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The 2016 V8 Supercar season was the twentieth and final season in which V8 Supercars have contested the premier Australian touring car series. It was the 57th season of touring car racing in Australia since the first runnings of the Australian Touring Car Championship , now known as the International V8 Supercars Championship , and the fore-runner of the present day Bathurst 1000 , the Armstrong 500.
The season began on 3 March at the
Dunlop V8 Supercar Series
, contested over seven rounds. For the ninth time, de-registered Supercars contested an unofficial third-tier series, the
Kumho Tyre V8 Touring Car Series .
Race calendar
The following events were held during the season.[1] [2] [3]
Event title
Circuit
City / state
Race/round
Date
Winner
Report
Clipsal 500 Adelaide
Adelaide Street Circuit
Adelaide , South Australia
IVC 1 IVC 2 IVC 3
3–6 March
Jamie Whincup James Courtney Nick Percat
Report
DVS 1
Garry Jacobson
Coates Hire V8 Supercars Challenge
Albert Park Street Circuit
Victoria
IVC NC
17–20 March
Shane van Gisbergen
Report
Tyrepower Tasmania SuperSprint
Symmons Plains Raceway
Launceston , Tasmania
IVC 4 IVC 5
1–3 April
Shane van Gisbergen Will Davison
Report
Sandown
Sandown Raceway
Victoria
KVTC 1
Taz Douglas
WD-40 Phillip Island SuperSprint
Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit
Victoria
IVC 6 IVC 7
15–17 April
Scott McLaughlin
Report
DVS 2
Garry Jacobson
Perth SuperSprint
Barbagallo Raceway
Perth , Western Australia
IVC 8 IVC 9
6–8 May
Craig Lowndes Mark Winterbottom
Report
DVS 3
Jack Le Brocq
Woodstock Winton SuperSprint
Winton Motor Raceway
Victoria
IVC 10 IVC 11
20–22 May
Tim Slade Tim Slade
Report
KVTC 2
Taz Douglas
CrownBet Darwin Triple Crown
Hidden Valley Raceway
Darwin , Northern Territory
IVC 12 IVC 13
17–19 June
Michael Caruso Shane van Gisbergen
Report
Castrol Edge Townsville 400
Townsville Street Circuit
Townsville , Queensland
IVC 14 IVC 15
8–10 July
Jamie Whincup Shane van Gisbergen
Report
DVS 4
Jack Le Brocq
Coates Hire Ipswich SuperSprint
Queensland Raceway
Ipswich , Queensland
IVC 16 IVC 17
22–24 July
Shane van Gisbergen Craig Lowndes
Report
KVTC 3
Taz Douglas
Red Rooster Sydney SuperSprint
Sydney Motorsport Park
Sydney , New South Wales
IVC 18 IVC 19
26–28 August
Shane van Gisbergen Jamie Whincup
Report
Phillip Island
Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit
Victoria
KVTC 4
9–11 September
Garry Jacobson
Wilson Security Sandown 500
Sandown Raceway
Victoria
IVC 20
16–18 September
Garth Tander Warren Luff
Report
DVS 5
Garry Jacobson
Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000
Mount Panorama Circuit
Bathurst , New South Wales
IVC 21
6–9 October
Will Davison Jonathon Webb
Report
DVS 6
Paul Dumbrell
Castrol Gold Coast 600
Surfers Paradise Street Circuit
Surfers Paradise , Queensland
IVC 22 IVC 23
21–23 October
Report
Muscle Car Masters
Sydney Motorsport Park
Sydney , New South Wales
KVTC 5
28–30 October
ITM Auckland SuperSprint
Pukekohe Park Raceway
Pukekohe , New Zealand
IVC 24 IVC 25 IVC 26 IVC 27
4–6 November
Report
Coates Hire Sydney 500
Homebush Street Circuit
Sydney , New South Wales
IVC 28 IVC 29
25–27 November
Report
DVS 7
IVC – International V8 Supercars Championship
DVS – V8 Supercars Dunlop Series
KVTC – Kumho Tyres Australian V8 Touring Car Series
NC – Non-championship
International V8 Supercars Championship
Dunlop V8 Supercar Series
Main article:
2016 V8 Supercars Dunlop Series
Kumho Tyres Australian V8 Touring Car Series
Coates Hire V8 Supercars Challenge
References
External links