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
		10	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
		24	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
	Holden VE Commodore	38	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
Matt Stone Racing	Ford BF Falcon	86	Robert Cregan	All
Ford Performance Racing	Ford FG Falcon	56	Chaz Mostert	6
Ford Performance Racing	Ford FG Falcon	100	Chaz Mostert	7
Novocastrian Motorsport	Ford BF Falcon	58	Drew Russell	All
Novocastrian Motorsport	Ford BF Falcon	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
Kelly Racing	Holden VE Commodore	77	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
Tony D'Alberto Racing	Holden VE Commodore	83	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
Sonic Motor Racing Services	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
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)
	Withdrew (WD)
	Race cancelled (C)
Blank	Did not practice (DNP)
	Did not arrive (DNA)
	Excluded (EX)

References

^ "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.
^ ""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

[calendar-fuj-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.

[FujitsuTD-2] ""Fujitsu Series Teams and Drivers". V8 Supercars Australia. Archived from the original on 2 February 2012. Retrieved 4 March 2011.

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