24 October 2013 | General

KUMHO SERIES CONFIRMS MODIFIED 2014 RACING CALENDAR

Goulburns Wakefield Park will return to the Kumho Series calendar for the first time since 2011 and will host the penultimate round of the series on October 17-19 two weekends prior to the final round at Sydney Motorsport Park.

Melbournes Sandown Motor Raceway which will host this years final round on November 16-17 and hosts the opening round of the 2014 Shannons Australian Motor Racing Nationals is not included on next years Kumho Series calendar.

V8 Touring Car Series Commerical Manager Rob Curkpatrick says the calendar gives the series a better balance of events between Victoria and New South Wales and avoids clashes with V8 Supercars Championship events held in Australia.

“Going to Wakefield Park again gives us a variety of race tracks and improves the balance of race meetings which this year has seen one round in New South Wales and three in Victoria he says.

“Weve decided against running at Sandown to avoid a clash with the Symmons Plains V8 Supercar event and also so we are not running there back-to-back as the last round of 2013 and the first round of 2014.

“Compiling a calendar is always a difficult project. We wanted to avoid clashes with the Australian V8 Supercar events provide a variety of tracks across four states as well as fit in with other categories part of the Shannons Nationals family.

“While the calendar is a bit different from what weve had in recent years there is plenty of challenge and variety for teams and drivers next season.

2014 Kumho Tyres Australian V8 Touring Car Series Calendar

Round 1 April 25-27 Mallala Motorsport Park

Round 2 June 13-15 Winton Motor Raceway

Round 3 August 8-10 Queensland Raceway

Round 4 September 19-21 Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit

Round 5 October 17-19 Wakefield Park Motor Raceway

Round 6 October 31-November 2 Sydney Motorsport Park