2015 V8 Supercars Dunlop Series

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The 2015 V8 Supercars Dunlop Series was an Australian motor racing competition for V8 Supercars, staged as support series to the International V8 Supercars Championship. It was the sixteenth annual V8 Supercar Development Series and the fourth to be contested under the "Dunlop Series" name.

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The series was won by Cameron Waters driving a Ford FG Falcon.

Teams and drivers

The following teams and drivers contested the 2015 V8 Supercars Dunlop Series:

TeamVehicleNo.DriverRounds
Eggleston Motorsport Holden Commodore VE 1 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Paul Dumbrell [1] All
38 Flag of New Zealand.svg Ant Pedersen [1] 1–6
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Liam McAdam [2] 7
54 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Garry Jacobson [1] All
88 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Liam McAdam [3] 6
Image Racing Ford Falcon FG 2 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Dan Day All
10 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jesse Dixon 1–5
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Grant Denyer [4] 6
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jonathon Webb [5] 7
Jamie Sharp Racing Holden Commodore VE 3 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jamie Sharp 1
RSport Engineering Holden Commodore VE 4 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Kurt Kostecki 1–4
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Phil Woodbury 5–7
7 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Brett Hobson 1–4
Ford Falcon FG 5
Holden Commodore VE 11 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Matt Chahda 1–2
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Phil Woodbury 3
Prodrive Racing Australia Ford Falcon FG 5 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Cameron Waters [6] All
Brad Jones Racing Holden Commodore VE 8 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Andrew Jones [7] All
14 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Macauley Jones [7] All
21 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Josh Kean [7] All
Paul Morris Motorsport Holden Commodore VE 16 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Bryce Fullwood 1–6
Ford Falcon FG 55 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Renee Gracie [8] All
67 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Paul Morris 1–6
Matt Chahda Motorsport Ford Falcon FG 18 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Matt Chahda 3–7
MW Motorsport Ford Falcon FG 28 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jack Le Brocq 1–6
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Bryce Fullwood [9] 7
42 Flag of New Zealand.svg Chris Pither 1–6
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jack Le Brocq [9] 7
Matt Stone Racing Ford Falcon FG 35 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Todd Hazelwood All
90 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Shae Davies [10] All
THR Developments Holden Commodore VE 45 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Taz Douglas 1–4
46 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Chelsea Angelo 1
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jason Leoncini 2–3
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Geoff Emery 4
Matt Hansen Racing Holden Commodore VE 50 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Matt Hansen 1–3
Novocastrian Motorsport (PMM) Ford Falcon FG 58 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Aaren Russell All
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Drew Russell 6
Warrin Mining Holden Commodore VE 62 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Adam Wallis 1, 4
McGill Motorsport Holden Commodore VE 75 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Aaron McGill All
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Michael Caine 6
Dragon Motor Racing
Garry Rogers Motorsport
Holden Commodore VE 99 Flag of Australia (converted).svg James Golding All
Super Black Racing (MW) Ford Falcon FG 111 Flag of New Zealand.svg Simon Evans All

The 2015 V8 Supercars Dunlop Series featured a new race number allocation system. Each year since the series began in 2000, the race number pool was shared with the main V8 Supercars Championship, meaning that numbers used in that series could not be used in the Dunlop Series. For 2015, an individual number pool was allocated to each series.

Calendar

The 2015 V8 Supercars Dunlop Series was contested over seven rounds. [11] The calendar was released on 18 November 2014. [11]

Series scheduleResults summary
Rnd.RaceEventCircuitLocationDateWinning driverRound winner
11 Flag of South Australia.svg Clipsal 500 Adelaide Adelaide Street Circuit Adelaide, South Australia 27 February Flag of Australia (converted).svg Cameron Waters Flag of Australia (converted).svg Paul Dumbrell
228 February Flag of Australia (converted).svg Paul Dumbrell
21 Flag of Western Australia.svg Ubet Perth Super Sprint Barbagallo Raceway Perth, Western Australia 2 May Flag of Australia (converted).svg Cameron Waters Flag of Australia (converted).svg Cameron Waters
23 May Flag of Australia (converted).svg Cameron Waters
3 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Cameron Waters
31 Flag of Victoria (Australia).svg NP300 Navara Winton Super Sprint Winton Motor Raceway Benalla, Victoria 16 May Flag of Australia (converted).svg Cameron Waters Flag of Australia (converted).svg Cameron Waters
217 May Flag of Australia (converted).svg Cameron Waters
3 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Cameron Waters
41 Flag of Queensland.svg Castrol Edge Townsville 400 Townsville Street Circuit Townsville, Queensland 11 July Flag of Australia (converted).svg Cameron Waters Flag of Australia (converted).svg Cameron Waters
212 July Flag of Australia (converted).svg Paul Dumbrell
51 Flag of Queensland.svg Coates Hire Ipswich Super Sprint Queensland Raceway Ipswich, Queensland 1 August Flag of Australia (converted).svg Cameron Waters Flag of Australia (converted).svg Cameron Waters
22 August Flag of Australia (converted).svg Cameron Waters
3 Flag of New Zealand.svg Chris Pither
61 Flag of New South Wales.svg Bathurst 250 Mount Panorama Circuit Bathurst, New South Wales 10 October Flag of Australia (converted).svg Paul Dumbrell Flag of Australia (converted).svg Paul Dumbrell
71 Flag of New South Wales.svg Coates Hire Sydney 500 Homebush Street Circuit Sydney, New South Wales 5 December Flag of Australia (converted).svg Paul Dumbrell Flag of Australia (converted).svg Paul Dumbrell
26 December Flag of Australia (converted).svg Paul Dumbrell

Note: In the above table, "Event" refers to the V8 Supercars Championship meeting at which the Dunlop Series round was contested.

Points system

Series points were awarded in each race as per the following: [12]

Round formatPosition
1st2nd3rd4th5th6th7th8th9th10th11th12th13th14th15th16th17th18th19th20th21st22nd23rd24th25th26th27th28th29th30th
Three races1009286807468646056524846444240383634323028262422201816141210
Two races150138129120111102969084787269666360575451484542393633302724211815
One race300276258240222204192180168156144138132126120114108102969084787266605448423630

Championship standings

Pos. [13] Driver [13] No. ADE
Flag of South Australia.svg
BAR
Flag of Western Australia.svg
WIN
Flag of Victoria (Australia).svg
TOW
Flag of Queensland.svg
QLD
Flag of Queensland.svg
BAT
Flag of New South Wales.svg
SYD
Flag of New South Wales.svg
Pen.Pts. [13]
1 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Cameron Waters 5121111111211328201966
2 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Paul Dumbrell 12141023335134211101889
3 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jack Le Brocq 28/42773344453423595301587
4 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Todd Hazelwood 359864813786567953601404
5 Flag of New Zealand.svg Chris Pither 423122222654113551301337
6 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Garry Jacobson 5456987151018297681021501287
7 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Andrew Jones 884RetRet2222DNSDNS42646401274
8 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Shae Davies 9010107715106671813101116711151070
9 Flag of New Zealand.svg Simon Evans 11117231312111418913612971215120961
10 Flag of Australia (converted).svg James Golding 9919Ret11695Ret11Ret81119207490938
11 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Aaren Russell 586352324251478Ret9Ret1420970935
12 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Macauley Jones 14131115115Ret16169Ret16141381680911
13 Flag of New Zealand.svg Ant Pedersen 384512171078124Ret884Ret0855
14 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Paul Morris 67231485611910107DNSDNSDNS640795
15 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Dan Day 2122519162318172220131818171417160741
16 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jesse Dixon 101113109208Ret1512161013100650
17 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Bryce Fullwood 16/2820RetDNS1412202020Ret11Ret11121810100647
18 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Renee Gracie 552120201317191921Ret1217Ret1519131425634
19 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Josh Kean 21Ret16161513911251517141718Ret11Ret25576
20 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Aaron McGill 751521212118242424Ret1521DNSDNS17Ret170508
21 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Taz Douglas 4518914Ret1412121314100496
22 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Matt Chahda 11/181417DNSDNSDNS17132317Ret191219Ret14Ret25423
23 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Brett Hobson 7RetDNS23221922232616DNS1515160325
24 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Kurt Kostecki 4252417201616221421Ret25290
25 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Adam Wallis 62161519140228
26 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Liam McAdam 38/8811181350211
27 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Matt Hansen 50Ret192218Ret2321170196
28 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jason Leoncini 461819212115190194
29 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Phil Woodbury 4/11DNSDNSDNS2016Ret15DNSDNS0188
30 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jonathon Webb 101250180
31 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Grant Denyer 10130132
32 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Michael Caine 75170108
33 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Chelsea Angelo 462218090
34 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Drew Russell 5820090
35 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jamie Sharp 32422072
36 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Geoff Emery 4618DNS051
Pos.DriverNo. ADE
Flag of South Australia.svg
BAR
Flag of Western Australia.svg
WIN
Flag of Victoria (Australia).svg
TOW
Flag of Queensland.svg
QLD
Flag of Queensland.svg
BAT
Flag of New South Wales.svg
SYD
Flag of New South Wales.svg
Pen.Pts.
ColourResult
GoldWinner
SilverSecond place
BronzeThird place
GreenPoints finish
BlueNon-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
PurpleRetired (Ret)
RedDid not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
BlackDisqualified (DSQ)
WhiteDid not start (DNS)
Withdrew (WD)
Race cancelled (C)
BlankDid not practice (DNP)
Did not arrive (DNA)
Excluded (EX)

Bold - Pole position
Italics - Fastest lap

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