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2016 Kumho Tyres Australian V8 Touring Car Series

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The 2016 Kumho Tyres Australian V8 Touring Car Series is the 9th running of the series.[1] Defending champion Liam McAdam moved to the V8 Supercars Dunlop Series for 2016.[2]

Team and drivers

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Team Car No. Driver Rounds
Kustom Workz / Supercar Parts Ford BF Falcon 4 Shane Hunt 3-4
Haymans Virginia / JCH Electrical Ford BF Falcon 5 Jason Heck 1-3
501 Performance Ford BF Falcon 6 David Wright 2
MoComm Motorsport Communications Holden VE Commodore 7 Jim Pollicina 1-4
Poco / Simons Earthwork Holden VZ Commodore 8 Steve Briffa 1,3-4
Kenwood Homes Ford BF Falcon 11 Michael Anderson 1,3-4
Edge Designer Homes Ford BF Falcon 13 Tyler Greenbury 1
Image Racing / Lubrimaxx Ford FG Falcon 13 Tyler Greenbury 2-3
Ford BF Falcon 4
Ford BA Falcon 16 Leigh Moran 1–2,4
Brad Jones Racing Holden VE Commodore 14 Josh Smith All
Car Advice / Penrite Holden VE Commodore 15 Emily Duggan 1
Newton Motorsport / Petwell Engineering Ford EL Falcon 17 Troy Stapleton 2,4
Unichip Dynomotive Holden VE Commodore 18 Jack Sipp 1
66 2-4
Cavalier Homes Ford BA Falcon 18 Matt Chahda 2
Wake Up/Side Bar Holden VZ Commodore 18 Warren Millett 3-4
Savs Auto Electric / Westco Automotive Holden VE Commodore 25 Sam Morabito 1
Dean Vovacevich 2-4
MW Motorsport Ford FG Falcon 26 Garry Jacobson 4-5
Tempest Solutions Air & Mechanical Holden VE Commodore 37 Anthony Loscialpo 1-2
Michael Caine 3
Vectra Corp / Lubrimaxx Ford FG Falcon 39 Chris Smerdon All
SA Racing Logistics / THR Developments Holden VE Commodore 45 Taz Douglas All
BSTRONG ELECTRICAL / Kirra Automotive Holden VZ Commodore 75 Brendan Strong 1-3
WARLORD / Simon's Earthworks Holden VZ Commodore 88 Simon Emerzidis All
Custom Garage Ford EL Falcon 111 Andy Cantrell 3

Race calendar

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The series is being contested over five rounds with three races at each round.[1]

Round Circuit City / state Date Winning driver(s)
1 Victoria (state) Sandown Raceway Melbourne, Victoria 1–3 April Taz Douglas
2 Victoria (state) Winton Motor Raceway Winton, Victoria 20–22 May Taz Douglas
3 Queensland Queensland Raceway Ipswich, Queensland 22–24 July Taz Douglas
4 Victoria (state) Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit Phillip Island, Victoria 9–11 September Garry Jacobson
5 New South Wales Sydney Motorsport Park Sydney, New South Wales 28–30 October Garry Jacobson

Series standings

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Pos. Driver SAN
Victoria (state)
WIN
Victoria (state)
QLD
Queensland
PHI
Victoria (state)
SMP
New South Wales
Pts.
1 Taz Douglas 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 4 3 4 5 5 3 598
2 Tyler Greenbury 7 3 3 3 2 3 2 Ret 2 2 2 2 3 7 4 496
3 Josh Smith NC 7 5 2 3 2 4 6 5 3 4 3 2 1 2 489
4 Jim Pollicina 5 4 6 11 4 12 5 2 3 5 5 5 6 10 10 353
5 Chris Smerdon 2 6 4 4 5 Ret 2 3 4 6 6 10 8 8 12 337
6 Garry Jacobson 1 1 1 1 2 1 281
7 Michael Anderson 6 9 Ret 5 Ret 6 6 4 8 Ret 7 6 4 3 7 277
8 Jack Sipp 9 12 10 8 10 7 11 9 11 7 8 Ret 10 6 8 209
9 Simon Emerzidis 11 15 12 10 14 10 7 12 Ret 8 9 7 14 15 15 172
10 Dean Kovacevich 13 9 13 13 10 10 13 11 9 137
11 Warren Millett 8 11 12 9 10 11 16 12 13 114
12 Brendan Strong 8 10 9 9 7 9 12 8 DNS Ret Ret Ret 113
13 Steve Briffa 3 8 7 EXC EXC 7 Ret Ret Ret 12 17 Ret 113
14 Jason Heck 4 5 8 6 6 Ret Ret DNS DNS 100
15 Anthony Loscialpo Ret 13 14 12 8 8 96
16 Shane Hunt 10 5 9 12 Ret 8 Ret 14 Ret 93
17 Bryce Fullwood DNS 2 2 88
18 Tony Evangelou 7 4 5 79
19 Michael Caine Ret Ret 6 11 11 9 70
20 Leigh Moran 12 14 13 15 13 Ret 11 13 14 67
21 Troy Stapleton 14 12 11 10 12 12 65
22 David Wright 7 11 5 62
23 Jon McCorkindale 9 9 6 56
24 Mark Primmer 14 14 13 15 16 14 48
25 Matt Chahda Ret DNS 4 41
26 Isidoro Ambrosio 13 13 11 31
27 Andy Cantrell 9 Ret 13 25
28 Sam Morabito 10 11 Ret 16
29 Emily Duggan Ret Ret 11 15
30 Garry Mennell Ret 18 16 11

References

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  1. ^ a b "Shannons National Motor Racing Championships - Kumho Tyres V8 Touring Cars". Thenationals.com.au. 2016-04-03. Retrieved 2016-05-18.
  2. ^ "McAdam graduates to Dunlop Series for 2016". Speedcafe. 2015-09-22. Retrieved 2016-05-18.
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