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.

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

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
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 Australia Taz Douglas[2] All
RSport Engineering[1] Holden VE Commodore 11 Australia Aaron Tebb 1–3, 5, 7
Australia Brett Hobson 6
16 Australia Justin Garioch[3] 3
Australia Aaron Tebb[4] 4, 6
Australia Brett Hobson[5] 5, 7
Brad Jones Racing Holden VE Commodore 20 Australia Andrew Jones[6] All
41 Australia Luke Youlden[7] 5
42 New Zealand Chris Pither[6] All
Nandi Kiss Racing Holden VE Commodore 24 Australia Chris Alajajian[8] 1
Australia Nandi Kiss[9] 2–7
MW Motorsport Ford FG Falcon 26 Australia Dale Wood[10] All
28 Australia Morgan Haber[11] All
99 Australia Chaz Mostert[12] 1
Australia Steve Owen[13] 2–7
Triple Eight Race Engineering Holden VE Commodore 27 Australia Casey Stoner[14] All
Tony D'Alberto Racing Ford FG Falcon 30 Australia Nick McBride[15] All
Evans Motorsport Group Ford FG Falcon 31 Australia Kristian Lindbom[16] 1–4, 6
New Zealand Daniel Gaunt[17] 5
Holden VE Commodore 48 Australia Geoff Emery[1] All
THR Developments Holden VE Commodore 32 Australia Josh Kean[7][18] 5–6
Matt Stone Racing Ford FG Falcon 35 Australia George Miedecke[19] All
60 Australia Michael Hector[20] 3–7
87 Australia Ashley Walsh[21] All
Eggleston Motorsport[22] Holden VE Commodore 38 New Zealand Daniel Gaunt[23] 1–4
New Zealand Ant Pedersen[24] 5
54 Australia Jay Verdnik[25] 1
Australia Jack Perkins[26] 2–7
Minda Motorsport[27] Holden VE Commodore 43 Australia Sam Walter[28] All
56 Australia Todd Hazelwood 7
98 Australia Cameron Waters[27] All
Finance EZI Racing[29] Ford FG Falcon 44 Australia Josh Hunter[30] 1–6
Australia Maurice Pickering[31] 7
64 New Zealand Andre Heimgartner[30] All
Poll Performance Racing[1] Holden VE Commodore 51 Australia Jim Pollicina[32] All
Novocastrian Motorsport Ford FG Falcon 58 Australia Drew Russell[1] All
59 Australia Aaren Russell[33] All
60 Australia Michael Hector[20] 1–2
Warrin Mining[1] Holden VE Commodore 62 Australia Adam Wallis 1, 4–6
Paul Morris Motorsport[1] Holden VE Commodore 67 Australia Paul Morris[34] 2–7
Action Racing[1] Holden VE Commodore 71 Australia Marcus Zukanovic 1–6
Ford FG Falcon[35] 7
Formula Tech Performance[1] Holden VE Commodore 73 Australia Brett Stewart[36] All
Auto Motion Australia[1] Holden VE Commodore 75 Australia Aaron McGill All
Sonic Motor Racing Services Ford FG Falcon 777 Australia Rodney Jane[37] All
999 Australia Garry Jacobson[37] All

Team changes

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 South Australia Clipsal 500 Adelaide Adelaide Street Circuit Adelaide, South Australia 1 March Australia Ashley Walsh Australia Chaz Mostert
2 2 March Australia Chaz Mostert
2 3 Western Australia Chill Perth 360 Barbagallo Raceway Perth, Western Australia 4 May Australia Ashley Walsh Australia Ashley Walsh
4 5 May Australia Jack Perkins
5 Australia Dale Wood
3 6 Queensland Sucrogen Townsville 400 Townsville Street Circuit Townsville, Queensland 6 July Australia Steve Owen Australia Steve Owen
7 7 July Australia Paul Morris
8 Australia Steve Owen
4 9 Queensland Coates Hire Ipswich 360 Queensland Raceway Ipswich, Queensland 27 July Australia Dale Wood Australia Jack Perkins
10 28 July New Zealand Andre Heimgartner
11 Australia Jack Perkins
5 12 Victoria (state) Winton 360 Winton Motor Raceway Benalla, Victoria 24 August Australia Dale Wood Australia Dale Wood
13 25 August Australia Geoff Emery
14 Australia Jack Perkins
6 15 New South Wales Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000 Mount Panorama Circuit Bathurst, New South Wales 10 October Australia Steve Owen Australia Steve Owen
16 11 October Australia Steve Owen
7 18 New South Wales Sydney NRMA Motoring & Services 500 Homebush Street Circuit Sydney, New South Wales 7 December Australia Ashley Walsh Australia Steve Owen
19 8 December Australia 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
South Australia		 BAR
Western Australia		 TOW
Queensland		 QLD
Queensland		 WIN
Victoria (state)		 BAT
New South Wales		 SYD
New South Wales		 Pen. Pts.
1 Australia Dale Wood 26 3 2 2 7 1 2 4 2 1 8 7 1 5 2 2 2 9 6 1772
2 Australia Ashley Walsh 87 1 3 1 5 2 10 8 4 4 4 28 4 4 4 8 4 1 Ret 1508
3 Australia Andrew Jones 20 4 25 8 3 15 6 3 3 7 28 4 3 6 3 5 7 5 4 1425
4 Australia Jack Perkins 54 9 1 7 18 10 7 2 7 1 2 8 1 3 3 3 3 1404
5 Australia Steve Owen 99 Ret 10 9 1 5 1 3 5 2 Ret 18 9 1 1 2 1 1315
6 Australia Taz Douglas 10 12 5 4 8 3 26 18 9 6 Ret Ret 20 15 15 4 6 4 2 40 1152
7 Australia Drew Russell 58 6 12 13 9 12 7 Ret Ret 9 2 12 7 2 7 7 5 11 10 1138
8 Australia George Miedecke 35 7 7 10 2 11 8 2 5 14 10 19 8 10 5 6 8 Ret 20 1135
9 Australia Aaren Russell 59 9 6 19 17 13 4 7 6 13 9 6 Ret 23 23 10 27 8 8 1008
10 Australia Cameron Waters 98 10 8 6 23 8 28 19 DSQ 26 14 11 5 7 11 14 21 7 7 956
11 New Zealand Daniel Gaunt 38/31 8 9 5 6 4 3 9 19 5 3 3 11 25 12 943
12 Australia Paul Morris 67 7 4 6 9 1 8 12 6 26 12 9 10 23 11 13 13 913
13 Australia Kristian Lindbom 31 5 4 3 22 5 5 6 DSQ Ret 18 10 13 9 800
14 Australia Geoff Emery 48 11 10 18 16 10 11 12 DSQ 28 15 20 9 1 22 11 Ret 14 12 788
15 New Zealand Chris Pither 42 18 Ret 12 14 17 12 11 DSQ 11 17 9 26 19 14 21 10 6 5 40 787
16 Australia Nick McBride 30 20 Ret 15 13 14 16 16 14 8 Ret 27 6 11 8 18 15 10 11 40 785
17 Australia Garry Jacobson 999 17 13 11 11 16 27 20 10 19 26 15 18 12 26 15 13 Ret 18 717
18 Australia Casey Stoner 27 Ret 14 21 21 20 29 14 12 17 11 5 Ret 22 16 9 Ret 12 9 704
19 Australia Rodney Jane 777 13 16 17 15 19 14 15 Ret 20 Ret 13 13 13 18 16 14 19 Ret 678
20 New Zealand Andre Heimgartner 64 15 11 27 18 24 23 17 DSQ 10 1 22 Ret 21 17 17 12 24 16 677
21 Australia Marcus Zukanovic 71 19 17 16 25 22 15 22 11 15 13 Ret 14 30 Ret 20 19 Ret Ret 536
22 Australia Sam Walter 43 22 18 22 20 21 Ret DNS DNS 16 12 8 24 20 20 27 18 15 14 60 535
23 Australia Josh Hunter 44 14 26 20 19 25 17 Ret 13 Ret 19 16 15 14 13 12 Ret 524
24 Australia Morgan Haber 28 Ret 19 14 12 18 13 13 15 Ret 16 14 Ret 24 19 19 Ret 21 17 25 514
25 Australia Brett Stewart 73 25 23 24 24 23 21 27 Ret 24 22 21 21 26 24 28 25 18 19 474
26 Australia Aaron McGill 75 24 Ret Ret DNS 28 20 24 17 23 20 18 28 29 28 Ret 23 17 21 403
27 Australia Jim Pollicina 51 26 Ret 25 26 26 19 23 Ret 21 21 25 19 32 27 22 26 23 22 25 384
28 Australia Michael Hector 60 27 24 23 29 29 22 25 16 18 25 24 27 31 Ret Ret 22 22 Ret 40 333
29 Australia Chaz Mostert 99 2 1 288
30 Australia Adam Wallis 62 21 21 25 24 17 25 28 25 24 24 288
31 Australia Aaron Tebb 11 Ret 22 Ret 27 27 Ret DNS DNS 22 23 Ret 22 34 DNS 29 20 20 Ret 252
32 Australia Nandi Kiss 24 26 28 Ret 25 26 Ret 27 27 23 Ret 33 29 25 28 Ret 24 223
33 Australia Brett Hobson 16 23 27 21 Ret 17 16 15 25 101
34 Australia Luke Youlden 41 10 3 6 196
35 Australia Josh Kean 32 17 16 Ret 26 16 149
36 Australia Jay Verdnik 54 16 15 117
37 Australia Justin Garioch 16 24 21 18 84
38 Australia Chris Alajajian 24 23 20 81
39 New Zealand Ant Pedersen 38 16 17 30 79
40 Australia Maurice Pickering 44 25 23 66
Australia Todd Hazelwood 56 DNS DNS 0
Pos. Driver No. ADE
South Australia		 BAR
Western Australia		 TOW
Queensland		 QLD
Queensland		 WIN
Victoria (state)		 BAT
New South Wales		 SYD
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

See also

2013 V8 Supercar season

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