The 2017 Australian V8 Touring Car Series (commercially known as the 2017 Kumho Tyres Australian V8 Touring Car Series) was the tenth running of the Australian V8 Touring Car Series, the third tier of Australian touring car racing. The five-round, fifteen-race championship began on 21 April at Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit and concluded on 29 October at Sydney Motorsport Park. [1]
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Session | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 |
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Qualifying | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
Races 1 & 2 | 40 | 35 | 31 | 27 | 23 | 20 | 17 | 15 | 13 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
Race 3 | 60 | 53 | 47 | 41 | 35 | 30 | 26 | 23 | 20 | 17 | 15 | 14 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 2 |
Pos. | Driver | Class | PHI | WIN | QLD | PHI | SMP | Pen. | Pts. | ||||||||||
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R1 | R2 | R3 | R1 | R2 | R3 | R1 | R2 | R3 | R1 | R2 | R3 | R1 | R2 | R3 | |||||
1 | Jack Smith | C | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | Ret | 1 | 1 | 1 | 594 | |
2 | Tyler Greenbury | C | 1 | 1 | Ret | 2 | 1 | Ret | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 5 | Ret | 2 | 2 | 2 | 454 | |
3 | Michael Anderson | K | 3 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 444 | |
4 | Jon McCorkindale | K | 4 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 5 | DNS | 10 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 407 | |
5 | Jim Pollicina | K | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 12 | Ret | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 306 | |
6 | Jordan Boys | C | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 9 | Ret | 8 | Ret | 298 | ||||
= | Michael Caine | K | 9 | 8 | 6 | 7 | Ret | 6 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 298 | |
8 | Chris Smerdon | K | 10 | 12 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 280 | |
9 | Josh Smith | C | 6 | 2 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 13 | 208 | ||||||
10 | Anton de Pasquale | C | 3 | 2 | 2 | 119 | |||||||||||||
11 | Warren Millett | K | 16 | 13 | 10 | 14 | 11 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 12 | 107 | |||||||
12 | Geoff Emery | C | 2 | 9 | 2 | 101 | |||||||||||||
13 | Gary Collins | K | 12 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 9 | Ret | 10 | 10 | 11 | 98 | |||||||
14 | Bradley Neill | H | Ret | 17 | 16 | 15 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 15 | 10 | Ret | DNS | 12 | 13 | 13 | 97 | |
15 | Thomas Randle | C | 5 | 5 | 4 | 87 | |||||||||||||
16 | Nandi Kiss | K | 13 | 14 | 13 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 77 | ||||||||||
17 | Steven Page | K | DNS | DNS | 17 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 73 | ||||||||||
18 | Aaron Seton | C | Ret | DNS | DNS | 6 | 7 | 7 | 63 | ||||||||||
19 | Chris Delfsma | K | 13 | 14 | 11 | 14 | 15 | 14 | Ret | DNS | DNS | 53 | |||||||
20 | Troy Stapleton | H | 15 | 15 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 52 | ||||||||||
21 | David Wright | K | 11 | 9 | 8 | 46 | |||||||||||||
22 | Garry Hills | K | 12 | 10 | 7 | Ret | DNS | DNS | 45 | ||||||||||
23 | Tony Evangelou | K | 10 | 14 | 7 | 44 | |||||||||||||
24 | Jack Sipp | K | 11 | 11 | 8 | 42 | |||||||||||||
25 | Andy Cantrell | H | 8 | 12 | 10 | 41 | |||||||||||||
26 | Jason Heck | K | 12 | 11 | 12 | 33 | |||||||||||||
27 | Jason Foley | K | Ret | 11 | 9 | 30 | |||||||||||||
28 | Jamie McDonald | H | 13 | 14 | 14 | 26 | |||||||||||||
29 | Mark Primmer | K | 14 | 16 | 15 | 20 | |||||||||||||
30 | Leigh Moran | K | Ret | DNS | DNS | 0 | |||||||||||||
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