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2001 Konica V8 Supercar Series

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

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The following teams and drivers competed during the series.

Team Car No. Driver Rounds
Eastern Creek Karts Ford Falcon (EL) 20 Australia  Garry Holt All
Terry Wyhoon Racing Holden Commodore (VS) 25 Australia  Terry Wyhoon All
Garry Rogers Motorsport Holden Commodore (VT) 33 Australia  Leanne Ferrier All
Scotty Taylor Racing Holden Commodore (VS) 37 Australia  Bill Attard All
South Pacific Motor Sport Holden Commodore (VS) 38 Australia  Peter Field 2, 4
Australia  Wayne Cooper 3
Mal Rose Racing Holden Commodore (VS) 44 Australia  Mal Rose 1–2
Eddie Abelnica Holden Commodore (VT) 48 Australia  Eddie Abelnica 3–6
Ric Shaw Motorsport Holden Commodore (VS) 49 Australia  Ric Shaw 1–5
Garry Willmington Performance Ford Falcon (EL) 56 Australia  Luke Sieders 1–2
John Scotcher Motorsport Ford Falcon (EL) 59 Australia  Adam Wallis 1–2, 4, 6
Australia  Mick Donaher 3, 5
Evers Motorsport Holden Commodore (VS) 60 Australia  Scott March 1–2
Australia  Kenny Habul 5
Halliday Motor Sport Ford Falcon (EL) 61 Australia  Ross Halliday All
Simon Emerzidis Ford Falcon (EL) 63 Australia  Simon Emerzidis 4–5
Robert Smith Racing Holden Commodore (VS) 72 Australia  Robert Smith 3–4
Team Dynamik Holden Commodore (VT) 73 New Zealand  Simon Wills All
V8 Racing Holden Commodore (VS) 77 Australia  Richard Mork 1–2
Gibson Motor Sport Holden Commodore (VT) 80 Australia  Paul Dumbrell All
82 Australia  David Parsons All
Rowse Motorsport Holden Commodore (VS) 81 Australia  Tim Rowse All
Miller Racing Holden Commodore (VS) 84 Australia  Daniel Miller 1–4, 6
Harris Racing Ford Falcon (AU) 88 Australia  Craig Harris 1–3, 5–6
Australia  Michael Simpson 4
89 Australia  Kevin Mundy All
NRC International Holden Commodore (VT) 90 Australia  Dale Brede All
Michael Simpson Racing Ford Falcon (EL) 93 Australia  Michael Simpson 1–3, 5–6
John Faulkner Racing Holden Commodore (VS) 96 Australia  Owen Kelly All
Graphic Skills Racing Holden Commodore (VS) 97 Australia  Wayne Wakefield 5
AJG Racing Holden Commodore (VS) 99 Australia  Wesley May 5
GM Motorsport Holden Commodore (VS) 111 Australia  Phonsy Mullan 1–3
RPM International Racing Ford Falcon (EL) 145 Australia  Geoff Full 1
Australia  Greg Crick 2
Australia  Aaron McGill 3–5
Power Racing Ford Falcon (AU) 500 Australia  Alan Heath All
Prancing Horse Racing Ford Falcon (AU) 888 Australia  Mark Noske 6

Series calendar

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The series was contested over six rounds with three races per round.[1]

Round Date[1] Circuit[1] 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 (state)  Winton Motor Raceway Benalla, Victoria Australia  Owen Kelly
4 26–27 May Victoria (state)  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

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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

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Pos.[2] Driver[2] No. Wak
New South Wales  		Ora
New South Wales  		Win
Victoria (state)  		Phi
Victoria (state)  		Lak
Queensland  		Mal
South Australia  		Points[2]
1 New Zealand  Simon Wills 73 1 7 1 1 8 5 1 Ret
(18) 		DNS 9 1 1 1 5 4 1 1 1 1272
2 Australia  Paul Dumbrell 80 10 1 7 3 7 6 11 2 2 6 3 2 9 1 1 2 17 5 1190
3 Australia  David Parsons 82 5 3 8 10 1 1 5 3 3 1 2 3 13 7 16 5 5 6 1168
4 Australia  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 Australia  Leanne Ferrier 33 8 2 2 Ret
(25) 		Ret
(21) 		12 4 4 4 2 4 4 3 6 Ret
(17) 		9 16 3 1018
6 Australia  Dale Brede 90 4 10 15 7 2 7 8 6 5 5 5 5 DNS 8 8 3 10 4 976
7 Australia  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 Australia  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 Australia  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 Australia  Craig Harris 88 7 5 Ret
(17) 		5 3 2 Ret
(22) 		DNS DNS 6 2 6 7 4 12 742
11 Australia  Tim Rowse 81 13 18 Ret
(18) 		18 18 20 12 9 7 12 9 8 19 11 10 11 8 15 718
12 Australia  Ross Halliday 61 15 19 13 13 11 10 14 13 11 16 16 13 16 15 11 15 11 11 702
13 Australia  Bill Attard 37 18 15 12 16 14 17 15 12 10 19 17 15 17 14 12 16 14 14 654
14 Australia  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 Australia  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 Australia  Eddie Abelnica 48 13 11 8 17 14 Ret
(17) 		7 12 9 10 15 7 516
17 Australia  Ric Shaw 49 11 6 Ret
(21) 		Ret
(24) 		DNS DNS 6 8 Ret
(13) 		10 13 11 10 DNS DNS 468
18 Australia  Phonsy Mullan 111 17 11 9 12 Ret
(19) 		11 9 Ret
(17) 		DNS 318
19 Australia  Adam Wallis 59 12 9 DNS 19 DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS 8 3 9 310
20 Australia  Daniel Miller 84 DNS DNS DNS Ret
(22) 		13 14 10 Ret
(15) 		Ret
(15) 		DNS DNS DNS Ret
(18) 		DNS 10 294
21 Australia  Mal Rose 44 9 4 4 6 Ret
(22) 		DNS 260
22 Australia  Wayne Wakefield 97 2 4 2 226
23 Australia  Scott March 60 14 14 11 17 16 15 222
24 Australia  Aaron McGill 145 18 Ret
(16) 		DNS 15 12 16 Ret
(21) 		DNS DNS 200
25 Australia  Luke Sieders 56 Ret
(21) 		14 12 Ret
(21) 		12 19 198
26 Australia  Mick Donaher 59 3 7 Ret
(14) 		Ret
(20) 		DNS DNS 190
27 Australia  Peter Field 38 20 15 18 18 18 14 190
28 Australia  Simon Emerzidis 63 14 15 9 18 Ret
(18) 		DNS 182
29 Australia  Wayne Cooper 38 16 14 12 114
30 Australia  Geoff Full 145 20 Ret
(20) 		6 110
31 Australia  Kenny Habul 60 15 16 13 110
32 Australia  Richard Mork 77 DNS DNS DNS 11 Ret
(20) 		Ret
(21) 		94
33 Australia  Robert Smith 72 19 DNS DNS 20 19 DNS 82
34[3] Australia  Wesley May[3] 99 Ret
(22) 		DNS DNS 22[3]
35 Australia  Greg Crick 145 Ret
(23) 		DNS DNS 20
Pos. Driver No. Wak
New South Wales  		Ora
New South Wales  		Win
Victoria (state)  		Phi
Victoria (state)  		Lak
Queensland  		Mal
South Australia  		Points
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)

References

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  1. ^ a b c The 2001 Konica V8 Supercar Series, www.v8supercar.com.au, as archived at web.archive.org on 31 October 2001
  2. ^ a b c Konica V8 Supercar Series, 2001 Driver Progressive Scores, www.v8supercar.com.au, as archived at web.archive.org on 5 November 2001
  3. ^ a b c Wesley May is not listed in the official standings as published at www.v8supercar.com.au
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See also

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