Supercars to bypass NZ

New Zealand has been left off the Supercars calendar for next year, with no suitable venue found to replace Pukekohe Park. Well over a month after it is usually announced, Supercars released its schedule for the 2023 season yesterday with the lack of a round in New Zealand being the big omission. While there will be no Supercars race in New Zealand next year, Supercars chief executive Shane Howard said they are looking at a trip across the Tasman in 2024 and beyond. But the news that there won’t be any Supercars in New Zealand next year will be a significant blow to motorsport fans in this country, already disappointed by confirmation that Rally NZ won’t be on the World Rally Championship calendar next year. This year, huge crowds turned out to watch the first Supercars round in New Zealand since 2019.