Touring Car Masters reveals Supercars heavy 2025 calendar
By Bruce Williams
Date posted: 12 November 2024
Touring Car Masters has confirmed a seven-round 2025 racing calendar, with six rounds featuring on the Supercars championship undercard.
The expanded 2025 TCM Series starts at Sydney Motorsport Park as part of the first round of the Repco Supercars Championship Series before heading to Symmons Plains just outside Launceston, Tasmania, Hidden Valley in Darwin, Northern Territory as part of the Supercars Series before joining the ARG Series at Winton for the only race in the Championship not running with Supercars.
The final three round are The Bend Enduro in South Australia, the Repco Bathurst 1000 in New South Wales and the Penrite Oils Sandown 500 in Victoria during the Supercars Finals.
The 2024 Touring Car Masters series has seen the category return to prominence after a couple of years in the doldrums. The numbers of cars and the quality of racing has been much improved with some of the best on track action seen this year.
Ryan Hansford in the Multispares Torana in the battle for the lead in the Touring Car Masters Race at the 2024 Sydney Motorsport Park Supercars round in 2024 – Image James Smith
“We are very pleased with the make-up of the 2025 series, and it come comes on the back of a very solid 2024 season,” TCM’s Tony Hunter said while launching the championship calendar.
“We have seen a resurgence in the quality of racing and numbers of regular competitors, and this has delivered fantastic on-track racing this year.
“So, it is exciting to announce an expanded, seven-round 2025 series calendar that features more races on the Supercars program.
“We have been working with Supercars management who have acknowledged the improvement in the number of competitors and the quality of the on-track action and racing and have offered us additional events on the Supercars program which we have accepted with great enthusiasm.
“It is an exciting development, and it confirms the commitment made by a substantial number of competitors and other parties in the TCM investment group, who have put their own money into the category.
“We want to acknowledge and appreciate Garry and Barry Rogers for their support in the transition, and so TCM will be part of a special ARG special ‘Race Winton’ event at Winton in August.
“It gives the teams, car owners and sponsors the opportunity to prepare ahead of what we think will be a great season.
“We thank Supercars and the huge number of TCM fans who have been very supportive of what we have been doing.
“For our 2025 season, TCM will run on six Supercar events, all with live Fox Sport coverage, three rounds with live Channel 7 coverage and the balance featuring on Channel 7 highlights packages. Our seventh event, will be our Round 4 and will be held at Winton as part of the ‘Race Winton’ special event that will also feature Trans Am.”
The 2025 Touring Car Masters series calendar
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Event
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Venue
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Date
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TV Coverage
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Round 1
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Supercars – Sydney Motorsport Park – NSW
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Feb 21-23
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Live Channel 7/Fox Sports
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Round 2
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Supercars – Symmons Plains – Tasmania
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May 9-11
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Live Fox Sports/ Channel 7
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|
Round 3
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Supercars – Hidden Valley – NT
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June 20-22
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Live Channel 7/Fox Sports
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|
Round 4
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Race Winton ARG – Winton – Vic
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August
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TBC
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Round 5
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Supercars – The Bend – SA
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Sept 12-14
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Live Fox Sports/ Channel 7
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Round 6
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Supercars – Bathurst 1000 – NSW
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Oct 9-12
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Live Channel 7/Fox Sports
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|
Round 7
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Supercars – Sandown 500 – Vic
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Nov14-16
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Live Fox Sports/ Channel 7
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Jamie Tillie is in the title hunt for the 2024 Touring Car Masters series but he has to beat Adam Garwood to win it – Image James Smith
The announcement of the 2025 Touring Car Masters event comes ahead of the final round of the 2024 series which will be held at The Bend West Circuit on November 22-24.
Main image: Peter Norton – Epic Sports Photography
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