Super2 Series


The Dunlop Super2 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. Approximately half the teams are for 'gentleman racers', while some team owners will put a young emerging driver into the car and team they own. The series runs half the number of events that the Supercars Championship runs.

Events

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.

Champions

SeasonSeries NameSeries WinnerCarTeam
2000Konica V8 Lites Series Dean CantoFord EL FalconDean Canto Racing
2001Konica V8 Supercar Series Simon WillsHolden VT CommodoreTeam Dynamik
2002Konica V8 Supercar Series Paul DumbrellHolden VX CommodoreIndependent Race Cars Australia
2003Konica V8 Supercar Series Mark WinterbottomFord AU FalconStone Brothers Racing
2004Konica Minolta V8 Supercar Series Andrew JonesFord AU FalconBrad Jones Racing
2005HPDC V8 Supercar Series Dean CantoFord BA FalconDick Johnson Racing
2006Fujitsu V8 Supercar Series Adam MacrowFord BA FalconHoward Racing
2007Fujitsu V8 Supercar Series Tony D'AlbertoHolden VZ CommodoreTony D'Alberto Racing
2008Fujitsu V8 Supercar Series Steve OwenHolden VZ CommodoreScott Loadsman Racing
2009Fujitsu V8 Supercar Series Jonathon WebbFord BF FalconMW Motorsport
2010Fujitsu V8 Supercar Series Steve OwenHolden VE CommodoreGreg Murphy Racing
2011Fujitsu V8 Supercar Series Andrew ThompsonHolden VE CommodoreTriple Eight Race Engineering
2012Dunlop V8 Supercar Series Scott McLaughlinFord FG FalconStone Brothers Racing
Matt Stone Racing
2013Dunlop V8 Supercar Series Dale WoodFord FG FalconMW Motorsport
2014Dunlop V8 Supercar Series Paul DumbrellHolden VE CommodoreEggleston Motorsport
2015V8 Supercars Dunlop Series Cameron WatersFord FG FalconProdrive Racing Australia
2016Supercars Dunlop Series Garry JacobsonFord FG X FalconProdrive Racing Australia
2017Dunlop Super2 Series Todd HazelwoodHolden VF CommodoreMatt Stone Racing
2018Dunlop Super2 Series Chris PitherHolden VF CommodoreGarry Rogers Motorsport
2019Dunlop Super2 Series Bryce FullwoodNissan Altima L33MW Motorsport

at the 2014 Sydney NRMA 500
of Jack Le Brocq at the Newcastle Street Circuit for the 2017 Coates Hire Newcastle 500

Records