2011 Fujitsu V8 Supercar Series

February 2021 May 2011 Fujitsu V8 Supercar Series Fujitsu V8 Supercar Series 2011 2012 Dunlop V8 Supercar Series Dunlop Parent series:V8 Supercars thumb|Andrew Thompson won the 2011 Fujitsu V8 Supercar Series. The 2011 Fujitsu V8 Supercars Series was the twelfth running of the V8 Supercar Development series, an Australian touring car racing series for V8 Supercars. It acted as the principal support category at seven 2011 International V8 Supercars Championship events. The series began on 17 March at the Adelaide Street Circuit and ended on 3 December at the Homebush Street Circuit after 17 races held at seven rounds. Andrew Thompson, driving a Triple Eight Race Engineering prepared Holden VE Commodore, dominated the series, winning eleven of the 17 races. Thompson won by 306 points over Jack Perkins who drove a Sonic Motor Racing Services Ford BF Falcon. Perkins defeated third placed David Russell (MW Motorsport Ford BF Falcon) by seven points, after winning the final race of the year at the Homebush Street Circuit. The six races not won by Thompson included Race 2 at the Adelaide Street Circuit which was won in emotional circumstances by Jason Richards driving a Greg Murphy Racing Holden VE Commodore, the Brad Jones Racing driver from the V8 Supercars Championship taking a guest drive during a break in his treatment for a serious illness. Other race wins were attained by Tim Blanchard who won the reverse grid race at the Townsville Street Circuit in a Ford BF Falcon, Scott McLaughlin, who won Race 1 at Queensland Raceway in a Stone Brothers Racing Ford BF Falcon, former series winner Andrew Jones who won the reverse grid race at Queensland Raceway in a Brad Jones Racing prepared Holden VE Commodore and Jack Perkins, who won two late season races at Sandown Raceway and the Homebush Street Circuit. Calendar thumb|The Ford BF Falcon of Tom Tweedie at the Adelaide round The 2011 Fujitsu V8 Supercar Series was contested over seven rounds:http://www.v8supercars.com.au/newsarticle/fujitsu-series-goes-west/tabid/70/newsid/10617/default.aspx Fujitsu Series goes west Official site of the Australian V8 Supercar Championship Series 29 October 2010 3 November 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20110223143938/http://www.v8supercars.com.au/newsarticle/fujitsu-series-goes-west/tabid/70/newsid/10617/default.aspx 23 February 2011 dead dmy-all Rd. Event Circuit Location Date Winner 1 South Australia Clipsal 500 Adelaide Street Circuit Adelaide, South Australia 17–20 March AUS Nick Percat 2 Western Australia Trading Post Perth Challenge Barbagallo Raceway Perth, Western Australia 29 April – 1 May AUS Andrew Thompson 3 Queensland Sucrogen Townsville 400 Townsville Street Circuit Townsville, Queensland 8–10 July AUS Andrew Thompson 4 Queensland Coates Hire Ipswich 300 Queensland Raceway Ipswich, Queensland 19–21 August AUS Andrew Thompson 5 New South Wales Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000 Mount Panorama Circuit Bathurst, New South Wales 6–9 October AUS Andrew Thompson 6 Victoria Norton 360 Sandown Challenge Sandown Raceway Melbourne, Victoria 18–20 November AUS Andrew Thompson 7 New South Wales Sydney Telstra 500 Homebush Street Circuit Sydney, New South Wales 3–5 December AUS Andrew Thompson Teams and drivers The following teams and drivers contested the 2011 Fujitsu V8 Supercar Series."http://www.v8supercars.com.au/fujitsuseries/teamsanddrivers/tabid/94/default.aspx Fujitsu Series Teams and Drivers V8 Supercars Australia 4 March 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20120202010539/http://www.v8supercars.com.au/fujitsuseries/teamsanddrivers/tabid/94/default.aspx 2 February 2012 dead This was the last season in which the Holden VZ Commodore was eligible to compete. Team Car No. Driver Rounds Miles Racing Ford BF Falcon 10 Australia Chaz Mostert 1–5 Australia Luke Youlden 6 90 Australia Ashley Walsh 1–5 Sieders Racing Team Ford BF Falcon 13 Australia Colin Sieders 1, 3, 5, 7 Brad Jones Racing Holden VE Commodore 20 Australia Andrew Jones 3–4, 7 Triple F Racing Ford BF Falcon 23 Australia Todd Fiore 1–5 Greg Murphy Racing Holden VE Commodore 24 Australia Tony Bates 1, 3–7 Australia Matt Hansen 2 45 NZL Jason Richards 1 AUS James Brock 3–5 NZ Nick Cassidy 6–7 48 Australia Geoff Emery All 51 NZL Daniel Jilesen All Paul Freestone Racing Ford BF Falcon 25 Australia Paul Freestone 1, 5 MW Motorsport Ford BF Falcon 26 Australia Tom Tweedie All 27 Australia Tim Blanchard All 28 Australia David Russell All Eggleston Motorsport Holden VE Commodore 38 Australia Cameron McConville 3–4 Australia Gavin Bullas 5 Holden VZ Commodore 54 Australia Lindsay Yelland 3 Jay Motorsport Holden VZ Commodore 43 Australia Jay Verdnik 1 Matt Stone Racing Holden VE Commodore 50 Australia Stephen Voight 5 Ford BF Falcon 86 IRE Robert Cregan All Ford Performance Racing Ford FG Falcon 56 Australia Chaz Mostert 6 100 7 Novocastrian Motorsport Ford BF Falcon 58 Australia Drew Russell All 59 Australia Aaren Russell All Warrin Mining Holden VZ CommodoreHolden VE Commodore 62 Australia Adam Wallis 1, 4–5 Paul Morris Motorsport Holden VE Commodore 67 Australia Paul Morris 2–7 Action Racing Holden VE Commodore 71 Australia Marcus Zukanovic All Brett Stewart Racing Holden VE Commodore 73 Australia Brett Stewart 2–7 McGill Motorsport Ford BF Falcon 75 AUS Aaron McGill All Kelly Racing Holden VE Commodore 77 Australia Grant Denyer 4 AUS Cameron Waters 6 Triple Eight Race Engineering Holden VE Commodore 80 Australia Andrew Thompson All Tony D'Alberto Racing Holden VE Commodore 83 Australia David Wall 1–2, 4–7 Australia Dale Wood 3 Fastaz Motorsport Holden VZ Commodore 92 Australia Taz Douglas 1–4, 6–7 Stone Brothers Racing Ford BF FalconFord FG Falcon 93 New Zealand Scott McLaughlin All Batavia Coast Motorsport Ford BF Falcon 95 Australia Nathan Vince 1–2 Walkinshaw Racing Holden VE Commodore 222 Australia Nick Percat All Sonic Motor Racing Services Ford FG Falcon 777 Australia Rodney Jane All Ford BF Falcon 999 Australia Jack Perkins All Series standings Pos. Driver No. Car Number ADE BAR TOW QLD BAT SAN SYD Pen Penalty Pts 1 AUS Andrew Thompson 80 1 16 1 1 1 5 1 2 9 1 1 1 6 1 1 1 3 1907 2 AUS Jack Perkins 999 3 21 2 4 6 2 2 10 7 7 3 3 1 11 3 5 1 25 1601 3 AUS David Russell 28 8 13 4 2 2 4 3 5 3 2 2 2 4 16 5 4 8 25 1594 4 NZL Scott McLaughlin 93 7 2 3 3 16 13 8 1 5 5 10 5 5 Ret 4 10 4 1461 5 AUS Tim Blanchard 27 4 4 11 9 9 1 11 11 14 6 6 6 7 2 18 6 19 1262 6 AUS Chaz Mostert 10/56 9 6 8 6 10 10 13 14 4 17 11 7 2 15 2 3 5 65 1253 7 AUS Nick Percat 222 2 3 Ret 16 3 6 5 Ret 6 8 4 8 3 Ret Ret 2 2 50 1207 8 AUS Paul Morris 67 22 DSQ 5 19 4 3 2 3 5 4 Ret 3 6 7 Ret 25 944 9 AUS Rodney Jane 777 11 8 5 19 7 17 9 6 Ret Ret 7 Ret 13 8 9 Ret 16 50 827 10 NZL Daniel Jilesen 51 10 5 6 5 8 3 7 Ret 23 Ret Ret 10 DNS 18 13 Ret 11 25 816 11 AUS David Wall 83 13 7 15 11 8 8 9 8 Ret 8 Ret DNS 11 18 754 12 IRE Robert Cregan 86 17 9 9 8 Ret 15 12 Ret 19 16 Ret 14 18 10 11 20 17 747 13 AUS Aaren Russell 59 21 Ret 16 10 Ret 26 15 21 17 13 13 11 16 12 15 12 15 733 14 AUS Geoff Emery 48 15 Ret 12 12 Ret 18 18 Ret Ret Ret 14 9 10 5 7 13 6 25 732 15 AUS Tom Tweedie 26 16 14 13 14 11 16 17 18 18 12 12 Ret 14 9 12 DNS DNS 696 16 AUS Drew Russell 58 6 Ret Ret 13 12 11 Ret Ret 11 11 DNS 11 12 Ret 19 9 9 670 17 AUS Aaron McGill 75 Ret 17 20 17 18 24 23 19 24 24 20 17 19 19 17 19 7 657 18 AUS Tony Bates 24 22 11 20 20 14 7 25 22 16 Ret 9 Ret Ret 15 10 598 19 AUS Taz Douglas 92 5 Ret 11 7 19 14 22 Ret 13 23 Ret 14 14 14 14 50 576 20 AUS Marcus Zukanovic 71 DNS DNS 7 18 4 7 Ret Ret 21 18 9 Ret 17 6 8 Ret DNS 25 553 21 AUS Andrew Jones 20 15 8 10 9 1 10 8 13 25 466 22 AUS Brett Stewart 73 23 Ret 21 25 24 20 20 Ret 22 15 21 17 DNS 18 20 414 23 AUS Todd Fiore 23 23 10 17 Ret Ret DNS DNS 13 15 15 21 16 391 24 AUS Cameron McConville 38 13 9 6 4 12 4 389 25 AUS Colin Sieders 13 18 20 17 21 19 19 Ret 16 12 368 26 AUS James Brock 45 Ret 23 20 12 16 19 15 13 343 27 AUS Ashley Walsh 90 Ret 15 10 15 Ret 22 16 15 Ret 21 DNS DNS 341 28 AUS Adam Wallis 62 19 12 17 22 20 18 Ret 263 29 NZL Jason Richards 45 12 1 219 30 AUS Nathan Vince 95 20 19 19 20 186 31 NZL Nick Cassidy 45 20 13 10 17 Ret 25 153 32 AUS Luke Youlden 10 11 4 16 151 33 AUS Grant Denyer 77 16 10 14 129 34 AUS Paul Freestone 25 Ret 18 17 Ret 105 35 AUS Cameron Waters 77 15 7 Ret 86 36 AUS Jay Verdnik 43 14 Ret 63 37 AUS Dale Wood 83 Ret 12 21 61 38 AUS Matt Hansen 24 18 Ret 51 39 AUS Stephen Voight 50 Ret DNS 0 40 AUS Lindsay Yelland 54 DNS DNS DNS 0 41 AUS Gavin Bullas 38 DNS DNS 0 See also 2011 V8 Supercar season References 2 External links 2011 Operations Manual, www.v8supercars.com.au, as archived at web.archive.org Fujitsu V8 Supercars Series Category:Supercars Development Series