The 2014 Dunlop Series was an Australian motor racing competition for V8 Supercars. It was the fifteenth running of the V8 Supercar Development Series, a support series to the International V8 Supercars Championship. The 2014 season featured a new format for the Dunlop Series weekends. Each round of the series – with the exception of Bathurst – featured two forty-minute races, rather than a range of two-race and three-race weekends. The Bathurst round was a single-race event, held over an endurance distance of , and allowing for optional driver changes.

2002 series winner Paul Dumbrell became the third driver to clinch a second title, after winning six races (and three rounds) during the season; this included four consecutive wins at Queensland Raceway, the Bathurst endurance race and the first race at Sydney Olympic Park. Despite missing the second Barbagallo race due to business commitments, Eggleston Motorsport's Dumbrell won the series by 247 points ahead of Ford Performance Racing driver Cam Waters. Waters won two races at Winton and the second Sydney Olympic Park race, where he also took the round win to move ahead of Ashley Walsh, who had held the runner-up spot for Matt Stone Racing prior to the event. Walsh won three races and two rounds in the early part of the series, but faded towards the end of the season. The series top five was rounded out by New Zealand's Chris Pither (Brad Jones Racing) and Andre Heimgartner (MW Motorsport), who won races at Townsville and Barbagallo respectively. Pither also won the round at Townsville, his first in the series.

Teams and drivers

The following teams and drivers competed in the 2014 series. Season entries Endurance entries Manufacturer Model Team Driver Rounds Co-driver Ford Falcon FG Image Racing 10 Taz Douglas 1–2, 7 Jack Le Brocq 3–5 49 1–2, 6 MW Motorsport 26 Andre Heimgartner All Steve Owen 27 Ryan Simpson 1 Steve Owen 2 Dean Fiore 3–4 Tim Blanchard 5 Peter Rullo 6 28 Morgan Haber 1–6 Kurt Kostecki 7 Matt Stone Racing 35 Todd Hazelwood All 60 Michael Hector 1–6 Shae Davies 7 87 Ashley Walsh All 158 Ryal Harris 6 170 Steven Johnson 4–5 GMJ Motorsport 51 Jim Pollicina All Ford Performance Racing 56 Cam Waters All Novocastrian Motorsport 58 Aaren Russell All Paul Morris Motorsport 67 Paul Morris All Action Racing 71 Marcus Zukanovic All Holden Commodore VE Team Kean Racing 3 Josh Kean 2–7 Tony D'Alberto 32 1 RSport Engineering 11 Joshua Hunter 1 Garth Walden 2 Ben Porter 3 Paul McKinnon 4, 7 Phil Woodbury 5 44 Fredrik Lestrup 1–4 Brett Hobson 5–7 77 Tim Macrow 6–7 98 Aaron Tebb 1–2, 4–6 Fredrik LestrupBrad Jones Racing 12 Macauley Jones 4–7 20 Andrew Jones All 42 Chris Pither All Dragon Motor Racing 13 Kristian Lindbom 5 James Golding 7 24 Tim Macrow 2, 4 Ben Schoots 5 Dan Day Racing 25 Dan Day All Eggleston Motorsport 38 Ant Pedersen All 54 Garry Jacobson All 88 Paul Dumbrell All THR Developments 45 Jay Verdnik 1 Shane Price 2 46 Jordan Ormsby 1–2 GMJ Motorsport 48 Geoff Emery All 50 Matt Hansen All Warrin Mining Racing 62 Adam Wallis 1, 3–4 Formula Tech Racing 73 Brett Stewart All McGill Motorsport 75 Aaron McGill All

Calendar The series comprised thirteen races at seven venues, with each race being a support race at an International V8 Supercars Championship event.

Series schedule Results summary Event Circuit Location Date Winning driver Round winner 1 1 Clipsal 500 Adelaide Adelaide Street Circuit Adelaide, South Australia 28 February Ashley Walsh Paul Dumbrell 2 1 March Paul Dumbrell 2 3 Winton 400 Winton Motor Raceway Benalla, Victoria 5 April Cam Waters Ashley Walsh 4 6 April Ashley Walsh 3 5 Perth 400 Barbagallo Raceway Perth, Western Australia 16 May Paul Dumbrell Ashley Walsh 6 17 May Andre Heimgartner 4 7 Castrol Townsville 400 Townsville Street Circuit Townsville, Queensland 4 July Chris Pither Chris Pither 8 5 July Ashley Walsh 5 9 Coates Hire Ipswich 400 Queensland Raceway Ipswich, Queensland 2 August Paul Dumbrell Paul Dumbrell 10 3 August Paul Dumbrell 6 11 Bathurst 250 Mount Panorama Circuit Bathurst, New South Wales 11 October Paul Dumbrell Paul Dumbrell 7 12 Sydney NRMA 500 Homebush Street Circuit Sydney, New South Wales 6 December Paul Dumbrell Cam Waters 13 7 December Cam Waters

Points system Points were awarded for each race at each two-race round on the following basis. 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 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

Note: Double points were awarded for the single race at Mount Panorama.Natsoft Race Results > Circuit Racing > Mount Panorama - Bathurst > 12/10/2014 > Dunlop Series Meet 177 (Meeting points) Retrieved 5 November 2018

Series standings Driver ADE WIN BAR TOW QLD BAT SYD 1 Paul Dumbrell 88 3 1 5 2 1 DNS 2 4 1 1 1 1 Ret 1686 2 Cam Waters 56 2 22 1 4 7 Ret 21 2 19 3 2 2 1 25 1439 3 Ashley Walsh 87 1 6 3 1 2 2 18 1 5 2 Ret 12 11 25 1373 4 Chris Pither 42 5 8 11 7 4 7 1 5 Ret 15 3 4 6 25 1361 5 Andre Heimgartner 26 6 7 9 10 9 1 3 3 Ret 12 7 5 8 1314 6 Andrew Jones 20 8 3 4 6 23 6 Ret Ret 3 11 4 6 3 25 1226 7 Aaren Russell 58 9 13 28 14 12 8 4 24 2 8 6 3 2 25 1220 8 Todd Hazelwood 35 11 9 15 11 5 5 8 13 Ret 10 5 20 4 1131 9 Paul Morris 67 7 10 6 5 10 4 Ret 9 8 4 Ret 8 5 1080 10 Ant Pedersen 38 22 4 12 9 8 9 9 7 7 5 18 10 Ret 1053 11 Garry Jacobson 54 10 5 8 3 11 15 15 11 4 6 Ret 21 Ret 50 886 12 Matt Hansen 50 19 19 21 18 14 14 11 15 16 22 14 14 13 798 13 Jack Le Brocq 49/10 Ret Ret 19 15 6 16 22 8 6 7 10 750 14 Geoff Emery 48 13 11 13 12 16 12 7 12 Ret 16 Ret 13 10 50 715 15 Morgan Haber 28 15 12 7 Ret 24 10 Ret 10 10 13 8 25 713 16 Marcus Zukanovic 71 12 Ret 17 13 13 11 12 Ret 9 25 Ret 15 7 666 17 Brett Stewart 73 24 20 18 20 18 21 14 19 12 17 Ret 18 18 603 18 Michael Hector 60 23 17 23 23 21 18 17 25 22 20 16 537 19 Jim Pollicina 51 Ret 21 26 24 20 22 16 Ret 18 21 17 19 16 25 524 20 Dan Day 25 21 18 29 21 22 17 Ret 14 17 Ret 19 16 Ret 516 21 Dean Fiore 27 3 3 6 6 462 22 Macauley Jones 12 10 21 11 23 13 9 Ret 444 23 Josh Kean 32/3 Ret Ret 16 Ret 17 20 20 Ret 13 Ret 12 Ret 15 25 440 24 Taz Douglas 10 4 2 10 27 7 Ret 25 431 25 Steve Owen 27/26 2 8 7 420 26 Aaron McGill 75 25 15 24 26 19 24 23 23 14 Ret Ret Ret 17 25 395 27 Fredrik Lestrup 44/98 14 Ret 27 16 15 13 13 16 Ret 393 28 Brett Hobson 44 Ret 18 11 Ret 14 258 29 Steven Johnson 170 5 17 Ret 14 228 30 Tim Macrow 24/77 Ret 22 Ret DNS 15 Ret 12 228 31 Aaron Tebb 98 Ret Ret 25 19 24 22 20 24 Ret 228 32 Jordan Ormsby 46 16 16 22 17 207 33 Adam Wallis 62 18 Ret DSQ 23 19 20 180 34 Ryal Harris 158 9 168 35 Shae Davies 60 11 9 156 36 Tony D'Alberto 3 12 138 37 Tim Blanchard 27 21 9 126 38 Jay Verdnik 45 20 14 108 39 Phil Woodbury 11 15 19 108 40 Ryan Simpson 27 17 23 90 41 Garth Walden 11 20 25 75 42 Shane Price 45 14 Ret 63 43 James Golding 13 17 Ret 54 44 Paul McKinnon 11 Ret 18 DNS DNS 51 45 Ben Porter 11 Ret 19 48 46 Kurt Kostecki 28 Ret 19 48 47 Joshua Hunter 11 Ret 24 33 Kristian Lindbom 13 Ret DNS 0 Ben Schoots 24 DNS DNS 0 Peter Rullo 27 DNS 0 Driver ADE WIN BAR TOW QLD BAT SYD Bold - Pole position Italics - Fastest lap

References

External links

2014 Dunlop Development Series, www.v8supercars.com.au, as archived at web.archive.org