2017 Supercars Championship

The 2017 Supercars Championship (formally known as the 2017 Virgin Australia Supercars Championship)[1] was an FIA-sanctioned international motor racing series for Supercars, which prior to July 2016 had been known as V8 Supercars. It was the nineteenth running of the Supercars Championship and the twenty-first series in which Supercars have contested the premier Australian touring car title.

Jamie Whincup won his seventh drivers' championship title.
DJR Team Penske won its first Teams Championship in 2017.

The 2017 season saw the category undergo a substantial revision of its technical regulations, with the introduction of Gen 2 Supercar rules which opened the championship up to a wider range of body shapes and engine configurations. Despite this, all teams continued within the previous regulations.[2]

DJR Team Penske was awarded the Teams Championship and Ford won the Manufacturers Championship. Jamie Whincup claimed his seventh title in controversial circumstances when Scott McLaughlin was penalized in the title-deciding race.[3]

Teams and drivers

Holden and Nissan were represented by factory-backed teams.[4][5]

The following drivers contested the 2017 series.

Championship entries Endurance entries
Manufacturer Vehicle Team No. Driver Rounds Endurance Cup co-driver Rounds
Ford Falcon FG X Prodrive Racing Australia 5 Australia Mark Winterbottom[6] All Australia Dean Canto[7] 10–12
6 Australia Cameron Waters[8] All New Zealand Richie Stanaway[9] 10–12
DJR Team Penske 12 New Zealand Fabian Coulthard[10] All Australia Tony D'Alberto[11] 10–12
17 New Zealand Scott McLaughlin[12] All France Alexandre Prémat[11] 10–12
Rod Nash Racing (PRA)[13] 55 Australia Chaz Mostert[6] All Australia Steve Owen[7] 10–12
Britek Motorsport (PRA)[14] 56 Australia Jason Bright[15] All Australia Garry Jacobson[16] 10–12
Holden Commodore VF Walkinshaw Racing 2 Australia Scott Pye[17] 1–9 —
02 10–14 Australia Warren Luff[18] 10–12
22 Australia James Courtney[17] All Australia Jack Perkins[18] 10–12
Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport 3 Australia Taz Douglas[19] 1–3, 5 —
Australia Matthew Brabham[20] 4
Australia Cameron McConville[21] 6
Australia Aaren Russell[22] 7, 10–14 Australia Taz Douglas[23] 10–12
Australia Alex Davison[24] 8–9 —
62 Australia Alex Rullo[25] 1–12 Australia Alex Davison[26] 10–12
Australia Jack Perkins[27] 13 —
Australia Taz Douglas[28] 14
Brad Jones Racing 8 Australia Nick Percat[29] All Australia Macauley Jones[30] 10–12
14 Australia Tim Slade[29] All Australia Ash Walsh[30] 10
New Zealand Andre Heimgartner[31] 11–12
Erebus Motorsport 9 Australia David Reynolds[32] All Australia Luke Youlden[33] 10–12
99 Australia Dale Wood[34] All New Zealand Chris Pither[33] 10–12
Charlie Schwerkolt Racing 18 Australia Lee Holdsworth[35] All Australia Karl Reindler[36] 10–12
Tekno Autosports 19 Australia Will Davison[37] All Australia Jonathon Webb[38] 10–12
Tim Blanchard Racing (BJR) 21 Australia Tim Blanchard[39] All Australia Todd Hazelwood[30] 10–12
Garry Rogers Motorsport[40] 33 Australia Garth Tander[41] All Australia James Golding[42] 10–12
34 Australia James Moffat[43] All Australia Richard Muscat[42] 10–12
Triple Eight Race Engineering 88 Australia Jamie Whincup[44] All Australia Paul Dumbrell[45] 10–12
97 New Zealand Shane van Gisbergen[46] All Australia Matthew Campbell[47] 10–12
888 Australia Craig Lowndes[46] All New Zealand Steven Richards[48] 10–12
Nissan Altima L33 Nissan Motorsport 7 Australia Todd Kelly[49] All Australia Jack Le Brocq[50] 10–12
15 Australia Rick Kelly[49] All Australia David Wall[51] 10–12
23 Australia Michael Caruso[52] All Australia Dean Fiore[51] 10–12
78 Switzerland Simona de Silvestro[49] All Australia David Russell[51] 10–12
Wildcard entries
Holden Commodore VF Brad Jones Racing 4 Australia Macauley Jones[53][54] 5, 6 —
Garry Rogers Motorsport 31 Australia James Golding[54][55] 5, 8 —
Matt Stone Racing 35 Australia Todd Hazelwood[54] 8 —
Nissan Altima L33 MW Motorsport 26 Australia Shae Davies[54] 5, 8 —
28 Australia Jack Le Brocq[50][54] 6, 8 —
Source:[56]

Team changes
Simona de Silvestro became the first female driver in 19 years to compete in the series full-time.

Driver changes

Mid-season changes

Calendar

The following fourteen events are scheduled to take place in 2017:

Event Event name Circuit Location Date
1 South Australia Clipsal 500 Adelaide Adelaide Street Circuit Adelaide, South Australia 4–5 March
2 Tasmania Tyrepower Tasmania SuperSprint Symmons Plains Raceway Launceston, Tasmania 8–9 April
3 Victoria (state) WD-40 Phillip Island 500 Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit Phillip Island, Victoria 22–23 April
4 Western Australia Perth SuperSprint Barbagallo Raceway Perth, Western Australia 6–7 May
5 Victoria (state) Winton SuperSprint Winton Motor Raceway Winton, Victoria 20–21 May
6 Northern Territory CrownBet Darwin Triple Crown Hidden Valley Raceway Darwin, Northern Territory 17–18 June
7 Queensland Watpac Townsville 400 Reid Park Street Circuit Townsville, Queensland 8–9 July
8 Queensland Coates Hire Ipswich SuperSprint Queensland Raceway Ipswich, Queensland 29–30 July
9 New South Wales Red Rooster Sydney SuperSprint Sydney Motorsport Park Eastern Creek, New South Wales 19–20 August
10 Victoria (state) Wilson Security Sandown 500 Sandown Raceway Melbourne, Victoria 17 September
11 New South Wales Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000 Mount Panorama Circuit Bathurst, New South Wales 8 October
12 Queensland Vodafone Gold Coast 600 Surfers Paradise Street Circuit Surfers Paradise, Queensland 21–22 October
13 New Zealand ITM Auckland SuperSprint Pukekohe Park Raceway Pukekohe, New Zealand 4–5 November
14 New South Wales Coates Hire Newcastle 500 Newcastle Street Circuit Newcastle, New South Wales 25–26 November
Source:[65][66]

Calendar changes

Format changes
  • The Adelaide 500 returned to its original format of two races of 250 kilometres, which was last used in 2013. Event organisers cited the unpopularity of the format used between 2014 and 2016—two races of 125 km followed by one 250 km race—as the reason for the change.[68] The top ten shootout was also re-introduced for qualifying for the Saturday race.[69]
  • The Phillip Island 500 consisted of two races of 250 km.[69]
  • The Auckland SuperSprint adopted a new format, with its four 100 km races being replaced with two races of 200 km, both including mandatory pit stops.[69]

Rule changes

Technical regulations

The 2017 season saw the introduction of Gen 2 Supercar regulations. Two-door coupé body styles are permitted alongside four-door sedans, while the engine regulations were opened up to include turbocharged four or six-cylinder engines. However, cars are still be required to be based on front-engined, rear wheel drive, four-seater production cars that are sold in Australia. The chassis and control components carried over from the New Generation V8 Supercar regulations used since 2013.[70] However all teams are continuing to use New Generation specification cars until the beginning of 2018 when the Holden Commodore ZB built to the new specifications will debut.[71]

Two new control Dunlop tyres were introduced, marking the first change in tyre construction since 2003.[72] Whereas in previous seasons, the two compounds were designated hard and soft, in 2017 these are named soft and super soft respectively.[73] All teams attended a test session on 21 February 2017 at Sydney Motorsport Park to evaluate the new tyre.[74]

Sporting regulations
  • Starting in 2017, drivers must earn a racing licence sanctioned by the Confederation of Australian Motorsport (CAMS) in order to be eligible to compete in the category. The licence system was restructured similarly to the Superlicence used in Formula One, with drivers earning points towards their licence by placing in feeder series accredited by CAMS. This system drew controversy almost immediately because it is based on CAMS series. Some international drivers needed special exemptions to participate, most notably Matthew Brabham, for whom most of his career was sanctioned by ACCUS member sanctioning bodies, and not CAMS.[75]
  • Teams from Supercars' support category, the Dunlop Super2 Series are allowed to compete as wildcards in the main series in five events of the 2017 season, at Barbagallo, Winton, Hidden Valley, Ipswich and Bathurst. The 250-kilometre race held specifically for the Super2 Series at Bathurst will also become a non-championship round, to encourage more applicants.[76][77]
  • The redress rules—outlining the expectations of drivers following on-track contact—were changed for 2017. Drivers deemed responsible for contact are no longer required to return a position to the driver or drivers they hit, but redress instead is voluntary, with drivers who voluntarily return a position being given more favourable treatment than drivers who do not when the incident is reviewed by race officials.[78] The change was introduced following a controversial incident at the 2016 Bathurst 1000 in which Jamie Whincup tried to redress a position to Scott McLaughlin as required by the rules without losing another position to Garth Tander; the subsequent collision saw McLaughlin and Tander collide with Tander retiring from the race.

Results and standings

Season summary
Round Event Pole position Fastest lap Winning driver Winning team Report
1 1 Clipsal 500 Adelaide New Zealand Shane van Gisbergen New Zealand Shane van Gisbergen New Zealand Shane van Gisbergen Triple Eight Race Engineering Report
2 New Zealand Shane van Gisbergen New Zealand Scott McLaughlin New Zealand Shane van Gisbergen Triple Eight Race Engineering
2 3 Tyrepower Tasmania SuperSprint New Zealand Scott McLaughlin Australia Chaz Mostert New Zealand Shane van Gisbergen Triple Eight Race Engineering[N 1] Report
4 Australia Jamie Whincup Australia Craig Lowndes New Zealand Fabian Coulthard DJR Team Penske
3 5 WD-40 Phillip Island 500 New Zealand Scott McLaughlin New Zealand Scott McLaughlin New Zealand Fabian Coulthard[N 2] DJR Team Penske Report
6 New Zealand Scott McLaughlin New Zealand Scott McLaughlin Australia Chaz Mostert Rod Nash Racing
4 7 Perth SuperSprint New Zealand Fabian Coulthard Australia Nick Percat New Zealand Scott McLaughlin DJR Team Penske Report
8 New Zealand Scott McLaughlin New Zealand Fabian Coulthard New Zealand Scott McLaughlin DJR Team Penske
5 9 Winton SuperSprint New Zealand Scott McLaughlin Australia David Reynolds New Zealand Scott McLaughlin DJR Team Penske Report
10 New Zealand Scott McLaughlin New Zealand Shane van Gisbergen New Zealand Shane van Gisbergen Triple Eight Race Engineering
6 11 CrownBet Darwin Triple Crown Australia Rick Kelly Australia James Moffat New Zealand Fabian Coulthard DJR Team Penske Report
12 New Zealand Scott McLaughlin New Zealand Scott McLaughlin New Zealand Scott McLaughlin DJR Team Penske
7 13 Watpac Townsville 400 New Zealand Scott McLaughlin New Zealand Scott McLaughlin New Zealand Scott McLaughlin DJR Team Penske Report
14 New Zealand Scott McLaughlin Australia Nick Percat Australia Jamie Whincup Triple Eight Race Engineering
8 15 Coates Hire Ipswich SuperSprint New Zealand Scott McLaughlin Australia James Courtney New Zealand Scott McLaughlin DJR Team Penske Report
16 New Zealand Scott McLaughlin New Zealand Scott McLaughlin Australia Chaz Mostert Rod Nash Racing
9 17 Red Rooster Sydney SuperSprint New Zealand Scott McLaughlin Australia Nick Percat New Zealand Fabian Coulthard DJR Team Penske Report
18 New Zealand Scott McLaughlin Australia Chaz Mostert Australia Jamie Whincup Triple Eight Race Engineering
10 19 Wilson Security Sandown 500 Australia Cameron Waters
New Zealand Richie Stanaway		 Australia Chaz Mostert Australia Cameron Waters
New Zealand Richie Stanaway		 Prodrive Racing Australia Report
11 20 Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000 New Zealand Scott McLaughlin Australia David Reynolds Australia David Reynolds
Australia Luke Youlden		 Erebus Motorsport Report
12 21 Vodafone Gold Coast 600 Australia Chaz Mostert Australia Chaz Mostert Australia Chaz Mostert
Australia Steve Owen		 Rod Nash Racing Report
22 New Zealand Shane van Gisbergen New Zealand Shane van Gisbergen New Zealand Scott McLaughlin
France Alexandre Prémat		 DJR Team Penske
13 23 ITM Auckland SuperSprint Australia Cameron Waters[N 3] New Zealand Scott McLaughlin New Zealand Shane van Gisbergen Triple Eight Race Engineering Report
24 Australia Jamie Whincup Australia Jamie Whincup Australia Jamie Whincup Triple Eight Race Engineering
14 25 Coates Hire Newcastle 500 New Zealand Scott McLaughlin Australia Jamie Whincup New Zealand Scott McLaughlin DJR Team Penske Report
26 New Zealand Scott McLaughlin Australia David Reynolds Australia Jamie Whincup Triple Eight Race Engineering

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, up to a maximum of 300 points per event.[79]

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 27th 28th 29th 30th
Standard format 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
Endurance format 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
  • Standard format: Used for all SuperSprint and SuperStreet races and for both races of the Gold Coast 600.
  • Endurance format: Used for the Sandown 500 and Bathurst 1000.

Drivers' Championship
Pos. Driver No. ADE
South Australia		 SYM
Tasmania		 PHI
Victoria (state)		 BAR
Western Australia		 WIN
Victoria (state)		 HID
Northern Territory		 TOW
Queensland		 QLD
Queensland		 SMP
New South Wales		 SAN
Victoria (state)		 BAT
New South Wales		 SUR
Queensland		 PUK
New Zealand		 NEW
New South Wales		 Pen. Pts.
1 Australia Jamie Whincup 88 6 6 2 3 2 18 3 3 2 2 4 2 2 1 20 4 3 1 6 20 6 2 4 1 21 1 0 3042
2 New Zealand Scott McLaughlin 17 17 2 14 2 10 14 1 1 1 5 2 1 1 2 1 2 21 4 2 Ret 12 1 3 2 1 18 0 3021
3 New Zealand Fabian Coulthard 12 2 5 11 1 1 17 2 7 3 3 1 4 10 21 6 5 1 2 5 3 19 9 Ret 5 2 Ret 35 2812
4 New Zealand Shane van Gisbergen 97 1 1 1 9 4 16 4 6 8 1 Ret 3 7 3 3 3 23 3 15 5 4 3 1 24 16 2 0 2769
5 Australia Chaz Mostert 55 9 3 5 7 11 1 6 2 Ret 8 5 17 4 5 2 1 2 5 3 10 1 7 23 7 6 15 0 2748
6 Australia Mark Winterbottom 5 15 14 7 13 8 2 5 4 9 13 14 14 3 4 9 10 4 19 9 Ret 8 5 2 19 17 7 0 2208
7 Australia David Reynolds 9 18 12 4 5 Ret 3 9 16 4 7 8 7 9 11 10 9 8 9 17 1 17 Ret 24 13 5 3 0 2196
8 Australia Cameron Waters 6 4 8 10 6 19 6 19 12 22 4 6 9 5 14 16 8 17 Ret 1 16 2 21 9 3 13 23 35 2173
9 Australia Garth Tander 33 12 11 Ret 10 3 7 10 9 7 6 26 16 8 6 11 15 9 11 4 18 13 17 7 6 11 12 0 2169
10 Australia Craig Lowndes 888 8 10 3 4 12 23 7 8 6 15 7 6 6 10 5 6 7 24 11 11 7 4 8 4 Ret Ret 15 2160
11 Australia Tim Slade 14 14 7 Ret 8 18 19 13 17 27 11 11 5 20 Ret 4 7 18 17 DSQ 9 3 22 6 15 3 11 0 1812
12 Australia Scott Pye 2/02 16 19 Ret 12 17 12 20 14 14 22 22 8 12 18 13 16 5 18 21 2 11 13 14 10 7 14 35 1804
13 Australia Michael Caruso 23 11 22 13 16 5 10 18 19 13 Ret 16 19 15 13 15 Ret 6 7 20 6 5 15 17 11 14 5 0 1776
14 Australia Rick Kelly 15 5 17 Ret DNS 16 9 14 15 15 14 Ret 10 17 12 8 13 11 20 14 13 10 11 11 12 10 4 0 1773
15 Australia Will Davison 19 Ret 13 Ret DNS 9 Ret 8 5 5 9 13 11 19 8 17 Ret 12 12 12 14 20 14 12 23 9 9 0 1659
16 Australia Lee Holdsworth 18 13 18 12 17 22 5 15 20 11 10 10 12 11 15 12 20 15 15 8 Ret Ret 8 10 Ret 4 8 0 1647
17 Australia James Moffat 34 10 16 Ret 19 14 4 12 11 19 16 9 25 13 7 28 14 DSQ 14 7 Ret 18 19 13 9 Ret 13 0 1542
18 Australia Todd Kelly 7 22 9 9 18 6 11 11 18 12 17 18 20 Ret 17 18 12 25 10 16 7 Ret 12 15 18 15 10 60 1536
19 Australia Nick Percat 8 7 Ret Ret 11 Ret 21 22 10 10 12 3 15 24 16 7 24 24 6 22 Ret 21 10 16 14 8 6 0 1527
20 Australia Jason Bright 56 21 15 6 Ret 7 25 16 13 26 18 15 13 23 19 Ret 11 13 8 19 8 9 16 5 8 Ret 22 0 1524
21 Australia James Courtney 22 3 4 Ret DNS 21 20 17 22 Ret 19 21 18 25 9 14 23 14 16 10 19 14 6 25 Ret 19 24 0 1431
22 Australia Tim Blanchard 21 19 21 Ret Ret 15 15 26 23 17 21 12 21 14 20 21 17 10 13 DNS 12 15 20 19 16 12 16 0 1302
23 Australia Dale Wood 99 Ret 20 8 14 Ret 8 21 21 21 26 25 27 16 22 23 Ret 16 22 13 4 22 18 20 20 18 20 60 1221
24 Switzerland Simona de Silvestro 78 20 23 15 15 13 13 23 24 23 20 20 28 18 23 27 19 19 23 18 Ret 16 23 18 17 20 17 0 1131
25 Australia Steve Owen 55 3 10 1 7 0 660
26 Australia James Golding 31/33 16 25 24 21 4 18 13 17 0 624
27 Australia Tony D'Alberto 12 5 3 19 9 0 612
28 New Zealand Richie Stanaway 6 1 16 2 21 0 594
29 Australia Alex Rullo 62 23 25 Ret Ret Ret 22 24 25 25 27 23 23 21 24 Ret 25 22 Ret Ret 15 23 Ret 0 594
30 Australia Matt Campbell 97 15 5 4 3 0 591
31 Australia Paul Dumbrell 88 6 20 6 2 0 534
32 New Zealand Steven Richards 888 11 11 7 4 0 504
33 Australia Warren Luff 02 21 2 11 13 0 498
34 France Alexandre Prémat 17 2 Ret 12 1 0 495
35 Australia Jack Perkins 22/62 10 19 14 6 22 22 0 495
36 Australia Jack Le Brocq 28/7 19 22 19 Ret 16 7 Ret 12 25 485
37 Australia Dean Fiore 23 20 6 5 15 0 465
38 Australia Luke Youlden 9 17 1 17 Ret 0 462
39 New Zealand Chris Pither 99 13 4 22 18 0 462
40 Australia Garry Jacobson 56 19 8 9 16 0 417
41 Australia David Wall 15 14 13 10 11 0 408
42 Australia Jonathan Webb 19 12 14 20 14 0 372
43 Australia Dean Canto 5 9 Ret 8 5 0 369
44 Australia Taz Douglas 3/62 24 24 Ret DNS 20 24 24 28 Ret 17 Ret Ret Ret 21 0 348
45 Australia Macauley Jones 4/8 20 23 24 24 22 Ret 21 10 0 345
46 New Zealand Andre Heimgartner 14 9 3 22 0 336
47 Australia Todd Hazelwood 35/21 22 18 DNS 12 15 20 0 333
48 Australia Aaren Russell 3 22 25 Ret 17 Ret Ret 21 21 Ret 19 0 309
49 Australia Alex Davison 3/62 26 26 20 21 Ret 15 23 Ret 0 297
50 Australia Richard Muscat 34 7 Ret 18 19 0 291
51 Australia Karl Reindler 18 8 Ret Ret 8 0 270
52 Australia David Russell 78 18 Ret 16 23 0 195
53 Australia Shae Davies 26 18 24 25 22 0 153
54 Australia Cameron McConville 3 17 26 0 81
55 Australia Matthew Brabham 3 25 26 0 57
56 Australia Ashley Walsh 14 DSQ WD 0 0
Pos. Driver No. ADE
South Australia		 SYM
Tasmania		 PHI
Victoria (state)		 BAR
Western Australia		 WIN
Victoria (state)		 HID
Northern Territory		 TOW
Queensland		 QLD
Queensland		 SMP
New South Wales		 SAN
Victoria (state)		 BAT
New South Wales		 SUR
Queensland		 PUK
New Zealand		 NEW
New South Wales		 Pen. Pts.
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)
Bold - Pole position

Italics - Fastest lap

  Results count toward the Enduro Cup.

Pirtek Enduro Cup
Pos.[80] Drivers[80] No.[80] SAN
Victoria (state)		 BAT
New South Wales		 SUR
Queensland		 Pen. Pts.[80]
1 Chaz Mostert / Steve Owen 55 3 10 1 7 0 660
2 Fabian Coulthard / Tony D'Alberto 12 5 3 19 9 0 612
3 Cameron Waters / Richie Stanaway 6 1 16 2 21 0 594
4 Shane van Gisbergen / Matt Campbell 97 15 5 4 3 0 591
5 Jamie Whincup / Paul Dumbrell 88 6 20 6 2 0 534
6 Craig Lowndes / Steven Richards 888 11 11 7 4 0 504
7 Scott Pye / Warren Luff 02 21 2 11 13 0 498
8 Scott McLaughlin / Alexandre Prémat 17 2 Ret 12 1 0 495
9 Michael Caruso / Dean Fiore 23 20 6 5 15 0 465
10 David Reynolds / Luke Youlden 9 17 1 17 Ret 0 462
11 Dale Wood / Chris Pither 99 13 4 22 18 0 462
12 Garth Tander / James Golding 33 4 18 13 17 0 462
13 Jason Bright / Garry Jacobson 56 19 8 9 16 0 417
14 James Courtney / Jack Perkins 22 10 19 14 6 0 417
15 Rick Kelly / David Wall 15 14 13 10 11 0 408
16 Todd Kelly / Jack Le Brocq 7 16 7 Ret 12 0 375
17 Will Davison / Jonathon Webb 19 12 14 20 14 0 372
18 Mark Winterbottom / Dean Canto 5 9 Ret 8 5 0 369
19 Tim Slade / Andre Heimgartner 14 DNS 9 3 22 0 336
20 James Moffat / Richard Muscat 34 7 Ret 18 19 0 291
21 Lee Holdsworth / Karl Reindler 18 8 Ret 16 23 0 270
22 Tim Blanchard / Todd Hazelwood 21 DNS 12 15 20 0 243
23 Simona de Silvestro / David Russell 78 18 Ret 16 23 0 198
24 Nick Percat / Macauley Jones 8 22 Ret 21 10 0 198
25 Alex Rullo / Alex Davison 62 Ret 15 23 Ret 0 156
26 Aaren Russell / Taz Douglas 3 Ret 17 Ret Ret 0 108
27 Tim Slade / Ashley Walsh 14 DSQ DNS DNS DNS 0 0
Pos. Drivers No. SAN
Victoria (state)		 BAT
New South Wales		 SUR
Queensland		 Pen. Pts.
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)

Bold - Pole position
Italics - Fastest lap

Teams' Championship
Pos. Team No. ADE
South Australia		 SYM
Tasmania		 PHI
Victoria (state)		 BAR
Western Australia		 WIN
Victoria (state)		 HID
Northern Territory		 TOW
Queensland		 QLD
Queensland		 SMP
New South Wales		 SAN
Victoria (state)		 BAT
New South Wales		 SUR
Queensland		 PUK
New Zealand		 NEW
New South Wales		 Pen. Pts.
1 DJR Team Penske 12 2 5 11 1 1 17 2 7 3 3 1 4 10 21 6 5 1 2 5 3 19 9 Ret 5 2 Ret 0 5868
17 17 2 14 2 10 14 1 1 1 5 2 1 1 2 1 2 21 4 2 Ret 12 1 3 2 1 18
2 Triple Eight Race Engineering 88 6 6 2 3 2 18 3 3 2 2 4 2 2 1 20 4 3 1 6 20 6 2 4 1 21 1 0 5811
97 1 1 1 9 4 16 4 6 8 1 Ret 3 7 3 3 3 23 3 15 5 4 3 1 24 16 2
3 Prodrive Racing Australia 5 15 14 7 13 8 2 5 4 9 13 14 14 3 4 9 10 4 19 9 Ret 8 5 2 19 17 7 0 4416
6 4 8 10 6 19 6 19 12 22 4 6 9 5 14 16 8 17 Ret 1 16 2 21 9 3 13 23
4 Garry Rogers Motorsport 33 12 11 Ret 10 3 7 10 9 7 6 26 16 8 6 11 15 9 11 4 18 13 17 7 6 11 12 0 3711
34 10 16 Ret 19 14 4 12 11 19 16 9 25 13 7 28 14 DSQ 14 7 Ret 18 19 13 9 Ret 13
5 Erebus Motorsport 9 18 12 4 5 Ret 3 9 16 4 7 8 7 9 11 10 9 8 9 17 1 17 Ret 24 13 5 3 0 3477
99 Ret 20 8 14 Ret 8 21 21 21 26 25 27 16 22 23 Ret 16 22 13 4 22 18 20 20 18 20
6 Nissan Motorsport 7 22 9 9 18 6 11 11 18 12 17 18 20 Ret 17 18 12 25 10 16 7 Ret 12 15 18 15 10 84 3285
15 5 17 Ret DNS 16 9 14 15 15 14 Ret 10 17 12 8 13 11 20 14 13 10 11 11 12 10 4
7 Walkinshaw Racing 2/02 16 19 Ret 12 17 12 20 14 14 22 22 8 12 18 13 16 5 18 21 2 11 13 14 10 7 14 0 3270
22 3 4 Ret DNS 21 20 17 22 Ret 19 21 18 25 9 14 23 14 16 10 19 14 6 25 Ret 19 24
8 Brad Jones Racing 8 7 Ret Ret 11 Ret 21 22 10 10 12 3 15 24 16 7 24 24 6 22 Ret 21 10 16 14 8 6 96 3243
14 14 7 Ret 8 18 19 13 17 27 11 11 5 20 Ret 4 7 18 17 DSQ 9 3 22 6 15 3 11
9 Nissan Motorsport 23 11 22 13 16 5 10 18 19 13 Ret 16 19 15 13 15 Ret 6 7 20 6 5 15 17 11 14 5 0 2907
78 20 23 15 15 13 13 23 24 23 20 20 28 18 23 27 19 19 23 18 Ret 16 23 18 17 20 17
10 Rod Nash Racing (PRA)‡ 55 9 3 5 7 11 1 6 2 Ret 8 5 17 4 5 2 1 2 5 3 10 1 7 23 7 6 15 0 2748
11 Triple Eight Race Engineering‡ 888 8 10 3 4 12 23 7 8 6 15 7 6 6 10 5 6 7 24 11 11 7 4 8 4 Ret Ret 0 2175
12 Tekno Autosports‡ 19 Ret 13 Ret DNS 9 Ret 8 5 5 9 13 11 19 8 17 Ret 12 12 12 14 20 14 12 23 9 9 0 1659
13 Team 18‡ 18 13 18 12 17 22 5 15 20 11 10 10 12 11 15 12 20 15 15 8 Ret Ret 8 10 Ret 4 8 0 1647
14 Britek Motorsport (PRA)‡ 56 21 15 6 Ret 7 25 16 13 26 18 15 13 23 19 Ret 11 13 8 19 8 9 16 5 8 Ret 22 0 1524
15 Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport 3 24 24 Ret DNS 20 24 25 26 24 28 17 26 22 25 26 26 22 25 Ret 17 Ret Ret 21 21 Ret 19 30 1470
62 23 25 Ret Ret Ret 22 24 25 25 27 23 23 21 24 Ret 25 22 Ret Ret 15 23 Ret 22 22 Ret 21
16 Tim Blanchard Racing (BJR)‡ 21 19 21 Ret Ret 15 15 26 23 17 21 12 21 14 20 21 17 10 13 DNS 12 15 20 19 16 12 16 0 1302
Pos. Team No. ADE
South Australia		 SYM
Tasmania		 PHI
Victoria (state)		 BAR
Western Australia		 WIN
Victoria (state)		 HID
Northern Territory		 TOW
Queensland		 QLD
Queensland		 SMP
New South Wales		 SAN
Victoria (state)		 BAT
New South Wales		 SUR
Queensland		 PUK
New Zealand		 NEW
New South Wales		 Pen. Pts.
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)

Bold - Pole position
Italics - Fastest lap

Notes:

  • ‡ — Denotes a single-car team.

Manufacturers Championship

The Manufacturers Championship was won by Ford.[81]

Footnotes
  1. Race 3 was shortened when an accident involving multiple cars forced an extended race stoppage. As a result, no points were awarded.
  2. Craig Lowndes finished the race in first position, but was demoted to twelfth when fifteen seconds were added to his race time for a pit lane violation.
  3. Qualifying for Race 23 was suspended due to heavy rain and the session could not be re-started. The grid was set based on the drivers' fastest laps during free practice.

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