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2016 Supercars Dunlop Series

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

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Garry Jacobson won the series for Prodrive Racing Australia in a Ford FG X Falcon.
 
Andrew Jones placed sixth for Brad Jones Racing in a Holden VF Commodore.
 
Paul Dumbrell placed seventh for Eggleston Motorsport in a Holden VE Commodore.
 
Alex Rullo placed 17th for Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport in a Holden VF Commodore.

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

Manufacturer Model Team No. 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

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

Rnd. 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 Grand Prix Circuit 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   Bathurst 250         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

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Points system

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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

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

Pos. Driver No. ADE
  		PHI
  		BAR
  		TOW
  		SAN
  		BAT
  		SYD
  		Pen. Pts.
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
Pos. Driver No. ADE
  		PHI
  		BAR
  		TOW
  		SAN
  		BAT
  		SYD
  		Pen. Pts.
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver Second place
Bronze Third place
Green Points finish
Blue Non-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple Retired (Ret)
Red Did not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black Disqualified (DSQ)
White Did not start (DNS)
Withdrew (WD)
Race cancelled (C)
Blank Did not practice (DNP)
Did not arrive (DNA)
Excluded (EX)

Bold - Pole position
Italics - Fastest lap

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Dunlop Series opener draws 27 entries". Speedcafe. 2 March 2016.
  2. ^ "Chelsea Angelo set for Dunlop Series return". Speedcafe.com. 9 September 2016. Retrieved 9 September 2016.
  3. ^ "Jack Smith makes his Dunlop Series debut at Bathurst". v8superfans.co.nz. 3 October 2016. Archived from the original on 3 October 2016. Retrieved 3 October 2016.
  4. ^ "Douglas joins Eggleston for Phillip Island". Speedcafe.com. 11 April 2016. Retrieved 11 April 2016.
  5. ^ "Dunlop Series returns to Phillip Island, Sandown". Speedcafe. 29 October 2015. Retrieved 2 March 2016.
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