The 2013 International V8 Supercars Championship[2][3] (often simplified to the 2013 V8 Supercars Championship) was a Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile-sanctioned international motor racing series for V8 Supercars that was based in Australia. It was the fifteenth running of the V8 Supercar Championship Series and the seventeenth series in which V8 Supercars contested the premier Australian touring car title. The championship was contested over thirty-six races,[4][5][N 1] starting with the Clipsal 500 Adelaide on 2 March 2013,[6] and finishing with the Sydney Telstra 500 V8 Supercars on 8 December.[7] The series' calendar also expanded, travelling to the United States for the first time for a race at the Circuit of the Americas in Austin, Texas.[8]
Jamie Whincup, the defending drivers' champion,[1] won his fifth title.Triple Eight Race Engineering—competing as Red Bull Racing Australia—won the teams' championship for the fourth consecutive season.
Jamie Whincup started the season as the defending drivers' champion.[1] The team for which he drives, Triple Eight Race Engineering, are the defending teams' champions. Whincup successfully defended his title, winning eleven of the season's thirty-six races and scoring a record-breaking thirteen pole positions. His team-mate Craig Lowndes finished second in the championship for the third consecutive season, giving Triple Eight Race Engineering its fourth consecutive Teams Championship win. Lowndes, with Warren Luff, won the inaugural Enduro Cup for the best performing drivers across the three endurance races. Ford Performance Racing driver Will Davison finished the season in third place. Rick Kelly finished the highest of the Nissan drivers, in fourteenth place, while Lee Holdsworth ended the season in twentieth to be the highest placed Erebus Motorsport driver.
Ford Performance Racing expanded to a four-car operation with the acquisition of the #18 Racing Entitlement Contract held by Charlie Schwerkolt, which was used by Dick Johnson Racing to run James Moffat's car in 2012.[70] The fourth car is run as a satellite of the team, in the same way as the #55 Rod Nash Racing car is run.
As a result of the deals between Schwerkolt and Ford Performance Racing and Paul Morris and Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport, Dick Johnson Racing lost the use of the #18 and #49 Racing Entitlement Contracts and was reduced to a two-car operation with its existing #17 REC and by leasing Triple F Racing's #12 REC.
In January 2013, Larry Perkins confirmed that he had sold his two Racing Entitlement Contracts to Kelly Racing.[74] Perkins had previously leased the #11 and #16 RECs to the Kelly operation, and by purchasing them, Kelly Racing acquired full control over the licences. To satisfy sponsor requirements, the 2 former Perkins RECs used numbers 36 and 360.
Vodafone announced it would not renew its sponsorship with Triple Eight Race Engineering at the end of 2012. Red Bull took over as the naming rights from Vodafone and the team started competing as Red Bull Racing Australia.
Greg Murphy left Kelly Racing at the end of 2012.[81] Murphy was unable to find a competitive team to race with in 2013 and joined the Holden Racing Team for the endurance races,[82][83] but left open the possibility of making individual "wildcard" entries at selected events.[84]
At the end of the 2012 season, Shane van Gisbergen announced plans to leave the category in order to rejuvenate himself and consider his future.[87][88] In January 2013, he announced that he would re-enter the championship, driving for Tekno Autosports.[41]
Following a major accident at the Phillip Island event, James Courtney was forced to miss the Sydney 500. He was replaced by the Holden Racing Team's endurance co-driver, Nick Percat.[34]
The Hamilton 400 was held for the final time in 2012.[97] It was replaced by an event at Pukekohe Park Raceway, which last hosted a championship event in 2007.[98] The Pukekohe Park circuit was reconfigured to accommodate the category after it was awarded "International" status by the FIA in 2011. This act required the circuit to meet the criteria for an FIA Grade-2 certification, necessitating the changes.[92]
The events at Symmons Plains, Barbagallo, Hidden Valley, Queensland Raceway, Winton and Phillip Island all featured a new three-race format, dubbed the "60/60 Sprint" format. The Saturday race was 120-kilometres in length but split into two 60-kilometre halves with a fifteen-minute break in between to allow teams the opportunity to service their cars. The starting grid for the second half of the race was determined by the finishing order of the first half of the race. The remaining two races were then held on Sunday at 100-kilometres in length each.[102] Originally, a driver who finished one lap down in the first half would remain one lap down at the start of the second half of the race. This was changed following the Symmons Plains event, with drivers who were a lap down at the end of the first half gaining the lap back for the second half.[103]
Teams were no longer required to compete with a co-driver from an international racing series for the Gold Coast 600. Instead, teams were free to partner each of their drivers with any co-driver they choose, and allowed to enter the same co-drivers for the Sandown 500, Bathurst 1000 and Gold Coast 600.[104] The drivers with the most points from the three endurance races received the "Enduro Cup", a new trophy introduced for 2013.[105]
The New Generation V8 Supercar (originally Car of the Future) project was first announced in 2008, when a working group was established to explore options for the long-term future of the category. The study found that in the fifteen years since the category had been restricted to a two manufacturers, the costs of building and racing with a competitive car had doubled, with some estimates putting the cost as high as A$600,000 per car, per season.[106][107]
The Car of the Future program was created to address this, aiming to reduce running costs to $250,000. This was achieved through the use of "control" parts; where teams had previously been charged with designing and developing their own parts, the Car of the Future regulations called for these parts to be built independently and to a set specification. The basic chassis and roll cage, differential, brakes, cooling and fuel systems and rear suspension were all changed to control parts.[108]
The category also introduced a larger fuel tank to combat the phenomenon of "economy racing" whereby drivers would be forced to drive conservatively late in the race so as to preserve enough fuel to reach the finish. The larger tanks and a restructuring of event formats to include more compulsory pit stops instead allowed drivers to push as hard as they pleased until the end of the race.[109]
Manufacturers were free to develop their own aerodynamic aids to suit their cars, which were then put through a rigorous system of parity testing so as to refine the aerodynamics of each model of car so as to prevent one model from having a distinct advantage over the others. Finally, manufacturers were also given the option of using "generic" engines developed by the category and re-badged to reflect the manufacturer using them[110]—though as the season started, no manufacturers had elected to do so—or developing their own engines, which would be built to specifications and then be subject to a process of homologation to ensure that all engines developed by the manufacturer would be identical. In order to ensure the cars can remain competitive, the process of homologation only applies to the basic engine platform, which teams will be free to develop over the course of the season.[76]
With the requirement that all teams build brand-new cars for the 2013 season, most of the cars that were raced in 2011 and 2012 were sold to teams competing in the V8 Development Series, the second-tier category for V8 Supercars.[111][112][113]
In November 2013 the Car of the Future was officially renamed the New Generation V8 Supercar.[114]
The first race of the season took place on the streets of Adelaide and saw Triple Eight Race Engineering emerge with a firm hold on the championship lead. Craig Lowndes won the first of the two races after pole-sitter Shane van Gisbergen made a poor start and ultimately retired from the race. Will Davison finished second, with reigning drivers' champion Jamie Whincup completing the podium.[115] Van Gisbergen claimed pole in the second race and went on to win by two seconds ahead of Whincup.[116] Lowndes recovered from a poor qualifying session to finish third, giving him a twelve-point championship lead over Whincup, and a thirty-one point lead over Davison in third place. Rick Kelly achieved a best finish of eleventh place for Nissan in the first race, whilst the Mercedes-Benz E63 AMGs prepared by Erebus Motorsport struggled throughout the weekend, with Tim Slade recording a best result of fifteenth place.[115]
Brad Jones Racing won all three of the races at the next event of the championship in Tasmania. Fabian Coulthard secured his maiden V8 Supercars race win in the first race,[117] while Jason Bright took his first race win since the 2011 Winton 300 when he won the second race.[118] Coulthard took a second win in the third and final race.[119] Craig Lowndes lost the championship lead after an altercation with Shane van Gisbergen in the first race that saw Lowndes spin and puncture a tyre, leaving him to finish the race in twenty-sixth position, and Whincup gained the championship lead by finishing on the podium in the first race.[117]David Reynolds and Scott Pye were involved in separate accidents over the course of the meeting, the latter of which ruled Pye out of the next event in New Zealand.[118][120]
The next event in New Zealand saw four different winners in four races. Scott McLaughlin became the youngest person to win a V8 Supercar race when he took his maiden victory in the first race as pole-sitter Jamie Whincup struggled with tyre problems at the start.[121] Whincup survived a chaotic second race—in which Fabian Coulthard jumped the start; Shane van Gisbergen, Jason Bright and James Courtney all left the circuit at high speed; and Mark Winterbottom collided with Whincup whilst trying to pass for the lead on the last lap—to take his first win of the season.[122] A rare mistake from Whincup saw him run wide in the third race, which was won by Will Davison, also in his—and Ford's—first win of the season.[123] Jason Bright won the fourth race, and with it the Jason Richards Memorial Trophy, as he scored the most points over the four races.[124] Whincup's tyre problems in the first race and off-track excursion in the third meant that he lost the lead of the championship to Will Davison, whose lead was further established when Whincup was penalised fifteen points for an unsportsmanlike pass in the third race.[123]
Triple Eight Race Engineering performed a clean sweep of the fourth event of the series at Barbagallo Raceway, with Craig Lowndes winning the 60/60 sprint race on Saturday. This was Lowndes' ninety-first career race win, breaking Mark Skaife's record of ninety wins.[125] Jamie Whincup went on to win the following two races, and also took pole position for the first and third races; Jason Bright qualified on pole for the second.[126][127] Whincup's wins, coupled with a second place in the first race, allowed him to take the championship lead back from Will Davison, who suffered a puncture in the first race.[125]James Moffat provided Nissan Motorsport with three top ten results, continuing the team's strong form from New Zealand.[127] Engine upgrades for Erebus Motorsport saw the Mercedes-Benz E63 AMGs find pace, with Maro Engel giving the team its first top ten qualifying result.[128]Chaz Mostert, replacing Jonny Reid at Dick Johnson Racing, made a strong championship debut, finishing in the top fifteen in all three races.[129] The Saturday race saw a major incident involving Scott Pye, who was launched into the air sideways and landed heavily in the infield after he made contact with Rick Kelly and Garth Tander coming onto the back straight during the first race. Pye was uninjured and the car undamaged and the team was able to continue racing throughout the weekend.[125]
Triple Eight Race Engineering dominated V8 Supercars' first foray into the United States, with Jamie Whincup winning three of the four races at the Circuit of the Americas near Austin, Texas. Fabian Coulthard denied Whincup a clean sweep of the event when he won the third race. Whincup later caused controversy when he claimed that "external factors" had inspired an unorthodox penalty that he, Coulthard and Craig Lowndes were given for breaching safety car regulations in the third race,[130] implying that the penalty had been applied to allow a different driver to win the race. Elsewhere, Rick Kelly demonstrated the Nissan Altima L33's development by securing four top-ten finishes, whilst James Moffat claimed an extra top-ten finish for the marque in the second race. Erebus Motorsport, on the other hand, continued their difficult introduction to V8 Supercars, spending most of the weekend outside the top twenty.
David Reynolds took the second pole position of his career at Hidden Valley Raceway and despite leading the 60/60 Sprint race at the halfway mark, contact with Mark Winterbottom robbed him of the chance to take his maiden victory. Jamie Whincup went on to win the race ahead of Shane van Gisbergen, who had spent most of practice struggling with mechanical problems, and James Courtney. Courtney claimed his first pole position since the Winton event in the 2010 season for the second race, whilst Reynolds bounced back from his difficulties in the sprint race to take pole again. Winterbottom recovered from the Saturday incident to win the second race from Courtney and Craig Lowndes, while Lowndes would win the third race ahead of Winterbottom and Reynolds. Whincup was given a drive-through penalty in the third race for spinning his wheels while the car was in the air, allowing Lowndes to close the points gap in the championship. James Rosenberg Racing's Tim Slade demonstrated a reversal of fortunes for the Mercedes AMG E63 teams, finishing in the top ten in the first race and qualifying inside the top ten for the second and third races. However, his luck ran out on the first lap in the third race when he was involved in a multi-car accident which caused a red flag and eliminated himself, Lee Holdsworth, Alex Davison, Dean Fiore, David Wall, Alexandre Prémat and James Moffat. Scott McLaughlin, Jason Bright, Fabian Coulthard and Russell Ingall were also involved in the crash but were able to take part in the restarted race. German driver Maro Engel scored a career-best ninth place in the third race, capitalising on the first lap crash.
The seventh event in Townsville saw mixed results. Series veteran Russell Ingall made his 226th championship event start, breaking John Bowe's record of 225, and used the number 226 in celebration of the achievement.[131]Shane van Gisbergen continued his strong street circuit form from Adelaide, taking pole position for the Saturday race. However, a penalty from a pit lane infringement dropped him down the order. The Ford Performance Racing duo of Will Davison and Mark Winterbottom were able to capitalise on this and take a one-two finish ahead of Brad Jones Racing's Fabian Coulthard.[132] Winterbottom took pole for the second race on Sunday but lost out on strategy, after many drivers pitted during an early safety car to do a double stint on soft tyres. The Holden Racing Team utilised this strategy to finish first and second, their first win since the 2011 Bathurst 1000, with Garth Tander leading James Courtney. Van Gisbergen rounded out the podium while Winterbottom finished fourth.[133] Championship leaders Triple Eight Race Engineering endured a difficult weekend, with both Jamie Whincup and Craig Lowndes qualifying outside of the top ten for the first race. Lowndes was able to recover to fourth using an alternative strategy while Whincup finished seventh. The team was not able to recover over night, with Lowndes and Whincup finishing seventh and eleventh respectively on Sunday.[134] Lowndes was able to take 48 points out of Whincup's championship lead, bringing it down from 159 to 111 points. Erebus Motorsport again finished in the top ten, with Tim Slade finishing eighth on Sunday. The Sunday race also saw Tony D'Alberto equal his career-best result with a sixth place while Ingall returned to the top ten with a fifth.[133]
James Moffat took his first win and the maiden victory for Nissan Motorsport in the 60/60 Sprint race at Winton, Nissan's first win in an Australian Touring Car Championship or V8 Supercar race since 1992. His teammate Michael Caruso, who led the first half of the race, finished in second with Jason Bright completing the podium for Brad Jones Racing.[139] Controversy surrounded Moffat's victory, however, as the two Nissans used an E70 fuel blend (compared to the usual E85) in an effort to evaluate its potential in balancing fuel economy between the engines used by Nissan and Erebus Motorsport and those used by Ford and Holden.[140] Championship leader and pole-sitter Jamie Whincup encountered a gearbox problem while leading, forcing his retirement.[139] Whincup's troubles continued in the second race, involved in a first lap crash after qualifying poorly. The crash also affected Caruso, Alex Davison, Russell Ingall, Alexandre Prémat and Garth Tander. Mark Winterbottom won the race for Ford Performance Racing, ahead of pole-sitter Bright and James Courtney.[141] Courtney started on pole for the final race and went on to win ahead of Fabian Coulthard and Chaz Mostert. The race saw differing strategies with many drivers pitting for fresh tyres during a late safety car period and then making their way through the field.[142]
An intense finish to the race saw Mark Winterbottom and Steven Richards win the Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000 for Ford Performance Racing. It was Winterbottom's and the team's first victory in the race, while Richards won his third and Ford won their first since 2008. The winners of the Sandown 500, Jamie Whincup and Paul Dumbrell, finished second after Winterbottom and Whincup fought for the lead in the final stint, with their Triple Eight Race Engineering teammates Craig Lowndes and Warren Luff in third. Scott Pye achieved his best result of the season, finishing sixth with Paul Morris, while the wildcard entry of Andy Priaulx and Mattias Ekström performed strongly to finish in tenth. The race was the quickest in history at six hours, eleven minutes and twenty-seven seconds with only two safety car periods. The first was to allow the clean-up of debris after David Russell struck a kangaroo at Griffins Bend while a heavy crash for Greg Murphy at Reid Park brought about the second safety car period.[144] Despite finishing second, Whincup extended his championship over Lowndes by eighteen points, while Winterbottom overtook teammate Will Davison for third in the standings.
The twelfth event on the Gold Coast saw Craig Lowndes take the championship lead from Triple Eight Race Engineering teammate Jamie Whincup after Whincup and co-driver Paul Dumbrell failed to finish the Saturday race, with Dumbrell causing a heavy crash for Greg Murphy before suffering a drive-train failure. Lowndes and co-driver Warren Luff won the race from pole ahead of Shane van Gisbergen and Jeroen Bleekemolen, the first Dutchman to stand on a V8 Supercar podium, and Mark Winterbottom and Steven Richards.[145]David Reynolds won the first race of his career in the Sunday race, with he and co-driver Dean Canto winning from pole. Fabian Coulthard and Luke Youlden finished second ahead of Russell Ingall and Ryan Briscoe, Briscoe's first podium finish and Ingall's first since 2009. James Courtney and Murphy looked set to take victory until a steering problem put them out of the race.[146] Whincup and Dumbrell finished fourth while Lowndes and Luff were eighth, leaving Lowndes with a six-point championship lead. Lowndes and Luff won the Endurance Cup ahead of Whincup and Dumbrell and Winterbottom and Richards.[147]
The Holden Racing Team's Garth Tander took his second win of the season in the 60/60 Sprint race at Phillip Island, ahead of Fabian Coulthard and Alex Davison, who scored his first podium of the season. The race included on a controversial incident between Craig Lowndes and Mark Winterbottom, who came together while battling for the lead on the last lap of the first half of the race, resulting in the pair dropping to fifteenth and fifth places respectively. Other incidents during the first half allowed Jamie Whincup, who had qualified poorly, to move up to sixth place. Whincup would go on to finish fourth in the race to retake the championship lead while Winterbottom finished fifth and Lowndes recovered to eighth.[148] The race was marred by a major accident involving Alexandre Prémat and James Courtney. Prémat had a tyre failure going into turn three before sliding across the damp grass and hitting the driver's door of Courtney's car, causing significant damage to both cars while Courtney also suffered slight tissue damage on his right leg.[149]Triple Eight Race Engineering dominated Sunday's races, with Lowndes winning the first race ahead of teammate Whincup and Shane van Gisbergen.[150] Whincup went on to win the final race ahead of Winterbottom and Lowndes. This left Whincup with a 20-point lead over Lowndes in the championship heading into the final round, with Winterbottom 124 points off the lead.[151]
Points were awarded for each race at an event, to the driver/s of a car that completed at least 75% of the race distance and was running at the completion of the race, up to a maximum of 300 points per event.
2013, international, supercars, championship, drivers, champion, jamie, whincupteams, champion, triple, eight, race, engineeringmanufacturers, championship, holden, previous, 2012, next, 2014support, series, dunlop, series, often, simplified, 2013, supercars, . 2013 International V8 Supercars Championship Drivers Champion Jamie WhincupTeams Champion Triple Eight Race EngineeringManufacturers Championship Holden Previous 2012 Next 2014Support series Dunlop Series The 2013 International V8 Supercars Championship 2 3 often simplified to the 2013 V8 Supercars Championship was a Federation Internationale de l Automobile sanctioned international motor racing series for V8 Supercars that was based in Australia It was the fifteenth running of the V8 Supercar Championship Series and the seventeenth series in which V8 Supercars contested the premier Australian touring car title The championship was contested over thirty six races 4 5 N 1 starting with the Clipsal 500 Adelaide on 2 March 2013 6 and finishing with the Sydney Telstra 500 V8 Supercars on 8 December 7 The series calendar also expanded travelling to the United States for the first time for a race at the Circuit of the Americas in Austin Texas 8 Jamie Whincup the defending drivers champion 1 won his fifth title Triple Eight Race Engineering competing as Red Bull Racing Australia won the teams championship for the fourth consecutive season The 2013 season saw the introduction of the New Generation V8 Supercar a revision to the regulations which were designed to cut costs and to make the series more attractive to new manufacturers 9 Nissan and Mercedes Benz entered the series 10 11 with four Nissan Altimas being prepared by Kelly Racing and three Mercedes Benz E63 W212s being run by Erebus Motorsport who purchased Stone Brothers Racing during the off season respectively 12 13 Holden teams competed with the new VF Commodore which replaces the VE model 14 whilst Ford continued to use the FG Falcon which had been raced since 2009 but built to New Generation V8 Supercar specifications for the 2013 season Jamie Whincup started the season as the defending drivers champion 1 The team for which he drives Triple Eight Race Engineering are the defending teams champions Whincup successfully defended his title winning eleven of the season s thirty six races and scoring a record breaking thirteen pole positions His team mate Craig Lowndes finished second in the championship for the third consecutive season giving Triple Eight Race Engineering its fourth consecutive Teams Championship win Lowndes with Warren Luff won the inaugural Enduro Cup for the best performing drivers across the three endurance races Ford Performance Racing driver Will Davison finished the season in third place Rick Kelly finished the highest of the Nissan drivers in fourteenth place while Lee Holdsworth ended the season in twentieth to be the highest placed Erebus Motorsport driver Contents 1 Teams and drivers 1 1 Team changes 1 2 Driver changes 1 2 1 Mid season changes 2 Season calendar 2 1 Calendar changes 2 2 Format changes 3 Rule changes 3 1 New Generation V8 Supercar 4 Event summaries 4 1 Clipsal 500 Adelaide 4 2 Tasmania Microsoft Office 365 4 3 ITM 400 Auckland 4 4 Chill Perth 360 4 5 Austin 400 4 6 Skycity Triple Crown 4 7 Sucrogen Townsville 400 4 8 Coates Hire Ipswich 360 4 9 Winton 360 4 10 Wilson Security Sandown 500 4 11 Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000 4 12 Armor All Gold Coast 600 4 13 Sargent Security Phillip Island 360 4 14 Sydney NRMA Motoring and Services 500 5 Championship standings 5 1 Points system 5 2 Drivers Championship 5 3 Pirtek Enduro Cup 5 4 Teams championship 6 Footnotes 7 See also 8 ReferencesTeams and drivers editThe following teams and drivers competed during the 2013 championship Season entries Endurance entriesManufacturer Vehicle Team No Drivers Events Co drivers EventsFord Falcon FG 15 Ford Performance Racing 5 nbsp Mark Winterbottom 16 All nbsp Steven Richards 17 10 126 nbsp Will Davison 18 19 All nbsp Steve Owen 17 10 12Dick Johnson Racing 20 12 nbsp Jonny Reid 21 1 3 nbsp Chaz Mostert 22 4 14 nbsp Dale Wood 23 10 1217 nbsp Tim Blanchard 24 All nbsp Ashley Walsh 23 10 12Charlie Schwerkolt Racing FPR 25 18 nbsp Alex Davison 25 All nbsp John McIntyre 26 10 12Rod Nash Racing FPR 55 nbsp David Reynolds 19 All nbsp Dean Canto 17 10 12Holden Commodore VF 14 Triple Eight Race Engineering 1 nbsp Jamie Whincup 27 All nbsp Paul Dumbrell 28 10 12888 nbsp Craig Lowndes 29 All nbsp Warren Luff 30 10 12Holden Racing Team 2 nbsp Garth Tander 31 All nbsp Nick Percat 32 10 1222 nbsp James Courtney 33 1 13 nbsp Greg Murphy 32 10 12 nbsp Nick Percat 34 14Tony D Alberto Racing 3 nbsp Tony D Alberto All nbsp Jonny Reid 35 10 12Brad Jones Racing 8 nbsp Jason Bright 36 All nbsp Andrew Jones 37 10 1214 nbsp Fabian Coulthard 36 All nbsp Luke Youlden 38 10 12Tekno Autosports 19 nbsp Jonathon Webb 39 All nbsp Marc Lieb 40 10 1297 nbsp Shane van Gisbergen 41 All nbsp Jeroen Bleekemolen 40 10 12Britek Motorsport BJR 21 nbsp David Wall 42 All nbsp Chris Pither 43 10 12Garry Rogers Motorsport 33 nbsp Scott McLaughlin 44 45 All nbsp Jack Perkins 46 10 1234 nbsp Alexandre Premat 45 47 All nbsp Greg Ritter 46 10 12Walkinshaw Racing HRT 66 nbsp Russell Ingall 48 All nbsp Ryan Briscoe 49 10 12Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport 80 nbsp Scott Pye 50 1 2 4 14 N 2 nbsp Paul Morris 53 10 1288 nbsp Dean Fiore 54 All nbsp Matthew Halliday 53 10 12Mercedes AMG E63 W212 55 Erebus Motorsport 56 4 nbsp Lee Holdsworth 57 All nbsp Craig Baird 58 10 129 nbsp Maro Engel 59 All nbsp Steven Johnson 60 10 12James Rosenberg Racing EM 47 nbsp Tim Slade 61 All nbsp Andrew Thompson 62 10 11 nbsp David Brabham 63 12Nissan Altima L33 64 Nissan Motorsport 64 N 3 7 nbsp Todd Kelly 12 All nbsp David Russell 65 10 1215 nbsp Rick Kelly 12 All nbsp Karl Reindler 65 10 1236 nbsp Michael Caruso 64 66 All nbsp Daniel Gaunt 67 10 12360 nbsp James Moffat 64 66 All nbsp Taz Douglas 67 10 12Wildcard EntriesHolden Commodore VF 14 Triple Eight Race Engineering 10 nbsp Mattias Ekstrom 68 nbsp Andy Priaulx 68 11 Team changes edit All teams competing with the Holden Commodore upgraded to the new VF model 14 After switching from Holden to Ford after the first event of the 2011 season Tony D Alberto Racing moved back to Holden in 2013 where the team received technical assistance from Walkinshaw Performance 69 Ford Performance Racing expanded to a four car operation with the acquisition of the 18 Racing Entitlement Contract held by Charlie Schwerkolt which was used by Dick Johnson Racing to run James Moffat s car in 2012 70 The fourth car is run as a satellite of the team in the same way as the 55 Rod Nash Racing car is run In January 2013 British motorsport group Prodrive announced that it had sold its stake in Ford Performance Racing to Rod Nash and former Australian GT Champion Rusty French 71 Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport expanded to a two car operation after purchasing the 49 Racing Entitlement Contract from Paul Morris Motorsport 72 The team also acquired two VF Commodores constructed by Triple Eight Race Engineering As a result of the deals between Schwerkolt and Ford Performance Racing and Paul Morris and Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport Dick Johnson Racing lost the use of the 18 and 49 Racing Entitlement Contracts and was reduced to a two car operation with its existing 17 REC and by leasing Triple F Racing s 12 REC Kelly Racing switched from competing with Holden Commodores to Nissan Altimas 12 running a re sleeved version of Nissan s quad cam aluminium 5 6 litre VK56DE V8 reconfigured to a 5 0 litre capacity The team was renamed to Nissan Motorsport 73 a name last used by Gibson Motorsport in 1991 In January 2013 Larry Perkins confirmed that he had sold his two Racing Entitlement Contracts to Kelly Racing 74 Perkins had previously leased the 11 and 16 RECs to the Kelly operation and by purchasing them Kelly Racing acquired full control over the licences To satisfy sponsor requirements the 2 former Perkins RECs used numbers 36 and 360 Stone Brothers Racing was purchased by Australian GT Championship team Erebus Motorsport 56 and the organisation along with satellite team James Rosenberg Racing ended their association with Ford Instead the combined team entered three cars based on the Mercedes Benz E63 W212 11 75 powered by a M159 engine 76 The combined Erebus James Rosenberg outfit did not receive any factory support from Mercedes Benz 13 Vodafone announced it would not renew its sponsorship with Triple Eight Race Engineering at the end of 2012 Red Bull took over as the naming rights from Vodafone and the team started competing as Red Bull Racing Australia Driver changes edit Tim Blanchard joined V8 Supercars full time driving for Dick Johnson Racing 24 Blanchard who was runner up in the 2010 Fujitsu V8 Supercar Series had previously contested the endurance races in 2011 and 2012 before replacing the injured Todd Kelly for the final four events of the 2012 season Michael Caruso left Garry Rogers Motorsport after five seasons moving to Kelly Racing 64 66 Alex Davison returned to V8 Supercars after a one year absence spent competing in the Australian Carrera Cup Championship He joined Charlie Schwerkolt Racing a satellite team of Ford Performance Racing 25 Taz Douglas left the category after one year racing for Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport returning to the Dunlop V8 Supercar Series 77 Former Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters driver Maro Engel made his V8 Supercar debut in 2013 59 Engel who drove for Mercedes Benz in the Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters series between 2008 and 2011 continued his association with the brand driving an E63 AMG prepared by Erebus Motorsport Dean Fiore moved from Dick Johnson Racing to Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport 54 but continued to lease the Triple F Racing REC to Dick Johnson 78 Steven Johnson was forced out of his seat at Dick Johnson Racing as a result of the team s on going financial troubles He took on the position of general manager in the team s organisational structure 79 whilst contesting the Australian Carrera Cup Championship 80 Reigning second tier V8 Supercar champion and New Zealand V8SuperTourer champion Scott McLaughlin joined Garry Rogers Motorsport full time having raced for the team as an emergency replacement in the final race of the 2012 season 44 James Moffat left Dick Johnson Racing to join Kelly Racing 64 66 Greg Murphy left Kelly Racing at the end of 2012 81 Murphy was unable to find a competitive team to race with in 2013 and joined the Holden Racing Team for the endurance races 82 83 but left open the possibility of making individual wildcard entries at selected events 84 Michael Patrizi left V8 Supercars and return to the Australian Carrera Cup Championship 85 Scott Pye who placed second in the 2012 Dunlop V8 Supercar Series joined Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport 50 2012 V8SuperTourer runner up Jonny Reid joined Dick Johnson Racing 21 Karl Reindler left Kelly Racing at the end of 2012 81 and moved to the Australian Carrera Cup Championship 86 At the end of the 2012 season Shane van Gisbergen announced plans to leave the category in order to rejuvenate himself and consider his future 87 88 In January 2013 he announced that he would re enter the championship driving for Tekno Autosports 41 Mid season changes edit Jonny Reid was replaced by Dunlop Series driver Chaz Mostert prior to the Chill Perth 360 22 Following a major accident at the Phillip Island event James Courtney was forced to miss the Sydney 500 He was replaced by the Holden Racing Team s endurance co driver Nick Percat 34 Season calendar editThe 2013 calendar was released on 15 October 2012 89 The season consisted of thirty six races to be held at fourteen venues in Australia New Zealand and the United States 90 plus an additional non championship event that was held at the Melbourne Grand Prix Circuit in support of the 2013 Australian Grand Prix 91 Event Event name Circuit Location Format Date1 nbsp Clipsal 500 Adelaide Adelaide Street Circuit Adelaide South Australia 2 2 3 March2 nbsp Tasmania Microsoft Office 365 Symmons Plains Raceway Launceston Tasmania S 6 7 April3 nbsp ITM 400 Auckland 5 Pukekohe Park Raceway 92 Pukekohe New Zealand 4 13 14 April4 nbsp Chill Perth 360 93 Barbagallo Raceway Perth Western Australia S 4 5 May5 nbsp Austin 400 94 Circuit of the Americas Austin Texas USA 4 18 19 May6 nbsp Skycity Triple Crown Hidden Valley Raceway Darwin Northern Territory S 15 16 June7 nbsp Sucrogen Townsville 400 Reid Park Street Circuit Townsville Queensland 2 6 7 July8 nbsp Coates Hire Ipswich 360 Queensland Raceway Ipswich Queensland S 27 28 July9 nbsp Winton 360 Winton Motor Raceway Benalla Victoria S 24 25 August10 nbsp Wilson Security Sandown 500 95 Sandown Raceway Melbourne Victoria E 15 September11 nbsp Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000 Mount Panorama Circuit Bathurst New South Wales E 13 October12 nbsp Armor All Gold Coast 600 Surfers Paradise Street Circuit Surfers Paradise Queensland E 26 27 October13 nbsp Sargent Security Phillip Island 360 Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit Phillip Island Victoria S 23 24 November14 nbsp Sydney NRMA Motoring amp Services 500 Homebush Street Circuit Sydney New South Wales 2 7 8 DecemberSources 89 90 Icon Meaning2 Two races4 Four racesE Endurance CupS 60 60 Sprint race nbsp nbsp Adelaide nbsp Launceston nbsp Perth nbsp Darwin nbsp Townsville nbsp Ipswich nbsp Winton nbsp Sandown nbsp Bathurst nbsp Gold Coast nbsp Phillip Island nbsp Homebushclass notpageimage Australian rounds nbsp nbsp Pukekoheclass notpageimage New Zealand rounds nbsp nbsp Austinclass notpageimage United States rounds Calendar changes edit The Circuit of the Americas in Austin Texas hosted an event of the championship on 17 19 May 8 96 The series used the shorter national circuit instead of the full layout 94 The Hamilton 400 was held for the final time in 2012 97 It was replaced by an event at Pukekohe Park Raceway which last hosted a championship event in 2007 98 The Pukekohe Park circuit was reconfigured to accommodate the category after it was awarded International status by the FIA in 2011 This act required the circuit to meet the criteria for an FIA Grade 2 certification necessitating the changes 92 After returning to the calendar in 2012 the Sydney Motorsport Park did not host an event in 2013 89 The Yas Marina Circuit was initially scheduled to host the Yas V8 400 in support of the 2013 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix but with the Grand Prix support bill expanding to include rounds of the GP2 and GP3 Series championships 99 100 the event was removed from the V8 Supercars calendar 101 Format changes edit The events at Symmons Plains Barbagallo Hidden Valley Queensland Raceway Winton and Phillip Island all featured a new three race format dubbed the 60 60 Sprint format The Saturday race was 120 kilometres in length but split into two 60 kilometre halves with a fifteen minute break in between to allow teams the opportunity to service their cars The starting grid for the second half of the race was determined by the finishing order of the first half of the race The remaining two races were then held on Sunday at 100 kilometres in length each 102 Originally a driver who finished one lap down in the first half would remain one lap down at the start of the second half of the race This was changed following the Symmons Plains event with drivers who were a lap down at the end of the first half gaining the lap back for the second half 103 Teams were no longer required to compete with a co driver from an international racing series for the Gold Coast 600 Instead teams were free to partner each of their drivers with any co driver they choose and allowed to enter the same co drivers for the Sandown 500 Bathurst 1000 and Gold Coast 600 104 The drivers with the most points from the three endurance races received the Enduro Cup a new trophy introduced for 2013 105 Rule changes edit nbsp A Ford Falcon FG driven by Will Davison nbsp A Holden Commodore VF driven by Scott McLaughlin nbsp A Mercedes Benz E63 W212 driven by Maro Engel nbsp A Nissan Altima L33 driven by Rick Kelly New Generation V8 Supercar edit The New Generation V8 Supercar originally Car of the Future project was first announced in 2008 when a working group was established to explore options for the long term future of the category The study found that in the fifteen years since the category had been restricted to a two manufacturers the costs of building and racing with a competitive car had doubled with some estimates putting the cost as high as A 600 000 per car per season 106 107 The Car of the Future program was created to address this aiming to reduce running costs to 250 000 This was achieved through the use of control parts where teams had previously been charged with designing and developing their own parts the Car of the Future regulations called for these parts to be built independently and to a set specification The basic chassis and roll cage differential brakes cooling and fuel systems and rear suspension were all changed to control parts 108 The category also introduced a larger fuel tank to combat the phenomenon of economy racing whereby drivers would be forced to drive conservatively late in the race so as to preserve enough fuel to reach the finish The larger tanks and a restructuring of event formats to include more compulsory pit stops instead allowed drivers to push as hard as they pleased until the end of the race 109 Manufacturers were free to develop their own aerodynamic aids to suit their cars which were then put through a rigorous system of parity testing so as to refine the aerodynamics of each model of car so as to prevent one model from having a distinct advantage over the others Finally manufacturers were also given the option of using generic engines developed by the category and re badged to reflect the manufacturer using them 110 though as the season started no manufacturers had elected to do so or developing their own engines which would be built to specifications and then be subject to a process of homologation to ensure that all engines developed by the manufacturer would be identical In order to ensure the cars can remain competitive the process of homologation only applies to the basic engine platform which teams will be free to develop over the course of the season 76 With the requirement that all teams build brand new cars for the 2013 season most of the cars that were raced in 2011 and 2012 were sold to teams competing in the V8 Development Series the second tier category for V8 Supercars 111 112 113 In November 2013 the Car of the Future was officially renamed the New Generation V8 Supercar 114 Event summaries editClipsal 500 Adelaide edit Main article 2013 Clipsal 500 Adelaide ResultsEvent 1 Race 1 Race 2Poleposition nbsp Shane van Gisbergen Tekno Autosports nbsp Shane van Gisbergen Tekno Autosports Racewinner nbsp Craig Lowndes Triple Eight Race Engineering nbsp Shane van Gisbergen Tekno Autosports The first race of the season took place on the streets of Adelaide and saw Triple Eight Race Engineering emerge with a firm hold on the championship lead Craig Lowndes won the first of the two races after pole sitter Shane van Gisbergen made a poor start and ultimately retired from the race Will Davison finished second with reigning drivers champion Jamie Whincup completing the podium 115 Van Gisbergen claimed pole in the second race and went on to win by two seconds ahead of Whincup 116 Lowndes recovered from a poor qualifying session to finish third giving him a twelve point championship lead over Whincup and a thirty one point lead over Davison in third place Rick Kelly achieved a best finish of eleventh place for Nissan in the first race whilst the Mercedes Benz E63 AMGs prepared by Erebus Motorsport struggled throughout the weekend with Tim Slade recording a best result of fifteenth place 115 Tasmania Microsoft Office 365 edit Main article 2013 Tasmania Microsoft Office 365 ResultsEvent 2 Race 3 Race 4 Race 5Poleposition nbsp Jamie Whincup Triple Eight Race Engineering nbsp Jason Bright Brad Jones Racing nbsp Mark Winterbottom Ford Performance Racing Racewinner nbsp Fabian Coulthard Brad Jones Racing nbsp Jason Bright Brad Jones Racing nbsp Fabian Coulthard Brad Jones Racing Brad Jones Racing won all three of the races at the next event of the championship in Tasmania Fabian Coulthard secured his maiden V8 Supercars race win in the first race 117 while Jason Bright took his first race win since the 2011 Winton 300 when he won the second race 118 Coulthard took a second win in the third and final race 119 Craig Lowndes lost the championship lead after an altercation with Shane van Gisbergen in the first race that saw Lowndes spin and puncture a tyre leaving him to finish the race in twenty sixth position and Whincup gained the championship lead by finishing on the podium in the first race 117 David Reynolds and Scott Pye were involved in separate accidents over the course of the meeting the latter of which ruled Pye out of the next event in New Zealand 118 120 ITM 400 Auckland edit Main article 2013 ITM 400 Auckland ResultsEvent 3 Race 6 Race 7 Race 8 Race 9Poleposition nbsp Jamie Whincup Triple Eight Race Engineering nbsp Fabian Coulthard Brad Jones Racing nbsp Jamie Whincup Triple Eight Race Engineering nbsp Jason Bright Brad Jones Racing Racewinner nbsp Scott McLaughlin Garry Rogers Motorsport nbsp Jamie Whincup Triple Eight Race Engineering nbsp Will Davison Ford Performance Racing nbsp Jason Bright Brad Jones Racing The next event in New Zealand saw four different winners in four races Scott McLaughlin became the youngest person to win a V8 Supercar race when he took his maiden victory in the first race as pole sitter Jamie Whincup struggled with tyre problems at the start 121 Whincup survived a chaotic second race in which Fabian Coulthard jumped the start Shane van Gisbergen Jason Bright and James Courtney all left the circuit at high speed and Mark Winterbottom collided with Whincup whilst trying to pass for the lead on the last lap to take his first win of the season 122 A rare mistake from Whincup saw him run wide in the third race which was won by Will Davison also in his and Ford s first win of the season 123 Jason Bright won the fourth race and with it the Jason Richards Memorial Trophy as he scored the most points over the four races 124 Whincup s tyre problems in the first race and off track excursion in the third meant that he lost the lead of the championship to Will Davison whose lead was further established when Whincup was penalised fifteen points for an unsportsmanlike pass in the third race 123 Chill Perth 360 edit Main article 2013 Chill Perth 360 ResultsEvent 4 Race 10 Race 11 Race 12Poleposition nbsp Jamie Whincup Triple Eight Race Engineering nbsp Jason Bright Brad Jones Racing nbsp Jamie Whincup Triple Eight Race Engineering Racewinner nbsp Craig Lowndes Triple Eight Race Engineering nbsp Jamie Whincup Triple Eight Race Engineering nbsp Jamie Whincup Triple Eight Race Engineering Triple Eight Race Engineering performed a clean sweep of the fourth event of the series at Barbagallo Raceway with Craig Lowndes winning the 60 60 sprint race on Saturday This was Lowndes ninety first career race win breaking Mark Skaife s record of ninety wins 125 Jamie Whincup went on to win the following two races and also took pole position for the first and third races Jason Bright qualified on pole for the second 126 127 Whincup s wins coupled with a second place in the first race allowed him to take the championship lead back from Will Davison who suffered a puncture in the first race 125 James Moffat provided Nissan Motorsport with three top ten results continuing the team s strong form from New Zealand 127 Engine upgrades for Erebus Motorsport saw the Mercedes Benz E63 AMGs find pace with Maro Engel giving the team its first top ten qualifying result 128 Chaz Mostert replacing Jonny Reid at Dick Johnson Racing made a strong championship debut finishing in the top fifteen in all three races 129 The Saturday race saw a major incident involving Scott Pye who was launched into the air sideways and landed heavily in the infield after he made contact with Rick Kelly and Garth Tander coming onto the back straight during the first race Pye was uninjured and the car undamaged and the team was able to continue racing throughout the weekend 125 Austin 400 edit Main article 2013 Austin 400 ResultsEvent 5 Race 13 Race 14 Race 15 Race 16Poleposition nbsp Fabian Coulthard Brad Jones Racing nbsp Jamie Whincup Triple Eight Race Engineering nbsp Jamie Whincup Triple Eight Race Engineering nbsp Jamie Whincup Triple Eight Race Engineering Racewinner nbsp Jamie Whincup Triple Eight Race Engineering nbsp Jamie Whincup Triple Eight Race Engineering nbsp Fabian Coulthard Brad Jones Racing nbsp Jamie Whincup Triple Eight Race Engineering Triple Eight Race Engineering dominated V8 Supercars first foray into the United States with Jamie Whincup winning three of the four races at the Circuit of the Americas near Austin Texas Fabian Coulthard denied Whincup a clean sweep of the event when he won the third race Whincup later caused controversy when he claimed that external factors had inspired an unorthodox penalty that he Coulthard and Craig Lowndes were given for breaching safety car regulations in the third race 130 implying that the penalty had been applied to allow a different driver to win the race Elsewhere Rick Kelly demonstrated the Nissan Altima L33 s development by securing four top ten finishes whilst James Moffat claimed an extra top ten finish for the marque in the second race Erebus Motorsport on the other hand continued their difficult introduction to V8 Supercars spending most of the weekend outside the top twenty Skycity Triple Crown edit Main article 2013 Skycity Triple Crown ResultsEvent 6 Race 17 Race 18 Race 19Poleposition nbsp David Reynolds Rod Nash Racing nbsp James Courtney Holden Racing Team nbsp David Reynolds Rod Nash Racing Racewinner nbsp Jamie Whincup Triple Eight Race Engineering nbsp Mark Winterbottom Ford Performance Racing nbsp Craig Lowndes Triple Eight Race Engineering David Reynolds took the second pole position of his career at Hidden Valley Raceway and despite leading the 60 60 Sprint race at the halfway mark contact with Mark Winterbottom robbed him of the chance to take his maiden victory Jamie Whincup went on to win the race ahead of Shane van Gisbergen who had spent most of practice struggling with mechanical problems and James Courtney Courtney claimed his first pole position since the Winton event in the 2010 season for the second race whilst Reynolds bounced back from his difficulties in the sprint race to take pole again Winterbottom recovered from the Saturday incident to win the second race from Courtney and Craig Lowndes while Lowndes would win the third race ahead of Winterbottom and Reynolds Whincup was given a drive through penalty in the third race for spinning his wheels while the car was in the air allowing Lowndes to close the points gap in the championship James Rosenberg Racing s Tim Slade demonstrated a reversal of fortunes for the Mercedes AMG E63 teams finishing in the top ten in the first race and qualifying inside the top ten for the second and third races However his luck ran out on the first lap in the third race when he was involved in a multi car accident which caused a red flag and eliminated himself Lee Holdsworth Alex Davison Dean Fiore David Wall Alexandre Premat and James Moffat Scott McLaughlin Jason Bright Fabian Coulthard and Russell Ingall were also involved in the crash but were able to take part in the restarted race German driver Maro Engel scored a career best ninth place in the third race capitalising on the first lap crash Sucrogen Townsville 400 edit ResultsEvent 7 Race 20 Race 21Poleposition nbsp Shane van Gisbergen Tekno Autosports nbsp Mark Winterbottom Ford Performance Racing Racewinner nbsp Will Davison Ford Performance Racing nbsp Garth Tander Holden Racing Team The seventh event in Townsville saw mixed results Series veteran Russell Ingall made his 226th championship event start breaking John Bowe s record of 225 and used the number 226 in celebration of the achievement 131 Shane van Gisbergen continued his strong street circuit form from Adelaide taking pole position for the Saturday race However a penalty from a pit lane infringement dropped him down the order The Ford Performance Racing duo of Will Davison and Mark Winterbottom were able to capitalise on this and take a one two finish ahead of Brad Jones Racing s Fabian Coulthard 132 Winterbottom took pole for the second race on Sunday but lost out on strategy after many drivers pitted during an early safety car to do a double stint on soft tyres The Holden Racing Team utilised this strategy to finish first and second their first win since the 2011 Bathurst 1000 with Garth Tander leading James Courtney Van Gisbergen rounded out the podium while Winterbottom finished fourth 133 Championship leaders Triple Eight Race Engineering endured a difficult weekend with both Jamie Whincup and Craig Lowndes qualifying outside of the top ten for the first race Lowndes was able to recover to fourth using an alternative strategy while Whincup finished seventh The team was not able to recover over night with Lowndes and Whincup finishing seventh and eleventh respectively on Sunday 134 Lowndes was able to take 48 points out of Whincup s championship lead bringing it down from 159 to 111 points Erebus Motorsport again finished in the top ten with Tim Slade finishing eighth on Sunday The Sunday race also saw Tony D Alberto equal his career best result with a sixth place while Ingall returned to the top ten with a fifth 133 Coates Hire Ipswich 360 edit ResultsEvent 8 Race 22 Race 23 Race 24Poleposition nbsp Jamie Whincup Triple Eight Race Engineering nbsp Jamie Whincup Triple Eight Race Engineering nbsp Will Davison Ford Performance Racing Racewinner nbsp Jamie Whincup Triple Eight Race Engineering nbsp Scott McLaughlin Garry Rogers Motorsport nbsp Chaz Mostert Dick Johnson Racing Triple Eight Race Engineering returned to form at Queensland Raceway with Jamie Whincup winning the 60 60 Sprint race from pole position ahead of Scott McLaughlin and Mark Winterbottom 135 The race featured several incidents firstly with Whincup s teammate Craig Lowndes touching the rear of Winterbottom s car on the first lap and causing both Winterbottom and Fabian Coulthard to lose positions 136 Todd Kelly had separate altercations with David Wall and Chaz Mostert with Wall and Mostert coming off worse in each incident Lee Holdsworth was forced out of the race after contact with Dean Fiore and Michael Caruso 135 Whincup again took pole for the second race but was beaten by McLaughlin for the race win with James Courtney finishing third 137 The final race featured tyre problems which affected many drivers Whincup McLaughlin Courtney Garth Tander Alex Davison and David Wall all had punctures which dropped them down the order In just his fifteenth race Chaz Mostert of Dick Johnson Racing won the race from second on the grid ahead of pole sitter Will Davison and Winterbottom It was the first victory for Dick Johnson Racing since November 2010 138 Winton 360 edit ResultsEvent 9 Race 25 Race 26 Race 27Poleposition nbsp Jamie Whincup Triple Eight Race Engineering nbsp Jason Bright Brad Jones Racing nbsp James Courtney Holden Racing Team Racewinner nbsp James Moffat Nissan Motorsport nbsp Mark Winterbottom Ford Performance Racing nbsp James Courtney Holden Racing Team James Moffat took his first win and the maiden victory for Nissan Motorsport in the 60 60 Sprint race at Winton Nissan s first win in an Australian Touring Car Championship or V8 Supercar race since 1992 His teammate Michael Caruso who led the first half of the race finished in second with Jason Bright completing the podium for Brad Jones Racing 139 Controversy surrounded Moffat s victory however as the two Nissans used an E70 fuel blend compared to the usual E85 in an effort to evaluate its potential in balancing fuel economy between the engines used by Nissan and Erebus Motorsport and those used by Ford and Holden 140 Championship leader and pole sitter Jamie Whincup encountered a gearbox problem while leading forcing his retirement 139 Whincup s troubles continued in the second race involved in a first lap crash after qualifying poorly The crash also affected Caruso Alex Davison Russell Ingall Alexandre Premat and Garth Tander Mark Winterbottom won the race for Ford Performance Racing ahead of pole sitter Bright and James Courtney 141 Courtney started on pole for the final race and went on to win ahead of Fabian Coulthard and Chaz Mostert The race saw differing strategies with many drivers pitting for fresh tyres during a late safety car period and then making their way through the field 142 Wilson Security Sandown 500 edit Main article 2013 Wilson Security Sandown 500 ResultsEvent 10 Race 28Poleposition nbsp Will Davison and nbsp Steve Owen Ford Performance Racing Racewinner nbsp Jamie Whincup and nbsp Paul Dumbrell Triple Eight Race Engineering Jamie Whincup and Triple Eight Race Engineering recovered from their troubles at Winton to win the Sandown 500 with Paul Dumbrell co driving the winning car The win came despite a drive through penalty for spinning the rear wheels while the car was jacked up during a pit stop The pair finished ahead of their teammates Craig Lowndes and Warren Luff and the pole sitting Ford Performance Racing car of Will Davison and Steve Owen Erebus Motorsport achieved its best result of the season with Lee Holdsworth and Craig Baird taking their E63 AMG to fourth place Ashley Walsh driving with Tim Blanchard for Dick Johnson Racing had a major accident at the end of the back straight on lap 35 significantly damaging the car 143 Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000 edit Main article 2013 Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000 ResultsEvent 11 Race 29Poleposition nbsp Jamie Whincup Triple Eight Race Engineering Racewinner nbsp Mark Winterbottom and nbsp Steven Richards Ford Performance Racing An intense finish to the race saw Mark Winterbottom and Steven Richards win the Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000 for Ford Performance Racing It was Winterbottom s and the team s first victory in the race while Richards won his third and Ford won their first since 2008 The winners of the Sandown 500 Jamie Whincup and Paul Dumbrell finished second after Winterbottom and Whincup fought for the lead in the final stint with their Triple Eight Race Engineering teammates Craig Lowndes and Warren Luff in third Scott Pye achieved his best result of the season finishing sixth with Paul Morris while the wildcard entry of Andy Priaulx and Mattias Ekstrom performed strongly to finish in tenth The race was the quickest in history at six hours eleven minutes and twenty seven seconds with only two safety car periods The first was to allow the clean up of debris after David Russell struck a kangaroo at Griffins Bend while a heavy crash for Greg Murphy at Reid Park brought about the second safety car period 144 Despite finishing second Whincup extended his championship over Lowndes by eighteen points while Winterbottom overtook teammate Will Davison for third in the standings Armor All Gold Coast 600 edit Main article 2013 Armor All Gold Coast 600 ResultsEvent 12 Race 30 Race 31Poleposition nbsp Craig Lowndes Triple Eight Race Engineering nbsp David Reynolds Rod Nash Racing Racewinner nbsp Craig Lowndes and nbsp Warren Luff Triple Eight Race Engineering nbsp David Reynolds and nbsp Dean Canto Rod Nash Racing The twelfth event on the Gold Coast saw Craig Lowndes take the championship lead from Triple Eight Race Engineering teammate Jamie Whincup after Whincup and co driver Paul Dumbrell failed to finish the Saturday race with Dumbrell causing a heavy crash for Greg Murphy before suffering a drive train failure Lowndes and co driver Warren Luff won the race from pole ahead of Shane van Gisbergen and Jeroen Bleekemolen the first Dutchman to stand on a V8 Supercar podium and Mark Winterbottom and Steven Richards 145 David Reynolds won the first race of his career in the Sunday race with he and co driver Dean Canto winning from pole Fabian Coulthard and Luke Youlden finished second ahead of Russell Ingall and Ryan Briscoe Briscoe s first podium finish and Ingall s first since 2009 James Courtney and Murphy looked set to take victory until a steering problem put them out of the race 146 Whincup and Dumbrell finished fourth while Lowndes and Luff were eighth leaving Lowndes with a six point championship lead Lowndes and Luff won the Endurance Cup ahead of Whincup and Dumbrell and Winterbottom and Richards 147 Sargent Security Phillip Island 360 edit ResultsEvent 13 Race 32 Race 33 Race 34Poleposition nbsp Mark Winterbottom Ford Performance Racing nbsp Fabian Coulthard Brad Jones Racing nbsp Mark Winterbottom Ford Performance Racing Racewinner nbsp Garth Tander Holden Racing Team nbsp Craig Lowndes Triple Eight Race Engineering nbsp Jamie Whincup Triple Eight Race Engineering The Holden Racing Team s Garth Tander took his second win of the season in the 60 60 Sprint race at Phillip Island ahead of Fabian Coulthard and Alex Davison who scored his first podium of the season The race included on a controversial incident between Craig Lowndes and Mark Winterbottom who came together while battling for the lead on the last lap of the first half of the race resulting in the pair dropping to fifteenth and fifth places respectively Other incidents during the first half allowed Jamie Whincup who had qualified poorly to move up to sixth place Whincup would go on to finish fourth in the race to retake the championship lead while Winterbottom finished fifth and Lowndes recovered to eighth 148 The race was marred by a major accident involving Alexandre Premat and James Courtney Premat had a tyre failure going into turn three before sliding across the damp grass and hitting the driver s door of Courtney s car causing significant damage to both cars while Courtney also suffered slight tissue damage on his right leg 149 Triple Eight Race Engineering dominated Sunday s races with Lowndes winning the first race ahead of teammate Whincup and Shane van Gisbergen 150 Whincup went on to win the final race ahead of Winterbottom and Lowndes This left Whincup with a 20 point lead over Lowndes in the championship heading into the final round with Winterbottom 124 points off the lead 151 Sydney NRMA Motoring and Services 500 edit ResultsEvent 14 Race 35 Race 36Poleposition nbsp Jamie Whincup Triple Eight Race Engineering nbsp Shane van Gisbergen Tekno Autosports Racewinner nbsp Jamie Whincup Triple Eight Race Engineering nbsp Shane van Gisbergen Tekno Autosports Championship standings editPoints system edit Points were awarded for each race at an event to the driver s of a car that completed at least 75 of the race distance and was running at the completion of the race up to a maximum of 300 points per event Eventformat Position points per race1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th 13th 14th 15th 16th 17th 18th 19th 20th 21st 22nd 23rd 24th 25th 26th 27th 28th 29thSingle race 300 276 258 240 222 204 192 180 168 156 144 138 132 126 120 114 108 102 96 90 84 78 72 66 60 54 48 42 36Two race 150 138 129 120 111 102 96 90 84 78 72 69 66 63 60 57 54 51 48 45 42 39 36 33 30 27 24 21 Three race 100 92 86 80 74 68 64 60 56 52 48 46 44 42 40 38 36 34 32 30 28 26 24 22 20 18 16 14Four race 75 69 64 60 55 51 48 45 42 39 36 34 33 31 30 28 27 25 24 22 21 19 18 16 15 13 12 10Single race events Sandown 500 Bathurst 1000 Two race events Adelaide 500 Townsville 400 Gold Coast 600 Sydney 500 Three race events Tasmania 360 Perth 360 Skycity Darwin Triple Crown Ipswich 360 Winton 360 Phillip Island 360 Four race events Auckland 400 Austin 400Drivers Championship edit Pos Driver No ADE nbsp SYM nbsp PUK nbsp BAR nbsp COTA nbsp HID nbsp TOW nbsp QLD nbsp WIN nbsp SAN nbsp BAT nbsp SUR nbsp PHI nbsp SYD nbsp Pen Pts 1 nbsp Jamie Whincup 1 3 2 2 4 5 26 1 24 3 2 1 1 1 1 3 1 1 5 19 7 11 1 2 25 Ret Ret 13 1 2 Ret 4 4 2 1 1 3 45 30942 nbsp Craig Lowndes 888 1 3 26 10 11 3 16 4 9 1 8 2 2 2 2 5 26 3 1 4 7 4 12 6 21 12 10 2 3 1 8 8 1 3 15 5 70 29663 nbsp Will Davison 6 2 6 6 5 6 7 2 1 5 14 5 4 4 9 12 Ret Ret 4 7 1 10 6 9 2 6 7 6 3 7 6 9 17 8 6 5 7 25 27994 nbsp Mark Winterbottom 5 Ret 5 3 6 2 19 13 23 24 3 3 12 8 6 7 6 22 1 2 2 4 3 10 3 4 1 17 6 1 3 18 5 7 2 Ret 6 0 27935 nbsp Shane van Gisbergen 97 Ret 1 7 12 9 4 6 2 11 9 7 6 26 5 5 3 2 8 6 17 3 12 17 11 13 5 5 12 11 2 Ret 7 3 10 3 1 25 25086 nbsp Fabian Coulthard 14 19 Ret 1 3 1 5 10 3 4 27 4 7 3 3 1 2 12 7 13 3 17 11 4 5 7 8 2 7 16 Ret 2 2 5 5 19 15 30 25017 nbsp Jason Bright 8 22 Ret 4 1 4 2 4 6 1 4 2 3 12 21 8 7 8 13 10 5 16 7 5 7 3 2 Ret 24 5 DNS 15 24 23 4 4 2 15 23818 nbsp Garth Tander 2 7 Ret 5 2 10 6 3 5 2 19 11 9 5 13 6 4 13 9 5 8 1 8 11 21 8 23 4 22 4 18 7 1 10 15 14 Ret 0 23229 nbsp David Reynolds 55 20 Ret 14 Ret 24 8 5 7 8 7 12 5 11 11 16 13 14 10 3 11 26 Ret 8 4 10 6 7 17 9 8 1 22 9 12 11 4 0 205810 nbsp Scott McLaughlin 33 6 9 8 8 8 1 24 Ret DNS 12 14 13 28 7 11 27 11 27 8 14 9 2 1 20 19 9 14 8 8 22 23 19 19 11 Ret 12 0 193411 nbsp James Courtney 22 5 7 9 7 3 9 Ret 22 6 8 6 17 9 14 10 10 3 2 Ret 6 2 5 3 23 5 3 1 5 Ret Ret Ret Ret DNS DNS 15 190912 nbsp Jonathon Webb 19 8 10 10 11 7 10 11 8 18 16 22 19 7 4 4 9 4 6 4 22 12 26 15 14 20 24 22 13 12 10 17 18 18 Ret 2 23 40 190113 nbsp Alex Davison 18 9 Ret 13 15 12 11 15 9 7 5 9 16 14 17 18 26 20 20 Ret 9 18 9 7 22 15 18 12 15 13 20 13 3 6 9 12 8 15 181214 nbsp Rick Kelly 15 11 14 20 23 16 12 7 10 15 26 16 18 6 8 9 8 5 25 12 12 20 13 21 9 14 22 Ret 16 19 11 6 20 13 8 9 18 0 175415 nbsp Russell Ingall 66 10 4 15 18 26 14 14 11 13 23 21 Ret 24 18 22 22 23 26 16 Ret 5 14 20 Ret 9 Ret DNS 9 17 5 3 13 15 Ret 22 10 25 155616 nbsp Tony D Alberto 3 12 8 12 13 25 16 20 Ret 17 24 18 22 18 25 26 21 9 18 14 25 6 21 18 13 11 4 21 23 24 4 21 12 Ret Ret 6 14 15 152617 nbsp Chaz Mostert 12 15 15 10 13 19 13 15 7 17 17 10 13 23 6 1 16 13 3 14 21 9 11 9 4 Ret 21 9 0 152018 nbsp James Moffat 360 14 13 19 20 15 22 9 13 10 10 10 8 16 10 17 14 15 23 Ret 15 14 10 23 12 1 11 8 26 18 Ret Ret Ret 21 7 20 Ret 15 144819 nbsp Alexandre Premat 34 4 Ret 21 21 14 Ret 8 21 12 6 19 11 17 12 28 11 21 15 Ret 13 19 20 14 26 17 Ret 11 10 23 14 14 Ret DNS DNS 13 16 30 137620 nbsp Lee Holdsworth 4 17 17 23 17 13 18 25 17 22 18 Ret 14 27 20 21 20 18 16 Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret 18 26 20 20 4 14 12 5 14 17 Ret 23 13 0 136121 nbsp David Wall 21 16 16 11 Ret 19 21 17 19 19 22 24 Ret 10 Ret 19 12 19 14 Ret 21 25 18 16 24 23 10 18 19 22 7 12 11 14 17 16 22 0 134622 nbsp Tim Slade 47 15 Ret 22 22 18 25 26 16 23 13 23 24 22 26 20 17 6 11 Ret Ret 8 24 13 8 22 19 15 21 26 15 20 25 24 20 8 11 0 129823 nbsp Michael Caruso 36 23 Ret 16 19 17 13 12 14 16 11 25 Ret 20 15 15 24 10 21 11 18 22 25 24 16 2 Ret Ret 20 25 Ret 10 10 Ret Ret 7 19 15 123324 nbsp Dean Fiore 88 21 12 25 9 21 20 19 12 Ret 17 13 15 21 23 23 18 24 19 Ret 20 24 17 26 15 25 16 16 18 Ret 16 19 23 20 18 17 21 0 121125 nbsp Todd Kelly 7 Ret Ret Ret 16 Ret 17 18 15 14 20 17 21 25 16 14 19 17 12 20 16 15 15 22 10 24 14 Ret 11 Ret 17 Ret 16 16 13 10 17 65 113926 nbsp Tim Blanchard 17 18 15 17 26 22 15 23 Ret 20 21 20 23 19 24 27 23 Ret 24 15 23 23 16 19 Ret 27 21 9 Ret 15 19 16 6 12 16 Ret Ret 15 108027 nbsp Scott Pye 80 13 11 18 14 Ret 28 27 20 15 22 25 16 25 28 18 24 21 22 25 19 12 15 Ret Ret 6 13 Ret 15 11 14 Ret Ret 25 104928 nbsp Maro Engel 9 24 Ret Ret 24 23 24 21 20 21 25 26 Ret 23 Ret 24 25 16 22 9 19 27 19 27 17 18 17 19 25 20 21 22 21 22 19 Ret 20 152 83629 nbsp Warren Luff 888 2 3 1 8 0 77430 nbsp Paul Dumbrell 1 1 2 Ret 4 0 69631 nbsp Steven Richards 5 6 1 3 18 0 68432 nbsp Steve Owen 6 3 7 6 9 0 63633 nbsp Nick Percat 2 22 22 4 18 7 18 24 0 54934 nbsp Craig Baird 4 4 14 12 5 0 54635 nbsp Dean Canto 55 17 9 8 1 0 51636 nbsp Ryan Briscoe 66 9 17 5 3 0 51637 nbsp Jonny Reid 12 3 Ret Ret 24 25 20 23 22 18 25 23 24 4 21 0 44938 nbsp Luke Youlden 14 7 16 Ret 2 0 44439 nbsp Jack Perkins 33 8 8 22 23 0 43540 nbsp Jeroen Bleekemolen 97 12 11 2 Ret 0 42041 nbsp Marc Lieb 19 13 12 10 17 0 40242 nbsp Karl Reindler 15 16 19 11 6 0 38443 nbsp Dale Wood 12 14 21 9 11 0 36644 nbsp John McIntyre 18 15 13 20 13 0 36345 nbsp Greg Ritter 34 10 23 14 14 0 35446 nbsp Andrew Jones 8 24 5 DNS 15 0 34847 nbsp Chris Pither 21 19 22 7 12 0 33948 nbsp Paul Morris 80 Ret 6 13 Ret 0 27049 nbsp Steven Johnson 9 25 20 21 22 0 23150 nbsp Daniel Gaunt 36 20 25 Ret 10 0 22851 nbsp Ashley Walsh 17 Ret 15 19 16 0 22552 nbsp Greg Murphy 22 5 Ret Ret Ret 0 22253 nbsp Matt Halliday 88 18 Ret 16 19 0 20754 nbsp David Russell 7 11 Ret 17 Ret 0 19855 nbsp Andy Priaulx 10 10 0 156 nbsp Mattias Ekstrom 10 10 0 15657 nbsp Taz Douglas 360 26 18 Ret Ret 0 15658 nbsp Andrew Thompson 47 21 26 0 13859 nbsp David Brabham 47 15 20 0 105Pos Driver No ADE nbsp SYM nbsp PUK nbsp BAR nbsp COTA nbsp HID nbsp TOW nbsp QLD nbsp WIN nbsp SAN nbsp BAT nbsp SUR nbsp PHI nbsp SYD nbsp Pen Pts Colour ResultGold WinnerSilver Second placeBronze Third placeGreen Points finishBlue Non points finishNon classified finish NC Purple Retired Ret Red Did not qualify DNQ Did not pre qualify DNPQ Black Disqualified DSQ White Did not start DNS Withdrew WD Race cancelled C Blank Did not practice DNP Did not arrive DNA Excluded EX Bold Pole positionItalics Fastest lap Results count toward the Endurance Cup Pirtek Enduro Cup edit Pos Drivers No SAN500 nbsp BAT1000 nbsp SUR1 nbsp SUR2 nbsp Pen Pts 1 Craig Lowndes Warren Luff 888 2 3 1 8 0 7742 Jamie Whincup Paul Dumbrell 1 1 2 Ret 4 0 6963 Mark Winterbottom Steven Richards 5 6 1 3 18 0 6844 Will Davison Steve Owen 6 3 7 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