2017 Australian V8 Touring Car Series Explained

The 2017 Australian V8 Touring Car Series (commercially known as the 2017 Kumho Tyres Australian V8 Touring Car Series) was the tenth running of the Australian V8 Touring Car Series, the third tier of Australian touring car racing. The five-round, fifteen-race series began on 21 April at Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit and concluded on 29 October at Sydney Motorsport Park.^[1]

Entries

Team Car Class No. Driver Rounds Page Brothers Jayco Holden Commodore VE K 2 Steven Page 1, 4 JCH Electrical Ford Falcon BF K 5 Jason Heck 3 A.N.T. Racing Ford Falcon BF K 6 Tony Evangelou 2 Poll Performance Holden Commodore VE K 7 Jim Pollicina All K 23 Michael Caine All Prodrive Racing Australia Ford Falcon BA C 9 Thomas Randle 3 Anderson Motorsport Ford Falcon FG K 11 Michael Anderson All Century 21 Hazelbrook Ford Falcon BF K 12 Chris Delfsma 1, 3, 5 Image Racing Ford Falcon FG C 14 Josh Smith 1-3 C 49 Jordan Boys 1-4 Ford Falcon BA K 16 Leigh Moran 1 Stapleton Motorsport Ford Falcon EL H 17 Troy Stapleton 1-2 TF Maintenance Ford Falcon BF K 17 Jason Foley 5 Brad Jones Racing Holden Commodore VE C 21 Jack Smith All Glenn Seton Racing Ford Falcon BF C 30 Aaron Seton 2-3 McDonald Motorsport Holden Commodore VP H 33 Jamie McDonald 5 Nandi Kiss Racing Holden Commodore VE K 36 Nandi Kiss 3, 5 Eggleston Motorsport Holden Commodore VE C 38 Tyler Greenbury All Challenge Motorsport Ford Falcon FG K 39 Chris Smerdon All Mac Motorsport Ford Falcon BF K 41 Mark Primmer 1 K 69 Jon McCorkindale All Premium Shower Screens and Robes Holden Commodore VY K 46 David Wright 2 Neill Motorsport Holden Commodore VS H 55 Bradley Neill All Paul Morris Motorsport Holden Commodore VE K 66 Jack Sipp 1 Ford Falcon FG C 67 Anton de Pasquale 3 Garry Hills Racing Holden Commodore VE K 76 Garry Hills 1, 4 Protrack Automotive Performance Holden Commodore VE K 77 Gary Collins 2, 4-5 WakeUp! Backpackers Holden Commodore VZ K 88 Warren Millett 1-2, 5 Custom Garage Ford Falcon EL H 111 Andy Cantrell 5 Emery Motorsport Holden Commodore VE C 888 Geoff Emery 1

Icon Class C Championship class K Kumho Cup H Heritage class

Calendar and results

Overview

Round	Circuit	City / state	Date	Pole position	Winning driver	Winning team	Round winner
1	Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit	Phillip Island, Victoria	April 22	Michael Anderson	Tyler Greenbury	Eggleston Motorsport	Jordan Boys
			April 23		Tyler Greenbury	Eggleston Motorsport
					Jordan Boys	Image Racing
2	Winton Motor Raceway	Benalla, Victoria	May 20	Jack Smith	Jack Smith	Brad Jones Racing	Jack Smith
			May 21		Tyler Greenbury	Eggleston Motorsport
					Jack Smith	Brad Jones Racing
3	Queensland Raceway	Willowbank, Queensland	July 29	Jack Smith	Jack Smith	Brad Jones Racing	Jack Smith
			July 30		Jack Smith	Brad Jones Racing
					Jack Smith	Brad Jones Racing
4	Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit	Phillip Island, Victoria	September 9	Jack Smith	Tyler Greenbury	Eggleston Motorsport	Jon McCorkindale
			September 10		Jon McCorkindale	Mac Motorsport
					Michael Anderson	Anderson Motorsport
5	Sydney Motorsport Park	Eastern Creek, New South Wales	October 28	Jack Smith	Jack Smith	Brad Jones Racing	Jack Smith
			October 29		Jack Smith	Brad Jones Racing
					Jack Smith	Brad Jones Racing

Series standings

Session	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19
Qualifying	3
Races 1 & 2	40	35	31	27	23	20	17	15	13	10	9	8	7	6	5	4	3	2	1
Race 3	60	53	47	41	35	30	26	23	20	17	15	14	12	11	9	8	6	4	2

Pos.	Driver	Class	PHI			WIN			QLD			PHI			SMP			Pen.	Pts.
			R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3
1	Jack Smith	C	5	3	3	1	2	1	1	1	1	2	3	Ret	1	1	1		594
2	Tyler Greenbury	C	1	1	Ret	2	1	Ret	2	3	3	1	5	Ret	2	2	2		454
3	Michael Anderson	K	3	5	9	5	3	3	8	8	5	3	10	1	4	3	4		444
4	Jon McCorkindale	K	4	7	4	8	7	5	DNS	10	8	4	1	2	3	5	3		407
5	Jim Pollicina	K	7	6	5	4	8	9	9	12	Ret	5	6	6	6	4	6		306
6		C	8	4	1	3	5	2	4	4	9	Ret	8	Ret					298
=	Michael Caine	K	9	8	6	7	Ret	6	10	9	10	6	2	4	7	9	7		298
8	Chris Smerdon	K	10	12	12	9	6	10	11	13	11	7	4	3	5	8	5		280
9	Josh Smith	C	6	2	14	6	4	4	7	6	6								208
10	Anton de Pasquale	C							3	2	2								119
11	Warren Millett	K	16	13	10	14	11	12							9	6	12		107
12	Geoff Emery	C	2	9	2														101
13	Gary Collins	K				12	10	11				9	9	Ret	10	10	11		98
14	Bradley Neill	H	Ret	17	16	15	13	14	15	16	15	10	Ret	DNS	12	13	13		97
15	Thomas Randle	C							5	5	4								87
16	Nandi Kiss	K							13	14	13				11	7	8		77
17	Steven Page	K	DNS	DNS	17							8	7	5					73
18		C				Ret	DNS	DNS	6	7	7								63
19	Chris Delfsma	K	13	14	11				14	15	14				Ret	DNS	DNS		53
20	Troy Stapleton	H	15	15	13	13	12	13											52
21	David Wright	K				11	9	8											46
22	Garry Hills	K	12	10	7							Ret	DNS	DNS					45
23	Tony Evangelou	K				10	14	7											44
24	Jack Sipp	K	11	11	8														42
25	Andy Cantrell	H													8	12	10		41
26	Jason Heck	K							12	11	12								33
27	Jason Foley	K													Ret	11	9		30
28	Jamie McDonald	H													13	14	14		26
29	Mark Primmer	K	14	16	15														20
30	Leigh Moran	K	Ret	DNS	DNS														0
Source:^[2]

Notes and References

1. News: Historical Results - V8 Touring Car Series. Australian V8 Touring Car Series. 17 July 2022.
2. News: 2017 Australian V8 Touring Car Series - Series Results . Australian V8 Touring Car Series. 17 July 2022.