The weary teams have effectively been on the road since the Perth Super440 a fortnight ago, with the trucks heading directly north from Wanneroo.
Some personnel have briefly returned to base in between, while others went even further north with Erebus hosting a team-building camp in Bali.
Whatever the approach, it has proven to be a costly endeavour for teams – particularly with official Indigenous Round, which means cars are sporting new liveries (most of which had to be applied on the road).
While called the Triple Crown, this is the fourth appearance of the Super440 format for the year.
As usual there are two half-hour practice sessions on Friday before a packed Saturday schedule that includes two-part qualifying for the two short Saturday races.
The first of the qualifying/race combos will be on the soft Dunlop tyre and then the second on the super soft compound Dunlop.
On Sunday, there is two-part qualifying, a Top 10 Shootout and then a second, 200-kilometre, two-stop race.
The elusive Triple Crown will be awarded this weekend no matter what, thanks to a tweak to its structure.
When is the Darwin Triple Crown?
The sixth round of the 2025 Repco Supercars Championship takes place at Hidden Valley Raceway on June 20-22.
Supercars Darwin Triple Crown schedule (all time local/ACST)
| Friday June 20 | ||||
| Start | Finsh | Category | Duration | Session |
| 8:35 | 8:55 | Trans Am | 0:20 | Practice 1 |
| 9:05 | 9:25 | Combined Sedans | 0:20 | Practice |
| 9:35 | 9:55 | Touring Car Masters | 0:20 | Practice |
| 10:05 | 10:25 | Trans Am | 0:20 | Practice 2 |
| 10:35 | 10:55 | Combined Sedans | 0:20 | Qualifying |
| 11:05 | 11:30 | Porsche Carrera Cup | 0:25 | Practice 1 |
| 11:40 | 12:00 | Touring Car Masters | 0:20 | Qualifying |
| 12:10 | 12:30 | Trans Am | 0:20 | Qualifying |
| 12:30 | 12:40 | Promoter | 0:10 | Entertainment |
| 12:50 | 13:20 | Supercars | 0:30 | Practice 1 |
| 13:25 | 13:40 | Promoter | 0:15 | Entertainment |
| 13:50 | 14:05 | Combined Sedans | 1 lap after 14:03 | Race 1 |
| 14:15 | 14:40 | Porsche Carrera Cup | 0:25 | Practice 2 |
| 14:55 | 15:25 | Supercars | 0:30 | Practice 2 |
| 15:40 | 16:00 | Touring Car Masters | 1 lap after 15:58 | Trophy Race |
| Saturday June 21 | ||||
| Start | Finish | Category | Duration | Session |
| 7:30 | 7:45 | Combined Sedans | 1 lap after 7:43 | Race 2 |
| 7:55 | 8:15 | Touring Car Masters | 1 lap after 8:13 | Race 1 |
| 8:35 | 8:45 | Supercars | 0:10 | Qualifying Part 1- Race 17 |
| 8:55 | 9:05 | Supercars | 0:10 | Qualifying Part 2 – Race 17 |
| 9:10 | 9:20 | Promoter | 0:10 | Entertainment |
| 9:25 | 9:35 | Supercars | 0:10 | Qualifying Part 1- Race 18 |
| 9:45 | 9:55 | Supercars | 0:10 | Qualifying Part 2 – Race 18 |
| 10:10 | 10:40 | Porsche Carrera Cup | 0:30 | Qualifying |
| 10:50 | 11:15 | Trans Am | 1 lap after 11:13 | Race 1 |
| 11:45 | Supercars | 42 laps or 1 lap after 12:53 | Race 17 (120km) | |
| 13:20 | 13:45 | Touring Car Masters | 1 lap after 13:43 | Race 2 |
| 14:00 | 14:25 | Porsche Carrera Cup | 1 lap after 14:23 | Race 1 |
| 15:10 | Supercars | 42 laps or 1 lap after 16:18 | Race 18 (120km) | |
| Sunday June 22 | ||||
| Start | Finish | Category | Duration | Session |
| 8:35 | 8:50 | Combined Sedans | 1 lap after 8:48 | Race 3 |
| 9:05 | 9:15 | Supercars | 0:10 | Qualifying Part 1 – Race 19 |
| 9:25 | 9:35 | Supercars | 0:10 | Qualifying Part 2 – Race 19 |
| 10:00 | 10:45 | Porsche Carrera Cup | 1 lap after 10:43 | Race 2 |
| 10:55 | 11:20 | Touring Car Masters | 1 lap after 11:18 | Race 3 |
| 9:35 | 9:50 | Promoter | 0:15 | Entertainment |
| 11:35 | 12:15 | Supercars | 0:40 | Qualifying Part 3 – Race 19 TTSO |
| 12:15 | 12:35 | Promoter | 0:20 | Entertainment |
| 12:45 | 13:10 | Trans Am | 1 lap after 13:08 | Race 3 |
| 13:25 | 13:50 | Porsche Carrera Cup | 1 lap after 13:48 | Race 3 |
| 14:40 | Supercars | 70 laps or 1 lap after 16:18 | Race 19 – 200km |
Darwin Triple Crown Supercars sessions (ACST)
Friday, June 20
Practice 1 – 12:50pm (30 mins)
Practice 2 – 2:55pm (30 mins)
Saturday, June 21
Qualifying for Race 1 – 8:35am
Qualifying for Race 2 – 9:25am
Race 1 – 11:45pm (42 laps)
Race 2 – 3:10pm (42 laps)
Sunday, June 22
Qualifying for Race 3 – 9:05pm
Top 10 Shootout – 11:35pm
Race 3 – 2:40pm (70 laps)
How does qualifying work?
Supercars will use two qualifying formats for the Darwin Triple Crown.
Format 2 will be used for Race 1 and Race 2. That will feature two, back-to-back 10-minute sessions. Part one will feature the full field. The top 10 cars will advance to part two, where they will have another 10 minutes to set the first five rows of the grid.
After the grid is set for Race 1, that format is immediately repeated for Race 2.
Format 3 will be used for Race 3. Part one of qualifying (Q1) will feature every car participating in a 10-minute session. At the end of 10 minutes, the top 18 cars will advance to part two (Q2). At the end of another 10 minutes, the top 10 drivers will advance to the Top 10 Shootout.
That single-lap dash will then determine the first five rows of the grid.
Is the Supercars Darwin Triple Crown on free-to-air?
Live coverage of the Supercars Darwin Triple will be live on Foxtel and Kayo across all three days, while Seven will carry live, free-to-air coverage on Saturday and Sunday.
How to live stream Supercars Darwin Triple Crown
The Darwin Triple Crown will be broadcast live on subscription streaming services Foxtel Go and Kayo from Friday through to Sunday.
Saturday and Sunday’s coverage will also be on 7Plus.
Viewers in New Zealand can watch via Sky Sports Now and Sky Go.
Viewers outside of Australia and New Zealand can watch via Supercars’ own SuperView service.
Darwin Triple Crown broadcast start times (ACST)
Friday, June 20
Foxtel/Kayo – 12:30pm
Saturday, June 21
Foxtel/Kayo – 7:30am
Seven/7Plus – 11:45am
Sunday, June 22
Foxtel/Kayo – 8:00am
Seven/7Plus – 11:30am
Will there be live updates from the Darwin Triple Crown?
Speedcafe will provide real-time, live updates from every session of the Darwin Triple Crown thanks to Mobil 1.
Darwin Supercars ticket details
Tickets for the Supercars Darwin Triple Crown are available via Ticketek or the Supercars website.
Darwin Supercars weather forecast
It’s dry season in Darwin, which means forecasts of light cloud and temperatures in the early 30s all weekend.
What are the Darwin support categories?
Supercars will headline the Darwin Triple Crown, joined by Trans Am, Combined Sedans, Touring Car Masters and Porsche Carrera Cup.
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