14 rounds for V8 Supercars
The V8 Supercar Championship will have 14 rounds next year for the first timeSeptember 12, 2006
The series will return to Eastern Creek in Sydney on the Queen's Birthday weekend in June, with that round culminating on the public holiday Monday.
The Eastern Creek round is in place of non-championship races at the Australian Grand Prix in Melbourne, with organisers saying the mid-March GP date is too close to the next weekend's earlier Perth round of the V8 championship. The proposed Homebush street race at Sydney's Olympic Park has fallen through, while a Townsville street race remains a possibility for 2008.
As CarPoint reported yesterday, expect the clash of Bathurst and the MotoGP at Phillip Island next year to be averted, with the two-wheel brigade likely to move from the first weekend of October. The V8 development series, formally called the Fujitsu V8 Supercars Series, will hold six of its seven rounds as the major support category to the V8 Supercar Championship Series. Wakefield Park will be the only stand-alone event, from March 30-April 1.
2. Mar 23-25, Barbagallo, Perth
3. Apr 20-22, Placemakers V8 Int, New Zealand
4. May 18-20, Winton, Victoria
5. Jun 9-11, Eastern Creek, Sydney
6. Jun 22-24, Sky City Challenge, Darwin
7. Jul 19-22, Queensland Raceway, Ipswich
8. Aug 16-19, Oran Park, Sydney
9. Sep 14-16, Betta Electrical 500, Melbourne
10. Oct 3-7, Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000, Bathurst
11. Oct 18-21, Gillette V8 Supercar Challenge, Surfers' Paradise
12. Nov 1-3, BIC, Bahrain
13. Nov 16-18, Tasmania Challenge, Launceston
14. Nov 29-Dec 2, Grand Finale, Phillip Island
2. Mar 30- Apr 1, Wakefield Park, Goulburn
3. May 18-20, Winton, Victoria
4. Jul 19-22, Qld Raceway, Ipswich
5. Aug 16-19, Oran Park, Sydney
6. Oct 3-7, Supercheap Auto 1000, Bathurst
7. Nov 29-Dec 2, Grand Finale, Phillip Island
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