# 2016 Supercars Dunlop Series

The 2016 Supercars Dunlop Series was an Australian motor racing competition for Supercars, staged as a support series to the Virgin Australia Supercars Championship. It was the seventeenth annual Supercars Development Series and the fifth to be contested under the "Dunlop Series" name. The season was also the first in which Holden VF Commodores and Ford FG X Falcons built to 'Car of the Future' specifications are eligible for the series, racing alongside previous generation VE Commodore and FG Falcon models.
The series was won by Garry Jacobson driving for Prodrive Racing Australia in a Ford FG X Falcon.

## Teams and drivers

The following teams and drivers competed in the series.
| Manufacturer | Model | Team | No. | Driver | Rounds | Co-Driver | Rounds |
| Ford | Falcon FG X | Prodrive Racing Australia | 5 | Jack Le Brocq | All | | |
| Ford | Falcon FG X | Prodrive Racing Australia | 6 | Garry Jacobson | All | | |
| Ford | Falcon FG | Image Racing | 2 | Dan Day | 1–3 | | |
| Ford | Falcon FG | Image Racing | 10 | Steve Owen | 1 | | |
| Ford | Falcon FG | Image Racing | 10 | Dean Fiore | 2 | | |
| Ford | Falcon FG | Image Racing | 10 | Garry Hills | 3 | | |
| Ford | Falcon FG | Image Racing | 58 | Ryal Harris | 6 | | |
| Ford | Falcon FG | Image Racing | 98 | Renee Gracie | 7 | | |
| Ford | Falcon FG | Matt Stone Racing | 15 | Adam Marjoram | All | | |
| Ford | Falcon FG | MW Motorsport | 16 | Bryce Fullwood | All | | |
| Ford | Falcon FG | MW Motorsport | 26 | Shae Davies | 1–6 | | |
| Ford | Falcon FG | MW Motorsport | 28 | Jesse Dixon | 1 | | |
| Ford | Falcon FG | MW Motorsport | 28 | Chelsea Angelo | 5–7 | | |
| Ford | Falcon FG | Matt Chahda Motorsport | 18 | Matt Chahda | All | | |
| Ford | Falcon FG | STR Motorsport | 48 | Matt Palmer | All | Drew Russell | 6 |
| Ford | Falcon FG | Paul Morris Motorsport | 67 | Anton de Pasquale | All | | |
| Ford | Falcon FG | Paul Morris Motorsport | 98 | Renee Gracie | 1–5, 7 | | |
| Ford | Falcon FG | Paul Morris Motorsport | 98 | Jack Smith | 6 | | |
| Ford | Falcon FG | Action Racing | 71 | Marcus Zukanovic | 2, 5 | | |
| Holden | Commodore VF | Brad Jones Racing | 8 | Andrew Jones | All | | |
| Holden | Commodore VF | Brad Jones Racing | 14 | Macauley Jones | All | | |
| Holden | Commodore VF | Brad Jones Racing | 21 | Josh Kean | All | | |
| Holden | Commodore VF | Matt Stone Racing | 35 | Todd Hazelwood | All | | |
| Holden | Commodore VF | Dragon Motor Racing Garry Rogers Motorsport | 44 | Richard Muscat | All | | |
| Holden | Commodore VF | Dragon Motor Racing Garry Rogers Motorsport | 99 | James Golding | All | | |
| Holden | Commodore VF | Kostecki Brothers Racing | 55 | Kurt Kostecki | 1–3, 5–7 | | |
| Holden | Commodore VF | Kostecki Brothers Racing | 56 | Jake Kostecki | All | | |
| Holden | Commodore VF | Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport | 62 | Alex Rullo | All | | |
| Holden | Commodore VE | Dragon Motor Racing Garry Rogers Motorsport | 34 | Chelsea Angelo | 1–3 | | |
| Holden | Commodore VE | Eggleston Motorsport | 38 | Liam McAdam | 1–3, 5 | | |
| Holden | Commodore VE | Eggleston Motorsport | 38 | Taz Douglas | 4, 7 | | |
| Holden | Commodore VE | Eggleston Motorsport | 54 | Taz Douglas | 2–3, 5–6 | Grant Denyer | 6 |
| Holden | Commodore VE | Eggleston Motorsport | 88 | Paul Dumbrell | 1–6 | | |
| Holden | Commodore VE | THR Developments | 45 | Taz Douglas | 1 | | |
| Holden | Commodore VE | Warrin Mining | 64 | Adam Wallis | 1 | | |

## Calendar

The 2016 calendar was released on 29 October 2015.
| Rnd. | Race | Event name | Circuit | Location | Date | Race winner | Round winner |
| 1 | 1 | Clipsal 500 Adelaide | Adelaide Street Circuit | Adelaide, South Australia | 4 March | Paul Dumbrell | Garry Jacobson |
| 1 | 2 | Clipsal 500 Adelaide | Adelaide Street Circuit | Adelaide, South Australia | 5 March | Garry Jacobson | Garry Jacobson |
| 2 | 1 | WD-40 Phillip Island SuperSprint | Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit | Phillip Island, Victoria | 16 April | Garry Jacobson | Garry Jacobson |
| 2 | 2 | WD-40 Phillip Island SuperSprint | Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit | Phillip Island, Victoria | 17 April | James Golding | Garry Jacobson |
| 2 | 3 | WD-40 Phillip Island SuperSprint | Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit | Phillip Island, Victoria | 17 April | Garry Jacobson | Garry Jacobson |
| 3 | 1 | Perth SuperSprint | Barbagallo Raceway | Perth, Western Australia | 7 May | Jack Le Brocq | Jack Le Brocq |
| 3 | 2 | Perth SuperSprint | Barbagallo Raceway | Perth, Western Australia | 8 May | Jack Le Brocq | Jack Le Brocq |
| 3 | 3 | Perth SuperSprint | Barbagallo Raceway | Perth, Western Australia | 8 May | Jack Le Brocq | Jack Le Brocq |
| 4 | 1 | Castrol Edge Townsville 400 | Townsville Street Circuit | Townsville, Queensland | 9 July | Jack Le Brocq | Jack Le Brocq |
| 4 | 2 | Castrol Edge Townsville 400 | Townsville Street Circuit | Townsville, Queensland | 10 July | Jack Le Brocq | Jack Le Brocq |
| 5 | 1 | Wilson Security Sandown 500 | Sandown Raceway | Melbourne, Victoria | 17 September | Garry Jacobson | Garry Jacobson |
| 5 | 2 | Wilson Security Sandown 500 | Sandown Raceway | Melbourne, Victoria | 17 September | Paul Dumbrell | Garry Jacobson |
| 5 | 3 | Wilson Security Sandown 500 | Sandown Raceway | Melbourne, Victoria | 18 September | James Golding | Garry Jacobson |
| 6 | 1 | Bathurst 250 | Mount Panorama Circuit | Bathurst, New South Wales | 6–9 October | Paul Dumbrell | Paul Dumbrell |
| 7 | 1 | Coates Hire Sydney 500 | Homebush Street Circuit | Sydney, New South Wales | 3 December | Jack Le Brocq | Jack Le Brocq |
| 7 | 2 | Coates Hire Sydney 500 | Homebush Street Circuit | Sydney, New South Wales | 4 December | Jack Le Brocq | Jack Le Brocq |

## Series standings
### Points system

Points were awarded in each race as follows.
| Round format | Position | Position | Position | Position | Position | Position | Position | Position | Position | Position | Position | Position | Position | Position | Position | Position | Position | Position | Position | Position | Position | Position | Position | Position | Position | Position | Position | Position | Position | Position |
| Round format | 1st | 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 | 29th | 30th |
| Three races | 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 | 14 | 12 | 10 |
| Two races | 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 | 18 | 15 |
| One 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 | 36 | 30 |

### Points standings

The series was won by Garry Jacobson driving for Prodrive Racing Australia in a Ford FG X Falcon.
| Pos. | Driver | No. | ADE | ADE | PHI | PHI | PHI | BAR | BAR | BAR | TOW | TOW | SAN | SAN | SAN | BAT | SYD | SYD | Pen. | Pts. |
| 1 | Garry Jacobson | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 24 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1738 |
| 2 | Jack Le Brocq | 5 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 4 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 | Ret | 2 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 1650 |
| 3 | Todd Hazelwood | 35 | 22 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 7 | Ret | 4 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1418 |
| 4 | James Golding | 99 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 13 | 6 | 1 | Ret | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1404 |
| 5 | Taz Douglas | 45/54 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 3 | Ret | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 1294 |
| 6 | Andrew Jones | 8 | 2 | 19 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 6 | 7 | 15 | 10 | Ret | 12 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 1254 |
| 7 | Paul Dumbrell | 88 | 1 | Ret | 3 | 5 | 23 | 4 | 3 | 8 | Ret | 2 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 1 | | | 0 | 1216 |
| 8 | Richard Muscat | 44 | 5 | Ret | 6 | 25 | 18 | 13 | 12 | 9 | 5 | DSQ | 2 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 1124 |
| 9 | Macauley Jones | 14 | 21 | 5 | 15 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | Ret | 0 | 1111 |
| 10 | Shae Davies | 26 | 7 | 6 | 24 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 16 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 5 | | | 25 | 1100 |
| 11 | Anton de Pasquale | 67 | 8 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 10 | 6 | 18 | 14 | Ret | 9 | Ret | 9 | 14 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 25 | 1042 |
| 12 | Josh Kean | 21 | Ret | Ret | 8 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 8 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 12 | 15 | 13 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 25 | 924 |
| 13 | Adam Marjoram | 15 | 14 | 11 | 17 | 18 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 11 | 10 | 11 | Ret | 8 | 13 | 17 | Ret | 0 | 803 |
| 14 | Bryce Fullwood | 16 | DNS | DNS | 11 | 7 | 12 | 14 | 11 | 7 | 10 | 18 | 8 | Ret | DNS | 12 | 3 | 9 | 50 | 802 |
| 15 | Matt Palmer | 48 | 17 | 16 | 21 | 22 | 21 | 22 | 21 | 18 | 15 | 17 | 17 | 14 | 16 | 11 | 15 | 14 | 0 | 778 |
| 16 | Kurt Kostecki | 55 | 18 | 20 | 12 | 8 | 8 | 12 | 4 | 13 | | | 6 | 4 | 10 | 14 | Ret | Ret | 25 | 733 |
| 17 | Alex Rullo | 62 | 19 | Ret | 18 | 16 | 20 | 15 | 6 | 19 | Ret | 12 | Ret | 16 | 6 | 16 | 14 | 13 | 25 | 686 |
| 18 | Jake Kostecki | 56 | Ret | 18 | 20 | 19 | 24 | 18 | 15 | 21 | 12 | 13 | Ret | 13 | 11 | 19 | 18 | 11 | 0 | 683 |
| 19 | Renee Gracie | 98 | 12 | Ret | 22 | 21 | 19 | 21 | 19 | 17 | 14 | 16 | 15 | 12 | 17 | | 13 | 15 | 25 | 594 |
| 20 | Matt Chahda | 18 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 20 | 17 | 23 | 13 | Ret | 13 | 14 | DSQ | DSQ | DNS | 18 | 11 | Ret | 10 | 585 |
| 21 | Chelsea Angelo | 34/28 | 20 | 13 | 19 | 23 | 14 | 17 | 20 | 16 | | | Ret | 10 | 20 | 20 | 16 | 13 | 25 | 583 |
| 22 | Liam McAdam | 38 | 11 | 10 | 7 | 13 | 15 | 20 | 14 | Ret | | | 19 | Ret | 15 | DNS | | | 0 | 442 |
| 23 | Dan Day | 2 | 23 | 14 | 23 | 24 | 11 | 19 | 23 | Ret | | | | | | | | | 0 | 249 |
| 24 | Marcus Zukanovic | 71 | | | 25 | 17 | 22 | | | | | | 18 | 11 | 18 | | | | 0 | 198 |
| 25 | Steve Owen | 10 | 6 | 8 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 0 | 192 |
| 26 | Jesse Dixon | 28 | 9 | 9 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 0 | 168 |
| 27 | Grant Denyer | 54 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 10 | | | 0 | 156 |
| 28 | Drew Russell | 48 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 11 | | | 0 | 144 |
| 29 | Adam Wallis | 64 | 16 | 17 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 0 | 111 |
| 30 | Dean Fiore | 10 | | | 14 | 11 | 25 | | | | | | | | | | | | 0 | 110 |
| 31 | Ryal Harris | 58 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 17 | | | 0 | 108 |
| 32 | Garry Hill | 10 | | | | | | 24 | 22 | 20 | | | | | | | | | 0 | 78 |
| — | Jack Smith | 98 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Ret | | | 0 | 0 |
| Pos. | Driver | No. | ADE | ADE | PHI | PHI | PHI | BAR | BAR | BAR | TOW | TOW | SAN | SAN | SAN | BAT | SYD | SYD | Pen. | Pts. |
| Colour | Result |
| Gold | Winner |
| Silver | Second place |
| Bronze | Third place |
| Green | Points finish |
| Blue | Non-points finish |
| Blue | Non-classified finish (NC) |
| Purple | Retired (Ret) |
| Red | Did not qualify (DNQ) |
| Red | Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) |
| Black | Disqualified (DSQ) |
| White | Did not start (DNS) |
| White | Withdrew (WD) |
| White | Race cancelled (C) |
| Blank | Did not practice (DNP) |
| Blank | Did not arrive (DNA) |
| Blank | Excluded (EX) |