Australian GT Trophy Series will have 10 events scheduled between February and November, with teams given the option to nominated for the six best events, allowing teams to drop certain rounds.

Catering to older generation GT3-spec cars (2016 and earlier), the trophy series represents the largest collection of GT cars in the country, which prompted a more comprehensive calendar for the new season.

The calendar will see the category combined with events in both the Australian GT Championship and the Australian Endurance Championship as a standalone opportunity.

"There has been much discussion amongst teams with trophy series cars about varying the calendar to provide a wider range of events," Australian GT category rights holder Jim Manolios said.

"Trophy series is the entry point into our sport for many drivers and now they can put their toe in the water during the state series rounds, score points and then progress to some of the best venues in the country like Bathurst, Phillip Island and The Bend.

"The 2020 calendar also includes additional standalone events alongside the Endurance Championship, whilst also providing an earlier start to the season for those trophy series teams, whilst the outright cars enjoy their start to the year at the Bathurst 12 Hour.

"The calendar will be arguably the best program delivered for the Trophy Series, with two races at Mount Panorama, two at the Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit, and events with Supercars at circuits like the Gold Coast, Barbagallo, The Bend and Sandown."

The 2020 Australia GT Trophy Series season begins with the two state series (half points) rounds back-to-back - with Sandown in February, and Sydney Motorsport Park in early March.

From there teams will join Australian GT at Phillip Island for the GT Sportscar Festival in mid-March for two dedicated 60-minute races, before heading to Mount Panorama for the first of two visits in 2020 three weeks later.

From Bathurst alongside the outright and GT4 cars, the Series will then join the Supercars program at Barbagallo in Perth, before the second of the Phillip Island Australian Endurance Championship events in mid-August.

A month later the trophy series will rejoin the GT3 and GT4 cars at The Bend Motorsport Park alongside Supercars, before returning to Mount Panorama for the biggest event of the season, the iconic Bathurst 1000 from October 8 to 11.

The season will then conclude with two more events alongside Supercars on the streets of Surfers Paradise in late October, and finally the Sandown 500 three weeks later.