A surge in COVID-19 cases up and down Australia’s eastern seaboard has forced the postponement of the Newcastle 500, which was set to open the Supercars season on 4-6 March.
The street circuit event relies heavily on ticket sales, with capacity crowds unlikely amid the current wave of outbreaks.
There are also issues with worker shortages across the country, which are thought to have impacted the circuit build.
As a result Supercars has elected to bring the Sydney SuperNight, which was set to close out the season, forward to be the new opening round.
The Sydney Motorsport Park circuit hosted a quadruple-header of rounds late last year, which means by the time the 2022 opener has run, it will have hosted five of the past six rounds, split by the 2021 Bathurst 1000.
Where Newcastle will slot back into the 2022 schedule hasn’t yet been formalised, although a straight swap with SMP to become the season finale is a logical outcome.
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