The 2012 Dunlop V8 Supercar Series was an Australian motor racing competition for V8 Supercars. It was the thirteenth running of the V8 Supercar Development series. Supporting the 2012 International V8 Supercars Championship, it began on 1 March at the Clipsal 500 and ended on 2 December at the Sydney 500 after eighteen races held over seven rounds. 2012 was the last year in which the Ford BF Falcon was eligible for the series.

The series was won by Scott McLaughlin driving a Ford FG Falcon.

Calendar The series was contested over seven rounds at seven V8 Supercars Championship events. Rd. Event Circuit Location Date Round format Winner Car 1 Clipsal 500 Adelaide Street Circuit Adelaide, South Australia 1–4 Mar Two races Chaz Mostert Ford FG Falcon 2 Trading Post Perth Challenge Barbagallo Raceway Perth, Western Australia 4–6 May Three races Scott McLaughlin Ford FG Falcon 3 Sucrogen Townsville 400 Townsville Street Circuit Townsville, Queensland 6–8 Jul Three races Scott McLaughlin Ford FG Falcon 4 Coates Hire Ipswich 300 Queensland Raceway Ipswich, Queensland 3–5 Aug Three races Chaz Mostert Ford FG Falcon 5 Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000 Mount Panorama Circuit Bathurst, New South Wales 4–7 Oct Two races Nick Percat Holden VE Commodore 6 Winton Motor Raceway Winton Motor Raceway Benalla, Victoria 16–18 Nov Three races Nick Percat Holden VE Commodore 7 Sydney Telstra 500 Homebush Street Circuit Sydney, New South Wales 30 Nov – 2 Dec Two races Scott Pye Holden VE Commodore

Teams and drivers

The following teams and drivers contested the 2012 Dunlop V8 Supercar Series. TeamVehicleNoDriverRounds Dreamtime Racing Holden VE Commodore 16 David Russell 1–4 77 Cameron Waters 1–4 Brad Jones Racing Holden VE Commodore 20 Andrew Jones All Pacific Hoists Racing Holden VE Commodore 24 Nandi Kiss AllMW Motorsport Ford BF Falcon 26 Morgan Haber 4 Ford FG Falcon 27 Tim Blanchard 1–5 Ford BF Falcon Elliot Barbour 6 Morgan Haber 7 Ford BF Falcon 28 Luke Youlden 1–5 Ford FG Falcon 6–7 Eggleston Motorsport Holden VE Commodore 38 Ben Eggleston 5 Greg Murphy Racing Holden VE Commodore 44 Matt Hansen 2 Jim Pollicinahttps://www.facebook.com/#!/gregmurphyracing?fref=ts 7 45 Dale Wood All 48 Geoff Emery All 71 Marcus Zukanovic 1–2 Ford Performance Racing Ford FG Falcon 56 Chaz Mostert All Novocastrian Motorsport Ford BF Falcon 58 Drew Russell All 59 Aaren Russell All 60 Michael Hector All Warrin Mining Holden VE Commodore 62 Adam Wallis 1–2, 4–6 Paul Morris Motorsport Holden VE Commodore 67 Paul Morris 3–4 Action Racing Holden VE Commodore 71 Marcus Zukanovic 3–6 Brett Stewart Racing Holden VE Commodore 73 Brett Stewart All McGill Motorsport Ford BF Falcon 75 Aaron McGill 1–5, 7 Triple Eight Race Engineering Holden VE Commodore 80 Scott Pye All Matt Stone Racing Ford BF Falcon 86 Daniel Jilesen 1–5 Ford BF Falcon 87 Ashley Walsh 1–5 Ford FG Falcon 6–7 Ford FG Falcon 93 Scott McLaughlin 3–7 Stone Brothers Racing 1–2 Minda Motorsport Holden VE Commodore 98 Elliot Barbour 1–5 Glen Wood 6 Walkinshaw Racing Holden VE Commodore 222 Nick Percat All Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport Holden VE Commodore 300 Kristian Lindbom 1 Sonic Motor Racing Services Ford FG Falcon 777 Rodney Jane All Ford BF Falcon 999 George Miedecke All

Points system Series points were awarded at each race according to the following table: 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 2 Race Format 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 3 Race FormatRaces 1 & 3 120 110 103 96 89 82 77 72 67 62 57 55 53 51 48 46 43 41 38 36 33 30 28 26 24 21 19 17 15 12 3 Race FormatRace 2 60 56 52 48 44 40 38 36 34 32 30 28 26 24 23 22 21 20 19 18 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 9 7 6

Driver standings Pos Driver ADE BAR TOW QLD BAT WIN SYD 1 93 2 3 3 4 1 1 1 2 3 2 3 13 6 4 10 4 1 3 1761 2 Scott Pye 80 5 7 1 9 2 4 Ret 11 2 4 2 3 3 2 11 2 2 1 1688 3 Chaz Mostert 56 1 1 4 5 3 3 19 3 1 5 1 2 2 5 19 5 6 2 100 1665 4 Nick Percat 222 3 2 8 1 Ret 2 3 1 4 23 10 1 1 1 2 1 Ret 5 1561 5 Luke Youlden 28 6 4 5 3 4 6 8 20 6 Ret 7 5 4 3 3 7 8 8 1415 6 Dale Wood 45 15 11 17 Ret DNS 13 17 8 7 6 6 4 5 6 1 3 3 4 1245 7 Ashley Walsh 87 4 5 2 7 7 5 5 Ret 5 3 4 20 11 8 8 6 DNS 7 25 1204 8 Geoff Emery 48 7 18 19 13 14 17 9 6 18 11 12 9 10 10 15 11 5 9 1046 9 George Miedecke 999 10 15 12 Ret 12 10 2 5 13 10 15 7 8 11 4 10 12 Ret 25 985 10 Andrew Jones 20 14 6 7 Ret DNS 9 4 Ret 10 8 8 18 9 7 16 Ret 4 6 983 11 Drew Russell 58 11 12 15 12 9 15 10 7 16 14 13 8 12 13 5 9 9 Ret 971 12 Rodney Jane 777 8 16 10 6 8 11 Ret 14 15 15 11 22 13 12 7 8 11 10 50 927 13 71 12 9 14 10 15 Ret 13 10 11 Ret 24 11 14 16 14 13 10 11 863 14 Tim Blanchard 27 Ret 8 6 2 5 7 20 4 19 16 9 6 7 25 808 15 Aaren Russell 59 18 13 16 14 13 14 15 19 17 13 16 10 Ret 14 6 18 7 Ret 50 723 16 Elliot Barbour 98/27 13 17 13 11 10 18 7 16 20 12 14 12 Ret 9 20 12 714 17 Brett Stewart 73 17 20 20 16 16 19 12 17 23 19 18 17 16 19 17 14 13 Ret 687 18 David Russell 16 9 14 11 DSQ 6 8 6 9 9 1 5 25 656 19 Michael Hector 60 19 22 24 Ret 20 Ret 16 18 24 24 21 19 Ret 18 13 16 15 14 569 20 Adam Wallis 62 16 21 22 17 18 22 20 19 15 18 17 12 15 507 21 Daniel Jilesen 86 Ret DNS 9 8 21 16 11 15 14 18 20 16 15 484 22 Nandi Kiss 24 Ret 23 23 18 19 20 14 Ret 25 21 23 DNS DNS 20 18 17 Ret 15 410 23 Cameron Waters 77 Ret DNS 18 15 11 12 Ret 12 8 7 17 384 24 Paul Morris 67 22 Ret 13 12 9 25 196 25 Aaron McGill 75 Ret 19 Ret DNS DNS 21 18 Ret Ret 22 22 21 Ret DNS DNS 189 26 Morgan Haber 26/27 21 17 26 Ret 13 141 27 Jim Pollicina 44 14 12 132 28 Ben Eggleston 38 14 17 117 29 Glen Wood 98 15 9 Ret 72 30 Kristian Lindbom 300 Ret 10 25 53 31 Matt Hansen 44 21 Ret 17 25 51

References

External links 2012 Operations Manual, www.v8supercars.com.au, as archived at web.archive.org 2012 Development Series Event Calendar, www.v8supercars.com.au, as archived at web.archive.org Dunlop Series Points, racing.natsoft.com.au, as archived at web.archive.org