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The 2012 V8 Supercar season was the sixteenth year in which V8 Supercars have contested the premier Australian Touring car racing series. It was the 53rd year of touring car racing in Australia since the first running of the Australian Touring Car Championship , now known as the International V8 Supercars Championship , and the Armstrong 500, the fore-runner of the present day Bathurst 1000 .
The season began on 1 March at the Adelaide Street Circuit and concluded on 2 December at the Homebush Street Circuit . It featured the sixteenth V8 Supercar Championship , contested over 30 races at 15 events. Thirteen of these events were held in the six states and the Northern Territory of Australia, and single events were staged in New Zealand and the United Arab Emirates . There was also a stand-alone, non-championship event supporting the 2012 Australian Grand Prix . The season also included the thirteenth second-tier Dunlop V8 Supercar Series , contested over seven rounds. For the fifth time a third-tier series was contested, the Kumho Tyres V8 Touring Car Series , which was expanded to six rounds for 2012.[1]
Race calendar [ edit ]
Dates sourced from:[2] [3]
Event title
Circuit
Location
Race / round
Date
Winner
Report
Clipsal 500
Adelaide Street Circuit
Adelaide , South Australia
IVC 1 IVC 2
1–4 March
Jamie Whincup Will Davison
report
DVS 1
Chaz Mostert
Eastern Creek
Eastern Creek Raceway
Sydney , New South Wales
KVTC 1
9–11 March
Josh Hunter
V8 Supercars Albert Park Challenge
Albert Park Street Circuit
Melbourne , Victoria
IVC NC
15–18 March
Mark Winterbottom
report
Falken Tasmania Challenge
Symmons Plains Raceway
Launceston , Tasmania
IVC 3 IVC 4
30 March – 1 April
Will Davison Jamie Whincup
report
Mallala
Mallala Motor Sport Park
Mallala , South Australia
KVTC 2
13–15 April
Chris Smerdon
ITM Hamilton 400
Hamilton Street Circuit
Hamilton , New Zealand
IVC 5 IVC 6
20–22 April
Will Davison Mark Winterbottom
report
Trading Post Perth Challenge
Barbagallo Raceway
Perth , Western Australia
IVC 7 IVC 8 IVC 9
4–6 May
Mark Winterbottom Will Davison Will Davison
report
DVS 2
Scott McLaughlin
Phillip Island 300
Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit
Phillip Island , Victoria
IVC 10 IVC 11
18–20 May
Mark Winterbottom Will Davison
report
Skycity Triple Crown
Hidden Valley Raceway
Darwin , Northern Territory
IVC 12 IVC 13
15–17 June
Jamie Whincup Craig Lowndes
report
Winton
Winton Motor Raceway
Benalla , Victoria
KVTC 3
22–24 June
Josh Hunter
Sucrogen Townsville 400
Townsville Street Circuit
Townsville , Queensland
IVC 14 IVC 15
6–8 July
Jamie Whincup Jamie Whincup
report
DVS 3
Scott McLaughlin
Coates Hire Ipswich 300
Queensland Raceway
Ipswich , Queensland
IVC 16 IVC 17
3–5 August
Craig Lowndes Craig Lowndes
report
DVS 4
Chaz Mostert
Queensland Raceway
Queensland Raceway
Ipswich , Queensland
KVTC 4
10–12 August
Morgan Haber
Sydney Motorsport Park 360[4]
Sydney Motorsport Park
Eastern Creek, New South Wales
IVC 18 IVC 19
24–26 August
Craig Lowndes Jamie Whincup
report
Dick Smith Sandown 500
Sandown Raceway
Melbourne , Victoria
IVC 20
14–16 September
Craig Lowndes Warren Luff
report
Phillip Island
Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit
Phillip Island , Victoria
KVTC 5
21–23 September
Josh Hunter
Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000
Mount Panorama Circuit
Bathurst , New South Wales
IVC 21
4–7 October
Jamie Whincup Paul Dumbrell
report
DVS 5
Nick Percat
V8 Heritage Event
Wakefield Park
Goulburn , New South Wales
KVTC NC
11–12 October
Chris Delfsma
Armor All Gold Coast 600
Surfers Paradise Street Circuit
Surfers Paradise , Queensland
IVC 22 IVC 23
19–21 October
Jamie Whincup Sébastien Bourdais Will Davison Mika Salo
report
Yas V8 400
Yas Marina Circuit
Yas Island , United Arab Emirates
IVC 24 IVC 25 IVC 26
2–4 November
Jamie Whincup Jamie Whincup Jamie Whincup
report
Winton
Winton Motor Raceway
Benalla, Victoria
IVC 27 IVC 28
16–18 November
Jamie Whincup Craig Lowndes
report
DVS 6
Nick Percat
Sandown
Sandown Raceway
Melbourne , Victoria
KVTC 6
23–25 November
Josh Hunter
Sydney Telstra 500
Homebush Street Circuit
Sydney , New South Wales
IVC 29 IVC 30
30 November – 2 December
Craig Lowndes Will Davison
report
DVS 7
Scott Pye
IVC – International V8 Supercar Championship
DVS – Dunlop V8 Supercar Series
KVTC – Kumho Tyres V8 Touring Car Series
NC – Non-championship
International V8 Supercars Championship [ edit ]
Dunlop V8 Supercar Series [ edit ]
Kumho Tyres V8 Touring Car Series [ edit ]
V8 Supercars Albert Park Challenge [ edit ]
References [ edit ]
External links [ edit ]