2013 Dunlop V8 Supercar Series

The 2013 Dunlop Series was an Australian motor racing competition for V8 Supercars. It was the fourteenth running of a V8 Supercar Development Series, with all rounds held in support of 2013 International V8 Supercars Championship events.

2013 Dunlop V8 Supercar Series
Previous: 2012 Next: 2014
Parent series:
International V8 Supercars Championship

The introduction of the "New Generation V8 Supercar" regulations to the V8 Supercar Championship resulted in a number of rule changes which affected the Dunlop Series. Teams were only allowed to compete with one model of the cars raced in V8 Supercars. All teams competing with Fords upgraded to the FG Falcon, whilst the Holden teams continued to use the VE Commodore. With all V8 Supercar teams building brand-new chassis for the 2013 season to comply with the New Generation V8 Supercar regulations, many of the cars they used in the 2012 Supercars Championship were sold to Dunlop Series teams.

Dale Wood won the 2013 series driving a Ford FG Falcon for MW Motorsport.

Teams and drivers
Dale Wood won the series driving a Ford FG Falcon for MW Motorsport
Ashley Walsh placed second driving a Ford FG Falcon for Matt Stone Racing
Andrew Jones placed third driving a Holden VE Commodore for Brad Jones Racing
Two-time MotoGP World Champion Casey Stoner (seen here at the 2010 Australian motorcycle Grand Prix), placed 18th driving a Holden VE Commodore for Triple Eight Race Engineering
Chaz Mostert placed 29th driving a Ford FG Falcon for MW Motorsport. Mostert only contested the Adelaide round, which he won.

The following teams and drivers competed in the 2013 Dunlop Series:

Team Vehicle No. Driver Rounds
Image Racing[1] Ford FG Falcon 10 Taz Douglas[2] All
Sydney Star Racing[1] Holden VE Commodore 11 Aaron Tebb 1–3, 5, 7
Brett Hobson 6
16 Justin Garioch[3] 3
Aaron Tebb[4] 4, 6
Brett Hobson[5] 5, 7
Brad Jones Racing Holden VE Commodore 20 Andrew Jones[6] All
41 Luke Youlden[7] 5
42 Chris Pither[6] All
Nandi Kiss Racing Holden VE Commodore 24 Chris Alajajian[8] 1
Nandi Kiss[9] 2–7
MW Motorsport Ford FG Falcon 26 Dale Wood[10] All
28 Morgan Haber[11] All
99 Chaz Mostert[12] 1
Steve Owen[13] 2–7
Triple Eight Race Engineering Holden VE Commodore 27 Casey Stoner[14] All
Tony D'Alberto Racing Ford FG Falcon 30 Nick McBride[15] All
Evans Motorsport Group Ford FG Falcon 31 Kristian Lindbom[16] 1–4, 6
Daniel Gaunt[17] 5
Holden VE Commodore 48 Geoff Emery[1] All
THR Developments Holden VE Commodore 32 Josh Kean[7][18] 5–6
Matt Stone Racing Ford FG Falcon 35 George Miedecke[19] All
60 Michael Hector[20] 3–7
87 Ashley Walsh[21] All
Eggleston Motorsport[22] Holden VE Commodore 38 Daniel Gaunt[23] 1–4
Ant Pedersen[24] 5
54 Jay Verdnik[25] 1
Jack Perkins[26] 2–7
Minda Motorsport[27] Holden VE Commodore 43 Sam Walter[28] All
56 Todd Hazelwood 7
98 Cameron Waters[27] All
Finance EZI Racing[29] Ford FG Falcon 44 Josh Hunter[30] 1–6
Maurice Pickering[31] 7
64 Andre Heimgartner[30] All
Poll Performance Racing[1] Holden VE Commodore 51 Jim Pollicina[32] All
Novocastrian Motorsport Ford FG Falcon 58 Drew Russell[1] All
59 Aaren Russell[33] All
60 Michael Hector[20] 1–2
Warrin Mining[1] Holden VE Commodore 62 Adam Wallis 1, 4–6
Paul Morris Motorsport[1] Holden VE Commodore 67 Paul Morris[34] 2–7
Action Racing[1] Holden VE Commodore 71 Marcus Zukanovic 1–6
Ford FG Falcon[35] 7
Formula Tech Performance[1] Holden VE Commodore 73 Brett Stewart[36] All
Auto Motion Australia[1] Holden VE Commodore 75 Aaron McGill All
Sonic Motor Racing Services Ford FG Falcon 777 Rodney Jane[37] All
999 Garry Jacobson[37] All

Team changes
  • V8 Supercar teams Ford Performance Racing and Walkinshaw Racing will no longer support entries in the Dunlop Series.[38]
  • Formula Ford team Evans Motorsport Group purchased a Ford Performance Racing-built Ford FG Falcon that was run by Rod Nash Racing in the 2012 V8 Supercars Championship.[39] The team later merged with Greg Murphy Racing to run two cars in the 2013 series. The combined team will be campaign with a Triple Eight-built Holden VE Commodore alongside their FPR-built Ford FG Falcon.[32]
  • Image Racing purchased the Stone Brothers Racing Ford FG Falcon driven by Shane van Gisbergen in the 2012 V8 Supercars Championship.[40]
  • MW Motorsport purchased the Ford FG Falcons used by Ford Performance Racing's Mark Winterbottom and Will Davison in the 2012 V8 Supercars Championship, expanding the team to three cars.[41] Morgan Haber will be the driver of one of the entries.[42]
  • Family-owned team Novocastrian Motorsport have purchased two Stone Brothers Racing-built Ford FG Falcons.[43]
  • Queensland businessman Maurice Pickering will establish Finance EZI Racing, running two Ford FG Falcons.[30]
  • Tony D'Alberto Racing will expand its operations to include a Dunlop Series entry.[15] Using the FG Falcon that D'Alberto used in the 2011 and 2012 V8 Supercar Championships.

Driver changes

Calendar

The 2013 Dunlop Series comprised nineteen races within seven rounds at seven circuits, all in support of the International V8 Supercars Championship. The calendar remains unchanged from the 2012 season, with only the Winton event being brought forward, reflecting the change in the V8 Supercar Championship calendar.

Series schedule Results summary
Rnd Rce Event Circuit Location Date Winning driver Round winner
1 1 Clipsal 500 Adelaide Adelaide Street Circuit Adelaide, South Australia 1 March Ashley Walsh Chaz Mostert
2 2 March Chaz Mostert
2 3 Chill Peth 360 Barbagallo Raceway Perth, Western Australia 4 May Ashley Walsh Ashley Walsh
4 5 May Jack Perkins
5 Dale Wood
3 6 Sucrogen Townsville 400 Townsville Street Circuit Townsville, Queensland 6 July Steve Owen Steve Owen
7 7 July Paul Morris
8 Steve Owen
4 9 Coates Hire Ipswich 360 Queensland Raceway Ipswich, Queensland 27 July Dale Wood Jack Perkins
10 28 July Andre Heimgartner
11 Jack Perkins
5 12 Winton 360 Winton Motor Raceway Benalla, Victoria 24 August Dale Wood Dale Wood
13 25 August Geoff Emery
14 Jack Perkins
6 15 Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000 Mount Panorama Circuit Bathurst, New South Wales 10 October Steve Owen Steve Owen
16 11 October Steve Owen
7 18 Sydney NRMA Motoring & Services 500 Homebush Street Circuit Sydney, New South Wales 7 December Ashley Walsh Steve Owen
19 8 December Steve Owen
Sources:[44][45]

Points system

Points were awarded to the driver of a car that had completed 75% of the race distance and was running at the completion of the final lap. Two different points scales were applied to rounds having two or three races to ensure that a driver would be awarded 300 points for winning all races at any event.

Points were awarded using the following system:

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
Two-race format
(All 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
Three-race format
(Races 1 and 3)		 120 110 103 96 89 82 77 72 67 62 57 55 53 51 48 46 43 41 38 36 33 30 28 26 24 21 18 16 13 11
Three-race format
(Race 2)		 60 56 52 48 44 40 38 36 34 32 30 28 26 24 23 22 21 20 19 18 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8

Series standings
Pos. Driver No. ADE
 BAR
 TOW
 QLD
 WIN
 BAT
 SYD
 Pen. Pts.
1 Dale Wood 26 3 2 2 7 1 2 4 2 1 8 7 1 5 2 2 2 9 6 1772
2 Ashley Walsh 87 1 3 1 5 2 10 8 4 4 4 28 4 4 4 8 4 1 Ret 1508
3 Andrew Jones 20 4 25 8 3 15 6 3 3 7 28 4 3 6 3 5 7 5 4 1425
4 Jack Perkins 54 9 1 7 18 10 7 2 7 1 2 8 1 3 3 3 3 1404
5 Steve Owen 99 Ret 10 9 1 5 1 3 5 2 Ret 18 9 1 1 2 1 1315
6 Taz Douglas 10 12 5 4 8 3 26 18 9 6 Ret Ret 20 15 15 4 6 4 2 40 1152
7 Drew Russell 58 6 12 13 9 12 7 Ret Ret 9 2 12 7 2 7 7 5 11 10 1138
8 George Miedecke 35 7 7 10 2 11 8 2 5 14 10 19 8 10 5 6 8 Ret 20 1135
9 Aaren Russell 59 9 6 19 17 13 4 7 6 13 9 6 Ret 23 23 10 27 8 8 1008
10 Cameron Waters 98 10 8 6 23 8 28 19 DSQ 26 14 11 5 7 11 14 21 7 7 956
11 Daniel Gaunt 38/31 8 9 5 6 4 3 9 19 5 3 3 11 25 12 943
12 Paul Morris 67 7 4 6 9 1 8 12 6 26 12 9 10 23 11 13 13 913
13 Kristian Lindbom 31 5 4 3 22 5 5 6 DSQ Ret 18 10 13 9 800
14 Geoff Emery 48 11 10 18 16 10 11 12 DSQ 28 15 20 9 1 22 11 Ret 14 12 788
15 Chris Pither 42 18 Ret 12 14 17 12 11 DSQ 11 17 9 26 19 14 21 10 6 5 40 787
16 Nick McBride 30 20 Ret 15 13 14 16 16 14 8 Ret 27 6 11 8 18 15 10 11 40 785
17 Garry Jacobson 999 17 13 11 11 16 27 20 10 19 26 15 18 12 26 15 13 Ret 18 717
18 Casey Stoner 27 Ret 14 21 21 20 29 14 12 17 11 5 Ret 22 16 9 Ret 12 9 704
19 Rodney Jane 777 13 16 17 15 19 14 15 Ret 20 Ret 13 13 13 18 16 14 19 Ret 678
20 Andre Heimgartner 64 15 11 27 18 24 23 17 DSQ 10 1 22 Ret 21 17 17 12 24 16 677
21 Marcus Zukanovic 71 19 17 16 25 22 15 22 11 15 13 Ret 14 30 Ret 20 19 Ret Ret 536
22 Sam Walter 43 22 18 22 20 21 Ret DNS DNS 16 12 8 24 20 20 27 18 15 14 60 535
23 Josh Hunter 44 14 26 20 19 25 17 Ret 13 Ret 19 16 15 14 13 12 Ret 524
24 Morgan Haber 28 Ret 19 14 12 18 13 13 15 Ret 16 14 Ret 24 19 19 Ret 21 17 25 514
25 Brett Stewart 73 25 23 24 24 23 21 27 Ret 24 22 21 21 26 24 28 25 18 19 474
26 Aaron McGill 75 24 Ret Ret DNS 28 20 24 17 23 20 18 28 29 28 Ret 23 17 21 403
27 Jim Pollicina 51 26 Ret 25 26 26 19 23 Ret 21 21 25 19 32 27 22 26 23 22 25 384
28 Michael Hector 60 27 24 23 29 29 22 25 16 18 25 24 27 31 Ret Ret 22 22 Ret 40 333
29 Chaz Mostert 99 2 1 288
30 Adam Wallis 62 21 21 25 24 17 25 28 25 24 24 288
31 Aaron Tebb 11 Ret 22 Ret 27 27 Ret DNS DNS 22 23 Ret 22 34 DNS 29 20 20 Ret 252
32 Nandi Kiss 24 26 28 Ret 25 26 Ret 27 27 23 Ret 33 29 25 28 Ret 24 223
33 Brett Hobson 16 23 27 21 Ret 17 16 15 25 101
34 Luke Youlden 41 10 3 6 196
35 Josh Kean 32 17 16 Ret 26 16 149
36 Jay Verdnik 54 16 15 117
37 Justin Garioch 16 24 21 18 84
38 Chris Alajajian 24 23 20 81
39 Ant Pedersen 38 16 17 30 79
40 Maurice Pickering 44 25 23 66
Todd Hazelwood 56 DNS DNS 0
Pos. Driver No. ADE
 BAR
 TOW
 QLD
 WIN
 BAT
 SYD
 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

See also

2013 V8 Supercar season

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