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.

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 Motorsport 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.The 2001 Konica V8 Supercar Series, www.v8supercar.com.au, as archived at web.archive.org on 31 October 2001 Round Date Circuit 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.Konica V8 Supercar Series, 2001 Driver Progressive Scores, www.v8supercar.com.au, as archived at web.archive.org on 5 November 2001 Driver No. WAK ORA WIN PHI LAK MAL Points 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 34Wesley May is not listed in the official standings as published at www.v8supercar.com.au Wesley May 99 Ret(22) DNS DNS 22 35 Greg Crick 145 Ret(23) DNS DNS 20 Pos. Driver No. WAK ORA WIN PHI LAK MAL Points

References

External links 2001 Racing Results Archive Images from Australian Konica V8 Supercar Series - Round 2 Qualifying, Oran Park Raceway, 17 March 2001, erksports.tripod.com, as archived at web.archive.org

See also 2001 V8 Supercar season