ASR Supercars Championship

The ASR Supercars Championship is the top echelon of Australasian Sim Racing.

## History

### 2018

Shortly after the founding of Automobilista Australia a number of series were created with the Supercars Championship being one of the main staples of the group, with broadcasts taking place on the "Stairs" Youtube channel from round 3 onwards until the season finale (Round 13) which took place at the 1988 layout of the Adelaide Street Circuit.

While the initial round of the series at the modern (2016) layout of the Adelaide Street Circuit had a modest 13 drivers the series quickly grew with almost double (25) the amount of drivers participate in the following round at Albert Park.

Brenton Hobson would claim the inaugural AMSOZ/ASR Supercars Championship after a season long title fight beteen himself and Louis Wedding in the Pro-A class.

Will Devenish won Pro-B class over Matt Williams.

Brenton Foley claimed a comprehensive Pro-Am class win over team mate Phillip Boak.

### 2019

After the controversial Gold Coast 300 event and the creation of ASC not only did a number of key runners from the 2018 season leave the championship for the 2019 AMSOZ "Super 2" season. 2018 (Pro-A) championship winner Brenton Hobson dropped the series from his schedule and series runner up Louis Wedding dropping all but the Bathurst 250 event from his schedule due to time restraints opened the door for a number of drivers from the lower Pro-B and Pro-Am classes contend for the 2019 title.

Following the "split" after the Gold Coast debacle the broadcast was dropped by the Stairs/ARW broadcast crew and moved on to ASC while the current ASR broadcaster Outworld Broadcasting would take over broadcasting for 2019 and beyond.

The 2019 season also saw the first introduction of Gen 2 Supercar models, which saw the introduction of the Holden ZB Commodore and Ford Mustang GT Mk. I (Anthony Birch).

Brenton Foley would go on to become the first driver to win a "Super 2"/Pro-Am class and "Main Game" Supercars Championship in back-to-back seasons, claiming 9 wins on his way to the title with runner-up Will Devenish and his PBF Race Engineering team mate Phil Boak claiming 3 wins each, Mitchell Hathway, Brendon Ross and Aldo Benedetti would also claim single wins throughout the season.

PBF Race Engineering would claim the teams championship with CRE Motorsport a distant 2nd.

### 2020

The 2020 AMSOZ Supercars Championship would see the title fight once again be decided at the season finale, the "Desert 200" hosted at Bahrain International Circuit and utilizing the shorter layout which was used in the V8 Supercars Championship from 2006 to 2008. While Will Devenish would continue to push for his first Supercars title, 2019 champion Brenton Foley would fall to 3rd in the standings with Kurt Stenberg returning for the first time since the 2018 AMSOZ Supercars Championship to dominate large portions of the championship and ultimately claiming the title at the final race despite a number of errors and mishaps.

While the 2019 season had seen a decline in grid size, 2020 saw the grid expand with a combination of the Covid-19 and subsequent lockdowns and word of mouth interested from a handful of New Zealand based drivers prior to the Pukekohe based Round 3 then lead to further interest from "across the ditch". While it initially didn't lead it significantly larger grid sizes, with most drivers initially registering for the AMSOZ Super 2 field, expanding and filling out, drivers eventually filtered into the main Supercars Championship as the season and year progressed.

The grid once again saw an expansion of cars with the Volvo S60 Mk.2 & Mercedes-Benz E63 W212 being homologated for the 2020 season, the Volvo S60 Mk.2 notably winning the 2020 MHRT Bathurst 500 with rookie Luke Rosella and co-driver LimeMitch claiming victory for the Volvo Dealer Team.

### ASR Changeover into 2021

With the admin group looking towards the future and looking to expand beyond the Automobilista platform it was decided the group would re-brand, becoming Australasian Sim Racing (ASR). The Supercars and Super 2 championships remained on the Automobilista platform.

The 2021 ASR Supercars Championship would become the second series which would have an official sponsor with Smith & Sons Renovations & Extensions backing the series.

Following a successful 2020 campaign with regards to participation numbers the 2021 season has become on the most successful season to date, with constant race weekends consisting of grids of 20+ entrants.

Despite this the number of available manufacturers was retracted with the Volvo S60 Mk.2 and Mercedes-Benz E63 W212 being dropped due to the poor model quality, while the Ford Mustang GT Mk. I constructed by Anthony Birch was dropped and replaced by the Ford Mustang GT Mk. II designed by Hum3d but modified and homologated by the ASR Design & Construct team with Nathan Higginson doing the bulk of the re-model and 3D preparation work to lower the poly count, create a realistic cockpit and provide templates, while Louis Wedding and Brendon Ross modified and added realistic textures and tested the car in the Automobilista platform.