The 2018 Super2 Series (known for commercial reasons as the 2018 Dunlop Super2 Series) was an Australian motor racing competition for Supercars, staged as a support series to the 2018 Supercars Championship. It was the nineteenth running of the Supercars Development Series, the second tier of competition in Supercars racing.

The series was won by Chris Pither, driving in a Garry Rogers Motorsport prepared Holden VF Commodore.

Teams and drivers

The following teams and drivers competed in the series. ManufacturerModelTeamDriver detailsBathurst 250 EntriesNo.NameRoundsCo-Driver Name Ford FG X Falcon Tickford Racing 5 All Matt Stone Racing 16 1–3 Paul Morris Motorsport 67 All Holden 8 Zane Goddard All 14 Macauley Jones All 21 Jack Smith All Grove Racing All Earl Bamber Matt Stone Racing 13 1–216 Bryce Fullwood4–7 98 3 Image Racing 15 All 49 All Matt Chahda Motorsport 18 All Eggleston Motorsport 38 Will Brown All 54 Nathan Morcom All 63 Dominic Storey All 88 Paul Dumbrell All 44 All 99 Mason Barbera All Kali Motorsport 504 Ricky Capo5 Kristian Lindbom7 55 All 56 Jake Kostecki All 57 Brodie Kostecki All Nissan Altima L33 MW Motorsport 23 Dean Fiore All Garry Jacobson All 62 Alex Rullo All Source:

Team changes Eggleston Motorsport expanded to a four-car team after purchasing an extra Holden VF Commodore built by Triple Eight Race Engineering. Grove Racing made their series début after purchasing an ex-Triple Eight VF Commodore. Kostecki Brothers Racing expanded their operations to become a three-car team.

Driver changes Entering/rejoining series Dean Fiore returned to full-time competition with MW Motorsport in preparation for the 2018 Enduro Cup. Formula 4 regular Zane Goddard made his Super2 début, replacing Andrew Jones at Brad Jones Racing. Tyler Greenbury, who finished runner-up in the third-tier V8 Touring Car National Series in 2017, was promoted to the Super2 Series in 2018. Greenbury raced for Matt Stone Racing. Brenton Grove made his series début with Grove Racing after contesting the Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge and Carrera Cup Australia in 2017. Chris Pither returned to the series on a full-time basis with Garry Rogers Motorsport. Thomas Randle returned to Australia after two years competing in Europe. Randle replaced Josh Kean at Tickford Racing. Alex Rullo returned to the series with MW Motorsport after entering in the Supercars series in 2017. Reigning Australian Endurance Championship champion Dominic Storey made his Super2 début with Eggleston Motorsport.

Changing teams Shae Davies moved from MW Motorsport to Paul Morris Motorsport where he replaced Anton de Pasquale. Bryce Fullwood moved from MW Motorsport to Matt Stone Racing. 2016 series champion Garry Jacobson moved from Tickford Racing to MW Motorsport. Brodie Kostecki left Matt Stone Racing to join his cousins Kurt and Jake Kostecki at Kostecki Brothers Racing. Adam Marjoram moved from Matt Stone Racing to Image Racing, replacing Jack Perkins.

Leaving series Anton de Pasquale, Todd Hazelwood and Jack Le Brocq left the series as they graduated to the Supercars Championship with Erebus Motorsport, Matt Stone Racing and Tekno Autosports respectively. Andrew Jones, Josh Kean and Matthew Palmer left the championship. Richard Muscat left the series to prepare for the Enduro Cup.

Mid-season changes Tyler Greenbury left the series after three rounds, citing sponsorship issues. He was replaced with Jaie Robson for Barbagallo.

Calendar The 2018 Dunlop Super2 Series comprised seven rounds: Round Event name Circuit Location Date 1 Adelaide 500 Adelaide Street Circuit Adelaide, South Australia 2–4 March 2 Launceston, Tasmania 7–8 April 3 Perth SuperSprint Barbagallo Raceway Neerabup, Western Australia 5–6 May 4 Townsville 400 Townsville Street Circuit Townsville, Queensland 7–8 July 5 Sandown 500 Sandown Raceway Springvale, Victoria 6 Bathurst 1000 Mount Panorama Circuit Bathurst, New South Wales 6 October 7 Newcastle 500 Newcastle Street Circuit 24–25 November Source:

Calendar changes The Bathurst 1000 support race returned to being a points-paying series round again after the 2017 Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000 failed to draw wildcard entries and the accompanying Super2 non-series round saw a downturn in participation from previous years. The category returned to Barbagallo Raceway for a series round. The round had been removed from the 2017 Super2 Series schedule to allow teams the opportunity to run wildcard entries in the Supercars Championship event, but no entries were received. The series no longer hosted four-race format rounds.

Rule changes Sporting regulations The "wildcard" programme introduced in 2017 to allows teams from the Dunlop Super2 Series to compete in the Supercars Championship continued in 2018. Entries were open for the Winton, Hidden Valley, Ipswich and Tailem Bend rounds, while the Barbagallo round was discontinued.

Technical regulations The Super2 Series no longer allowed "Project Blueprint" cars after fifteen years of use in Supercars and Super2 series. They were replaced by the "New Generation" cars first introduced to Supercars racing in 2013, bringing the Super2 Series in line with the technical regulations of its parent series. The Project Blueprint cars were eligible to compete in the V8 Touring Car National Series, the third tier of the sport.

Results and standings Season summary Event Pole position Fastest lap Winning driver Winning team Round winner 1 1 Adelaide 500 Garry Jacobson Kurt Kostecki Paul Dumbrell Eggleston Motorsport Paul Dumbrell 2 Paul Dumbrell Garry Jacobson MW Motorsport 3 Garry Jacobson Kurt Kostecki Paul Dumbrell Eggleston Motorsport 2 4 Chris Pither Paul Dumbrell Paul Dumbrell Eggleston Motorsport Chris Pither 5 Chris Pither Chris Pither Chris Pither Garry Rogers Motorsport 6 Chris Pither Paul Dumbrell Paul Dumbrell Eggleston Motorsport 3 7Perth SuperSprint Alex Rullo Alex Rullo Alex Rullo MW Motorsport Dean Fiore 8 Thomas Randle Paul Dumbrell Paul Dumbrell Eggleston Motorsport 9 Alex Rullo Dean Fiore Dean Fiore MW Motorsport 4 10 Townsville 400 Garry Jacobson MW Motorsport Paul Dumbrell 11 Chris Pither Chris Pither 5 12 Sandown 500 Chris Pither Garry Jacobson Brodie Kostecki Kostecki Brothers Racing 13 Brodie Kostecki Garry Jacobson Brodie Kostecki 6 14 Bathurst 1000 Garry Jacobson Garry Jacobson Dean Fiore MW Motorsport Dean Fiore 7 15 Newcastle 500 Chris Pither Brodie Kostecki Brodie Kostecki Brodie Kostecki 16 Chris Pither race cancelled

Points system Points were awarded in each race as follows. Roundformat 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 100 92 86 80 74 68 64 60 56 52 48 46 44 42 40 38 36 34 32 30 28 26 24 22 20 18 16 14 12 10 Two 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 One race 300 276 258 240 222 204 192 180 168 156 144 138 132 126 120 114 108 102 96 90 84 78 72 66 60 54 48 42 36 30

Series standings

Driver ADE SYM BAR TOW SAN BAT NEW Points 1 Chris Pither 44 6 7 7 2 1 2 7 4 7 6 1 16 3 3 2 C 0 1522 2 Paul Dumbrell 88 1 2 1 1 5 1 14 1 2 2 2 2 2 Ret 5 C 0 1463 3 Garry Jacobson 26 2 1 2 21 3 Ret 12 3 4 1 5 18 5 4 4 C 0 1393 4 Alex Rullo 62 11 19 11 12 7 5 1 6 9 3 6 4 7 2 12 C 0 1328 5 Brodie Kostecki 57 7 8 5 4 2 6 3 16 Ret 7 3 1 1 Ret 1 C 35 1202 6 Will Brown 38 5 6 3 9 8 7 18 20 13 14 7 17 10 13 3 C 0 1068 7 Dean Fiore 23 13 9 12 15 10 Ret 2 12 1 8 12 19 18 1 Ret C 0 1034 8 Kurt Kostecki 55 3 3 4 5 6 4 4 15 3 13 4 20 19 Ret 18 C 0 1010 9 14 4 5 6 6 4 3 9 7 5 Ret 22 5 4 Ret 19 C 0 968 10 Jack Smith 21 14 16 15 3 9 12 16 10 12 15 16 7 13 11 11 C 0 939 11 Thomas Randle 5 Ret DNS DNS 10 12 8 6 2 6 4 20 3 8 8 Ret C 35 915 12 Shae Davies 67 8 4 Ret Ret 11 9 8 5 16 5 8 22 12 5 Ret C 35 912 13 Mason Barbera 99 Ret 11 10 11 17 Ret 5 8 10 16 17 11 11 6 8 C 70 849 14 Zane Goddard 8 16 14 17 14 22 14 15 19 14 11 9 15 16 15 6 C 0 835 15 Dominic Storey 63 17 13 8 20 21 18 17 18 20 19 19 8 20 9 16 C 0 788 16 Adam Marjoram 15 10 Ret DNS 7 14 10 13 11 Ret 9 13 14 14 12 14 C 0 779 17 Bryce Fullwood 16 12 10 19 17 18 15 11 13 11 12 10 10 9 Ret 13 C 0 755 18 Jake Kostecki 56 9 Ret 9 Ret 13 17 10 9 8 10 14 6 6 Ret 9 C 70 719 19 Nathan Morcom 54 15 20 16 8 16 Ret 19 14 17 17 18 Ret Ret 7 10 C 0 691 20 Matt Chahda 18 19 18 14 16 15 Ret 20 17 15 Ret 11 9 15 14 17 C 0 688 21 Brenton Grove 10/51 Ret 17 18 18 19 16 21 21 18 Ret 21 13 21 10 20 C 0 615 22 Jordan Boys 49 20 15 20 13 23 11 22 22 19 Ret 15 12 Ret Ret 7 C 0 525 23 Tyler Greenbury 13 18 12 13 19 20 13 0 230 24 Earl Bamber 10 10 0 156 25 Ricky Capo 50 21 17 0 96 26 Kristian Lindbom 50 15 C 0 60 27 Gerard McLeod 50 18 DNS 0 51 28 Jaie Robson 98 23 23 Ret 0 48 Driver ADE SYM BAR TOW SAN BAT NEW Points

References

External links

2018 Operations Manual, www.supercars.com, as archived at web.archive.org 2018 Dunlop Super2 Series Points, www.supercars.com, as archived at web.archive.org