2014 Dunlop V8 Supercar Series
# 2014 Dunlop V8 Supercar Series

The 2014 Dunlop Series was an Australian motor racing competition for V8 Supercars. It was the fifteenth running of the V8 Supercar Development Series, a support series to the International V8 Supercars Championship. The 2014 season featured a new format for the Dunlop Series weekends. Each round of the series – with the exception of Bathurst – featured two forty-minute races, rather than a range of two-race and three-race weekends. The Bathurst round was a single-race event, held over an endurance distance of 250 kilometres (160 miles), and allowing for optional driver changes.

2002 series winner Paul Dumbrell became the third driver to clinch a second title, after winning six races (and three rounds) during the season; this included four consecutive wins at Queensland Raceway, the Bathurst endurance race and the first race at Sydney Olympic Park. Despite missing the second Barbagallo race due to business commitments, Eggleston Motorsport's Dumbrell won the series by 247 points ahead of Ford Performance Racing driver Cameron Waters. Waters won two races at Winton and the second Sydney Olympic Park race, where he also took the round win to move ahead of Ashley Walsh, who had held the runner-up spot for Matt Stone Racing prior to the event. Walsh won three races and two rounds in the early part of the series, but faded towards the end of the season. The series top five was rounded out by New Zealand's Chris Pither (Brad Jones Racing) and Andre Heimgartner (MW Motorsport), who won races at Townsville and Barbagallo respectively. Pither also won the round at Townsville, his first in the series.

## Teams and drivers

The following teams and drivers competed in the 2014 series.

| Season entries | Season entries | Season entries | Season entries | Season entries | Endurance entries |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Team | Vehicle | No. | Driver | Rounds | Co-driver |
| Team Kean Racing | Holden VE Commodore | 3 | Josh Kean | 2–7 | Tony D'Alberto |
| Team Kean Racing | Holden VE Commodore | 32 | Josh Kean | 1 | Tony D'Alberto |
| Image Racing | Ford FG Falcon | 10 | Taz Douglas | 1–2, 7 | |
| Image Racing | Ford FG Falcon | 10 | Jack Le Brocq | 3–5 | |
| Image Racing | Ford FG Falcon | 49 | Jack Le Brocq | 1–2, 6 | |
| RSport Engineering | Holden VE Commodore | 11 | Joshua Hunter | 1 | |
| RSport Engineering | Holden VE Commodore | 11 | Garth Walden | 2 | |
| RSport Engineering | Holden VE Commodore | 11 | Ben Porter | 3 | |
| RSport Engineering | Holden VE Commodore | 11 | Paul McKinnon | 4, 7 | |
| RSport Engineering | Holden VE Commodore | 11 | Phil Woodbury | 5 | |
| RSport Engineering | Holden VE Commodore | 44 | Fredrik Lestrup | 1–4 | |
| RSport Engineering | Holden VE Commodore | 44 | Brett Hobson | 5–7 | |
| RSport Engineering | Holden VE Commodore | 77 | Tim Macrow | 6–7 | |
| RSport Engineering | Holden VE Commodore | 98 | Aaron Tebb | 1–2, 4–6 | Fredrik Lestrup |
| Brad Jones Racing | Holden VE Commodore | 12 | Macauley Jones | 4–7 | |
| Brad Jones Racing | Holden VE Commodore | 20 | Andrew Jones | All | |
| Brad Jones Racing | Holden VE Commodore | 42 | Chris Pither | All | |
| Dragon Motor Racing | Holden VE Commodore | 13 | Kristian Lindbom | 5 | |
| Dragon Motor Racing | Holden VE Commodore | 13 | James Golding | 7 | |
| Dragon Motor Racing | Holden VE Commodore | 24 | Tim Macrow | 2, 4 | |
| Dragon Motor Racing | Holden VE Commodore | 24 | Ben Schoots | 5 | |
| Dan Day Racing | Holden VE Commodore | 25 | Dan Day | All | |
| MW Motorsport | Ford FG Falcon | 26 | Andre Heimgartner | All | Steve Owen |
| MW Motorsport | Ford FG Falcon | 27 | Ryan Simpson | 1 | |
| MW Motorsport | Ford FG Falcon | 27 | Steve Owen | 2 | |
| MW Motorsport | Ford FG Falcon | 27 | Dean Fiore | 3–4 | |
| MW Motorsport | Ford FG Falcon | 27 | Tim Blanchard | 5 | |
| MW Motorsport | Ford FG Falcon | 27 | Peter Rullo | 6 | |
| MW Motorsport | Ford FG Falcon | 28 | Morgan Haber | 1–6 | |
| MW Motorsport | Ford FG Falcon | 28 | Kurt Kostecki | 7 | |
| Matt Stone Racing | Ford FG Falcon | 35 | Todd Hazelwood | All | |
| Matt Stone Racing | Ford FG Falcon | 60 | Michael Hector | 1–6 | |
| Matt Stone Racing | Ford FG Falcon | 60 | Shae Davies | 7 | |
| Matt Stone Racing | Ford FG Falcon | 87 | Ashley Walsh | All | |
| Matt Stone Racing | Ford FG Falcon | 158 | Ryal Harris | 6 | |
| Matt Stone Racing | Ford FG Falcon | 170 | Steven Johnson | 4–5 | |
| Eggleston Motorsport | Holden VE Commodore | 38 | Ant Pedersen | All | |
| Eggleston Motorsport | Holden VE Commodore | 54 | Garry Jacobson | All | |
| Eggleston Motorsport | Holden VE Commodore | 88 | Paul Dumbrell | All | |
| THR Developments | Holden VE Commodore | 45 | Jay Verdnik | 1 | |
| THR Developments | Holden VE Commodore | 45 | Shane Price | 2 | |
| THR Developments | Holden VE Commodore | 46 | Jordan Ormsby | 1–2 | |
| GMJ Motorsport | Holden VE Commodore | 48 | Geoff Emery | All | |
| GMJ Motorsport | Holden VE Commodore | 50 | Matt Hansen | All | |
| GMJ Motorsport | Ford FG Falcon | 51 | Jim Pollicina | All | |
| Ford Performance Racing | Ford FG Falcon | 56 | Cameron Waters | All | |
| Novocastrian Motorsport | Ford FG Falcon | 58 | Aaren Russell | All | |
| Warrin Mining Racing | Holden VE Commodore | 62 | Adam Wallis | 1, 3–4 | |
| Paul Morris Motorsport | Ford FG Falcon | 67 | Paul Morris | All | |
| Action Racing | Ford FG Falcon | 71 | Marcus Zukanovic | All | |
| Formula Tech Racing | Holden VE Commodore | 73 | Brett Stewart | All | |
| McGill Motorsport | Holden VE Commodore | 75 | Aaron McGill | All | |

## Calendar

The series comprised thirteen races at seven venues, with each race being a support race at an International V8 Supercars Championship event.

| Series schedule | Series schedule | Series schedule | Series schedule | Series schedule | Series schedule | Results summary | Results summary |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rnd | Rce | Event | Circuit | Location | Date | Winning driver | Round winner |
| 1 | 1 | Clipsal 500 Adelaide | Adelaide Street Circuit | Adelaide, South Australia | 28 February | Ashley Walsh | Paul Dumbrell |
| 1 | 2 | Clipsal 500 Adelaide | Adelaide Street Circuit | Adelaide, South Australia | 1 March | Paul Dumbrell | Paul Dumbrell |
| 2 | 3 | Winton 400 | Winton Motor Raceway | Benalla, Victoria | 5 April | Cameron Waters | Ashley Walsh |
| 2 | 4 | Winton 400 | Winton Motor Raceway | Benalla, Victoria | 6 April | Ashley Walsh | Ashley Walsh |
| 3 | 5 | Perth 400 | Barbagallo Raceway | Perth, Western Australia | 16 May | Paul Dumbrell | Ashley Walsh |
| 3 | 6 | Perth 400 | Barbagallo Raceway | Perth, Western Australia | 17 May | Andre Heimgartner | Ashley Walsh |
| 4 | 7 | Castrol Townsville 400 | Townsville Street Circuit | Townsville, Queensland | 4 July | Chris Pither | Chris Pither |
| 4 | 8 | Castrol Townsville 400 | Townsville Street Circuit | Townsville, Queensland | 5 July | Ashley Walsh | Chris Pither |
| 5 | 9 | Coates Hire Ipswich 400 | Queensland Raceway | Ipswich, Queensland | 2 August | Paul Dumbrell | Paul Dumbrell |
| 5 | 10 | Coates Hire Ipswich 400 | Queensland Raceway | Ipswich, Queensland | 3 August | Paul Dumbrell | Paul Dumbrell |
| 6 | 11 | Bathurst 250 | Mount Panorama Circuit | Bathurst, New South Wales | 11 October | Paul Dumbrell | Paul Dumbrell |
| 7 | 12 | Sydney NRMA 500 | Homebush Street Circuit | Sydney, New South Wales | 6 December | Paul Dumbrell | Cameron Waters |
| 7 | 13 | Sydney NRMA 500 | Homebush Street Circuit | Sydney, New South Wales | 7 December | Cameron Waters | Cameron Waters |

## Points system

Points were awarded for each race at each two-race round on the following basis.

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 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 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 |

Note: Double points were awarded for the single race at Mount Panorama.

## Series standings

| Pos. | Driver | No. | ADE | ADE | WIN | WIN | BAR | BAR | TOW | TOW | QLD | QLD | BAT | SYD | SYD | Pen. | Pts. |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Paul Dumbrell | 88 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | DNS | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | Ret | | 1686 |
| 2 | Cameron Waters | 56 | 2 | 22 | 1 | 4 | 7 | Ret | 21 | 2 | 19 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 25 | 1439 |
| 3 | Ashley Walsh | 87 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 1 | 5 | 2 | Ret | 12 | 11 | 25 | 1373 |
| 4 | Chris Pither | 42 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 5 | Ret | 15 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 25 | 1361 |
| 5 | Andre Heimgartner | 26 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 3 | Ret | 12 | 7 | 5 | 8 | | 1314 |
| 6 | Andrew Jones | 20 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 23 | 6 | Ret | Ret | 3 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 25 | 1226 |
| 7 | Aaren Russell | 58 | 9 | 13 | 28 | 14 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 24 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 25 | 1220 |
| 8 | Todd Hazelwood | 35 | 11 | 9 | 15 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 13 | Ret | 10 | 5 | 20 | 4 | | 1131 |
| 9 | Paul Morris | 67 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 4 | Ret | 9 | 8 | 4 | Ret | 8 | 5 | | 1080 |
| 10 | Ant Pedersen | 38 | 22 | 4 | 12 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 18 | 10 | Ret | | 1053 |
| 11 | Garry Jacobson | 54 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 11 | 15 | 15 | 11 | 4 | 6 | Ret | 21 | Ret | 50 | 886 |
| 12 | Matt Hansen | 50 | 19 | 19 | 21 | 18 | 14 | 14 | 11 | 15 | 16 | 22 | 14 | 14 | 13 | | 798 |
| 13 | Jack Le Brocq | 49 10 | Ret | Ret | 19 | 15 | 6 | 16 | 22 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 10 | | | | 750 |
| 14 | Geoff Emery | 48 | 13 | 11 | 13 | 12 | 16 | 12 | 7 | 12 | Ret | 16 | Ret | 13 | 10 | 50 | 715 |
| 15 | Morgan Haber | 28 | 15 | 12 | 7 | Ret | 24 | 10 | Ret | 10 | 10 | 13 | 8 | | | 25 | 713 |
| 16 | Marcus Zukanovic | 71 | 12 | Ret | 17 | 13 | 13 | 11 | 12 | Ret | 9 | 25 | Ret | 15 | 7 | | 666 |
| 17 | Brett Stewart | 73 | 24 | 20 | 18 | 20 | 18 | 21 | 14 | 19 | 12 | 17 | Ret | 18 | 18 | | 603 |
| 18 | Michael Hector | 60 | 23 | 17 | 23 | 23 | 21 | 18 | 17 | 25 | 22 | 20 | 16 | | | | 537 |
| 19 | Jim Pollicina | 51 | Ret | 21 | 26 | 24 | 20 | 22 | 16 | Ret | 18 | 21 | 17 | 19 | 16 | 25 | 524 |
| 20 | Dan Day | 25 | 21 | 18 | 29 | 21 | 22 | 17 | Ret | 14 | 17 | Ret | 19 | 16 | Ret | | 516 |
| 21 | Dean Fiore | 27 | | | | | 3 | 3 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | 462 |
| 22 | Macauley Jones | 12 | | | | | | | 10 | 21 | 11 | 23 | 13 | 9 | Ret | | 444 |
| 23 | Josh Kean | 32 3 | Ret | Ret | 16 | Ret | 17 | 20 | 20 | Ret | 13 | Ret | 12 | Ret | 15 | 25 | 440 |
| 24 | Taz Douglas | 10 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 27 | | | | | | | | 7 | Ret | 25 | 431 |
| 25 | Steve Owen | 27 26 | | | 2 | 8 | | | | | | | 7 | | | | 420 |
| 26 | Aaron McGill | 75 | 25 | 15 | 24 | 26 | 19 | 24 | 23 | 23 | 14 | Ret | Ret | Ret | 17 | 25 | 395 |
| 27 | Fredrik Lestrup | 44/98 | 14 | Ret | 27 | 16 | 15 | 13 | 13 | 16 | | | Ret | | | | 393 |
| 28 | Brett Hobson | 44 | | | | | | | | | Ret | 18 | 11 | Ret | 14 | | 258 |
| 29 | Steven Johnson | 170 | | | | | | | 5 | 17 | Ret | 14 | | | | | 228 |
| 30 | Tim Macrow | 24 77 | | | Ret | 22 | | | Ret | DNS | | | 15 | Ret | 12 | | 228 |
| 31 | Aaron Tebb | 98 | Ret | Ret | 25 | 19 | | | 24 | 22 | 20 | 24 | Ret | | | | 228 |
| 32 | Jordan Ormsby | 46 | 16 | 16 | 22 | 17 | | | | | | | | | | | 207 |
| 33 | Adam Wallis | 62 | 18 | Ret | | | DSQ | 23 | 19 | 20 | | | | | | | 180 |
| 34 | Ryal Harris | 158 | | | | | | | | | | | 9 | | | | 168 |
| 35 | Shae Davies | 60 | | | | | | | | | | | | 11 | 9 | | 156 |
| 36 | Tony D'Alberto | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | 12 | | | | 138 |
| 37 | Tim Blanchard | 27 | | | | | | | | | 21 | 9 | | | | | 126 |
| 38 | Jay Verdnik | 45 | 20 | 14 | | | | | | | | | | | | | 108 |
| 39 | Phil Woodbury | 11 | | | | | | | | | 15 | 19 | | | | | 108 |
| 40 | Ryan Simpson | 27 | 17 | 23 | | | | | | | | | | | | | 90 |
| 41 | Garth Walden | 11 | | | 20 | 25 | | | | | | | | | | | 75 |
| 42 | Shane Price | 45 | | | 14 | Ret | | | | | | | | | | | 63 |
| 43 | James Golding | 13 | | | | | | | | | | | | 17 | Ret | | 54 |
| 44 | Paul McKinnon | 11 | | | | | | | Ret | 18 | | | | DNS | DNS | | 51 |
| 45 | Ben Porter | 11 | | | | | Ret | 19 | | | | | | | | | 48 |
| 46 | Kurt Kostecki | 28 | | | | | | | | | | | | Ret | 19 | | 48 |
| 47 | Joshua Hunter | 11 | Ret | 24 | | | | | | | | | | | | | 33 |
| | Kristian Lindbom | 13 | | | | | | | | | Ret | DNS | | | | | 0 |
| | Ben Schoots | 24 | | | | | | | | | DNS | DNS | | | | | 0 |
| | Peter Rullo | 27 | | | | | | | | | | | DNS | | | | 0 |
| Pos. | Driver | No. | ADE | ADE | WIN | WIN | BAR | BAR | TOW | TOW | QLD | QLD | BAT | SYD | SYD | Pen. | Pts. |
| Colour | Result |
| Gold | Winner |
| Silver | Second place |
| Bronze | Third place |
| Green | Points finish |
| Blue | Non-points finish |
| Blue | Non-classified finish (NC) |
| Purple | Retired (Ret) |
| Red | Did not qualify (DNQ) |
| Red | Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) |
| Black | Disqualified (DSQ) |
| White | Did not start (DNS) |
| White | Withdrew (WD) |
| White | Race cancelled (C) |
| Blank | Did not practice (DNP) |
| Blank | Did not arrive (DNA) |
| Blank | Excluded (EX) |
