2015 V8 Supercars Dunlop Series

The 2015 V8 Supercars Dunlop Series was an Australian motor racing competition for V8 Supercars, staged as support series to the International V8 Supercars Championship. It was the sixteenth annual V8 Supercar Development Series and the fourth to be contested under the "Dunlop Series" name.

The series was won by Cam Waters driving a Ford FG Falcon.

Teams and drivers

The following teams and drivers contested the 2015 V8 Supercars Dunlop Series:

Manufacturer	Model	Team	No.	Driver	Rounds	Co-Driver	Rounds
Ford	Falcon FG	Image Racing	2	Dan Day	All
			10	Jesse Dixon	1–5
				Grant Denyer^[1]	6
				Jonathon Webb^[2]	7
		Prodrive Racing Australia	5	Cam Waters^[3]	All
		RSport Engineering	7	Brett Hobson	5
		Matt Chahda Motorsport	18	Matt Chahda	3–7
		MW Motorsport	28	Jack Le Brocq	1–6
			28	Bryce Fullwood^[4]	7
			42	Chris Pither	1–6
			42	Jack Le Brocq^[4]	7
		Matt Stone Racing	35	Todd Hazelwood	All
		Matt Stone Racing	90	Shae Davies^[5]	All
		Paul Morris Motorsport	55	Renee Gracie^[6]	All
		Paul Morris Motorsport	67	Paul Morris	1–6
		Novocastrian Motorsport (PMM)	58	Aaren Russell	All	Drew Russell	6
		Super Black Racing (MW)	111	Simon Evans	All
Holden	Commodore VE	Eggleston Motorsport	1	Paul Dumbrell^[7]	All
			38	Ant Pedersen^[7]	1–6
			38	Liam McAdam^[8]	7
			54	Garry Jacobson^[7]	All
			88	Liam McAdam^[9]	6
		Jamie Sharp Racing	3	Jamie Sharp	1
		RSport Engineering	4	Kurt Kostecki	1–4
			4	Phil Woodbury	5–7
			7	Brett Hobson	1–4
			11	Matt Chahda	1–2
			11	Phil Woodbury	3
		Brad Jones Racing	8	Andrew Jones^[10]	All
			14	Macauley Jones^[10]	All
			21	Josh Kean^[10]	All
		Paul Morris Motorsport	16	Bryce Fullwood	1–6
		THR Developments	45	Taz Douglas	1–4
			46	Chelsea Angelo	1
				Jason Leoncini	2–3
				Geoff Emery	4
		Matt Hansen Racing	50	Matt Hansen	1–3
		Warrin Mining	62	Adam Wallis	1, 4
		McGill Motorsport	75	Aaron McGill	All	Michael Caine	6
		Dragon Motor Racing Garry Rogers Motorsport	99	James Golding	All

The 2015 V8 Supercars Dunlop Series featured a new race number allocation system. Each year since the series began in 2000, the race number pool was shared with the main V8 Supercars Championship, meaning that numbers used in that series could not be used in the Dunlop Series. For 2015, an individual number pool was allocated to each series.

Calendar

The 2015 V8 Supercars Dunlop Series was contested over seven rounds.^[11] The calendar was released on 18 November 2014.^[11]

Series schedule						Results summary
Rnd.	Race	Event	Circuit	Location	Date	Winning driver	Round winner
1	1	Clipsal 500 Adelaide	Adelaide Street Circuit	Adelaide, South Australia	27 February	Cam Waters	Paul Dumbrell
1	2	Clipsal 500 Adelaide	Adelaide Street Circuit	Adelaide, South Australia	28 February	Paul Dumbrell	Paul Dumbrell
2	1	Ubet Perth Super Sprint	Barbagallo Raceway	Perth, Western Australia	2 May	Cam Waters	Cam Waters
	2				3 May	Cam Waters
	3				3 May	Cam Waters
3	1	NP300 Navara Winton Super Sprint	Winton Motor Raceway	Benalla, Victoria	16 May	Cam Waters	Cam Waters
	2				17 May	Cam Waters
	3				17 May	Cam Waters
4	1	Castrol Edge Townsville 400	Townsville Street Circuit	Townsville, Queensland	11 July	Cam Waters	Cam Waters
4	2	Castrol Edge Townsville 400	Townsville Street Circuit	Townsville, Queensland	12 July	Paul Dumbrell	Cam Waters
5	1	Coates Hire Ipswich Super Sprint	Queensland Raceway	Ipswich, Queensland	1 August	Cam Waters	Cam Waters
	2				2 August	Cam Waters
	3				2 August	Chris Pither
6	1	Bathurst 250	Mount Panorama Circuit	Bathurst, New South Wales	10 October	Paul Dumbrell	Paul Dumbrell
7	1	Coates Hire Sydney 500	Homebush Street Circuit	Sydney, New South Wales	5 December	Paul Dumbrell	Paul Dumbrell
7	2	Coates Hire Sydney 500	Homebush Street Circuit	Sydney, New South Wales	6 December	Paul Dumbrell	Paul Dumbrell

Note: In the above table, "Event" refers to the V8 Supercars Championship meeting at which the Dunlop Series round was contested.

Points system

Series points were awarded in each race as per the following:^[12]

Round format	Position
Round format	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

Championship standings

Pos. ^[13]	Driver^[13]	No.	ADE		BAR			WIN			TOW		QLD			BAT	SYD		Pen.	Pts. ^[13]
1	Cam Waters	5	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	3	2	8	2	0	1966
2	Paul Dumbrell	1	2	1	4	10	2	3	3	3	5	1	3	4	2	1	1	1	0	1889
3	Jack Le Brocq	28/42	7	7	3	3	4	4	4	5	3	4	2	3	5	9	5	3	0	1587
4	Todd Hazelwood	35	9	8	6	4	8	13	7	8	6	5	6	7	9	5	3	6	0	1404
5	Chris Pither	42	3	12	2	2	22	6	5	4	11	3	5	5	1	3			0	1337
6	Garry Jacobson	54	5	6	9	8	7	15	10	18	2	9	7	6	8	10	2	15	0	1287
7	Andrew Jones	8	8	4	Ret	Ret	2	2	2	2	DNS	DNS	4	2	6	4	6	4	0	1274
8	Shae Davies	90	10	10	7	7	15	10	6	6	7	18	13	10	11	16	7	11	15	1070
9	Simon Evans	111	17	23	13	12	11	14	18	9	13	6	12	9	7	12	15	12	0	961
10	James Golding	99	19	Ret	11	6	9	5	Ret	11	Ret	8	11	19	20	7	4	9	0	938
11	Aaren Russell	58	6	3	5	23	24	25	14	7	8	Ret	9	Ret	14	20	9	7	0	935
12	Macauley Jones	14	13	11	15	11	5	Ret	16	16	9	Ret	16	14	13	8	16	8	0	911
13	Ant Pedersen	38	4	5	12	17	10	7	8	12	4	Ret	8	8	4	Ret			0	855
14	Paul Morris	67	23	14	8	5	6	11	9	10	10	7	DNS	DNS	DNS	6			40	795
15	Dan Day	2	12	25	19	16	23	18	17	22	20	13	18	18	17	14	17	16	0	741
16	Jesse Dixon	10	11	13	10	9	20	8	Ret	15	12	16	10	13	10				0	650
17	Bryce Fullwood	16/28	20	Ret	DNS	14	12	20	20	20	Ret	11	Ret	11	12	18	10	10	0	647
18	Renee Gracie	55	21	20	20	13	17	19	19	21	Ret	12	17	Ret	15	19	13	14	25	634
19	Josh Kean	21	Ret	16	16	15	13	9	11	25	15	17	14	17	18	Ret	11	Ret	25	576
20	Aaron McGill	75	15	21	21	21	18	24	24	24	Ret	15	21	DNS	DNS	17	Ret	17	0	508
21	Taz Douglas	45	18	9	14	Ret	14	12	12	13	14	10							0	496
22	Matt Chahda	11/18	14	17	DNS	DNS	DNS	17	13	23	17	Ret	19	12	19	Ret	14	Ret	25	423
23	Brett Hobson	7	Ret	DNS	23	22	19	22	23	26	16	DNS	15	15	16				0	325
24	Kurt Kostecki	4	25	24	17	20	16	16	22	14	21	Ret							25	290
25	Adam Wallis	62	16	15							19	14							0	228
26	Liam McAdam	38/88														11	18	13	50	211
27	Matt Hansen	50	Ret	19	22	18	Ret	23	21	17									0	196
28	Jason Leoncini	46			18	19	21	21	15	19									0	194
29	Phil Woodbury	4/11						DNS	DNS	DNS			20	16	Ret	15	DNS	DNS	0	188
30	Jonathon Webb	10															12	5	0	180
31	Grant Denyer	10														13			0	132
32	Michael Caine	75														17			0	108
33	Chelsea Angelo	46	22	18															0	90
34	Drew Russell	58														20			0	90
35	Jamie Sharp	3	24	22															0	72
36	Geoff Emery	46									18	DNS							0	51
Pos.	Driver	No.	ADE		BAR			WIN			TOW		QLD			BAT	SYD		Pen.	Pts.

Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	Second place
Bronze	Third place
Green	Points finish
Blue	Non-points finish
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Retired (Ret)
Red	Did not qualify (DNQ)
Red	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

References

^ "Grant Denyer's back". V8 Supercars. 28 September 2015.
^ "Weaving his Webb". V8 Supercars. 20 November 2015.
^ "Cam Waters confirmed for 2015 DVS". Speedcafe. 18 December 2014.
^ ^a ^b "SHAKE-UP AT MWM AFTER FORCED PITHER EXIT". Speedcafe. 3 December 2015.
^ "Davies moves to Dunlop Series with Matt Stone". Speedcafe. 25 November 2014.
^ "Paul Morris to field Gracie in Dunlop Series". Speedcafe. 19 November 2014.
^ ^a ^b ^c Bartholomaeus, Stefan (15 February 2015). "Dumbrell ready to defend Dunlop Series title". Speedcafe.com. Retrieved 15 February 2015.
^ "V8 SUPERCARS DUNLOP SERIES PRACTICE SESSIONS P1 P2". Natsoft.com. 4 December 2015. Retrieved 4 December 2015.^{[permanent dead link‍]}
^ "MCADAM GRADUATES TO DUNLOP SERIES FOR 2016". Speedcafe.com. 22 September 2015. Retrieved 22 September 2015.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Kean to pilot BJR Commodore". V8Supercars.com.au. 3 February 2015. Retrieved 3 February 2015.
^ ^a ^b Bartholomaeus, Stefan (18 November 2014). "Dunlop Series calendar and formats sorted". Speedcafe.com. Retrieved 18 November 2014.
^ V8 Superscars Operations Manual 2015, Division “D” – Sporting Rules, as archived at web.archive.org
^ ^a ^b ^c 2015 V8 Supercars Dunlop Series Points, www.v8supercars.com.au, as archived at web.archive.org

External links

Official website

[1] "Grant Denyer's back". V8 Supercars. 28 September 2015.

[2] "Weaving his Webb". V8 Supercars. 20 November 2015.

[3] "Cam Waters confirmed for 2015 DVS". Speedcafe. 18 December 2014.

[Speedcafe-4] "SHAKE-UP AT MWM AFTER FORCED PITHER EXIT". Speedcafe. 3 December 2015.

[5] "Davies moves to Dunlop Series with Matt Stone". Speedcafe. 25 November 2014.

[6] "Paul Morris to field Gracie in Dunlop Series". Speedcafe. 19 November 2014.

[Eggleston-7] Bartholomaeus, Stefan (15 February 2015). "Dumbrell ready to defend Dunlop Series title". Speedcafe.com. Retrieved 15 February 2015.

[8] "V8 SUPERCARS DUNLOP SERIES PRACTICE SESSIONS P1 P2". Natsoft.com. 4 December 2015. Retrieved 4 December 2015.^{[permanent dead link‍]}

[9] "MCADAM GRADUATES TO DUNLOP SERIES FOR 2016". Speedcafe.com. 22 September 2015. Retrieved 22 September 2015.

[BJR-10] "Kean to pilot BJR Commodore". V8Supercars.com.au. 3 February 2015. Retrieved 3 February 2015.

[Bartholomaeus-11] Bartholomaeus, Stefan (18 November 2014). "Dunlop Series calendar and formats sorted". Speedcafe.com. Retrieved 18 November 2014.

[12] V8 Superscars Operations Manual 2015, Division “D” – Sporting Rules, as archived at web.archive.org

[Points-13] 2015 V8 Supercars Dunlop Series Points, www.v8supercars.com.au, as archived at web.archive.org

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