The 2013 Dunlop Series was an Australian motor racing competition for V8 Supercars. It was the fourteenth running of a V8 Supercar Development Series, with all rounds held in support of 2013 International V8 Supercars Championship events.

The introduction of the "New Generation V8 Supercar" regulations to the V8 Supercar Championship resulted in a number of rule changes which affected the Dunlop Series. Teams were only allowed to compete with one model of the cars raced in V8 Supercars. All teams competing with Fords upgraded to the FG Falcon, whilst the Holden teams continued to use the VE Commodore. With all V8 Supercar teams building brand-new chassis for the 2013 season to comply with the New Generation V8 Supercar regulations, many of the cars they used in the 2012 Supercars Championship were sold to Dunlop Series teams.

Dale Wood won the 2013 series driving a Ford FG Falcon for MW Motorsport.

Teams and drivers

The following teams and drivers competed in the 2013 Dunlop Series: Manufacturer Model Team Driver Rounds Ford Falcon FG Image Racing Taz Douglas All MW Motorsport 26 Dale Wood All 28 Morgan Haber All 99 Chaz Mostert 1 Steve Owen 2–7 Tony D'Alberto Racing 30 Nick McBride All Evans Motorsport Group 31 Kristian Lindbom 1–4, 6 Daniel Gaunt 5 Matt Stone Racing 35 George Miedecke All 60 Michael Hector 3–7 87 Ashley Walsh All Finance EZI Racing 44 Josh Hunter 1–6 Maurice Pickering 7 64 Andre Heimgartner All Novocastrian Motorsport 58 Drew Russell All 59 Aaren Russell All 60 Michael Hector 1–2 Action Racing 71 Marcus Zukanovic 7 Sonic Motor Racing Services 777 Rodney Jane All 999 Garry Jacobson All Holden Commodore VE RSport Engineering 11 Aaron Tebb 1–3, 5, 7 Brett Hobson 6 16 Justin Garioch 3 Aaron Tebb 4, 6 Brett Hobson 5, 7 Brad Jones Racing 20 Andrew Jones All 41 Luke Youlden 5 42 Chris Pither All Nandi Kiss Racing 24 Chris Alajajian 1 Nandi Kiss 2–7 Triple Eight Race Engineering 27 Casey Stoner All Evans Motorsport Group 48 Geoff Emery All THR Developments 32 Josh Kean 5–6 Eggleston Motorsport 38 Daniel Gaunt 1–4 Ant Pedersen 5 54 Jay Verdnik 1 Jack Perkins 2–7 Minda Motorsport 43 Sam Walter All 56 Todd Hazelwood 7 98 Cameron Waters All Greg Murphy Racing 51 Jim Pollicina All Warrin Mining 62 Adam Wallis 1, 4–6 Paul Morris Motorsport 67 Paul Morris 2–7 Action Racing 71 Marcus Zukanovic 1–6 Formula Tech Performance 73 Brett Stewart All McGill Motorsport 75 Aaron McGill All

Team changes V8 Supercar teams Ford Performance Racing and Walkinshaw Racing will no longer support entries in the Dunlop Series. Formula Ford team Evans Motorsport Group purchased a Ford Performance Racing-built Ford FG Falcon that was run by Rod Nash Racing in the 2012 V8 Supercars Championship. The team later merged with Greg Murphy Racing to run two cars in the 2013 series. The combined team will be campaign with a Triple Eight-built Holden VE Commodore alongside their FPR-built Ford FG Falcon. Image Racing purchased the Stone Brothers Racing Ford FG Falcon driven by Shane van Gisbergen in the 2012 V8 Supercars Championship. MW Motorsport purchased the Ford FG Falcons used by Ford Performance Racing's Mark Winterbottom and Will Davison in the 2012 V8 Supercars Championship, expanding the team to three cars. Morgan Haber will be the driver of one of the entries. Family-owned team Novocastrian Motorsport have purchased two Stone Brothers Racing-built Ford FG Falcons. Queensland businessman Maurice Pickering will establish Finance EZI Racing, running two Ford FG Falcons. Tony D'Alberto Racing will expand its operations to include a Dunlop Series entry. Using the FG Falcon that D'Alberto used in the 2011 and 2012 V8 Supercar Championships.

Driver changes Chris Alajajian will return to the series with Nandi Kiss Racing after a two-year break from competition. Alajajian had previously contested the Development Series in 2007. Taz Douglas will return to the Dunlop Series after a year racing for Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport in the International V8 Supercars Championship. Andre Heimgartner will move from the Australian Carrera Cup Championship to the Dunlop Series, driving for Finance EZI Racing. Reigning third-tier V8 Supercar champion Josh Hunter will join the series, driving for Finance EZI Racing. Kristian Lindbom will move from Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport to the combined Evans-Murphy team. George Miedecke will move from Sonic Motor Racing Services to Matt Stone Racing. Nick McBride, who contested the 2011 British Formula Ford Championship and 2012 British Formula Three Championship will return to Australia to contest the Dunlop Series, driving for Tony D'Alberto Racing. Chaz Mostert will move from Ford Performance Racing's Dunlop Series team to MW Motorsport. Nick Percat will leave the Dunlop Series to compete in the Australian Carrera Cup Championship. Chris Pither will leave the V8 Ute Racing Series and return to the Dunlop Series with Brad Jones Racing. Pither previously competed in the series in 2006 and 2007. Jim Pollicina will run a Holden VE Commodore purchased from Greg Murphy Racing and last raced by Dale Wood in the 2012 series at Barbagallo Raceway. Two-time MotoGP World Champion Casey Stoner will contest the full series schedule, driving a Holden VE Commodore prepared by Triple Eight Race Engineering. Jay Verdnik will return to the category after a three-year hiatus, driving for Eggleston Motorsport. Cameron Waters will leave Dreamtime Racing, moving to Minda Motorsport, the team that prepared his entry for the 2011 and 2012 Bathurst 1000 races. Sam Walter will return to the Dunlop Series after a three-year absence, racing for Minda Motorsport. Dale Wood will move from Greg Murphy Racing to MW Motorsport.

Calendar The 2013 Dunlop Series comprised nineteen races within seven rounds at seven circuits, all in support of the International V8 Supercars Championship. The calendar remains unchanged from the 2012 season, with only the Winton event being brought forward, reflecting the change in the V8 Supercar Championship calendar. Series schedule Results summary Event Circuit Location Date Winning driver Round winner 1 1 Clipsal 500 Adelaide Adelaide Street Circuit Adelaide, South Australia 1 March Ashley Walsh Chaz Mostert 2 2 March Chaz Mostert 2 3 Chill Perth 360 Barbagallo Raceway Perth, Western Australia 4 May Ashley Walsh Ashley Walsh 4 5 May Jack Perkins 5 Dale Wood 3 6 Sucrogen Townsville 400 Townsville Street Circuit Townsville, Queensland 6 July Steve Owen Steve Owen 7 7 July Paul Morris 8 Steve Owen 4 9 Coates Hire Ipswich 360 Queensland Raceway Ipswich, Queensland 27 July Dale Wood Jack Perkins 10 28 July Andre Heimgartner 11 Jack Perkins 5 12 Winton 360 Winton Motor Raceway Benalla, Victoria 24 August Dale Wood Dale Wood 13 25 August Geoff Emery 14 Jack Perkins 6 15 Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000 Mount Panorama Circuit Bathurst, New South Wales 10 October Steve Owen Steve Owen 16 11 October Steve Owen 7 18 Sydney NRMA Motoring & Services 500 Homebush Street Circuit Sydney, New South Wales 7 December Ashley Walsh Steve Owen 19 8 December Steve Owen Sources:

Points system Points were awarded to the driver of a car that had completed 75% of the race distance and was running at the completion of the final lap. Two different points scales were applied to rounds having two or three races to ensure that a driver would be awarded 300 points for winning all races at any event.

Points were awarded using the following system:

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 25th 26th 27th 28th 29th 30th Two-race format(All races) 150 138 129 120 111 102 96 90 84 78 72 69 66 63 60 57 54 51 48 45 42 39 36 33 30 27 24 21 18 15 Three-race format(Races 1 and 3) 120 110 103 96 89 82 77 72 67 62 57 55 53 51 48 46 43 41 38 36 33 30 28 26 24 21 18 16 13 11 Three-race format(Race 2) 60 56 52 48 44 40 38 36 34 32 30 28 26 24 23 22 21 20 19 18 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8

Series standings Driver ADE BAR TOW QLD WIN BAT SYD 1 Dale Wood 26 3 2 2 7 1 2 4 2 1 8 7 1 5 2 2 2 9 6 1772 2 Ashley Walsh 87 1 3 1 5 2 10 8 4 4 4 28 4 4 4 8 4 1 Ret 1508 3 Andrew Jones 20 4 25 8 3 15 6 3 3 7 28 4 3 6 3 5 7 5 4 1425 4 Jack Perkins 54 9 1 7 18 10 7 2 7 1 2 8 1 3 3 3 3 1404 5 Steve Owen 99 Ret 10 9 1 5 1 3 5 2 Ret 18 9 1 1 2 1 1315 6 Taz Douglas 10 12 5 4 8 3 26 18 9 6 Ret Ret 20 15 15 4 6 4 2 40 1152 7 Drew Russell 58 6 12 13 9 12 7 Ret Ret 9 2 12 7 2 7 7 5 11 10 1138 8 George Miedecke 35 7 7 10 2 11 8 2 5 14 10 19 8 10 5 6 8 Ret 20 1135 9 Aaren Russell 59 9 6 19 17 13 4 7 6 13 9 6 Ret 23 23 10 27 8 8 1008 10 Cameron Waters 98 10 8 6 23 8 28 19 DSQ 26 14 11 5 7 11 14 21 7 7 956 11 Daniel Gaunt 38/31 8 9 5 6 4 3 9 19 5 3 3 11 25 12 943 12 Paul Morris 67 7 4 6 9 1 8 12 6 26 12 9 10 23 11 13 13 913 13 Kristian Lindbom 31 5 4 3 22 5 5 6 DSQ Ret 18 10 13 9 800 14 Geoff Emery 48 11 10 18 16 10 11 12 DSQ 28 15 20 9 1 22 11 Ret 14 12 788 15 Chris Pither 42 18 Ret 12 14 17 12 11 DSQ 11 17 9 26 19 14 21 10 6 5 40 787 16 Nick McBride 30 20 Ret 15 13 14 16 16 14 8 Ret 27 6 11 8 18 15 10 11 40 785 17 Garry Jacobson 999 17 13 11 11 16 27 20 10 19 26 15 18 12 26 15 13 Ret 18 717 18 Casey Stoner 27 Ret 14 21 21 20 29 14 12 17 11 5 Ret 22 16 9 Ret 12 9 704 19 Rodney Jane 777 13 16 17 15 19 14 15 Ret 20 Ret 13 13 13 18 16 14 19 Ret 678 20 Andre Heimgartner 64 15 11 27 18 24 23 17 DSQ 10 1 22 Ret 21 17 17 12 24 16 677 21 Marcus Zukanovic 71 19 17 16 25 22 15 22 11 15 13 Ret 14 30 Ret 20 19 Ret Ret 536 22 Sam Walter 43 22 18 22 20 21 Ret DNS DNS 16 12 8 24 20 20 27 18 15 14 60 535 23 Josh Hunter 44 14 26 20 19 25 17 Ret 13 Ret 19 16 15 14 13 12 Ret 524 24 Morgan Haber 28 Ret 19 14 12 18 13 13 15 Ret 16 14 Ret 24 19 19 Ret 21 17 25 514 25 Brett Stewart 73 25 23 24 24 23 21 27 Ret 24 22 21 21 26 24 28 25 18 19 474 26 Aaron McGill 75 24 Ret Ret DNS 28 20 24 17 23 20 18 28 29 28 Ret 23 17 21 403 27 Jim Pollicina 51 26 Ret 25 26 26 19 23 Ret 21 21 25 19 32 27 22 26 23 22 25 384 28 Michael Hector 60 27 24 23 29 29 22 25 16 18 25 24 27 31 Ret Ret 22 22 Ret 40 333 29 Chaz Mostert 99 2 1 288 30 Adam Wallis 62 21 21 25 24 17 25 28 25 24 24 288 31 Aaron Tebb 11 Ret 22 Ret 27 27 Ret DNS DNS 22 23 Ret 22 34 DNS 29 20 20 Ret 252 32 Nandi Kiss 24 26 28 Ret 25 26 Ret 27 27 23 Ret 33 29 25 28 Ret 24 223 33 Brett Hobson 16 23 27 21 Ret 17 16 15 25 101 34 Luke Youlden 41 10 3 6 196 35 Josh Kean 32 17 16 Ret 26 16 149 36 Jay Verdnik 54 16 15 117 37 Justin Garioch 16 24 21 18 84 38 Chris Alajajian 24 23 20 81 39 Ant Pedersen 38 16 17 30 79 40 Maurice Pickering 44 25 23 66 Todd Hazelwood 56 DNS DNS 0 Driver ADE BAR TOW QLD WIN BAT SYD Bold - Pole position Italics - Fastest lap

See also 2013 V8 Supercar season

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