The 2016 Kumho Tyres Australian V8 Touring Car Series is the 9th running of the series. [1] Defending champion Liam McAdam moved to the V8 Supercars Dunlop Series for 2016. [2]
Team | Car | No. | Driver | Rounds |
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Kustom Workz / Supercar Parts | Ford BF Falcon | 4 | Shane Hunt | 3-4 |
Haymans Virginia / JCH Electrical | Ford BF Falcon | 5 | Jason Heck | 1-3 |
501 Performance | Ford BF Falcon | 6 | David Wright | 2 |
MoComm Motorsport Communications | Holden VE Commodore | 7 | Jim Pollicina | 1-4 |
Poco / Simons Earthwork | Holden VZ Commodore | 8 | Steve Briffa | 1,3-4 |
Kenwood Homes | Ford BF Falcon | 11 | Michael Anderson | 1,3-4 |
Edge Designer Homes | Ford BF Falcon | 13 | Tyler Greenbury | 1 |
Image Racing / Lubrimaxx | Ford FG Falcon | 13 | Tyler Greenbury | 2-3 |
Ford BF Falcon | 4 | |||
Ford BA Falcon | 16 | Leigh Moran | 1–2,4 | |
Brad Jones Racing | Holden VE Commodore | 14 | Josh Smith | All |
Car Advice / Penrite | Holden VE Commodore | 15 | Emily Duggan | 1 |
Newton Motorsport / Petwell Engineering | Ford EL Falcon | 17 | Troy Stapleton | 2,4 |
Unichip Dynomotive | Holden VE Commodore | 18 | Jack Sipp | 1 |
66 | 2-4 | |||
Cavalier Homes | Ford BA Falcon | 18 | Matt Chahda | 2 |
Wake Up/Side Bar | Holden VZ Commodore | 18 | Warren Millett | 3-4 |
Savs Auto Electric / Westco Automotive | Holden VE Commodore | 25 | Sam Morabito | 1 |
Dean Vovacevich | 2-4 | |||
MW Motorsport | Ford FG Falcon | 26 | Garry Jacobson | 4-5 |
Tempest Solutions Air & Mechanical | Holden VE Commodore | 37 | Anthony Loscialpo | 1-2 |
Michael Caine | 3 | |||
Vectra Corp / Lubrimaxx | Ford FG Falcon | 39 | Chris Smerdon | All |
SA Racing Logistics / THR Developments | Holden VE Commodore | 45 | Taz Douglas | All |
BSTRONG ELECTRICAL / Kirra Automotive | Holden VZ Commodore | 75 | Brendan Strong | 1-3 |
WARLORD / Simon's Earthworks | Holden VZ Commodore | 88 | Simon Emerzidis | All |
Custom Garage | Ford EL Falcon | 111 | Andy Cantrell | 3 |
The series is being contested over five rounds with three races at each round. [1]
Round | Circuit | City / state | Date | Winning driver(s) |
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1 | Sandown Raceway | Melbourne, Victoria | 1–3 April | Taz Douglas |
2 | Winton Motor Raceway | Winton, Victoria | 20–22 May | Taz Douglas |
3 | Queensland Raceway | Ipswich, Queensland | 22–24 July | Taz Douglas |
4 | Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit | Phillip Island, Victoria | 9–11 September | Garry Jacobson |
5 | Sydney Motorsport Park | Sydney, New South Wales | 28–30 October | Garry Jacobson |
Pos. | Driver | SAN | WIN | QLD | PHI | SMP | Pts. | ||||||||||
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1 | Taz Douglas | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 598 |
2 | Tyler Greenbury | 7 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | Ret | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 496 |
3 | Josh Smith | NC | 7 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 489 |
4 | Jim Pollicina | 5 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 4 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 10 | 353 |
5 | Chris Smerdon | 2 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 5 | Ret | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 12 | 337 |
6 | Garry Jacobson | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 281 | |||||||||
7 | Michael Anderson | 6 | 9 | Ret | 5 | Ret | 6 | 6 | 4 | 8 | Ret | 7 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 277 |
8 | Jack Sipp | 9 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 11 | 9 | 11 | 7 | 8 | Ret | 10 | 6 | 8 | 209 |
9 | Simon Emerzidis | 11 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 14 | 10 | 7 | 12 | Ret | 8 | 9 | 7 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 172 |
10 | Dean Kovacevich | 13 | 9 | 13 | 13 | 10 | 10 | 13 | 11 | 9 | 137 | ||||||
11 | Warren Millett | 8 | 11 | 12 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 16 | 12 | 13 | 114 | ||||||
12 | Brendan Strong | 8 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 12 | 8 | DNS | Ret | Ret | Ret | 113 | |||
13 | Steve Briffa | 3 | 8 | 7 | EXC | EXC | 7 | Ret | Ret | Ret | 12 | 17 | Ret | 113 | |||
14 | Jason Heck | 4 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 6 | Ret | Ret | DNS | DNS | 100 | ||||||
15 | Anthony Loscialpo | Ret | 13 | 14 | 12 | 8 | 8 | 96 | |||||||||
16 | Shane Hunt | 10 | 5 | 9 | 12 | Ret | 8 | Ret | 14 | Ret | 93 | ||||||
17 | Bryce Fullwood | DNS | 2 | 2 | 88 | ||||||||||||
18 | Tony Evangelou | 7 | 4 | 5 | 79 | ||||||||||||
19 | Michael Caine | Ret | Ret | 6 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 70 | |||||||||
20 | Leigh Moran | 12 | 14 | 13 | 15 | 13 | Ret | 11 | 13 | 14 | 67 | ||||||
21 | Troy Stapleton | 14 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 65 | |||||||||
22 | David Wright | 7 | 11 | 5 | 62 | ||||||||||||
23 | Jon McCorkindale | 9 | 9 | 6 | 56 | ||||||||||||
24 | Mark Primmer | 14 | 14 | 13 | 15 | 16 | 14 | 48 | |||||||||
25 | Matt Chahda | Ret | DNS | 4 | 41 | ||||||||||||
26 | Isidoro Ambrosio | 13 | 13 | 11 | 31 | ||||||||||||
27 | Andy Cantrell | 9 | Ret | 13 | 25 | ||||||||||||
28 | Sam Morabito | 10 | 11 | Ret | 16 | ||||||||||||
29 | Emily Duggan | Ret | Ret | 11 | 15 | ||||||||||||
30 | Garry Mennell | Ret | 18 | 16 | 11 | ||||||||||||
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