2011 V8 Supercar season

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2011 V8 Supercar season
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The 2011 V8 Supercar season was the fifteenth season of V8 Supercar motor racing and the fifteenth season in which V8 Supercars have contested the premier Australian touring car series. It was the 52nd year of touring car racing in Australia beginning with the 1960 season, which included the first Australian Touring Car Championship, now known as the International V8 Supercars Championship, [1] and the first Armstrong 500, the fore-runner of the present day Bathurst 1000.

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The 2011 season began on 11 February at the Yas Marina Circuit in Abu Dhabi and ended on 4 December at the Homebush Street Circuit. It featured the fifteenth V8 Supercar Championship, consisting of 26 races at 14 events covering all six states and the Northern Territory of Australia as well as events in the United Arab Emirates and New Zealand. There was also a stand-alone non-championship event supporting the 2011 Australian Grand Prix. The season also featured the twelfth second-tier V8 Supercar Development Series, this year officially known as the Fujitsu V8 Supercar Series and expanded to a seven-round series. The fourth third-tier series, the Kumho V8 Touring Car Series was contested over a five-round series.

Race calendar

Dates sourced from: [2] [3] [4]

Event titleCircuitCity / stateRace/roundDateWinnerTeamReport
Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg Yas V8 400 Yas Marina Circuit Yas Island, United Arab Emirates VSC 1
VSC 2
10–12 February Jamie Whincup
James Courtney
Triple Eight Race Engineering
Holden Racing Team
report
Flag of South Australia.svg Clipsal 500 Adelaide Street Circuit Adelaide, South Australia VSC 3
VSC 4
17–20 March Garth Tander
Jamie Whincup
Holden Racing Team
Triple Eight Race Engineering
report
FVS 1 Nick Percat Walkinshaw Performance
Flag of Victoria (Australia).svg Albert Park 400 Albert Park Street Circuit Melbourne, Victoria NC24–27 March Jamie Whincup Triple Eight Race Engineering report
Flag of New South Wales.svg Wakefield Park Wakefield Park Goulburn, New South Wales KVTC 11–3 April Scott Loadsman Loadsman Racing Team
Flag of New Zealand.svg ITM Hamilton 400 Hamilton Street Circuit Hamilton, New Zealand VSC 5
VSC 6
15–17 April Rick Kelly
Shane van Gisbergen
Kelly Racing
Stone Brothers Racing
report
Flag of Western Australia.svg Trading Post Perth Challenge Barbagallo Raceway Perth, Western AustraliaVSC 7
VSC 8
VSC 9
6–8 May Jamie Whincup
Jason Bright
Jamie Whincup
Triple Eight Race Engineering
Brad Jones Racing
Triple Eight Race Engineering
report
FVS 2 Andrew Thompson Triple Eight Race Engineering
Flag of South Australia.svg Mallala Mallala Motorsport Park Mallala, South Australia KVTC 214–15 May Chris Smerdon Smerdon Racing
Flag of Victoria (Australia).svg Winton Winton Motor Raceway Benalla, Victoria VSC 10
VSC 11
20–22 May Jamie Whincup
Jason Bright
Triple Eight Race Engineering
Brad Jones Racing
report
Flag of the Northern Territory.svg Skycity Triple Crown Hidden Valley Raceway Darwin, Northern Territory VSC 12
VSC 13
17–19 June Rick Kelly
Shane van Gisbergen
Kelly Racing
Stone Brothers Racing
report
Flag of Queensland.svg Sucrogen Townsville 400 Townsville Street Circuit Townsville, Queensland VSC 14
VSC 15
8–10 July Garth Tander
Jamie Whincup
Holden Racing Team
Triple Eight Race Engineering
report
FVS 3 Andrew Thompson Triple Eight Race Engineering
Flag of New South Wales.svg Eastern Creek Eastern Creek Raceway Sydney, New South Wales KVTC 315–17 July Terry Wyhoon Image Racing
Flag of Queensland.svg Coates Hire Ipswich 300 Queensland Raceway Ipswich, Queensland VSC 16
VSC 17
19–21 August Craig Lowndes
Craig Lowndes
Craig Lowndes
Triple Eight Race Engineering
Triple Eight Race Engineering
Triple Eight Race Engineering
report
FVS 4 Andrew Thompson Triple Eight Race Engineering
Flag of Victoria (Australia).svg Sandown Sandown Raceway Melbourne, Victoria KVTC 49–11 September Scott Loadsman Loadsman Racing Team results
Flag of Victoria (Australia).svg L & H 500 Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit Phillip Island, Victoria VSC 1816–18 September Craig Lowndes
Mark Skaife
Triple Eight Race Engineering report
Flag of New South Wales.svg Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000 Mount Panorama Circuit Bathurst, New South Wales VSC 196–9 October Garth Tander
Nick Percat
Holden Racing Team report
FVS 5 Andrew Thompson Triple Eight Race Engineering
Flag of Queensland.svg Armor All Gold Coast 600 Surfers Paradise Street Circuit Surfers Paradise, Queensland VSC 20

VSC 21
21–23 October Jamie Whincup
Sébastien Bourdais
Mark Winterbottom
Richard Lyons
Triple Eight Race Engineering

Ford Performance Racing
report
Flag of Victoria (Australia).svg Phillip Island Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit Phillip Island, Victoria KVTC 54–6 November Terry Wyhoon Image Racing results
Flag of Tasmania.svg Falken Tasmania Challenge Symmons Plains Raceway Launceston, Tasmania VSC 22
VSC 23
11–13 November Jamie Whincup
Jamie Whincup
Triple Eight Race Engineering
Triple Eight Race Engineering
report
Flag of Victoria (Australia).svg Norton 360 Sandown Challenge Queensland 300 Melbourne, Victoria VSC 24
VSC 25
18–20 November Rick Kelly
Jamie Whincup
Kelly Racing
Triple Eight Race Engineering
report
FVS 6 Andrew Thompson Triple Eight Race Engineering
Flag of New South Wales.svg Sydney Telstra 500 Homebush Street Circuit Sydney, New South Wales VSC 26
VSC 27
3–5 December Craig Lowndes
Mark Winterbottom
Triple Eight Race Engineering
Ford Performance Racing
report
FVS 7 Andrew Thompson Triple Eight Race Engineering

International V8 Supercars Championship

Fujitsu V8 Supercar Series

Albert Park 400

Kumho V8 Touring Car Series

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References

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  2. "2011 calendar released". Official site of the Australian V8 Supercar Championship Series. 29 October 2010. Archived from the original on 30 October 2010. Retrieved 31 October 2010.
  3. "Fujitsu Series goes west". Official site of the Australian V8 Supercar Championship Series. 29 October 2010. Archived from the original on 23 February 2011. Retrieved 31 October 2010.
  4. "2011 Calendar". Shannons V8 Touring Cars National Series. Retrieved 29 December 2010.