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.

2001 Konica V8 Supercar Series
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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

The following teams and drivers competed during the series.

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

Series calendar

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 Wakefield Park Goulburn, New South Wales Simon Wills
2 17–18 March Oran Park Raceway Sydney, New South Wales David Parsons
3 5–6 May Winton Motor Raceway Benalla, Victoria Owen Kelly
4 26–27 May Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit Phillip Island, Victoria David Parsons
5 7–8 July Lakeside International Raceway Brisbane, Queensland Paul Dumbrell
6 11–12 August Mallala Motor Sport Park Mallala, South Australia 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

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
Pos. [2] Driver [2] No. Wak
 Ora
 Win
 Phi
 Lak
 Mal
 Points [2]
1 Simon Wills 73 1 7 1 1 8 5 1 Ret
(18)		 DNS 9 1 1 1 5 4 1 1 1 1272
2 Paul Dumbrell 80 10 1 7 3 7 6 11 2 2 6 3 2 9 1 1 2 17 5 1190
3 David Parsons 82 5 3 8 10 1 1 5 3 3 1 2 3 13 7 16 5 5 6 1168
4 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 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 Dale Brede 90 4 10 15 7 2 7 8 6 5 5 5 5 DNS 8 8 3 10 4 976
7 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 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 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 Craig Harris 88 7 5 Ret
(17)		 5 3 2 Ret
(22)		 DNS DNS 6 2 6 7 4 12 742
11 Tim Rowse 81 13 18 Ret
(18)		 18 18 20 12 9 7 12 9 8 19 11 10 11 8 15 718
12 Ross Halliday 61 15 19 13 13 11 10 14 13 11 16 16 13 16 15 11 15 11 11 702
13 Bill Attard 37 18 15 12 16 14 17 15 12 10 19 17 15 17 14 12 16 14 14 654
14 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 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 Eddie Abelnica 48 13 11 8 17 14 Ret
(17)		 7 12 9 10 15 7 516
17 Ric Shaw 49 11 6 Ret
(21)		 Ret
(24)		 DNS DNS 6 8 Ret
(13)		 10 13 11 10 DNS DNS 468
18 Phonsy Mullan 111 17 11 9 12 Ret
(19)		 11 9 Ret
(17)		 DNS 318
19 Adam Wallis 59 12 9 DNS 19 DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS 8 3 9 310
20 Daniel Miller 84 DNS DNS DNS Ret
(22)		 13 14 10 Ret
(15)		 Ret
(15)		 DNS DNS DNS Ret
(18)		 DNS 10 294
21 Mal Rose 44 9 4 4 6 Ret
(22)		 DNS 260
22 Wayne Wakefield 97 2 4 2 226
23 Scott March 60 14 14 11 17 16 15 222
24 Aaron McGill 145 18 Ret
(16)		 DNS 15 12 16 Ret
(21)		 DNS DNS 200
25 Luke Sieders 56 Ret
(21)		 14 12 Ret
(21)		 12 19 198
26 Mick Donaher 59 3 7 Ret
(14)		 Ret
(20)		 DNS DNS 190
27 Peter Field 38 20 15 18 18 18 14 190
28 Simon Emerzidis 63 14 15 9 18 Ret
(18)		 DNS 182
29 Wayne Cooper 38 16 14 12 114
30 Geoff Full 145 20 Ret
(20)		 6 110
31 Kenny Habul 60 15 16 13 110
32 Richard Mork 77 DNS DNS DNS 11 Ret
(20)		 Ret
(21)		 94
33 Robert Smith 72 19 DNS DNS 20 19 DNS 82
34 [3] Wesley May [3] 99 Ret
(22)		 DNS DNS 22 [3]
35 Greg Crick 145 Ret
(23)		 DNS DNS 20
Pos. Driver No. Wak
 Ora
 Win
 Phi
 Lak
 Mal
 Points
ColourResult
GoldWinner
Silver2nd place
Bronze3rd place
GreenPoints finish
BlueNon-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
PurpleRetired (Ret)
RedDid not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
BlackDisqualified (DSQ)
WhiteDid not start (DNS)
Withdrew (WD)
Race cancelled (C)
Blank Did not participate (DNP)
Did not arrive (DNA)
Excluded (EX)

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

See also
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