2017 Super2 Series Explained

The 2017 Super2 Series (known for commercial reasons as the 2017 Dunlop Super2 Series) was an Australian motor racing competition for Supercars, staged as a support series to the Virgin Australia Supercars Championship. It was the eighteenth annual Supercars Development Series.

The series was won by Todd Hazelwood, driving a Holden VF Commodore for Matt Stone Racing.

A few substantial changes were seen for the 2017 season including the new rules of the Super2 program. This saw the opportunity for Dunlop Series teams to field a Wildcard entry in up to two of the four Virgin Australia Supercars Championship events at Winton, Barbagallo Raceway, Hidden Valley and Queensland Raceway. This program was developed to encourage more cars and teams to get involved in the Supercars Championship.^[1] The Bathurst round of the Super2 Series became a non-pointscoring round for the first time since 2004, to encourage more cars and teams to submit wildcard entries for the Bathurst 1000.

Teams and drivers

The following teams and drivers competed in the series.

Manufacturer	Model	Team		Driver	Rounds
Ford	Falcon FG X		1	Garry Jacobson^[2]	All
			5	Josh Kean	All
			align=middle	6	^[3]	align=middle	5
		Paul Morris Motorsport	67		All
	Falcon FG	MW Motorsport	16	Bryce Fullwood	1–3
		Dragon Motor Racing	48	Matt Palmer^[4]	All
			50		4
		Matt Stone Racing	57	Brodie Kostecki	All
Holden	Commodore VF	Dragon Motor Racing Image Racing^[5]	4	Jack Perkins^[6]	All
			98	Renee Gracie^[7]	1 - 5
			Jordan Boys^[8]	6 - 7
		Brad Jones Racing	8	Andrew Jones^[9]	All
			14		All
			21	Jack Smith^[10]	All
		Matt Stone Racing	15	Adam Marjoram^[11]	All
			35		All
		Matt Chahda Motorsport	18	Matt Chahda^[12]	All
		Eggleston Motorsport	38	Will Brown^[13]	All
			54		All
			88		All
			44	Richard Muscat^[14]	All
			99	Mason Barbera^[15]	All
		Kostecki Brothers Racing	55	Kurt Kostecki^[16]	All
			56	Jake Kostecki	1 - 6
Nissan	Altima L33	MW Motorsport	16	Bryce Fullwood	4–7
			26	Shae Davies^[17]	All
			28	Jack Le Brocq^[18]	All

Calendar

The 2017 calendar was released on 27 September 2016.^[19]

		Event name	Circuit	Location	Date	Race winner
1	1	Clipsal 500 Adelaide	Adelaide Street Circuit	Adelaide, South Australia	3 March	Paul Dumbrell	Paul Dumbrell
	2				4 March	Paul Dumbrell
	3				5 March
2	4	Tyrepower Tasmania SuperSprint	Symmons Plains Raceway	Launceston, Tasmania	7 April	Paul Dumbrell	Paul Dumbrell
	5				8 April	Paul Dumbrell
	6					Todd Hazelwood
	7				9 April	Jack Le Brocq
3	8	WD-40 Phillip Island 500		Phillip Island, Victoria	21 April	Garry Jacobson
	9				22 April	Jack Le Brocq
	10					Jack Le Brocq
	11				23 April
4	12	Townsville 400	Townsville Street Circuit	Townsville, Queensland	8 July	Todd Hazelwood	Todd Hazelwood
	13				9 July	Todd Hazelwood
5	14	Red Rooster Sydney SuperSprint	Sydney Motorsport Park		18 August	Paul Dumbrell	Anton de Pasquale
	15				19 August	Paul Dumbrell
	16					Anton de Pasquale
	17				20 August	Richie Stanaway
6	18	Wilson Security Sandown 500	Sandown Raceway	Melbourne, Victoria	16 September	Paul Dumbrell	Jack Le Brocq
	19					Jack Le Brocq
NC		Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000	Mount Panorama Circuit	Bathurst, New South Wales	7 October	Macauley Jones	align=center
7	20	Coates Hire Newcastle 500	Newcastle Street Circuit	Newcastle, New South Wales	25 November	Todd Hazelwood	Todd Hazelwood
	21				26 November	Todd Hazelwood

Points system

Points were awarded in each race as follows.^[20]

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
Four races	75	69	64	60	55	51	48	45	42	39	36	34	33	31	30	28	27	25	24	22	21	19	18	16	15	13	12	10	9	7
	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

Series standings

^[21]	Driver		ADE			SYM				PHI				TOW		SMP				SAN		NEW			Points
1	Todd Hazelwood	35	2	2	1	2	2	1	3	5	5	7	4	1	1	7	9	2	8	3	7	1	1	0	1808
2	Paul Dumbrell	88	1	1	2	1	1	4	2	6	2	4	3	2	15	1	1	4	5	1	3	8	13	0	1713
3	Jack Le Brocq	28	3	3	3	4	3	2	1	2	1	1	19	5	13	4	6	6	Ret	2	1	4	Ret	35	1481
4	Anton de Pasquale	67	Ret	13	9	6	8	20	10	4	4	2	1	6	2	2	2	1	4	4	16	Ret	5	0	1322
5	Shae Davies	26	5	Ret	12	5	4	3	14	3	3	3	2	9	7	9	7	18	Ret	8	17	3	11	15	1216
6	Garry Jacobson	1	11	7	7	10	17	7	5	1	Ret	8	5	4	Ret	5	3	5	3	18	20	2	17	0	1166
7	Macauley Jones	14	4	4	4	12	Ret	DNS	DNS	9	8	10	9	7	12	6	5	8	2	9	19	17	2	0	1154
8	Kurt Kostecki	55	17	10	Ret	9	7	9	15	Ret	11	9	7	11	4	10	14	10	16	7	4	15	6	0	1083
9	Will Brown	38	10	6	6	3	5	8	20	7	6	6	6	10	Ret	12	13	9	6	5	11	6	Ret	0	1078
10	Richard Muscat	44	6	Ret	Ret	20	10	6	12	8	7	5	8	3	17	11	8	7	20	6	Ret	11	4	0	1038
11	Bryce Fullwood	16	8	12	8	17	Ret	DNS	DNS	18	10	21	15	15	3	13	10	13	7	21	2	5	3	35	1035
12	Andrew Jones	8	7	5	5	11	14	10	6	17	14	13	12	Ret	Ret	8	15	12	12	10	12	10	9	0	946
13	Nathan Morcom	54	16	11	13	13	9	11	7	11	12	14	16	16	Ret	17	22	15	18	20	9	9	8	0	876
14	Jack Perkins	4	9	8	17	7	6	5	4	Ret	17	Ret	13	8	5	DNS	DNS	DNS	DNS	Ret	5	Ret	18	0	789
15	Brodie Kostecki	57	DNS	16	Ret	16	13	13	8	19	15	12	11	14	Ret	16	11	19	14	16	13	7	7	0	781
16	Matt Chahda	18	12	17	15	18	12	18	18	20	18	19	17	17	11	21	Ret	DNS	15	11	15	12	14	35	735
17	Mason Barbera	99	13	9	11	Ret	Ret	15	13	14	16	18	18	21	8	Ret	18	16	10	17	10	Ret	15	35	706
18	Adam Marjoram	15	18	Ret	DNS	Ret	11	16	11	Ret	19	16	14	12	6	20	20	17	11	12	21	13	Ret	0	675
19	Josh Kean	5	20	18	Ret	8	Ret	12	19	10	21	15	10	Ret	Ret	14	19	Ret	9	15	6	14	Ret	0	623
20	Matt Palmer	48	19	19	18	19	15	17	17	15	Ret	22	21	22	10	Ret	21	20	19	Ret	14	18	16	0	607
21	Jack Smith	21	15	Ret	16	15	Ret	DNS	DNS	12	13	17	22	19	14	15	12	14	13	19	18	Ret	12	0	605
22	Jake Kostecki	56	Ret	14	10	14	Ret	14	9	13	9	11	23	13	Ret	18	16	11	21	14	Ret			0	564
23	Renee Gracie	98	14	15	14	Ret	16	19	16	16	20	20	20	18	9	19	17	21	17					0	534
24	Jordan Boys	98																		13	8	16	7	0	309
25		6														3	4	3	1					0	263
26	Gerard McLeod	50												20	16									0	102
	Driver		ADE			SYM				PHI				TOW		SMP				SAN		NEW			Points

See also

• 2017 Supercars Championship

Notes and References

1. News: Supercars launches Super2 . Supercars . 9 February 2017 . 9 February 2017.
2. News: Prodrive confirms Kean, Jacobson for Dunlop Series . Speedcafe . 8 February 2017 . 8 February 2017.
3. Web site: Prodrive reveals Stanaway Dunlop Super2 Falcon - Speedcafe. 2017-08-17.
4. News: ENTRY LIST: 23-car Super2 field for Adelaide . Supercars . Bartholomaeus . Stefan . 25 February 2017 . 26 February 2017.
5. News: Wyhoon to run Dragon GRM Holdens in 2017 . Speedcafe . 27 October 2016 . 8 February 2017.
6. News: Jack Perkins to make Dunlop Series return . Speedcafe . 8 February 2017 . 8 February 2017.
7. News: Holden switch for Renee Gracie . Supercars . 17 February 2017 . 17 February 2017.
8. News: Gracie steps down from Super2 drive . Supercars . 7 September 2017 . 7 September 2017.
9. News: Andrew Jones reveals 2017 livery . Supercars. Isaacs . Lewis . 14 February 2017 . 14 February 2017.
10. News: BJR returns with a new Smith. V8TouringCars.com.au. Kumho Tyre V8 Touring Car Series . 15 February 2017 . 15 February 2017.
11. News: MSR expands to three for Dunlop Series tilt . Speedcafe . 20 January 2017 . 8 February 2017.
12. News: Matt Chahda locks in Super2 drive . Supercars . Bartholomaeus . Stefan . 25 February 2017 . 26 February 2017.
13. News: Eggleston Motorsport reveals fresh talent for 2017 . Supercars. Callow . Courtney . 14 February 2017 . 14 February 2017.
14. News: Muscat gets big break in GRM enduro squad . Supercars . Bartholomaeus . Stefan . 16 February 2017 . 26 February 2017 .
15. News: 2017 Dunlop Super2 Series Drivers . Garry Rogers Motorsport.
16. News: Kostecki Brothers Racing reveal new look . Speedcafe . 16 February 2017 . 16 February 2017.
17. News: Davies named in second MW Motorsport Nissan . Speedcafe . Howard . Tom . 15 February 2017 . 15 February 2017.
18. News: Le Brocq set for Supercars wildcard rounds . Speedcafe . Lomas . Gordon . 13 February 2017 . 13 February 2017.
19. News: Supercars releases 2017 calendar . Supercars . 27 September 2016 . 8 February 2017.
20. https://web.archive.org/web/20171209220911/https://d3spxwpngnho1k.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2017-DVSPointsSystem.pdf SCHEDULE D1.POINT SCORE SYSTEM DVS, as archived at web.archive.org
21. https://web.archive.org/web/20171211021533/http://www.supercars.com/super2/2017-dunlop-super2-series-points/ 2017 Dunlop Super2 Series Points, www.supercars.com, as archived at web.archive.org