» Supercars: Townsville to host double-header

Townsville will become the third venue to host back-to-back rounds of the Supercars Championship in 2020.

Having played host to the Townsville 400 since 2009, the Red Park street circuit will stage two SuperSprint rounds over consecutive weekends with an additional pair of races planned for the weekend of September 5-6. This mirrors last month’s hastily-added double-header at Sydney Motorsport Park and the upcoming pair of rounds at Darwin’s Hidden Valley Raceway.

“We’d like to thank the Queensland Government and Townsville City Council for supporting this concept which allows Supercars to race at one of our favourite circuits on back-to-back weekends,” Supercars CEO Sean Seamer said.

“Two weeks of racing in Townsville allows us to maximise exposure and competition during the key northern leg of this year’s championship.”

The field is scheduled to cross the border into Victoria later in September for the Sandown 400, however with greater Melbourne overwhelmed by a surge of new COVID-19 Coronavirus cases it is almost certain that the event will be postponed or cancelled.

Queensland Raceway is under consideration to be reinstated to the 2020 calendar to keep the series in Queensland, which currently has a negligible number of active cases, however Motorsport Australia will only grant the circuit permission to stage a round of the championship if it undertakes a number of safety upgrades.

2020 Virgin Australia Supercars Championship Season Calendar (Updated)
Date	Event	Location	Format
22-23 Feb	Adelaide 500	Adelaide street circuit, SA	Two-race
Cancelled	Melbourne 400	Melbourne Grand Prix Circuit, VIC	Four-race
Cancelled	Auckland SuperSprint	Hampton Downs Motorsport Park, NZ	Two-race
27-28 Jun	Sydney SuperSprint I	Sydney Motorsport Park, NSW	Three-race
Postponed	Winton SuperSprint	Winton Motor Raceway, VIC	Two-race
18-19 Jul	Sydney SuperSprint II	Sydney Motorsport Park, NSW	Three-race
15-16 Aug	Darwin Triple Crown	Hidden Valley Raceway, NT	Two-race
TBA	Darwin SuperSprint	Hidden Valley Raceway, NT	Two-race
29-30 Aug	Townsville SuperSprint I	Townsville street circuit, QLD	Two-race
05-06 Sep	Townsville SuperSprint II	Townsville street circuit, QLD	Two-race
Cancelled	The Bend 500	The Bend Motorsport Park, SA	Endurance
19-20 Sep	Sandown 400	Sandown Raceway, VIC	Two-race
11 Oct	Bathurst 1000	Mount Panorama Circuit, NSW	Endurance
Cancelled	Gold Coast 600	Surfers Paradise street circuit, QLD	Two-race
31-01 Nov	Perth SuperNight	Wanneroo Raceway, WA	Two-race
21-22 Nov	Tasmania SuperSprint	Symmons Plains Raceway, TAS	Two-race
Cancelled	Newcastle 500	Newcastle street circuit, NSW	Two-race
12-13 Dec	Sydney SuperNight 500	Sydney Motorsport Park, NSW	Two-race