2014 V8 Supercar season explained

The 2014 V8 Supercar season was the eighteenth year in which V8 Supercars contested the senior Australian touring car series. It was the 55th year 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 27 February at the Adelaide Street Circuit and finished on 7 December at the Homebush Street Circuit. 2014 featured the eighteenth V8 Supercar Championship, consisting of 38 races at 14 events covering all six states and the Northern Territory of Australia as well as an event in New Zealand. There was also a stand-alone event supporting the 2014 Australian Grand Prix. The season also featured the fifteenth second-tier Dunlop V8 Supercar Series, contested over seven rounds. For the seventh time a third-tier series was run, the Kumho Tyres V8 Touring Car Series.

Race calendar

Dates sourced from:^{[1] [2]}

Event title	Circuit	City / state	Race/round	Date	Winner	Report
Clipsal 500 Adelaide	Adelaide Street Circuit	Adelaide, South Australia	IVC 1 IVC 2 IVC 3	27 February–2 March	Jamie Whincup Craig Lowndes James Courtney	report
			DVS 1		Paul Dumbrell
MSS Security V8 Supercars Challenge	Albert Park Street Circuit	Melbourne, Victoria	IVC NC	13–16 March	Scott McLaughlin	report
Tyrepower Tasmania 400	Symmons Plains Raceway	Launceston, Tasmania	IVC 4 IVC 5 IVC 6	28–30 March	Jamie Whincup Jamie Whincup Craig Lowndes	report
Winton 400	Winton Motor Raceway	Benalla, Victoria	IVC 7 IVC 8 IVC 9	4–6 April	Fabian Coulthard Lee Holdsworth Mark Winterbottom	report
			DVS 2		Ashley Walsh
ITM 500 Auckland	Pukekohe Park Raceway	Pukekohe, New Zealand	IVC 10 IVC 11 IVC 12 IVC 13	24–27 April	Jason Bright Mark Winterbottom Shane van Gisbergen Mark Winterbottom	report
Mallala	Mallala Motorsport Park	Mallala, South Australia	KVTC 1	25–27 April	Ryan Simpson
Perth 400	Barbagallo Raceway	Perth, Western Australia	IVC 14 IVC 15 IVC 16	16–18 May	Scott McLaughlin Craig Lowndes Chaz Mostert	report
			DVS 3		Ashley Walsh
Winton	Winton Motor Raceway	Benalla, Victoria	KVTC 2	13–15 June	Ryan Simpson
Skycity Triple Crown	Hidden Valley Raceway	Darwin, Northern Territory	IVC 17 IVC 18 IVC 19	20–22 June	Jamie Whincup Jamie Whincup Mark Winterbottom	report
Castrol Townsville 500	Townsville Street Circuit	Townsville, Queensland	IVC 20 IVC 21 IVC 22	4–6 July	Jamie Whincup Garth Tander Jamie Whincup	report
			DVS 4		Chris Pither
Coates Hire Ipswich 400	Queensland Raceway	Ipswich, Queensland	IVC 23 IVC 24 IVC 25	1–3 August	Jamie Whincup Jamie Whincup James Courtney	report
			DVS 5		Paul Dumbrell
Queensland Raceway	Queensland Raceway	Ipswich, Queensland	KVTC 3	8–10 August	Ryan Simpson
Sydney Motorsport Park 400	Sydney Motorsport Park	Sydney, New South Wales	IVC 26 IVC 27 IVC 28	22–24 August	Shane van Gisbergen Shane van Gisbergen Scott McLaughlin	report
Wilson Security Sandown 500	Sandown Raceway	Melbourne, Victoria	IVC 29	12–14 September	Jamie Whincup Paul Dumbrell	report
Phillip Island	Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit	Phillip Island, Victoria	KVTC 4	19–21 September	Cameron McConville
Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000	Mount Panorama Circuit	Bathurst, New South Wales	IVC 30	9–12 October	Chaz Mostert Paul Morris	report
			DVS 6		Paul Dumbrell
Wakefield Park	Wakefield Park	Goulburn, New South Wales	KVTC 5	17–19 October	Justin Ruggier
Castrol Edge Gold Coast 600	Surfers Paradise Street Circuit	Surfers Paradise, Queensland	IVC 31 IVC 32	24–26 October	Shane van Gisbergen Jonathon Webb Jamie Whincup Paul Dumbrell	report
Sydney Motorsport Park	Sydney Motorsport Park	Sydney, New South Wales	KVTC 6	31 October–2 November	Justin Ruggier
Plus Fitness Phillip Island 400	Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit	Phillip Island, Victoria	IVC 33 IVC 34 IVC 35	14–16 November	Scott McLaughlin Jamie Whincup Scott McLaughlin	report
Sydney NRMA 500	Homebush Street Circuit	Sydney, New South Wales	IVC 36 IVC 37 IVC 38	5–7 December	Jamie Whincup Jamie Whincup Shane van Gisbergen	report
			DVS 7		Cameron Waters

• IVC – International V8 Supercar Championship
• DVS – Dunlop V8 Supercar Series
• KVTC – Kumho Tyres V8 Touring Car Series
• NC – Non-championship

International V8 Supercars Championship

See main article: article and 2014 International V8 Supercars Championship.

Dunlop V8 Supercar Series

See main article: article and 2014 Dunlop V8 Supercar Series.

MSS Security V8 Supercars Challenge

See main article: article.

Notes and References

1. News: V8 Supercars confirms 2014 calendar . SpeedCafe . Bartholomaeus . Stefan . 23 September 2013 . 19 February 2014.
2. Web site: 2014 Schedule . Australian V8 Touring Car Series . 19 February 2014.