Motorsport 5 10 Bathurst 1000 Bryce Fullwood Bryce Fullwood Thomas Randle Tickford Racing Thomas Randle 6 11 Sandown 500 Bryce Fullwood Jordan Boys Tyler Everingham MW Motorsport Jack Perkins 12 Jordan Boys Will Brown Jordan Boys Image Racing 7 13 Newcastle 500 Thomas Randle Bryce Fullwood Bryce Fullwood MW Motorsport Bryce Fullwood 14 Bryce Fullwood Jordan Boys Jordan Boys Image Racing

Points system Points were awarded in each race as follows. Roundformat Position 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th 13th 14th 15th 16th 17th 18th 19th 20th 21st 22nd 23rd 24th 25th 26th 27th 28th 29th 30th 100 92 86 80 74 68 64 60 56 52 48 46 44 42 40 38 36 34 32 30 28 26 24 22 20 18 16 14 12 10 Two races 150 138 129 120 111 102 96 90 84 78 72 69 66 63 60 57 54 51 48 45 42 39 36 33 30 27 24 21 18 15 One race 300 276 258 240 222 204 192 180 168 156 144 138 132 126 120 114 108 102 96 90 84 78 72 66 60 54 48 42 36 30

Series standings

Driver ADE BAR TOW QLD BAT SAN NEW Points 1 Bryce Fullwood 16 1 2 1 4 2 1 1 2 1 2 6 4 1 2 0 1924 2 Kurt Kostecki 55 Ret DSQ 10 6 3 2 4 3 3 3 2 5 5 4 35 1502 3 Thomas Randle 5 Ret 9 4 5 7 13 15 1 2 1 11 Ret 2 3 0 1396 4 Zane Goddard 28 2 3 3 2 9 4 5 11 13 10 8 13 10 6 0 1347 5 Dylan O'Keeffe 44 9 8 11 10 15 12 14 9 5 6 3 Ret 7 9 0 1142 6 Tyler Everingham 27 DNS Ret 15 15 12 8 11 7 8 5 1 9 13 11 0 1111 7 Jordan Boys 49 Ret 11 20 9 11 Ret Ret 16 9 7 13 1 3 1 0 1062 8 Brenton Grove 10 10 DSQ 13 13 16 5 2 Ret 10 4 Ret 6 9 8 0 1062 9 Ashley Walsh 35 6 5 16 3 1 Ret 12 10 14 Ret 10 7 4 7 0 1059 10 Jack Smith 21 8 13 17 11 17 7 10 8 12 12 9 12 14 12 0 1022 11 Justin Ruggier 88 11 12 12 14 13 11 16 14 11 11 7 8 12 10 0 1010 12 Will Brown 38 Ret 10 5 1 8 Ret 9 6 16 Ret 4 3 6 Ret 0 960 13 Adam Marjoram 15 7 6 9 Ret 10 6 6 12 4 Ret 12 11 8 Ret 0 890 14 Jack Perkins 54 10 8 5 15 WD 5 2 15 5 0 759 15 Matt Chahda 18 13 14 14 17 19 9 Ret 15 Ret 9 14 10 11 Ret 0 755 16 Jake Kostecki 56 5 7 6 7 6 Ret 7 4 6 0 722 17 Mason Barbera 99 3 4 7 12 14 Ret 13 13 7 0 590 18 Brodie Kostecki 57 4 1 2 18 5 0 434 19 Dean Fiore 54 Ret 15 8 8 4 0 310 20 Tim Blanchard 77 3 3 0 258 21 Joel Heinrich 47 12 16 19 16 18 0 224 22 David Russell 33 8 0 180 23 Abbie Eaton 33 14 Ret 18 0 76 Driver ADE BAR TOW QLD BAT SAN NEW Points

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