2014 Dunlop V8 Supercar Series

The 2014 Dunlop Series was an Australian motor racing competition for V8 Supercars. It was the fifteenth running of the V8 Supercar Development Series, a support series to the International V8 Supercars Championship. The 2014 season featured a new format for the Dunlop Series weekends. Each round of the series – with the exception of Bathurst – featured two forty-minute races, rather than a range of two-race and three-race weekends. The Bathurst round was a single-race event, held over an endurance distance of 250 kilometres (160 miles), and allowing for optional driver changes.[1]

2014 Dunlop V8 Supercar Series
Previous: 2013 Next: 2015
Parent series:
International V8 Supercars Championship

2002 series winner Paul Dumbrell became the third driver to clinch a second title, after winning six races (and three rounds) during the season; this included four consecutive wins at Queensland Raceway, the Bathurst endurance race and the first race at Sydney Olympic Park. Despite missing the second Barbagallo race due to business commitments,[2] Eggleston Motorsport's Dumbrell won the series by 247 points ahead of Ford Performance Racing driver Cameron Waters. Waters won two races at Winton and the second Sydney Olympic Park race, where he also took the round win to move ahead of Ashley Walsh, who had held the runner-up spot for Matt Stone Racing prior to the event. Walsh won three races and two rounds in the early part of the series, but faded towards the end of the season. The series top five was rounded out by New Zealand's Chris Pither (Brad Jones Racing) and Andre Heimgartner (MW Motorsport), who won races at Townsville and Barbagallo respectively. Pither also won the round at Townsville, his first in the series.

Teams and drivers
Paul Dumbrell won the series driving a Holden VE Commodore
Garry Jacobson (Holden VE Commodore) placed 11th in the series
Dan Day (Holden VE Commodore) placed 20th in the series

The following teams and drivers competed in the 2014 series.

Season entries Endurance entries
Team Vehicle No. Driver Rounds Co-driver
Team Kean Racing Holden VE Commodore 3 Josh Kean[3] 2–7 Tony D'Alberto[4]
32 1
Image Racing Ford FG Falcon 10 Taz Douglas[5] 1–2, 7
Jack Le Brocq[6] 3–5
49 1–2, 6
RSport Engineering Holden VE Commodore 11 Joshua Hunter[6] 1
Garth Walden 2
Ben Porter 3
Paul McKinnon 4, 7
Phil Woodbury 5
44 Fredrik Lestrup[7] 1–4
Brett Hobson 5–7
77 Tim Macrow[4] 6–7
98 Aaron Tebb[6] 1–2, 4–6 Fredrik Lestrup[8]
Brad Jones Racing Holden VE Commodore 12 Macauley Jones[9] 4–7
20 Andrew Jones All
42 Chris Pither All
Dragon Motor Racing Holden VE Commodore 13 Kristian Lindbom[10] 5
James Golding 7
24 Tim Macrow[11] 2, 4
Ben Schoots[12] 5
Dan Day Racing Holden VE Commodore 25 Dan Day All
MW Motorsport Ford FG Falcon 26 Andre Heimgartner[13] All Steve Owen[14]
27 Ryan Simpson[6] 1
Steve Owen 2
Dean Fiore 3–4
Tim Blanchard 5
Peter Rullo 6
28 Morgan Haber[6] 1–6
Kurt Kostecki 7
Matt Stone Racing Ford FG Falcon 35 Todd Hazelwood[15] All
60 Michael Hector[16] 1–6
Shae Davies 7
87 Ashley Walsh[17] All
158 Ryal Harris[18] 6
170 Steven Johnson[19] 4–5
Eggleston Motorsport Holden VE Commodore 38 Ant Pedersen[20] All
54 Garry Jacobson[21] All
88 Paul Dumbrell[22] All
THR Developments Holden VE Commodore 45 Jay Verdnik[6][23] 1
Shane Price 2
46 Jordan Ormsby 1–2
GMJ Motorsport Holden VE Commodore 48 Geoff Emery[24] All
50 Matt Hansen[24] All
Ford FG Falcon 51 Jim Pollicina[25] All
Team Enzed FPR Ford FG Falcon 56 Cameron Waters[26] All
Novocastrian Motorsport Ford FG Falcon 58 Aaren Russell[5] All
Warrin Mining Racing Holden VE Commodore 62 Adam Wallis 1, 3–4
Paul Morris Motorsport Ford FG Falcon 67 Paul Morris All
Action Racing[27] Ford FG Falcon 71 Marcus Zukanovic All
Formula Tech Racing Holden VE Commodore 73 Brett Stewart All
McGill Motorsport Holden VE Commodore 75 Aaron McGill All

Calendar

The series comprised thirteen races at seven venues, with each race being a support race at an International V8 Supercars Championship event.

Series schedule Results summary
Rnd Rce Event Circuit Location Date Winning driver Round winner
1 1 Clipsal 500 Adelaide Adelaide Street Circuit Adelaide, South Australia 28 February Ashley Walsh Paul Dumbrell
2 1 March Paul Dumbrell
2 3 Winton 400 Winton Motor Raceway Benalla, Victoria 5 April Cameron Waters Ashley Walsh
4 6 April Ashley Walsh
3 5 Perth 400 Barbagallo Raceway Perth, Western Australia 16 May Paul Dumbrell Ashley Walsh
6 17 May Andre Heimgartner
4 7 Castrol Townsville 400 Townsville Street Circuit Townsville, Queensland 4 July Chris Pither Chris Pither
8 5 July Ashley Walsh
5 9 Coates Hire Ipswich 400 Queensland Raceway Ipswich, Queensland 2 August Paul Dumbrell Paul Dumbrell
10 3 August Paul Dumbrell
6 11 Bathurst 250 Mount Panorama Circuit Bathurst, New South Wales 11 October Paul Dumbrell Paul Dumbrell
7 12 Sydney NRMA 500 Homebush Street Circuit Sydney, New South Wales 6 December Paul Dumbrell Cameron Waters
13 7 December Cameron Waters

Points system

Points were awarded for each race at each two-race round on the following basis.[28]

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
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

Note: Double points were awarded for the single race at Mount Panorama.[29]

Series standings
Pos. Driver No. ADE
 WIN
 BAR
 TOW
 QLD
 BAT
 SYD
 Pen. Pts.
1 Paul Dumbrell 88 3 1 5 2 1 DNS 2 4 1 1 1 1 Ret 1686
2 Cameron Waters 56 2 22 1 4 7 Ret 21 2 19 3 2 2 1 25 1439
3 Ashley Walsh 87 1 6 3 1 2 2 18 1 5 2 Ret 12 11 25 1373
4 Chris Pither 42 5 8 11 7 4 7 1 5 Ret 15 3 4 6 25 1361
5 Andre Heimgartner 26 6 7 9 10 9 1 3 3 Ret 12 7 5 8 1314
6 Andrew Jones 20 8 3 4 6 23 6 Ret Ret 3 11 4 6 3 25 1226
7 Aaren Russell 58 9 13 28 14 12 8 4 24 2 8 6 3 2 25 1220
8 Todd Hazelwood 35 11 9 15 11 5 5 8 13 Ret 10 5 20 4 1131
9 Paul Morris 67 7 10 6 5 10 4 Ret 9 8 4 Ret 8 5 1080
10 Ant Pedersen 38 22 4 12 9 8 9 9 7 7 5 18 10 Ret 1053
11 Garry Jacobson 54 10 5 8 3 11 15 15 11 4 6 Ret 21 Ret 50 886
12 Matt Hansen 50 19 19 21 18 14 14 11 15 16 22 14 14 13 798
13 Jack Le Brocq 49
10		 Ret Ret 19 15 6 16 22 8 6 7 10 750
14 Geoff Emery 48 13 11 13 12 16 12 7 12 Ret 16 Ret 13 10 50 715
15 Morgan Haber 28 15 12 7 Ret 24 10 Ret 10 10 13 8 25 713
16 Marcus Zukanovic 71 12 Ret 17 13 13 11 12 Ret 9 25 Ret 15 7 666
17 Brett Stewart 73 24 20 18 20 18 21 14 19 12 17 Ret 18 18 603
18 Michael Hector 60 23 17 23 23 21 18 17 25 22 20 16 537
19 Jim Pollicina 51 Ret 21 26 24 20 22 16 Ret 18 21 17 19 16 25 524
20 Dan Day 25 21 18 29 21 22 17 Ret 14 17 Ret 19 16 Ret 516
21 Dean Fiore 27 3 3 6 6 462
22 Macauley Jones 12 10 21 11 23 13 9 Ret 444
23 Josh Kean 32
3		 Ret Ret 16 Ret 17 20 20 Ret 13 Ret 12 Ret 15 25 440
24 Taz Douglas 10 4 2 10 27 7 Ret 25 431
25 Steve Owen 27
26		 2 8 7 420
26 Aaron McGill 75 25 15 24 26 19 24 23 23 14 Ret Ret Ret 17 25 395
27 Fredrik Lestrup 44/98 14 Ret 27 16 15 13 13 16 Ret 393
28 Brett Hobson 44 Ret 18 11 Ret 14 258
29 Steven Johnson 170 5 17 Ret 14 228
30 Tim Macrow 24
77		 Ret 22 Ret DNS 15 Ret 12 228
31 Aaron Tebb 98 Ret Ret 25 19 24 22 20 24 Ret 228
32 Jordan Ormsby 46 16 16 22 17 207
33 Adam Wallis 62 18 Ret DSQ 23 19 20 180
34 Ryal Harris 158 9 168
35 Shae Davies 60 11 9 156
36 Tony D'Alberto 3 12 138
37 Tim Blanchard 27 21 9 126
38 Jay Verdnik 45 20 14 108
39 Phil Woodbury 11 15 19 108
40 Ryan Simpson 27 17 23 90
41 Garth Walden 11 20 25 75
42 Shane Price 45 14 Ret 63
43 James Golding 13 17 Ret 54
44 Paul McKinnon 11 Ret 18 DNS DNS 51
45 Ben Porter 11 Ret 19 48
46 Kurt Kostecki 28 Ret 19 48
47 Joshua Hunter 11 Ret 24 33
Kristian Lindbom 13 Ret DNS 0
Ben Schoots 24 DNS DNS 0
Peter Rullo 27 DNS 0
Pos. Driver No. ADE
 WIN
 BAR
 TOW
 QLD
 BAT
 SYD
 Pen. Pts.
ColourResult
GoldWinner
Silver2nd place
Bronze3rd 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 participate (DNP)
Did not arrive (DNA)
Excluded (EX)

Bold - Pole position
Italics - Fastest lap

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