The 2011 V8 Supercar season was the fifteenth season of

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motor racing and the fifteenth season in which V8 Supercars have contested the premier Australian

touring car Touring car and tourer are both terms for open cars (i.e. cars without a fixed roof). "Touring car" is a style of open car built in the United States which seats four or more people. The style was popular from the early 1900s to the 1930s. Th ...

series. It was the 52nd year of touring car racing in

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beginning with the 1960 season, which included the first

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, now known as the International V8 Supercars Championship,Top 10 shootouts reduced for 2011 V8s
Retrieved from www.speedcafe.com.au on 4 January 2011 and the first Armstrong 500, the fore-runner of the present day

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. The 2011 season began on 11 February at the

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in Abu Dhabi and ended on 4 December at the

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. It featured the fifteenth

Championship, consisting of 26 races at 14 events covering all six states and the

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of Australia as well as events in the

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and

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

2011 Australian Grand Prix The 2011 Australian Grand Prix (formally the 2011 Formula 1 Qantas Australian Grand Prix) was a Formula One motor race held on 27 March 2011 at the Albert Park Circuit in Melbourne. It was the 76th race in the combined history of the Australian Gr ...

. The season also featured the twelfth second-tier V8 Supercar Development Series, this year officially known as the Fujitsu V8 Supercar Series and expanded to a seven-round series. The fourth third-tier series, the Kumho V8 Touring Car Series was contested over a five-round series.

Race calendar

Dates sourced from: *VSC – International V8 Supercar Championship *FVS – Fujitsu V8 Supercar Series *KVTC – Kumho V8 Touring Car Series *NC – Non-championship round

Race calendar

International V8 Supercars Championship

Fujitsu V8 Supercar Series

Albert Park 400

Kumho V8 Touring Car Series

References

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