 All 28 cars which contested the regular V8 Supercar season took part in the race.Each car was driven by its regular driver, who contests the full International V8 Supercar Championship, and a mandatory international guest driver who took part in a separate racing series.These guest drivers were recruited from a variety of racing categories, including the IndyCar Series (such as Will Power, partnering Winterbottom and Bourdais again joining Whincup), the World Endurance Championship (such as Darren Turner, partnering James Courtney), the FIA GT1 World Championship (such as Peter Kox, partnering James Moffat), the International Superstars Series (such as Gianni Morbidelli joining Dean Fiore), and the Rolex Sports Car Series (such as Ricky Taylor partnering Lee Holdsworth).