The 2024 season continues to wrap up overseas, with Supercars and the Porsche Carrera Cup Australia concluding their campaigns in Adelaide this weekend.
No fewer than seven Kiwis will take to the famed street circuit, with Supercars stars Andre Heimgartner, Matt Payne, Richie Stanaway, Ryan Wood, and Jaxon Evans on the main card and Carrera Cup drivers Marco Giltrap and Fabian Coulthard competing in the supports.
Racing at the pop-up Speedway in the City nearby is Michael Pickens, who will compete against a star studded field for a share of a record A$126,000 prize pool. The main Sprintcar card is on Friday from 8.50 pm NZST and can be watched via a paid stream on Clay Per View.
Further afield, Brendon Leitch has returned to Europe to join Anthony McIntosh at Leipert Motorsport in the Pro-AM class of the Lamborghini Super Trofeo Europe finale and World Finals in Spain.
The action continues to wind down over the coming weeks, but the New Zealand summer starts to ramp up, with the premiere race series, the NextGen New Zealand Championship, beginning next weekend in Taupo.
For now, sit back and enjoy the action!
Payne, Heimgartner, Stanaway, Wood & Evans: Supercars Adelaide 500
- Where? Adelaide Street Circuit, South Australia
- NZ Times:
- Practice 2: Friday 3.35 pm
- Race 23 Qualifying: Friday 8.00 pm
- Practice 3: Saturday 12.30 pm
- Race 23 Top 10 Shootout: Saturday 3.05 pm
- Race 23: Saturday 5.50 pm
- Race 24 Qualifying: Sunday 12.50 pm
- Race 24 Top 10 Shootout: Sunday 3.05 pm
- Race 24: Sunday 5.45 pm
- How to watch: Sky Sport
One round remains in the 2024 Supercars season, with Red Bull’s Will Brown in the box seat to claim the title, entering the round with a healthy 180-point lead over teammate Broc Feeney.
Matt Payne remains fifth in the standings as the first Kiwi but has James Golding just 20 points behind entering the round. Andre Heimgartner is 10th amongst a closely-fought mid-field battle pack and is only 42 points off eighth-placed Nick Percat.
Richie Stanaway is 16th, Ryan Wood 17th, and Jaxon Evans 23rd.
Marco Giltrap & Fabian Coulthard: Porsche Carrera Cup
- Where? Adelaide Street Circuit, South Australia
- NZ Times:
- Qualifying: Friday 12.40 pm
- Race 1: Friday 5.05 pm
- Race 2: Saturday 3.50 pm
- Race 3: Sunday 3.45 pm
- How to watch: Sky Sport
Marco Giltrap and Fabian Coulthard wrap up their Porssche Carrera Cup Australia campaigns at the Adelaide 500.
Coulthard is seventh in the standings and Giltrap 11th. Harri Jones wrapped up the title last round on the Gold Coast.
Brendon Leitch: Lamborghini Super Trofeo
- Where? Jerez de la Frontera, Spain
- NZ Times:
- ST Europe Race 1: Friday 4.25 am
- ST Europe Race 2: Friday 11.35 pm
- World Finals Qualifying: Saturday 11.35 pm
- World Finals Race 1: Sunday 4.15 am
- World Finals Race 2: Monday 2.40 am
- How to watch: Free live stream (YouTube)
Brendon Leitch returns to Lamborghini Super Trofeo Europe for the final round of 2024, before competing in the World Finals over the following days.
Leitch is partnering Anthony McIntosh in the Leipert Motorsport #99 in the Pro-AM class for both competitions.
