2012 Dunlop V8 Supercar Series

2012 Dunlop V8 Supercar Series

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The 2012 Dunlop V8 Supercar Series was an Australian motor racing competition for V8 Supercars. It was the thirteenth running of the V8 Supercar Development series. Supporting the 2012 International V8 Supercars Championship, it began on 1 March at the Clipsal 500 and ended on 2 December at the Sydney 500 after eighteen races held over seven rounds. 2012 was the last year in which the Ford BF Falcon was eligible for the series.

The series was won by Scott McLaughlin driving a Ford FG Falcon.

Calendar

The series was contested over seven rounds at seven V8 Supercars Championship events.

Rd. [1]	Event [1]	Circuit	Location	Date	Round format	Winner	Car
1	Clipsal 500	Adelaide Street Circuit	Adelaide, South Australia	1–4 Mar	Two races	Chaz Mostert	Ford FG Falcon
2	Trading Post Perth Challenge	Barbagallo Raceway	Perth, Western Australia	4–6 May	Three races	Scott McLaughlin	Ford FG Falcon
3	Sucrogen Townsville 400	Townsville Street Circuit	Townsville, Queensland	6–8 Jul	Three races	Scott McLaughlin	Ford FG Falcon
4	Coates Hire Ipswich 300	Queensland Raceway	Ipswich, Queensland	3–5 Aug	Three races	Chaz Mostert	Ford FG Falcon
5	Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000	Mount Panorama Circuit	Bathurst, New South Wales	4–7 Oct	Two races	Nick Percat	Holden VE Commodore
6	Winton Motor Raceway	Winton Motor Raceway	Benalla, Victoria	16–18 Nov	Three races	Nick Percat	Holden VE Commodore
7	Sydney Telstra 500	Homebush Street Circuit	Sydney, New South Wales	30 Nov – 2 Dec	Two races	Scott Pye	Holden VE Commodore

Teams and drivers

Nick Percat placed fourth driving a Holden VE Commodore for Walkinshaw Racing

David Russell placed 18th driving a Holden VE Commodore for Dreamtime Racing

The following teams and drivers contested the 2012 Dunlop V8 Supercar Series. ^[2]

Team	Vehicle	No	Driver	Rounds
Dreamtime Racing	Holden VE Commodore	16	David Russell [3]	1–4
		77	Cameron Waters	1–4
Brad Jones Racing	Holden VE Commodore	20	Andrew Jones [3]	All
Pacific Hoists Racing	Holden VE Commodore	24	Nandi Kiss [3]	All
MW Motorsport [3]
	Ford BF Falcon	26	Morgan Haber [4]	4
	Ford FG Falcon	27	Tim Blanchard [5]	1–5
	Ford BF Falcon		Elliot Barbour [6]	6
			Morgan Haber	7
	Ford BF Falcon	28	Luke Youlden [7]	1–5
	Ford FG Falcon [6]			6–7
Eggleston Motorsport	Holden VE Commodore	38	Ben Eggleston [8]	5
Greg Murphy Racing	Holden VE Commodore	44	Matt Hansen [9]	2
			Jim Pollicina [10]	7
		45	Dale Wood [11]	All
		48	Geoff Emery [11]	All
		71	Marcus Zukanovic [11]	1–2
Ford Performance Racing	Ford FG Falcon	56	Chaz Mostert [3]	All
Novocastrian Motorsport	Ford BF Falcon	58	Drew Russell [3]	All
		59	Aaren Russell [3]	All
		60	Michael Hector [3]	All
Warrin Mining	Holden VE Commodore	62	Adam Wallis	1–2, 4–6
Paul Morris Motorsport	Holden VE Commodore	67	Paul Morris [12]	3–4
Action Racing	Holden VE Commodore	71	Marcus Zukanovic [13]	3–6
Brett Stewart Racing	Holden VE Commodore	73	Brett Stewart [3]	All
McGill Motorsport	Ford BF Falcon	75	Aaron McGill [3]	1–5, 7
Triple Eight Race Engineering	Holden VE Commodore	80	Scott Pye [14]	All
Matt Stone Racing	Ford BF Falcon	86	Daniel Jilesen [15]	1–5
	Ford BF Falcon	87	Ashley Walsh	1–5
	Ford FG Falcon [6]			6–7
	Ford FG Falcon	93	Scott McLaughlin [16]	3–7
Stone Brothers Racing				1–2
Minda Motorsport	Holden VE Commodore	98	Elliot Barbour [17]	1–5
			Glen Wood [18]	6
Walkinshaw Racing	Holden VE Commodore	222	Nick Percat [19]	All
Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport	Holden VE Commodore	300	Kristian Lindbom [20]	1
Sonic Motor Racing Services	Ford FG Falcon	777	Rodney Jane	All
	Ford BF Falcon	999	George Miedecke [21]	All

Points system

Series points were awarded at each race according to the following table: ^[22]

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	11th	12th	13th	14th	15th	16th	17th	18th	19th	20th	21st	22nd	23rd	24th	25th	26th	27th	28th	29th	30th
2 Race Format	150	138	129	120	111	102	96	90	84	78	72	69	66	63	60	57	54	51	48	45	42	39	36	33	30	27	24	21	18	15
3 Race Format Races 1 & 3	120	110	103	96	89	82	77	72	67	62	57	55	53	51	48	46	43	41	38	36	33	30	28	26	24	21	19	17	15	12
3 Race Format Race 2	60	56	52	48	44	40	38	36	34	32	30	28	26	24	23	22	21	20	19	18	17	16	15	14	13	12	11	9	7	6

Driver standings

Pos Driver No. ADE BAR TOW QUE BAT WIN SYD Pen Pts 1 Scott McLaughlin 93 2 3 3 4 1 1 1 2 3 2 3 13 6 4 10 4 1 3 1761 2 Scott Pye 80 5 7 1 9 2 4 Ret 11 2 4 2 3 3 2 11 2 2 1 1688 3 Chaz Mostert 56 1 1 4 5 3 3 19 3 1 5 1 2 2 5 19 5 6 2 100 1665 4 Nick Percat 222 3 2 8 1 Ret 2 3 1 4 23 10 1 1 1 2 1 Ret 5 1561 5 Luke Youlden 28 6 4 5 3 4 6 8 20 6 Ret 7 5 4 3 3 7 8 8 1415 6 Dale Wood 45 15 11 17 Ret DNS 13 17 8 7 6 6 4 5 6 1 3 3 4 1245 7 Ashley Walsh 87 4 5 2 7 7 5 5 Ret 5 3 4 20 11 8 8 6 DNS 7 25 1204 8 Geoff Emery 48 7 18 19 13 14 17 9 6 18 11 12 9 10 10 15 11 5 9 1046 9 George Miedecke 999 10 15 12 Ret 12 10 2 5 13 10 15 7 8 11 4 10 12 Ret 25 985 10 Andrew Jones 20 14 6 7 Ret DNS 9 4 Ret 10 8 8 18 9 7 16 Ret 4 6 983 11 Drew Russell 58 11 12 15 12 9 15 10 7 16 14 13 8 12 13 5 9 9 Ret 971 12 Rodney Jane 777 8 16 10 6 8 11 Ret 14 15 15 11 22 13 12 7 8 11 10 50 927 13 Marcus Zukanovic 71 12 9 14 10 15 Ret 13 10 11 Ret 24 11 14 16 14 13 10 11 863 14 Tim Blanchard 27 Ret 8 6 2 5 7 20 4 19 16 9 6 7 25 808 15 Aaren Russell 59 18 13 16 14 13 14 15 19 17 13 16 10 Ret 14 6 18 7 Ret 50 723 16 Elliot Barbour 98/27 13 17 13 11 10 18 7 16 20 12 14 12 Ret 9 20 12 714 17 Brett Stewart 73 17 20 20 16 16 19 12 17 23 19 18 17 16 19 17 14 13 Ret 687 18 David Russell 16 9 14 11 DSQ 6 8 6 9 9 1 5 25 656 19 Michael Hector 60 19 22 24 Ret 20 Ret 16 18 24 24 21 19 Ret 18 13 16 15 14 569 20 Adam Wallis 62 16 21 22 17 18 22 20 19 15 18 17 12 15 507 21 Daniel Jilesen 86 Ret DNS 9 8 21 16 11 15 14 18 20 16 15 484 22 Nandi Kiss 24 Ret 23 23 18 19 20 14 Ret 25 21 23 DNS DNS 20 18 17 Ret 15 410 23 Cameron Waters 77 Ret DNS 18 15 11 12 Ret 12 8 7 17 384 24 Paul Morris 67 22 Ret 13 12 9 25 196 25 Aaron McGill 75 Ret 19 Ret DNS DNS 21 18 Ret Ret 22 22 21 Ret DNS DNS 189 26 Morgan Haber 26/27 21 17 26 Ret 13 141 27 Jim Pollicina 44 14 12 132 28 Ben Eggleston 38 14 17 117 29 Glen Wood 98 15 9 Ret 72 30 Kristian Lindbom 300 Ret 10 25 53 31 Matt Hansen 44 21 Ret 17 25 51

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver Second place Bronze Third place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Withdrew (WD) Race cancelled (C) Blank Did not practice (DNP) Did not arrive (DNA) Excluded (EX)

References

1. "2012 Development Series Event Calendar, www.v8supercars.com.au, as archived at web.archive.org". Archived from the original on 7 November 2012. Retrieved 7 November 2012.
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3. "Dunlop Series Entry List – Clipsal 500". Clipsal 500. 22 February 2012. Archived from the original on 24 February 2012. Retrieved 22 February 2012.
4. "Coates Hire Ipswich 300 – Dunlop Series Entry List". V8 Supercars. Archived from the original on 19 July 2012. Retrieved 7 August 2012.
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6. Grant Rowley (13 November 2012). "Dunlop Series driver switches teams for Winton". Speedcafe. Retrieved 4 September 2013.
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14. "Pye confirms switch to Development Series". SpeedCafe. 1 February 2012. Retrieved 1 February 2012.
15. SpeedCafe (20 February 2012). "Jilesen scores new Dunlop Series drive for 2012". Speedcafe. Retrieved 4 September 2013.
16. "Scott McLaughlin switches Dunlop Series teams". SpeedCafe. 27 June 2012. Retrieved 3 July 2012.
17. "FORMULA FORD SQUAD JOINS DUNLOP SERIES". The official site of V8 Supercars Australia. 16 February 2012. Archived from the original on 21 August 2012. Retrieved 16 February 2012.
18. Grant Rowley (7 November 2012). "Glen Wood reveals colours ahead of Dunlop V8 debut". Speedcafe. Retrieved 4 September 2013.
19. "Percat Revels New Look". SpeedCafe. 22 February 2012. Retrieved 22 February 2012.
20. "Dumbrell team expands into Dunlop Series". SpeedCafe. 22 February 2012. Retrieved 22 February 2012.
21. "FIRST PICS: Miedecke reveals 2012 livery". SpeedCafe. 24 February 2012. Retrieved 24 February 2012.
22. "Pointscore system, Rule D15.4.2, www.v8supercars.com.au, as archived at web.archive.org" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 2 November 2012. Retrieved 2 November 2012.

External links

• 2012 Operations Manual, www.v8supercars.com.au, as archived at web.archive.org
• 2012 Development Series Event Calendar, www.v8supercars.com.au, as archived at web.archive.org
• Dunlop Series Points, racing.natsoft.com.au, as archived at web.archive.org