2001 Konica V8 Supercar Series

The 2001 Konica V8 Supercar Series was an Australian motor racing competition for V8 Supercars. It was the second running of the second tier series for V8 Supercars. The series was contested over six rounds held across four different states, commencing on 25 February at Wakefield Park and concluding on 11 August at Mallala Motor Sport Park.

2001 Konica V8 Supercar Series

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Parent series:
V8 Supercars

The series was won by Simon Wills who was victorious in ten of the 18 races. Wills finished 82 points clear of Paul Dumbrell.

Teams and drivers

The following teams and drivers competed during the series.

Team	Car	No.	Driver	Rounds
Eastern Creek Karts	Ford Falcon (EL)	20	Garry Holt	All
Terry Wyhoon Racing	Holden Commodore (VS)	25	Terry Wyhoon	All
Garry Rogers Motorsport	Holden Commodore (VT)	33	Leanne Ferrier	All
Scotty Taylor Racing	Holden Commodore (VS)	37	Bill Attard	All
South Pacific Motor Sport	Holden Commodore (VS)	38	Peter Field	2, 4
			Wayne Cooper	3
Mal Rose Racing	Holden Commodore (VS)	44	Mal Rose	1–2
Eddie Abelnica	Holden Commodore (VT)	48	Eddie Abelnica	3–6
Ric Shaw Motorsport	Holden Commodore (VS)	49	Ric Shaw	1–5
Garry Willmington Performance	Ford Falcon (EL)	56	Luke Sieders	1–2
John Scotcher Motorsport	Ford Falcon (EL)	59	Adam Wallis	1–2, 4, 6
			Mick Donaher	3, 5
Evers Motorsport	Holden Commodore (VS)	60	Scott March	1–2
			Kenny Habul	5
Halliday Motor Sport	Ford Falcon (EL)	61	Ross Halliday	All
Simon Emerzidis	Ford Falcon (EL)	63	Simon Emerzidis	4–5
Robert Smith Racing	Holden Commodore (VS)	72	Robert Smith	3–4
Team Dynamik	Holden Commodore (VT)	73	Simon Wills	All
V8 Racing	Holden Commodore (VS)	77	Richard Mork	1–2
Gibson Motor Sport	Holden Commodore (VT)	80	Paul Dumbrell	All
		82	David Parsons	All
Rowse Motorsport	Holden Commodore (VS)	81	Tim Rowse	All
Miller Racing	Holden Commodore (VS)	84	Daniel Miller	1–4, 6
Harris Racing	Ford Falcon (AU)	88	Craig Harris	1–3, 5–6
			Michael Simpson	4
		89	Kevin Mundy	All
NRC International	Holden Commodore (VT)	90	Dale Brede	All
Michael Simpson Racing	Ford Falcon (EL)	93	Michael Simpson	1–3, 5–6
John Faulkner Racing	Holden Commodore (VS)	96	Owen Kelly	All
Graphic Skills Racing	Holden Commodore (VS)	97	Wayne Wakefield	5
AJG Racing	Holden Commodore (VS)	99	Wesley May	5
GM Motorsport	Holden Commodore (VS)	111	Phonsy Mullan	1–3
RPM International Racing	Ford Falcon (EL)	145	Geoff Full	1
			Greg Crick	2
			Aaron McGill	3–5
Power Racing	Ford Falcon (AU)	500	Alan Heath	All
Prancing Horse Racing	Ford Falcon (AU)	888	Mark Noske	6

Series calendar

The series was contested over six rounds with three races per round.^[1]

Round	Date[1]	Circuit[1]	Location	Winning driver
1	24–25 February	Wakefield Park	Goulburn, New South Wales	Simon Wills
2	17–18 March	Oran Park Raceway	Sydney, New South Wales	David Parsons
3	5–6 May	Winton Motor Raceway	Benalla, Victoria	Owen Kelly
4	26–27 May	Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit	Phillip Island, Victoria	David Parsons
5	7–8 July	Lakeside International Raceway	Brisbane, Queensland	Paul Dumbrell
6	11–12 August	Mallala Motor Sport Park	Mallala, South Australia	Simon Wills

An additional non-points "special event", the Konica V8 Supercar Challenge, was held at the Mount Panorama Circuit, Bathurst on 6 October as a support race to the 2001 V8 Supercar 1000.

Points system

The season consisted of six rounds across four different states. Each round consisted of three races. Points were awarded for all cars who started each race in finishing order and then in order that they retired from the race. Points may have been offered for race positions lower than 24th but at no race during the series did more than 24 cars start.

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	11th	12th	13th	14th	15th	16th	17th	18th	19th	20th	21st	22nd	23rd	24th
Points	90	80	72	66	62	58	54	50	48	46	44	42	40	38	36	34	32	30	28	26	24	22	20	18

Series standings

Pos.[2] Driver[2] No. Wak Ora Win Phi Lak Mal Points[2] 1 Simon Wills 73 1 7 1 1 8 5 1 Ret (18) DNS 9 1 1 1 5 4 1 1 1 1272 2 Paul Dumbrell 80 10 1 7 3 7 6 11 2 2 6 3 2 9 1 1 2 Ret (17) 5 1190 3 David Parsons 82 5 3 8 10 1 1 5 3 3 1 2 3 13 7 16 5 5 6 1168 4 Owen Kelly 96 3 Ret (21) Ret (19) 4 4 3 2 1 1 4 7 6 5 3 7 4 2 2 1150 5 Leanne Ferrier 33 8 2 2 Ret (25) Ret (21) 12 4 4 4 2 4 4 3 6 Ret (17) 9 Ret (16) 3 1018 6 Dale Brede 90 4 10 15 7 2 7 8 6 5 5 5 5 DNS 8 8 3 10 4 976 7 Terry Wyhoon 25 Ret (22) 8 5 9 6 13 7 5 6 8 6 12 12 10 5 13 7 Ret (17) 880 8 Michael Simpson 93/88 2 16 3 2 5 4 Ret (21) DNS DNS 3 Ret (20) DNS 14 9 3 6 6 8 840 9 Garry Holt 20 6 13 Ret (20) 8 9 16 17 10 9 7 10 Ret (18) 4 13 15 12 9 Ret (18) 774 10 Craig Harris 88 7 5 Ret (17) 5 3 2 Ret (22) DNS DNS 6 2 6 7 4 12 742 11 Tim Rowse 81 13 18 Ret (18) 18 18 20 12 9 7 12 9 8 19 11 10 11 8 15 718 12 Ross Halliday 61 15 19 13 13 11 10 14 13 11 16 16 13 16 15 11 15 11 11 702 13 Bill Attard 37 18 15 12 16 14 17 15 12 10 19 17 15 17 14 12 16 14 14 654 14 Kevin Mundy 89 16 17 16 15 17 8 Ret (23) DNS DNS 13 11 10 8 Ret (17) 14 17 13 16 594 15 Alan Heath 500 19 Ret (22) 10 14 10 9 Ret (20) DNS DNS 11 8 7 11 DNS DNS 14 12 13 566 16 Eddie Abelnica 48 13 11 8 17 14 Ret (17) 7 12 9 10 15 7 516 17 Ric Shaw 49 11 6 Ret (21) Ret (24) DNS DNS 6 8 Ret (13) 10 13 11 10 DNS DNS 468 18 Phonsy Mullan 111 17 11 9 12 Ret (19) 11 9 Ret (17) DNS 318 19 Adam Wallis 59 12 9 DNS 19 DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS 8 3 9 310 20 Daniel Miller 84 DNS DNS DNS Ret (22) 13 14 10 Ret (15) Ret (15) DNS DNS DNS Ret (18) DNS 10 294 21 Mal Rose 44 9 4 4 6 Ret (22) DNS 260 22 Wayne Wakefield 97 2 4 2 226 23 Scott March 60 14 14 11 17 16 15 222 24 Aaron McGill 145 18 Ret (16) DNS 15 12 16 Ret (21) DNS DNS 200 25 Luke Sieders 56 Ret (21) 14 12 Ret (21) 12 19 198 26 Mick Donaher 59 3 7 Ret (14) Ret (20) DNS DNS 190 27 Peter Field 38 20 15 18 18 18 14 190 28 Simon Emerzidis 63 14 15 9 18 Ret (18) DNS 182 29 Wayne Cooper 38 16 14 12 114 30 Geoff Full 145 20 Ret (20) 6 110 31 Kenny Habul 60 15 16 13 110 32 Richard Mork 77 DNS DNS DNS 11 Ret (20) Ret (21) 94 33 Robert Smith 72 19 DNS DNS 20 19 DNS 82 34[3] Wesley May[3] 99 Ret (22) DNS DNS 22[3] 35 Greg Crick 145 Ret (23) DNS DNS 20 Pos. Driver No. Wak Ora Win Phi Lak Mal Points

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver Second place Bronze Third place Green Points classification Blue Non-points classification Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired, not classified (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)