The 2024 Dunlop Series is an Australian motor racing competition for Supercars as a support series. It is the twenty-fifth running of the Supercars Development Series, the second tier of competition in Supercars racing. Since joining as a class in 2021 this marks at the same time as the seventeeth running of the Super3 Series, the third tier of competition in Supercars racing (Officially in 2019 as the Kumho Tyre Super3 Series).

Calendar

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Round Event Circuit Location Dates Map of circuit locations
1 Bathurst 500   Mount Panorama Circuit Bathurst, New South Wales 23–25 February
2 Perth SuperSprint   Wanneroo Raceway Neerabup, Western Australia 17–19 May
3 Townsville 500   Reid Park Street Circuit Townsville, Queensland 5–7 July
4 Sandown 500   Sandown Raceway Springvale, Victoria 13–15 September
5 Bathurst 1000   Mount Panorama Circuit Bathurst, New South Wales 10–13 October
6 Adelaide 500   Adelaide Street Circuit Adelaide, South Australia 14–17 November
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Calendar changes

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The Sandown 500 was originally set to be held on 22 September, but on 14 March, the event was moved forward a week to 15 September. This change has caused the Super2 event to also be move forward a week.[1]

Entries

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Classes

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Name Regulation Vehicles
Super2 2018 to 2022 Gen2 Ford Mustang S550
Holden Commodore ZB
Super3 2013 to 2017 Car of the Future Ford Falcon FG X
Holden Commodore VF
Mercedes-AMG E63 W212
Nissan Altima L33
Volvo S60 Mk.2
2003 to 2012 Project Blueprint Ford Falcon FG
Holden Commodore VE

Entry List

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Manufacturer Model Entrant No. Driver Name Class Rounds
Car Driver
Ford Mustang S550 Tickford Autosport[2][3] 5   Bradley Vaughan[3] S2 1–3
6   Lachlan Dalton[3] S2 1–3
55   Rylan Gray[3] S2 R 1–3
AIM Motorsport Australia[4] 11   Zane Morse[3] S2 1, 3
  Ryan Gilroy[5] S2 R 2
111   Dean Fiore[6][7] S2 3
117/138   Jett Johnson[3][7] S2 R 1–2
219   James Masterton[3] S2 1
Anderson Motorsport 17   Max Vidau[8][3] S2 R 1–3
Kelly Racing 22   Mason Kelly[3] S2 R 1–3
27   Aaron Cameron[3] S2 1–3
Blanchard Racing Team[9] 79   Jack Perkins[9] S2 3
Holden Commodore VF Auddino Racing[10] 4   Tony Auddino[10] S3 2
Commodore ZB Eggleston Motorsport 1   Kai Allen[3] S2 1–3
38   Cameron Crick S2 1–3
54   Jordyn Sinni[3] S2 1–3
88   Cooper Murray[3] S2 1–3
Walkinshaw Andretti United 2   Campbell Logan[11][3] S2 R 1–3
25   Zach Bates[12][3] S2 1–3
Brad Jones Racing[13] 9   Cody Gillis[3] S2 R 1–3
19   Elliott Cleary[3] S2 R 1–3
Matt Chahda Motorsport 18   Matt Chahda[14][3] S2 1–3
Gomersall Motorsport 20   Reuben Goodall[3] S2 R 1–3
Callum Walker Racing 33   Callum Walker[3] S2 1–3
RM Racing Cars / PremiAir Racing[3] 92   Cameron McLeod[3] S2 R 1–3
Image Racing / Erebus Motorsport[15] 99   Jobe Stewart[3] S2 R 1–3
Image Racing 118   Jarrod Hughes[3] S2 R 1–3
Nissan Altima L33 MW Motorsport 3   Thomas Maxwell[3] S3 R 1–3
15   Cody Burcher[3] S3 R 1–3
Icon Class
S2 Super2 (Gen2)
S3 Super3 (Car of the Future)
S3 Super3 (Project Blueprint)
R Rookie Cup

Notes

Teams Changes

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Super2

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AIM Motorsport Australia will expand to a two car team after purchasing another ex-Tickford Racing Ford Mustang GT from MW Motorsport.[4]

Drivers Changes

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Super2

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Lachlan Dalton switched from Brad Jones Racing to Tickford Racing.[2]

Max Vidau graduated from the Porsche Carrera Cup Australia to join Anderson Motorsport.[8]

Cody Burcher, Jarrod Hughes, Reuben Goodall and Campbell Logan graduated from the Toyota 86 Racing Series to join MW Motorsport, Image Racing, Gomersall Motorsport and Walkinshaw Andretti United respectively.[11]

Reuben Goodall graduated from the SuperUtes Series to join Gomersall Motorsport

Results and standings

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Season summary

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Super2 Series

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Round Event Pole position Fastest lap Winning Driver Winning Team Winning Manufacturer Round Winner
1   Bathurst 500   Cooper Murray   Kai Allen   Kai Allen Eggleston Motorsport   Holden   Kai Allen
  Kai Allen   Kai Allen   Kai Allen Eggleston Motorsport   Holden
2   Perth SuperSprint   Cooper Murray   Kai Allen   Kai Allen Eggleston Motorsport   Holden   Zach Bates
  Brad Vaughan   Zach Bates   Zach Bates Walkinshaw Andretti United   Holden
3   Townsville 500        
     
4   Sandown 500        
     
5   Bathurst 1000        
     
6   Adelaide 500        
     

Super3 Series

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Round Event Pole position Fastest lap Winning Driver Winning Team Winning Manufacturer Round Winner
1   Bathurst 500   Cody Burcher   Cody Burcher   Cody Burcher MW Motorsport   Nissan   Cody Burcher
  Cody Burcher   Thomas Maxwell   Cody Burcher MW Motorsport   Nissan
2   Perth SuperSprint   Thomas Maxwell   Thomas Maxwell   Cody Burcher MW Motorsport   Nissan   Cody Burcher
  Cody Burcher   Cody Burcher   Cody Burcher MW Motorsport   Nissan
3   Townsville 500        
     
4   Sandown 500        
     
5   Bathurst 1000        
     
6   Adelaide 500        
     

Series standings

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Points system

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Points were awarded for each race at an event, to the driver of a car that completed at least 75% of the race distance and was running at the completion of the race. At least 50% of the planned race distance must be completed for the result to be valid and championship points awarded. The following points scales apply to both the Super2 and Super3 Series.

Position[16]
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
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

Super2 Series

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Pos. Driver No. BAT1
 
WAN
 
TOW
 
SAN
 
BAT2
 
ADE
 
Pen. Points
1   Kai Allen 1 1 1 1 8 0 540
2   Aaron Cameron 27 2 4 5 5 0 480
3   Zach Bates 25 3 19 3 1 0 456
4   Max Vidau 17 10 7 11 2 0 384
5   Cameron McLeod 92 13 8 8 3 0 375
6   Jobe Stewart 99 17 2 12 7 0 357
7   Brad Vaughan 5 6 3 NC 4 0 351
8   Lachlan Dalton 6 7 5 10 14 0 348
9   Jordyn Sinni 54 11 12 6 6 0 345
10   Jarrod Hughes 118 5 9 7 18 0 342
11   Cody Gillis 9 19 13 4 10 0 312
12   Cameron Crick 38 9 15 9 9 0 312
13   Rylan Gray 55 4 6 18 Ret 0 273
14   Jett Johnson 117 16 11 19 11 0 249
15   Reuben Goodall 20 12 17 14 16 0 243
16   Elliott Cleary 19 20 14 13 15 0 234
17   Campbell Logan 2 15 Ret 16 17 0 171
18   Cooper Murray 88 Ret Ret 2 DSQ 0 138
19   Zane Morse 11 8 20 0 135
20   Mason Kelly 22 18 10 Ret Ret 0 129
21   Ryan Gilroy 11 17 12 0 123
22   Callum Walker 33 Ret 16 Ret 13 0 123
23   Matt Chahda 18 14 Ret 15 DNS 0 123
24   James Masterton 219 DNS 18 0 51
Pos. Driver No. BAT1
 
WAN
 
TOW
 
SAN
 
BAT2
 
ADE
 
Pen. Points
Key
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver Second place
Bronze Third place
Green Other points position
Blue Other classified position
Not classified, finished (NC)
Purple Not classified, retired (Ret)
Red Did not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black Disqualified (DSQ)
White Did not start (DNS)
Race cancelled (C)
Blank Did not practice (DNP)
Excluded (EX)
Did not arrive (DNA)
Withdrawn (WD)
Did not enter (cell empty)
Text formatting Meaning
Bold Pole position
Italics Fastest lap

Super3 Series

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Pos. Driver No. BAT
 
WAN
 
TOW
 
SAN
 
BAT
 
ADE
 
Pen. Points
1   Cody Burcher 15 1 1 1 1 0 600
2   Thomas Maxwell 3 2 2 2 2 0 552
3   Tony Auddino 4 3 3 0 258
Pos. Driver No. BAT
 
WAN
 
TOW
 
SAN
 
BAT
 
ADE
 
Pen. Points
Key
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver Second place
Bronze Third place
Green Other points position
Blue Other classified position
Not classified, finished (NC)
Purple Not classified, retired (Ret)
Red Did not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black Disqualified (DSQ)
White Did not start (DNS)
Race cancelled (C)
Blank Did not practice (DNP)
Excluded (EX)
Did not arrive (DNA)
Withdrawn (WD)
Did not enter (cell empty)
Text formatting Meaning
Bold Pole position
Italics Fastest lap

References

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