Speedcafe eSeries Championship field set for Round 3

A strong field has been announced for Round 3 of the Speedcafe eSeries Championship at the Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit.

A 45-car field is expected to take to the virtual Victorian circuit for the third round of the online racing competition on Friday, April 28, with the grid including the top ten point scorers for the season to date including Race 1 and Race 2 winner Damon Woods.

The fastest of the 41 drivers that took part in pre-qualifying was Craig Edwards, who set a 1:26.065s to top the timesheets, ahead of Wayne G Hewitt (1:26.210s) and Ross Rizzo (1:26.247s).

The competitiveness of the category has increased following the introduction of prizes for the three place-getters courtesy of Supercheap Auto, with the round winner receiving a $250 voucher for first place, the runner-up to receive a $100 voucher for second place, while the third-place finisher will receive a $50 voucher.

Category Manager Shane Evans said interest in the online racing competition continues to increase following a strong start to the season.

“It has been a great start to the season, Damon Woods is going great guns and putting up a strong challenge for the other competitors in the field,” Evans said.

“We have seen some strong times in pre-qualifying at Phillip Island, there are a lot of times within a couple of tenths and it’s one of those tracks that everybody goes to and does a lot of practice laps at, so it is expected that qualifying and the race is going to be pretty competitive.

“As for the category itself, we are starting to build momentum with pre-qualifying regularly attracting strong attendance, while we have over 170 registered drivers for the competition.”

The third round of the 2023 Speedcafe eSeries Championship will commence this evening with a 45-minute practice session, with the times from that session to determine the three qualifying groups.

The three qualifying groups will each take part in a 10-minute session that will set the grid for the race.

The 45-minute race around Phillip Island will feature a compulsory pit stop for fuel.

The broadcast for Round 3 of the 2023 Speedcafe eSeries Championship commences at 20:00 AEST live on Speedcafe.com, with the main race expected to take place at approximately 20:45 AEST.

Register here for the Speedcafe eSeries Championship to get involved in the high-speed GT3 category.

Speedcafe eSeries Championship Round 3 Qualifiers 

Top Ten	Damon Woods	–
Top Ten	Mathew Dench	–
Top Ten	Luke Mitchinson	–
Top Ten	Tao C.K. Soerono	–
Top Ten	Lachlan Caple	–
Top Ten	Sebastian Flock	–
Top Ten	Kenny Conomos	–
Top Ten	Riley Bilson	–
Top Ten	Andrew Gilliam	–
Top Ten	Simon J Nicholson	–
1	Craig Edwards	01:26.065
2	Wayne G Hewitt	01:26.210
3	Ross Rizzo	01:26.247
4	Jarryd Knight	01:26.421
5	Christopher Ireland	01:26.533
6	Andre F. Yousiff	01:26.533
7	Adam Willison	01:26.653
8	Zach Rattray-White	01:26.695
9	Jason Bence	01:26.704
10	Luke A Brown	01:26.732
11	Jackson Austin2	01:26.779
12	Jesse Butler	01:26.802
13	Dylan O’Shea	01:26.822
14	Ben Faulkner4	01:26.839
15	Rob Carmichael	01:26.856
16	Marlon J McMullen	01:26.875
17	Trent Laves	01:26.890
18	Matt Bayley	01:26.895
19	Brodie Shepherd	01:26.904
20	Mitchell McLeod	01:26.904
21	Seth I Brown	01:26.978
22	Simon Mezzomo	01:26.979
23	Leigh Williamson	01:27.035
24	Russ Green2	01:27.041
25	Tyson Hanmer	01:27.047
26	Steven Bartholomew	01:27.056
27	Sebastian Varndell	01:27.056
28	Chiu Kang	01:27.096
29	Robbie Bradbury	01:27.183
30	Chris Pellatt	01:27.203
31	Alistair Bailes	01:27.222
32	Cameron Edwards2	01:27.368
33	Amar Sharma	01:27.484
34	Fitzroy Beaumont	01:27.537
35	Aaron Obersteller2	01:27.554
36	Ben Miles	01:27.621
37	Luke Di Berardino	01:27.658
38	Jamie McKnight	01:27.808
39	Atsushi Osafune	01:28.006
40	Tom Brown2	01:29.897
41	Mark Cochran	01:29.949