2013 International V8 Supercars Championship

2013 International V8 Supercars Championship

Drivers' Champion:
Jamie Whincup
Teams' Champion:
Triple Eight Race Engineering
Manufacturers' Championship:
Holden

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2012

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2014

Support series:
Dunlop Series

Jamie Whincup, the defending drivers' champion, won his fifth title.

Triple Eight Race Engineering—competing as Red Bull Racing Australia—won the teams' championship for the fourth consecutive season.

The 2013 International V8 Supercars Championship ^{[2] [3]} (often simplified to the 2013 V8 Supercars Championship) was a Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile-sanctioned international motor racing series for V8 Supercars that was based in Australia. It was the fifteenth running of the V8 Supercar Championship Series and the seventeenth series in which V8 Supercars contested the premier Australian touring car title. The championship was contested over thirty-six races, ^{[4] [5] [N 1]} starting with the Clipsal 500 Adelaide on 2 March 2013, ^[6] and finishing with the Sydney Telstra 500 V8 Supercars on 8 December. ^[7] The series' calendar also expanded, travelling to the United States for the first time for a race at the Circuit of the Americas in Austin, Texas. ^[8]

The 2013 season saw the introduction of the "New Generation V8 Supercar", a revision to the regulations which were designed to cut costs and to make the series more attractive to new manufacturers. ^[9] Nissan and Mercedes-Benz entered the series, ^{[10] [11]} with four Nissan Altimas being prepared by Kelly Racing and three Mercedes-Benz E63 AMGs being run by Erebus Motorsport — who purchased Stone Brothers Racing during the off-season – respectively. ^{[12] [13]} Holden teams competed with the new VF Commodore, which replaces the VE model, ^[14] whilst Ford continued to use the FG Falcon, which had been raced since 2009, but built to New Generation V8 Supercar specifications for the 2013 season.

Jamie Whincup started the season as the defending drivers' champion. ^[1] The team for which he drives, Triple Eight Race Engineering, are the defending teams' champions. Whincup successfully defended his title, winning eleven of the season's thirty-six races and scoring a record-breaking thirteen pole positions. His team-mate Craig Lowndes finished second in the championship for the third consecutive season, giving Triple Eight Race Engineering its fourth consecutive Teams Championship win. Lowndes, with Warren Luff, won the inaugural Enduro Cup for the best performing drivers across the three endurance races. Ford Performance Racing driver Will Davison finished the season in third place. Rick Kelly finished the highest of the Nissan drivers, in fourteenth place, while Lee Holdsworth ended the season in twentieth to be the highest placed Erebus Motorsport driver.

Teams and drivers

The following teams and drivers competed in the 2013 championship.

Championship entries							Endurance entries
Manufacturer	Model	Team	No.	Driver name	Rounds		Co-driver name	Rounds
Ford	Falcon FG [15]	Ford Performance Racing	5	Mark Winterbottom [16]	All		Steven Richards [17]	10–12
			6	Will Davison [18] [19]	All		Steve Owen [17]	10–12
		Dick Johnson Racing [20]	12	Jonny Reid [21]	1–3		—
				Chaz Mostert [22]	4–14		Dale Wood [23]	10–12
			17	Tim Blanchard [24]	All		Ashley Walsh [23]	10–12
		Charlie Schwerkolt Racing (FPR) [25]	18	Alex Davison [25]	All		John McIntyre [26]	10–12
		Rod Nash Racing (FPR)	55	David Reynolds [19]	All		Dean Canto [17]	10–12
Holden	Commodore VF [14]	Triple Eight Race Engineering	1	Jamie Whincup [27]	All		Paul Dumbrell [28]	10–12
			888	Craig Lowndes [29]	All		Warren Luff [30]	10–12
		Holden Racing Team	2	Garth Tander [31]	All		Nick Percat [32]	10–12
			22	James Courtney [33]	1–13		Greg Murphy [32]	10–12
				Nick Percat [34]	14		—
		Tony D'Alberto Racing	3	Tony D'Alberto	All		Jonny Reid [35]	10–12
		Brad Jones Racing	8	Jason Bright [36]	All		Andrew Jones [37]	10–12
			14	Fabian Coulthard [36]	All		Luke Youlden [38]	10–12
		Tekno Autosports	19	Jonathon Webb [39]	All		Marc Lieb [40]	10–12
			97	Shane van Gisbergen [41]	All		Jeroen Bleekemolen [40]	10–12
		Britek Motorsport (BJR)	21	David Wall [42]	All		Chris Pither [43]	10–12
		Garry Rogers Motorsport	33	Scott McLaughlin [44] [45]	All		Jack Perkins [46]	10–12
			34	Alexandre Prémat [45] [47]	All		Greg Ritter [46]	10–12
		Walkinshaw Racing (HRT)	66	Russell Ingall [48]	All		Ryan Briscoe [49]	10–12
		Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport	80	Scott Pye [50]	1–2, 4–14 [N 2]		Paul Morris [53]	10–12
			88	Dean Fiore [54]	All		Matthew Halliday [53]	10–12
Mercedes-Benz	E63 AMG [55]	Erebus Motorsport [56]	4	Lee Holdsworth [57]	All		Craig Baird [58]	10–12
			9	Maro Engel [59]	All		Steven Johnson [60]	10–12
		James Rosenberg Racing (EM)	47	Tim Slade [61]	All		Andrew Thompson [62]	10–11
							David Brabham [63]	12
Nissan	Altima L33 [64]	Nissan Motorsport [64] [N 3]	7	Todd Kelly [12]	All		David Russell [65]	10–12
			15	Rick Kelly [12]	All		Karl Reindler [65]	10–12
			36	Michael Caruso [64] [66]	All		Daniel Gaunt [67]	10–12
			360	James Moffat [64] [66]	All		Taz Douglas [67]	10–12
Wildcard entries
Holden	Commodore VF [14]	Triple Eight Race Engineering	10	—			Mattias Ekström [68] Andy Priaulx [68]	11

Team changes

All teams competing with the Holden Commodore upgraded to the new VF model. ^[14]

After switching from Holden to Ford after the first event of the 2011 season, Tony D'Alberto Racing moved back to Holden in 2013, where the team received technical assistance from Walkinshaw Performance. ^[69]

Ford Performance Racing expanded to a four-car operation with the acquisition of the #18 Racing Entitlement Contract held by Charlie Schwerkolt, which was used by Dick Johnson Racing to run James Moffat's car in 2012. ^[70] The fourth car is run as a satellite of the team, in the same way as the #55 Rod Nash Racing car is run.

In January 2013, British motorsport group Prodrive announced that it had sold its stake in Ford Performance Racing to Rod Nash and former Australian GT Champion Rusty French. ^[71]

Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport expanded to a two-car operation after purchasing the #49 Racing Entitlement Contract from Paul Morris Motorsport. ^[72] The team also acquired two VF Commodores constructed by Triple Eight Race Engineering.

As a result of the deals between Schwerkolt and Ford Performance Racing and Paul Morris and Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport, Dick Johnson Racing lost the use of the #18 and #49 Racing Entitlement Contracts and was reduced to a two-car operation with its existing #17 REC and by leasing Triple F Racing's #12 REC.

Kelly Racing switched from competing with Holden Commodores to Nissan Altimas, ^[12] running a re-sleeved version of Nissan's quad-cam aluminium 5.6-litre VK56DE V8 reconfigured to a 5.0-litre capacity. The team was renamed to Nissan Motorsport, ^[73] a name last used by Gibson Motorsport in 1991.

In January 2013, Larry Perkins confirmed that he had sold his two Racing Entitlement Contracts to Kelly Racing. ^[74] Perkins had previously leased the #11 and #16 RECs to the Kelly operation, and by purchasing them, Kelly Racing acquired full control over the licences. To satisfy sponsor requirements, the 2 former Perkins RECs used numbers 36 and 360.

Stone Brothers Racing was purchased by Australian GT Championship team Erebus Motorsport, ^[56] and the organisation, along with satellite team James Rosenberg Racing, ended their association with Ford. Instead, the combined team entered three cars based on the Mercedes-Benz E63 W212, ^{[11] [75]} powered by a M159 engine. ^[76] The combined Erebus—James Rosenberg outfit did not receive any factory support from Mercedes-Benz. ^[13]

Driver changes

Tim Blanchard joined V8 Supercars full-time, driving for Dick Johnson Racing. ^[24] Blanchard, who was runner-up in the 2010 Fujitsu V8 Supercar Series, had previously contested the endurance races in 2011 and 2012 before replacing the injured Todd Kelly for the final four events of the 2012 season.

Michael Caruso left Garry Rogers Motorsport after five seasons, moving to Kelly Racing. ^{[64] [66]}

Alex Davison returned to V8 Supercars after a one-year absence spent competing in the Australian Carrera Cup Championship. He joined Charlie Schwerkolt Racing, a satellite team of Ford Performance Racing. ^[25]

Taz Douglas left the category after one year racing for Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport, returning to the Dunlop V8 Supercar Series. ^[77]

Former Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters driver Maro Engel made his V8 Supercar debut in 2013. ^[59] Engel, who drove for Mercedes-Benz in the Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters series between 2008 and 2011, continued his association with the brand, driving an E63 AMG prepared by Erebus Motorsport.

Dean Fiore moved from Dick Johnson Racing to Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport, ^[54] but continued to lease the Triple F Racing REC to Dick Johnson. ^[78]

Steven Johnson was forced out of his seat at Dick Johnson Racing as a result of the team's on-going financial troubles. He took on the position of general manager in the team's organisational structure, ^[79] whilst contesting the Australian Carrera Cup Championship. ^[80]

Reigning second-tier V8 Supercar champion and New Zealand V8SuperTourer champion Scott McLaughlin joined Garry Rogers Motorsport full-time having raced for the team as an emergency replacement in the final race of the 2012 season. ^[44]

James Moffat left Dick Johnson Racing to join Kelly Racing. ^{[64] [66]}

Greg Murphy left Kelly Racing at the end of 2012. ^[81] Murphy was unable to find a competitive team to race with in 2013 and joined the Holden Racing Team for the endurance races, ^{[82] [83]} but left open the possibility of making individual "wildcard" entries at selected events. ^[84]

Michael Patrizi left V8 Supercars and return to the Australian Carrera Cup Championship. ^[85]

Scott Pye, who placed second in the 2012 Dunlop V8 Supercar Series, joined Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport. ^[50]

2012 V8SuperTourer runner-up Jonny Reid joined Dick Johnson Racing. ^[21]

Karl Reindler left Kelly Racing at the end of 2012, ^[81] and moved to the Australian Carrera Cup Championship. ^[86]

At the end of the 2012 season, Shane van Gisbergen announced plans to leave the category in order to rejuvenate himself and consider his future. ^{[87] [88]} In January 2013, he announced that he would re-enter the championship, driving for Tekno Autosports. ^[41]

Mid-season changes

Jonny Reid was replaced by Dunlop Series driver Chaz Mostert prior to the Perth 360. ^[22]

Following a major accident at the Phillip Island event, James Courtney was forced to miss the Sydney 500. He was replaced by the Holden Racing Team's endurance co-driver, Nick Percat. ^[34]

Calendar

The 2013 calendar was released on 15 October 2012. ^[89] The season consisted of thirty-six races to be held at fourteen venues in Australia, New Zealand and the United States, ^[90] plus an additional non-championship event that was held at the Melbourne Grand Prix Circuit in support of the 2013 Australian Grand Prix. ^[91]

Event. Event name Circuit Location Format Date 1 Adelaide 500 Adelaide Street Circuit Adelaide, South Australia 2 2–3 March 2 Tasmania 365 Symmons Plains Raceway Launceston, Tasmania S 6–7 April 3 Auckland 400 [5] Pukekohe Park Raceway [92] Pukekohe, New Zealand 4 13–14 April 4 Perth 360 [93] Barbagallo Raceway Perth, Western Australia S 4–5 May 5 Austin 400 [94] Circuit of the Americas Austin, Texas, USA 4 18–19 May 6 Darwin Triple Crown Hidden Valley Raceway Darwin, Northern Territory S 15–16 June 7 Townsville 400 Reid Park Street Circuit Townsville, Queensland 2 6–7 July 8 Ipswich 360 Queensland Raceway Ipswich, Queensland S 27–28 July 9 Winton 360 Winton Motor Raceway Benalla, Victoria S 24–25 August 10 Sandown 500 [95] Sandown Raceway Melbourne, Victoria E 15 September 11 Bathurst 1000 Mount Panorama Circuit Bathurst, New South Wales E 13 October 12 Gold Coast 600 Surfers Paradise Street Circuit Surfers Paradise, Queensland E 26–27 October 13 Phillip Island 360 Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit Phillip Island, Victoria S 23–24 November 14 Sydney 500 Homebush Street Circuit Sydney, New South Wales 2 7–8 December Sources: [89] [90]

Icon Meaning 2 Two races 4 Four races E Endurance Cup S 60/60 Sprint race

Adelaide Launceston Perth Darwin Townsville Ipswich Winton Sandown Bathurst Gold Coast Phillip Island Homebush class=notpageimage| Australian rounds

Pukekohe class=notpageimage| New Zealand rounds

Austin class=notpageimage| United States rounds

Calendar changes

The Circuit of the Americas in Austin, Texas hosted an event of the championship on 17–19 May. ^{[8] [96]} The series used the shorter "national" circuit, instead of the full layout. ^[94]

The Hamilton 400 was held for the final time in 2012. ^[97] It was replaced by an event at Pukekohe Park Raceway, which last hosted a championship event in 2007. ^[98] The Pukekohe Park circuit was reconfigured to accommodate the category after it was awarded "International" status by the FIA in 2011. This act required the circuit to meet the criteria for an FIA Grade-2 certification, necessitating the changes. ^[92]

After returning to the calendar in 2012, Sydney Motorsport Park did not host an event in 2013. ^[89]

The Yas Marina Circuit was initially scheduled to host the Yas V8 400 in support of the 2013 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, but with the Grand Prix support bill expanding to include rounds of the GP2 and GP3 Series championships, ^{[99] [100]} the event was removed from the V8 Supercars calendar. ^[101]

Format changes

The events at Symmons Plains, Barbagallo, Hidden Valley, Queensland Raceway, Winton and Phillip Island all featured a new three-race format, dubbed the "60/60 Sprint" format. The Saturday race was 120-kilometres in length but split into two 60-kilometre halves with a fifteen-minute break in between to allow teams the opportunity to service their cars. The starting grid for the second half of the race was determined by the finishing order of the first half of the race. The remaining two races were then held on Sunday at 100-kilometres in length each. ^[102] Originally, a driver who finished one lap down in the first half would remain one lap down at the start of the second half of the race. This was changed following the Symmons Plains event, with drivers who were a lap down at the end of the first half gaining the lap back for the second half. ^[103]

Teams were no longer required to compete with a co-driver from an international racing series for the Gold Coast 600. Instead, teams were free to partner each of their drivers with any co-driver they choose, and allowed to enter the same co-drivers for the Sandown 500, Bathurst 1000 and Gold Coast 600. ^[104] The drivers with the most points from the three endurance races received the "Enduro Cup", a new trophy introduced for 2013. ^[105]

Rule changes

A Ford Falcon FG, driven by Will Davison.

A Holden Commodore VF, driven by Scott McLaughlin.

A Mercedes-Benz E63 AMG, driven by Maro Engel.

A Nissan Altima L33, driven by Rick Kelly.

New Generation V8 Supercar

The New Generation V8 Supercar (originally Car of the Future) project was first announced in 2008, when a working group was established to explore options for the long-term future of the category. The study found that in the fifteen years since the category had been restricted to two manufacturers, the costs of building and racing with a competitive car had doubled, with some estimates putting the cost as high as A$600,000 per car, per season. ^{[106] [107]}

The Car of the Future program was created to address this, aiming to reduce running costs to $250,000. This was achieved through the use of "control" parts; where teams had previously been charged with designing and developing their own parts, the Car of the Future regulations called for these parts to be built independently and to a set specification. The basic chassis and roll cage, differential, brakes, cooling and fuel systems and rear suspension were all changed to control parts. ^[108]

The category also introduced a larger fuel tank to combat the phenomenon of "economy racing" whereby drivers would be forced to drive conservatively late in the race so as to preserve enough fuel to reach the finish. The larger tanks and a restructuring of event formats to include more compulsory pit stops instead allowed drivers to push as hard as they pleased until the end of the race. ^[109]

Manufacturers were free to develop their own aerodynamic aids to suit their cars, which were then put through a rigorous system of parity testing so as to refine the aerodynamics of each model of car so as to prevent one model from having a distinct advantage over the others. Finally, manufacturers were also given the option of using "generic" engines developed by the category and re-badged to reflect the manufacturer using them ^[110] —though as the season started, no manufacturers had elected to do so—or developing their own engines, which would be built to specifications and then be subject to a process of homologation to ensure that all engines developed by the manufacturer would be identical. In order to ensure the cars can remain competitive, the process of homologation only applies to the basic engine platform, which teams will be free to develop over the course of the season. ^[76]

With the requirement that all teams build brand-new cars for the 2013 season, most of the cars that were raced in 2011 and 2012 were sold to teams competing in the V8 Development Series, the second-tier category for V8 Supercars. ^{[111] [112] [113]}

In November 2013 the Car of the Future was officially renamed the New Generation V8 Supercar. ^[114]

Results and standings

Season summary

Round		Event name	Pole position	Winning driver	Winning team	Winning car	Report
1	R1	Adelaide 500	Shane van Gisbergen	Craig Lowndes	Triple Eight Race Engineering	Holden Commodore VF	report
	R2		Shane van Gisbergen	Shane van Gisbergen	Tekno Autosports	Holden Commodore VF
2	R1	Tasmania 365	Jamie Whincup	Fabian Coulthard	Brad Jones Racing	Holden Commodore VF	report
	R2		Jason Bright	Jason Bright	Brad Jones Racing	Holden Commodore VF
	R3		Mark Winterbottom	Fabian Coulthard	Brad Jones Racing	Holden Commodore VF
3	R1	Auckland 400	Jamie Whincup	Scott McLaughlin	Garry Rogers Motorsport	Holden Commodore VF	report
	R2		Fabian Coulthard	Jamie Whincup	Triple Eight Race Engineering	Holden Commodore VF
	R3		Jamie Whincup	Will Davison	Ford Performance Racing	Ford Falcon FG
	R4		Jason Bright	Jason Bright	Brad Jones Racing	Holden Commodore VF
4	R1	Perth 360	Jamie Whincup	Craig Lowndes	Triple Eight Race Engineering	Holden Commodore VF	report
	R2		Jason Bright	Jamie Whincup	Triple Eight Race Engineering	Holden Commodore VF
	R3		Jamie Whincup	Jamie Whincup	Triple Eight Race Engineering	Holden Commodore VF
5	R1	Austin 400	Fabian Coulthard	Jamie Whincup	Triple Eight Race Engineering	Holden Commodore VF	report
	R2		Jamie Whincup	Jamie Whincup	Triple Eight Race Engineering	Holden Commodore VF
	R3		Jamie Whincup	Fabian Coulthard	Brad Jones Racing	Holden Commodore VF
	R4		Jamie Whincup	Jamie Whincup	Triple Eight Race Engineering	Holden Commodore VF
6	R1	Darwin Triple Crown	David Reynolds	Jamie Whincup	Triple Eight Race Engineering	Holden Commodore VF	report
	R2		James Courtney	Mark Winterbottom	Ford Performance Racing	Ford Falcon FG
	R3		David Reynolds	Craig Lowndes	Triple Eight Race Engineering	Holden Commodore VF
7	R1	Townsville 400	Shane van Gisbergen	Will Davison	Ford Performance Racing	Ford Falcon FG
	R2		Mark Winterbottom	Garth Tander	Holden Racing Team	Holden Commodore VF
8	R1	Ipswich 360	Jamie Whincup	Jamie Whincup	Triple Eight Race Engineering	Holden Commodore VF
	R2		Jamie Whincup	Scott McLaughlin	Garry Rogers Motorsport	Holden Commodore VF
	R3		Will Davison	Chaz Mostert	Dick Johnson Racing	Ford Falcon FG
9	R1	Winton 360	Jamie Whincup	James Moffat	Nissan Motorsport	Nissan Altima L33
	R2		Jason Bright	Mark Winterbottom	Ford Performance Racing	Ford Falcon FG
	R3		James Courtney	James Courtney	Holden Racing Team	Holden Commodore VF
10		Sandown 500	Will Davison Steve Owen	Jamie Whincup Paul Dumbrell	Triple Eight Race Engineering	Holden Commodore VF	report
11		Bathurst 1000	Jamie Whincup	Mark Winterbottom Steven Richards	Ford Performance Racing	Ford Falcon FG	report
12	R1	Gold Coast 600	Craig Lowndes	Craig Lowndes Warren Luff	Triple Eight Race Engineering	Holden Commodore VF	report
	R2		David Reynolds	David Reynolds Dean Canto	Rod Nash Racing	Ford Falcon FG
13	R1	Phillip Island 360	Mark Winterbottom	Garth Tander	Holden Racing Team	Holden Commodore VF
	R2		Fabian Coulthard	Craig Lowndes	Triple Eight Race Engineering	Holden Commodore VF
	R3		Mark Winterbottom	Jamie Whincup	Triple Eight Race Engineering	Holden Commodore VF
14	R1	Sydney 500	Jamie Whincup	Jamie Whincup	Triple Eight Race Engineering	Holden Commodore VF
	R2		Shane van Gisbergen	Shane van Gisbergen	Tekno Autosports	Holden Commodore VF

Points system

Points were awarded for each race at an event, to the driver/s of a car that completed at least 75% of the race distance and was running at the completion of the race, up to a maximum of 300 points per event.

Event format	Position, points per race
	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
Single-race	300	276	258	240	222	204	192	180	168	156	144	138	132	126	120	114	108	102	96	90	84	78	72	66	60	54	48	42	36
Two-race	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	—
Three-race	100	92	86	80	74	68	64	60	56	52	48	46	44	42	40	38	36	34	32	30	28	26	24	22	20	18	16	14
Four-race	75	69	64	60	55	51	48	45	42	39	36	34	33	31	30	28	27	25	24	22	21	19	18	16	15	13	12	10

• Single-race events: Sandown 500, Bathurst 1000
• Two-race events: Adelaide 500, Townsville 400, Gold Coast 600, Sydney 500
• Three-race events: Tasmania 360, Perth 360, Skycity Darwin Triple Crown, Ipswich 360, Winton 360, Phillip Island 360
• Four-race events: Auckland 400, Austin 400

Drivers' championship

Pos. Driver No. ADE SYM PUK BAR COTA HID TOW QLD WIN SAN BAT SUR PHI SYD Pen. Pts. 1 Jamie Whincup 1 3 2 2 4 5 26 1 24 3 2 1 1 1 1 3 1 1 5 19 7 11 1 2 25 Ret Ret 13 1 2 Ret 4 4 2 1 1 3 45 3094 2 Craig Lowndes 888 1 3 26 10 11 3 16 4 9 1 8 2 2 2 2 5 26 3 1 4 7 4 12 6 21 12 10 2 3 1 8 8 1 3 15 5 70 2966 3 Will Davison 6 2 6 6 5 6 7 2 1 5 14 5 4 4 9 12 Ret Ret 4 7 1 10 6 9 2 6 7 6 3 7 6 9 17 8 6 5 7 25 2799 4 Mark Winterbottom 5 Ret 5 3 6 2 19 13 23 24 3 3 12 8 6 7 6 22 1 2 2 4 3 10 3 4 1 17 6 1 3 18 5 7 2 Ret 6 0 2793 5 Shane van Gisbergen 97 Ret 1 7 12 9 4 6 2 11 9 7 6 26 5 5 3 2 8 6 17 3 12 17 11 13 5 5 12 11 2 Ret 7 3 10 3 1 25 2508 6 Fabian Coulthard 14 19 Ret 1 3 1 5 10 3 4 27 4 7 3 3 1 2 12 7 13 3 17 11 4 5 7 8 2 7 16 Ret 2 2 5 5 19 15 30 2501 7 Jason Bright 8 22 Ret 4 1 4 2 4 6 1 4 2 3 12 21 8 7 8 13 10 5 16 7 5 7 3 2 Ret 24 5 DNS 15 24 23 4 4 2 15 2381 8 Garth Tander 2 7 Ret 5 2 10 6 3 5 2 19 11 9 5 13 6 4 13 9 5 8 1 8 11 21 8 23 4 22 4 18 7 1 10 15 14 Ret 0 2322 9 David Reynolds 55 20 Ret 14 Ret 24 8 5 7 8 7 12 5 11 11 16 13 14 10 3 11 26 Ret 8 4 10 6 7 17 9 8 1 22 9 12 11 4 0 2058 10 Scott McLaughlin 33 6 9 8 8 8 1 24 Ret DNS 12 14 13 28 7 11 27 11 27 8 14 9 2 1 20 19 9 14 8 8 22 23 19 19 11 Ret 12 0 1934 11 James Courtney 22 5 7 9 7 3 9 Ret 22 6 8 6 17 9 14 10 10 3 2 Ret 6 2 5 3 23 5 3 1 5 Ret Ret Ret Ret DNS DNS 15 1909 12 Jonathon Webb 19 8 10 10 11 7 10 11 8 18 16 22 19 7 4 4 9 4 6 4 22 12 26 15 14 20 24 22 13 12 10 17 18 18 Ret 2 23 40 1901 13 Alex Davison 18 9 Ret 13 15 12 11 15 9 7 5 9 16 14 17 18 26 20 20 Ret 9 18 9 7 22 15 18 12 15 13 20 13 3 6 9 12 8 15 1812 14 Rick Kelly 15 11 14 20 23 16 12 7 10 15 26 16 18 6 8 9 8 5 25 12 12 20 13 21 9 14 22 Ret 16 19 11 6 20 13 8 9 18 0 1754 15 Russell Ingall 66 10 4 15 18 26 14 14 11 13 23 21 Ret 24 18 22 22 23 26 16 Ret 5 14 20 Ret 9 Ret DNS 9 17 5 3 13 15 Ret 22 10 25 1556 16 Tony D'Alberto 3 12 8 12 13 25 16 20 Ret 17 24 18 22 18 25 26 21 9 18 14 25 6 21 18 13 11 4 21 23 24 4 21 12 Ret Ret 6 14 15 1526 17 Chaz Mostert 12 15 15 10 13 19 13 15 7 17 17 10 13 23 6 1 16 13 3 14 21 9 11 9 4 Ret 21 9 0 1520 18 James Moffat 360 14 13 19 20 15 22 9 13 10 10 10 8 16 10 17 14 15 23 Ret 15 14 10 23 12 1 11 8 26 18 Ret Ret Ret 21 7 20 Ret 15 1448 19 Alexandre Prémat 34 4 Ret 21 21 14 Ret 8 21 12 6 19 11 17 12 28 11 21 15 Ret 13 19 20 14 26 17 Ret 11 10 23 14 14 Ret DNS DNS 13 16 30 1376 20 Lee Holdsworth 4 17 17 23 17 13 18 25 17 22 18 Ret 14 27 20 21 20 18 16 Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret 18 26 20 20 4 14 12 5 14 17 Ret 23 13 0 1361 21 David Wall 21 16 16 11 Ret 19 21 17 19 19 22 24 Ret 10 Ret 19 12 19 14 Ret 21 25 18 16 24 23 10 18 19 22 7 12 11 14 17 16 22 0 1346 22 Tim Slade 47 15 Ret 22 22 18 25 26 16 23 13 23 24 22 26 20 17 6 11 Ret Ret 8 24 13 8 22 19 15 21 26 15 20 25 24 20 8 11 0 1298 23 Michael Caruso 36 23 Ret 16 19 17 13 12 14 16 11 25 Ret 20 15 15 24 10 21 11 18 22 25 24 16 2 Ret Ret 20 25 Ret 10 10 Ret Ret 7 19 15 1233 24 Dean Fiore 88 21 12 25 9 21 20 19 12 Ret 17 13 15 21 23 23 18 24 19 Ret 20 24 17 26 15 25 16 16 18 Ret 16 19 23 20 18 17 21 0 1211 25 Todd Kelly 7 Ret Ret Ret 16 Ret 17 18 15 14 20 17 21 25 16 14 19 17 12 20 16 15 15 22 10 24 14 Ret 11 Ret 17 Ret 16 16 13 10 17 65 1139 26 Tim Blanchard 17 18 15 17 26 22 15 23 Ret 20 21 20 23 19 24 27 23 Ret 24 15 23 23 16 19 Ret 27 21 9 Ret 15 19 16 6 12 16 Ret Ret 15 1080 27 Scott Pye 80 13 11 18 14 Ret 28 27 20 15 22 25 16 25 28 18 24 21 22 25 19 12 15 Ret Ret 6 13 Ret 15 11 14 Ret Ret 25 1049 28 Maro Engel 9 24 Ret Ret 24 23 24 21 20 21 25 26 Ret 23 Ret 24 25 16 22 9 19 27 19 27 17 18 17 19 25 20 21 22 21 22 19 Ret 20 152 836 29 Warren Luff 888 2 3 1 8 0 774 30 Paul Dumbrell 1 1 2 Ret 4 0 696 31 Steven Richards 5 6 1 3 18 0 684 32 Steve Owen 6 3 7 6 9 0 636 33 Nick Percat 2/22 22 4 18 7 18 24 0 549 34 Craig Baird 4 4 14 12 5 0 546 35 Dean Canto 55 17 9 8 1 0 516 36 Ryan Briscoe 66 9 17 5 3 0 516 37 Jonny Reid 12/3 Ret Ret 24 25 20 23 22 18 25 23 24 4 21 0 449 38 Luke Youlden 14 7 16 Ret 2 0 444 39 Jack Perkins 33 8 8 22 23 0 435 40 Jeroen Bleekemolen 97 12 11 2 Ret 0 420 41 Marc Lieb 19 13 12 10 17 0 402 42 Karl Reindler 15 16 19 11 6 0 384 43 Dale Wood 12 14 21 9 11 0 366 44 John McIntyre 18 15 13 20 13 0 363 45 Greg Ritter 34 10 23 14 14 0 354 46 Andrew Jones 8 24 5 DNS 15 0 348 47 Chris Pither 21 19 22 7 12 0 339 48 Paul Morris 80 Ret 6 13 Ret 0 270 49 Steven Johnson 9 25 20 21 22 0 231 50 Daniel Gaunt 36 20 25 Ret 10 0 228 51 Ashley Walsh 17 Ret 15 19 16 0 225 52 Greg Murphy 22 5 Ret Ret Ret 0 222 53 Matt Halliday 88 18 Ret 16 19 0 207 54 David Russell 7 11 Ret 17 Ret 0 198 55 Andy Priaulx 10 10 0 156 Mattias Ekström 10 10 0 156 57 Taz Douglas 360 26 18 Ret Ret 0 156 58 Andrew Thompson 47 21 26 0 138 59 David Brabham 47 15 20 0 105 Pos. Driver No. ADE SYM PUK BAR COTA HID TOW QLD WIN SAN BAT SUR PHI SYD Pen. Pts.

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver Second place Bronze Third place Green Points classification Blue Non-points classification Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired, not classified (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) Bold – Pole position Italics – Fastest lap   Results count toward the Endurance Cup.

Teams' championship

Pos. Team No. ADE SYM PUK BAR COTA HID TOW QLD WIN SAN BAT SUR PHI SYD Pen. Pts. 1 Triple Eight Race Engineering 1 3 2 2 4 5 26 1 24 3 2 1 1 1 1 3 1 1 5 19 7 11 1 2 25 Ret Ret 13 1 2 Ret 4 4 2 1 1 3 75 6100 888 1 3 26 10 11 3 16 4 9 1 8 2 2 2 2 5 26 3 1 4 7 4 12 6 21 12 10 2 3 1 8 8 1 3 15 5 2 Ford Performance Racing 5 Ret 5 3 6 2 19 13 23 24 3 3 12 8 6 7 6 22 1 2 2 4 3 10 3 4 1 17 6 1 3 18 5 7 2 Ret 6 0 5617 6 2 6 6 5 6 7 2 1 5 14 5 4 4 9 12 Ret Ret 4 7 1 10 6 9 2 6 7 6 3 7 6 9 17 8 6 5 7 3 Brad Jones Racing 8 22 Ret 4 1 4 2 4 6 1 4 2 3 12 21 8 7 8 13 10 5 16 7 5 7 3 2 Ret 24 5 DNS 15 24 23 4 4 2 0 4927 14 19 Ret 1 3 1 5 10 3 4 27 4 7 3 3 1 2 12 7 13 3 17 11 4 5 7 8 2 7 16 Ret 2 2 5 5 19 15 4 Tekno Autosports 19 8 10 10 11 7 10 11 8 18 16 22 19 7 4 4 9 4 6 4 22 12 26 15 14 20 24 22 13 12 10 17 18 18 Ret 2 23 0 4474 97 Ret 1 7 12 9 4 6 2 11 9 7 6 26 5 5 3 2 8 6 17 3 12 17 11 13 5 5 12 11 2 Ret 7 3 10 3 1 5 Holden Racing Team 2 7 Ret 5 2 10 6 3 5 2 19 11 9 5 13 6 4 13 9 5 8 1 8 11 21 8 23 4 22 4 18 7 1 10 15 14 Ret 0 4330 22 5 7 9 7 3 9 Ret 22 6 8 6 17 9 14 10 10 3 2 Ret 6 2 5 3 23 5 3 1 5 Ret Ret Ret Ret DNS DNS 18 24 6 Garry Rogers Motorsport 33 6 9 8 8 8 1 24 Ret DNS 12 14 13 28 7 11 27 11 27 8 14 9 2 1 20 19 9 14 8 8 22 23 19 19 11 Ret 12 0 3340 34 4 Ret 21 21 14 Ret 8 21 12 6 19 11 17 12 28 11 21 15 Ret 13 19 20 14 26 17 Ret 11 10 23 14 14 Ret DNS DNS 13 16 7 Nissan Motorsport 7 Ret Ret Ret 16 Ret 17 18 15 14 20 17 21 25 16 14 19 17 12 20 16 15 15 22 10 24 14 Ret 11 Ret 17 Ret 16 16 13 10 17 0 2958 15 11 14 20 23 16 12 7 10 15 26 16 18 6 8 9 8 5 25 12 12 20 13 21 9 14 22 Ret 16 19 11 6 20 13 8 9 18 8 Dick Johnson Racing 12 Ret Ret 24 25 20 23 22 18 25 15 15 10 13 19 13 15 7 17 17 10 13 23 6 1 16 13 3 14 21 9 11 9 4 Ret 21 9 0 2764 17 18 15 17 26 22 15 23 Ret 20 21 20 23 19 24 27 23 Ret 24 15 23 23 16 19 Ret 27 21 9 Ret 15 19 16 6 12 16 Ret Ret 9 Nissan Motorsport 36 23 Ret 16 19 17 13 12 14 16 11 25 Ret 20 15 15 24 10 21 11 18 22 25 24 16 2 Ret Ret 20 25 Ret 10 10 Ret Ret 7 19 0 2711 360 14 13 19 20 15 22 9 13 10 10 10 8 16 10 17 14 15 23 Ret 15 14 10 23 12 1 11 8 26 18 Ret Ret Ret 21 7 20 Ret 10 Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport 80 13 11 18 14 Ret 28 27 20 15 22 25 16 25 28 18 24 21 22 25 19 12 15 Ret Ret 6 13 Ret 15 11 14 Ret Ret 0 2285 88 21 12 25 9 21 20 19 12 Ret 17 13 15 21 23 23 18 24 19 Ret 20 24 17 26 15 25 16 16 18 Ret 16 19 23 20 18 17 21 11 Erebus Motorsport 4 17 17 23 17 13 18 25 17 22 18 Ret 14 27 20 21 20 18 16 Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret 18 26 20 20 4 14 12 5 14 17 Ret 23 13 102 2247 9 24 Ret Ret 24 23 24 21 20 21 25 26 Ret 23 Ret 24 25 16 22 9 19 27 19 27 17 18 17 19 25 20 21 22 21 22 19 Ret 20 12 Rod Nash Racing ‡ 55 20 Ret 14 Ret 24 8 5 7 8 7 12 5 11 11 16 13 14 10 3 11 26 Ret 8 4 10 6 7 17 9 8 1 22 9 12 11 4 0 2058 13 Charlie Schwerkolt Racing ‡ 18 9 Ret 13 15 12 11 15 9 7 5 9 16 14 17 18 26 20 20 Ret 9 18 9 7 22 15 18 12 15 13 20 13 3 6 9 12 8 0 1827 14 Tony D'Alberto Racing ‡ 3 12 8 12 13 25 16 20 Ret 17 24 18 22 18 25 26 21 9 18 14 25 6 21 18 13 11 4 21 23 24 4 21 12 Ret Ret 6 14 0 1541 15 Walkinshaw Racing ‡ 66 10 4 15 18 26 14 14 11 13 23 21 Ret 24 18 22 22 23 26 16 Ret 5 14 20 Ret 9 Ret DNS 9 17 5 3 13 15 Ret 22 10 62 1519 16 Britek Motorsport ‡ 21 16 16 11 Ret 19 21 17 19 19 22 24 Ret 10 Ret 19 12 19 14 Ret 21 25 18 16 24 23 10 18 19 22 7 12 11 14 17 16 22 0 1346 17 James Rosenberg Racing ‡ 47 15 Ret 22 22 18 25 26 16 23 13 23 24 22 26 20 17 6 11 Ret Ret 8 24 13 8 22 19 15 21 26 15 20 25 24 20 8 11 0 1298 18 Triple Eight Race Engineering (wildcard) 10 10 0 156 Pos. Team No. ADE SYM PUK BAR COTA HID TOW QLD WIN SAN BAT SUR PHI SYD Pen. Pts.

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver Second place Bronze Third place Green Points classification Blue Non-points classification Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired, not classified (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) Bold - Pole position Italics - Fastest lap   Results count towards the Endurance Cup.

Notes:

• ^‡ — Denotes a single-car team.

Enduro Cup

Pos. Drivers No. SAN 500 BAT 1000 SUR 1 SUR 2 Pen. Pts. 1 Craig Lowndes / Warren Luff 888 2 3 1 8 0 774 2 Jamie Whincup / Paul Dumbrell 1 1 2 Ret 4 0 696 3 Mark Winterbottom / Steven Richards 5 6 1 3 18 0 684 4 Will Davison / Steve Owen 6 3 7 6 9 0 636 5 Lee Holdsworth / Craig Baird 4 4 14 12 5 0 546 6 David Reynolds / Dean Canto 55 17 9 8 1 0 516 7 Russell Ingall / Ryan Briscoe 66 9 17 5 3 0 516 8 Garth Tander / Nick Percat 2 22 4 18 7 0 465 9 Fabian Coulthard / Luke Youlden 14 7 16 Ret 2 0 444 10 Scott McLaughlin / Jack Perkins 33 8 8 22 23 0 435 11 Shane van Gisbergen / Jeroen Bleekemolen 97 12 11 2 Ret 0 420 12 Rick Kelly / Karl Reindler 15 16 19 11 6 0 384 13 Jonathon Webb / Marc Lieb 19 13 12 10 17 25 377 14 Chaz Mostert / Dale Wood 12 14 21 9 11 0 366 15 Alex Davison / John McIntyre 18 15 13 20 13 0 363 16 Alexandre Prémat / Greg Ritter 34 10 23 14 14 0 354 17 Jason Bright / Andrew Jones 8 24 5 DNS 15 0 348 18 David Wall / Chris Pither 21 19 22 7 12 0 339 19 Tony D'Alberto / Jonny Reid 3 23 24 4 21 0 300 20 Scott Pye / Paul Morris 80 Ret 6 13 Ret 0 270 21 Tim Slade / Andrew Thompson / David Brabham 47 21 26 15 20 0 243 22 Maro Engel / Steven Johnson 9 25 20 21 22 0 231 23 Michael Caruso / Daniel Gaunt 36 20 25 Ret 10 0 228 24 Tim Blanchard / Ashley Walsh 17 Ret 15 19 16 0 225 25 James Courtney / Greg Murphy 22 5 Ret Ret Ret 0 222 26 Dean Fiore / Matt Halliday 88 18 Ret 16 19 0 207 27 Todd Kelly / David Russell 7 11 Ret 17 Ret 0 198 28 Andy Priaulx / Mattias Ekström 10 10 0 156 29 James Moffat / Taz Douglas 360 26 18 Ret Ret 0 156 Pos. Drivers No. SAN 500 BAT 1000 SUR 1 SUR 2 Pen. Pts.

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver Second place Bronze Third place Green Points classification Blue Non-points classification Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired, not classified (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) Bold - Pole position Italics - Fastest lap

Footnotes

1. Drivers also contested four races at the Melbourne Grand Prix Circuit in support of the Australian Formula One Grand Prix, but these races do not form a part of the championship and no points were awarded.
2. Scott Pye was ruled out of the third event of the championship at Pukekohe Park Raceway after crashing heavily at Symmons Plains Raceway. ^[51] The damage to his car was so extensive that Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport were unable to repair it in time for the race. ^[52]
3. For points-scoring purposes, Nissan Motorsport was divided into two separate teams: "Jack Daniel's Racing", which was made up of car #7 and car #15; and "Norton 360 Racing", which was made up of car #36 and car #360.

See also

• V8 Supercars
• 2013 V8 Supercar season
• 2013 Dunlop V8 Supercar Series

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