2015 V8 Supercar season

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The 2015 V8 Supercar season was the nineteenth year in which V8 Supercars contested the senior Australian touring car series. It was the 56th 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 26 February at the Adelaide Street Circuit and finished on 6 December at the Homebush Street Circuit. 2015 featured the nineteenth V8 Supercar Championship, consisting of 36 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 2015 Australian Grand Prix. The season also featured the sixteenth second-tier Dunlop V8 Supercar Series , contested over seven rounds. For the eighth time a third-tier series was run, the Kumho Tyres V8 Touring Car Series.

The series championships were won by Mark Winterbottom (V8 Supercar Championship), Cameron Waters (Dunlop Series) and Liam McAdam (Kumho KVTC) respectively.

Race calendar

Dates sourced from: [1] [2] [3]

Event titleCircuitCity / stateRace/roundDateWinnerReport
Flag of South Australia.svg Clipsal 500 Adelaide Adelaide Street Circuit Adelaide, South Australia IVC 1
IVC 2
IVC 3
26 February–1 March Jamie Whincup
Fabian Coulthard
James Courtney
report
DVS 1 Paul Dumbrell
Flag of Victoria (Australia).svg MSS Security V8 Supercars Challenge Albert Park Street Circuit Melbourne, Victoria IVC NC12–15 March Mark Winterbottom report
Flag of Tasmania.svg Tyrepower Tasmania Super Sprint Symmons Plains Raceway Launceston, Tasmania IVC 4
IVC 5
IVC 6
27–29 March Craig Lowndes
Craig Lowndes
Jamie Whincup
report
Flag of Victoria (Australia).svg Sandown Sandown Raceway Melbourne, Victoria KVTC 1 Jack Perkins
Flag of Western Australia.svg Ubet Perth Super Sprint Barbagallo Raceway Perth, Western Australia IVC 7
IVC 8
IVC 9
1–3 May Mark Winterbottom
Mark Winterbottom
Will Davison
report
DVS 2 Cameron Waters
Flag of Victoria (Australia).svg NP300 Navara Winton Super Sprint Winton Motor Raceway Benalla, Victoria IVC 10
IVC 11
IVC 12
15–17 May Chaz Mostert
Mark Winterbottom
Mark Winterbottom
report
DVS 3 Cameron Waters
Flag of Victoria (Australia).svg Winton Winton Motor Raceway Benalla, Victoria KVTC 212–14 June Alex Rullo
Flag of the Northern Territory.svg Skycity Triple Crown Hidden Valley Raceway Darwin, Northern Territory IVC 13
IVC 14
IVC 15
19–21 June Chaz Mostert
Craig Lowndes
David Reynolds
report
Flag of Queensland.svg Castrol Edge Townsville 400 Townsville Street Circuit Townsville, Queensland IVC 16
IVC 17
10–12 July Mark Winterbottom
Mark Winterbottom
report
DVS 4 Cameron Waters
Flag of Queensland.svg Coates Hire Ipswich Super Sprint Queensland Raceway Ipswich, Queensland IVC 18
IVC 19
IVC 20
31 July–2 August Mark Winterbottom
Mark Winterbottom
Chaz Mostert
report
DVS 5 Cameron Waters
Flag of Queensland.svg Queensland Raceway Queensland Raceway Ipswich, Queensland KVTC 37–9 August Alex Rullo
Flag of New South Wales.svg Sydney Motorsport Park Super Sprint Sydney Motorsport Park Sydney, New South Wales IVC 21
IVC 22
IVC 23
21–23 August Chaz Mostert
Jamie Whincup
Chaz Mostert
report
Flag of Victoria (Australia).svg Wilson Security Sandown 500 Sandown Raceway Melbourne, Victoria IVC 2411–13 September Mark Winterbottom
Steve Owen
report
Flag of Victoria (Australia).svg Phillip Island Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit Phillip Island, Victoria KVTC 418–20 September Liam McAdam
Flag of New South Wales.svg Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000 Mount Panorama Circuit Bathurst, New South Wales IVC 258–11 October Craig Lowndes
Steven Richards
report
DVS 6 Paul Dumbrell
Flag of Queensland.svg Castrol Gold Coast 600 Surfers Paradise Street Circuit Surfers Paradise, Queensland IVC 26

IVC 27
23–25 October Shane van Gisbergen
Jonathon Webb
James Courtney
Jack Perkins
report
Flag of New Zealand.svg ITM 500 Auckland Pukekohe Park Raceway Pukekohe, New Zealand IVC 28
IVC 29
IVC 30
6–8 November Jamie Whincup
David Reynolds
Jamie Whincup
report
Flag of New South Wales.svg Sydney Motorsport Park Sydney Motorsport Park Sydney, New South Wales KVTC 513–15 November Liam McAdam
Flag of Victoria (Australia).svg WD-40 Phillip Island Super Sprint Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit Phillip Island, Victoria IVC 31
IVC 32
IVC 33
20–22 November Craig Lowndes
Jamie Whincup
Craig Lowndes
report
Flag of New South Wales.svg Coates Hire Sydney 500 Homebush Street Circuit Sydney, New South Wales IVC 34
IVC 35
IVC 36
4–6 December Jamie Whincup
Jamie Whincup
Shane van Gisbergen
report
DVS 7 Paul Dumbrell

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References

  1. "V8 Supercars announces 2015 calendar". V8Supercars.com.au. 12 September 2014. Retrieved 28 January 2015.
  2. "Date change for Perth 2015 event". V8Supercars.com.au. 17 November 2014. Retrieved 28 January 2015.
  3. "Kumho V8 Touring Car Series Confirms 2015 Racing Calendar". V8TouringCars.com.au. 25 September 2014. Retrieved 28 January 2015.