2001 Konica V8 Supercar Series

2001 Konica V8 Supercar Series season
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The 2001 Konica V8 Supercar Series was an Australian touring car series held for V8 Supercars. It was the second series held for second tier V8 Supercar teams. The season began on 25 February 2001 at Wakefield Park and finished on 11 August at Mallala Motor Sport Park. The season consisted of six rounds held across four different states.

The series was won by Simon Wills who won ten races during the course of the 18 race series. Wills finished 82 points clear of Paul Dumbrell.

Teams and drivers

The following teams and drivers have competed during the 2001 Konica V8 Supercar Series.

Team No Driver Make Model
Eastern Creek Karts 20 Australia Garry Holt EL Falcon
Terry Wyhoon Racing 25 Australia Terry Wyhoon VS Commodore
Garry Rogers Motorsport 33 Australia Leanne Ferrier VT Commodore
Scotty Taylor Racing 37 Australia Bill Attard VS Commodore
South Pacific Motor Sport 38 Australia Wayne Cooper
Australia Peter Field		 VS Commodore
Mal Rose Racing 44 Australia Mal Rose VS Commodore
Eddie Abelnica 48 Australia Eddie Abelnica VT Commodore
Ric Shaw Motorsport 49 Australia Ric Shaw VS Commodore
Garry Willmington Performance 56 Australia Luke Sieders EL Falcon
John Scotcher Motorsport 59 Australia Michael Donaher
Australia Adam Wallis		 EL Falcon
Evers Motorsport 60 Australia Ken Habul
Australia Scott March		 VS Commodore
Halliday Motor Sport 61 Australia Ross Halliday EL Falcon
Simon Emerzidis 63 Australia Simon Emerzidis EL Falcon
Robert Smith Racing 72 Australia Robert Smith VS Commodore
Team Dynamik 73 New Zealand Simon Wills VT Commodore
V8 Racing 77 Australia Richard Mork VS Commodore
Gibson Motor Sport 80 Australia Paul Dumbrell VT Commodore
82 Australia David Parsons
Rowse Motorsport 81 Australia Tim Rowse VS Commodore
Miller Racing 84 Australia Daniel Miller VS Commodore
The Race Centre 87 Australia Rod Salmon AU Falcon
Harris Racing 88 Australia Craig Harris
Australia Michael Simpson		 AU Falcon
89 Australia Kevin Mundy
NRC International 90 Australia Dale Brede VT Commodore
Michael Simpson Racing 93 Australia Michael Simpson EL Falcon
John Faulkner Racing 96 Australia Owen Kelly VS Commodore
Graphic Skills Racing 97 Australia Wayne Wakefield VS Commodore
AJG Racing 99 Australia Wesley May VS Commodore
GM Motorsport 111 Australia Phonsy Mullan VS Commodore
RPM International Racing 145 Australia Greg Crick
Australia Geoff Full
Australia Aaron McGill		 EL Falcon
Power Racing 500 Australia Alan Heath AU Falcon
Prancing Horse Racing 888 Australia Mark Noske AU Falcon

Race calendar

Round Date Circuit Location Winning driver
1 24–25 February New South Wales Wakefield Park Goulburn, New South Wales New Zealand Simon Wills
2 17–18 March New South Wales Oran Park Raceway Sydney, New South Wales Australia David Parsons
3 5–6 May Victoria (Australia) Winton Motor Raceway Benalla, Victoria Australia Owen Kelly
4 26–27 May Victoria (Australia) Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit Phillip Island, Victoria Australia David Parsons
5 7–8 July Queensland Lakeside International Raceway Brisbane, Queensland Australia Paul Dumbrell
6 11–12 August South Australia Mallala Motor Sport Park Mallala, South Australia New Zealand Simon Wills

Results and standings

The season consisted of six rounds across four different states. Each round consisted of three races. Points were awarded for all cars who started each race in finishing order and then in order that they retired from the race. Points may have been offered beyond the theoretical 24th position but at no point during the season did more than 24 cars start a race.

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
Points 90 80 72 66 62 58 54 50 48 46 44 42 40 38 36 34 32 30 28 26 24 22 20 18

Drivers championship

Pos Driver WAK ORA[1] WIN PHI[2] LAK[3] MAL[4] Pts
1 New Zealand Simon Wills 1 7 1 1 8 5 1 Ret
(18)		 DNS 9 1 1 1 5 4 1 1 1 1272
2 Australia Paul Dumbrell 10 1 7 3 7 6 11 2 2 6 3 2 9 1 1 2 17 5 1190
3 Australia David Parsons 5 3 8 10 1 1 5 3 3 1 2 3 13 7 16 5 5 6 1168
4 Australia Owen Kelly 3 Ret
(21)		 Ret
(19)		 4 4 3 2 1 1 4 7 6 5 3 7 4 2 2 1150
5 Australia Leanne Ferrier 8 2 2 Ret
(25)		 Ret
(21)		 12 4 4 4 2 4 4 3 6 Ret
(17)		 9 16 3 1018
6 Australia Dale Brede 4 10 15 7 2 7 8 6 5 5 5 5 DNS 8 8 3 10 4 976
7 Australia Terry Wyhoon Ret
(22)		 8 5 9 6 13 7 5 6 8 6 12 12 10 5 13 7 Ret
(17)		 880
8 Australia Michael Simpson 2 16 3 2 5 4 Ret
(21)		 DNS DNS 3 Ret
(20)		 DNS 14 9 3 6 6 8 840
9 Australia Garry Holt 6 13 Ret
(20)		 8 9 16 17 10 9 7 10 Ret
(18)		 4 13 15 12 9 Ret
(18)		 774
10 Australia Craig Harris 7 5 Ret
(17)		 5 3 2 Ret
(22)		 DNS DNS 6 2 6 7 4 12 742
11 Australia Tim Rowse 13 18 Ret
(18)		 18 18 20 12 9 7 12 9 8 19 11 10 11 8 15 718
12 Australia Ross Halliday 15 19 13 13 11 10 14 13 11 16 16 13 16 15 11 15 11 11 702
13 Australia Bill Attard 18 15 12 16 14 17 15 12 10 19 17 15 17 14 12 16 14 14 654
14 Australia Kevin Mundy 16 17 16 15 17 8 Ret
(23)		 DNS DNS 13 11 10 8 Ret
(17)		 14 17 13 16 594
15 Australia Alan Heath 19 Ret
(22)		 10 14 10 9 Ret
(20)		 DNS DNS 11 8 7 11 DNS DNS 14 12 13 566
16 Australia Eddie Abelnica 13 11 8 17 14 Ret
(17)		 7 12 9 10 15 7 516
17 Australia Ric Shaw 11 6 Ret
(21)		 Ret
(24)		 DNS DNS 6 8 Ret
(13)		 10 13 11 10 DNS DNS 468
18 Australia Phonsy Mullan 17 11 9 12 Ret
(19)		 11 9 Ret
(17)		 DNS 318
19 Australia Adam Wallis 12 9 DNS 19 DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS 8 3 9 310
20 Australia Daniel Miller DNS DNS DNS Ret
(22)		 13 14 10 Ret
(15)		 Ret
(15)		 DNS DNS DNS Ret
(18)		 DNS 10 294
21 Australia Mal Rose 9 4 4 6 Ret
(22)		 DNS 260
22 Australia Wayne Wakefield 2 4 2 226
23 Australia Scott March 14 14 11 17 16 15 222
24 Australia Aaron McGill 18 Ret
(16)		 DNS 15 12 16 Ret
(21)		 DNS DNS 200
25 Australia Luke Sieders Ret
(21)		 14 12 Ret
(21)		 12 19 198
26 Australia Mick Donaher 3 7 Ret
(14)		 Ret
(20)		 DNS DNS 190
Australia Peter Field 20 15 18 18 18 14 190
28 Australia Simon Emerzidis 14 15 9 18 Ret
(18)		 DNS 182
29 Australia Wayne Cooper 16 14 12 114
30 Australia Geoff Full 20 Ret
(20)		 6 110
Australia Kenny Habul 15 16 13 110
32 Australia Richard Mork DNS DNS DNS 11 Ret
(20)		 Ret
(21)		 94
33 Australia Robert Smith 19 DNS DNS 20 19 DNS 82
34 Australia Wesley May Ret
(22)		 DNS DNS 22
35 Australia Greg Crick Ret
(23)		 DNS DNS 20
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver 2nd place
Bronze 3rd 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 participate (DNP)
Excluded (EX)

References

  1. ↑ "Oran Park - Sydney 18/03/2001 2001 Konica V8 Supercar Series Round 2". National Software. 18 March 2001. Retrieved 11 December 2008.
  2. ↑ "Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit 27/05/2001 2001 Konica V8 Supercar Series - Round 4". National Software. 27 May 2001. Retrieved 11 December 2008.
  3. ↑ "Lakeside International Raceway 08/07/2001 Konica V8 Supercar Series - Round 5". National Software. 7 July 2000. Retrieved 10 December 2008.
  4. ↑ "Mallala Motorsport Park 12/08/2001 2001 Konica V8 Supercar Series". National Software. 12 August 2000. Retrieved 11 December 2008.

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