2016 V8 Supercar season

The 2016 V8 Supercar season was the twentieth and final season in which V8 Supercars have contested the premier Australian touring car series. It was the 57th season of touring car racing in Australia since the first runnings of the Australian Touring Car Championship, now known as the International V8 Supercars Championship, and the fore-runner of the present day Bathurst 1000, the Armstrong 500.

The season began on 3 March at the Adelaide Street Circuit and finished on 27 November at the Homebush Street Circuit. 2016 featured the twentieth V8 Supercar Championship, consisting of 29 races at 14 events covering all six states and the Northern Territory of Australia as well an event in New Zealand. Originally the Supercars were going to make their first trip to Kuala Lumpur, but the event had to be cancelled due to certain logistical failures on the part of the promoters in Malaysia. There was also a stand-alone event supporting the 2016 Australian Grand Prix. The season also featured the seventeenth second-tier Dunlop V8 Supercar Series, contested over seven rounds. For the ninth time, de-registered Supercars contested an unofficial third-tier series, the Kumho Tyre V8 Touring Car Series.

Race calendar edit

The following events were held during the season.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Event title	Circuit	City / state	Race/round	Date	Winner	Report
Clipsal 500 Adelaide	Adelaide Street Circuit	Adelaide, South Australia	IVC 1 IVC 2 IVC 3	3–6 March	Jamie Whincup James Courtney Nick Percat	Report
Clipsal 500 Adelaide	Adelaide Street Circuit	Adelaide, South Australia	DVS 1	3–6 March	Garry Jacobson
Coates Hire V8 Supercars Challenge	Albert Park Street Circuit	Melbourne, Victoria	IVC NC	17–20 March	Shane van Gisbergen	Report
Tyrepower Tasmania SuperSprint	Symmons Plains Raceway	Launceston, Tasmania	IVC 4 IVC 5	1–3 April	Shane van Gisbergen Will Davison	Report
Sandown	Sandown Raceway	Melbourne, Victoria	KVTC 1	1–3 April	Taz Douglas
WD-40 Phillip Island SuperSprint	Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit	Phillip Island, Victoria	IVC 6 IVC 7	15–17 April	Scott McLaughlin Scott McLaughlin	Report
WD-40 Phillip Island SuperSprint	Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit	Phillip Island, Victoria	DVS 2	15–17 April	Garry Jacobson
Perth SuperSprint	Barbagallo Raceway	Perth, Western Australia	IVC 8 IVC 9	6–8 May	Craig Lowndes Mark Winterbottom	Report
Perth SuperSprint	Barbagallo Raceway	Perth, Western Australia	DVS 3	6–8 May	Jack Le Brocq
Woodstock Winton SuperSprint	Winton Motor Raceway	Benalla, Victoria	IVC 10 IVC 11	20–22 May	Tim Slade Tim Slade	Report
Woodstock Winton SuperSprint	Winton Motor Raceway	Benalla, Victoria	KVTC 2	20–22 May	Taz Douglas
CrownBet Darwin Triple Crown	Hidden Valley Raceway	Darwin, Northern Territory	IVC 12 IVC 13	17–19 June	Michael Caruso Shane van Gisbergen	Report
Castrol Edge Townsville 400	Townsville Street Circuit	Townsville, Queensland	IVC 14 IVC 15	8–10 July	Jamie Whincup Shane van Gisbergen	Report
Castrol Edge Townsville 400	Townsville Street Circuit	Townsville, Queensland	DVS 4	8–10 July	Jack Le Brocq
Coates Hire Ipswich SuperSprint	Queensland Raceway	Ipswich, Queensland	IVC 16 IVC 17	22–24 July	Shane van Gisbergen Craig Lowndes	Report
Coates Hire Ipswich SuperSprint	Queensland Raceway	Ipswich, Queensland	KVTC 3	22–24 July	Taz Douglas
Red Rooster Sydney SuperSprint	Sydney Motorsport Park	Sydney, New South Wales	IVC 18 IVC 19	26–28 August	Shane van Gisbergen Jamie Whincup	Report
Phillip Island	Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit	Phillip Island, Victoria	KVTC 4	9–11 September	Garry Jacobson
Wilson Security Sandown 500	Sandown Raceway	Melbourne, Victoria	IVC 20	16–18 September	Garth Tander Warren Luff	Report
Wilson Security Sandown 500	Sandown Raceway	Melbourne, Victoria	DVS 5	16–18 September	Garry Jacobson
Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000	Mount Panorama Circuit	Bathurst, New South Wales	IVC 21	6–9 October	Will Davison Jonathon Webb	Report
Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000	Mount Panorama Circuit	Bathurst, New South Wales	DVS 6	6–9 October	Paul Dumbrell
Castrol Gold Coast 600	Surfers Paradise Street Circuit	Surfers Paradise, Queensland	IVC 22 IVC 23	21–23 October		Report
Muscle Car Masters	Sydney Motorsport Park	Sydney, New South Wales	KVTC 5	28–30 October
ITM Auckland SuperSprint	Pukekohe Park Raceway	Pukekohe, New Zealand	IVC 24 IVC 25 IVC 26 IVC 27	4–6 November		Report
Coates Hire Sydney 500	Homebush Street Circuit	Sydney, New South Wales	IVC 28 IVC 29	25–27 November		Report
Coates Hire Sydney 500	Homebush Street Circuit	Sydney, New South Wales	DVS 7	25–27 November

IVC – International V8 Supercars Championship
DVS – V8 Supercars Dunlop Series
KVTC – Kumho Tyres Australian V8 Touring Car Series
NC – Non-championship

International V8 Supercars Championship edit

Dunlop V8 Supercar Series edit

Kumho Tyres Australian V8 Touring Car Series edit

Coates Hire V8 Supercars Challenge edit

References edit

^ "V8 Supercars 2016 calendar change". V8Supercars.com.au. 1 October 2015. Retrieved 26 February 2016.
^ "2016 Dunlop Series Locked In". V8Supercars.com.au. 29 October 2015. Retrieved 26 February 2016.
^ "Kumho Series to Compete at 2016 Muscle Car Masters". V8TouringCars.com.au. 8 December 2015. Retrieved 26 February 2016.

External links edit

[1] "V8 Supercars 2016 calendar change". V8Supercars.com.au. 1 October 2015. Retrieved 26 February 2016.

[2] "2016 Dunlop Series Locked In". V8Supercars.com.au. 29 October 2015. Retrieved 26 February 2016.

[3] "Kumho Series to Compete at 2016 Muscle Car Masters". V8TouringCars.com.au. 8 December 2015. Retrieved 26 February 2016.

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