Paul Dumbrell 2014 Dunlop Series Homebush

The 2014 Dunlop Series was an Australian motor racing competition for

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. It was the fifteenth running of the V8 Supercar Development Series, a support series to the

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. The 2014 season featured a new format for the Dunlop Series weekends. Each round of the series – with the exception of Bathurst – featured two forty-minute races, rather than a range of two-race and three-race weekends. The Bathurst round was a single-race event, held over an endurance distance of , and allowing for optional driver changes.

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series winner Paul Dumbrell became the third driver to clinch a second title, after winning six races (and three rounds) during the season; this included four consecutive wins at

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, the Bathurst endurance race and the first race at

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. Despite missing the second Barbagallo race due to business commitments, Eggleston Motorsport's Dumbrell won the series by 247 points ahead of

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driver

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. Waters won two races at Winton and the second Sydney Olympic Park race, where he also took the round win to move ahead of

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, who had held the runner-up spot for

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prior to the event. Walsh won three races and two rounds in the early part of the series, but faded towards the end of the season. The series top five was rounded out by New Zealand's

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(

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) and

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), who won races at

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and Barbagallo respectively. Pither also won the round at Townsville, his first in the series.

Teams and drivers

The following teams and drivers competed in the 2014 series.

Calendar

The series comprised thirteen races at seven venues, with each race being a support race at an

event.

Points system

Points were awarded for each race at each two-race round on the following basis. Note: Double points were awarded for the single race at Mount Panorama.Natsoft Race Results > Circuit Racing > Mount Panorama - Bathurst > 12/10/2014 > Dunlop Series Meet 177 (Meeting points)
Retrieved 5 November 2018

Series standings

References

External links

2014 Dunlop Development Series, www.v8supercars.com.au, as archived at web.archive.org
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