The 2023 Superrace Championship (also known as the 2023 CJ Logistics Superrace Championship) was a South Korean motor racing series for stock cars, production cars, prototypes and production bikes. It is the 18th season running for the championship and the 17th season both partnered by CJ Group and raced under the moniker 'Superrace Championship'. The championship is contested individually between 5 classes; Super 6000, Kumho GT (GT1 & GT2), BMW M Class, Sports Prototype (Radical) Cup Korea & the newly introduced Kawasaki Ninja Cup. There have been no announcements for a continuation of the Cadillac CT4 category.
On March 12, at approximately 10:09pm, a fire broke out at Hankook's production plant in Daejeon, halting production after suffering severe damage to one of their factory complexes.[2] This incident in turn has affected supply to all teams using Hankook tyres in this year's Superrace Championship. As a result, Hankook-AtlasBX Motorsports announced that they (along with their second team, SONIC Motorsports-AtlasBX) will not contest the 2023 championship.[3] Additionally, VOLLGAS Motorsports switched to Nexen Tire, joining Seohan GP and CJ Logistics Racing, who switched from Kumho Tire.[4] JUN-FITTED Racing will switch to Kumho, joining newly formed AMC Racing, Brand New Racing, ECSTA Racing, and L&K Motors, who initially switched to Hankook.[4]
As a result of the two AtlasBX teams withdrawing due to Hankook Tire's Daejeon plant fire and production stall, their drivers have decided not to contest for other teams in Super 6000.[3] It was reported that defending champion Kim Jong-kyum would be joined by SONIC driver Yang Tae-keun and Noh Dong-gi; the latter returning from military service.[3]Roelof Bruins and Steven Cho reportedly did not register to retain their spots in the team and are pursuing other motor racing activities.[3]
MIDAS Racing driver Seo Seok-hyun and Japanese driver Takayuki Aoki will join newly formed AMC Racing's two-car operation.[3] The latter will be replaced by Carlo van Dam from round 3 onwards.
Brand New Racing driver Park Gyu-seung will step up from Kumho GT1 to Super 6000 to join Lee Hyo-jun in the team's expanded two-car operation.[3]
CJ Logistics Racing announced that Oh Han-sol will move to their team, while Park Jun-seo will step up to join in from the Kumho GT1 class.[3]
ECSTA Racing's Lee Jung-woo will not contest in Super 6000 due to military service.[3] Japanese driver Hiroki Yoshida will join Lee Chan-joon and Lee Chang-uk for the first and second rounds of the championship.[4] Kumho GT1 driver Song Young-kwang is reported to drive the third entry for the rest of the season, due to Yoshida's Japanese racing commitments and tyre development for Kumho.[4][5]
Hwang Jin-woo and Hwang Do-yun left N'Fera Racing as the team ended operations after the 2022 championship. The latter was left without a drive while Jin-woo joined Park Jung-jun at JUN-FITTED Racing to replace CJ Logistics Racing-bound Oh Han-sol.[3]
Seo Ju-won left L&K Motors at the end of the 2022 season. He is replaced by Son In-young, who joined the team just a week before the first race.
NEXEN-VOLLGAS Motorsport initially announced that they wouldn't participate in the remaining races. The team stated that they were planning to participate at international races after the success in the championship. However, on June 27, 2023, the team reverted their decision and announced that they will participate the remaining races of the season.
L&K Motors missed rounds 3 and 4 due to financial reasons. The team returned from round 5 onwards, but they ran only one car for Lee Eun-jung.
The teams championship is decided upon points scored by two drivers per team after each race. Teams with 3 or more drivers have 15 days before each race to select two drivers to add their points towards their final tally.
Like the teams championship, the tyre manufacturers must select 5 drivers per tyre user 15 days before each round to add
their points towards their final tally.
Everland Speedway
Korea International Circuit
Inje Speedium
Takayuki Aoki
"Tony" Seo Seok-hyun
Carlo van Dam