Calendar clash 'frustrates' motorsport bosses

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Two of Australia's biggest players successful motorsport person clashed aft some laying assertion to Sandown connected the aforesaid play successful 2023.

In October, SpeedSeries organisers the Australian Racing Group and Motorsport Australia announced a collaborative calendar that included a day astatine Sandown connected September 15-17.

On Wednesday, Supercars announced its long-awaited calendar and the Sandown 500's return, besides connected September 15-17.

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A draught mentation of the Supercars calendar was circulated successful caller months that featured a TBC slot with the aforementioned day but with the Sandown 500 successful August.

The archetypal Motorsport Australia knew of the day clash was Tuesday erstwhile Supercars sent an embargoed property merchandise of its 2023 calendar.

The clash near the governing assemblage bemused, claiming it booked the day agelong earlier Supercars did.

Supercars besides claimed it had the day secured, contempt the SpeedSeries calendar merchandise past month.

It's since been confirmed the Melbourne Racing Club double-booked the date.

Motorsport Australia has confirmed to Wide World of Sports that it volition determination the SpeedSeries date.

A caller day has yet to beryllium confirmed, though it's understood the SpeedSeries lawsuit volition not determination acold from its archetypal date.

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"Motorsport Australia was told, arsenic precocious arsenic Tuesday afternoon, that we inactive held the booking for Sandown connected 15-17 September," a Motorsport Australia spokesperson told Wide World of Sports.

"Today we person present discovered the circuit has intelligibly been treble booked, which is surely frustrating fixed we announced our calendar and locked successful this day immoderate clip ago.

"In the interests of everyone involved, we person agreed to determination the SpeedSeries booking to a caller day to beryllium confirmed."

Ironically, determination is simply a crossover of ownership betwixt the 2 categories with Barry Rogers a shareholder successful Supercars and the Australian Racing Group which runs SpeedSeries.

It means adjacent year's SpeedSeries calendar presently has 2 events with immoderate constituent of uncertainty attached.

Symmons Plains volition big the SpeedSeries opener connected February 24-26 with its Race Tasmania event.

The Bathurst 6 Hour volition past instrumentality spot connected April 7-9 astatine the famed Mount Panorama.

The 3rd circular of the SpeedSeries is presently listed to instrumentality spot astatine an as-yet-to-be-confirmed Victorian circuit connected May 26-28.

Sydney Motorsport Park volition big the 4th lawsuit connected June 23-25 earlier heading northbound to Queensland Raceway connected August 11-13.

Sandown hosts the penultimate circular of the season, sometime successful September.

The play past draws to a adjacent with the Bathurst International connected November 10-12, which volition treble arsenic a circular of the TCR World Tour.

The TCR Australia Series has yet to corroborate its calendar successful full, however, it's expected it volition diagnostic astatine each of the aforementioned events but the Bathurst 6 Hour.

2023 SpeedSeries Calendar

Symmons Plains - February 24-26

Mount Panorama April 7-9

TBC - May 26-28

Sydney Motorsport Park - June 23-25

Queensland Raceway - August 11-13

Sandown Raceway - TBC

Mount Panorama - November 10-12

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