2011 Fujitsu V8 Supercar Series

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

The Ford BF Falcon of Tom Tweedie at the Adelaide round

The 2011 Fujitsu V8 Supercar Series was contested over seven rounds:^[1]

Rd.	Event	Circuit	Location	Date	Winner
1	Clipsal 500	Adelaide Street Circuit	Adelaide, South Australia	17–20 March	Nick Percat
2	Trading Post Perth Challenge	Barbagallo Raceway	Perth, Western Australia	29 April – 1 May	Andrew Thompson
3	Sucrogen Townsville 400	Townsville Street Circuit	Townsville, Queensland	8–10 July	Andrew Thompson
4	Coates Hire Ipswich 300	Queensland Raceway	Ipswich, Queensland	19–21 August	Andrew Thompson
5	Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000	Mount Panorama Circuit	Bathurst, New South Wales	6–9 October	Andrew Thompson
6	Norton 360 Sandown Challenge	Sandown Raceway	Melbourne, Victoria	18–20 November	Andrew Thompson
7	Sydney Telstra 500	Homebush Street Circuit	Sydney, New South Wales	3–5 December	Andrew Thompson

Teams and drivers

The following teams and drivers contested the 2011 Fujitsu V8 Supercar Series.^[2] 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	Chaz Mostert	1–5
			Luke Youlden	6
		90	Ashley Walsh	1–5
Sieders Racing Team	Ford BF Falcon	13	Colin Sieders	1, 3, 5, 7
Brad Jones Racing	Holden VE Commodore	20	Andrew Jones	3–4, 7
Triple F Racing	Ford BF Falcon	23	Todd Fiore	1–5
Greg Murphy Racing	Holden VE Commodore	24	Tony Bates	1, 3–7
			Matt Hansen	2
		45	Jason Richards	1
			James Brock	3–5
			Nick Cassidy	6–7
		48	Geoff Emery	All
		51	Daniel Jilesen	All
Paul Freestone Racing	Ford BF Falcon	25	Paul Freestone	1, 5
MW Motorsport	Ford BF Falcon	26	Tom Tweedie	All
		27	Tim Blanchard	All
		28	David Russell	All
Eggleston Motorsport	Holden VE Commodore	38	Cameron McConville	3–4
			Gavin Bullas	5
	Holden VZ Commodore	54	Lindsay Yelland	3
Jay Motorsport	Holden VZ Commodore	43	Jay Verdnik	1
Matt Stone Racing	Holden VE Commodore	50	Stephen Voight	5
	Ford BF Falcon	86	Robert Cregan	All
Ford Performance Racing	Ford FG Falcon	56	Chaz Mostert	6
		100		7
Novocastrian Motorsport	Ford BF Falcon	58	Drew Russell	All
		59	Aaren Russell	All
Warrin Mining	Holden VZ Commodore Holden VE Commodore	62	Adam Wallis	1, 4–5
Paul Morris Motorsport	Holden VE Commodore	67	Paul Morris	2–7
Action Racing	Holden VE Commodore	71	Marcus Zukanovic	All
Brett Stewart Racing	Holden VE Commodore	73	Brett Stewart	2–7
McGill Motorsport	Ford BF Falcon	75	Aaron McGill	All
Kelly Racing	Holden VE Commodore	77	Grant Denyer	4
			Cameron Waters	6
Triple Eight Race Engineering	Holden VE Commodore	80	Andrew Thompson	All
Tony D'Alberto Racing	Holden VE Commodore	83	David Wall	1–2, 4–7
			Dale Wood	3
Fastaz Motorsport	Holden VZ Commodore	92	Taz Douglas	1–4, 6–7
Stone Brothers Racing	Ford BF Falcon Ford FG Falcon	93	Scott McLaughlin	All
Batavia Coast Motorsport	Ford BF Falcon	95	Nathan Vince	1–2
Walkinshaw Racing	Holden VE Commodore	222	Nick Percat	All
Sonic Motor Racing Services	Ford FG Falcon	777	Rodney Jane	All
	Ford BF Falcon	999	Jack Perkins	All

Series standings

Pos. Driver No. ADE BAR TOW QUE BAT SAN SYD Pen Pts 1 Andrew Thompson 80 1 16 1 1 1 5 1 2 9 1 1 1 6 1 1 1 3 1907 2 Jack Perkins 999 3 21 2 4 6 2 2 10 7 7 3 3 1 11 3 5 1 25 1601 3 David Russell 28 8 13 4 2 2 4 3 5 3 2 2 2 4 16 5 4 8 25 1594 4 Scott McLaughlin 93 7 2 3 3 16 13 8 1 5 5 10 5 5 Ret 4 10 4 1461 5 Tim Blanchard 27 4 4 11 9 9 1 11 11 14 6 6 6 7 2 18 6 19 1262 6 Chaz Mostert 10/56 9 6 8 6 10 10 13 14 4 17 11 7 2 15 2 3 5 65 1253 7 Nick Percat 222 2 3 Ret 16 3 6 5 Ret 6 8 4 8 3 Ret Ret 2 2 50 1207 8 Paul Morris 67 22 DSQ 5 19 4 3 2 3 5 4 Ret 3 6 7 Ret 25 944 9 Rodney Jane 777 11 8 5 19 7 17 9 6 Ret Ret 7 Ret 13 8 9 Ret 16 50 827 10 Daniel Jilesen 51 10 5 6 5 8 3 7 Ret 23 Ret Ret 10 DNS 18 13 Ret 11 25 816 11 David Wall 83 13 7 15 11 8 8 9 8 Ret 8 Ret DNS 11 18 754 12 Robert Cregan 86 17 9 9 8 Ret 15 12 Ret 19 16 Ret 14 18 10 11 20 17 747 13 Aaren Russell 59 21 Ret 16 10 Ret 26 15 21 17 13 13 11 16 12 15 12 15 733 14 Geoff Emery 48 15 Ret 12 12 Ret 18 18 Ret Ret Ret 14 9 10 5 7 13 6 25 732 15 Tom Tweedie 26 16 14 13 14 11 16 17 18 18 12 12 Ret 14 9 12 DNS DNS 696 16 Drew Russell 58 6 Ret Ret 13 12 11 Ret Ret 11 11 DNS 11 12 Ret 19 9 9 670 17 Aaron McGill 75 Ret 17 20 17 18 24 23 19 24 24 20 17 19 19 17 19 7 657 18 Tony Bates 24 22 11 20 20 14 7 25 22 16 Ret 9 Ret Ret 15 10 598 19 Taz Douglas 92 5 Ret 11 7 19 14 22 Ret 13 23 Ret 14 14 14 14 50 576 20 Marcus Zukanovic 71 DNS DNS 7 18 4 7 Ret Ret 21 18 9 Ret 17 6 8 Ret DNS 25 553 21 Andrew Jones 20 15 8 10 9 1 10 8 13 25 466 22 Brett Stewart 73 23 Ret 21 25 24 20 20 Ret 22 15 21 17 DNS 18 20 414 23 Todd Fiore 23 23 10 17 Ret Ret DNS DNS 13 15 15 21 16 391 24 Cameron McConville 38 13 9 6 4 12 4 389 25 Colin Sieders 13 18 20 17 21 19 19 Ret 16 12 368 26 James Brock 45 Ret 23 20 12 16 19 15 13 343 27 Ashley Walsh 90 Ret 15 10 15 Ret 22 16 15 Ret 21 DNS DNS 341 28 Adam Wallis 62 19 12 17 22 20 18 Ret 263 29 Jason Richards 45 12 1 219 30 Nathan Vince 95 20 19 19 20 186 31 Nick Cassidy 45 20 13 10 17 Ret 25 153 32 Luke Youlden 10 11 4 16 151 33 Grant Denyer 77 16 10 14 129 34 Paul Freestone 25 Ret 18 17 Ret 105 35 Cameron Waters 77 15 7 Ret 86 36 Jay Verdnik 43 14 Ret 63 37 Dale Wood 83 Ret 12 21 61 38 Matt Hansen 24 18 Ret 51 39 Stephen Voight 50 Ret DNS 0 40 Lindsay Yelland 54 DNS DNS DNS 0 41 Gavin Bullas 38 DNS DNS 0

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver Second place Bronze Third place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Withdrew (WD) Race cancelled (C) Blank Did not practice (DNP) Did not arrive (DNA) Excluded (EX)

See also

2011 V8 Supercar season

References

1. "Fujitsu Series goes west". Official site of the Australian V8 Supercar Championship Series. 29 October 2010. Archived from the original on 23 February 2011. Retrieved 3 November 2010.
2. ""Fujitsu Series Teams and Drivers". V8 Supercars Australia. Archived from the original on 2 February 2012. Retrieved 4 March 2011.

External links

• 2011 Operations Manual, www.v8supercars.com.au, as archived at web.archive.org