#SuperUtes

[carsthatnevermadeitetc]

Lupini Chevrolet SuperUte, 2010. A version of the Holden VE series SS Ute for the South African market (where Holdens were badged as Chevrolets) by local tuners  LupiniPower. The ute was powered by 535hp supercharged 6.0 litre V8 similar to the Corvette ZR1.

#Chevrolet #Lupini Chevrolet SuperUte #Holden SS Ute #LupiniPower #supercharged #2010 #pick-up #Holden Ute #Chevrolet Pick-up #tuned pick-up #custom pick-up

[duck7]

#Chris Formosa #Richard Mork #SuperUtes Series #Bathurst #Race 3 #Misc2021

[cars4starters]

What happened to utes, to circle work and the thrill of motor racing when Ford and Holden’s utilities disappeared a couple of years ago?

Perhaps unsurprisingly race organisers found a new genre to promote, Japanese 4×4 utilities popularised by the likes of Toyota Hilux and Ford Ranger.

They might not have quite the appeal of V8s, but beggars can’t be choosers after all — what choice did they have?

SuperUtes are production models upgraded with a race kit that increases safety and performance of the cars as well as ensuring parity across the models.

One of the most significant changes to the SuperUte from the popular V8 Utes category is under the hood.

The production turbo-diesel engines produce 340bhp and a torque figure of 500 ft/lb. A category controlled Motec ECU monitors the performance across the cars.

The rear-wheel drive cars weigh 1,800kg and also feature control components including a CAMS approved roll cage, brakes, tyres, wheels, springs and dampers.

The drivetrain includes a control gearbox and ratios as well as rear axle assembly.

The second SuperUtes series has just wrapped up, with this year’s winner is the Caltex Delo Racing Isuzu D-MAX in its first season of competition.

The first series was won by Ryal Harris driving a Mazda BT-50.

Driving the D-MAX, Ross Stone Racing’s Tom Alexander driving onto the podium for the 15th and final time, at the Coates Hire Newcastle 500 at the weekend.

Over the course of the 24 races, Alexander chalked up five wins, 15 podiums and three pole positions, for a total of 1203 championship points— 67 points clear of Cameron Crick in 2nd.

“It feels so good to lift that trophy at the end of the season, it was a long road to get to here, but we did it,” an elated Tom Alexander said.

“I couldn’t have asked for a better team to support me, a better car to race, better sponsors—thanks Caltex Australia and Isuzu UTE Australia—who believed in me, or a better bunch of blokes to race against—they all drove incredibly well throughout the season.”

The Ross Stone Racing D-MAX SuperUte is built on the Isuzu D-MAX Crew Cab ute platform, using a production fitted 3.0-litre turbo diesel engine, with minor revisions to the powertrain and suspension setup.

Now, we mentioned earlier the diesel utes don’t have the same kind of appeal as a V8.

But word is the SuperUtes category set to shift from diesel to V8 power next year, with a controlled-class V8 petrol power plant.

There’s a bit of lateral thinking for you, just like changing the rules to allow the two-door Mustang to compete in the Supercars series.

No decision has currently been made if the Caltex Delo Racing Isuzu D-MAX SuperUte will return for the 2020 ECB SuperUtes Season.

Championship Points at the conclusion of 2019 ECB SuperUtes Season

1 Caltex Delo Racing Tom Alexander Isuzu D-MAX 1203 2 Total Tools Team Triton Racing Cameron Crick Mitsubishi Triton 1136 3 EFS 4×4 Racing Ryal Harris Mazda BT50 1053 4 Fat Freddy’s Ben Walsh Toyota Hilux 985 5 Western Sydney Motorsport Craig Woods Toyota Hilux 781 6 Allgate Auto Doors Racing Christopher Formosa Ford Ranger 730 7 Mitsubishi Motors Team Triton Toby Price Mitsubishi Triton 575 8 Craig Thompson Toyota Hilux 552 9 Tank World Benjamin Falk Holden Colorado 545 10 Mitsubishi Motors Team Triton Elliot Barbour Mitsubishi Triton 336 11 Jaiden Maggs 248 12 Sieders Racing Team Michael Sieders Toyota Hilux 245 13 Gerard Maggs 231 14 Jeff Watters 229 15 AC Delco Nathan Pretty Holden Colorado 163 16 Joshua Anderson 141 17 Kevin Stoopman 127 18 Madison Dunston 123 19 Sieders Racing Team Luke van Herwaarde Toyota Hilux 99 20 West End Mazda Adam Dodd Mazda BT50 64 21 Ronnie Conquest 52 22 Peter Major 48 23 Mitsubishi Motors Team Triton Craig Dontas Mitsubishi Triton 19

                                      CHECKOUT: New Triton joins rest of the rattlers

CHECKOUT: D-Max does a runner

Soon to be V8 SuperUtes never looked so good #Aussie #carnews #carphotos #carreviews #cars4starters #notjustcars #D-MAX What happened to utes, to circle work and the thrill of motor racing when Ford and Holden's utilities disappeared a couple of years ago?

#Aussie #car news #car photos #car reviews #cars4starters #D-MAX #Isuzu #not just cars #Ross Stone Racing #Supercars #SuperUtes #Tom Alexander #V8

[motorsport247net-blog]

Q&A: Matt Braid on SuperUtes decision

Q&A: Matt Braid on SuperUtes decision

Supercars posted this image of a SuperUte during its development in January Supercars managing director Matt Braid explains the decision to delay the launch of the much anticipated SuperUtes series. The all-new SuperUtes category featuring production-based turbo diesel dual cab Utes was launched at the Gold Coast 600 last year. Tabled to make its debut at the Townsville 400, a combination of…

View On WordPress

#Braid #decision #Matt #SuperUtes

[motorsport247-blog]

Q&A: Matt Braid on SuperUtes decision

Q&A: Matt Braid on SuperUtes decision

Supercars posted this image of a SuperUte during its development in January Supercars managing director Matt Braid explains the decision to delay the launch of the much anticipated SuperUtes series. The all-new SuperUtes category featuring production-based turbo diesel dual cab Utes was launched at the Gold Coast 600 last year. Tabled to make its debut at the Townsville 400, a combination of…

View On WordPress

#Braid #decision #Matt #SuperUtes

[motorracing365-blog]

Q&A: Matt Braid on SuperUtes decision

Q&A: Matt Braid on SuperUtes decision

Supercars posted this image of a SuperUte during its development in January Supercars managing director Matt Braid explains the decision to delay the launch of the much anticipated SuperUtes series. The all-new SuperUtes category featuring production-based turbo diesel dual cab Utes was launched at the Gold Coast 600 last year. Tabled to make its debut at the Townsville 400, a combination of…

View On WordPress

#Braid #decision #Matt #SuperUtes

[v3ttel]

VICE is wild. Like idk why the comparison to FE seems to be SuperUtes (off the top of my head only category that is limited to runing diesel).

Like I’m not going to watch this because of the absolute lack of care that was used in constructing this post.

And I’m so far off the ‘could FE do this’ hypothesis, there’s enough history in the bank now to say ‘This is what FE IS doing’.

[topgear-blog]

Forza Horizon 4: "The superute, the runout ute. The one that celebrates what I think is one of the coolest cars on the planet!" - Chris Harris (2014 Holden HSV GTS Maloo) --- Stay tuned: http://j.mp/topgear-blog

#topgear #jeremy clarkson #richard hammond #james may #stig #cars #supercar

[juniorformulamotorsport]

2021 Castrol Toyota Racing Series - Alexander Thrilled to Join Mentor Smith on NZ Grand Prix Grid

2021 Castrol Toyota Racing Series – Alexander Thrilled to Join Mentor Smith on NZ Grand Prix Grid

Versatile Kiwi racer Tom Alexander – the current Aussie SuperUtes champion – is the latest to confirm his spot in the forthcoming 66th New Zealand Grand Prix at Hampton Downs. The 26-year-old from Christchurch joins a star-studded field of 16 cars for the 28 lap race around the North Waikato circuit’s 4km international track that includes Shane van Gisbergen, Andre Heimgartner, Greg Murphy,…

View On WordPress

[hugochamberblog]

ECB SuperUtes Series 2018. Race 2 Queensland Raceway. Start #hugochamber #racing Source: https://hugochamber.org/ecb-superutes-series-2018-race-2-queensland-raceway-start/?feed_id=32095&_unique_id=5f59f603e5b2f

[carsthatnevermadeitetc]

Holden Commodore SuperUte, 2011, by Walkinshaw Performance. Based on a VE Commodore SS Ute using a Centaur canopy with a carbon fibre rear screen and fitted with an Edelbrock WP230 supercharger providing up to 616hp

#Walkinshaw Performance #Holden Commodore SuperUte #Holden Commodore VE #2011 #supercharged #Holden Ute #General Motors

[motorsporthq]

Full Supercars Newcastle 500 weekend schedule Subject to change. All times and TV listings local (AEDT, GMT 11). Friday November 22 09:00-09:20 SuperUtes – Practice 1…

[cars4starters]

New Triton joins rest of the rattlers

New Triton joins rest of the rattlers #Aussie #carnews #carphotos #carreviews #cars4starters #notjustcars #SuperUtes

Mitsubishi’s brand new Triton will join the rest of the mob racing in the 2019 SuperUte Series at the Superloop Adelaide 500 from February 28 to March 3.

Team Triton which ran two utes in the 2018 series has added a third car to the team to be driven by Elliot Barbour and Cameron Crick with dual Dakar Rally Champion Toby Price also driving for the team in select rounds.

Sorry if we’re not…

View On WordPress

#Aussie #car news #car photos #car reviews #cars4starters #Mitsubishi #not just cars #SuperUtes #Triton #website

[motorsport247net-blog]

SuperUtes shelved until 2018, V8 Utes to continue Supercars has confirmed its new SuperUtes series has been delayed until 2018 with the existing V8 Utes platform to continue for another season.

#2018 #continue #shelved #SuperUtes #until #Utes

[motorsport247-blog]

SuperUtes shelved until 2018, V8 Utes to continue Supercars has confirmed its new SuperUtes series has been delayed until 2018 with the existing V8 Utes platform to continue for another season.

#2018 #continue #shelved #SuperUtes #until #Utes

[motorracing365-blog]

SuperUtes shelved until 2018, V8 Utes to continue Supercars has confirmed its new SuperUtes series has been delayed until 2018 with the existing V8 Utes platform to continue for another season.

#2018 #continue #shelved #SuperUtes #until #Utes