2011 Kumho V8 Touring Car Series

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The 2011 Kumho V8 Touring Car Series was an Australian motor racing series for V8 Touring Cars, which are de-registered and superseded former V8 Supercars. Although the series utilised cars built for V8 Supercar racing, it was not an official V8 Supercar series.

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It was the fourth running of the V8 Touring Car National Series. The series took place on the program of Shannons Nationals Motor Racing Championships events. It began at Wakefield Park on 1 April and finished at Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit on 6 November after five meetings held in New South Wales, Victoria and South Australia.

Terry Wyhoon, driving a Ford Falcon, won the series [1] by 72 points, having won ten of the fifteen races and two of the five rounds. Scott Loadsman finished second, 117 points ahead of Chris Smerdon who led the series after four rounds but was disqualified from Sandown for eligibility problems. Justin Garioch finished fourth despite missing a round, 31 points behind Smerdon and 13 points ahead of Jim Pollicina in fifth.

Calendar

Terry Wyhoon (Ford BA Falcon) was the winner of the 2011 Kumho V8 Touring Car Series Ford BA Falcon of Terry Wyhoon 2011.jpg
Terry Wyhoon (Ford BA Falcon) was the winner of the 2011 Kumho V8 Touring Car Series

The 2011 Kumho V8 Touring Car Series was contested over five rounds held across three states. [2]

Rd.CircuitLocationDateWinner
1 Wakefield Park Goulburn, New South Wales 1–3 AprilScott Loadsman
2 Mallala Motor Sport Park Mallala, South Australia 13–15 MayChris Smerdon
3 Eastern Creek Raceway Sydney, New South Wales15–17 JulyTerry Wyhoon
4 Sandown Raceway Melbourne, Victoria 9–11 SeptemberScott Loadsman
5 Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit Phillip Island, Victoria4–6 NovemberTerry Wyhoon

Points System

Steven Voight (Holden VY Commodore) placed 8th in the series Holden VY Commodore of Steve Voight.jpg
Steven Voight (Holden VY Commodore) placed 8th in the series

The following points system was used for 2011: [3]

Position1st2nd3rd4th5th6th7th8th9th10th11th12th13th14th15th16th17th18th19th20th
Qualifying3
Time Attack10987654321
Races4035312723201715131110987654321

The only change from 2010 was that "Time Attack" was formalised for the ten fastest qualifying cars only, with the pointscore beginning at ten points for fastest.

Teams and drivers

Nathan Garioch (Ford BA Falcon) placed 10th in the Series Ford BA Falcon of Nathan Garioch.jpg
Nathan Garioch (Ford BA Falcon) placed 10th in the Series

The following teams and drivers competed in the 2011 Kumho V8 Touring Car Series.

TeamNoDriverCar
ANT Racing1 Tony Evangelou Ford BA Falcon
Heinrich Performance2 Bruce Heinrich Ford AU Falcon
Australian Custom Moulders5 Matthew Hansen Holden VY Commodore
Valley Longwall International6 Nathan Garioch Ford BA Falcon
23 Justin Garioch
Poll Performance7 Jim Pollicina Holden VY Commodore
Steve Ingwersen Painting8 Steve Ingwersen Holden VX Commodore
MrHDT Race Cars/Engines11 Sean Fardell Holden VX Commodore
Image Racing12 Stuart Inwood Ford AU Falcon
25 Michael Hector Ford BA Falcon
49 Terry Wyhoon
50 Mark Shepherd
Morphett Vale Garage15 Shawn Jamieson Holden VY Commodore
Century 21 Hazelbrook21 Chris Delfsma Ford AU Falcon
SA Tractor22 Isi Ambrosio Holden VY Commodore
JCV Automotive26 John Vergotis Ford AU Falcon
Graham Body Works27 Shaun Fennell Holden VX Commodore
Derrick Hocking31
34
Derrick Hocking Ford BA Falcon
Holden VY Commodore
Voight Contracting33 Steven Voight
Aaron Tebb
Holden VY Commodore
Smerdon Racing39 Chris Smerdon Ford BA Falcon
Premium Showers and Robes46 Paul Pennisi Holden VY Commodore
Loadsman Racing Team62 Scott Loadsman Holden VY Commodore
Cavalier Homes Barossa81 Michael Bartsch Ford AU Falcon
Ford BA Falcon
MacArthur Truckserve98 Aaron Tebb Holden VY Commodore

Driver standings

PosDriverRound 1 [4] Round 2 [5] Round 3 [6] Round 4 [7] Round 5 [8] Pts
QTA123QTA123QTA123QTA123QTA123
1 Terry Wyhoon 2nd1st1st5th8thDNS3rd1st6th2nd2nd1st1st1st5th5th6th1st1st2nd1st1st1st1st544
2 Scott Loadsman 1st7th2nd1st3rd3rd2nd4th2nd2nd4th1st14th6th4th2nd1st2nd3rd2nd1st2nd2nd3rdRet472
3 Chris Smerdon 6th6th4th3rd2nd1st1st1st4th1st5th4th3rd3rd6thDSQDSQDSQDSQDSQ10th7thRet7th4th355
4 Justin Garioch 3rd4th3rd4th11th4th10th5th10thRet1st5th4th2nd2nd6th4th3rd2nd2nd324
5 Jim Pollicina 4th2nd5th9th17th6th4th6th7th5th3rd6th2nd13th9th8th8th4th7th3rd12th9th5th6th311
6 Michael Bartsch 14th11th11th7th2nd3rd2nd3rd3rd9th7th9th9th8th3rd3rd4th6th10th253
7 Matthew Hansen 11th9th13th5th7th3rd5th5th3rd6th4th7th6th5th8th9th6th4thRet246
8 Stephen Voight 9th5th6th7th4th7th6th9th9th8th9th7th8th2ndRet170
Mark Shepherd 7th8th10th12th15th5th7th7th5th4th6th10thRetEX7th10th5th12th6th170
10 Aaron Tebb 10thDNS19th8thRet9th9th10th8th7th12th8th12thRet7thDNS11th5th4th14th8th†DNSDNS161
John Vergotis 8th9th7th6thRet11th7th7th10thDNS9th10th8th15th11th9th8th161
12 Nathan Garioch 13th8th14th6th8th5th8th6thRet8th9th6th4th5th5th6thRetDNSDNS160
13 Michael Hector 17th18th17th16thDNS14th12th11thDNS10th10th12th11th10th11th10th11th14th8th3rd155
14 Bruce Heinrich 1st2nd3rd4th7th7th8th5th12th5th145
15 Shaun Fennell DNSDNSDNSDNS11th11th11th12th3rd3rd1st9thRet9th10th15th10th7th125
16 Chris Delfsma 12th13th15th9th10th8th13th14th9th10th8th13th8thRet13th7thRetDNS101
17 Tony Evangelou 5th3rd17th2nd1st87
18 Steve Ingwersen 16th14th16th13th13th12th11th11th16th12th11th9th81
19 Paul Pennisi 14th11thRetRet4th6thRet8th9th18th10thDNSDNS54
20 Stuart Inwood 19th12th10th10th31
21 Isi Ambrosio DNS12th13th10th28
22 Derrick Hocking 18th15th19th12th15thDNSDNSDNS17thRetDNSDNS17
23 Sean Fardell 15th16th18th14th15
24 Shawn Jamieson 4th5th13thRetDNS14
ColourResult
GoldWinner
Silver2nd place
Bronze3rd place
GreenPoints finish
BlueNon-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
PurpleRetired (Ret)
RedDid not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
BlackDisqualified (DSQ)
WhiteDid not start (DNS)
Withdrew (WD)
Race cancelled (C)
BlankDid not participate (DNP)
Excluded (EX)

Q – Qualifying
TA – Time Attack

Notes:

† – During Race 1 of Round 5 at Phillip Island, Aaron Tebb's Holden Commodore made heavy contact with the wall with two laps to go, leading to the race being red flagged and the results backdated. [9]

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