The 2016 V8 Supercar season was the twentieth and final season in which V8 Supercars have contested the premier Australian touring car series. It was the 57th season of touring car racing in Australia since the first runnings of the Australian Touring Car Championship, now known as the International V8 Supercars Championship, and the fore-runner of the present day Bathurst 1000, the Armstrong 500.

The season began on 3 March at the Adelaide Street Circuit and finished on 27 November at the Homebush Street Circuit. 2016 featured the twentieth V8 Supercar Championship, consisting of 29 races at 14 events covering all six states and the Northern Territory of Australia as well an event in New Zealand. Originally the Supercars were going to make their first trip to Kuala Lumpur, but the event had to be cancelled due to certain logistical failures on the part of the promoters in Malaysia. There was also a stand-alone event supporting the 2016 Australian Grand Prix. The season also featured the seventeenth second-tier Dunlop V8 Supercar Series, contested over seven rounds. For the ninth time, de-registered Supercars contested an unofficial third-tier series, the Kumho Tyre V8 Touring Car Series.

Race calendar The following events were held during the season.

Event titleCircuitCity / stateRace/roundDateWinnerReport Clipsal 500 Adelaide Adelaide Street Circuit Adelaide, South Australia IVC 1IVC 2IVC 3 3–6 March Jamie WhincupJames CourtneyNick Percat Report DVS 1 Garry Jacobson Coates Hire V8 Supercars Challenge Albert Park Street Circuit Melbourne, Victoria IVC NC 17–20 March Shane van Gisbergen Report Tyrepower Tasmania SuperSprint Symmons Plains Raceway Launceston, Tasmania IVC 4IVC 5 1–3 April Shane van GisbergenWill Davison Report Sandown Sandown Raceway Melbourne, Victoria KVTC 1 Taz Douglas WD-40 Phillip Island SuperSprint Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit Phillip Island, Victoria IVC 6IVC 7 15–17 April Scott McLaughlinScott McLaughlin Report DVS 2 Garry Jacobson Perth SuperSprint Barbagallo Raceway Perth, Western Australia IVC 8IVC 9 6–8 May Craig LowndesMark Winterbottom Report DVS 3 Jack Le Brocq Woodstock Winton SuperSprint Winton Motor Raceway Benalla, Victoria IVC 10IVC 11 20–22 May Tim SladeTim Slade Report KVTC 2 Taz Douglas CrownBet Darwin Triple Crown Hidden Valley Raceway Darwin, Northern Territory IVC 12IVC 13 17–19 June Michael CarusoShane van Gisbergen Report Castrol Edge Townsville 400 Townsville Street Circuit Townsville, Queensland IVC 14IVC 15 8–10 July Jamie WhincupShane van Gisbergen Report DVS 4 Jack Le Brocq Coates Hire Ipswich SuperSprint Queensland Raceway Ipswich, Queensland IVC 16IVC 17 22–24 July Shane van GisbergenCraig Lowndes Report KVTC 3 Taz Douglas Red Rooster Sydney SuperSprint Sydney Motorsport Park Sydney, New South Wales IVC 18IVC 19 26–28 August Shane van GisbergenJamie Whincup Report Phillip Island Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit Phillip Island, Victoria KVTC 4 9–11 September Garry Jacobson Wilson Security Sandown 500 Sandown Raceway Melbourne, Victoria IVC 20 16–18 September Garth TanderWarren Luff Report DVS 5 Garry Jacobson Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000 Mount Panorama Circuit Bathurst, New South Wales IVC 21 6–9 October Will DavisonJonathon Webb Report DVS 6 Paul Dumbrell Castrol Gold Coast 600 Surfers Paradise Street Circuit Surfers Paradise, Queensland IVC 22IVC 23 21–23 October Report Muscle Car Masters Sydney Motorsport Park Sydney, New South Wales KVTC 5 28–30 October ITM Auckland SuperSprint Pukekohe Park Raceway Pukekohe, New Zealand IVC 24IVC 25IVC 26IVC 27 4–6 November Report Coates Hire Sydney 500 Homebush Street Circuit Sydney, New South Wales IVC 28IVC 29 25–27 November Report DVS 7

IVC – International V8 Supercars Championship DVS – V8 Supercars Dunlop Series KVTC – Kumho Tyres Australian V8 Touring Car Series NC – Non-championship

International V8 Supercars Championship

Dunlop V8 Supercar Series

Kumho Tyres Australian V8 Touring Car Series

Coates Hire V8 Supercars Challenge

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