2018 Supercars Championship

2018 Supercars Championship
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Support series:
Super2 Series
Australian Formula 4
Carrera Cup Australia
Shane van Gisbergen (pictured in 2016) is the current championship leader.
DJR Team Penske are the defending teams' champions.

The 2018 Supercars Championship (known for commercial reasons as the 2018 Virgin Australia Supercars Championship)[1] is an FIA-sanctioned international motor racing series for Supercars. It is the twentieth running of the Supercars Championship and the twenty-second series in which Supercars have contested the premier Australian touring car title. Teams and drivers are competing in thirty-one races at sixteen venues across Australia and New Zealand for the championship titles.

Jamie Whincup is the defending driver's champion and DJR Team Penske are the defending teams' champions.[2] After 12 rounds, Shane van Gisbergen leads the drivers' championship by 19 points. Scott McLaughlin is second, 385 points ahead of Jamie Whincup. In the teams' championship, Triple Eight Race Engineering hold a 579 point lead over DJR Team Penske. Tickford Racing are in third place, a further 1,473 points behind.

The 2018 season saw the introduction of the first Gen 2 Supercars, which opened up the category up to a wider variety of body shapes and engine configurations. The championship saw the introduction of the hatchback Holden ZB Commodore, marking the first time since 1994 that a car with a body shape other than a four-door sedan has competed.

Teams and drivers

Holden and Nissan are represented by factory-backed teams Triple Eight Race Engineering and Nissan Motorsport respectively.[3][4] Teams are free to develop new chassis and engine packages under the Gen 2 regulations, while the New Generation cars first introduced in 2013 remain eligible to compete.[5]

The following drivers are contesting the 2018 championship:

Championship entries Enduro Cup entries
Manufacturer Model Team No. Driver Rounds Endurance co-driver Rounds
Ford Ford FG X Falcon Tickford Racing[lower-alpha 1] 5[lower-alpha 2] Australia Mark Winterbottom 1–13 Australia Dean Canto 12–13
6 Australia Cameron Waters 1–13 Australia David Russell 12–13
55 Australia Chaz Mostert 1–13 Australia James Moffat 12–13
56 New Zealand Richie Stanaway 1–13 Australia Steve Owen 12–13
DJR Team Penske 12 New Zealand Fabian Coulthard 1–13 Australia Tony D'Alberto 12–13
17 New Zealand Scott McLaughlin 1–13 France Alexandre Prémat 12–13
Matt Stone Racing 35 Australia Todd Hazelwood 1–10 N/A
23Red Racing 230[lower-alpha 3] Australia Will Davison 1–13 Australia Alex Davison 12–13
Holden Holden VF Commodore Matt Stone Racing 35 Australia Todd Hazelwood 11–13 Australia Bryce Fullwood 12–13
Holden ZB Commodore Triple Eight Race Engineering[lower-alpha 4] 1 Australia Jamie Whincup 1–13 Australia Paul Dumbrell 12–13
97 New Zealand Shane van Gisbergen 1–13 New Zealand Earl Bamber 12–13
888 Australia Craig Lowndes 1–13 New Zealand Steven Richards 12–13
Walkinshaw Andretti United 2 Australia Scott Pye 1–13 Australia Warren Luff 12–13
25 Australia James Courtney 1–13 Australia Jack Perkins 12–13
Brad Jones Racing 8 Australia Nick Percat 1–13 Australia Macauley Jones 12–13
14 Australia Tim Slade 1–13 Australia Ashley Walsh 12–13
Tim Blanchard Racing[lower-alpha 5] 21 Australia Tim Blanchard 1–13 Australia Dale Wood 12–13
Erebus Motorsport[lower-alpha 6] 9 Australia David Reynolds 1–13 Australia Luke Youlden 12–13
99 Australia Anton de Pasquale 1–13 Australia Will Brown 12–13
Charlie Schwerkolt Racing 18[lower-alpha 7] Australia Lee Holdsworth 1–13 Australia Jason Bright 12–13
Tekno Autosports 19 Australia Jack Le Brocq 1–13 Australia Jonathon Webb 12–13
Garry Rogers Motorsport 33 Australia Garth Tander 1–13 New Zealand Chris Pither 12–13
34 Australia James Golding 1–13 Australia Richard Muscat 12–13
Nissan Nissan Altima L33 Nissan Motorsport[lower-alpha 8] 7 New Zealand Andre Heimgartner 1–13 Australia Aaren Russell 12–13
15[lower-alpha 9] Australia Rick Kelly 1–13 Australia Garry Jacobson 12–13
23 Australia Michael Caruso 1–13 Australia Dean Fiore 12–13
78 Switzerland Simona de Silvestro 1–13 Australia Alex Rullo 12–13
Wildcard entries
Holden Holden ZB Commodore Brad Jones Racing 4 Australia Macauley Jones 7, 11 N/A
Holden VF Commodore Kostecki Brothers Racing 42 Australia Kurt Kostecki 9, 11 N/A
Source:[9][10][11][12][13][14][15] Source:[16]

Team changes

The Holden ZB Commodore was homologated, making it eligible to compete in the championship.[17][18][19][20] All existing Holden teams commenced the season with the new car, either new chassis or reskinned VF Commodores.[21][22][23][24][25] Triple Eight Race Engineering, who oversaw the development and homologation of the ZB chassis were also developing a V6 twin-turbocharged engine for Holden cars ahead of a full introduction in 2019.[26] However, the programme was put on indefinite hold in April 2018.[27] Triple Eight team were proposing to debut the V6 powerplant with a number of wildcard entries, however the discontinuation of the project resulted in this being scrapped.[28]

Britek Motorsport left the championship.[29] Its Racing Entitlements Contract (REC) was leased to Super2 Series team Matt Stone Racing who made their championship début entering an FG X Falcon built by DJR Team Penske.[30] The team switched to competing with a VF Commodore mid-season.[15] Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport (LDM) sold one of its RECs to Prodrive Racing Australia. LDM was rebranded as 23Red Racing after sponsor Phil Munday purchased a 60% stake in the team in the off-season, before taking full ownership in April 2018.[31] The team is competing with a Prodrive-built FG X Falcon.

Several teams underwent rebrandings. Prodrive Racing Australia became Tickford Racing after its lease on the Prodrive name expired,[32] while Walkinshaw Racing was rebranded as Walkinshaw Andretti United when Andretti Autosport and United Autosports purchased stakes in the team.[33]

Driver changes

Super2 Series drivers Todd Hazelwood and Anton de Pasquale made their Supercars début.[34] Hazelwood joined Matt Stone Racing—the team he won the 2017 Super2 title with—while De Pasquale replaced Dale Wood at Erebus Motorsport.[35] Wood was one of three drivers to leave the championship, as both Todd Kelly and Jason Bright retired from competition. Andre Heimgartner returned to the championship, replacing the retiring Kelly at Nissan Motorsport,[36] while Richie Stanaway replaced Bright at Tickford Racing.[37][38][lower-alpha 10]

Will Davison moved from Tekno Autosports to the newly-formed 23Red Racing team.[39] Davison's place at Tekno Autosports was filled by Super2 Series driver Jack Le Brocq.[40] James Moffat left Garry Rogers Motorsport at the end of the 2017 championship and joined Tickford Racing for the Enduro Cup.[41] Moffat's place at Garry Rogers Motorsport was taken by James Golding, who drove for the team in the Enduro Cup in 2016 and 2017.[42]

Calendar

The calendar expanded to sixteen rounds in 2018, with the following events scheduled to take place:

Round Event Circuit Location Dates
1 Adelaide 500 South Australia Adelaide Street Circuit Adelaide, South Australia 3–4 March
2 Melbourne 400 Victoria (Australia) Melbourne Grand Prix Circuit Melbourne, Victoria 23–25 March
3 Tasmania SuperSprint Tasmania Symmons Plains Raceway Launceston, Tasmania 7–8 April
4 Phillip Island 500 Victoria (Australia) Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit Phillip Island, Victoria 21–22 April
5 Perth SuperSprint Western Australia Barbagallo Raceway Pinjar, Western Australia 5–6 May
6 Winton SuperSprint Victoria (Australia) Winton Motor Raceway Benalla, Victoria 19–20 May
7 Darwin Triple Crown Northern Territory Hidden Valley Raceway Darwin, Northern Territory 16–17 June
8 Townsville 400 Queensland Townsville Street Circuit Townsville, Queensland 7–8 July
9 Ipswich SuperSprint Queensland Queensland Raceway Ipswich, Queensland 21–22 July
10 Sydney SuperNight 300 New South Wales Sydney Motorsport Park Eastern Creek, New South Wales 4 August
11 The Bend SuperSprint South Australia The Bend Motorsport Park Tailem Bend, South Australia 25–26 August
12 Sandown 500 Victoria (Australia) Sandown Raceway Springvale, Victoria 16 September
13 Bathurst 1000 New South Wales Mount Panorama Circuit Bathurst, New South Wales 7 October
14 Gold Coast 600 Queensland Surfers Paradise Street Circuit Surfers Paradise, Queensland 20–21 October
15 Auckland SuperSprint New Zealand Pukekohe Park Raceway Pukekohe, Auckland Region 3–4 November
16 Newcastle 500 New South Wales Newcastle Street Circuit Newcastle, New South Wales 24–25 November
Source:[43]

Calendar changes

The Melbourne Grand Prix Circuit, which hosted the Supercars Challenge non-championship event between 1996 and 2017,[lower-alpha 11] joined the calendar as a championship round for the first time. The event, to be known as the Melbourne 400, continued to be run as part of the support bill for the Australian Grand Prix.[44]

The Bend Motorsport Park in Tailem Bend, South Australia, ;the first permanent circuit to be built in Australia since Queensland Raceway in 1999, hosted a round of the championship. The Bend SuperSprint ran on the 4.9km "International" configuration of the circuit.[45]

Format changes

The Melbourne 400 round featured four races. All four were longer than the races that were run as part of the Australian Grand Prix support event in previous years, before it was granted championship status. Two of the races were run at twilight and included mandatory pit stops, while the other two were shorter sprint races run in daylight hours.[46][47]

Sydney Motorsport Park hosted the Sydney SuperNight 300, which consisted of a single 300km race held under lights.[48] It was the first night race since the Yas Marina Circuit in Abu Dhabi hosted the opening round of the 2010 season. The round consisted of two 30 minute practice sessions and a 20 minute qualifying session ahead of a 300km race. The race included three compulsory pit stops.[49]

The Auckland SuperSprint will include a Top 10 Shootout for the Sunday race.[49] A Top 10 Shootout was added to the first race of the Gold Coast 600 after the Confederation of Australian Motor Sport suspended the licence of the Stadium Super Trucks support category on safety grounds, removing the category from the Supercars' support bill.[50]

Rule changes

Sporting regulations

  • A new qualifying format was introduced for the Symmons Plains, Barbagallo and Sydney Motorsport Park rounds.[51][52] The system uses three stages similar to the system used in Formula One and was introduced as a response to the shorter layouts of the Symmons Plains and Barbagallo circuits which drew criticism about congestion as drivers on flying laps would encounter slow-moving cars preparing to start their own laps.[51] The system was later added to the Sydney SuperNight 300 after proving popular during its trials at the Symmons Plains and Barbagallo rounds.[52]
  • The "wildcard" programme introduced in 2017, which allows teams from the Dunlop Super2 Series to compete in the Supercars Championship, will continue in 2018. Entries will be open for the Winton, Hidden Valley, Ipswich and Tailem Bend rounds,[43] while the Barbagallo round was discontinued after the 2017 event failed to attract wildcard entries. The Bathurst 1000 will be open to wildcard entries, but will be separate to the wildcard programme for Super2 teams.
  • The Confederation of Australian Motor Sport (CAMS) adjusted the eligibility requirements of the licensing system used by the championship. The revised requirements were designed to make it easier for Super2 drivers to qualify for a racing licence.[53]

Results and standings

Season summary

Round Event Pole position Fastest lap Winning driver Winning team Report
1 1 Adelaide 500 New Zealand Shane van Gisbergen Australia Jamie Whincup New Zealand Shane van Gisbergen Triple Eight Race Engineering Report
2 New Zealand Shane van Gisbergen Australia Jamie Whincup New Zealand Shane van Gisbergen Triple Eight Race Engineering
2 3 Melbourne 400 New Zealand Scott McLaughlin Australia Tim Slade New Zealand Scott McLaughlin DJR Team Penske Report
4 Australia Jamie Whincup Australia Jamie Whincup Australia Jamie Whincup Triple Eight Race Engineering
5 New Zealand Scott McLaughlin Australia James Courtney Australia Scott Pye Walkinshaw Andretti United
6 Australia Jamie Whincup Australia Nick Percat Australia David Reynolds Erebus Motorsport
3 7 Tasmania SuperSprint New Zealand Shane van Gisbergen Australia Scott Pye Australia Jamie Whincup Triple Eight Race Engineering Report
8 Australia Craig Lowndes Australia James Courtney Australia Craig Lowndes Triple Eight Race Engineering
4 9 Phillip Island 500 New Zealand Scott McLaughlin New Zealand Scott McLaughlin New Zealand Scott McLaughlin DJR Team Penske Report
10 New Zealand Scott McLaughlin New Zealand Scott McLaughlin New Zealand Scott McLaughlin DJR Team Penske
5 11 Perth SuperSprint New Zealand Scott McLaughlin Australia James Courtney New Zealand Scott McLaughlin DJR Team Penske Report
12 New Zealand Shane van Gisbergen Australia Tim Slade New Zealand Scott McLaughlin DJR Team Penske
6 13 Winton SuperSprint New Zealand Scott McLaughlin New Zealand Shane van Gisbergen Australia Rick Kelly Nissan Motorsport Report
14 New Zealand Scott McLaughlin New Zealand Scott McLaughlin New Zealand Fabian Coulthard DJR Team Penske
7 15 Darwin Triple Crown Australia David Reynolds Australia Will Davison New Zealand Scott McLaughlin DJR Team Penske Report
16 Australia Rick Kelly Australia Nick Percat Australia David Reynolds Erebus Motorsport
8 17 Townsville 400 New Zealand Scott McLaughlin Australia Chaz Mostert Australia Jamie Whincup Triple Eight Race Engineering Report
18 New Zealand Shane van Gisbergen New Zealand Scott McLaughlin New Zealand Shane van Gisbergen Triple Eight Race Engineering
9 19 Ipswich SuperSprint New Zealand Scott McLaughlin Australia James Courtney New Zealand Scott McLaughlin DJR Team Penske Report
20 New Zealand Scott McLaughlin Australia Tim Slade New Zealand Shane van Gisbergen Triple Eight Race Engineering
10 21 Sydney SuperNight 300 New Zealand Scott McLaughlin Australia Jamie Whincup New Zealand Shane van Gisbergen Triple Eight Race Engineering Report
11 22 The Bend SuperSprint Australia Jamie Whincup New Zealand Shane van Gisbergen New Zealand Shane van Gisbergen Triple Eight Race Engineering Report
23 Australia Jamie Whincup Australia Jamie Whincup Australia Jamie Whincup Triple Eight Race Engineering
12 24 Sandown 500 Australia David Reynolds
Australia Luke Youlden		 Australia Jamie Whincup Australia Jamie Whincup
Australia Paul Dumbrell		 Triple Eight Race Engineering Report
13 25 Bathurst 1000 Australia David Reynolds Australia David Reynolds Australia Craig Lowndes
New Zealand Steven Richards		 Triple Eight Race Engineering Report
14 26 Gold Coast 600
Report
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15 28 Auckland SuperSprint Report
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16 30 Newcastle 500 Report
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Points system

Points were awarded for each race at an event, to the driver or drivers of a car that completed at least 75% of the race distance and was running at the completion of the race.

Points 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
Standard 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
Endurance 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
Melbourne (long) 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
Melbourne (short) 50 46 43 40 37 34 32 30 28 26 24 23 22 21 20 19 18 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 9
  • Standard: Used for all SuperSprint and street races, including the Gold Coast 600.
  • Endurance: Used for the Sydney SuperNight 300, Sandown 500 and Bathurst 1000.
  • Melbourne (long): Used for Race 1 and 3 of the Melbourne 400.
  • Melbourne (short): Used for Race 2 and 4 of the Melbourne 400.

Drivers' championship

Pos. Driver No. ADE
South Australia		 MEL
Victoria (Australia)		 SYM
Tasmania		 PHI
Victoria (Australia)		 BAR
Western Australia		 WIN
Victoria (Australia)		 HID
Northern Territory		 TOW
Queensland		 QLD
Queensland		 SMP
New South Wales		 BEN
South Australia		 SAN
Victoria (Australia)		 BAT
New South Wales		 SUR
Queensland		 PUK
New Zealand		 NEW
New South Wales		 Pen. Points
1 New Zealand Shane van Gisbergen 97 1 1 4 4 13 13 6 25 3 6 3 5 3 2 2 4 2 1 2 1 1 1 2 2 5 0 3276
2 New Zealand Scott McLaughlin 17 3 10 1 2 15 7 9 2 1 1 1 1 5 3 1 2 3 3 1 2 3 6 10 4 3 0 3257
3 Australia Jamie Whincup 1 6 Ret 2 1 2 3 1 3 14 9 11 6 17 8 8 3 1 2 4 4 2 4 1 1 10 0 2872
4 Australia Craig Lowndes 888 9 7 16 Ret 6 12 2 1 4 7 5 3 13 12 7 10 4 4 3 8 4 10 8 3 1 0 2787
5 Australia David Reynolds 9 4 2 7 12 14 1 4 8 6 2 17 2 25 15 3 1 7 6 7 7 7 17 3 5 13 0 2567
6 Australia Chaz Mostert 55 7 4 5 6 10 4 Ret 10 5 8 10 11 14 10 17 12 13 5 6 3 5 9 12 10 4 0 2288
7 New Zealand Fabian Coulthard 12 21 16 3 3 12 6 5 17 12 4 8 16 4 1 15 8 5 8 5 5 11 14 14 7 9 0 2282
8 Australia Rick Kelly 15 23 14 17 13 17 Ret 15 11 2 3 14 10 1 4 6 5 15 7 13 9 6 2 17 8 11 0 2242
9 Australia Scott Pye 2 10 8 6 11 1 5 8 6 9 11 12 15 2 6 4 20 14 21 16 19 25 18 6 6 2 0 2182
10 Australia Tim Slade 14 13 11 10 10 4 11 7 14 10 12 4 17 7 7 14 21 11 14 14 6 10 12 4 15 17 0 1970
11 Australia Nick Percat 8 11 15 9 7 3 2 12 9 26 13 9 7 18 14 9 6 10 13 10 25 8 11 5 24 7 0 1951
12 Australia Garth Tander 33 16 3 8 18 26 9 13 7 11 10 19 14 8 22 5 7 21 19 11 11 20 28 20 9 6 0 1830
13 Australia Mark Winterbottom 5 5 13 14 9 7 17 14 12 13 15 2 21 10 20 20 13 6 12 20 26 15 5 16 17 12 0 1778
14 Australia Will Davison 230 8 12 25 14 8 10 18 22 8 21 7 20 11 13 13 14 9 Ret 17 12 17 7 7 11 19 0 1663
15 Australia James Courtney 25 2 6 12 20 5 Ret 3 4 17 Ret 13 4 9 19 23 11 17 10 8 Ret Ret 8 13 16 Ret 0 1596
16 Australia Cameron Waters 6 15 5 11 5 9 22 24 13 16 17 6 13 Ret 26 12 Ret 8 9 22 17 19 13 15 13 23 0 1492
17 Australia Michael Caruso 23 14 9 13 8 16 8 16 24 18 5 20 26 6 5 10 9 DNS Ret 9 13 22 3 9 25 Ret 0 1489
18 Australia Jack Le Brocq 19 20 22 20 22 22 21 10 5 20 18 16 9 15 17 18 Ret 22 18 21 10 9 16 18 22 15 0 1442
19 New Zealand Andre Heimgartner 7 17 25 18 16 20 14 17 19 15 14 25 8 16 11 16 16 12 11 15 14 24 19 Ret 14 16 0 1394
20 Australia Anton de Pasquale 99 19 17 15 19 21 15 19 15 7 16 18 23 12 16 11 15 19 17 26 16 18 24 11 12 24 95 1314
21 Australia James Golding 34 Ret 19 21 17 24 Ret 23 18 25 19 22 25 20 25 26 22 16 16 18 15 13 21 24 18 8 0 1205
22 Australia Lee Holdsworth 18 12 24 19 15 19 23 11 23 22 25 23 18 23 21 21 Ret 18 15 24 21 12 20 Ret 23 21 0 1107
23 Australia Tim Blanchard 21 Ret 23 23 21 11 20 20 16 21 23 Ret 24 24 18 19 18 24 24 23 22 16 15 21 19 18 0 1088
24 Switzerland Simona de Silvestro 78 18 18 Ret 23 23 16 22 21 24 22 15 12 22 23 22 17 25 22 19 20 14 23 23 Ret 14 25 1068
25 New Zealand Richie Stanaway 56 Ret 20 24 Ret 25 18 25 Ret 19 20 24 19 21 9 25 19 23 20 12 18 21 22 22 20 22 0 1043
26 Australia Todd Hazelwood 35 22 21 22 Ret 18 19 21 20 23 24 21 22 19 24 24 23 20 23 27 24 23 26 25 21 20 0 985
27 New Zealand Steven Richards 888 3 1 0 558
28 New Zealand Earl Bamber 97 2 5 0 498
29 France Alexandre Prémat 17 4 3 0 498
30 Australia Warren Luff 2 6 2 0 480
31 Australia Paul Dumbrell 1 1 10 0 456
32 Australia James Moffat 55 10 4 0 396
33 Australia Macauley Jones 4/8 27 24 25 19 24 7 0 393
34 New Zealand Chris Pither 33 9 6 0 372
35 Australia Tony D'Alberto 12 7 9 0 360
36 Australia Luke Youlden 9 5 13 0 354
37 Australia Garry Jacobson 15 8 11 0 324
38 Australia Richard Muscat 34 18 8 0 282
39 Australia Dean Canto 5 17 12 0 246
40 Australia Alex Davison 230 11 19 0 240
41 Australia Aaren Russell 7 14 16 0 240
42 Australia Ashley Walsh 14 15 17 0 228
43 Australia Will Brown 99 12 24 0 204
44 Australia David Russell 6 13 23 0 204
45 Australia Jonathon Webb 19 22 15 0 198
46 Australia Dale Wood 21 19 18 0 198
47 Australia Bryce Fullwood 35 21 20 0 174
48 Australia Steve Owen 56 20 22 0 168
49 Australia Jason Bright 18 23 21 0 156
50 Australia Alex Rullo 78 Ret 14 0 126
51 Australia Jack Perkins 25 16 Ret 0 114
52 Australia Kurt Kostecki 42 25 23 27 Ret 0 90
53 Australia Dean Fiore 23 25 Ret 0 60
Pos. Driver No. ADE
South Australia		 MEL
Victoria (Australia)		 SYM
Tasmania		 PHI
Victoria (Australia)		 BAR
Western Australia		 WIN
Victoria (Australia)		 HID
Northern Territory		 TOW
Queensland		 QLD
Queensland		 SMP
New South Wales		 BEN
South Australia		 SAN
Victoria (Australia)		 BAT
New South Wales		 SUR
Queensland		 PUK
New Zealand		 NEW
New South Wales		 Pen. Points
Key
ColourResult
GoldWinner
Silver2nd place
Bronze3rd place
GreenOther points position
Blue Other classified position
Not classified, finished (NC)
PurpleNot classified, retired (Ret)
Red Did not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
BlackDisqualified (DSQ)
White Did not start (DNS)
Race cancelled (C)
Blank Did not practice (DNP)
Excluded (EX)
Did not arrive (DNA)
Withdrawn (WD)
Bold – Pole position
Italics – Fastest lap
  Results count toward the Enduro Cup.

Teams' championship

Pos. Team No. ADE
South Australia		 MEL
Victoria (Australia)		 SYM
Tasmania		 PHI
Victoria (Australia)		 BAR
Western Australia		 WIN
Victoria (Australia)		 HID
Northern Territory		 TOW
Queensland		 QLD
Queensland		 SMP
New South Wales		 BEN
South Australia		 SAN
Victoria (Australia)		 BAT
New South Wales		 SUR
Queensland		 PUK
New Zealand		 NEW
New South Wales		 Pen. Points
1 Triple Eight Race Engineering 1 6 Ret 2 1 2 3 1 3 14 9 11 6 17 8 8 3 1 2 4 4 2 4 1 1 10 30 6117
97 1 1 4 4 13 13 6 25 3 6 3 5 3 2 2 4 2 1 2 1 1 1 2 2 5
2 DJR Team Penske 12 21 16 3 3 12 6 5 17 12 4 8 16 4 1 15 8 5 8 5 5 11 14 14 7 9 0 5539
17 3 10 1 2 15 7 9 2 1 1 1 1 5 3 1 2 3 3 1 2 3 6 10 4 3
3 Tickford Racing 5 5 13 14 9 7 17 14 12 13 15 2 21 10 20 20 13 6 12 20 26 15 5 16 17 12 0 4066
55 7 4 5 6 10 4 Ret 10 5 8 10 11 14 10 17 12 13 5 6 3 5 9 12 10 4
4 Brad Jones Racing 8 11 15 9 7 3 2 12 9 26 13 9 7 19 14 9 6 10 13 10 25 8 11 5 24 7 0 3921
14 13 11 10 10 4 11 7 14 10 12 4 17 7 7 14 21 11 14 14 6 10 12 4 15 17
5 Erebus Motorsport 9 4 2 7 12 14 1 4 8 6 2 17 2 25 15 3 1 7 6 7 7 7 17 3 5 13 90 3886
99 19 17 15 19 20 15 19 15 7 16 18 23 12 16 11 15 19 17 26 17 18 24 11 12 23
6 Walkinshaw Andretti United 2 10 8 6 11 1 5 8 6 9 11 12 15 2 6 4 20 14 21 16 19 25 18 6 6 2 0 3778
25 2 6 12 20 5 Ret 3 4 17 Ret 13 4 9 19 23 11 17 10 8 Ret Ret 8 13 16 Ret
7 Nissan Motorsport 7 17 25 18 16 21 14 17 19 15 14 25 8 16 11 16 16 12 11 15 14 24 19 Ret 14 16 0 3636
15 23 14 17 13 17 Ret 15 11 2 3 14 10 1 4 6 5 15 7 13 9 6 2 17 8 11
8 Garry Rogers Motorsport 33 16 3 8 18 26 9 13 7 11 10 19 14 8 22 5 7 21 19 11 11 20 28 20 9 6 0 3035
34 Ret 19 21 17 24 Ret 23 18 25 19 22 25 21 25 26 22 16 16 18 16 13 21 24 18 8
9 Triple Eight Race Engineeringdouble-dagger 888 9 7 16 Ret 6 12 2 1 4 7 5 3 13 12 7 10 4 4 3 8 4 10 8 3 1 0 2787
10 Nissan Motorsport 23 14 9 13 8 16 8 16 24 18 5 20 26 6 5 10 9 DNS Ret 9 13 22 3 9 25 Ret 0 2582
78 18 18 Ret 23 23 16 22 21 24 22 15 12 18 23 22 17 25 22 19 21 14 23 23 Ret 14
11 Tickford Racing 6 15 5 11 5 9 22 24 13 16 17 6 13 Ret 26 12 Ret 8 9 22 15 19 13 15 13 23 80 2455
56 Ret 20 24 Ret 25 18 25 Ret 19 20 24 19 22 9 25 19 23 20 12 18 21 22 22 20 22
12 23Red Racingdouble-dagger 230 8 12 25 14 8 10 18 22 8 21 7 20 11 13 13 14 9 Ret 17 12 17 7 7 11 19 0 1663
13 Tekno Autosportsdouble-dagger 19 20 22 20 22 22 21 10 5 20 18 16 9 15 17 18 Ret 22 18 21 10 9 16 18 22 15 30 1412
14 Charlie Schwerkolt Racingdouble-dagger 18 12 24 19 15 19 23 11 23 22 25 23 18 23 21 21 Ret 18 15 24 20 12 20 Ret 23 21 0 1107
15 Tim Blanchard Racingdouble-dagger 21 Ret 23 23 21 11 20 20 16 21 23 Ret 24 24 18 19 18 24 24 23 22 16 15 21 19 18 30 1058
16 Matt Stone Racingdouble-dagger 35 22 21 22 Ret 18 19 21 20 23 24 21 22 20 24 24 23 20 23 27 24 23 26 25 21 20 0 985
Pos. Team No. ADE
South Australia		 MEL
Victoria (Australia)		 SYM
Tasmania		 PHI
Victoria (Australia)		 BAR
Western Australia		 WIN
Victoria (Australia)		 HID
Northern Territory		 TOW
Queensland		 QLD
Queensland		 SMP
New South Wales		 BEN
South Australia		 SAN
Victoria (Australia)		 BAT
New South Wales		 SUR
Queensland		 PUK
New Zealand		 NEW
New South Wales		 Pen. Points
Key
ColourResult
GoldWinner
Silver2nd place
Bronze3rd place
GreenOther points position
Blue Other classified position
Not classified, finished (NC)
PurpleNot classified, retired (Ret)
Red Did not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
BlackDisqualified (DSQ)
White Did not start (DNS)
Race cancelled (C)
Blank Did not practice (DNP)
Excluded (EX)
Did not arrive (DNA)
Withdrawn (WD)
Bold – Pole position
Italics – Fastest lap
double-dagger – Denotes single-car team
  Results count toward the Enduro Cup.

Pirtek Enduro Cup

Pos. Drivers No. SAN
Victoria (Australia)		 BAT
New South Wales		 SUR
Queensland		 Pen. Pts.
1 Craig Lowndes / Steven Richards 888 3 1 0 558
2 Shane van Gisbergen / Earl Bamber 97 2 5 0 498
3 Scott McLaughlin / Alexandre Prémat 17 4 3 0 498
4 Scott Pye / Warren Luff 2 6 2 0 480
5 Jamie Whincup / Paul Dumbrell 1 1 10 0 456
6 Chaz Mostert / James Moffat 55 10 4 0 396
7 Garth Tander / Chris Pither 33 9 6 0 372
8 Fabian Coulthard / Tony D'Alberto 12 7 9 0 360
9 David Reynolds / Luke Youlden 9 5 13 0 354
10 Rick Kelly / Garry Jacobson 15 8 11 0 324
11 James Golding / Richard Muscat 34 18 8 0 282
12 Nick Percat / Macauley Jones 8 24 7 0 258
13 Mark Winterbottom / Dean Canto 5 17 12 0 246
14 Will Davison / Alex Davison 230 11 19 0 240
15 Andre Heimgartner / Aaren Russell 7 14 16 0 240
16 Tim Slade / Ashley Walsh 14 15 17 0 228
17 Anton de Pasquale / Will Brown 99 12 24 0 204
18 Cameron Waters / David Russell 6 13 23 0 204
19 Jack Le Brocq / Jonathon Webb 19 22 15 0 198
20 Tim Blanchard / Dale Wood 21 19 18 0 198
21 Todd Hazelwood / Bryce Fullwood 35 21 20 0 174
22 Richie Stanaway / Steve Owen 56 20 22 0 168
23 Lee Holdsworth / Jason Bright 18 23 21 0 156
24 Simona de Silvestro / Alex Rullo 78 Ret 14 0 126
25 James Courtney / Jack Perkins 25 16 Ret 0 114
26 Michael Caruso / Dean Fiore 23 25 Ret 0 60
Pos. Drivers No. SAN
Victoria (Australia)		 BAT
New South Wales		 SUR
Queensland		 Pen. Pts.
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)

Bold - Pole position
Italics - Fastest lap

Notes

  1. ↑ For points-scoring purposes, Tickford Racing is divided into two teams: one which is made up of car #5 and #55, and another consisting of car #6 and #56.[6]
  2. ↑ Mark Winterbottom raced as number 200 at the Phillip Island 500.
  3. ↑ Will Davison raced as number 400 at the Perth SuperSprint and as number 120 at the Ipswich SuperSprint.
  4. ↑ For points-scoring purposes, Triple Eight Race Engineering is divided into two teams: "Red Bull Holden Racing Team", which is made up of cars #1 and #97, and "Autobarn Lowndes Racing",[7] consisting of car #888.
  5. ↑ Tim Blanchard Racing is a satellite team of Brad Jones Racing; Tim Blanchard Racing own the Racing Entitlement Contract for car #21, while Brad Jones Racing runs the car and oversees trackside activities on their behalf.
  6. ↑ Erebus Motorsport contested the Tasmania SuperSprint with Erebus Motorsport badges rather than Holden badges. However, the team was still recognised as being a Holden team for the round.[8]
  7. ↑ Lee Holdsworth raced as number 400 at the Winton SuperSprint.
  8. ↑ For points-scoring purposes, Nissan Motorsport is divided into two teams: one which is made up of car #7 and #15, and another consisting of car #23 and #78.
  9. ↑ Rick Kelly and Garry Jacobson raced as number 11 at the Bathurst 1000.
  10. ↑ Jason Bright competed with the Racing Entitlement Contract (REC) he owned under the Britek Motorsport banner, which was operated by Prodrive Racing Australia as a satellite team. Although this REC was leased to Matt Stone Racing, Prodrive replaced it with an REC owned by Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport. Stanaway effectively replaced Bright despite the restructuring of the teams.
  11. ↑ The Supercars Challenge was not held in 2007.

    References

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