2020 Boost Mobile Super Trucks

During the 2019 Gold Coast 600 in October, the series' first race in Australia since Motorsport Australia lifted its year-long ban, the 2020 Australian schedule was announced under the Boost Mobile Super Trucks name.^[2][3] The full schedule was revealed on 21 November 2019, with the series being divided into the American Speed Energy Stadium Super Trucks and the Australian Boost Mobile Super Trucks; both championships intended to run three companion rounds.^[4]

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Round	Track	Location	Date	Supporting
1	Adelaide Street Circuit	Adelaide, South Australia	21–23 February	Adelaide 500
Combination races with Boost Mobile Super Trucks listed in bold

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Races cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic

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Track	Location	Supporting
Symmons Plains Raceway	Launceston, Tasmania	Tasmania Super400
Hampton Downs Motorsport Park	Waikato, Auckland Region	Auckland Super400
Wanneroo Raceway	Neerabup, Western Australia	Perth SuperNight
Townsville Street Circuit	Townsville, Queensland	Townsville 400
Hidden Valley Raceway	Darwin, Northern Territory	Darwin Triple Crown
Sydney Motorsport Park	Eastern Creek, New South Wales	Sydney SuperNight 300
Surfers Paradise Street Circuit	Surfers Paradise, Queensland	Gold Coast 600

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The Boost Mobile Super Trucks' inaugural race weekend came as an "Australia v USA Series" with the Speed Energy Stadium Super Trucks at the Adelaide Street Circuit.^[5] Excluding defending SST champion and Australian-American Matthew Brabham, eight drivers represented Australia at Adelaide.^[1] Among the Australian drivers were Supercars veteran Paul Weel in his return to racing for the first time since 2008,^[6] 2017 Stadium Super Trucks champion Paul Morris and his driving academy driver Luke van Herwaade under the Team Norwell banner,^[7] Super2 Series driver Shae Davies,^[5] Shaun Richardson in his first SST race since 2017,^[1] SST veterans Toby Price and Greg Gartner,^[8] and Matt Mingay racing for the first time since suffering serious injuries in a 2016 SST race.^[9] Robby Gordon won the season opener after holding off a last-lap charge by Price.^[10] The second race saw Mingay and Morris lead before Gordon and Brabham passed them in the second half, with Brabham edging out Gordon for the victory by .0361 seconds.^[11] In the third and final round, Gartner led early while Davies climbed through the field after avoiding wrecks. Davies eventually took the lead after the competition caution and pulled away while the field battled among themselves for position.^[12]

Prior to the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Boost Mobile Super Trucks planned to run an eight-race schedule in conjunction with the Supercars Championship starting with the Adelaide 500 in late February.^[13] The trucks also planned to race in New Zealand for the first time at Hampton Downs Motorsport Park; the event was initially planned to take place at Pukekohe Park Raceway, but Pukekohe legislation forbade motorsports on Anzac Day (25 April).^[14][15]

Although the series had hoped to follow the Supercars Championship to postponed races once new races were finalised,^[16] the trucks ultimately did not join the Supercars at their revised dates.^[17]

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