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Supercars Locks 14‑Round 2027 Calendar

A split payment agreement for race teams cleared the final roadblock, prompting immediate schedule changes across Australian and New Zealand support series.

Overview

  • Supercars publicly released and locked the 14‑round 2027 championship on Nov. 4 after teams signed off on a revised Teams Racing Charter that had stalled the schedule for months.
  • The confirmed season structure is nine Sprint Cup rounds, two Enduro Cup events and a three‑round Finals Series, with the calendar designed to mark Supercars’ 30th anniversary.
  • Sandown will remain a Sprint Cup event marketed as the Sandown 500 but run as twin 250km single‑driver races, while the Enduro Cup stays at The Bend (mid‑September) and Bathurst (early October).
  • Phillip Island returns to the Finals Series in place of Sandown, Queensland Raceway is dropped, and the calendar introduces the series’ first Darwin night race plus a revamped Adelaide street finale.
  • The Teams Racing Charter split teams into two payment tracks—five teams taking higher annual fees and seven accepting an equity‑style payout tied to RACE’s future sale—which unlocked the calendar and forced immediate changes to feeder and national series schedules, including a seven‑round Super2 calendar with a standalone Mallala round and revised dates for SpeedSeries/GT World Challenge and NextGen NZ.