2016 Supercars Dunlop Series Explained

The 2016 Supercars Dunlop Series was an Australian motor racing competition for Supercars, staged as a support series to the Virgin Australia Supercars Championship. It was the seventeenth annual Supercars Development Series and the fifth to be contested under the "Dunlop Series" name. The season was also the first in which Holden VF Commodores and Ford FG X Falcons built to 'Car of the Future' specifications are eligible for the series, racing alongside previous generation VE Commodore and FG Falcon models.

The series was won by Garry Jacobson driving for Prodrive Racing Australia in a Ford FG X Falcon.

Teams and drivers

The following teams and drivers competed in the series.^[1]

Manufacturer	Model	Team		Driver	Rounds		Co-Driver	Rounds
Ford	Falcon FG X	Prodrive Racing Australia	5	Jack Le Brocq	All
			6	Garry Jacobson	All
	Falcon FG	Image Racing	2	Dan Day	1–3
			10	Steve Owen	1
			Dean Fiore	2
			Garry Hills	3
			58	Ryal Harris	6
			98	Renee Gracie	7
		Matt Stone Racing	15	Adam Marjoram	All
		MW Motorsport	16	Bryce Fullwood	All
			26	Shae Davies	1–6
			28	Jesse Dixon	1
				Chelsea Angelo^[2]	5–7
		Matt Chahda Motorsport	18	Matt Chahda	All
		STR Motorsport	48	Matt Palmer	All		Drew Russell	6
		Paul Morris Motorsport	67	Anton de Pasquale	All
			98	Renee Gracie	1–5, 7
			Jack Smith^[3]	6
		Action Racing	71	Marcus Zukanovic	2, 5
Holden	Commodore VF	Brad Jones Racing	8	Andrew Jones	All
			14	Macauley Jones	All
			21	Josh Kean	All
		Matt Stone Racing	35	Todd Hazelwood	All
		Dragon Motor Racing Garry Rogers Motorsport	44	Richard Muscat	All
			99	James Golding	All
		Kostecki Brothers Racing	55	Kurt Kostecki	1–3, 5–7
			56	Jake Kostecki	All
		Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport	62	Alex Rullo	All
	Commodore VE	Dragon Motor Racing Garry Rogers Motorsport	34	Chelsea Angelo	1–3
		Eggleston Motorsport	38	Liam McAdam	1–3, 5
			Taz Douglas	4, 7
			54	Taz Douglas^[4]	2–3, 5–6		Grant Denyer	6
			88	Paul Dumbrell	1–6
		THR Developments	45	Taz Douglas	1
		Warrin Mining	64	Adam Wallis	1

Calendar

The 2016 calendar was released on 29 October 2015.^[5]

	Race	Event name	Circuit	Location	Date	Race winner	Round winner
1	1	Clipsal 500 Adelaide	Adelaide Street Circuit	Adelaide, South Australia	4 March	Paul Dumbrell	Garry Jacobson
	2				5 March	Garry Jacobson
2	1	WD-40 Phillip Island SuperSprint		Phillip Island, Victoria	16 April	Garry Jacobson	Garry Jacobson
	2				17 April	James Golding
	3					Garry Jacobson
3	1	Perth SuperSprint	Barbagallo Raceway	Perth, Western Australia	7 May	Jack Le Brocq	Jack Le Brocq
	2				8 May	Jack Le Brocq
	3					Jack Le Brocq
4	1	Castrol Edge Townsville 400	Townsville Street Circuit	Townsville, Queensland	9 July	Jack Le Brocq	Jack Le Brocq
	2				10 July	Jack Le Brocq
5	1	Wilson Security Sandown 500	Sandown Raceway	Melbourne, Victoria	17 September	Garry Jacobson	Garry Jacobson
	2					Paul Dumbrell
	3				18 September	James Golding
6	1		Mount Panorama Circuit	Bathurst, New South Wales	6–9 October	Paul Dumbrell	Paul Dumbrell
7	1	Coates Hire Sydney 500	Homebush Street Circuit	Sydney, New South Wales	3 December	Jack Le Brocq	Jack Le Brocq
	2				4 December	Jack Le Brocq

Series standings

Points system

Points were awarded in each race as follows.

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

Points standings

The series was won by Garry Jacobson driving for Prodrive Racing Australia in a Ford FG X Falcon.

Driver ADE PHI BAR TOW SAN BAT SYD 1 Garry Jacobson 6 3 1 1 2 1 3 24 12 2 5 1 2 5 2 5 5 0 1738 2 Jack Le Brocq 5 4 3 10 4 13 1 1 1 1 1 9 Ret 2 7 1 1 15 1650 3 Todd Hazelwood 35 22 4 4 15 7 8 5 3 3 3 7 Ret 4 6 4 3 0 1418 4 James Golding 99 13 2 2 1 2 10 2 4 9 4 13 6 1 Ret 2 2 0 1404 5 Taz Douglas 45/54 10 7 9 10 5 11 9 2 6 6 5 3 Ret 10 6 4 0 1294 6 Andrew Jones 8 2 19 5 3 3 2 17 6 7 15 10 Ret 12 8 8 6 0 1254 7 Paul Dumbrell 88 1 Ret 3 5 23 4 3 8 Ret 2 3 1 19 1 0 1216 8 Richard Muscat 44 5 Ret 6 25 18 13 12 9 5 DSQ 2 7 7 4 10 7 0 1124 9 Macauley Jones 14 21 5 15 12 9 7 10 5 4 7 14 8 9 9 9 Ret 0 1111 10 Shae Davies 26 7 6 24 9 6 5 7 10 16 11 4 5 3 5 25 1100 11 Anton de Pasquale 67 8 12 13 14 10 6 18 14 Ret 9 Ret 9 14 3 7 8 25 1042 12 Josh Kean 21 Ret Ret 8 6 4 9 8 11 8 8 12 15 13 15 12 10 25 924 13 Adam Marjoram 15 14 11 17 18 16 16 16 15 11 10 11 Ret 8 13 17 Ret 0 803 14 Bryce Fullwood 16 DNS DNS 11 7 12 14 11 7 10 18 8 Ret DNS 12 3 9 50 802 15 Matt Palmer 48 17 16 21 22 21 22 21 18 15 17 17 14 16 11 15 14 0 778 16 Kurt Kostecki 55 18 20 12 8 8 12 4 13 6 4 10 14 Ret Ret 25 733 17 Alex Rullo 62 19 Ret 18 16 20 15 6 19 Ret 12 Ret 16 6 16 14 13 25 686 18 Jake Kostecki 56 Ret 18 20 19 24 18 15 21 12 13 Ret 13 11 19 18 11 0 683 19 Renee Gracie 98 12 Ret 22 21 19 21 19 17 14 16 15 12 17 13 15 25 594 20 Matt Chahda 18 15 15 16 20 17 23 13 Ret 13 14 DSQ DSQ DNS 18 11 Ret 10 585 21 Chelsea Angelo 34/28 20 13 19 23 14 17 20 16 Ret 10 20 20 16 13 25 583 22 Liam McAdam 38 11 10 7 13 15 20 14 Ret 19 Ret 15 DNS 0 442 23 Dan Day 2 23 14 23 24 11 19 23 Ret 0 249 24 Marcus Zukanovic 71 25 17 22 18 11 18 0 198 25 Steve Owen 10 6 8 0 192 26 Jesse Dixon 28 9 9 0 168 27 Grant Denyer 54 10 0 156 28 Drew Russell 48 11 0 144 29 Adam Wallis 64 16 17 0 111 30 Dean Fiore 10 14 11 25 0 110 31 Ryal Harris 58 17 0 108 32 Garry Hill 10 24 22 20 0 78 — Jack Smith 98 Ret 0 0 Driver ADE PHI BAR TOW SAN BAT SYD

Bold - Pole position Italics - Fastest lap

See also

• 2016 V8 Supercar season

Notes and References

1. News: Dunlop Series opener draws 27 entries. Speedcafe. 2 March 2016.
2. News: Chelsea Angelo set for Dunlop Series return. Speedcafe.com. 9 September 2016. 9 September 2016.
3. News: Jack Smith makes his Dunlop Series debut at Bathurst. v8superfans.co.nz. 3 October 2016. 3 October 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20161003195206/http://www.v8superfans.co.nz/jack-smith-makes-his-dunlop-series-debut-at-bathurst/. 3 October 2016. dead.
4. News: Douglas joins Eggleston for Phillip Island. Speedcafe.com. 11 April 2016. 11 April 2016.
5. News: Dunlop Series returns to Phillip Island, Sandown . Speedcafe . 29 October 2015 . 2 March 2016.