2016 Supercars Dunlop Series

The 2016 Supercars Dunlop Series was an Australian motor racing competition for Supercars, staged as a support series to the Virgin Australia Supercars Championship. It was the seventeenth annual Supercars Development Series and the fifth to be contested under the "Dunlop Series" name. The season was also the first in which Holden VF Commodores and Ford FG X Falcons built to 'Car of the Future' specifications are eligible for the series, racing alongside previous generation VE Commodore and FG Falcon models.

The series was won by Garry Jacobson driving for Prodrive Racing Australia in a Ford FG X Falcon.

Teams and drivers

Garry Jacobson won the series for Prodrive Racing Australia in a Ford FG X Falcon.
Andrew Jones placed sixth for Brad Jones Racing in a Holden VF Commodore.
Paul Dumbrell placed seventh for Eggleston Motorsport in a Holden VE Commodore.
Alex Rullo placed 17th for Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport in a Holden VF Commodore.

The following teams and drivers competed in the series.[1]

Manufacturer Model Team No. Driver Rounds Co-Driver Rounds
Ford Falcon FG X Prodrive Racing Australia 5 Jack Le Brocq All
6 Garry Jacobson All
Falcon FG Image Racing 2 Dan Day 1–3
10 Steve Owen 1
Dean Fiore 2
Garry Hill 3
58 Ryal Harris 6
98 Renee Gracie 7
Matt Stone Racing 15 Adam Marjoram All
MW Motorsport 16 Bryce Fullwood All
26 Shae Davies 1–6
28 Jesse Dixon 1
Chelsea Angelo[2] 5–7
Matt Chahda Motorsport 18 Matt Chahda All
STR Motorsport 48 Matt Palmer All Drew Russell 6
Paul Morris Motorsport 67 Anton de Pasquale All
98 Renee Gracie 1–5, 7
Jack Smith[3] 6
Action Racing 71 Marcus Zukanovic 2, 5
Holden Commodore VF Brad Jones Racing 8 Andrew Jones All
14 Macauley Jones All
21 Josh Kean All
Matt Stone Racing 35 Todd Hazelwood All
Dragon Motor Racing
Garry Rogers Motorsport 		44 Richard Muscat All
99 James Golding All
Kostecki Brothers Racing 55 Kurt Kostecki 1–3, 5–7
56 Jake Kostecki All
Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport 62 Alex Rullo All
Commodore VE Dragon Motor Racing
Garry Rogers Motorsport 		34 Chelsea Angelo 1–3
Eggleston Motorsport 38 Liam McAdam 1–3, 5
Taz Douglas 4, 7
54 Taz Douglas[4] 2–3, 5–6 Grant Denyer 6
88 Paul Dumbrell 1–6
THR Developments 45 Taz Douglas 1
Warrin Mining 64 Adam Wallis 1

Calendar

The 2016 calendar was released on 29 October 2015.[5]

Rnd. Race Event name Circuit Location Date Race winner Round winner
1 1 Clipsal 500 Adelaide Adelaide Street Circuit Adelaide, South Australia 4 March Paul Dumbrell Garry Jacobson
2 5 March Garry Jacobson
2 1 WD-40 Phillip Island SuperSprint Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit Phillip Island, Victoria 16 April Garry Jacobson Garry Jacobson
2 17 April James Golding
3 Garry Jacobson
3 1 Perth SuperSprint Barbagallo Raceway Perth, Western Australia 7 May Jack Le Brocq Jack Le Brocq
2 8 May Jack Le Brocq
3 Jack Le Brocq
4 1 Castrol Edge Townsville 400 Townsville Street Circuit Townsville, Queensland 9 July Jack Le Brocq Jack Le Brocq
2 10 July Jack Le Brocq
5 1 Wilson Security Sandown 500 Sandown Raceway Melbourne, Victoria 17 September Garry Jacobson Garry Jacobson
2 Paul Dumbrell
3 18 September James Golding
6 1 Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000 Mount Panorama Circuit Bathurst, New South Wales 6–9 October Paul Dumbrell Paul Dumbrell
7 1 Coates Hire Sydney 500 Homebush Street Circuit Sydney, New South Wales 3 December Jack Le Brocq Jack Le Brocq
2 4 December Jack Le Brocq

Note: "Event name" refers to the 2016 Virgin Australia Supercars Championship event at which the round was contested.

Series standings

Points system

Points were awarded in each race as follows.

Round format Position
1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th 13th 14th 15th 16th 17th 18th 19th 20th 21st 22nd 23rd 24th 25th 26th 27th 28th 29th 30th
Three races 100 92 86 80 74 68 64 60 56 52 48 46 44 42 40 38 36 34 32 30 28 26 24 22 20 18 16 14 12 10
Two races 150 138 129 120 111 102 96 90 84 78 72 69 66 63 60 57 54 51 48 45 42 39 36 33 30 27 24 21 18 15
One race 300 276 258 240 222 204 192 180 168 156 144 138 132 126 120 114 108 102 96 90 84 78 72 66 60 54 48 42 36 30

Points standings

The series was won by Garry Jacobson driving for Prodrive Racing Australia in a Ford FG X Falcon.

Pos. Driver No. Car ADE
 PHI
 BAR
 TOW
 SAN
 BAT
 SYD
 Pen. Pts.
1 Garry Jacobson 6 Ford Falcon FG X 3 1 1 2 1 3 24 12 2 5 1 2 5 2 5 5 0 1738
2 Jack Le Brocq 5 Ford Falcon FG X 4 3 10 4 13 1 1 1 1 1 9 Ret 2 7 1 1 15 1650
3 Todd Hazelwood 35 Holden Commodore VF 22 4 4 15 7 8 5 3 3 3 7 Ret 4 6 4 3 0 1418
4 James Golding 99 Holden Commodore VF 13 2 2 1 2 10 2 4 9 4 13 6 1 Ret 2 2 0 1404
5 Taz Douglas 45/54 Holden Commodore VE 10 7 9 10 5 11 9 2 6 6 5 3 Ret 10 6 4 0 1294
6 Andrew Jones 8 Holden Commodore VF 2 19 5 3 3 2 17 6 7 15 10 Ret 12 8 8 6 0 1254
7 Paul Dumbrell 88 Holden Commodore VE 1 Ret 3 5 23 4 3 8 Ret 2 3 1 19 1 0 1216
8 Richard Muscat 44 Holden Commodore VF 5 Ret 6 25 18 13 12 9 5 DSQ 2 7 7 4 10 7 0 1124
9 Macauley Jones 14 Holden Commodore VF 21 5 15 12 9 7 10 5 4 7 14 8 9 9 9 Ret 0 1111
10 Shae Davies 26 Ford Falcon FG 7 6 24 9 6 5 7 10 16 11 4 5 3 5 25 1100
11 Anton de Pasquale 67 Ford Falcon FG 8 12 13 14 10 6 18 14 Ret 9 Ret 9 14 3 7 8 25 1042
12 Josh Kean 21 Holden Commodore VF Ret Ret 8 6 4 9 8 11 8 8 12 15 13 15 12 10 25 924
13 Adam Marjoram 15 Ford Falcon FG 14 11 17 18 16 16 16 15 11 10 11 Ret 8 13 17 Ret 0 803
14 Bryce Fullwood 16 Ford Falcon FG DNS DNS 11 7 12 14 11 7 10 18 8 Ret DNS 12 3 9 50 802
15 Matt Palmer 48 Ford Falcon FG 17 16 21 22 21 22 21 18 15 17 17 14 16 11 15 14 0 778
16 Kurt Kostecki 55 Holden Commodore VF 18 20 12 8 8 12 4 13 6 4 10 14 Ret Ret 25 733
17 Alex Rullo 62 Holden Commodore VF 19 Ret 18 16 20 15 6 19 Ret 12 Ret 16 6 16 14 13 25 686
18 Jake Kostecki 56 Holden Commodore VF Ret 18 20 19 24 18 15 21 12 13 Ret 13 11 19 18 11 0 683
19 Renee Gracie 98 Ford Falcon FG 12 Ret 22 21 19 21 19 17 14 16 15 12 17 13 15 25 594
20 Matt Chahda 18 Ford Falcon FG 15 15 16 20 17 23 13 Ret 13 14 DSQ DSQ DNS 18 11 Ret 10 585
21 Chelsea Angelo 34/28 Holden Commodore VE &
Ford Falcon FG 		20 13 19 23 14 17 20 16 Ret 10 20 20 16 13 25 583
22 Liam McAdam 38 Ford Falcon FG 11 10 7 13 15 20 14 Ret 19 Ret 15 DNS 0 442
23 Dan Day 2 Holden Commodore VE &
Ford Falcon FG 		23 14 23 24 11 19 23 Ret 0 249
24 Marcus Zukanovic 71 Ford Falcon FG 25 17 22 18 11 18 0 198
25 Steve Owen 10 Ford Falcon FG 6 8 0 192
26 Jesse Dixon 28 Ford Falcon FG 9 9 0 168
27 Grant Denyer 54 Holden Commodore VE 10 0 156
28 Drew Russell 48 Ford Falcon FG 11 0 144
29 Adam Wallis 64 Holden Commodore VE 16 17 0 111
30 Dean Fiore 10 Ford Falcon FG 14 11 25 0 110
31 Ryal Harris 58 Ford Falcon FG 17 0 108
32 Garry Hill 10 Ford Falcon FG 24 22 20 0 78
— Jack Smith 98 Holden Commodore VF Ret 0 0
Pos. Driver No. ADE
 PHI
 BAR
 TOW
 SAN
 BAT
 SYD
 Pen. Pts.
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver Second place
Bronze Third place
Green Points classification
Blue Non-points classification
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple Retired, not classified (Ret)
Red Did not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black Disqualified (DSQ)
White Did not start (DNS)
Withdrew (WD)
Race cancelled (C)
Blank Did not practice (DNP)
Did not arrive (DNA)
Excluded (EX)

Bold - Pole position
Italics - Fastest lap

See also

References

  1. ^ "Dunlop Series opener draws 27 entries". Speedcafe. 2 March 2016.
  2. ^ "Chelsea Angelo set for Dunlop Series return". Speedcafe.com. 9 September 2016. Retrieved 9 September 2016.
  3. ^ "Jack Smith makes his Dunlop Series debut at Bathurst". v8superfans.co.nz. 3 October 2016. Archived from the original on 3 October 2016. Retrieved 3 October 2016.
  4. ^ "Douglas joins Eggleston for Phillip Island". Speedcafe.com. 11 April 2016. Retrieved 11 April 2016.
  5. ^ "Dunlop Series returns to Phillip Island, Sandown". Speedcafe. 29 October 2015. Retrieved 2 March 2016.
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