2014 V8 Supercar season

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The 2014 V8 Supercar season was the eighteenth year in which V8 Supercars contested the senior Australian touring car series. It was the 55th year of touring car racing in Australia since the first runnings of the Australian Touring Car Championship, now known as the International V8 Supercars Championship, and the fore-runner of the present day Bathurst 1000, the Armstrong 500.

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The season began on 27 February at the Adelaide Street Circuit and finished on 7 December at the Homebush Street Circuit. 2014 featured the eighteenth V8 Supercar Championship, consisting of 38 races at 14 events covering all six states and the Northern Territory of Australia as well as an event in New Zealand. There was also a stand-alone event supporting the 2014 Australian Grand Prix. The season also featured the fifteenth second-tier Dunlop V8 Supercar Series , contested over seven rounds. For the seventh time a third-tier series was run, the Kumho Tyres V8 Touring Car Series.

Race calendar

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Justin Ruggier won the 2014 Kumho V8 Touring Car Series.

Dates sourced from: [1] [2]

Event titleCircuitCity / stateRace/roundDateWinnerReport
Flag of South Australia.svg Clipsal 500 Adelaide Adelaide Street Circuit Adelaide, South Australia IVC 1
IVC 2
IVC 3
27 February–2 March Jamie Whincup
Craig Lowndes
James Courtney
report
DVS 1 Paul Dumbrell
Flag of Victoria (Australia).svg MSS Security V8 Supercars Challenge Albert Park Street Circuit Melbourne, Victoria IVC NC13–16 March Scott McLaughlin report
Flag of Tasmania.svg Tyrepower Tasmania 400 Symmons Plains Raceway Launceston, Tasmania IVC 4
IVC 5
IVC 6
28–30 March Jamie Whincup
Jamie Whincup
Craig Lowndes
report
Flag of Victoria (Australia).svg Winton 400 Winton Motor Raceway Benalla, Victoria IVC 7
IVC 8
IVC 9
4–6 April Fabian Coulthard
Lee Holdsworth
Mark Winterbottom
report
DVS 2 Ashley Walsh
Flag of New Zealand.svg ITM 500 Auckland Pukekohe Park Raceway Pukekohe, New Zealand IVC 10
IVC 11
IVC 12
IVC 13
24–27 April Jason Bright
Mark Winterbottom
Shane van Gisbergen
Mark Winterbottom
report
Flag of South Australia.svg Mallala Mallala Motorsport Park Mallala, South Australia KVTC 125–27 April Ryan Simpson
Flag of Western Australia.svg Perth 400 Barbagallo Raceway Perth, Western Australia IVC 14
IVC 15
IVC 16
16–18 May Scott McLaughlin
Craig Lowndes
Chaz Mostert
report
DVS 3 Ashley Walsh
Flag of Victoria (Australia).svg Winton Winton Motor Raceway Benalla, Victoria KVTC 213–15 June Ryan Simpson
Flag of the Northern Territory.svg Skycity Triple Crown Hidden Valley Raceway Darwin, Northern Territory IVC 17
IVC 18
IVC 19
20–22 June Jamie Whincup
Jamie Whincup
Mark Winterbottom
report
Flag of Queensland.svg Castrol Townsville 500 Townsville Street Circuit Townsville, Queensland IVC 20
IVC 21
IVC 22
4–6 July Jamie Whincup
Garth Tander
Jamie Whincup
report
DVS 4 Chris Pither
Flag of Queensland.svg Coates Hire Ipswich 400 Queensland Raceway Ipswich, Queensland IVC 23
IVC 24
IVC 25
1–3 August Jamie Whincup
Jamie Whincup
James Courtney
report
DVS 5 Paul Dumbrell
Flag of Queensland.svg Queensland Raceway Queensland Raceway Ipswich, Queensland KVTC 38–10 August Ryan Simpson
Flag of New South Wales.svg Sydney Motorsport Park 400 Sydney Motorsport Park Sydney, New South Wales IVC 26
IVC 27
IVC 28
22–24 August Shane van Gisbergen
Shane van Gisbergen
Scott McLaughlin
report
Flag of Victoria (Australia).svg Wilson Security Sandown 500 Sandown Raceway Melbourne, Victoria IVC 2912–14 September Jamie Whincup
Paul Dumbrell
report
Flag of Victoria (Australia).svg Phillip Island Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit Phillip Island, Victoria KVTC 419–21 September Cameron McConville
Flag of New South Wales.svg Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000 Mount Panorama Circuit Bathurst, New South Wales IVC 309–12 October Chaz Mostert
Paul Morris
report
DVS 6 Paul Dumbrell
Flag of New South Wales.svg Wakefield Park Wakefield Park Goulburn, New South Wales KVTC 517–19 October Justin Ruggier
Flag of Queensland.svg Castrol Edge Gold Coast 600 Surfers Paradise Street Circuit Surfers Paradise, Queensland IVC 31

IVC 32
24–26 October Shane van Gisbergen
Jonathon Webb
Jamie Whincup
Paul Dumbrell
report
Flag of New South Wales.svg Sydney Motorsport Park Sydney Motorsport Park Sydney, New South Wales KVTC 631 October–2 November Justin Ruggier
Flag of Victoria (Australia).svg Plus Fitness Phillip Island 400 Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit Phillip Island, Victoria IVC 33
IVC 34
IVC 35
14–16 November Scott McLaughlin
Jamie Whincup
Scott McLaughlin
report
Flag of New South Wales.svg Sydney NRMA 500 Homebush Street Circuit Sydney, New South Wales IVC 36
IVC 37
IVC 38
5–7 December Jamie Whincup
Jamie Whincup
Shane van Gisbergen
report
DVS 7 Cameron Waters

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References

  1. Bartholomaeus, Stefan (23 September 2013). "V8 Supercars confirms 2014 calendar". SpeedCafe. Retrieved 19 February 2014.
  2. "2014 Schedule". Australian V8 Touring Car Series. Retrieved 19 February 2014.