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2012 Dunlop V8 Supercar Series
The 2012 Dunlop V8 Supercar Series was an Australian motor racing competition for V8 Supercars. It was the thirteenth running of the V8 Supercar Development series. Supporting the 2012 International V8 Supercars Championship, it began on 1 March at the Clipsal 500 and ended on 2 December at the Sydney 500 after eighteen races held over seven rounds. 2012 was the last year in which the Ford BF Falcon was eligible for the series.
The series was won by Scott McLaughlin driving a Ford FG Falcon.
Calendar
The series was contested over seven rounds at seven V8 Supercars Championship events.
| url=http://www.v8supercars.com.au/dunlopseries/calendar/tabid/91/default.aspx | title=2012 Development Series Event Calendar, www.v8supercars.com.au, as archived at web.archive.org | access-date=2012-11-07 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121107183215/http://www.v8supercars.com.au/dunlopseries/calendar/tabid/91/default.aspx | archive-date=2012-11-07 | url-status=live }} | Event | Circuit | Location | Date | Round format | Winner | Car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| South Australia Clipsal 500 | Adelaide Street Circuit | Adelaide, South Australia | 1–4 Mar | Two races | AUS Chaz Mostert | Ford FG Falcon | |||||||||||||
| Western Australia Trading Post Perth Challenge | Barbagallo Raceway | Perth, Western Australia | 4–6 May | Three races | NZL Scott McLaughlin | Ford FG Falcon | |||||||||||||
| Queensland Sucrogen Townsville 400 | Townsville Street Circuit | Townsville, Queensland | 6–8 Jul | Three races | NZL Scott McLaughlin | Ford FG Falcon | |||||||||||||
| Queensland Coates Hire Ipswich 300 | Queensland Raceway | Ipswich, Queensland | 3–5 Aug | Three races | AUS Chaz Mostert | Ford FG Falcon | |||||||||||||
| New South Wales Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000 | Mount Panorama Circuit | Bathurst, New South Wales | 4–7 Oct | Two races | AUS Nick Percat | Holden VE Commodore | |||||||||||||
| Victoria Winton Motor Raceway | Winton Motor Raceway | Benalla, Victoria | 16–18 Nov | Three races | AUS Nick Percat | Holden VE Commodore | |||||||||||||
| New South Wales Sydney Telstra 500 | Homebush Street Circuit | Sydney, New South Wales | 30 Nov – 2 Dec | Two races | AUS Scott Pye | Holden VE Commodore |
Teams and drivers
The following teams and drivers contested the 2012 Dunlop V8 Supercar Series.
| Team | Vehicle | No | Driver | Rounds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dreamtime Racing | Holden VE Commodore | 16 | Australia David Russell | 1–4 |
| 77 | Australia Cameron Waters | 1–4 | ||
| Brad Jones Racing | Holden VE Commodore | 20 | Australia Andrew Jones | All |
| Pacific Hoists Racing | Holden VE Commodore | 24 | Australia Nandi Kiss | All |
| MW Motorsport | ||||
| Ford BF Falcon | 26 | Australia Morgan Haber | 4 | |
| Ford FG Falcon | 27 | Australia Tim Blanchard | 1–5 | |
| Ford BF Falcon | Australia Elliot Barbour | 6 | ||
| Australia Morgan Haber | 7 | |||
| Ford BF Falcon | 28 | Australia Luke Youlden | 1–5 | |
| Ford FG Falcon | 6–7 | |||
| Eggleston Motorsport | Holden VE Commodore | 38 | Australia Ben Eggleston | 5 |
| Greg Murphy Racing | Holden VE Commodore | 44 | Australia Matt Hansen | 2 |
| Australia Jim Pollicina | 7 | |||
| 45 | Australia Dale Wood | All | ||
| 48 | Australia Geoff Emery | All | ||
| 71 | Australia Marcus Zukanovic | 1–2 | ||
| Ford Performance Racing | Ford FG Falcon | 56 | Australia Chaz Mostert | All |
| Novocastrian Motorsport | Ford BF Falcon | 58 | Australia Drew Russell | All |
| 59 | Australia Aaren Russell | All | ||
| 60 | Australia Michael Hector | All | ||
| Warrin Mining | Holden VE Commodore | 62 | Australia Adam Wallis | 1–2, 4–6 |
| Paul Morris Motorsport | Holden VE Commodore | 67 | Australia Paul Morris | 3–4 |
| Action Racing | Holden VE Commodore | 71 | Australia Marcus Zukanovic | 3–6 |
| Brett Stewart Racing | Holden VE Commodore | 73 | Australia Brett Stewart | All |
| McGill Motorsport | Ford BF Falcon | 75 | AUS Aaron McGill | 1–5, 7 |
| Triple Eight Race Engineering | Holden VE Commodore | 80 | Australia Scott Pye | All |
| Matt Stone Racing | Ford BF Falcon | 86 | NZL Daniel Jilesen | 1–5 |
| Ford BF Falcon | 87 | Australia Ashley Walsh | 1–5 | |
| Ford FG Falcon | 6–7 | |||
| Ford FG Falcon | 93 | New Zealand Scott McLaughlin | 3–7 | |
| Stone Brothers Racing | 1–2 | |||
| Minda Motorsport | Holden VE Commodore | 98 | Australia Elliot Barbour | 1–5 |
| Australia Glen Wood | 6 | |||
| Walkinshaw Racing | Holden VE Commodore | 222 | Australia Nick Percat | All |
| Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport | Holden VE Commodore | 300 | Australia Kristian Lindbom | 1 |
| Sonic Motor Racing Services | Ford FG Falcon | 777 | Australia Rodney Jane | All |
| Ford BF Falcon | 999 | AUS George Miedecke | All |
Points system
Series points were awarded at each race according to the following table:
| 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 | 2 Race Format | 3 Race Format | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Races 1 & 3 | 3 Race Format | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Race 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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 | ||||
| 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 | 19 | 17 | 15 | 12 | ||||
| 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 | 9 | 7 | 6 |
Driver standings
| Pos | Driver | No. | ADE | BAR | TOW | QLD | BAT | WIN | SYD | Pen | Pts | 1 | 1761 | 2 | 1688 | 3 | 1665 | 4 | 1561 | 5 | 1415 | 6 | 1245 | 7 | 1204 | 8 | 1046 | 9 | 985 | 10 | 983 | 11 | 971 | 12 | 927 | 13 | 863 | 14 | 808 | 15 | 723 | 16 | 714 | 17 | 687 | 18 | 656 | 19 | 569 | 20 | 507 | 21 | 484 | 22 | 410 | 23 | 384 | 24 | 196 | 25 | 189 | 26 | 141 | 27 | 132 | 28 | 117 | 29 | 72 | 30 | 53 | 31 | 51 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NZL Scott McLaughlin | 93 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | *1* | 1 | ***1*** | **2** | 3 | *2* | 3 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 4 | 1 | **3** | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| AUS Scott Pye | 80 | 5 | 7 | **1** | **9** | 2 | 4 | Ret | 11 | **2** | 4 | *2* | 3 | 3 | 2 | 11 | *2* | 2 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| AUS Chaz Mostert | 56 | ***1*** | ***1*** | *4* | 5 | 3 | **3** | 19 | *3* | *1* | **5** | 1 | ***2*** | *2* | **5** | 19 | 5 | ***6*** | 2 | 100 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| AUS Nick Percat | 222 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 1 | **Ret** | *2* | 3 | 1 | 4 | 23 | 10 | 1 | **1** | *1* | **2** | 1 | Ret | *5* | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| AUS Luke Youlden | 28 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 20 | 6 | Ret | 7 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| AUS Dale Wood | 45 | 15 | 11 | 17 | Ret | DNS | 13 | 17 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 1 | **3** | 3 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| AUS Ashley Walsh | 87 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 5 | Ret | 5 | 3 | 4 | 20 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 6 | DNS | 7 | 25 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| AUS Geoff Emery | 48 | 7 | 18 | 19 | 13 | 14 | 17 | 9 | 6 | 18 | 11 | 12 | 9 | 10 | 10 | *15* | 11 | 5 | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| AUS George Miedecke | 999 | 10 | 15 | 12 | Ret | 12 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 10 | 15 | 7 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 10 | 12 | Ret | 25 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| AUS Andrew Jones | 20 | 14 | 6 | 7 | Ret | DNS | 9 | 4 | Ret | 10 | 8 | 8 | 18 | 9 | 7 | 16 | Ret | 4 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| AUS Drew Russell | 58 | 11 | 12 | 15 | 12 | 9 | 15 | 10 | 7 | 16 | 14 | 13 | 8 | 12 | 13 | 5 | 9 | 9 | Ret | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| AUS Rodney Jane | 777 | 8 | 16 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 11 | Ret | 14 | 15 | 15 | 11 | 22 | 13 | 12 | 7 | 8 | 11 | 10 | 50 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| AUS Marcus Zukanovic | 71 | 12 | 9 | 14 | 10 | 15 | Ret | 13 | 10 | 11 | Ret | 24 | 11 | 14 | 16 | 14 | 13 | 10 | 11 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| AUS Tim Blanchard | 27 | Ret | 8 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 20 | 4 | 19 | 16 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 25 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| AUS Aaren Russell | 59 | 18 | 13 | 16 | 14 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 19 | 17 | 13 | 16 | 10 | Ret | 14 | 6 | 18 | 7 | Ret | 50 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| AUS Elliot Barbour | 98/27 | 13 | 17 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 18 | 7 | 16 | 20 | 12 | 14 | 12 | Ret | 9 | 20 | 12 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| AUS Brett Stewart | 73 | 17 | 20 | 20 | 16 | 16 | 19 | 12 | 17 | 23 | 19 | 18 | 17 | 16 | 19 | 17 | 14 | 13 | Ret | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| AUS David Russell | 16 | 9 | 14 | 11 | DSQ | 6 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 1 | **5** | 25 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| AUS Michael Hector | 60 | 19 | 22 | 24 | Ret | 20 | Ret | 16 | 18 | 24 | 24 | 21 | 19 | Ret | 18 | 13 | 16 | 15 | 14 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| AUS Adam Wallis | 62 | 16 | 21 | 22 | 17 | 18 | 22 | 20 | 19 | 15 | 18 | 17 | 12 | 15 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| NZL Daniel Jilesen | 86 | Ret | DNS | 9 | 8 | 21 | 16 | 11 | 15 | 14 | 18 | 20 | 16 | 15 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| AUS Nandi Kiss | 24 | Ret | 23 | 23 | *18* | 19 | 20 | 14 | Ret | 25 | 21 | 23 | DNS | DNS | 20 | 18 | 17 | Ret | 15 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| AUS Cameron Waters | 77 | Ret | DNS | 18 | 15 | 11 | 12 | Ret | 12 | 8 | 7 | 17 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| AUS Paul Morris | 67 | 22 | Ret | 13 | 12 | 9 | 25 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| AUS Aaron McGill | 75 | Ret | 19 | Ret | DNS | DNS | 21 | 18 | Ret | Ret | 22 | 22 | 21 | Ret | DNS | DNS | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| AUS Morgan Haber | 26/27 | 21 | 17 | 26 | Ret | 13 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| AUS Jim Pollicina | 44 | 14 | 12 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| AUS Ben Eggleston | 38 | 14 | 17 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| AUS Glen Wood | 98 | 15 | 9 | Ret | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| AUS Kristian Lindbom | 300 | Ret | 10 | 25 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| AUS Matt Hansen | 44 | 21 | Ret | 17 | 25 |
|}
References
References
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- "Development Series Teams and Drivers". V8 Supercars Australia.
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