2015 V8 Supercars Dunlop Series Explained

The 2015 V8 Supercars Dunlop Series was an Australian motor racing competition for V8 Supercars, staged as support series to the International V8 Supercars Championship. It was the sixteenth annual V8 Supercar Development Series and the fourth to be contested under the "Dunlop Series" name.

The series was won by Cam Waters driving a Ford FG Falcon.

Teams and drivers

The following teams and drivers contested the 2015 V8 Supercars Dunlop Series:

Manufacturer	Model	Team		Driver	Rounds		Co-Driver	Rounds
Ford	Falcon FG	Image Racing	2	Dan Day	All
			10	Jesse Dixon	1–5
			Grant Denyer^[1]	6
			Jonathon Webb^[2]	7
		Prodrive Racing Australia	5	Cam Waters^[3]	All
		RSport Engineering	7	Brett Hobson	5
		Matt Chahda Motorsport	18	Matt Chahda	3–7
		MW Motorsport	28	Jack Le Brocq	1–6
			Bryce Fullwood^[4]	7
			42	Chris Pither	1–6
			Jack Le Brocq	7
		Matt Stone Racing	35	Todd Hazelwood	All
			90	Shae Davies^[5]	All
		Paul Morris Motorsport	55	Renee Gracie^[6]	All
			67	Paul Morris	1–6
		Novocastrian Motorsport	58	Aaren Russell	All		Drew Russell	6
		Super Black Racing	111	Simon Evans	All
Holden	Commodore VE	Eggleston Motorsport	1	Paul Dumbrell^[7]	All
			38	Ant Pedersen	1–6
			Liam McAdam^[8]	7
			54	Garry Jacobson	All
			88	Liam McAdam^[9]	6
		Jamie Sharp Racing	3	Jamie Sharp	1
		RSport Engineering	4	Kurt Kostecki	1–4
			Phil Woodbury	5–7
			7	Brett Hobson	1–4
			11	Matt Chahda	1–2
			Phil Woodbury	3
		Brad Jones Racing	8	Andrew Jones	All
			14	Macauley Jones	All
			21	Josh Kean^[10]	All
		Paul Morris Motorsport	16	Bryce Fullwood	1–6
		THR Developments	45	Taz Douglas	1–4
			46	Chelsea Angelo	1
			Jason Leoncini	2–3
			Geoff Emery	4
		Matt Hansen Racing	50	Matt Hansen	1–3
		Warrin Mining	62	Adam Wallis	1, 4
		McGill Motorsport	75	Aaron McGill	All		Michael Caine	6
		Dragon Motor Racing Garry Rogers Motorsport	99	James Golding	All

The 2015 V8 Supercars Dunlop Series featured a new race number allocation system. Each year since the series began in 2000, the race number pool was shared with the main V8 Supercars Championship, meaning that numbers used in that series could not be used in the Dunlop Series. For 2015, an individual number pool was allocated to each series.

Calendar

The 2015 V8 Supercars Dunlop Series was contested over seven rounds.^[11] The calendar was released on 18 November 2014.^[11]

Series schedule							Results summary
	Race	Event	Circuit	Location	Date		Winning driver	Round winner
1	1	Clipsal 500 Adelaide	Adelaide Street Circuit	Adelaide, South Australia	27 February		Cam Waters	Paul Dumbrell
	2				28 February		Paul Dumbrell
2	1	Ubet Perth Super Sprint	Barbagallo Raceway	Perth, Western Australia	2 May		Cam Waters	Cam Waters
	2				3 May		Cam Waters
	3						Cam Waters
3	1	NP300 Navara Winton Super Sprint	Winton Motor Raceway	Benalla, Victoria	16 May		Cam Waters	Cam Waters
	2				17 May		Cam Waters
	3						Cam Waters
4	1	Castrol Edge Townsville 400	Townsville Street Circuit	Townsville, Queensland	11 July		Cam Waters	Cam Waters
	2				12 July		Paul Dumbrell
5	1	Coates Hire Ipswich Super Sprint	Queensland Raceway	Ipswich, Queensland	1 August		Cam Waters	Cam Waters
	2				2 August		Cam Waters
	3						Chris Pither
6	1	Bathurst 250	Mount Panorama Circuit	Bathurst, New South Wales	10 October		Paul Dumbrell	Paul Dumbrell
7	1	Coates Hire Sydney 500	Homebush Street Circuit	Sydney, New South Wales	5 December		Paul Dumbrell	Paul Dumbrell
	2				6 December		Paul Dumbrell

Note: In the above table, "Event" refers to the V8 Supercars Championship meeting at which the Dunlop Series round was contested.

Points system

Series points were awarded in each race as per the following:^[12]

Round format	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
Three races	100	92	86	80	74	68	64	60	56	52	48	46	44	42	40	38	36	34	32	30	28	26	24	22	20	18	16	14	12	10
Two 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
One race	300	276	258	240	222	204	192	180	168	156	144	138	132	126	120	114	108	102	96	90	84	78	72	66	60	54	48	42	36	30

Championship standings

^[13] Driver ADE BAR WIN TOW QLD BAT SYD 1 5 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 3 2 8 2 0 1966 2 Paul Dumbrell 1 2 1 4 10 2 3 3 3 5 1 3 4 2 1 1 1 0 1889 3 Jack Le Brocq 28/42 7 7 3 3 4 4 4 5 3 4 2 3 5 9 5 3 0 1587 4 35 9 8 6 4 8 13 7 8 6 5 6 7 9 5 3 6 0 1404 5 Chris Pither 42 3 12 2 2 22 6 5 4 11 3 5 5 1 3 0 1337 6 Garry Jacobson 54 5 6 9 8 7 15 10 18 2 9 7 6 8 10 2 15 0 1287 7 Andrew Jones 8 8 4 Ret Ret 2 2 2 2 DNS DNS 4 2 6 4 6 4 0 1274 8 Shae Davies 90 10 10 7 7 15 10 6 6 7 18 13 10 11 16 7 11 15 1070 9 Simon Evans 111 17 23 13 12 11 14 18 9 13 6 12 9 7 12 15 12 0 961 10 James Golding 99 19 Ret 11 6 9 5 Ret 11 Ret 8 11 19 20 7 4 9 0 938 11 Aaren Russell 58 6 3 5 23 24 25 14 7 8 Ret 9 Ret 14 20 9 7 0 935 12 Macauley Jones 14 13 11 15 11 5 Ret 16 16 9 Ret 16 14 13 8 16 8 0 911 13 Ant Pedersen 38 4 5 12 17 10 7 8 12 4 Ret 8 8 4 Ret 0 855 14 Paul Morris 67 23 14 8 5 6 11 9 10 10 7 DNS DNS DNS 6 40 795 15 Dan Day 2 12 25 19 16 23 18 17 22 20 13 18 18 17 14 17 16 0 741 16 Jesse Dixon 10 11 13 10 9 20 8 Ret 15 12 16 10 13 10 0 650 17 Bryce Fullwood 16/28 20 Ret DNS 14 12 20 20 20 Ret 11 Ret 11 12 18 10 10 0 647 18 Renee Gracie 55 21 20 20 13 17 19 19 21 Ret 12 17 Ret 15 19 13 14 25 634 19 Josh Kean 21 Ret 16 16 15 13 9 11 25 15 17 14 17 18 Ret 11 Ret 25 576 20 Aaron McGill 75 15 21 21 21 18 24 24 24 Ret 15 21 DNS DNS 17 Ret 17 0 508 21 Taz Douglas 45 18 9 14 Ret 14 12 12 13 14 10 0 496 22 Matt Chahda 11/18 14 17 DNS DNS DNS 17 13 23 17 Ret 19 12 19 Ret 14 Ret 25 423 23 Brett Hobson 7 Ret DNS 23 22 19 22 23 26 16 DNS 15 15 16 0 325 24 Kurt Kostecki 4 25 24 17 20 16 16 22 14 21 Ret 25 290 25 Adam Wallis 62 16 15 19 14 0 228 26 Liam McAdam 38/88 11 18 13 50 211 27 Matt Hansen 50 Ret 19 22 18 Ret 23 21 17 0 196 28 Jason Leoncini 46 18 19 21 21 15 19 0 194 29 Phil Woodbury 4/11 DNS DNS DNS 20 16 Ret 15 DNS DNS 0 188 30 Jonathon Webb 10 12 5 0 180 31 Grant Denyer 10 13 0 132 32 Michael Caine 75 17 0 108 33 Chelsea Angelo 46 22 18 0 90 34 Drew Russell 58 20 0 90 35 Jamie Sharp 3 24 22 0 72 36 Geoff Emery 46 18 DNS 0 51 Driver ADE BAR WIN TOW QLD BAT SYD

Bold - Pole position Italics - Fastest lap

See also

• 2015 V8 Supercar season

Notes and References

1. News: Grant Denyer's back. V8 Supercars. 28 September 2015.
2. News: Weaving his Webb. V8 Supercars. 20 November 2015.
3. News: Cam Waters confirmed for 2015 DVS. Speedcafe. 18 December 2014.
4. News: SHAKE-UP AT MWM AFTER FORCED PITHER EXIT. Speedcafe. 3 December 2015.
5. News: Davies moves to Dunlop Series with Matt Stone. Speedcafe. 25 November 2014.
6. News: Paul Morris to field Gracie in Dunlop Series. Speedcafe. 19 November 2014.
7. News: Dumbrell ready to defend Dunlop Series title. Speedcafe.com. 15 February 2015. 15 February 2015. Stefan. Bartholomaeus.
8. News: V8 SUPERCARS DUNLOP SERIES PRACTICE SESSIONS P1 P2. Natsoft.com. 4 December 2015. 4 December 2015.
9. News: MCADAM GRADUATES TO DUNLOP SERIES FOR 2016. Speedcafe.com. 22 September 2015. 22 September 2015.
10. News: Kean to pilot BJR Commodore. V8Supercars.com.au. 3 February 2015. 3 February 2015.
11. News: Dunlop Series calendar and formats sorted . Speedcafe.com . 18 November 2014 . 18 November 2014. Stefan. Bartholomaeus.
12. https://web.archive.org/web/20160117063457/http://v8imagesdev.s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/V8SC2015-Motorsport-OpsManualDivD-Update11.pdf V8 Superscars Operations Manual 2015, Division “D” – Sporting Rules, as archived at web.archive.org
13. https://web.archive.org/web/20160116213550/http://www.v8supercars.com.au/dunlopseries/2015-v8-supercars-dunlop-series-points/ 2015 V8 Supercars Dunlop Series Points, www.v8supercars.com.au, as archived at web.archive.org