2001 Konica V8 Supercar Series

The 2001 Konica V8 Supercar Series was an Australian motor racing competition for V8 Supercars. It was the second running of the second tier series for V8 Supercars. The series was contested over six rounds held across four different states, commencing on 25 February at Wakefield Park and concluding on 11 August at Mallala Motor Sport Park.

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

Teams and drivers

The following teams and drivers competed during the series.

Team Car No. Driver Rounds
Eastern Creek Karts Ford Falcon (EL) 20 Australia Garry Holt All
Terry Wyhoon Racing Holden Commodore (VS) 25 Australia Terry Wyhoon All
Garry Rogers Motorsport Holden Commodore (VT) 33 Australia Leanne Ferrier All
Scotty Taylor Racing Holden Commodore (VS) 37 Australia Bill Attard All
South Pacific Motor Sport Holden Commodore (VS) 38 Australia Peter Field 2, 4
Australia Wayne Cooper 3
Mal Rose Racing Holden Commodore (VS) 44 Australia Mal Rose 1–2
Eddie Abelnica Holden Commodore (VT) 48 Australia Eddie Abelnica 3–6
Ric Shaw Motorsport Holden Commodore (VS) 49 Australia Ric Shaw 1–5
Garry Willmington Performance Ford Falcon (EL) 56 Australia Luke Sieders 1–2
John Scotcher Motorsport Ford Falcon (EL) 59 Australia Adam Wallis 1–2, 4, 6
Australia Mick Donaher 3, 5
Evers Motorsport Holden Commodore (VS) 60 Australia Scott March 1–2
Australia Kenny Habul 5
Halliday Motor Sport Ford Falcon (EL) 61 Australia Ross Halliday All
Simon Emerzidis Ford Falcon (EL) 63 Australia Simon Emerzidis 4–5
Robert Smith Racing Holden Commodore (VS) 72 Australia Robert Smith 3–4
Team Dynamik Holden Commodore (VT) 73 New Zealand Simon Wills All
V8 Racing Holden Commodore (VS) 77 Australia Richard Mork 1–2
Gibson Motor Sport Holden Commodore (VT) 80 Australia Paul Dumbrell All
82 Australia David Parsons All
Rowse Motorsport Holden Commodore (VS) 81 Australia Tim Rowse All
Miller Racing Holden Commodore (VS) 84 Australia Daniel Miller 1–4, 6
Harris Racing Ford Falcon (AU) 88 Australia Craig Harris 1–3, 5–6
Australia Michael Simpson 4
89 Australia Kevin Mundy All
NRC International Holden Commodore (VT) 90 Australia Dale Brede All
Michael Simpson Racing Ford Falcon (EL) 93 Australia Michael Simpson 1–3, 5–6
John Faulkner Racing Holden Commodore (VS) 96 Australia Owen Kelly All
Graphic Skills Racing Holden Commodore (VS) 97 Australia Wayne Wakefield 5
AJG Racing Holden Commodore (VS) 99 Australia Wesley May 5
GM Motorsport Holden Commodore (VS) 111 Australia Phonsy Mullan 1–3
RPM International Racing Ford Falcon (EL) 145 Australia Geoff Full 1
Australia Greg Crick 2
Australia Aaron McGill 3–5
Power Racing Ford Falcon (AU) 500 Australia Alan Heath All
Prancing Horse Racing Ford Falcon (AU) 888 Australia Mark Noske 6

Series calendar

The series was contested over six rounds with three races per round.[1]

Round Date[1] Circuit[1] 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 (state) Winton Motor Raceway Benalla, Victoria Australia Owen Kelly
4 26–27 May Victoria (state) 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

An additional non-points "special event", the Konica V8 Supercar Challenge, was held at the Mount Panorama Circuit, Bathurst on 6 October as a support race to the 2001 V8 Supercar 1000.

Points system

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 for race positions lower than 24th but at no race during the series did more than 24 cars start.

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

Series standings
Pos.[2] Driver[2] No. Wak
New South Wales		 Ora
New South Wales		 Win
Victoria (state)		 Phi
Victoria (state)		 Lak
Queensland		 Mal
South Australia		 Points[2]
1 New Zealand Simon Wills 73 1 7 1 1 8 5 1 Ret
(18)		 DNS 9 1 1 1 5 4 1 1 1 1272
2 Australia Paul Dumbrell 80 10 1 7 3 7 6 11 2 2 6 3 2 9 1 1 2 17 5 1190
3 Australia David Parsons 82 5 3 8 10 1 1 5 3 3 1 2 3 13 7 16 5 5 6 1168
4 Australia Owen Kelly 96 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 33 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 90 4 10 15 7 2 7 8 6 5 5 5 5 DNS 8 8 3 10 4 976
7 Australia Terry Wyhoon 25 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 93/88 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 20 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 88 7 5 Ret
(17)		 5 3 2 Ret
(22)		 DNS DNS 6 2 6 7 4 12 742
11 Australia Tim Rowse 81 13 18 Ret
(18)		 18 18 20 12 9 7 12 9 8 19 11 10 11 8 15 718
12 Australia Ross Halliday 61 15 19 13 13 11 10 14 13 11 16 16 13 16 15 11 15 11 11 702
13 Australia Bill Attard 37 18 15 12 16 14 17 15 12 10 19 17 15 17 14 12 16 14 14 654
14 Australia Kevin Mundy 89 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 500 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 48 13 11 8 17 14 Ret
(17)		 7 12 9 10 15 7 516
17 Australia Ric Shaw 49 11 6 Ret
(21)		 Ret
(24)		 DNS DNS 6 8 Ret
(13)		 10 13 11 10 DNS DNS 468
18 Australia Phonsy Mullan 111 17 11 9 12 Ret
(19)		 11 9 Ret
(17)		 DNS 318
19 Australia Adam Wallis 59 12 9 DNS 19 DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS 8 3 9 310
20 Australia Daniel Miller 84 DNS DNS DNS Ret
(22)		 13 14 10 Ret
(15)		 Ret
(15)		 DNS DNS DNS Ret
(18)		 DNS 10 294
21 Australia Mal Rose 44 9 4 4 6 Ret
(22)		 DNS 260
22 Australia Wayne Wakefield 97 2 4 2 226
23 Australia Scott March 60 14 14 11 17 16 15 222
24 Australia Aaron McGill 145 18 Ret
(16)		 DNS 15 12 16 Ret
(21)		 DNS DNS 200
25 Australia Luke Sieders 56 Ret
(21)		 14 12 Ret
(21)		 12 19 198
26 Australia Mick Donaher 59 3 7 Ret
(14)		 Ret
(20)		 DNS DNS 190
27 Australia Peter Field 38 20 15 18 18 18 14 190
28 Australia Simon Emerzidis 63 14 15 9 18 Ret
(18)		 DNS 182
29 Australia Wayne Cooper 38 16 14 12 114
30 Australia Geoff Full 145 20 Ret
(20)		 6 110
31 Australia Kenny Habul 60 15 16 13 110
32 Australia Richard Mork 77 DNS DNS DNS 11 Ret
(20)		 Ret
(21)		 94
33 Australia Robert Smith 72 19 DNS DNS 20 19 DNS 82
34[3] Australia Wesley May[3] 99 Ret
(22)		 DNS DNS 22[3]
35 Australia Greg Crick 145 Ret
(23)		 DNS DNS 20
Pos. Driver No. Wak
New South Wales		 Ora
New South Wales		 Win
Victoria (state)		 Phi
Victoria (state)		 Lak
Queensland		 Mal
South Australia		 Points
ColourResult
GoldWinner
SilverSecond place
BronzeThird 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 practice (DNP)
Did not arrive (DNA)
Excluded (EX)

References
  1. The 2001 Konica V8 Supercar Series, www.v8supercar.com.au, as archived at web.archive.org on 31 October 2001
  2. Konica V8 Supercar Series, 2001 Driver Progressive Scores, www.v8supercar.com.au, as archived at web.archive.org on 5 November 2001
  3. Wesley May is not listed in the official standings as published at www.v8supercar.com.au

See also
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