BATHURST driver Michael Anderson enjoyed a number of firsts this season when racing in the Australian V8 Touring Cars series, but next year is set to be even bigger.
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After a 2018 campaign that saw him race as a support category to the Supercars at The Bend and on the Gold Coast 600 for the first time in his Ford Falcon, he and his fellow competitors have been given a boost.
Anderson had hinted at it in November, but now it has been made official that the Australian V8 Touring Car Series will be rebranded as the Super3 Series for 2019.
It means the category is officially positioned as Supercars’ third tier, below the Supercars Championship and Dunlop Super2 Series.
As Anderson, who placed sixth outright in the 2018 series, pointed out the move “opens a lot more doors for us for years to come.”
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Next year’s series will consist of five rounds which include the Phillip Island, Winton, Queensland Raceway and Tailem Bend Supercars events.
The finale will be held at Sandown in conjunction with the Shannons Nationals.
Supercars chief executive officer Sean Seamer said the move came to help to develop a direct pathway drivers to the main championship.
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“We’ve seen many drivers make the step up from the current V8 Touring Car Series into the Dunlop Super2 Series and then into part-time or full-time drives in the Supercars Championship, one of the toughest touring categories on the planet,” Seamer said.
“It has helped develop the careers of current drivers including the youngest driver in Supercars history, Alex Rullo, current Dunlop Super2 driver Shae Davies and former championship driver Taz Douglas.
“The Super3 Series also pays tribute to the success of our sport, where young drivers race a range of historically significant cars that had successes in the hands of some of the sport’s great drivers.”
