The 2023 Newcastle 500 (commercially titled 2023 Thrifty Newcastle 500) was a motor racing event for the Supercars Championship, held on the weekend of 10 to 12 March 2023. The event was held on the Newcastle Street Circuit in Newcastle East, New South Wales and consisted of two races, 250 kilometres in length. It was the first round of the 2023 Supercars Championship and the first round of the "Gen3" Supercars Championship regulations, as well as the last staging of the Newcastle 500.
Results Qualifying 1 Driver Team Car Times Qualifying Shootout 1 99 Brodie Kostecki Erebus Motorsport Chevrolet Camaro Gen6 1:11.3217 1:11.8481 2 6 Cam Waters Tickford Racing Ford Mustang S650 +0.2601 +0.1520 3 88 Broc Feeney Triple Eight Race Engineering Chevrolet Camaro Gen6 +0.3157 +0.1527 4 400 Tim Slade PremiAir Racing Chevrolet Camaro Gen6 +0.1261 +0.1538 5 26 David Reynolds Grove Racing Ford Mustang S650 +0.2513 +0.1783 6 97 +0.1141 +0.1940 7 25 Chaz Mostert Walkinshaw Andretti United Ford Mustang S650 +0.0371 +0.2648 8 8 Andre Heimgartner Brad Jones Racing Chevrolet Camaro Gen6 +0.3840 +0.2943 9 20 Scott Pye Charlie Schwerkolt Racing Chevrolet Camaro Gen6 +0.4040 +0.3110 10 31 James Golding PremiAir Racing Chevrolet Camaro Gen6 +0.4298 +0.3951 11 9 Will Brown Erebus Motorsport Chevrolet Camaro Gen6 +0.4304 12 5 James Courtney Tickford Racing Ford Mustang S650 +0.4454 13 55 Thomas Randle Tickford Racing Ford Mustang S650 +0.4623 14 17 Will Davison Dick Johnson Racing Ford Mustang S650 +0.4780 15 34 Jack Le Brocq Matt Stone Racing Chevrolet Camaro Gen6 +0.5581 16 18 Mark Winterbottom Charlie Schwerkolt Racing Chevrolet Camaro Gen6 +0.6048 17 11 Anton de Pasquale Dick Johnson Racing Ford Mustang S650 +0.6292 18 14 Bryce Fullwood Brad Jones Racing Chevrolet Camaro Gen6 +0.6397 19 35 Cameron Hill Matt Stone Racing Chevrolet Camaro Gen6 +0.6438 20 3 Todd Hazelwood Blanchard Racing Team Ford Mustang S650 +0.6472 21 2 Nick Percat Walkinshaw Andretti United Ford Mustang S650 +0.6920 22 19 Matthew Payne Grove Racing Ford Mustang S650 +0.7215 23 96 Macauley Jones Brad Jones Racing Chevrolet Camaro Gen6 +0.7247 24 56 Declan Fraser Tickford Racing Ford Mustang S650 +1.2286 25 4 Jack Smith Brad Jones Racing Chevrolet Camaro Gen6 +1.3477 Source:
Race 1 Driver Team Car Laps Time/Retired Grid Pts. 1 6 Cam Waters Tickford Racing Ford Mustang S650 95 1:58:33.2312 2 150 2 25 Chaz Mostert Walkinshaw Andretti United Ford Mustang S650 95 +7.6491 7 138 3 99 Brodie Kostecki Erebus Motorsport Chevrolet Camaro Gen6 95 +13.4411 1 129 4 9 Will Brown Erebus Motorsport Chevrolet Camaro Gen6 95 +17.5361 11 120 5 8 Andre Heimgartner Brad Jones Racing Chevrolet Camaro Gen6 95 +18.4873 8 111 6 18 Mark Winterbottom Charlie Schwerkolt Racing Chevrolet Camaro Gen6 95 +24.5926 16 102 7 20 Scott Pye Charlie Schwerkolt Racing Chevrolet Camaro Gen6 95 +30.4976 9 96 8 5 James Courtney Tickford Racing Ford Mustang S650 95 +42.7666 12 90 9 34 Jack Le Brocq Matt Stone Racing Chevrolet Camaro Gen6 95 +42.8684 15 84 10 26 David Reynolds Grove Racing Ford Mustang S650 95 +43.5652 5 78 11 17 Will Davison Dick Johnson Racing Ford Mustang S650 95 +49.7735 14 72 12 19 Matthew Payne Grove Racing Ford Mustang S650 95 +53.1997 22 69 13 56 Declan Fraser Tickford Racing Ford Mustang S650 95 +1:37.7302 24 66 14 3 Todd Hazelwood Blanchard Racing Team Ford Mustang S650 95 +1:40.3506 20 63 15 14 Bryce Fullwood Brad Jones Racing Chevrolet Camaro Gen6 95 +1:56.5120 18 60 16 11 Anton de Pasquale Dick Johnson Racing Ford Mustang S650 95 +2:01.4156 17 57 17 55 Thomas Randle Tickford Racing Ford Mustang S650 95 +2:02.8224 13 54 18 31 James Golding PremiAir Racing Chevrolet Camaro Gen6 94 +1 lap 10 51 19 96 Macauley Jones Brad Jones Racing Chevrolet Camaro Gen6 94 +1 lap 23 48 20 35 Cameron Hill Matt Stone Racing Chevrolet Camaro Gen6 94 +1 lap 19 45 21 4 Jack Smith Brad Jones Racing Chevrolet Camaro Gen6 93 +2 laps 25 42 22 400 Tim Slade PremiAir Racing Chevrolet Camaro Gen6 90 +5 laps 4 39 DNF 2 Nick Percat Walkinshaw Andretti United Ford Mustang S650 50 Mechanical 21 DSQ 97 95 Technical 6 DSQ 88 Broc Feeney Triple Eight Race Engineering Chevrolet Camaro Gen6 95 Technical 3 Fastest Lap: Chaz Mostert (Walkinshaw Andretti United), 1:12.6998 Source:
Qualifying 2 Driver Team Car Times Qualifying Shootout 1 26 David Reynolds Grove Racing Ford Mustang S650 1:11.4872 1:12.0813 2 25 Chaz Mostert Walkinshaw Andretti United Ford Mustang S650 +0.2855 +0.0058 3 31 James Golding PremiAir Racing Chevrolet Camaro Gen6 +0.0456 +0.1092 4 6 Cam Waters Tickford Racing Ford Mustang S650 +0.0147 +0.2142 5 97 +0.1442 +0.2672 6 400 Tim Slade PremiAir Racing Chevrolet Camaro Gen6 +0.2364 +0.5455 7 88 Broc Feeney Triple Eight Race Engineering Chevrolet Camaro Gen6 +0.4184 +0.6588 8 34 Jack Le Brocq Matt Stone Racing Chevrolet Camaro Gen6 +0.4001 +0.8770 9 3 Todd Hazelwood Blanchard Racing Team Ford Mustang S650 +0.2927 +1.0226 10 5 James Courtney Tickford Racing Ford Mustang S650 +0.3957 DNF 11 17 Will Davison Dick Johnson Racing Ford Mustang S650 +0.4619 12 19 Matthew Payne Grove Racing Ford Mustang S650 +0.4722 13 8 Andre Heimgartner Brad Jones Racing Chevrolet Camaro Gen6 +0.4880 14 18 Mark Winterbottom Charlie Schwerkolt Racing Chevrolet Camaro Gen6 +0.5477 15 99 Brodie Kostecki Erebus Motorsport Chevrolet Camaro Gen6 +0.5595 16 55 Thomas Randle Tickford Racing Ford Mustang S650 +0.6151 17 9 Will Brown Erebus Motorsport Chevrolet Camaro Gen6 +0.6361 18 20 Scott Pye Charlie Schwerkolt Racing Chevrolet Camaro Gen6 +0.6365 19 14 Bryce Fullwood Brad Jones Racing Chevrolet Camaro Gen6 +0.6379 20 2 Nick Percat Walkinshaw Andretti United Ford Mustang S650 +0.6601 21 11 Anton de Pasquale Dick Johnson Racing Ford Mustang S650 +0.7002 22 35 Cameron Hill Matt Stone Racing Chevrolet Camaro Gen6 +0.7214 23 96 Macauley Jones Brad Jones Racing Chevrolet Camaro Gen6 +0.8227 24 56 Declan Fraser Tickford Racing Ford Mustang S650 +0.8266 25 4 Jack Smith Brad Jones Racing Chevrolet Camaro Gen6 +1.4589 Source:
Race 2 Driver Team Car Laps Time/Retired Grid Pts. 1 97 89 2:11:50.4825 5 150 2 25 Chaz Mostert Walkinshaw Andretti United Ford Mustang S650 89 +4.4992 2 138 3 26 David Reynolds Grove Racing Ford Mustang S650 89 +25.1401 1 129 4 31 James Golding PremiAir Racing Chevrolet Camaro Gen6 89 +27.0901 3 120 5 88 Broc Feeney Triple Eight Race Engineering Chevrolet Camaro Gen6 89 +27.6594 7 111 6 99 Brodie Kostecki Erebus Motorsport Chevrolet Camaro Gen6 89 +28.6089 15 102 7 8 Andre Heimgartner Brad Jones Racing Chevrolet Camaro Gen6 89 +33.3244 13 96 8 34 Jack Le Brocq Matt Stone Racing Chevrolet Camaro Gen6 89 +46.9619 8 90 9 400 Tim Slade PremiAir Racing Chevrolet Camaro Gen6 89 +54.4407 6 84 10 18 Mark Winterbottom Charlie Schwerkolt Racing Chevrolet Camaro Gen6 89 +58.9769 14 78 11 14 Bryce Fullwood Brad Jones Racing Chevrolet Camaro Gen6 89 +1:04.1607 19 72 12 6 Cam Waters Tickford Racing Ford Mustang S650 89 +1:15.5631 4 69 13 9 Will Brown Erebus Motorsport Chevrolet Camaro Gen6 88 +1 lap 17 66 14 19 Matthew Payne Grove Racing Ford Mustang S650 88 +1 lap 12 63 15 3 Todd Hazelwood Blanchard Racing Team Ford Mustang S650 88 +1 lap 9 60 16 11 Anton de Pasquale Dick Johnson Racing Ford Mustang S650 88 +1 lap 21 57 17 20 Scott Pye Charlie Schwerkolt Racing Chevrolet Camaro Gen6 88 +1 lap 18 54 18 55 Thomas Randle Tickford Racing Ford Mustang S650 88 +1 lap 16 51 19 17 Will Davison Dick Johnson Racing Ford Mustang S650 88 +1 lap 11 48 20 4 Jack Smith Brad Jones Racing Chevrolet Camaro Gen6 88 +1 lap 25 45 21 35 Cameron Hill Matt Stone Racing Chevrolet Camaro Gen6 88 +1 lap 22 42 22 96 Macauley Jones Brad Jones Racing Chevrolet Camaro Gen6 88 +1 lap 23 39 23 2 Nick Percat Walkinshaw Andretti United Ford Mustang S650 87 +2 laps 20 36 DNF 56 Declan Fraser Tickford Racing Ford Mustang S650 0 Crash 24 DNS 5 James Courtney Tickford Racing Ford Mustang S650 Crash in Shootout Fastest Lap: Shane van Gisbergen (Triple Eight Race Engineering), 1:12.5355 Source:
Championship standings
Drivers standings Pos Driver Gap 1 Chaz Mostert 276 2 Brodie Kostecki 231 +45 3 Cam Waters 219 +57 4 David Reynolds 207 +69 5 Andre Heimgartner 207 +69
Teams standings Team Gap 1 Erebus Motorsport 417 2 Grove Racing 339 +78 3 Charlie Schwerkolt Racing 330 +87 4 Walkinshaw Andretti United 312 +105 5 Tickford Racing (#5, #6) 309 +108
Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.
References
External links Series website