The 2013 V8 Supercar season was the seventeenth year in which V8 Supercars contested the senior Australian touring car series. It was the 54th year of touring car racing in Australia since the first runnings of the Australian Touring Car Championship , now known as the International V8 Supercars Championship , and the fore-runner of the present day Bathurst 1000 , the Armstrong 500.
The season began on 1 March at the Adelaide Street Circuit and finished on 8 December at the Homebush Street Circuit . 2013 featured the seventeenth V8 Supercar Championship , consisting of 36 races at 14 events covering all six states and the Northern Territory of Australia as well as events in New Zealand and for the first time, the United States of America . There was also a stand-alone event supporting the 2013 Australian Grand Prix . The season also featured the fourteenth second-tier Dunlop V8 Supercar Series , contested over seven rounds. For the sixth time a third-tier series was run, the Kumho Tyres V8 Touring Car Series .
Shae Davies won the 2013 Kumho V8 Touring Car Series.
Dates sourced from:[ 1] [ 2]
Event title Circuit City / state Race/round Date Winner Report Clipsal 500 Adelaide Street Circuit Adelaide , South Australia IVC 1 IVC 2 1–3 March Craig Lowndes Shane van Gisbergen report DVS 1 Chaz Mostert MSS Security V8 Supercars Challenge Albert Park Street Circuit Melbourne , Victoria IVC NC 14–17 March Fabian Coulthard report Sydney Motorsport Park Sydney Motorsport Park Sydney , New South Wales KVTC 1 22–24 March Justin Garioch Tasmania Microsoft Office 365 Symmons Plains Raceway Launceston , Tasmania IVC 3 IVC 4 IVC 5 6–7 April Fabian Coulthard Jason Bright Fabian Coulthard report ITM 400 Auckland Pukekohe Park Raceway Pukekohe , New Zealand IVC 6 IVC 7 IVC 8 IVC 9 13–14 April Scott McLaughlin Jamie Whincup Will Davison Jason Bright report Mallala Mallala Motorsport Park Mallala , South Australia KVTC 2 19–21 April Terry Wyhoon Perth 360 Barbagallo Raceway Perth , Western Australia IVC 10 IVC 11 IVC 12 3–5 May Craig Lowndes Jamie Whincup Jamie Whincup report DVS 2 Ashley Walsh Austin 400 Circuit of the Americas Austin, Texas , United States of America IVC 13 IVC 14 IVC 15 IVC 16 17–19 May Jamie Whincup Jamie Whincup Fabian Coulthard Jamie Whincup report Skycity Triple Crown Hidden Valley Raceway Darwin , Northern Territory IVC 17 IVC 18 IVC 19 14–16 June Jamie Whincup Mark Winterbottom Craig Lowndes report Winton Winton Motor Raceway Benalla , Victoria KVTC 3 21–23 June Tony Evangelou Sucrogen Townsville 400 Townsville Street Circuit Townsville , Queensland IVC 20 IVC 21 5–7 July Will Davison Garth Tander report DVS 3 Steve Owen Coates Hire Ipswich 360 Queensland Raceway Ipswich , Queensland IVC 22 IVC 23 IVC 24 26–28 July Jamie Whincup Scott McLaughlin Chaz Mostert report DVS 4 Jack Perkins Queensland Raceway Queensland Raceway Ipswich , Queensland KVTC 4 2–4 August Ryan Simpson Winton 360 Winton Motor Raceway Benalla, Victoria IVC 25 IVC 26 IVC 27 23–25 August James Moffat Mark Winterbottom James Courtney report DVS 5 Dale Wood Wilson Security Sandown 500 Sandown Raceway Melbourne , Victoria IVC 28 13–15 September Jamie Whincup Paul Dumbrell report Phillip Island Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit Phillip Island , Victoria KVTC 5 20–22 September Ryan Simpson Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000 Mount Panorama Circuit Bathurst , New South Wales IVC 29 10–13 October Mark Winterbottom Steven Richards report DVS 6 Steve Owen Armor All Gold Coast 600 Surfers Paradise Street Circuit Surfers Paradise , Queensland IVC 30 IVC 31 25–27 October Craig Lowndes Warren Luff David Reynolds Dean Canto report Sandown Sandown Raceway Melbourne , Victoria KVTC 6 15–17 November Ryan Simpson Sargent Security Phillip Island 360 Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit Phillip Island , Victoria IVC 32 IVC 33 IVC 34 22–24 November Garth Tander Craig Lowndes Jamie Whincup report Sydney Telstra 500 Homebush Street Circuit Sydney , New South Wales IVC 35 IVC 36 6–8 December Jamie Whincup Shane van Gisbergen report DVS 7 Steve Owen
IVC – International V8 Supercar Championship DVS – Dunlop V8 Supercar Series KVTC – Kumho Tyres V8 Touring Car Series NC – Non-championship International V8 Supercars Championship [ edit ] Dunlop V8 Supercar Series [ edit ] MSS Security V8 Supercars Challenge [ edit ]