2001 Konica V8 Supercar Series

2001 Konica V8 Supercar Series
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The 2001 Konica V8 Supercar Series was an Australian touring car series held for V8 Supercars. It was the second series held for second tier V8 Supercar teams. The season began on 25 February 2001 at Wakefield Park and finished on 11 August at Mallala Motor Sport Park. The season consisted of six rounds held across four different states.

The series was won by Simon Wills who won ten races during the course of the 18 race series. Wills finished 82 points clear of Paul Dumbrell.

Teams and drivers

The following teams and drivers have competed during the 2001 Konica V8 Supercar Series.

Team Car No Driver Rounds
Eastern Creek Karts Ford EL Falcon 20 Australia Garry Holt All
Terry Wyhoon Racing Holden VS Commodore 25 Australia Terry Wyhoon All
Garry Rogers Motorsport Holden VT Commodore 33 Australia Leanne Ferrier All
Scotty Taylor Racing Holden VS Commodore 37 Australia Bill Attard All
South Pacific Motor Sport Holden VS Commodore 38 Australia Peter Field
Australia Wayne Cooper		 2, 4
3
Mal Rose Racing Holden VS Commodore 44 Australia Mal Rose 1-2
Eddie Abelnica Holden VT Commodore 48 Australia Eddie Abelnica 3-6
Ric Shaw Motorsport Holden VS Commodore 49 Australia Ric Shaw 1-5
Garry Willmington Performance Ford EL Falcon 56 Australia Luke Sieders 1-2
John Scotcher Motorsport Ford EL Falcon 59 Australia Adam Wallis
Australia Mick Donaher		 1-2, 4, 6
3, 5
Evers Motorsport Holden VS Commodore 60 Australia Scott March
Australia Kenny Habul		 1-2
5
Halliday Motor Sport Ford EL Falcon 61 Australia Ross Halliday All
Simon Emerzidis Ford EL Falcon 63 Australia Simon Emerzidis 4-5
Robert Smith Racing Holden VS Commodore 72 Australia Robert Smith 3-4
Team Dynamik Holden VT Commodore 73 New Zealand Simon Wills All
V8 Racing Holden VS Commodore 77 Australia Richard Mork 1-2
Gibson Motor Sport Holden VT Commodore 80 Australia Paul Dumbrell All
82 Australia David Parsons All
Rowse Motorsport Holden VS Commodore 81 Australia Tim Rowse All
Miller Racing Holden VS Commodore 84 Australia Daniel Miller 1-4, 6
Harris Racing Ford AU Falcon 88 Australia Craig Harris
Australia Michael Simpson		 1-3, 5-6
4
89 Australia Kevin Mundy All
NRC International Holden VT Commodore 90 Australia Dale Brede All
Michael Simpson Racing Ford EL Falcon 93 Australia Michael Simpson 1-3, 5-6
John Faulkner Racing Holden VS Commodore 96 Australia Owen Kelly All
Graphic Skills Racing Holden VS Commodore 97 Australia Wayne Wakefield 5
AJG Racing Holden VS Commodore 99 Australia Wesley May 5
GM Motorsport Holden VS Commodore 111 Australia Phonsy Mullan 1-3
RPM International Racing Ford EL Falcon 145 Australia Geoff Full
Australia Greg Crick
Australia Aaron McGill		 1
2
3-5
Power Racing Ford AU Falcon 500 Australia Alan Heath All

Race calendar

Round Date Circuit Location Winning driver
1 24–25 February New South Wales Wakefield Park Goulburn, New South Wales New Zealand Simon Wills
2 17–18 March New South Wales Oran Park Raceway Sydney, New South Wales Australia David Parsons
3 5–6 May Victoria (Australia) Winton Motor Raceway Benalla, Victoria Australia Owen Kelly
4 26–27 May Victoria (Australia) Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit Phillip Island, Victoria Australia David Parsons
5 7–8 July Queensland Lakeside International Raceway Brisbane, Queensland Australia Paul Dumbrell
6 11–12 August South Australia Mallala Motor Sport Park Mallala, South Australia New Zealand Simon Wills

Results and standings

The season consisted of six rounds across four different states. Each round consisted of three races. Points were awarded for all cars who started each race in finishing order and then in order that they retired from the race. Points may have been offered beyond the theoretical 24th position but at no point during the season did more than 24 cars start a race.

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
Points 90 80 72 66 62 58 54 50 48 46 44 42 40 38 36 34 32 30 28 26 24 22 20 18

Drivers championship

Pos Driver WAK ORA[1] WIN PHI[2] LAK[3] MAL[4] Pts
1 New Zealand Simon Wills 1 7 1 1 8 5 1 Ret
(18)		 DNS 9 1 1 1 5 4 1 1 1 1272
2 Australia Paul Dumbrell 10 1 7 3 7 6 11 2 2 6 3 2 9 1 1 2 17 5 1190
3 Australia David Parsons 5 3 8 10 1 1 5 3 3 1 2 3 13 7 16 5 5 6 1168
4 Australia Owen Kelly 3 Ret
(21)		 Ret
(19)		 4 4 3 2 1 1 4 7 6 5 3 7 4 2 2 1150
5 Australia Leanne Ferrier 8 2 2 Ret
(25)		 Ret
(21)		 12 4 4 4 2 4 4 3 6 Ret
(17)		 9 16 3 1018
6 Australia Dale Brede 4 10 15 7 2 7 8 6 5 5 5 5 DNS 8 8 3 10 4 976
7 Australia Terry Wyhoon Ret
(22)		 8 5 9 6 13 7 5 6 8 6 12 12 10 5 13 7 Ret
(17)		 880
8 Australia Michael Simpson 2 16 3 2 5 4 Ret
(21)		 DNS DNS 3 Ret
(20)		 DNS 14 9 3 6 6 8 840
9 Australia Garry Holt 6 13 Ret
(20)		 8 9 16 17 10 9 7 10 Ret
(18)		 4 13 15 12 9 Ret
(18)		 774
10 Australia Craig Harris 7 5 Ret
(17)		 5 3 2 Ret
(22)		 DNS DNS 6 2 6 7 4 12 742
11 Australia Tim Rowse 13 18 Ret
(18)		 18 18 20 12 9 7 12 9 8 19 11 10 11 8 15 718
12 Australia Ross Halliday 15 19 13 13 11 10 14 13 11 16 16 13 16 15 11 15 11 11 702
13 Australia Bill Attard 18 15 12 16 14 17 15 12 10 19 17 15 17 14 12 16 14 14 654
14 Australia Kevin Mundy 16 17 16 15 17 8 Ret
(23)		 DNS DNS 13 11 10 8 Ret
(17)		 14 17 13 16 594
15 Australia Alan Heath 19 Ret
(22)		 10 14 10 9 Ret
(20)		 DNS DNS 11 8 7 11 DNS DNS 14 12 13 566
16 Australia Eddie Abelnica 13 11 8 17 14 Ret
(17)		 7 12 9 10 15 7 516
17 Australia Ric Shaw 11 6 Ret
(21)		 Ret
(24)		 DNS DNS 6 8 Ret
(13)		 10 13 11 10 DNS DNS 468
18 Australia Phonsy Mullan 17 11 9 12 Ret
(19)		 11 9 Ret
(17)		 DNS 318
19 Australia Adam Wallis 12 9 DNS 19 DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS 8 3 9 310
20 Australia Daniel Miller DNS DNS DNS Ret
(22)		 13 14 10 Ret
(15)		 Ret
(15)		 DNS DNS DNS Ret
(18)		 DNS 10 294
21 Australia Mal Rose 9 4 4 6 Ret
(22)		 DNS 260
22 Australia Wayne Wakefield 2 4 2 226
23 Australia Scott March 14 14 11 17 16 15 222
24 Australia Aaron McGill 18 Ret
(16)		 DNS 15 12 16 Ret
(21)		 DNS DNS 200
25 Australia Luke Sieders Ret
(21)		 14 12 Ret
(21)		 12 19 198
26 Australia Mick Donaher 3 7 Ret
(14)		 Ret
(20)		 DNS DNS 190
Australia Peter Field 20 15 18 18 18 14 190
28 Australia Simon Emerzidis 14 15 9 18 Ret
(18)		 DNS 182
29 Australia Wayne Cooper 16 14 12 114
30 Australia Geoff Full 20 Ret
(20)		 6 110
Australia Kenny Habul 15 16 13 110
32 Australia Richard Mork DNS DNS DNS 11 Ret
(20)		 Ret
(21)		 94
33 Australia Robert Smith 19 DNS DNS 20 19 DNS 82
34 Australia Wesley May Ret
(22)		 DNS DNS 22
35 Australia Greg Crick Ret
(23)		 DNS DNS 20
ColourResult
GoldWinner
Silver2nd place
Bronze3rd 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)
Blank Did not participate (DNP)
Excluded (EX)

References

  1. ↑ "Oran Park - Sydney 18/03/2001 2001 Konica V8 Supercar Series Round 2". National Software. 18 March 2001. Retrieved 11 December 2008.
  2. ↑ "Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit 27/05/2001 2001 Konica V8 Supercar Series - Round 4". National Software. 27 May 2001. Retrieved 11 December 2008.
  3. ↑ "Lakeside International Raceway 08/07/2001 Konica V8 Supercar Series - Round 5". National Software. 7 July 2000. Archived from the original on 27 May 2008. Retrieved 10 December 2008.
  4. ↑ "Mallala Motorsport Park 12/08/2001 2001 Konica V8 Supercar Series". National Software. 12 August 2000. Retrieved 11 December 2008.

See also

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