2011 Australian V8 Ute Racing Series

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The 2011 Auto One V8 Ute Racing Series was a motor racing series for Ford Falcon and Holden utilities (or "utes") built and conforming to V8 Utes series regulations and those holding valid licences to compete as issued by series organisers Spherix and Australian V8 Ute Racing Pty. Ltd. It was the eleventh running of a national racing series for V8 Utes in Australia. The series began on 17 March 2011 at the Adelaide Street Circuit and ended on 2 December at the Homebush Street Circuit after 8 rounds.

The series was won by Kiwi Chris Pither, over former V8 Supercar driver David Sieders and in third place was Ryal Harris.[1]

Teams and drivers[]

The following drivers competed in the 2011 V8 Utes series.[2]

Team Car No Driver Rounds
Hi-Tech Motorsport Holden VE SS Ute 1 All
Ford BF Falcon XR8 11 Jack Elsegood All
Holden VE SS Ute 26 All
Ford BF Falcon XR8 51 2–3
Holden VE SS Ute 92 1–2
SEW Eurodrive Racing Ford BF Falcon XR8 2 1–2
Sage Automation/Roof Seal Holden VE SS Ute 3 All
Big Gun Racing Ford BF Falcon XR8 4 1–2
14 1–6
44 2
58 All
Priority Engineering Services Ford BF Falcon XR8 5 1
Truckline Racing Ford BF Falcon XR8 6 1–2
Tinkler Motorsports Ford BF Falcon XR8 7 1–2
33 Nathan Tinkler 5
Sieders Racing Team Ford BF Falcon XR8 8 All
97 6
Jesus Racing Ford BF Falcon XR8 9 1–3
Auto One Wildcard Holden VE SS Ute 10 Dean Canto[3] 4
18 Tim Blanchard[4] 3
20 Adam Macrow[5] 8
52 Tony Longhurst[6] 7
71 [7] 5
84 David Besnard[8] 6
Ford BF Falcon XR8 15 Charlie O'Brien[9] 1
77 Marcus Marshall[10] 2
Wollongong Performance Racing Ford BF Falcon XR8 13 1–3
Holden VE SS Ute[11] 4
Ford FG Falcon XR8[12] 5–8
Future Assist Group Ford BF Falcon XR8 15 Charlie O'Brien 1–2
Stephen White Racing Holden VE SS Ute 19 1
Williams Race Tech Holden VE SS Ute 21 2
30 1
76
Craig Dontas Racing Holden VE SS Ute 22 1–2
Workhorse Racing Team Ford BF Falcon XR8 23 1–2
Eagle Pro Racing Holden VE SS Ute 24 1
Transquip Hire/ECR Group Holden VE SS Ute 25 2
Bob Jane T-Marts Holden VE SS Ute 27 All
No Limit Energy Drink Holden VE SS Ute 28 1
Calmack Smash Repairs Holden VE SS Ute 29 2
Cribbin Blencowe Estate Agents Holden VE SS Ute 33 6, 8
iseek Racing Ford BF Falcon XR8 37 1
Chris Pither Racing Holden VE SS Ute 42 Chris Pither All
Giddyup Horsey Production Racing Ford BF Falcon XR8 48 7
Vittoria Coffee/DIC Australia Holden VE SS Ute 55 1–2
Monster Energy Holden VE SS Ute 56 Nathan Pretty All
Walkinshaw Racing Holden VE SS Ute 61 Cameron McConville All
Mangomedia Holden VE SS Ute 66
Rare Spares Ford BF Falcon XR8 68 7–8
Red Express Racing Holden VE SS Ute 69 1–2
Western General Body Works Ford BF Falcon XR8 72 7–8
Wake-Up Backpackers Racing Holden VE SS Ute 88 1–2
Dunn Motorsport Ford BF Falcon XR8 99 1–2

Race calendar[]

The 2011 V8 Utes Series will consist of eight rounds, all of which will be held on the support programme of the V8 Supercar Championship Series.

Rd. Race title Circuit City / state Date Winner
1 South Australia Clipsal 500 Adelaide Street Circuit Adelaide, South Australia 17–20 March
2 Victoria (Australia) Trading Post Perth Challenge Barbagallo Raceway Wanneroo, Western Australia 29 Apr – 1 May
3 Northern Territory Skycity Triple Crown Hidden Valley Raceway Darwin, Northern Territory 17–19 June
4 Queensland Sucrogen Townsville 400 Townsville Street Circuit Townsville, Queensland 8–10 July Chris Pither
5 New South Wales Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000 Mount Panorama Circuit Bathurst, New South Wales 6–9 October
6 Queensland Armor All Gold Coast 600 Surfers Paradise Street Circuit Surfers Paradise, Queensland 21–23 October
7 Victoria (Australia) Norton 360 Sandown Challenge Sandown Raceway Melbourne, Victoria 18–20 November Cameron McConville
8 New South Wales Sydney Telstra 500 Homebush Street Circuit Sydney, New South Wales 2–4 December

Series Points[]

Pos Driver Points
1 Chris Pither 935
2 David Sieders 908
3 Ryal Harris 882
4 Grant Johnson 851
5 Cameron McConville 805
6 Nathan Pretty 795
7 Kim Jane 756
8 Jack Elsegood 732
9 Ryan Hansford 703
10 Gary Baxter 700
11 Craig Dontas 696
12 Charlie O'Brien 668
13 Andrew Fisher 654
14 Rhys McNally 589
15 Ben Kavich 493
16 Ben Dunn 481
17 Nandi Kiss 407
18 Warren Millett 389
19 Brad Patton 388
20 George Elliot 357

References[]

  1. ^ "Pither takes Ute title from dramatic weekend". Speedcafe. 5 November 2011.
  2. ^ "V8 Utes 2011 Series Drivers". V8 Utes Australia. Retrieved 16 April 2011.
  3. ^ "2011 Auto One V8 Ute Racing Series – Townsville 400". Natsoft. Retrieved 11 October 2011.
  4. ^ "Blanchard gets V8 Utes wildcard berth". SpeedCafe. 9 May 2011. Retrieved 20 May 2011.
  5. ^ "Adam Macrow awarded Wildcard V8 Utes berth". Speedcafe. 25 November 2011.
  6. ^ "Two-time Bathurst Winner Joins V8 Utes". Speedcafe. 10 November 2011.
  7. ^ "Bathurst Entry List". V8 Utes. Retrieved 10 October 2011.
  8. ^ "David Besnard set for V8 Utes debut". Speedcafe. Retrieved 14 October 2011.
  9. ^ "V8 Utes announce Wildcard entry for 2011". Speedcafe. Retrieved 14 March 2011.
  10. ^ "Marcus Marshall to make V8 Ute debut". SpeedCafe. 14 April 2011. Retrieved 28 April 2011.
  11. ^ "2011 Auto One V8 Ute Racing Series – Townsville 400". Natsoft. Retrieved 11 October 2011.
  12. ^ "Ford FG Ute set to make debut at Bathurst". Speedcafe. Retrieved 11 October 2011.

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