The 2023 Superrace Championship (also known as the 2023 CJ Logistics Superrace Championship) was a South Korean motor racing series for stock cars, production cars, prototypes and production bikes. It is the 18th season running for the championship and the 17th season both partnered by CJ Group and raced under the moniker 'Superrace Championship'. The championship is contested individually between 5 classes; Super 6000, Kumho GT (GT1 & GT2), BMW M Class, Sports Prototype (Radical) Cup Korea & the newly introduced Kawasaki Ninja Cup. There have been no announcements for a continuation of the Cadillac CT4 category.
Calendar Round Event Circuit Location Dates Map1Super Exciting Superrace Everland SpeedwayYongin-si, Gyeonggi-do22 April223 April3Asia Motorsports Carnival Korea International CircuitYeongam-gun, Jeollanam-do4 June4Inje Night Race Inje SpeediumInje-gun, Gangwon-do8 July5Summer Festival Everland SpeedwayYongin-si, Gyeonggi-do19–20 August6Jeonnam GT Korea International CircuitYeongam-gun, Jeollanam-do23–24 September7Final Battle Everland SpeedwayYongin-si, Gyeonggi-do4 November85 NovemberSource
Teams and drivers Super 6000 Since 2020, all teams are currently using the Toyota GR Supra powered with a General Motors 6.2L LS3 V8 engine capable of producing 460 horsepower. Key Regular driver Wildcard driver TeamDriver(s)TyreRoundsAMC Racing03 Takayuki Aoki 1-2, 699 "Tony" Seo Seok-hyun 1-3, 5, 7-827 Carlo van Dam 3-578 Jung Kyung Hun 6-8Brand New Racing38 Park Gyu-seung All87 Lee Hyo-junCJ Logistics Racing36 Park Jun-seo All50 Oh Han-solECSTA Racing18 Lee Chan-joon All24 Lee Chang-uk55 Hiroki Yoshida 1-288 Song Young-kwang 3-8JUN-FITTED Racing12 Hwang Jin-woo All77 Park Jung-junL&K Motors22 Lee Eun-jung1-2, 5-832 Son In-young1-2 NEXEN-VOLLGAS Motorsports04 Jung Eui-chul 1-2, 4-844 Kim Jae-hyunSeohan GP05 Kim Joong-kun All06 Jang Hyun-jin07 Jeong Hoe-won
Entrant changes Team changes On March 12, at approximately 10:09pm, a fire broke out at Hankook's production plant in Daejeon, halting production after suffering severe damage to one of their factory complexes. This incident in turn has affected supply to all teams using Hankook tyres in this year's Superrace Championship. As a result, Hankook-AtlasBX Motorsports announced that they (along with their second team, SONIC Motorsports-AtlasBX) will not contest the 2023 championship. Additionally, VOLLGAS Motorsports switched to Nexen Tire, joining Seohan GP and CJ Logistics Racing, who switched from Kumho Tire. JUN-FITTED Racing will switch to Kumho, joining newly formed AMC Racing, Brand New Racing, ECSTA Racing, and L&K Motors, who initially switched to Hankook.
Driver changes As a result of the two AtlasBX teams withdrawing due to Hankook Tire's Daejeon plant fire and production stall, their drivers have decided not to contest for other teams in Super 6000. It was reported that defending champion Kim Jong-kyum would be joined by SONIC driver Yang Tae-keun and Noh Dong-gi; the latter returning from military service. Roelof Bruins and Steven Cho reportedly did not register to retain their spots in the team and are pursuing other motor racing activities. MIDAS Racing driver Seo Seok-hyun and Japanese driver Takayuki Aoki will join newly formed AMC Racing's two-car operation. The latter will be replaced by Carlo van Dam from round 3 onwards. Brand New Racing driver Park Gyu-seung will step up from Kumho GT1 to Super 6000 to join Lee Hyo-jun in the team's expanded two-car operation. CJ Logistics Racing announced that Oh Han-sol will move to their team, while Park Jun-seo will step up to join in from the Kumho GT1 class. ECSTA Racing's Lee Jung-woo will not contest in Super 6000 due to military service. Japanese driver Hiroki Yoshida will join Lee Chan-joon and Lee Chang-uk for the first and second rounds of the championship. Kumho GT1 driver Song Young-kwang is reported to drive the third entry for the rest of the season, due to Yoshida's Japanese racing commitments and tyre development for Kumho. Hwang Jin-woo and Hwang Do-yun left N'Fera Racing as the team ended operations after the 2022 championship. The latter was left without a drive while Jin-woo joined Park Jung-jun at JUN-FITTED Racing to replace CJ Logistics Racing-bound Oh Han-sol. Seo Ju-won left L&K Motors at the end of the 2022 season. He is replaced by Son In-young, who joined the team just a week before the first race. Mid-season changes NEXEN-VOLLGAS Motorsport initially announced that they wouldn't participate in the remaining races. The team stated that they were planning to participate at international races after the success in the championship. However, on June 27, 2023, the team reverted their decision and announced that they will participate the remaining races of the season.
L&K Motors missed rounds 3 and 4 due to financial reasons. The team returned from round 5 onwards, but they ran only one car for Lee Eun-jung.
Kumho GT
BMW M Class
Sports Prototype Cup Korea
Kawasaki Ninja Cup
Season summary
Circuit 1 Everland Speedway 1&2 Lee Chang-uk Kim Jae-hyun Lee Chang-ukECSTA Racing KumhoReport 2 Lee Chan-joon Kim Jae-hyun Lee Chan-joonECSTA Racing KumhoReport 3 Korea International Circuit 1 Lee Chang-uk Lee Chang-uk Lee Chan-joon ECSTA Racing KumhoReport 4 Inje Speedium Lee Chang-uk Kim Jae-hyun Lee Chang-ukECSTA Racing KumhoReport 5 Everland Speedway 3 Kim Jae-hyun Kim Jae-hyun Kim Jae-hyunNEXEN-VOLLGAS Motorsports NexenReport 6 Korea International Circuit 2 Lee Chang-uk Jang Hyun-jin Lee Chan-joon ECSTA Racing KumhoReport 7 Everland Speedway 4&5 Jung Eui-chul Lee Chang-uk Lee Chang-ukECSTA Racing KumhoReport 8 Hwang Jin-woo Kim Jae-hyun Kim Jae-hyunNEXEN-VOLLGAS Motorsports NexenReport
Championship standings
Drivers championships
Scoring system
Position 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th Race completion Race2518151210864211Round 3302218141297532Qualifying321
Super 6000
2023 Super 6000 Driver StandingsRankDriverEVE1EVE2KOR1INJEVE3KOR2EVE4EVE5Points 1 Lee Chan-joon 92 11 1 3 8 13 9 3 132 2 Lee Chang-uk 11 Ret2 81 11 Ret Ret1 12 22 123 3 Kim Jae-hyun 23 8 23 11 7 7 13 120 4 Jung Eui-chul 3 23 5 3 14 21 9 89 5 Jang Hyun-jin 5 5 Ret2 9 22 2 11 4 84 6 Park Gyu-seung 6 6 2 8 9 Ret 4 5 73 7 Jeong Hoe-won 12 16 3 12 6 32 5 6 69 8 Kim Joong-kun 8 7 113 13 43 4 3 7 65 9 Hwang Jin-woo 13 3 7 10 5 6 6 161 60 10 Park Jun-seo 17 9 4 4 Ret 8 8 10 44 11 Oh Han-sol 11 Ret 9 6 7 5 Ret3 11 34 12 Takayuki Aoki 4 4 9 29 13 Song Young-kwang 6 Ret 13 11 15 8 18 14 Carlo van Dam 5 Ret 11 14 15 Lee Hyo-jun 10 10 Ret 7 Ret 13 12DNS 13 16 Hiroki Yoshida 7 11 8 17 Tony Seo Seok-hyun 15 14 10 12 14 12 8 18 Park Jung-junDNS 12 Ret 11 10 12 13 13 7 19 Jung Kyung Hun 10 10 14 5 20 Lee Eun-jung 15 16 Ret 15 16 15 5 21 Son In-young 14 13 2RankDriverEVE1EVE2KOR1INJEVE3KOR2EVE4EVE5Points Key Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Other points position Blue Other classified position Purple Not classified, retired (Ret)Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) WhiteDid not start (DNS) Race cancelled (C) Blank Did not practice (DNP) Excluded (EX) Did not arrive (DNA) Withdrawn (WD)AnnotationMeaningSuperscriptnumber123Points-scoring positionin qualifyingBoldPole positionItalicsFastest lap
Teams championships
Super 6000 The teams championship is decided upon points scored by two drivers per team after each race. Teams with 3 or more drivers have 15 days before each race to select two drivers to add their points towards their final tally.
2023 Super 6000 Team StandingsRankTeamEVE1EVE2KOR1INJEVE3KOR2EVE4EVE5Points 1ECSTA Racing 11 11 1 11 8 155 92 11 81 3 Ret 2NEXEN-VOLLGAS Motorsports 23 23 23 11 141 3 11 5 3 3Seohan GP 5 5 113 9 22 68 8 16 Ret2 13 6 4Brand New Racing 6 6 2 7 9 60 10 10 Ret 8 Ret 5CJ Logistics Racing 11 9 4 4 7 53 17 Ret 9 6 Ret 6AMC Racing 7 7 5 Ret 11 46 15 14 10 12 7JUN-FITTED Racing 13 3 7 10 5 42 12 Ret 11 10 8L&K Motors 14 13 Ret 4 15 16RankTeamEVE1EVE2KOR1INJEVE3KOR2EVE4EVE5Points Key Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Other points position Blue Other classified position Purple Not classified, retired (Ret)Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) WhiteDid not start (DNS) Race cancelled (C) Blank Did not practice (DNP) Excluded (EX) Did not arrive (DNA) Withdrawn (WD)AnnotationMeaningSuperscriptnumber123Points-scoring positionin qualifyingBoldPole positionItalicsFastest lap
Tyre manufacturers championships
Like the teams championship, the tyre manufacturers must select 5 drivers per tyre user 15 days before each round to add their points towards their final tally.
2023 Super 6000 Tyre Manufacturer StandingsRankTeamEVE1EVE2KOR1INJEVE3KOR2EVE4EVE5Points 1 Kumho 11 11 1 11 5 298 4 3 2 3 8 6 4 5 7 9 7 6 6 8 10 92 10 7 10 11 2 Nexen 23 23 3 23 11 292 3 5 4 4 22 5 7 9 5 3 8 8 113 6 43 12 9 9 6RankTeamEVE1EVE2KOR1INJEVE3KOR2EVE4EVE5Points Key Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Other points position Blue Other classified position Purple Not classified, retired (Ret)Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) WhiteDid not start (DNS) Race cancelled (C) Blank Did not practice (DNP) Excluded (EX) Did not arrive (DNA) Withdrawn (WD)AnnotationMeaningSuperscriptnumber123Points-scoring positionin qualifyingBoldPole positionItalicsFastest lap
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