2011 V8 Utes season

2011 V8 Utes season
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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	Grant Johnson	All
	Ford BF Falcon XR8	11	Jack Elsegood	All
	Holden VE SS Ute	26	Rhys McNally	All
	Ford BF Falcon XR8	51	Rick Gill	2–3
	Holden VE SS Ute	92	Jake McNally	1–2
SEW Eurodrive Racing	Ford BF Falcon XR8	2	Noel Edge	1–2
Sage Automation/Roof Seal	Holden VE SS Ute	3	Gary Baxter	All
Big Gun Racing	Ford BF Falcon XR8	4	Peter Burnitt	1–2
		14	Brad Patton	1–6
		44	Greg Willis	2
		58	Ryal Harris	All
Priority Engineering Services	Ford BF Falcon XR8	5	Kosi Kalatizidis	1
Truckline Racing	Ford BF Falcon XR8	6	Ryan Hansford	1–2
Tinkler Motorsports	Ford BF Falcon XR8	7	Jeremy Gray	1–2
		33	Nathan Tinkler	5
Sieders Racing Team	Ford BF Falcon XR8	8	David Sieders	All
		97	Rohan Barry	6
Jesus Racing	Ford BF Falcon XR8	9	Andrew Fisher	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	Marcus Zukanovic[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	Gary Carson	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	Stephen White	1
Williams Race Tech	Holden VE SS Ute	21	Allan Letcher	2
		30	Graham Edwards	1
		76	Garry Hills
Craig Dontas Racing	Holden VE SS Ute	22	Craig Dontas	1–2
Workhorse Racing Team	Ford BF Falcon XR8	23	Ben Kavich	1–2
Eagle Pro Racing	Holden VE SS Ute	24	Nandi Kiss	1
Transquip Hire/ECR Group	Holden VE SS Ute	25	Brendan Cook	2
Bob Jane T-Marts	Holden VE SS Ute	27	Kim Jane	All
No Limit Energy Drink	Holden VE SS Ute	28	Sean Carter	1
Calmack Smash Repairs	Holden VE SS Ute	29	Nathan Callaghan	2
Cribbin Blencowe Estate Agents	Holden VE SS Ute	33	Denis Cribbin	6, 8
iseek Racing	Ford BF Falcon XR8	37	Jason Gomersall	1
Chris Pither Racing	Holden VE SS Ute	42	Chris Pither	All
Giddyup Horsey Production Racing	Ford BF Falcon XR8	48	Tim Boyle	7
Vittoria Coffee/DIC Australia	Holden VE SS Ute	55	George Elliott	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	Yanis Derums
Rare Spares	Ford BF Falcon XR8	68	Kris Walton	7–8
Red Express Racing	Holden VE SS Ute	69	Charlie Kovacs	1–2
Western General Body Works	Ford BF Falcon XR8	72	Danny Buzadic	7–8
Wake-Up Backpackers Racing	Holden VE SS Ute	88	Warren Millett	1–2
Dunn Motorsport	Ford BF Falcon XR8	99	Ben Dunn	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	Clipsal 500	Adelaide Street Circuit	Adelaide, South Australia	17 – 20 March	David Sieders
2	Trading Post Perth Challenge	Barbagallo Raceway	Wanneroo, Western Australia	29 Apr – 1 May	Grant Johnson
3	Skycity Triple Crown	Hidden Valley Raceway	Darwin, Northern Territory	17 – 19 June	Kim Jane
4	Sucrogen Townsville 400	Townsville Street Circuit	Townsville, Queensland	8 – 10 July	Chris Pither
5	Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000	Mount Panorama Circuit	Bathurst, New South Wales	6 – 9 October	Ryal Harris
6	Armor All Gold Coast 600	Surfers Paradise Street Circuit	Surfers Paradise, Queensland	21 – 23 October	Ryal Harris
7	Norton 360 Sandown Challenge	Sandown Raceway	Melbourne, Victoria	18 – 20 November	Cameron McConville
8	Sydney Telstra 500	Homebush Street Circuit	Sydney, New South Wales	2 – 4 December	David Sieders

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. 2011-11-05.
2. "V8 Utes 2011 Series Drivers". V8 Utes Australia. Retrieved 2011-04-16.
3. "2011 Auto One V8 Ute Racing Series – Townsville 400". Natsoft. Retrieved 2011-10-11.
4. "Blanchard gets V8 Utes wildcard berth". SpeedCafe. 2011-05-09. Retrieved 2011-05-20.
5. "Adam Macrow awarded Wildcard V8 Utes berth". Speedcafe. 2011-11-25.
6. "Two-time Bathurst Winner Joins V8 Utes". Speedcafe. 2011-11-10.
7. "Bathurst Entry List". V8 Utes. Retrieved 2011-10-10.
8. "David Besnard set for V8 Utes debut". Speedcafe. Retrieved 2011-10-14.
9. "V8 Utes announce Wildcard entry for 2011". Speedcafe. Retrieved 2011-03-14.
10. "Marcus Marshall to make V8 Ute debut". SpeedCafe. 2011-04-14. Retrieved 2011-04-28.
11. "2011 Auto One V8 Ute Racing Series – Townsville 400". Natsoft. Retrieved 2011-10-11.
12. "Ford FG Ute set to make debut at Bathurst". Speedcafe. Retrieved 2011-10-11.

External links

• Official series website
• 2011 Official Pointscore
• 2011 Racing Results Archive