# 2023 Superrace Championship

The 2023 Superrace Championship (also known as the 2023 CJ Logistics Superrace Championship) was a South Korean motor racing series for stock cars, production cars, prototypes and production bikes. It is the 18th season running for the championship and the 17th season both partnered by CJ Group and raced under the moniker 'Superrace Championship'. The championship is contested individually between 5 classes; Super 6000, Kumho GT (GT1 & GT2), BMW M Class, Sports Prototype (Radical) Cup Korea & the newly introduced Kawasaki Ninja Cup. There have been no announcements for a continuation of the Cadillac CT4 category.

## Calendar

| Round | Event | Circuit | Location | Dates | Map |
| 1 | Super Exciting Superrace | Everland Speedway | Yongin-si, Gyeonggi-do | 22 April | EverlandKICInje |
| 2 | Super Exciting Superrace | Everland Speedway | Yongin-si, Gyeonggi-do | 23 April | EverlandKICInje |
| 3 | Asia Motorsports Carnival | Korea International Circuit | Yeongam-gun, Jeollanam-do | 4 June | EverlandKICInje |
| 4 | Inje Night Race | Inje Speedium | Inje-gun, Gangwon-do | 8 July | EverlandKICInje |
| 5 | Summer Festival | Everland Speedway | Yongin-si, Gyeonggi-do | 19–20 August | EverlandKICInje |
| 6 | Jeonnam GT | Korea International Circuit | Yeongam-gun, Jeollanam-do | 23–24 September | EverlandKICInje |
| 7 | Final Battle | Everland Speedway | Yongin-si, Gyeonggi-do | 4 November | EverlandKICInje |
| 8 | Final Battle | Everland Speedway | Yongin-si, Gyeonggi-do | 5 November | EverlandKICInje |
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## Teams and drivers
### Super 6000

Since 2020, all teams are currently using the Toyota GR Supra powered with a General Motors 6.2L LS3 V8 engine capable of producing 460 horsepower.
Key :
* Regular driver
* Wildcard driver
* Replacement driver
| Team | No. | Driver(s) | Tyre | Rounds |
| AMC Racing | 03 | Takayuki Aoki | K | 1-2, 6 |
| AMC Racing | 99 | "Tony" Seo Seok-hyun | K | 1-3, 5, 7-8 |
| AMC Racing | 27 | Carlo van Dam | K | 3-5 |
| AMC Racing | 78 | Jung Kyung Hun | K | 6-8 |
| Brand New Racing | 38 | Park Gyu-seung | K | All |
| Brand New Racing | 87 | Lee Hyo-jun | K | All |
| CJ Logistics Racing | 36 | Park Jun-seo | NEX | All |
| CJ Logistics Racing | 50 | Oh Han-sol | NEX | All |
| ECSTA Racing | 18 | Lee Chan-joon | K | All |
| ECSTA Racing | 24 | Lee Chang-uk | K | All |
| ECSTA Racing | 55 | Hiroki Yoshida | K | 1-2 |
| ECSTA Racing | 88 | Song Young-kwang | K | 3-8 |
| JUN-FITTED Racing | 12 | Hwang Jin-woo | K | All |
| JUN-FITTED Racing | 77 | Park Jung-jun | K | All |
| L&K Motors | 22 | Lee Eun-jung | K | 1-2, 5-8 |
| L&K Motors | 32 | Son In-young | K | 1-2 |
| NEXEN-VOLLGAS Motorsports | 04 | Jung Eui-chul | NEX | 1-2, 4-8 |
| NEXEN-VOLLGAS Motorsports | 44 | Kim Jae-hyun | NEX | 1-2, 4-8 |
| Seohan GP | 05 | Kim Joong-kun | NEX | All |
| Seohan GP | 06 | Jang Hyun-jin | NEX | All |
| Seohan GP | 07 | Jeong Hoe-won | NEX | All |

### Entrant changes
#### Team changes

* On March 12, at approximately 10:09pm, a fire broke out at Hankook's production plant in Daejeon, halting production after suffering severe damage to one of their factory complexes. This incident in turn has affected supply to all teams using Hankook tyres in this year's Superrace Championship. As a result, Hankook-AtlasBX Motorsports announced that they (along with their second team, SONIC Motorsports-AtlasBX) will not contest the 2023 championship. Additionally, VOLLGAS Motorsports switched to Nexen Tire, joining Seohan GP and CJ Logistics Racing, who switched from Kumho Tire. JUN-FITTED Racing will switch to Kumho, joining newly formed AMC Racing, Brand New Racing, ECSTA Racing, and L&K Motors, who initially switched to Hankook.

#### Driver changes

* As a result of the two AtlasBX teams withdrawing due to Hankook Tire's Daejeon plant fire and production stall, their drivers have decided not to contest for other teams in Super 6000. It was reported that defending champion Kim Jong-kyum would be joined by SONIC driver Yang Tae-keun and Noh Dong-gi; the latter returning from military service. Roelof Bruins and Steven Cho reportedly did not register to retain their spots in the team and are pursuing other motor racing activities.
* MIDAS Racing driver Seo Seok-hyun and Japanese driver Takayuki Aoki will join newly formed AMC Racing's two-car operation. The latter will be replaced by Carlo van Dam from round 3 onwards.
* Brand New Racing driver Park Gyu-seung will step up from Kumho GT1 to Super 6000 to join Lee Hyo-jun in the team's expanded two-car operation.
* CJ Logistics Racing announced that Oh Han-sol will move to their team, while Park Jun-seo will step up to join in from the Kumho GT1 class.
* ECSTA Racing's Lee Jung-woo will not contest in Super 6000 due to military service. Japanese driver Hiroki Yoshida will join Lee Chan-joon and Lee Chang-uk for the first and second rounds of the championship. Kumho GT1 driver Song Young-kwang is reported to drive the third entry for the rest of the season, due to Yoshida's Japanese racing commitments and tyre development for Kumho.
* Hwang Jin-woo and Hwang Do-yun left N'Fera Racing as the team ended operations after the 2022 championship. The latter was left without a drive while Jin-woo joined Park Jung-jun at JUN-FITTED Racing to replace CJ Logistics Racing-bound Oh Han-sol.
* Seo Ju-won left L&K Motors at the end of the 2022 season. He is replaced by Son In-young, who joined the team just a week before the first race.

#### Mid-season changes

* NEXEN-VOLLGAS Motorsport initially announced that they wouldn't participate in the remaining races. The team stated that they were planning to participate at international races after the success in the championship. However, on June 27, 2023, the team reverted their decision and announced that they will participate the remaining races of the season.
* L&K Motors missed rounds 3 and 4 due to financial reasons. The team returned from round 5 onwards, but they ran only one car for Lee Eun-jung.

### Kawasaki Ninja Cup
## Season summary

| Round | Circuit | Pole position | Fastest lap | Winning driver | Winning team | Winning tyre | Report |
| 1 | Everland Speedway 1&2 | Lee Chang-uk | Kim Jae-hyun | Lee Chang-uk | ECSTA Racing | Kumho | Report |
| 2 | Everland Speedway 1&2 | Lee Chan-joon | Kim Jae-hyun | Lee Chan-joon | ECSTA Racing | Kumho | Report |
| 3 | Korea International Circuit 1 | Lee Chang-uk | Lee Chang-uk | Lee Chan-joon | ECSTA Racing | Kumho | Report |
| 4 | Inje Speedium | Lee Chang-uk | Kim Jae-hyun | Lee Chang-uk | ECSTA Racing | Kumho | Report |
| 5 | Everland Speedway 3 | Kim Jae-hyun | Kim Jae-hyun | Kim Jae-hyun | NEXEN-VOLLGAS Motorsports | Nexen | Report |
| 6 | Korea International Circuit 2 | Lee Chang-uk | Jang Hyun-jin | Lee Chan-joon | ECSTA Racing | Kumho | Report |
| 7 | Everland Speedway 4&5 | Jung Eui-chul | Lee Chang-uk | Lee Chang-uk | ECSTA Racing | Kumho | Report |
| 8 | Everland Speedway 4&5 | Hwang Jin-woo | Kim Jae-hyun | Kim Jae-hyun | NEXEN-VOLLGAS Motorsports | Nexen | Report |

## Championship standings
### Drivers championships
#### Scoring system

| Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | Race completion |
| Race | 25 | 18 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Round 3 | 30 | 22 | 18 | 14 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| Qualifying | 3 | 2 | 1 | | | | | | | |

#### Super 6000

2023 Super 6000 Driver Standings :
| Rank | Driver | EVE1 | EVE2 | KOR1 | INJ | EVE3 | KOR2 | EVE4 | EVE5 | Points |
| 1 | Lee Chan-joon | 9$^2$ | 1$^1$ | 1 | 3 | 8 | 1$^3$ | 9 | 3 | 132 |
| 2 | Lee Chang-uk | 1$^1$ | Ret$^2$ | 8$^1$ | 1$^1$ | Ret | Ret$^1$ | 1$^2$ | 2$^2$ | 123 |
| 3 | Kim Jae-hyun | 2$^3$ | 8 | | 2$^3$ | 1$^1$ | 7 | 7 | 1$^3$ | 120 |
| 4 | Jung Eui-chul | 3 | 2$^3$ | | 5 | 3 | 14 | 2$^1$ | 9 | 89 |
| 5 | Jang Hyun-jin | 5 | 5 | Ret$^2$ | 9 | 2$^2$ | 2 | 11 | 4 | 84 |
| 6 | Park Gyu-seung | 6 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 9 | Ret | 4 | 5 | 73 |
| 7 | Jeong Hoe-won | 12 | 16 | 3 | 12 | 6 | 3$^2$ | 5 | 6 | 69 |
| 8 | Kim Joong-kun | 8 | 7 | 11$^3$ | 13 | 4$^3$ | 4 | 3 | 7 | 65 |
| 9 | Hwang Jin-woo | 13 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 16$^1$ | 60 |
| 10 | Park Jun-seo | 17 | 9 | 4 | 4 | Ret | 8 | 8 | 10 | 44 |
| 11 | Oh Han-sol | 11 | Ret | 9 | 6 | 7 | 5 | Ret$^3$ | 11 | 34 |
| 12 | Takayuki Aoki | 4 | 4 | | | | 9 | | | 29 |
| 13 | Song Young-kwang | | | 6 | Ret | 13 | 11 | 15 | 8 | 18 |
| 14 | Carlo van Dam | | | 5 | Ret | 11 | | | | 14 |
| 15 | Lee Hyo-jun | 10 | 10 | Ret | 7 | Ret | 13 | 12 | DNS | 13 |
| 16 | Hiroki Yoshida | 7 | 11 | | | | | | | 8 |
| 17 | Tony Seo Seok-hyun | 15 | 14 | 10 | | 12 | | 14 | 12 | 8 |
| 18 | Park Jung-jun | DNS | 12 | Ret | 11 | 10 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 7 |
| 19 | Jung Kyung Hun | | | | | | 10 | 10 | 14 | 5 |
| 20 | Lee Eun-jung | 15 | 16 | | | Ret | 15 | 16 | 15 | 5 |
| 21 | Son In-young | 14 | 13 | | | | | | | 2 |
| Rank | Driver | EVE1 | EVE2 | KOR1 | INJ | EVE3 | KOR2 | EVE4 | EVE5 | Points |
Key :
| Colour | Result |
| Gold | Winner |
| Silver | 2nd place |
| Bronze | 3rd place |
| Green | Other points position |
| Blue | Other classified position |
| Blue | Not classified, finished (NC) |
| Purple | Not classified, retired (Ret) |
| Red | Did not qualify (DNQ) |
| Red | Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) |
| Black | Disqualified (DSQ) |
| White | Did not start (DNS) |
| White | Race cancelled (C) |
| Blank | Did not practice (DNP) |
| Blank | Excluded (EX) |
| Blank | Did not arrive (DNA) |
| Blank | Withdrawn (WD) |
| Annotation | Meaning |
| Superscript number$^{123}$ | Points-scoring position in qualifying |
| Bold | Pole position |
| Italics | Fastest lap |

### Teams championships
#### Super 6000

The teams championship is decided upon points scored by two drivers per team after each race. Teams with 3 or more drivers have 15 days before each race to select two drivers to add their points towards their final tally.
2023 Super 6000 Team Standings :
| Rank | Team | EVE1 | EVE2 | KOR1 | INJ | EVE3 | KOR2 | EVE4 | EVE5 | Points |
| 1 | ECSTA Racing | 1$^1$ | 1$^1$ | 1 | 1$^1$ | 8 | | | | 155 |
| 1 | ECSTA Racing | 9$^2$ | 11 | 8$^1$ | 3 | Ret | | | | 155 |
| 2 | NEXEN-VOLLGAS Motorsports | 2$^3$ | 2$^3$ | | 2$^3$ | 1$^1$ | | | | 141 |
| 2 | NEXEN-VOLLGAS Motorsports | 3 | 11 | | 5 | 3 | | | | 141 |
| 3 | Seohan GP | 5 | 5 | 11$^3$ | 9 | 2$^2$ | | | | 68 |
| 3 | Seohan GP | 8 | 16 | Ret$^2$ | 13 | 6 | | | | 68 |
| 4 | Brand New Racing | 6 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 9 | | | | 60 |
| 4 | Brand New Racing | 10 | 10 | Ret | 8 | Ret | | | | 60 |
| 5 | CJ Logistics Racing | 11 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 7 | | | | 53 |
| 5 | CJ Logistics Racing | 17 | Ret | 9 | 6 | Ret | | | | 53 |
| 6 | AMC Racing | 7 | 7 | 5 | Ret | 11 | | | | 46 |
| 6 | AMC Racing | 15 | 14 | 10 | | 12 | | | | 46 |
| 7 | JUN-FITTED Racing | 13 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 5 | | | | 42 |
| 7 | JUN-FITTED Racing | | 12 | Ret | 11 | 10 | | | | 42 |
| 8 | L&K Motors | 14 | 13 | | | Ret | | | | 4 |
| 8 | L&K Motors | 15 | 16 | | | | | | | 4 |
| Rank | Team | EVE1 | EVE2 | KOR1 | INJ | EVE3 | KOR2 | EVE4 | EVE5 | Points |
Key :
| Colour | Result |
| Gold | Winner |
| Silver | 2nd place |
| Bronze | 3rd place |
| Green | Other points position |
| Blue | Other classified position |
| Blue | Not classified, finished (NC) |
| Purple | Not classified, retired (Ret) |
| Red | Did not qualify (DNQ) |
| Red | Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) |
| Black | Disqualified (DSQ) |
| White | Did not start (DNS) |
| White | Race cancelled (C) |
| Blank | Did not practice (DNP) |
| Blank | Excluded (EX) |
| Blank | Did not arrive (DNA) |
| Blank | Withdrawn (WD) |
| Annotation | Meaning |
| Superscript number$^{123}$ | Points-scoring position in qualifying |
| Bold | Pole position |
| Italics | Fastest lap |

### Tyre manufacturers championships

Like the teams championship, the tyre manufacturers must select 5 drivers per tyre user 15 days before each round to add their points towards their final tally.
2023 Super 6000 Tyre Manufacturer Standings :
| Rank | Team | EVE1 | EVE2 | KOR1 | INJ | EVE3 | KOR2 | EVE4 | EVE5 | Points |
| 1 | Kumho | 1$^1$ | 1$^1$ | 1 | 1$^1$ | 5 | | | | 298 |
| 1 | Kumho | 4 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | | | | 298 |
| 1 | Kumho | 6 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 9 | | | | 298 |
| 1 | Kumho | 7 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 10 | | | | 298 |
| 1 | Kumho | 9$^2$ | 10 | 7 | 10 | 11 | | | | 298 |
| 2 | Nexen | 2$^3$ | 2$^3$ | 3 | 2$^3$ | 1$^1$ | | | | 292 |
| 2 | Nexen | 3 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 2$^2$ | | | | 292 |
| 2 | Nexen | 5 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 3 | | | | 292 |
| 2 | Nexen | 8 | 8 | 11$^3$ | 6 | 4$^3$ | | | | 292 |
| 2 | Nexen | 12 | 9 | | 9 | 6 | | | | 292 |
| Rank | Team | EVE1 | EVE2 | KOR1 | INJ | EVE3 | KOR2 | EVE4 | EVE5 | Points |
Key :
| Colour | Result |
| Gold | Winner |
| Silver | 2nd place |
| Bronze | 3rd place |
| Green | Other points position |
| Blue | Other classified position |
| Blue | Not classified, finished (NC) |
| Purple | Not classified, retired (Ret) |
| Red | Did not qualify (DNQ) |
| Red | Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) |
| Black | Disqualified (DSQ) |
| White | Did not start (DNS) |
| White | Race cancelled (C) |
| Blank | Did not practice (DNP) |
| Blank | Excluded (EX) |
| Blank | Did not arrive (DNA) |
| Blank | Withdrawn (WD) |
| Annotation | Meaning |
| Superscript number$^{123}$ | Points-scoring position in qualifying |
| Bold | Pole position |
| Italics | Fastest lap |