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The 2011 V8 Supercar Championship Series is an FIA sanctioned international motor racing series for V8 Supercars.[1] It will be the thirteenth V8 Supercar Championship Series and the fifthteenth series in which V8 Supercars have contested the premier Australian touring car title. The championship will begin on February 10 in the Middle East at Abu Dhabi's Yas Marina Circuit and will finish on December 5 at the Homebush Street Circuit. If all the provisional events are confirmed it will be contested over 26 races at 15 events. These events will be held in all states of Australia and in the Northern Territory as well as in the United Arab Emirates, and New Zealand. The 52nd Australian Touring Car Championship title will be awarded to the winner of the series by the Confederation of Australian Motor Sport.

Race calendar[edit]

The following events make up the 2011 series.[2]. The Perth round at Barbagallo Raceway was reinstated with the WA Government giving $5 million to redevelop the circuit. The Bahrain round was scrapped with V8 Supercars saying that the decision not to hold the event was because the circuit's international racing calendar was too full.

Race Event Circuit City / State Date
1 United Arab Emirates Yas V8 400 Yas Marina Circuit Yas Island, United Arab Emirates Feb 10-12
2
3 South Australia Clipsal 500 Adelaide Street Circuit Adelaide, South Australia Mar 17-20
4
5 New Zealand ITM Hamilton 400 Hamilton Street Circuit Hamilton, New Zealand Apr 15-17
6
7 Western Australia Perth 300 Barbagallo Raceway Perth, Western Australia May 6-8
8
9 Victoria (state) Winton Winton Motor Raceway Benalla, Victoria May 20–22
10
11 Northern Territory Skycity Triple Crown Hidden Valley Raceway Darwin, Northern Territory Jun 17-19
12
13 Queensland Sucrogen Townsville 400 Townsville Street Circuit Townsville, Queensland Jul 8-10
14
15 Queensland Ipswich 300 Queensland Raceway Ipswich, Queensland Aug 19-21
16
17 Victoria (state) L&H 500 Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit Phillip Island, Victoria Sep 16-18
18 New South Wales Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000 Mount Panorama Circuit Bathurst, New South Wales Oct 6-9
19 Queensland Armor All Gold Coast 600 Surfers Paradise Street Circuit Surfers Paradise, Queensland Oct 21-23
20
21 Tasmania Falken Tasmania Challenge Symmons Plains Raceway Launceston, Tasmania Nov 11-13
22
23 Victoria (state) Norton 360 Sandown Challenge Sandown Raceway Melbourne, Victoria Nov 18-20
24
25 New South Wales Sydney Telstra 500 Homebush Street Circuit Sydney, New South Wales Dec 3-5
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Teams and drivers[edit]

The following teams and drivers have been confirmed for the 2011 series.

Team Make Model Car # Drivers Co-drivers
Toll Holden Racing Team VE Commodore 2 Australia Garth Tander[3]
22 TBA
Tony D'Alberto Racing VE Commodore 3 TBA
Stone Brothers Racing FG Falcon 4 Australia Alex Davison[4]
9 New Zealand Shane Van Gisbergen[5]
James Rosenberg Racing (SBR) 47 TBA
Ford Performance Racing FG Falcon 5 Australia Mark Winterbottom[6] Australia Luke Youlden[7]
6 TBA
Rod Nash Racing (FPR) 55 Australia Paul Dumbrell[8]
Kelly Racing VE Commodore 7 TBA
11 TBA
15 TBA
16 TBA
Brad Jones Racing VE Commodore 8 New Zealand Jason Richards[9][10]
14 Australia Jason Bright[9]
Britek Motorsport (BJR) 21 Australia Karl Reindler[9]
Walkinshaw Racing VE Commodore 10 TBA
24 TBA
Triple F Racing FG Falcon 12 TBA
Dick Johnson Racing FG Falcon 17 Australia Steven Johnson[11]
18 Australia James Courtney[12]
Tekno Autosports (DJR) 19 TBA
Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport VE Commodore 30 Australia Warren Luff[13]
Garry Rogers Motorsport VE Commodore 33 Australia Lee Holdsworth[14]
34 Australia Michael Caruso[15]
Paul Morris Motorsport VE Commodore 39 Australia Russell Ingall[16]
TBA TBA
Triple Eight Race Engineering VE Commodore 88 Australia Jamie Whincup[17]
888 Australia Craig Lowndes[17]

Driver and team changes[edit]

On the 28th October 2010, it was announced that Warren Luff would drive the Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport Holden Commodore for the rest of 2010 and 2011[18].

References[edit]

  1. ^ V8 Supercars Operations Manual Retrieved from www.v8supercars.com.au on 23 June 2010
  2. ^ "2011 calendar released". Official site of the Australian V8 Supercar Championship Series. 2010-10-29. Retrieved 2010-11-05.
  3. ^ "Garth re-signs with HRT". GarthTander.com. 2009-08-27. Retrieved 2010-11-05.
  4. ^ "Irwin Industrial Tools extend Stone Brothers Deal to end of 2011". OzRacingWrap. 2009-11-08. Retrieved 2010-11-05.
  5. ^ "SBR re-signs Van Gisbergen and SP Tools". SpeedCafe. 2010-04-16. Retrieved 2010-11-05.
  6. ^ "Mark Winterbottom re-signs with FPR". Ford Performance Racing. 2010-01-19. Retrieved 2010-11-05.
  7. ^ "Youlden signed as Frosty's 2011 team-mate". SpeedCafe. 2010-10-29. Retrieved 2010-11-05.
  8. ^ "Paul Dumbrell joins FPR". Motorsport.com. 2009-11-13. Retrieved 2010-11-05.
  9. ^ a b c Cite error: The named reference bjr was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  10. ^ "No change for BJR driver line-up in 2011". SpeedCafe. 2010-10-04. Retrieved 2010-11-05.
  11. ^ "Steven Johnson signs on with Jim Beam Racing for 2011". Jim Beam Racing. 2010-09-21. Retrieved 2010-11-05.
  12. ^ "Jim Beam Racing confirms 2011 driver line-up". Touring Car Times. Retrieved 2010-11-05.
  13. ^ "Luff gets Gulf Western Oils seat for 2011". SpeedCafe. 2010-10-28. Retrieved 2010-11-05.
  14. ^ "Holdsworth at GRM until 2011". The Offical Website of V8 Supercars Australia. 2010-01-25. Retrieved 2010-11-05.
  15. ^ "HRT starts driver search". The Offical Website of V8 Supercars Australia. 2010-10-09. Retrieved 2010-11-05.
  16. ^ "Supercheap Auto re-signs Paul Morris Motorsports". Holden Motorsport. 2009-09-02. Retrieved 2010-11-05.
  17. ^ a b "Lowndes-Whincup Join Holden". Fox Sports. 2009-07-29. Retrieved 2010-10-18.
  18. ^ "Luff gets Gulf Western Oils seat for 2011". SpeedCafe. 2010-10-28. Retrieved 2010-11-05.
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