The 2012 V8 Supercar season was the sixteenth year in which V8 Supercars have contested the premier Australian

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series. It was the 53rd year of touring car racing in

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since the first running of the Australian Touring Car Championship, now known as the International V8 Supercars Championship, and the Armstrong 500, the fore-runner of the present day Bathurst 1000. The season began on 1 March at the

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and concluded on 2 December at the

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. It featured the sixteenth

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Championship, contested over 30 races at 15 events. Thirteen of these events were held in the six states and the

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of Australia, and single events were staged in

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and the

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. There was also a stand-alone, non-championship event supporting the

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. The season also included the thirteenth second-tier Dunlop V8 Supercar Series, contested over seven rounds. For the fifth time a third-tier series was contested, the Kumho Tyres V8 Touring Car Series, which was expanded to six rounds for 2012.

Race calendar

Dates sourced from: *IVC – International V8 Supercar Championship *DVS – Dunlop V8 Supercar Series *KVTC – Kumho Tyres V8 Touring Car Series *NC – Non-championship

Race calendar

International V8 Supercars Championship

Dunlop V8 Supercar Series

Kumho Tyres V8 Touring Car Series

V8 Supercars Albert Park Challenge

References

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