2018 Super2 Series

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The 2018 Super2 Series (known for commercial reasons as the 2018 Dunlop Super2 Series) was an Australian motor racing competition for Supercars, staged as a support series to the 2018 Supercars Championship. It was the nineteenth running of the Supercars Development Series, the second tier of competition in Supercars racing.

The series was won by Chris Pither, driving in a Garry Rogers Motorsport prepared Holden VF Commodore.

## Teams and drivers

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Paul Dumbrell placed second in the series driving a Holden Commodore VF for Eggleston Motorsport Macauley Jones placed ninth driving a Holden Commodore VF for Brad Jones Racing

The following teams and drivers competed in the series.

Manufacturer  | Model  | Team  | Driver details |  | Bathurst 250 Entries

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No. | Name  | Rounds  | Co-Driver Name
Ford | FG X Falcon | Tickford Racing | 5  |  Thomas Randle | All  |
Matt Stone Racing | 16  |  Bryce Fullwood | 1–3
Paul Morris Motorsport | 67  |  Shae Davies | All
Holden | Commodore VF | Brad Jones Racing | 8  |  Zane Goddard | All
14  |  Macauley Jones | All
21  |  Jack Smith | All
Grove Racing | 10 |  Brenton Grove | All  |  Earl Bamber
Matt Stone Racing | 13  |  Tyler Greenbury | 1–2  |
16  |  Bryce Fullwood | 4–7
98  |  Jaie Robson | 3
Image Racing  | 15  |  Adam Marjoram | All
49  |  Jordan Boys | All
Matt Chahda Motorsport  | 18  |  Matt Chahda | All
Eggleston Motorsport | 38  |  Will Brown | All
54  |  Nathan Morcom | All
63  |  Dominic Storey | All
88  |  Paul Dumbrell | All
Garry Rogers Motorsport | 44  |  Chris Pither | All
99  |  Mason Barbera | All
Kali Motorsport  | 50  |  Gerard McLeod | 4
Ricky Capo  | 5
Kristian Lindbom | 7
Kostecki Brothers Racing | 55  |  Kurt Kostecki | All
56  |  Jake Kostecki | All
57  |  Brodie Kostecki | All
Nissan | Altima L33 | MW Motorsport | 23  |  Dean Fiore | All
26 |  Garry Jacobson | All
62  |  Alex Rullo | All
Source:[1][2][3][4]

### Team changes

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* Eggleston Motorsport expanded to a four-car team after purchasing an extra Holden VF Commodore built by Triple Eight Race Engineering.[5]
* Grove Racing made their series début after purchasing an ex-Triple Eight VF Commodore.[6]
* Kostecki Brothers Racing expanded their operations to become a three-car team.[7]

### Driver changes

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#### Entering/rejoining series

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* Dean Fiore returned to full-time competition with MW Motorsport in preparation for the 2018 Enduro Cup.[8]
* Formula 4 regular Zane Goddard made his Super2 début, replacing Andrew Jones at Brad Jones Racing.[9]
* Tyler Greenbury, who finished runner-up in the third-tier V8 Touring Car National Series in 2017, was promoted to the Super2 Series in 2018. Greenbury raced for Matt Stone Racing.[10]
* Brenton Grove made his series début with Grove Racing after contesting the Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge and Carrera Cup Australia in 2017.[6]
* Chris Pither returned to the series on a full-time basis with Garry Rogers Motorsport.[11]
* Thomas Randle returned to Australia after two years competing in Europe. Randle replaced Josh Kean at Tickford Racing.[12]
* Alex Rullo returned to the series with MW Motorsport after entering in the Supercars series in 2017.[13]
* Reigning Australian Endurance Championship champion Dominic Storey made his Super2 début with Eggleston Motorsport.[14]

#### Changing teams

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* Shae Davies moved from MW Motorsport to Paul Morris Motorsport where he replaced Anton de Pasquale.[15]
* Bryce Fullwood moved from MW Motorsport to Matt Stone Racing.[16]
* 2016 series champion Garry Jacobson moved from Tickford Racing to MW Motorsport.[17]
* Brodie Kostecki left Matt Stone Racing to join his cousins Kurt and Jake Kostecki at Kostecki Brothers Racing.[7]
* Adam Marjoram moved from Matt Stone Racing to Image Racing, replacing Jack Perkins.[18]

#### Leaving series

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* Anton de Pasquale, Todd Hazelwood and Jack Le Brocq left the series as they graduated to the Supercars Championship with Erebus Motorsport, Matt Stone Racing and Tekno Autosports respectively.[19][20][21]
* Andrew Jones, Josh Kean and Matthew Palmer left the championship.
* Richard Muscat left the series to prepare for the Enduro Cup.[11]

#### Mid-season changes

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* Tyler Greenbury left the series after three rounds, citing sponsorship issues.[22] He was replaced with Jaie Robson for Barbagallo.[23]

## Calendar

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The 2018 Dunlop Super2 Series comprised seven rounds:

Round  | Event name  | Circuit  | Location  | Date

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1  | Adelaide 500 |  Adelaide Street Circuit | Adelaide, South Australia | 2–4 March
2  | Tasmania SuperSprint |  Symmons Plains Raceway | Launceston, Tasmania | 7–8 April
3  | Perth SuperSprint |  Barbagallo Raceway | Neerabup, Western Australia | 5–6 May
4  | Townsville 400 |  Townsville Street Circuit | Townsville, Queensland | 7–8 July
5  | Sandown 500 |  Sandown Raceway | Springvale, Victoria | 15–16 September
6  | Bathurst 1000 |  Mount Panorama Circuit | Bathurst, New South Wales | 6 October
7  | Newcastle 500 |  Newcastle Street Circuit | Newcastle, New South Wales | 24–25 November
Source:[24]

### Calendar changes

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* The Bathurst 1000 support race returned to being a points-paying series round again after the 2017 Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000 failed to draw wildcard entries and the accompanying Super2 non-series round saw a downturn in participation from previous years.[25]
* The category returned to Barbagallo Raceway for a series round.[24] The round had been removed from the 2017 Super2 Series schedule to allow teams the opportunity to run wildcard entries in the Supercars Championship event, but no entries were received.
* The series no longer hosted four-race format rounds.[26]

## Rule changes

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### Sporting regulations

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The "wildcard" programme introduced in 2017 to allows teams from the Dunlop Super2 Series to compete in the Supercars Championship continued in 2018. Entries were open for the Winton, Hidden Valley, Ipswich and Tailem Bend rounds,[24] while the Barbagallo round was discontinued.

### Technical regulations

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The Super2 Series no longer allowed "Project Blueprint" cars after fifteen years of use in Supercars and Super2 series.[27] They were replaced by the "New Generation" cars first introduced to Supercars racing in 2013, bringing the Super2 Series in line with the technical regulations of its parent series. The Project Blueprint cars were eligible to compete in the V8 Touring Car National Series, the third tier of the sport.

## Results and standings

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### Season summary

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Round | Event  | Pole position | Fastest lap | Winning driver  | Winning team  | Round winner

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1  | 1  | Adelaide 500 |  Garry Jacobson |  Kurt Kostecki |  Paul Dumbrell | Eggleston Motorsport |  Paul Dumbrell
2  |  Paul Dumbrell |  Garry Jacobson |  Garry Jacobson | MW Motorsport
3  |  Garry Jacobson |  Kurt Kostecki |  Paul Dumbrell | Eggleston Motorsport
2  | 4  | Tasmania SuperSprint |  Chris Pither |  Paul Dumbrell |  Paul Dumbrell | Eggleston Motorsport |  Chris Pither
5  |  Chris Pither |  Chris Pither |  Chris Pither | Garry Rogers Motorsport
6  |  Chris Pither |  Paul Dumbrell |  Paul Dumbrell | Eggleston Motorsport
3  | 7  | Perth SuperSprint |  Alex Rullo |  Alex Rullo |  Alex Rullo | MW Motorsport |  Dean Fiore
8  |  Thomas Randle |  Paul Dumbrell |  Paul Dumbrell | Eggleston Motorsport
9  |  Alex Rullo |  Dean Fiore |  Dean Fiore | MW Motorsport
4  | 10  | Townsville 400 |  Macauley Jones |  Macauley Jones |  Garry Jacobson | MW Motorsport |  Paul Dumbrell
11  |  Chris Pither |  Macauley Jones |  Chris Pither | Garry Rogers Motorsport
5  | 12  | Sandown 500 |  Chris Pither |  Garry Jacobson |  Brodie Kostecki | Kostecki Brothers Racing |  Brodie Kostecki
13  |  Brodie Kostecki |  Garry Jacobson |  Brodie Kostecki | Kostecki Brothers Racing
6  | 14  | Bathurst 1000 |  Garry Jacobson |  Garry Jacobson |  Dean Fiore | MW Motorsport |  Dean Fiore
7  | 15  | Newcastle 500 |  Chris Pither |  Brodie Kostecki |  Brodie Kostecki | Kostecki Brothers Racing |  Brodie Kostecki
16  |  Chris Pither | race cancelled

### Points system

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Points were awarded in each race as follows.

Round
format  | Position

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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

### Series standings

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Pos. | Driver  | No. | ADE
| SYM
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| TOW
| SAN
| BAT
| NEW
| Pen. | Points

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1  |  Chris Pither | 44  | 6  | 7  | 7  | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7  | 4  | 7  | 6  | 1 | 16 | 3  | 3  | 2 | C | 0  | 1522
2  |  Paul Dumbrell | 88  | 1  | 2 | 1  | 1 | 5  | 1 | 14  | 1 | 2  | 2  | 2  | 2  | 2  | Ret  | 5  | C  | 0  | 1463
3  |  Garry Jacobson | 26  | 2 | 1 | 2 | 21  | 3  | Ret  | 12  | 3  | 4  | 1  | 5  | 18 | 5 | 4 | 4  | C  | 0  | 1393
4  |  Alex Rullo | 62  | 11  | 19  | 11  | 12  | 7  | 5  | 1 | 6  | 9 | 3  | 6  | 4  | 7  | 2  | 12  | C  | 0  | 1328
5  |  Brodie Kostecki | 57  | 7  | 8  | 5  | 4  | 2  | 6  | 3  | 16  | Ret  | 7  | 3  | 1  | 1 | Ret  | 1 | C  | 35  | 1202
6  |  Will Brown | 38  | 5  | 6  | 3  | 9  | 8  | 7  | 18  | 20  | 13  | 14  | 7  | 17  | 10  | 13  | 3  | C  | 0  | 1068
7  |  Dean Fiore | 23  | 13  | 9  | 12  | 15  | 10  | Ret  | 2  | 12  | 1 | 8  | 12  | 19  | 18  | 1  | Ret  | C  | 0  | 1034
8  |  Kurt Kostecki | 55  | 3 | 3  | 4 | 5  | 6  | 4  | 4  | 15  | 3  | 13  | 4  | 20  | 19  | Ret  | 18  | C  | 0  | 1010
9  |  Macauley Jones | 14  | 4  | 5  | 6  | 6  | 4  | 3  | 9  | 7  | 5  | Ret | 22 | 5  | 4  | Ret | 19  | C  | 0  | 968
10  |  Jack Smith | 21  | 14  | 16  | 15  | 3  | 9  | 12  | 16  | 10  | 12  | 15  | 16  | 7  | 13  | 11  | 11  | C  | 0  | 939
11  |  Thomas Randle | 5  | Ret  | DNS  | DNS  | 10  | 12  | 8  | 6  | 2 | 6  | 4  | 20  | 3  | 8  | 8  | Ret  | C  | 35  | 915
12  |  Shae Davies | 67  | 8  | 4  | Ret  | Ret  | 11  | 9  | 8  | 5  | 16  | 5  | 8  | 22  | 12  | 5  | Ret  | C  | 35  | 912
13  |  Mason Barbera | 99  | Ret  | 11  | 10  | 11  | 17  | Ret  | 5  | 8  | 10  | 16  | 17  | 11  | 11  | 6  | 8  | C  | 70  | 849
14  |  Zane Goddard | 8  | 16  | 14  | 17  | 14  | 22  | 14  | 15  | 19  | 14  | 11  | 9  | 15  | 16  | 15  | 6  | C  | 0  | 835
15  |  Dominic Storey | 63  | 17  | 13  | 8  | 20  | 21  | 18  | 17  | 18  | 20  | 19  | 19  | 8  | 20  | 9  | 16  | C  | 0  | 788
16  |  Adam Marjoram | 15  | 10  | Ret  | DNS  | 7  | 14  | 10  | 13  | 11  | Ret  | 9  | 13  | 14  | 14  | 12  | 14  | C  | 0  | 779
17  |  Bryce Fullwood | 16  | 12  | 10  | 19  | 17  | 18  | 15  | 11  | 13  | 11  | 12  | 10  | 10  | 9  | Ret  | 13  | C  | 0  | 755
18  |  Jake Kostecki | 56  | 9  | Ret  | 9  | Ret  | 13  | 17  | 10  | 9  | 8  | 10  | 14  | 6  | 6  | Ret  | 9  | C  | 70  | 719
19  |  Nathan Morcom | 54  | 15  | 20  | 16  | 8  | 16  | Ret  | 19  | 14  | 17  | 17  | 18  | Ret  | Ret  | 7  | 10  | C  | 0  | 691
20  |  Matt Chahda | 18  | 19  | 18  | 14  | 16  | 15  | Ret  | 20  | 17  | 15  | Ret  | 11  | 9  | 15  | 14  | 17  | C  | 0  | 688
21  |  Brenton Grove | 10/51  | Ret  | 17  | 18  | 18  | 19  | 16  | 21  | 21  | 18  | Ret  | 21  | 13  | 21  | 10  | 20  | C  | 0  | 615
22  |  Jordan Boys | 49  | 20  | 15  | 20  | 13  | 23  | 11  | 22  | 22  | 19  | Ret  | 15  | 12  | Ret  | Ret  | 7  | C  | 0  | 525
23  |  Tyler Greenbury  | 13  | 18  | 12  | 13  | 19  | 20  | 13  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 0  | 230
24  |  Earl Bamber | 10  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 10  |  |  | 0  | 156
25  |  Ricky Capo  | 50  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 21  | 17  |  |  |  | 0  | 96
26  |  Kristian Lindbom | 50  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 15  | C  | 0  | 60
27  |  Gerard McLeod  | 50  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 18  | DNS  |  |  |  |  |  | 0  | 51
28  |  Jaie Robson  | 98  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 23  | 23  | Ret  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 0  | 48
Pos. | Driver  | No. | ADE
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| Pen. | Points

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## External links

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* Official website
* 2018 Operations Manual, www.supercars.com, as archived at web.archive.org
* 2018 Dunlop Super2 Series Points, www.supercars.com, as archived at web.archive.org

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