2011 V8 Supercar season

The 2011 V8 Supercar season was the fifteenth season of V8 Supercar motor racing and the fifteenth season in which V8 Supercars have contested the premier Australian touring car series. It was the 52nd year of touring car racing in Australia beginning with the 1960 season, which included the first Australian Touring Car Championship, now known as the International V8 Supercars Championship,[1] and the first Armstrong 500, the fore-runner of the present day Bathurst 1000.

2011 V8 Supercar season
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The 2011 season began on 11 February at the Yas Marina Circuit in Abu Dhabi and ended on 4 December at the Homebush Street Circuit. It featured the fifteenth V8 Supercar Championship, consisting of 26 races at 14 events covering all six states and the Northern Territory of Australia as well as events in the United Arab Emirates and New Zealand. There was also a stand-alone non-championship event supporting the 2011 Australian Grand Prix. The season also featured the twelfth second-tier V8 Supercar Development Series, this year officially known as the Fujitsu V8 Supercar Series and expanded to a seven-round series. The fourth third-tier series, the Kumho V8 Touring Car Series was contested over a five-round series.

Race calendar

Dates sourced from:[2][3][4]

Event Title Circuit City / State Race/Round Date Winner Team Report
Yas V8 400 Yas Marina Circuit Yas Island, United Arab Emirates VSC 1
VSC 2
10–12 February Jamie Whincup
James Courtney
Triple Eight Race Engineering
Holden Racing Team
report
Clipsal 500 Adelaide Street Circuit Adelaide, South Australia VSC 3
VSC 4
17–20 March Garth Tander
Jamie Whincup
Holden Racing Team
Triple Eight Race Engineering
report
FVS 1 Nick Percat Walkinshaw Performance
Albert Park 400 Albert Park Street Circuit Melbourne, Victoria NC 24–27 March Jamie Whincup Triple Eight Race Engineering report
Wakefield Park Wakefield Park Goulburn, New South Wales KVTC 1 1–3 April Scott Loadsman Loadsman Racing Team
ITM Hamilton 400 Hamilton Street Circuit Hamilton, New Zealand VSC 5
VSC 6
15–17 April Rick Kelly
Shane van Gisbergen
Kelly Racing
Stone Brothers Racing
report
Trading Post Perth Challenge Barbagallo Raceway Perth, Western Australia VSC 7
VSC 8
VSC 9
6–8 May Jamie Whincup
Jason Bright
Jamie Whincup
Triple Eight Race Engineering
Brad Jones Racing
Triple Eight Race Engineering
report
FVS 2 Andrew Thompson Triple Eight Race Engineering
Mallala Mallala Motorsport Park Mallala, South Australia KVTC 2 14–15 May Chris Smerdon Smerdon Racing
Winton Winton Motor Raceway Benalla, Victoria VSC 10
VSC 11
20–22 May Jamie Whincup
Jason Bright
Triple Eight Race Engineering
Brad Jones Racing
report
Skycity Triple Crown Hidden Valley Raceway Darwin, Northern Territory VSC 12
VSC 13
17–19 June Rick Kelly
Shane van Gisbergen
Kelly Racing
Stone Brothers Racing
report
Sucrogen Townsville 400 Townsville Street Circuit Townsville, Queensland VSC 14
VSC 15
8–10 July Garth Tander
Jamie Whincup
Holden Racing Team
Triple Eight Race Engineering
report
FVS 3 Andrew Thompson Triple Eight Race Engineering
Eastern Creek Eastern Creek Raceway Sydney, New South Wales KVTC 3 15–17 July Terry Wyhoon Image Racing
Coates Hire Ipswich 300 Queensland Raceway Ipswich, Queensland VSC 16
VSC 17
19–21 August Craig Lowndes
Craig Lowndes
Craig Lowndes
Triple Eight Race Engineering
Triple Eight Race Engineering
Triple Eight Race Engineering
report
FVS 4 Andrew Thompson Triple Eight Race Engineering
Sandown Sandown Raceway Melbourne, Victoria KVTC 4 9–11 September Scott Loadsman Loadsman Racing Team results
L & H 500 Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit Phillip Island, Victoria VSC 18 16–18 September Craig Lowndes
Mark Skaife
Triple Eight Race Engineering report
Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000 Mount Panorama Circuit Bathurst, New South Wales VSC 19 6–9 October Garth Tander
Nick Percat
Holden Racing Team report
FVS 5 Andrew Thompson Triple Eight Race Engineering
Armor All Gold Coast 600 Surfers Paradise Street Circuit Surfers Paradise, Queensland VSC 20

VSC 21
21–23 October Jamie Whincup
Sébastien Bourdais
Mark Winterbottom
Richard Lyons
Triple Eight Race Engineering

Ford Performance Racing
report
Phillip Island Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit Phillip Island, Victoria KVTC 5 4–6 November Terry Wyhoon Image Racing results
Falken Tasmania Challenge Symmons Plains Raceway Launceston, Tasmania VSC 22
VSC 23
11–13 November Jamie Whincup
Jamie Whincup
Triple Eight Race Engineering
Triple Eight Race Engineering
report
Norton 360 Sandown Challenge Queensland 300 Melbourne, Victoria VSC 24
VSC 25
18–20 November Rick Kelly
Jamie Whincup
Kelly Racing
Triple Eight Race Engineering
report
FVS 6 Andrew Thompson Triple Eight Race Engineering
Sydney Telstra 500 Homebush Street Circuit Sydney, New South Wales VSC 26
VSC 27
3–5 December Craig Lowndes
Mark Winterbottom
Triple Eight Race Engineering
Ford Performance Racing
report
FVS 7 Andrew Thompson Triple Eight Race Engineering
  • VSC – International V8 Supercar Championship
  • FVS – Fujitsu V8 Supercar Series
  • KVTC – Kumho V8 Touring Car Series
  • NC – Non-championship round

International V8 Supercars Championship

Fujitsu V8 Supercar Series

Kumho V8 Touring Car Series

References

  1. Top 10 shootouts reduced for 2011 V8s Archived 5 January 2011 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved from www.speedcafe.com.au on 4 January 2011
  2. "2011 calendar released". Official site of the Australian V8 Supercar Championship Series. 29 October 2010. Archived from the original on 30 October 2010. Retrieved 31 October 2010.
  3. "Fujitsu Series goes west". Official site of the Australian V8 Supercar Championship Series. 29 October 2010. Archived from the original on 23 February 2011. Retrieved 31 October 2010.
  4. "2011 Calendar". Shannons V8 Touring Cars National Series. Retrieved 29 December 2010.
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