2017 Supercars Championship

The 2017 Supercars Championship (formally known as the 2017 Virgin Australia Supercars Championship) is a FIA-sanctioned international motor racing series for Supercars, which prior to July 2016 had been known as V8 Supercars. It is the nineteenth running of the Supercars Championship and the twenty-first series Supercars have contested the premier Australian touring car title. Shane van Gisbergen started the season as the defending drivers' champion with is team, Triple Eight Race Engineering, defending teams' champions.

The 2017 season saw the category undergo a substantial revision of its technical regulations, with the introduction of Gen 2 Supercar rules which opened the championship up to a wider range of body shapes and engine configurations.

Holden and Nissan are represented by factory-backed teams.

The following drivers are currently under contract for 2017.

The following fourteen events are scheduled to take place in 2017:

The 2017 season saw the introduction of Gen 2 Supercar regulations. Two-door coupé body styles are permitted alongside four-door sedans, while the engine regulations were opened up to include turbocharged four or six-cylinder engines. However, cars are still be required to be based on front-engined, rear wheel drive, four-seater production cars that are sold in Australia. The chassis and control components carried over from the New Generation V8 Supercar regulations used since 2013. However all teams are continuing to use New Generation specification cars until the beginning of 2018 when Triple Eight Race Engineering will debut the Holden Commodore (NG) built to the new specifications.

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