2016 Supercars Dunlop Series

The 2016 Supercars Dunlop Series was an Australian motor racing competition for Supercars, staged as a support series to the Virgin Australia Supercars Championship. It was the seventeenth annual Supercars Development Series and the fifth to be contested under the "Dunlop Series" name. The season was also the first in which Holden VF Commodores and Ford FG X Falcons built to 'Car of the Future' specifications are eligible for the series, racing alongside previous generation VE Commodore and FG Falcon models.

The series was won by Garry Jacobson driving for Prodrive Racing Australia in a Ford FG X Falcon.

Teams and drivers

The following teams and drivers competed in the series. Manufacturer Model Team Driver Rounds Co-Driver Rounds Ford Falcon FG X Prodrive Racing Australia 5 Jack Le Brocq All 6 Garry Jacobson All Falcon FG Image Racing 2 Dan Day 1–3 10 Steve Owen 1 Dean Fiore 2 Garry Hill 3 58 Ryal Harris 6 98 Renee Gracie 7 Matt Stone Racing 15 Adam Marjoram All MW Motorsport 16 Bryce Fullwood All 26 Shae Davies 1–6 28 Jesse Dixon 1 Chelsea Angelo 5–7 Matt Chahda Motorsport 18 Matt Chahda All STR Motorsport 48 Matt Palmer All Drew Russell 6 Paul Morris Motorsport 67 Anton de Pasquale All 98 Renee Gracie 1–5, 7 Jack Smith 6 Action Racing 71 Marcus Zukanovic 2, 5 Holden Commodore VF Brad Jones Racing 8 Andrew Jones All 14 Macauley Jones All 21 Josh Kean All Matt Stone Racing 35 Todd Hazelwood All Dragon Motor RacingGarry Rogers Motorsport 44 Richard Muscat All 99 James Golding All Kostecki Brothers Racing 55 Kurt Kostecki 1–3, 5–7 56 Jake Kostecki All Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport 62 Alex Rullo All Commodore VE Dragon Motor RacingGarry Rogers Motorsport 34 Chelsea Angelo 1–3 Eggleston Motorsport 38 Liam McAdam 1–3, 5 Taz Douglas 4, 7 54 Taz Douglas 2–3, 5–6 Grant Denyer 6 88 Paul Dumbrell 1–6 THR Developments 45 Taz Douglas 1 Warrin Mining 64 Adam Wallis 1

Calendar The 2016 calendar was released on 29 October 2015.

Race Event name Circuit Location Date Race winner Round winner 1 1 Clipsal 500 Adelaide Adelaide Street Circuit Adelaide, South Australia 4 March Paul Dumbrell Garry Jacobson 2 5 March Garry Jacobson 2 1 WD-40 Phillip Island SuperSprint Phillip Island, Victoria 16 April Garry Jacobson Garry Jacobson 2 17 April James Golding 3 Garry Jacobson 3 1 Perth SuperSprint Barbagallo Raceway Perth, Western Australia 7 May Jack Le Brocq Jack Le Brocq 2 8 May Jack Le Brocq 3 Jack Le Brocq 4 1 Castrol Edge Townsville 400 Townsville Street Circuit Townsville, Queensland 9 July Jack Le Brocq Jack Le Brocq 2 10 July Jack Le Brocq 5 1 Wilson Security Sandown 500 Sandown Raceway Melbourne, Victoria 17 September Garry Jacobson Garry Jacobson 2 Paul Dumbrell 3 18 September James Golding 6 1 Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000 Mount Panorama Circuit Bathurst, New South Wales 6–9 October Paul Dumbrell Paul Dumbrell 7 1 Coates Hire Sydney 500 Homebush Street Circuit Sydney, New South Wales 3 December Jack Le Brocq Jack Le Brocq 2 4 December Jack Le Brocq

Note: "Event name" refers to the 2016 Virgin Australia Supercars Championship event at which the round was contested.

Series standings Points system Points were awarded in each race as follows. Round format 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 Three races 100 92 86 80 74 68 64 60 56 52 48 46 44 42 40 38 36 34 32 30 28 26 24 22 20 18 16 14 12 10 Two races 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 One race 300 276 258 240 222 204 192 180 168 156 144 138 132 126 120 114 108 102 96 90 84 78 72 66 60 54 48 42 36 30

Points standings The series was won by Garry Jacobson driving for Prodrive Racing Australia in a Ford FG X Falcon.

Driver ADE PHI BAR TOW SAN BAT SYD 1 Garry Jacobson 6 3 1 1 2 1 3 24 12 2 5 1 2 5 2 5 5 0 1738 2 Jack Le Brocq 5 4 3 10 4 13 1 1 1 1 1 9 Ret 2 7 1 1 15 1650 3 Todd Hazelwood 35 22 4 4 15 7 8 5 3 3 3 7 Ret 4 6 4 3 0 1418 4 James Golding 99 13 2 2 1 2 10 2 4 9 4 13 6 1 Ret 2 2 0 1404 5 Taz Douglas 45/54 10 7 9 10 5 11 9 2 6 6 5 3 Ret 10 6 4 0 1294 6 Andrew Jones 8 2 19 5 3 3 2 17 6 7 15 10 Ret 12 8 8 6 0 1254 7 Paul Dumbrell 88 1 Ret 3 5 23 4 3 8 Ret 2 3 1 19 1 0 1216 8 Richard Muscat 44 5 Ret 6 25 18 13 12 9 5 DSQ 2 7 7 4 10 7 0 1124 9 Macauley Jones 14 21 5 15 12 9 7 10 5 4 7 14 8 9 9 9 Ret 0 1111 10 Shae Davies 26 7 6 24 9 6 5 7 10 16 11 4 5 3 5 25 1100 11 Anton de Pasquale 67 8 12 13 14 10 6 18 14 Ret 9 Ret 9 14 3 7 8 25 1042 12 Josh Kean 21 Ret Ret 8 6 4 9 8 11 8 8 12 15 13 15 12 10 25 924 13 Adam Marjoram 15 14 11 17 18 16 16 16 15 11 10 11 Ret 8 13 17 Ret 0 803 14 Bryce Fullwood 16 DNS DNS 11 7 12 14 11 7 10 18 8 Ret DNS 12 3 9 50 802 15 Matt Palmer 48 17 16 21 22 21 22 21 18 15 17 17 14 16 11 15 14 0 778 16 Kurt Kostecki 55 18 20 12 8 8 12 4 13 6 4 10 14 Ret Ret 25 733 17 Alex Rullo 62 19 Ret 18 16 20 15 6 19 Ret 12 Ret 16 6 16 14 13 25 686 18 Jake Kostecki 56 Ret 18 20 19 24 18 15 21 12 13 Ret 13 11 19 18 11 0 683 19 Renee Gracie 98 12 Ret 22 21 19 21 19 17 14 16 15 12 17 13 15 25 594 20 Matt Chahda 18 15 15 16 20 17 23 13 Ret 13 14 DSQ DSQ DNS 18 11 Ret 10 585 21 Chelsea Angelo 34/28 20 13 19 23 14 17 20 16 Ret 10 20 20 16 13 25 583 22 Liam McAdam 38 11 10 7 13 15 20 14 Ret 19 Ret 15 DNS 0 442 23 Dan Day 2 23 14 23 24 11 19 23 Ret 0 249 24 Marcus Zukanovic 71 25 17 22 18 11 18 0 198 25 Steve Owen 10 6 8 0 192 26 Jesse Dixon 28 9 9 0 168 27 Grant Denyer 54 10 0 156 28 Drew Russell 48 11 0 144 29 Adam Wallis 64 16 17 0 111 30 Dean Fiore 10 14 11 25 0 110 31 Ryal Harris 58 17 0 108 32 Garry Hill 10 24 22 20 0 78 — Jack Smith 98 Ret 0 0 Driver Car ADE PHI BAR TOW SAN BAT SYD Bold - Pole position Italics - Fastest lap

See also 2016 V8 Supercar season

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