By Thomas Miles
Date posted: November 23, 2023
After 26 races, 4860km and 11 events, the titanic fight between Erebus Motorsport and Triple Eight Race Engineering for Supercars supremacy will be decided at the massive VAILO Adelaide 500.
It is a straight street fight between rising talent Brodie Kostecki gunning for his and his team’s maiden crown and Shane van Gisbergen, who wants to salute Supercars with a fourth title.
If van Gisbergen is to defend his championship, he has some work to do with Erebus and Kostecki holding the high ground.
It means that a seventh Kostecki win of the season on Saturday would seal a sensational title win.
If the #99 achieves second or third, SVG must be no lower than third and fifth respectively.
If Kostecki and Erebus can get the job done, they would have pulled off one of the great underdog stories of Supercars in similar style to the sudden rise of the team Erebus took over, Stone Brothers Racing exactly 20 years ago.
With Kostecki and van Gisbergen in the middle of the first championship fight to go down to the final round in five years, Adelaide
will provide the perfect backdrop to what shapes up to be a thrilling finale to the first season of Gen3.
The last time these streets decided a champion of its main event (Formula 1/Supercars) was the infamous 1994 Australian Grand Prix when just one point separated Michael Schumacher and Damon Hill and we all know what happened at Turn 6.
No matter what happens between the title protagonists, Adelaide always produces memorable moments.
After being resurfaced, the comeback last year was full of drama on the slippery track with many drivers being caught out and making mistakes.
Thrown in the threat of a first wet Adelaide 500 race since 2016 on Saturday and there are all the ingredients of a special weekend.
For one last time in 2023, start your engines and enjoy the ride!
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