Super2 Series

Super2 Series

Category	Touring car racing
Country	Australia
Inaugural season	2000
Drivers	22
Teams	16
Constructors	Ford Holden
Tyre suppliers	Dunlop
Drivers' champion	Kai Allen
Makes' champion	Holden
Teams' champion	Eggleston Motorsport
Official website	www.supercars.com
Current season

The Dunlop Super2 Series (formerly known as Dunlop Series, Fujitsu V8 Supercars Series, HPDC V8 Supercars Series, Konica Minolta V8 Supercars Series and Konica V8 Supercars/Lites Series) is an Australian touring car racing competition, specifically the second tier series for Supercars competitors. Competing vehicles are older than those utilised in the Supercars Championship series and are usually run by smaller teams with lower budgets. The series is a critical stepping stone in driver development, the pathway to the Repco Supercars Championship and a place where young drivers can hone their skills and showcase their talent in front of the championship teams.

History

The series was first held in 2000 as the 2000 Konica V8 Lites Series and this inaugural contest was won by Dean Canto. Towards the end of the season Stone Brothers Racing entered a car for David Besnard as preparation for the long distance races, in the main V8 Supercar series, the Queensland 500 and the Bathurst 1000, which unlike the other races require two drivers for each competing vehicle. Since then main series teams have used the series to help get their endurance co-drivers up-to-speed, or have employed drivers competing for other Fujitsu Series teams. While originally Fujitsu Series teams were allowed to enter main series events, this has since been discontinued as all main series events are limited to those teams carrying valid franchise slots for the main series, although in limited circumstances Fujitsu series teams have been able to lease entries from main series teams.

The 2007 champion, Tony D'Alberto, drove for the Tony D'Alberto Racing team, and like many of his predecessors, graduated to the V8 Supercar series in 2008, again with the family team.

From 2009 onward all Super2 Series have run on the Supercars calendar.

This series carries the colloquial title of 'Development Series' which was the name given to the series by V8 Supercar Australia between the 2004 and 2005 seasons. The colloquial title is referred to in many conversations, even though there has never been a Development Series race because a naming rights sponsor was found before the start of the 2005 season.

Started during the 2016 year season of the Dunlop Super2 Series (Named as Supercars Dunlop Series) Car of The Future later known as New Generation V8 Supercar specification cars were eligible in the series.

In the 2021 season of the series, The Kumho Tyre V8 Touring Car Series (Later named as Kumho Tyre Super3 Series in 2019 before being named as Dunlop Super3 Series) joined alongside the Dunlop Super2 Series category for the first time as a class racing on track at the same time.

Started in the year 2023 season of the Dunlop Super2 & Super3 Series only the Gen2 Specification built cars (Holden Commodore ZB & Ford Mustang GT (S550)) were to become eligible in the Super2 Series class. Car of The Future also known as New Generation V8 Supercar specification built cars were sold & sent down to teams in the Super3 Series class of the Dunlop Super2 & Super3 Series.

Series winners

Season	Series Name	Series Winner	Car	Team
2000	Konica V8 Lites Series	Dean Canto	Ford EL Falcon	Dean Canto Racing
2001	Konica V8 Supercar Series	Simon Wills	Holden VT Commodore	Team Dynamik
2002	Konica V8 Supercar Series	Paul Dumbrell	Holden VX Commodore	Independent Race Cars Australia
2003	Konica V8 Supercar Series	Mark Winterbottom	Ford AU Falcon	Stone Brothers Racing
2004	Konica Minolta V8 Supercar Series	Andrew Jones	Ford AU Falcon	Brad Jones Racing
2005	HPDC V8 Supercar Series	Dean Canto	Ford BA Falcon	Dick Johnson Racing
2006	Fujitsu V8 Supercar Series	Adam Macrow	Ford BA Falcon	Howard Racing
2007	Fujitsu V8 Supercar Series	Tony D'Alberto	Holden VZ Commodore	Tony D'Alberto Racing
2008	Fujitsu V8 Supercar Series	Steve Owen	Holden VZ Commodore	Scott Loadsman Racing
2009	Fujitsu V8 Supercar Series	Jonathon Webb	Ford BF Falcon	MW Motorsport
2010	Fujitsu V8 Supercar Series	Steve Owen	Holden VE Commodore	Greg Murphy Racing
2011	Fujitsu V8 Supercar Series	Andrew Thompson	Holden VE Commodore	Triple Eight Race Engineering
2012	Dunlop V8 Supercar Series	Scott McLaughlin	Ford FG Falcon	Stone Brothers Racing Matt Stone Racing
2013	Dunlop V8 Supercar Series	Dale Wood	Ford FG Falcon	MW Motorsport
2014	Dunlop V8 Supercar Series	Paul Dumbrell	Holden VE Commodore	Eggleston Motorsport
2015	V8 Supercars Dunlop Series	Cameron Waters	Ford FG Falcon	Prodrive Racing Australia
2016	Supercars Dunlop Series	Garry Jacobson	Ford FG X Falcon	Prodrive Racing Australia
2017	Dunlop Super2 Series	Todd Hazelwood	Holden VF Commodore	Matt Stone Racing
2018	Dunlop Super2 Series	Chris Pither	Holden VF Commodore	Garry Rogers Motorsport
2019	Dunlop Super2 Series	Bryce Fullwood	Nissan Altima L33	MW Motorsport
2020	Dunlop Super2 Series	Thomas Randle	Nissan Altima L33	MW Motorsport
2021	Dunlop Super2 Series	Broc Feeney	Holden VF Commodore	Triple Eight Race Engineering
2022	Dunlop Super2 Series	Declan Fraser	Holden VF Commodore	Triple Eight Race Engineering
2023	Dunlop Super2 Series	Kai Allen	Holden ZB Commodore	Eggleston Motorsport

Rookie of the Year Winners

Season	Winner	Car	Team
2021	Matt McLean	Holden Commodore VF	Eggleston Motorsport
2022	Matthew Payne	Nissan Altima L33	Grove Racing
2023	Kai Allen	Holden Commodore ZB	Eggleston Motorsport

Records (Top-5)

Note: bold text indicates active drivers and teams.

References

External links

• Dunlop Super2 Series website

This page was last edited on 27 January 2024, at 10:45