2016 V8 Supercar season

The 2016 V8 Supercar season was the twentieth and final season in which V8 Supercars have contested the premier Australian touring car series. It was the 57th season of touring car racing in Australia since the first runnings of the Australian Touring Car Championship, now known as the International V8 Supercars Championship, and the fore-runner of the present day Bathurst 1000, the Armstrong 500.

The season began on 3 March at the Adelaide Street Circuit and finished on 27 November at the Homebush Street Circuit. 2016 featured the twentieth V8 Supercar Championship, consisting of 29 races at 14 events covering all six states and the Northern Territory of Australia as well an event in New Zealand. Originally the Supercars were going to make their first trip to Kuala Lumpur, but the event had to be cancelled due to certain logistical failures on the part of the promoters in Malaysia. There was also a stand-alone event supporting the 2016 Australian Grand Prix. The season also featured the seventeenth second-tier Dunlop V8 Supercar Series, contested over seven rounds. For the ninth time, de-registered Supercars contested an unofficial third-tier series, the Kumho Tyre V8 Touring Car Series.

Race calendar

The following events were held during the season.[1][2][3]

Event title Circuit City / state Race/round Date Winner Report
South Australia Clipsal 500 Adelaide Adelaide Street Circuit Adelaide, South Australia IVC 1
IVC 2
IVC 3		 3–6 March Jamie Whincup
James Courtney
Nick Percat		 Report
DVS 1 Garry Jacobson
Victoria (state) Coates Hire V8 Supercars Challenge Albert Park Street Circuit Melbourne, Victoria IVC NC 17–20 March Shane van Gisbergen Report
Tasmania Tyrepower Tasmania SuperSprint Symmons Plains Raceway Launceston, Tasmania IVC 4
IVC 5		 1–3 April Shane van Gisbergen
Will Davison		 Report
Victoria (state) Sandown Sandown Raceway Melbourne, Victoria KVTC 1 Taz Douglas
Victoria (state) WD-40 Phillip Island SuperSprint Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit Phillip Island, Victoria IVC 6
IVC 7		 15–17 April Scott McLaughlin
Scott McLaughlin		 Report
DVS 2 Garry Jacobson
Western Australia Perth SuperSprint Barbagallo Raceway Perth, Western Australia IVC 8
IVC 9		 6–8 May Craig Lowndes
Mark Winterbottom		 Report
DVS 3 Jack Le Brocq
Victoria (state) Woodstock Winton SuperSprint Winton Motor Raceway Benalla, Victoria IVC 10
IVC 11		 20–22 May Tim Slade
Tim Slade		 Report
KVTC 2 Taz Douglas
Northern Territory CrownBet Darwin Triple Crown Hidden Valley Raceway Darwin, Northern Territory IVC 12
IVC 13		 17–19 June Michael Caruso
Shane van Gisbergen		 Report
Queensland Castrol Edge Townsville 400 Townsville Street Circuit Townsville, Queensland IVC 14
IVC 15		 8–10 July Jamie Whincup
Shane van Gisbergen		 Report
DVS 4 Jack Le Brocq
Queensland Coates Hire Ipswich SuperSprint Queensland Raceway Ipswich, Queensland IVC 16
IVC 17		 22–24 July Shane van Gisbergen
Craig Lowndes		 Report
KVTC 3 Taz Douglas
New South Wales Red Rooster Sydney SuperSprint Sydney Motorsport Park Sydney, New South Wales IVC 18
IVC 19		 26–28 August Shane van Gisbergen
Jamie Whincup		 Report
Victoria (state) Phillip Island Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit Phillip Island, Victoria KVTC 4 9–11 September Garry Jacobson
Victoria (state) Wilson Security Sandown 500 Sandown Raceway Melbourne, Victoria IVC 20 16–18 September Garth Tander
Warren Luff		 Report
DVS 5 Garry Jacobson
New South Wales Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000 Mount Panorama Circuit Bathurst, New South Wales IVC 21 6–9 October Will Davison
Jonathon Webb		 Report
DVS 6 Paul Dumbrell
Queensland Castrol Gold Coast 600 Surfers Paradise Street Circuit Surfers Paradise, Queensland IVC 22
IVC 23		 21–23 October Report
New South Wales Muscle Car Masters Sydney Motorsport Park Sydney, New South Wales KVTC 5 28–30 October
New Zealand ITM Auckland SuperSprint Pukekohe Park Raceway Pukekohe, New Zealand IVC 24
IVC 25
IVC 26
IVC 27		 4–6 November Report
New South Wales Coates Hire Sydney 500 Homebush Street Circuit Sydney, New South Wales IVC 28
IVC 29		 25–27 November Report
DVS 7
  • IVC – International V8 Supercars Championship
  • DVS – V8 Supercars Dunlop Series
  • KVTC – Kumho Tyres Australian V8 Touring Car Series
  • NC – Non-championship

International V8 Supercars Championship
Main article: 2016 International V8 Supercars Championship

Dunlop V8 Supercar Series
Main article: 2016 V8 Supercars Dunlop Series

Kumho Tyres Australian V8 Touring Car Series
Main article: 2016 Kumho Tyres Australian V8 Touring Car Series

Coates Hire V8 Supercars Challenge
Main article: 2016 Coates Hire V8 Supercars Challenge

References
  1. "V8 Supercars 2016 calendar change". V8Supercars.com.au. 1 October 2015. Retrieved 26 February 2016.
  2. "2016 Dunlop Series Locked In". V8Supercars.com.au. 29 October 2015. Retrieved 26 February 2016.
  3. "Kumho Series to Compete at 2016 Muscle Car Masters". V8TouringCars.com.au. 8 December 2015. Retrieved 26 February 2016.
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