Editing Supercars Championship (section)

==Notable events==
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===[[Bathurst 1000]]===
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The [[Bathurst 1000]], also known as the "Great Race" and held in some form since [[1960 Armstrong 500|1960]], is the most famous race on the Supercars calendar,<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.craiglowndes.com.au/News/091012.htm | title=Frustrating Day at Bathurst | work=CraigLowndes.com.au | quote=...for much of Australia's most famous motor race. | access-date=29 March 2013 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130409115356/http://craiglowndes.com.au/News/091012.htm | archive-date=9 April 2013 | url-status=dead }}</ref> as well as the longest both in terms of race distance and race time. The race is run over 161 laps of the [[Mount Panorama Circuit]], {{convert|1000|km|mi}} in total, taking between six and seven hours to complete. The event has historically attracted crowds of nearly 200,000 people.<ref name="V8TV"/> The [[Peter Brock Trophy]], named after nine-time [[Bathurst 1000]] winner [[Peter Brock]], is awarded to the winners of the race. The trophy was introduced in [[2006 Bathurst 1000|2006]] following Brock's death in a crash at the [[Targa West]] rally one month prior to the race.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.smh.com.au/news/Sport/Peter-Brock-Trophy-to-last-a-lifetime/2006/10/06/1159641505059.html | title=Peter Brock Trophy to last a lifetime | work=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]] | date=6 October 2006 | access-date=29 March 2013}}</ref>

===[[Adelaide 500]]===
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The [[Adelaide 500]], also known as the "Clipsal 500" and "Superloop 500" under former sponsorship names, is the premier car race in [[South Australia]]. It is the largest [[V8 Supercars]] race in the country by crowd numbers.<ref name= "Record crowds of 270,000+">{{cite web | url=https://www.supercars.com/news/championship/strong-growth-for-supercars-in-2017/ | title= Record Adelaide 500 crowd numbers of 270,000+ | publisher= www.supercars.com | access-date=23 March 2022 }}</ref> Beginning in 1999, the race is held in the eastern streets of the [[Adelaide]] CBD, on a reduced version of the [[Adelaide Street Circuit]] previously used by the [[Australian Grand Prix|Grand Prix]]. There was no race in 2021 after the contract was not renewed by Liberal premier [[Steven Marshall]],<ref name="ADL500 closed">{{cite news | url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-10-29/adelaide-500-race-cancelled-after-22-years-due-to-covid-19/12828758 | title=Adelaide 500 Cancelled | newspaper=ABC News | date=29 October 2020 | publisher= Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) | access-date=22 March 2022 }}</ref> before it was revived in 2022 with a new contract under by subsequent Labor premier [[Peter Malinauskas]], who had pledged its return during the [[2022 South Australian state election]].<ref name="Supercars 2022: Adelaide 500 set to return.">{{cite web | url=https://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/motorsport/v8-supercars/supercars-2022-all-the-news-ahead-of-the-second-round-at-symmons-plains/news-story/71bcb2b96b7a2433fce20b0319a21fc4 | title= Supercars 2022: Supercars want Adelaide 500 finale to become 'on par with Bathurst' in its return | publisher= Herald Sun | access-date=22 March 2022}}</ref> Held over four days, the event consists of two 250 kilometre races for the [[V8 Supercars]], and additionary practise and qualifying races. The event has several categories of races throughout the four days, including [[Super2 Series]], [[Formula 5000]], [[SuperUtes Series]], [[Touring Car Masters]], [[Australian GT]], and the [[Australian Carrera Cup]] as well as others. The race is accompanied by live music performances, of which the likes of [[Kiss (band)|Kiss]], [[Keith Urban]] and [[Robbie Williams]] have previously performed, as well as food, activities, and an [[RAAF]] [[McDonnell Douglas F/A-18 Hornet|F/A 18A Hornet]] display each day in the skies above the city.

===[[Sandown 500]]===
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The [[Sandown 500]] was first held as a six-hour race in [[1964 Sandown 6 Hour International|1964]]<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.foxsports.com.au/motor-sports/v8-supercars/v8-supercars-stars-tell-speed-how-to-win-this-weekends-dick-smith-sandown-500/story-fn2ms9um-1226473877148#.UVeUTxwzhyI | title=V8 Supercars stars tell SPEED how to win this weekend's Dick Smith Sandown 500 | work=The Daily Telegraph | last=Kelly | first=Rick | date=14 September 2012 | access-date=31 March 2013}}</ref> and has been labelled as the traditional "Bathurst warm-up" race.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.speedcafe.com/2012/09/08/crimsafe-endurance-countdown-episode-6-return-of-sandown-500/ | title=Crimsafe Endurance Countdown, Episode 6, Return of Sandown 500 | work=Speedcafe | date=8 September 2012 | access-date=31 March 2013 | archive-date=8 November 2017 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171108054820/https://www.speedcafe.com/2012/09/08/crimsafe-endurance-countdown-episode-6-return-of-sandown-500/ | url-status=dead }}</ref> Like the [[Bathurst 1000]], the [[Sandown 500]] is run over 161 laps. Due to the shorter track length of [[Sandown Raceway]], the race is only {{convert|500|km|mi}} and runs for between three and four hours. The [[Sandown 500]] was not held for Supercars from 1999 to 2002 and from 2008 to 2011. During these years, the {{convert|500|km|mi}} endurance races took place at [[Queensland Raceway]] (1999–2002)<ref>{{cite web | url=http://v8supercar-racing.com/queensland-raceway.shtml | title=Queensland Raceway | publisher=V8 Supercar Racing | access-date=31 March 2013 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140801135129/http://v8supercar-racing.com/queensland-raceway.shtml | archive-date=1 August 2014}}</ref> and the [[Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit]] (2008–2011).<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.carsguide.com.au/blogs-and-stuff/craig-lowndes/sandown_500_back_where_it_belongs/ | title=Sandown 500 back where it belongs | last=Lowndes | first=Craig | work=CarsGuide.com.au | quote=Over the past four years the 500&nbsp;km race has been staged at Phillip Island... | date=11 September 2012 | access-date=31 March 2013}}</ref>