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

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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
  Bryce Fullwood[4] 7
42   Chris Pither 1–6
  Jack Le Brocq[4] 7
Matt Stone Racing 35   Todd Hazelwood All
90   Shae Davies[5] All
Paul Morris Motorsport 55   Renee Gracie[6] All
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
  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
  Phil Woodbury 5–7
7   Brett Hobson 1–4
11   Matt Chahda 1–2
  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

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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
2 28 February   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   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   Cam Waters
4 1   Castrol Edge Townsville 400 Townsville Street Circuit Townsville, Queensland 11 July   Cam Waters   Cam Waters
2 12 July   Paul Dumbrell
5 1   Coates Hire Ipswich Super Sprint Queensland Raceway Ipswich, Queensland 1 August   Cam Waters   Cam Waters
2 2 August   Cam Waters
3   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
2 6 December   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

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

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

Championship standings

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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
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple Retired (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

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References

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  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.
  4. ^ a b "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.
  7. ^ a b c 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.
  10. ^ a b c "Kean to pilot BJR Commodore". V8Supercars.com.au. 3 February 2015. Retrieved 3 February 2015.
  11. ^ a b 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
  13. ^ a b c 2015 V8 Supercars Dunlop Series Points, www.v8supercars.com.au, as archived at web.archive.org
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