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Category | Touring car racing |
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Country | ![]() |
Inaugural season | 2008 |
Drivers | Super3 Series: 12 V8 Touring Car Series: 13 |
Teams | Super3 Series: 12 V8 Touring Car Series: 15 |
Constructors | Super3 Series:![]() ![]() ![]() V8 Touring Car Series: ![]() ![]() |
Tyre suppliers | Super3 Series: Dunlop Tyres V8 Touring Car Series: Kumho Tyres |
Drivers' champion | Super3 Series:![]() V8 Touring Car Series: ![]() |
Teams' champion | Super3 Series:![]() V8 Touring Car Series: ![]() |
Official website | Supercars.com V8 Touring Cars Series |
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The Super3 Series & V8 Touring Car Series (formerly the Kumho Tyres Super3 Series, Kumho Tyres Australian V8 Touring Car Series and V8 Touring Car National Series) are two Australian motor racing competitions for touring cars. In 2019 it became the official third tier series for Supercars competitors, while the series itself remains independently owned and managed from Supercars. The cars must be deregistered cars from official Supercar teams and series, this is mainly as a preventive measure against a team building a brand new car to suit the regulations. In 2023 the V8 Touring Car Series would be revived to create a standalone unofficial fourth tier level V8 Supercars category. The two series is currently known by the commercial identities of the Dunlop Super3 Series & Kumho Tyres Australian V8 Touring Car Series.
The series came into existence as an acknowledgement that there are many old V8 Supercars no longer eligible or competitive in the second-tier Dunlop V8 Supercar Series and, other than as overweight and uncompetitive Sports Sedans, had nowhere else to race. The series has also attracted competitors from the now defunct Australian Touring Car Challenge which had run on the now collapsed Australian Motor Racing Championships program.
The inaugural series was held in 2008 as a completely new category, running on the Shannons Nationals Motor Racing Championships schedule. The series struggled to find a grid in its opening year, with the low point coming in the second round at Eastern Creek where just three cars were entered. The series has since swollen with the deregistration of the Ford AU Falcon and Holden VX Commodore from the Fujitsu V8 Supercar Series, with a number of fresh cars and teams stepping straight out of the second-tier series.
Chris Smerdon, a former V8 Supercar driver, was the inaugural series champion, dominating the 2008 series in an ex-Stone Brothers Racing Ford AU Falcon. The 2009 series saw former Fujitsu Series drivers Adam Wallis and Terry Wyhoon battle with Smerdon for the crown, with Wallis coming out on top over Wyhoon and Smerdon. Another former Fujitsu Series driver, Tony Evangelou, won the 2010 series, being the only driver to compete in all five rounds. Wyhoon won the series in 2011 after a close battle with Smerdon and Scott Loadsman.
In 2019, the series was rebranded to Super3. [1]
In 2020, only two rounds of the series were completed - therefore no champion was awarded.
In 2021 the Super3 Series sat to join alongside the Dunlop Super2 Series for the first time as a class.
In 2023, Car of the Future also known later as New Generation V8 Supercar built cars were set to become eligible in the Super3 Series class of the Dunlop Super2 & Super3 Series alongside Project Blueprint built specification cars purchased from teams in the Super2 Series Class of the Dunlop Super2 & Super3 Series. In the same year of 2023 the V8 Touring Car Series would be revived to create a standalone unofficial fourth tier V8 Supercars category for Pre-Car of The Future Specification built cars to be eligible. [2]
In November 2024, Supercars announced the series would cease to exist as a stand alone series with cars eligible to compete in Super 2 in 2025. [3]
Each weekend consist of two races, the first usually held on Saturday and the second on Sunday. To score points, the driver must complete at least 75% of the race distance and must cross the finish line at the completion of the race. At least 50% of the planned race distance must be completed for the result to be valid and championship points awarded.
Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | 11th | 12th | 13th | 14th | 15th | 16th | 17th |
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Points | 150 | 138 | 129 | 120 | 111 | 102 | 96 | 90 | 84 | 78 | 72 | 69 | 66 | 63 | 60 | 57 | 54 |
Australian V8 Touring Car Series | |||
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Year | Driver | Car | Team |
2008 | Chris Smerdon | Ford AU Falcon | Challenge Motorsport |
2009 | Adam Wallis | Holden VX Commodore | Warrin Mining |
2010 | Tony Evangelou | Ford BA Falcon | ANT Racing |
2011 | Terry Wyhoon | Ford BA Falcon | Image Racing |
2012 | Josh Hunter | Ford BA Falcon | Fernandez Motorsport |
2013 | Shae Davies | Ford BF Falcon | Fernandez Motorsport |
2014 | Justin Ruggier | Holden VZ Commodore | Eggleston Motorsport |
2015 | Liam McAdam | Holden VZ Commodore | Eggleston Motorsport |
2016 | Taz Douglas | Holden VE Commodore | THR Racing Developments |
2017 | Jack Smith | Holden VE Commodore | Brad Jones Racing |
2018 | Tyler Everingham | Ford FG Falcon | MW Motorsport |
2019 | Not contested | ||
2020 | Not contested | ||
2021 | Not contested | ||
2022 | Not contested | ||
2023 [4] | Jude Bargwanna | Ford FG Falcon | Anderson Motorsport |
Super3 Series | |||
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Year | Driver | Car | Team |
2019 | Broc Feeney | Ford FG Falcon | Paul Morris Motorsport |
2020 | Not awarded | ||
2021 | Nash Morris | Ford FG Falcon | Paul Morris Motorsport |
2022 | Brad Vaughan | Ford FG Falcon | Anderson Motorsport |
2023 | Jobe Stewart | Holden VF Commodore | Image Racing |
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