2012 Dunlop V8 Supercar Series
# 2012 Dunlop V8 Supercar Series

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 seventeen 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.

| Team | Vehicle | No | Driver | Rounds |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Dreamtime Racing | Holden VE Commodore | 16 | David Russell | 1–4 |
| Dreamtime Racing | Holden VE Commodore | 77 | Cameron Waters | 1–4 |
| Brad Jones Racing | Holden VE Commodore | 20 | Andrew Jones | All |
| Pacific Hoists Racing | Holden VE Commodore | 24 | Nandi Kiss | All |
| MW Motorsport |
| MW Motorsport | Ford BF Falcon | 26 | Morgan Haber | 4 |
| MW Motorsport | Ford FG Falcon | 27 | Tim Blanchard | 1–5 |
| MW Motorsport | Ford BF Falcon | 27 | Elliot Barbour | 6 |
| MW Motorsport | Ford BF Falcon | 27 | Morgan Haber | 7 |
| MW Motorsport | Ford BF Falcon | 28 | Luke Youlden | 1–5 |
| MW Motorsport | Ford FG Falcon | 28 | Luke Youlden | 6–7 |
| Eggleston Motorsport | Holden VE Commodore | 38 | Ben Eggleston | 5 |
| Greg Murphy Racing | Holden VE Commodore | 44 | Matt Hansen | 2 |
| Greg Murphy Racing | Holden VE Commodore | 44 | Jim Pollicina | 7 |
| Greg Murphy Racing | Holden VE Commodore | 45 | Dale Wood | All |
| Greg Murphy Racing | Holden VE Commodore | 48 | Geoff Emery | All |
| Greg Murphy Racing | Holden VE Commodore | 71 | Marcus Zukanovic | 1–2 |
| Ford Performance Racing | Ford FG Falcon | 56 | Chaz Mostert | All |
| Novocastrian Motorsport | Ford BF Falcon | 58 | Drew Russell | All |
| Novocastrian Motorsport | Ford BF Falcon | 59 | Aaren Russell | All |
| Novocastrian Motorsport | Ford BF Falcon | 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 |
| Matt Stone Racing | Ford BF Falcon | 87 | Ashley Walsh | 1–5 |
| Matt Stone Racing | Ford FG Falcon | 87 | Ashley Walsh | 6–7 |
| Matt Stone Racing | Ford FG Falcon | 93 | Scott McLaughlin | 3–7 |
| Stone Brothers Racing | Ford FG Falcon | 93 | Scott McLaughlin | 1–2 |
| Minda Motorsport | Holden VE Commodore | 98 | Elliot Barbour | 1–5 |
| Minda Motorsport | Holden VE Commodore | 98 | 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 |
| Sonic Motor Racing Services | 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 Format Races 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 Format Race 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 | No. | ADE | ADE | BAR | BAR | BAR | TOW | TOW | TOW | QUE | QUE | QUE | BAT | BAT | WIN | WIN | WIN | SYD | SYD | Pen | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Scott McLaughlin | 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 | Marcus Zukanovic | 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 |
| 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) |
