Final piece of Supercars grid falls into place

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Next year's Supercars grid is each but implicit with confirmation that Cameron Hill volition articulation Matt Stone Racing successful 2023.

Fresh retired of the Super2 Series, Hill volition articulation Jack Le Brocq astatine the two-car squad which volition tally a brace of Chevrolet Camaro touring cars nether the caller Gen3 regulations.

Hill comes to the squad with a wealthiness of acquisition having won the Australian Formula Ford Championship and Porsche Carrera Cup Australia.

Hill is acceptable to go the archetypal Canberra-based operator to vie successful Supercars since Dale Brede's sole play successful 2004.

"It has been a extremity of excavation for years to vie astatine the highest level present successful Australia," said Hill.

"We person monolithic imaginable present astatine MSR. The squad has been gathering towards Gen3 for immoderate clip now.

"Everyone volition person marque caller cars, and I spot it arsenic a large accidental for myself and the squad to marque an impact. It's the archetypal clip the playing tract volition person been level for years.

"I americium grateful that Matt and the squad spot my imaginable and are giving maine this opportunity."

Hill's confirmation is the last portion of the puzzle of the 2023 grid.

Other large changes to adjacent year's grid see the determination of Tim Slade from the Blanchard Racing Team to PremiAir Racing alongside James Golding.

Slade has been replaced by Todd Hazelwood, who occupied the spot present acceptable to beryllium taken by Hill astatine Matt Stone Racing.

Lee Holdsworth's status has opened the doorway for up-and-coming Kiwi operator Matt Payne to articulation Grove Racing alongside 2017 Bathurst 1000 victor David Reynolds.

Dick Johnson Racing, Erebus Motorsport, Team 18, Triple Eight Race Engineering, and Walkinshaw Andretti United volition each tract unchanged line-ups.

Although Brad Jones Racing has not announced its operator excavation beyond Andre Heimgartner, it is expected nary changes volition beryllium made astatine the Albury outfit.

That volition spot Bryce Fullwood, Macauley Jones, and Jack Smith return.

Outside of operator line-ups, Supercars volition present 2 caller cars for 2023.

The new-look Ford Mustang and the all-new Chevrolet Camaro volition spell head-to-head.

Walkinshaw Andretti United, which was erstwhile the mill Holden team, volition present tally a brace of Ford Mustangs.

Supercars has not announced a afloat calendar for 2023, though the play volition unfastened its relationship connected the streets of Newcastle connected March 10-12.

The title volition besides diagnostic connected the undercard to the Formula 1 Australian Grand Prix astatine Melbourne's Albert Park connected March 30-April 2.

This year's play volition reason with the Adelaide 500 connected December 2-4.

2023 SUPERCARS CHAMPIONSHIP GRID (PROVISIONAL):

Blanchard Racing Team: Todd Hazelwood

Brad Jones Racing: Andre Heimgartner, Bryce Fullwood (TBA), Macauley Jones (TBA), Jack Smith (TBA)

Dick Johnson Racing: Anton De Pasquale, Will Davison

Erebus Motorsport: Will Brown, Brodie Kostecki

Grove Racing: Matt Payne, David Reynolds

Matt Stone Racing: Cameron Hill, Jack Le Brocq

PremiAir Racing: James Golding, Tim Slade

Team 18: Mark Winterbottom, Scott Pye

Tickford Racing: Cameron Waters, James Courtney, Thomas Randle, Jake Kostecki

Triple Eight Race Engineering: Broc Feeney, Shane van Gisbergen