2012 V8 Supercar season

The 2012 V8 Supercar season was the sixteenth year in which V8 Supercars have contested the premier Australian Touring car racing series. It was the 53rd year of touring car racing in Australia since the first running of the Australian Touring Car Championship, now known as the International V8 Supercars Championship, and the Armstrong 500, the fore-runner of the present day Bathurst 1000.

The season began on 1 March at the Adelaide Street Circuit and concluded on 2 December at the Homebush Street Circuit. It featured the sixteenth V8 Supercar Championship, contested over 30 races at 15 events. Thirteen of these events were held in the six states and the Northern Territory of Australia, and single events were staged in New Zealand and the United Arab Emirates. There was also a stand-alone, non-championship event supporting the 2012 Australian Grand Prix. The season also included the thirteenth second-tier Dunlop V8 Supercar Series, contested over seven rounds. For the fifth time a third-tier series was contested, the Kumho Tyres V8 Touring Car Series, which was expanded to six rounds for 2012.^[1]

Race calendar

Dates sourced from:^[2]^[3]

Event title	Circuit	Location	Race / round	Date	Winner	Report
Clipsal 500	Adelaide Street Circuit	Adelaide, South Australia	IVC 1 IVC 2	1–4 March	Jamie Whincup Will Davison	report
Clipsal 500	Adelaide Street Circuit	Adelaide, South Australia	DVS 1	1–4 March	Chaz Mostert
Eastern Creek	Eastern Creek Raceway	Sydney, New South Wales	KVTC 1	9–11 March	Josh Hunter
V8 Supercars Albert Park Challenge	Albert Park Street Circuit	Melbourne, Victoria	IVC NC	15–18 March	Mark Winterbottom	report
Falken Tasmania Challenge	Symmons Plains Raceway	Launceston, Tasmania	IVC 3 IVC 4	30 March – 1 April	Will Davison Jamie Whincup	report
Mallala	Mallala Motor Sport Park	Mallala, South Australia	KVTC 2	13–15 April	Chris Smerdon
ITM Hamilton 400	Hamilton Street Circuit	Hamilton, New Zealand	IVC 5 IVC 6	20–22 April	Will Davison Mark Winterbottom	report
Trading Post Perth Challenge	Barbagallo Raceway	Perth, Western Australia	IVC 7 IVC 8 IVC 9	4–6 May	Mark Winterbottom Will Davison Will Davison	report
Trading Post Perth Challenge	Barbagallo Raceway	Perth, Western Australia	DVS 2	4–6 May	Scott McLaughlin
Phillip Island 300	Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit	Phillip Island, Victoria	IVC 10 IVC 11	18–20 May	Mark Winterbottom Will Davison	report
Skycity Triple Crown	Hidden Valley Raceway	Darwin, Northern Territory	IVC 12 IVC 13	15–17 June	Jamie Whincup Craig Lowndes	report
Winton	Winton Motor Raceway	Benalla, Victoria	KVTC 3	22–24 June	Josh Hunter
Sucrogen Townsville 400	Townsville Street Circuit	Townsville, Queensland	IVC 14 IVC 15	6–8 July	Jamie Whincup Jamie Whincup	report
Sucrogen Townsville 400	Townsville Street Circuit	Townsville, Queensland	DVS 3	6–8 July	Scott McLaughlin
Coates Hire Ipswich 300	Queensland Raceway	Ipswich, Queensland	IVC 16 IVC 17	3–5 August	Craig Lowndes Craig Lowndes	report
Coates Hire Ipswich 300	Queensland Raceway	Ipswich, Queensland	DVS 4	3–5 August	Chaz Mostert
Queensland Raceway	Queensland Raceway	Ipswich, Queensland	KVTC 4	10–12 August	Morgan Haber
Sydney Motorsport Park 360^[4]	Sydney Motorsport Park	Eastern Creek, New South Wales	IVC 18 IVC 19	24–26 August	Craig Lowndes Jamie Whincup	report
Dick Smith Sandown 500	Sandown Raceway	Melbourne, Victoria	IVC 20	14–16 September	Craig Lowndes Warren Luff	report
Phillip Island	Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit	Phillip Island, Victoria	KVTC 5	21–23 September	Josh Hunter
Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000	Mount Panorama Circuit	Bathurst, New South Wales	IVC 21	4–7 October	Jamie Whincup Paul Dumbrell	report
Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000	Mount Panorama Circuit	Bathurst, New South Wales	DVS 5	4–7 October	Nick Percat
V8 Heritage Event	Wakefield Park	Goulburn, New South Wales	KVTC NC	11–12 October	Chris Delfsma
Armor All Gold Coast 600	Surfers Paradise Street Circuit	Surfers Paradise, Queensland	IVC 22 IVC 23	19–21 October	Jamie Whincup Sébastien Bourdais Will Davison Mika Salo	report
Yas V8 400	Yas Marina Circuit	Yas Island, United Arab Emirates	IVC 24 IVC 25 IVC 26	2–4 November	Jamie Whincup Jamie Whincup Jamie Whincup	report
Winton	Winton Motor Raceway	Benalla, Victoria	IVC 27 IVC 28	16–18 November	Jamie Whincup Craig Lowndes	report
Winton	Winton Motor Raceway	Benalla, Victoria	DVS 6	16–18 November	Nick Percat
Sandown	Sandown Raceway	Melbourne, Victoria	KVTC 6	23–25 November	Josh Hunter
Sydney Telstra 500	Homebush Street Circuit	Sydney, New South Wales	IVC 29 IVC 30	30 November – 2 December	Craig Lowndes Will Davison	report
Sydney Telstra 500	Homebush Street Circuit	Sydney, New South Wales	DVS 7	30 November – 2 December	Scott Pye

IVC – International V8 Supercar Championship
DVS – Dunlop V8 Supercar Series
KVTC – Kumho Tyres V8 Touring Car Series
NC – Non-championship

International V8 Supercars Championship

Dunlop V8 Supercar Series

Kumho Tyres V8 Touring Car Series

V8 Supercars Albert Park Challenge

References

^ "TCM, Aus GT join Shannons Nationals". SpeedCafe. 5 November 2011. Retrieved 5 November 2011.
^ "2012 V8 Supercars Calendar Announced". Official site of the Australian V8 Supercar Championship Series. 8 October 2011. Archived from the original on 9 October 2011. Retrieved 8 October 2011.
^ "2012 Schedule". V8 Touring Cars. Retrieved 19 November 2011.
^ "Eastern Creek renamed Sydney Motorsport Park". SpeedCafe.com. 21 May 2012. Retrieved 21 May 2012.

External links

Official V8 Supercar website

[1] "TCM, Aus GT join Shannons Nationals". SpeedCafe. 5 November 2011. Retrieved 5 November 2011.

[2] "2012 V8 Supercars Calendar Announced". Official site of the Australian V8 Supercar Championship Series. 8 October 2011. Archived from the original on 9 October 2011. Retrieved 8 October 2011.

[3] "2012 Schedule". V8 Touring Cars. Retrieved 19 November 2011.

[4] "Eastern Creek renamed Sydney Motorsport Park". SpeedCafe.com. 21 May 2012. Retrieved 21 May 2012.

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