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2001 Konica V8 Supercar Series
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The 2001 Konica V8 Supercar Series was an Australian motor racing competition for V8 Supercars. It was the second running of the second tier series for V8 Supercars. The series was contested over six rounds held across four different states, commencing on 25 February at Wakefield Park and concluding on 11 August at Mallala Motor Sport Park.
The series was won by Simon Wills who was victorious in ten of the 18 races. Wills finished 82 points clear of Paul Dumbrell.
Teams and drivers
The following teams and drivers competed during the series.
Team Car No. Driver Rounds Eastern Creek Karts Ford Falcon (EL) 20 AUS Garry Holt All Terry Wyhoon Racing Holden Commodore (VS) 25 AUS Terry Wyhoon All Garry Rogers Motorsport Holden Commodore (VT) 33 AUS Leanne Ferrier All Scotty Taylor Racing Holden Commodore (VS) 37 AUS Bill Attard All South Pacific Motor Sport Holden Commodore (VS) 38 AUS Peter Field 2, 4 AUS Wayne Cooper 3 Mal Rose Racing Holden Commodore (VS) 44 AUS Mal Rose 1–2 Eddie Abelnica Holden Commodore (VT) 48 AUS Eddie Abelnica 3–6 Ric Shaw Motorsport Holden Commodore (VS) 49 AUS Ric Shaw 1–5 Garry Willmington Performance Ford Falcon (EL) 56 AUS Luke Sieders 1–2 John Scotcher Motorsport Ford Falcon (EL) 59 AUS Adam Wallis 1–2, 4, 6 AUS Mick Donaher 3, 5 Evers Motorsport Holden Commodore (VS) 60 AUS Scott March 1–2 AUS Kenny Habul 5 Halliday Motor Sport Ford Falcon (EL) 61 AUS Ross Halliday All Simon Emerzidis Ford Falcon (EL) 63 AUS Simon Emerzidis 4–5 Robert Smith Racing Holden Commodore (VS) 72 AUS Robert Smith 3–4 Team Dynamik Holden Commodore (VT) 73 NZL Simon Wills All V8 Racing Holden Commodore (VS) 77 AUS Richard Mork 1–2 Gibson Motorsport Holden Commodore VT 80 AUS Paul Dumbrell All 82 AUS David Parsons All Rowse Motorsport Holden Commodore (VS) 81 AUS Tim Rowse All Miller Racing Holden Commodore (VS) 84 AUS Daniel Miller 1–4, 6 Harris Racing Ford Falcon (AU) 88 AUS Craig Harris 1–3, 5–6 AUS Michael Simpson 4 89 AUS Kevin Mundy All NRC International Holden Commodore (VT) 90 AUS Dale Brede All Michael Simpson Racing Ford Falcon (EL) 93 AUS Michael Simpson 1–3, 5–6 John Faulkner Racing Holden Commodore (VS) 96 AUS Owen Kelly All Graphic Skills Racing Holden Commodore (VS) 97 AUS Wayne Wakefield 5 AJG Racing Holden Commodore (VS) 99 AUS Wesley May 5 GM Motorsport Holden Commodore (VS) 111 AUS Phonsy Mullan 1–3 RPM International Racing Ford Falcon (EL) 145 AUS Geoff Full 1 AUS Greg Crick 2 AUS Aaron McGill 3–5 Power Racing Ford Falcon (AU) 500 AUS Alan Heath All Prancing Horse Racing Ford Falcon (AU) 888 AUS Mark Noske 6
Series calendar
The series was contested over six rounds with three races per round.The 2001 Konica V8 Supercar Series, www.v8supercar.com.au, as archived at web.archive.org on 31 October 2001
Round Date Circuit Location Winning driver 1 24–25 February New South Wales Wakefield Park Goulburn, New South Wales New Zealand Simon Wills 2 17–18 March New South Wales Oran Park Raceway Sydney, New South Wales Australia David Parsons 3 5–6 May Victoria Winton Motor Raceway Benalla, Victoria Australia Owen Kelly 4 26–27 May Victoria Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit Phillip Island, Victoria Australia David Parsons 5 7–8 July Queensland Lakeside International Raceway Brisbane, Queensland Australia Paul Dumbrell 6 11–12 August South Australia Mallala Motor Sport Park Mallala, South Australia New Zealand Simon Wills
An additional non-points "special event", the Konica V8 Supercar Challenge, was held at the Mount Panorama Circuit, Bathurst on 6 October as a support race to the 2001 V8 Supercar 1000.
Points system
The season consisted of six rounds across four different states. Each round consisted of three races. Points were awarded for all cars who started each race in finishing order and then in order that they retired from the race. Points may have been offered for race positions lower than 24th but at no race during the series did more than 24 cars start.
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 Points 90 80 72 66 62 58 54 50 48 46 44 42 40 38 36 34 32 30 28 26 24 22 20 18
Series standings
Pos.Konica V8 Supercar Series, 2001 Driver Progressive Scores, www.v8supercar.com.au, as archived at web.archive.org on 5 November 2001 Driver No. WAKNew South Wales ORANew South Wales WINVictoria PHIVictoria LAKQueensland MALSouth Australia Points 1 NZL Simon Wills 73 1 7 1 1 8 5 1 Ret(18) DNS 9 1 1 1 5 4 1 1 1 1272 2 AUS Paul Dumbrell 80 10 1 7 3 7 6 11 2 2 6 3 2 9 1 1 2 Ret(17) 5 1190 3 AUS David Parsons 82 5 3 8 10 1 1 5 3 3 1 2 3 13 7 16 5 5 6 1168 4 AUS Owen Kelly 96 3 Ret(21) Ret(19) 4 4 3 2 1 1 4 7 6 5 3 7 4 2 2 1150 5 AUS Leanne Ferrier 33 8 2 2 Ret(25) Ret(21) 12 4 4 4 2 4 4 3 6 Ret(17) 9 Ret(16) 3 1018 6 AUS Dale Brede 90 4 10 15 7 2 7 8 6 5 5 5 5 DNS 8 8 3 10 4 976 7 AUS Terry Wyhoon 25 Ret(22) 8 5 9 6 13 7 5 6 8 6 12 12 10 5 13 7 Ret(17) 880 8 AUS Michael Simpson 93/88 2 16 3 2 5 4 Ret(21) DNS DNS 3 Ret(20) DNS 14 9 3 6 6 8 840 9 AUS Garry Holt 20 6 13 Ret(20) 8 9 16 17 10 9 7 10 Ret(18) 4 13 15 12 9 Ret(18) 774 10 AUS Craig Harris 88 7 5 Ret(17) 5 3 2 Ret(22) DNS DNS 6 2 6 7 4 12 742 11 AUS Tim Rowse 81 13 18 Ret(18) 18 18 20 12 9 7 12 9 8 19 11 10 11 8 15 718 12 AUS Ross Halliday 61 15 19 13 13 11 10 14 13 11 16 16 13 16 15 11 15 11 11 702 13 AUS Bill Attard 37 18 15 12 16 14 17 15 12 10 19 17 15 17 14 12 16 14 14 654 14 AUS Kevin Mundy 89 16 17 16 15 17 8 Ret(23) DNS DNS 13 11 10 8 Ret(17) 14 17 13 16 594 15 AUS Alan Heath 500 19 Ret(22) 10 14 10 9 Ret(20) DNS DNS 11 8 7 11 DNS DNS 14 12 13 566 16 AUS Eddie Abelnica 48 13 11 8 17 14 Ret(17) 7 12 9 10 15 7 516 17 AUS Ric Shaw 49 11 6 Ret(21) Ret(24) DNS DNS 6 8 Ret(13) 10 13 11 10 DNS DNS 468 18 AUS Phonsy Mullan 111 17 11 9 12 Ret(19) 11 9 Ret(17) DNS 318 19 AUS Adam Wallis 59 12 9 DNS 19 DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS 8 3 9 310 20 AUS Daniel Miller 84 DNS DNS DNS Ret(22) 13 14 10 Ret(15) Ret(15) DNS DNS DNS Ret(18) DNS 10 294 21 AUS Mal Rose 44 9 4 4 6 Ret(22) DNS 260 22 AUS Wayne Wakefield 97 2 4 2 226 23 AUS Scott March 60 14 14 11 17 16 15 222 24 AUS Aaron McGill 145 18 Ret(16) DNS 15 12 16 Ret(21) DNS DNS 200 25 AUS Luke Sieders 56 Ret(21) 14 12 Ret(21) 12 19 198 26 AUS Mick Donaher 59 3 7 Ret(14) Ret(20) DNS DNS 190 27 AUS Peter Field 38 20 15 18 18 18 14 190 28 AUS Simon Emerzidis 63 14 15 9 18 Ret(18) DNS 182 29 AUS Wayne Cooper 38 16 14 12 114 30 AUS Geoff Full 145 20 Ret(20) 6 110 31 AUS Kenny Habul 60 15 16 13 110 32 AUS Richard Mork 77 DNS DNS DNS 11 Ret(20) Ret(21) 94 33 AUS Robert Smith 72 19 DNS DNS 20 19 DNS 82 34Wesley May is not listed in the official standings as published at www.v8supercar.com.au AUS Wesley May 99 Ret(22) DNS DNS 22 35 AUS Greg Crick 145 Ret(23) DNS DNS 20 Pos. Driver No. WAKNew South Wales ORANew South Wales WINVictoria PHIVictoria LAKQueensland MALSouth Australia Points
References
External links
2001 Racing Results Archive
Images from Australian Konica V8 Supercar Series - Round 2 Qualifying, Oran Park Raceway, 17 March 2001, erksports.tripod.com, as archived at web.archive.org
See also
2001 V8 Supercar season
Konica
Category:Supercars Development Series