2017 Dunlop Super2 Series
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The 2017 Super2 Series (known for commercial reasons as the 2017 Dunlop Super2 Series) was an Australian motor racing competition for
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, staged as a support series to the Virgin Australia Supercars Championship. It was the eighteenth annual
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. The series was won by
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, driving a
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for
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. A few substantial changes were seen for the 2017 season including the new rules of the Super2 program. This saw the opportunity for Dunlop Series teams to field a Wildcard entry in up to two of the four Virgin Australia Supercars Championship events at Winton,
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, Hidden Valley and
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. This program was developed to encourage more cars and teams to get involved in the Supercars Championship. The
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round of the Super2 Series became a non-pointscoring round for the first time since 2004, to encourage more cars and teams to submit wildcard entries for the
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.


Teams and drivers

The following teams and drivers competed in the series.


Calendar

The 2017 calendar was released on 27 September 2016.


Points system

Points were awarded in each race as follows.SCHEDULE D1.POINT SCORE SYSTEM DVS, as archived at web.archive.org
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Series standings


See also

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2017 Supercars Championship The 2017 Supercars Championship (formally known as the 2017 Virgin Australia Supercars Championship) was an FIA-sanctioned international motor racing series for Supercars, which prior to July 2016 had been known as V8 Supercars. It was the nine ...


References


External links

* {{Super2 Series Supercars Development Series Dunlop Series