A number of young drivers will take to Queensland Raceway today in a bid to secure remaining enduro co-drives.
Red Bull Ampol Racing, Shell V-Power Racing Team, Truck Assist Racing and Nulon Racing are all testing on Thursday.
Triple Eight is also testing its new wildcard Camaro for Zane Goddard and Craig Lowndes, with the former to race in Darwin.
Matt Stone Racing and Nulon Racing have yet to finalise their full line-ups for the 2023 enduros.
MSR recently confirmed Jayden Ojeda will return with the team, albeit alongside Jack Le Brocq for Sandown and Bathurst.
The team has yet to confirm a co-driver for Cameron Hill, and has handed the keys to Jaylyn Robotham on Thursday.
Today we have got Jaylyn Robotham in Car #35 completing some testing laps.#Supercars #WeAreMSR pic.twitter.com/soStm0LXVa
— Matt Stone Racing (@MSR_Supercars) May 31, 2023
Robotham, who raced at the Super2 season opener in Newcastle, made his Bathurst debut alongside Matt Chahda in a wildcard Commodore last year.
The Victorian, who is racing in Trans Am, got behind the wheel of Hill’s #35 Truck Assist Camaro on Thursday morning.
As of June 1, there are four seats remaining — the Hill co-drive, both Nulon Racing seats, and the partner for Todd Hazelwood’s #3 CoolDrive Mustang.
However, the picture could become clearer after Thursday’s test, with Nulon Racing also set to hand seat time to Chahda and Kurt Kostecki.
Chahda and Kostecki will complete evaluation runs as they make a bid to return to the main game fold.
Kostecki raced with younger brother Jake at Tickford Racing (2022) and MSR (2021), and with Bryce Fullwood and Walkinshaw Andretti United in 2020.
Hill on track on Thursday
Dylan O’Keeffe is set to return alongside James Golding in the #31 Camaro, with the team looking to find a co-driver for Tim Slade.
S5000 champion Joey Mawson ran laps in a Nulon Camaro at the pre-season Sydney test, but may need dispensation to race.
The Hazelwood co-drive, meanwhile, is likely to come down to co-team owner Tim Blanchard and the Ford squad’s young Super2 driver, Aaron Love.
Love recently scored his first Super2 podium at the Bosch Power Tools Perth SuperSprint.
The Penrite Oil Sandown 500 will open the enduro season on September 15-17, followed by the Repco Bathurst 1000 on October 5-8.
The 2023 season will resume at the betr Darwin Triple Crown on June 16-18.
2023 enduro combinations (as of June 1, 2023)
| Driver/Co-driver | Team |
|---|---|
| Broc Feeney/Jamie Whincup | Red Bull Ampol Racing |
| Shane van Gisbergen/Richie Stanaway | Red Bull Ampol Racing |
| Anton De Pasquale/Tony D’Alberto | Shell V-Power Racing Team |
| Will Davison/Alex Davison | Shell V-Power Racing Team |
| TBA/Garry Jacobson | Tickford Racing |
| TBA/James Moffat | Tickford Racing |
| TBA/Zak Best | Tickford Racing |
| TBA/Tyler Everingham | Tickford Racing |
| Nick Percat/Fabian Coulthard | Walkinshaw Andretti United |
| Chaz Mostert/Lee Holdsworth | Walkinshaw Andretti United |
| Will Brown/Jack Perkins | Erebus Motorsport |
| Brodie Kostecki/David Russell | Erebus Motorsport |
| Mark Winterbottom/Michael Caruso | Team 18 |
| Scott Pye/Warren Luff | Team 18 |
| Todd Hazelwood/TBA | CoolDrive Racing |
| TBA/Garth Tander | Penrite Racing |
| TBA/Kevin Estre | Penrite Racing |
| Andre Heimgartner/Dale Wood | Brad Jones Racing |
| Bryce Fullwood/Dean Fiore | Brad Jones Racing |
| Macauley Jones/Jordan Boys | Brad Jones Racing |
| Jack Smith/Jaxon Evans | Brad Jones Racing |
| Tim Slade/TBA | PremiAir Racing |
| James Golding/TBA | PremiAir Racing |
| Jack Le Brocq/Jayden Ojeda | Matt Stone Racing |
| Cameron Hill/TBA | Matt Stone Racing |
| Craig Lowndes/Zane Goddard | Triple Eight (wildcard) |