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TheShannons Supercar Showdown was an Australianreality television show based around theInternational V8 Supercars Championship, with drivers competing for a test driver role withFord Performance Racing. Aired on7mate in Australia, seasons two and three of the series have appeared in syndication in theUnited States on Vibrant TV Network.

The first two seasons saw ten drivers from various disciplines competing against each other in a series of challenges to win a drive in theBathurst 1000 with V8 Supercar teamKelly Racing. The winning driver would co-drive with the show's host, TV personality and racing driverGrant Denyer.^[1] Denyer withdrew from the2012 Bathurst race with a shoulder injury and he was replaced by the 2011 series winnerCameron Waters.^[2]

The inaugural series was won byFormula Ford racerCameron Waters defeatingBritish Touring Car Championship racerAndrew Jordan in the series finale. The second series sawV8 Utes series racerJesse Dixon defeating Formula Ford racer Glen Wood andCarrera Cup racerAndre Heimgartner in the finale.

Season	Episodes	Air dates	Drivers[3][4]	Winner
1	11	24 July 2011[1]– 2 October 2011[5]	Amber Anderson Nick Cassidy Shae Davies Nick Foster Andrew Jordan Samantha Reid David Sera Ben Small Hayley Swanson Cameron Waters	Cameron Waters[6]
2	11	16 July 2012[4]– 1 October 2012[7]	Adrian Cottrell Jesse Dixon Sarah Harley Ryal Harris Andre Heimgartner Jack Le Brocq Andrew McLean Ed Sevadjian Samantha Stevens Glen Wood	Jesse Dixon[7]

The format of the show underwent a major change for the third season. Eight drivers, in two teams of four, competed for a test driver role with Ford Performance Racing in a series of challenges atCalder Park Raceway. The season was presented byBriony Ingerson. The two teams were called Team Davison and Team Winterbottom, named for the mentors of the two teams,Will Davison andMark Winterbottom.^[8]

In the final showdown the two drivers, both from Team Davison faced off. They wereFormula 3 driversTodd Hazelwood andTim Macrow. Hazelwood was proclaimed the series winner and won a drive in theDunlop V8 Supercar Series in aMinda Motorsport prepared Holden Commodore V8 Supercar before taking on a test driver role withFord Performance Racing in season 2014.

Season	Episodes	Air dates	Drivers[9]	Current series	Winner
3	8[10]	14 September 2013– 9 November 2013[10]	Chelsea Angelo	Victorian Formula Ford	Todd Hazelwood
			Daniel Cammish	British Formula Ford
			Adrian Campfield	Karting
			Craig Dontas	V8 Utes
			James Golding	Victorian Formula Ford
			Todd Hazelwood	Australian Formula Three
			Macauley Jones	Australian Formula Ford
			Tim Macrow	Australian Formula Three

• Cameron Waters made his Development Series debut in 2012, contesting a half-campaign before joiningFord Performance Racing as a junior driver. Waters would go on to compete in the second tier for another three seasons, winning the championship in2015 and moving into theSupercars Championship full-time, where as of the conclusion of the 2024 season he has won 15 races, finishing second in the championship twice. He is currently driving forTickford Racing.
• Jesse Dixon returned to the V8 Utes category, finishing 3rd overall in 2014 before stepping into the Development Series. He completed five rounds of the 2015 season for Image Racing before running out of funding, making a one-off appearance in Adelaide in2016 before a lack of sponsorship prevented him from furthering his career.
• Todd Hazelwood continued his relationship withMatt Stone Racing after his debut season with the team in 2014, and remained with them until 2019. Like Waters, Hazelwood also won the Super2 Series, in2017, and subsequently moved into the Supercars Championship. He moved toBrad Jones Racing in2020 with whom he scored his first podium, before achieving his first victory withErebus motorsport in the2024 Bathurst 1000.

• Andre Heimgartner is currently racing in the Supercars Championship forBrad Jones Racing, having debuted in2015, achieving two wins and 17 podium finishes.
• James Golding is currently racing in the Supercars Championship, making his full-time debut in theSupercars Championship in2018, his best result being a 3rd place finish at the2024 Sandown 500 forPremiAir Racing.
• Nick Cassidy forged a successful career in Japan, winning theJapanese Formula 3 Championship in2015, theSuper GT GT500 class in2017 and theSuper Formula Championship in2019. He now competes inFormula E, finishing 3rd in2022-23 and 2nd in2023-24.
• Jack Le Brocq debuted in the Supercars Championship in 2018, after second and third place finishes in theSuper2 Series. He has won twice and now races for Erebus Motorsport.
• Daniel Cammish went on to win theBritish Formula Ford Championship in2013 and back-to-backPorsche Carrera Cup Great Britain championships in2015 and2016, with a third in2021. He debuted in theBritish Touring Car Championship in2018, finishing 10th overall, before finishing 3rd in2019,2020 and2025.
• Macauley Jones made his full-time debut in the Supercars Championship in2019, he is currently racing forBrad Jones Racing.
• Shae Davies completed two seasons in the2016 and2017 Supercars Championship. Davies also finished second in the2021 Boost Mobile Super Trucks.
• Andrew Jordan went on to win the British Touring Car Championship in2013 and finished second in2019. He has also scored a podium in theFIA World Rallycross Championship.
• Chelsea Angelo went on to attempt to qualify for the2019 W Series, however would fail to progress beyond the evaluation tests and later raced inTCR Australia.
• Tim Macrow won theAustralian Drivers' Championship in2013.

Year	Team	Car	Drivers	Position	Laps
2011	Kelly Racing	Holden Commodore VE	Grant Denyer Cameron Waters	DNF	95
2012	Kelly Racing	Holden Commodore VE	Cameron Waters Jesse Dixon	20th	158

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Super2 Series results
Year	Driver	Team	Car	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	Position	Points
2013	Todd Hazelwood	Minda Motorsport	Holden Commodore VE	ADE	BAR	TOW	QLD	WIN	BAT	SOP DNS	NC	0
2014		Matt Stone Racing	Ford Falcon FG	ADE 11	WIN 12	BAR 4	TOW 10	QLD 19	BAT 5	SOP 7	8th	1131

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