page_title: 2012 International V8 Supercars Championship
section_title: Teams and drivers
hierarchical_section_title: 2012 International V8 Supercars Championship / Teams and drivers
caption_attribution_description: English: The TeamVodafone entered Holden VE Commodore of Craig Lowndes at the 2012 Clipsal 500 Adelaide
context_page_description: The 2012 International V8 Supercar Championship was an FIA sanctioned international motor racing series for V8 Supercars. It was the sixteenth running of the V8 Supercar Championship Series and the sixteenth series in which V8 Supercars have contested the premier Australian touring car title. The championship began on 1 March at the Clipsal 500 and concluded on 2 December at the Homebush Street Circuit. The 53rd Australian Touring Car Championship title was awarded to the winner of the Drivers' Championship by the Confederation of Australian Motor Sport.
  Jamie Whincup and Triple Eight Race Engineering started the season as the defending drivers' and teams' champions. At Winton, the penultimate event of the season, Whincup secured his defence of the Drivers Championship, with Triple Eight Race Engineering also wrapping up the Teams Championship. Whincup's teammate Craig Lowndes took second in the points standings from Mark Winterbottom, of Ford Performance Racing, at the final round of the series to give Triple Eight their second consecutive 1–2 finish in the Drivers Championship.
context_section_description: The following teams and drivers contested the 2012 championship.
  Notes
  — For points-scoring purposes, Kelly Racing was recognised as two separate entities: "Jack Daniel's Racing", which is made up of car No. 7 and car #15; and "Kelly Racing", which consisted of cars No. 11 and No. 51.
  — The No. 23 wildcard entry was prepared by Dunlop Series team Minda Motorsport and operated by Kelly Racing.
caption: Craig Lowndes placed second driving a Holden VE Commodore
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