The full list of race numbers for the 2020 Virgin Australia Supercars Championship has been revealed, with several new-season changes.
Among the movements announced on Fox Sports’ coverage at the Liqui-Moly Bathurst 12 Hour is the #22 changing hands from Walkinshaw Andretti United to Team Sydney.
The Walkinshaw organisation has typically run #2 and #22, but will this year swap the latter for #25 on Chaz Mostert’s new ZB Commodore.
The Holden squad will retain the #2 for rookie recruit Bryce Fullwood.
WAU does have history running the #25, having done so for former driver James Courtney in 2018 to celebrate the 25th anniversary of their partnership with Mobil 1.
Team Sydney add the #22 – a favourite number of team owner Jonathon Webb – to their ranks for their new second car, which Kiwi driver Chris Pither has been strongly linked to.
Courtney has been confirmed to don Tekno’s regular #19 for the revamped outfit’s lead car.
Fellow expanding squad Team 18 meanwhile will run recruit Scott Pye in the #20, with its livery and major sponsor still to be announced.
The other key confirmations have occurred at Brad Jones Racing.
Macauley Jones is switching from #21 to #3 in the CoolDrive entry; while Jack Smith, Nick Percat and Todd Hazelwood will run #4, #8 and #14 respectively.
The #1 is again absent from the grid in 2020, with reigning champion Scott McLaughlin continuing with Dick Johnson’s famous #17.
Full grid as published by Fox Sports broadcast:
# | Driver | Team |
2 | Bryce Fullwood | Mobil 1 Middy's Racing |
3 | Macauley Jones | Team CoolDrive |
4 | Jack Smith | SCT Logistics |
5 | Lee Holdsworth | Truck Assist Racing |
6 | Cameron Waters | Monster Energy Racing |
7 | Andre Heimgartner | NED Racing |
8 | Nick Percat | Brad Jones Racing |
9 | David Reynolds | Penrite Racing |
12 | Fabian Coulthard | Shell V-Power Racing |
14 | Todd Hazelwood | Brad Jones Racing |
15 | Rick Kelly | Castrol Racing |
17 | Scott McLaughlin | Shell V-Power Racing |
18 | Mark Winterbottom | IRWIN Racing |
19 | James Courtney | Team Sydney |
20 | Scott Pye | Team 18 |
22 | TBA | Team Sydney |
23 | Will Davison | Milwaukee Racing |
25 | Chaz Mostert | Mobil 1 Racing |
34 | Zane Goddard/Jake Kostecki | Matt Stone Racing |
35 | Garry Jacobson | Matt Stone Racing |
55 | Jack Le Brocq | Supercheap Auto Racing |
88 | Jamie Whincup | Red Bull Holden Racing Team |
97 | Shane van Gisbergen | Red Bull Holden Racing Team |
99 | Anton De Pasquale | Penrite Racing |