2013 Kumho Tyres V8 Touring Car Series

The 2013 Kumho Tyres V8 Touring Car Series was an Australian motor racing series for V8 Touring Cars, which are de-registered and superseded former V8 Supercars. Although the series utilised cars built for V8 Supercar racing, it was not an official V8 Supercar series.

It was the sixth running of the V8 Touring Car National Series. The series took place on the program of Shannons Nationals Motor Racing Championships events. It began at Sydney Motorsport Park on 22 March and finished at Sandown Raceway on 17 November after six meetings held in New South Wales, Victoria, Queensland and South Australia.

Shae Davies was the eventual series winner, holding off at late charge from Ryan Simpson. Simpson now holds the record for the most race wins in one V8 Touring Car Season, as well as the most round wins in a row.

Teams and drivers

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Shae Davies won the series driving a Ford BF Falcon
 
Terry Wyhoon placed third in the series driving a Ford BF Falcon
 
Tony Evangelou placed fourth in the series driving a Ford BA Falcon
 
Matthew Hansen placed fifth in the series driving a Holden VZ Commodore
 
Jim Pollicina placed 14th in the series driving a Holden VZ Commodore
 
John Vergotis placed 15th in the series driving a Ford BA Falcon
 
Josh Kean placed 22nd in the series driving a Holden VZ Commodore

The following teams and drivers competed in the 2013 Kumho Tyres V8 Touring Car Series

Team No Driver Car
Falcon Spares & Repairs 00 Matt Chahda Ford AU Falcon
Ford BF Falcon
Parramatta Smash Repairs 2 Ryan Simpson Ford BF Falcon
Fernandez Motorsport 3 Shae Davies Ford BF Falcon
Dan Day Racing 4 Dan Day Ford BF Falcon
ACM Motorsport 5 Matt Hansen Holden VZ Commodore
501 Performance 6 Tony Evangelou Ford BA Falcon
Poll Performance 7 Jim Pollicina Holden VZ Commodore
77 Sam Walter
Ozzy Tyres 8 Steve Briffa Holden VY Commodore
Finance EZI Racing 10 Maurice Pickering Ford BA Falcon
JCV Automotive 12 John Vergotis Ford BA Falcon
Eurostar Diesels Racing 14 Simon Tabinor Ford BF Falcon
Essendon Tyrepower 20 Russell Pilven Ford BA Falcon
Century 21 Hazelbrook 21 Chris Delfsma Ford BA Falcon
Westco Equipment 22 Isidoro Ambrosio Holden VZ Commodore
Dean Kovacevich
Garioch Racing 23 Justin Garioch Ford BA Falcon
Voight Contracting 25 Stephen Voight Ford BA Falcon
Bartsch Homes 25 Michael Bartsch Ford BA Falcon
MW Motorsport 28 Morgan Haber Ford BF Falcon
Matthew White
62 Peter Rullo
Jack Le Brocq
Haymans Electrical 31 Ramon Connell Ford AU Falcon
Image Racing 25 Dean Neville Ford BA Falcon
35 Michael Hector
39 Chris Smerdon
49 Terry Wyhoon Ford BF Falcon
The Edge Glass 46 Paul Pennisi Holden VY Commodore
STR Truck Bodies 48 Matt Palmer Ford BF Falcon
THR Developments 45 Josh Kean Holden VZ Commodore
Jordan Skinner
Gerard McLeod
51 Ian Yeing
ADG Engineering 57 Lyle Kearns Holden VZ Commodore
USQ Engineering 72 Nathan Assaillit Ford BF Falcon

Calendar

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The series was contested over six rounds.

Rd. Circuit Location Date Winner
1 Sydney Motorsport Park Sydney, New South Wales 22–24 March Shae Davies
2 Mallala Motor Sport Park Mallala, South Australia 19–21 April Terry Wyhoon
3 Winton Motor Raceway Benalla, Victoria 21–23 June Tony Evangelou
4 Queensland Raceway Ipswich, Queensland 2–4 August Ryan Simpson
5 Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit Phillip Island, Victoria 20–22 September Ryan Simpson
6 Sandown Raceway Melbourne, Victoria 15–17 November Ryan Simpson

Points system

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Position 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th 13th 14th 15th 16th 17th 18th 19th 20th
Qualifying 3
Races 1 & 2 40 35 31 27 23 20 17 15 13 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
Races 3 60 53 47 41 35 30 26 23 20 17 15 14 12 11 9 8 6 5 3 2

Series results

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Position[1] Driver[1] Car Total points[1]
1 Shae Davies Ford BF Falcon 601
2 Ryan Simpson Ford BF Falcon 530
3 Terry Wyhoon Ford BF Falcon 505
4 Tony Evangelou Ford BA Falcon 501
5 Matthew Hansen Holden VZ Commodore 412
6 Steve Briffa Holden VY Commodore 338
7 Nathan Assaillit Ford BF Falcon 279
8 Matthew White Ford BF Falcon 272
9 Morgan Haber Ford BF Falcon 231
10 Chris Smerdon Ford BA Falcon 171
11 Dan Day Ford BF Falcon 168
12 Matt Chahda Ford AU Falcon 161
13 Ian Yeing Holden VZ Commodore 157
14 Jim Policina Holden VZ Commodore 156
15 John Vergotis Ford BA Falcon 135
16 Chris Delfsma Ford BA Falcon 110
17 Isidoro Ambrosio Holden VZ Commodore 104
18 Matthew Palmer Ford BF Falcon 103
19 Maurice Pickering Ford BA Falcon 100
20 Justin Garioch Ford BA Falcon 87
21 Jack Le Brocq Ford BF Falcon 85
22 Josh Kean Holden VZ Commodore 83
23 Peter Rullo Ford BF Falcon 81
24 Paul Pennisi Holden VY Commodore 80
25 Sam Walter Holden VZ Commodore 54
26 Dean Koacevich Holden VZ Commodore 49
27 Jordan Skinner Holden VZ Commodore 45
28 Michael Bartsch Ford BA Falcon 43
29 Lyle Kearns Holden VZ Commodore 34
30 Stephen Voight Ford BA Falcon 25
31 Simon Tabinor Ford BF Falcon 20
32 Gerard McLeod Holden VZ Commodore 19
33 Michael Hector Ford BA Falcon 18
34 Russell Pilven Ford BA Falcon 9
35 Ramon Connell Ford AU Falcon 9
36 Dean Neville Ford BA Falcon 8
37 Shawn Jamieson 0

References

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  1. ^ a b c Series Results, v8touringcars.com.au As archived at www.webcitation.org on 7 March 2014