Craig Lowndes left the first event of the championship leading the points standings ahead of
Fabian Coulthard and
Shane van Gisbergen. Lowndes' teammate
Jamie Whincup won the first race of the weekend ahead of Lowndes and van Gisbergen. Lowndes then won the second race ahead of
Scott McLaughlin—in a strong début for the
Volvo S60—and Whincup.
James Courtney lost the passenger-side front door of his car after contact with
Lee Holdsworth. Courtney recovered to take the win in the third race ahead of Lowndes and van Gisbergen. The third race saw a number of incidents occur.
Will Davison made heavy contact with the wall at turn eight after a touch from
James Moffat, sustaining significant damage to his car. After the safety car period to recover Davison's car,
Jason Bright rolled at the Senna Chicane following contact with
Garth Tander and
Tim Slade with Holdsworth,
Scott Pye and
Chaz Mostert also suffering significant damage.
Nick Percat also crashed at turn eight while running third in the closing stages. Controversial penalties were awarded to van Gisbergen and
Rick Kelly, who were alleged to be travelling too quickly at the first safety car restart, and to Whincup, whose car controller was deemed to have worked on the car during his second pit stop. Whincup made contact with
Michael Caruso while making his way back through the field, forcing both cars to pit for a lengthy period. though Lowndes was disqualified from the second qualifying session due to a technical infringement. Whincup won the first race, after a controversial incident with Lowndes while the pair battled for the lead, ahead of
James Courtney and
Mark Winterbottom.
Todd and
Rick Kelly both failed to finish after suspension and brake failures respectively. Whincup also won the second race, ahead of Winterbottom and
Fabian Coulthard, while Lowndes made his way from the back of the grid to fifth place. Lowndes recovered to take a strong win in the third race, with Whincup finishing second and Courtney third.
Will Davison finished fourth, equalling
Erebus Motorsport's best result in the series. Lowndes maintained his lead in the championship, while Whincup moved up from seventh to second, 70 points behind his teammate. The Winton 400 saw three different drivers and manufacturers win each of the three races.
Fabian Coulthard scored pole for both of the Saturday races and went on to win the first race ahead of
Shane van Gisbergen and
Dale Wood, who achieved his first podium finish in the series.
Russell Ingall, after fitting new tyres during a safety car period, received a drive-through penalty while on course for a podium finish, leading to him labelling the race stewards as "peanuts" in a post-race interview.
Lee Holdsworth gave
Erebus Motorsport and
Mercedes-Benz their first victories in the series by winning the second race ahead of
Mark Winterbottom and Coulthard.
Scott McLaughlin took his maiden pole position in qualifying for the Sunday race but he was one of five drivers to be given a drive-through penalty for speeding in the pit lane. Winterbottom took his and
Ford's first win of the year in front of
James Courtney and
Tim Slade.
Craig Lowndes held on to the championship lead despite a troublesome weekend, with Winterbottom moving up to second, 28 points off the lead.
Mark Winterbottom won the
Jason Richards Memorial Trophy after dominating the weekend in New Zealand. The 2013 Jason Richards Memorial Trophy winner,
Jason Bright, started the event strongly by taking pole for the first race and going on to win after early leader
Jamie Whincup had steering problems.
Shane van Gisbergen and
Craig Lowndes completed the podium, while
David Wall was put out for the rest of the weekend after contact with
Chaz Mostert at the final corner caused his car to make heavy contact with the wall. Winterbottom won the first of the Saturday races ahead of polesitter
James Courtney and Mostert. Van Gisbergen won the second Saturday race, holding off a late charge from Winterbottom, with
Scott McLaughlin in third after starting from pole. McLaughlin again took pole for the Sunday race but was beaten by Winterbottom in the race, with Mostert finishing third for the second time during the weekend.
Tim Slade had qualified on the front row, but his car had a clutch problem on the formation lap, causing an aborted start and forcing him to start from the pit lane. With Lowndes struggling during the weekend, Winterbottom left the event with a 107-point lead in the championship.
Triple Eight Race Engineering returned to form after a run of poor results, with
Craig Lowndes and
Jamie Whincup finishing first and third respectively in the second race, split by championship leader
Mark Winterbottom. Mostert took his first victory for
Ford Performance Racing by winning the third race ahead of Lowndes and Winterbottom. All cars run by the
Holden Racing Team and
Erebus Motorsport suffered punctures, forcing their drivers down the order. Lowndes trimmed Winterbottom's championship lead to 101 points, while Whincup moved past
James Courtney for fourth. Lowndes took pole for the third race, which saw a variety of strategies used by the teams. After using an alternate strategy and starting on hard tyres, as opposed to soft tyres used by most of the frontrunners, Lowndes and Whincup attempted to move forwards in the middle section of the race. Lowndes made contact with the rear of
Chaz Mostert's car, puncturing his tyre and dropping him down the order.
Mark Winterbottom led in the closing stages, having run soft tyres for the entire race, with Whincup and van Gisbergen behind on fresher soft tyres. Whincup let van Gisbergen through to try to catch Winterbottom but he was not able to do so and Winterbottom held on for the win. With Lowndes finishing seventeenth, Winterbottom extended his championship lead to 161 points. The seventh event in Townsville saw
Craig Lowndes lose ground in the championship race. On the opening lap of race one, Lowndes made contact with both
Garth Tander and
James Courtney before being spun into the wall by
Will Davison, failing to finish a race for the first time since 2012. Lowndes and Davison both received points penalties for their roles in each incident, while
Todd Kelly also received a points penalty for an incident with
Jack Perkins. Lowndes' teammate
Jamie Whincup capitalised to win the race ahead of a recovering Tander and Davison. Tander went on to win the second race with Courtney in second place, while polesitter
Fabian Coulthard finished third. Lowndes had more problems on Sunday, with a grid penalty dropping him from first to third on the grid, gifting pole to
Jason Bright, before an overheating engine dropped him to twenty-third position. Whincup won again, with Tander in second and
Shane van Gisbergen in third. Championship leader
Mark Winterbottom qualified poorly during the weekend, but managed to finish in the top ten in two of the races to maintain his series lead, with Whincup moving up to second, 96 points behind, and Lowndes dropping to sixth behind Coulthard, van Gisbergen and Courtney. The Ipswich 400 saw the championship lead change hands, with
Jamie Whincup moving ahead of
Mark Winterbottom. Whincup won both of the Saturday races ahead of his teammate
Craig Lowndes. Lowndes had started from pole in the first race but Whincup passed him towards the end of the race to take the win, with
Scott McLaughlin finishing behind the pair. McLaughlin, from pole, and
Michael Caruso led Whincup and Lowndes for most of the second race. Caruso attempted to pass McLaughlin, but he nudged the Volvo into a spin and received a drive-through penalty. Whincup then held off Lowndes to win the race, with
Chaz Mostert finishing third. The Sunday race saw
James Moffat take his first career pole position and the first for
Nissan since the company returned to the series.
James Courtney won the race after starting from second on the grid, with Lowndes in second and Mostert third.
Scott Pye scored a career-best result with fourth. Moffat finished fifth after going off the track while attempting to pass Mostert on the final lap. Whincup finished sixth, which was enough to take the championship lead after a tyre puncture for Winterbottom dropped him to twenty-second place.
Jamie Whincup took his 58th career pole position in the first race of the Sydney Motorsport Park 400, breaking
Peter Brock's long-standing record of 57, while
Scott McLaughlin took pole for the second race. The two Saturday races were the first championship races in nearly three years to be held in wet conditions, with
Shane van Gisbergen taking both wins.
Garth Tander and
Craig Lowndes completed the podium in the first race, with
Chaz Mostert and Whincup taking second and third respectively in the second. McLaughlin failed to finish both races: his car suffered an engine failure in the first race while he was running in second and a wheel detached on the opening lap of the second race.
Tim Slade and
Robert Dahlgren were both eliminated from the weekend after accidents during the two races. McLaughlin bounced back by winning the Sunday race from pole position, ahead of
Nick Percat, who scored his first podium finish as a full-time driver, and
Fabian Coulthard.
Mark Winterbottom was given a drive-through penalty for causing an incident which saw the cars of
David Reynolds and
Scott Pye suffer significant damage. With Whincup finishing fifth, the end of the weekend saw Whincup leading Winterbottom by 135 points in the championship standings.
Jamie Whincup and
Paul Dumbrell dominated the Wilson Security Sandown 500, securing pole position and leading 150 of the 161 laps on their way to victory. The two
Holden Racing Team cars filled the podium, with
James Courtney and
Greg Murphy finishing ahead of
Garth Tander and
Warren Luff.
Mark Winterbottom fell to third in the championship standings behind
Craig Lowndes, after Winterbottom and
Steve Owen could only finish tenth while Lowndes and
Steven Richards finished fourth.
Lee Holdsworth had a high-speed crash when his car suffered a mechanical failure at the end of the back straight, resulting in heavy contact with the tyre barrier. A wheel was torn off in the accident, which was collected by
Jason Bright, forcing he and
Andrew Jones out of the race. The only other retirement was the car of
James Moffat and
Taz Douglas, whose car was retired when the team were unable to disconnect the fuel hose from the car during their first pit stop. The pole-sitting car of
Shane van Gisbergen and
Jonathon Webb were in contention until van Gisbergen stalled in the final pit stop and the car would not restart. Other leading contenders had various issues throughout the day.
Scott McLaughlin and
Alexandre Prémat led the most laps but were forced out of contention when McLaughlin hit the wall after being passed by van Gisbergen.
Craig Lowndes received a drive-through penalty for spinning
Mark Winterbottom in the closing stages, with the two cars finishing tenth and sixth respectively.
David Reynolds and
Dean Canto had an
alternator failure while running second. while
James Courtney and
Greg Murphy suffered electrical problems throughout the race. Despite finishing fifth, Whincup extended his championship lead with Winterbottom overtaking Lowndes for second place.
Tony D'Alberto,
Alexandre Prémat and
Dean Fiore all scored their first podium finish in V8 Supercars during the weekend, with D'Alberto and
Tim Slade finishing third on Saturday, while Prémat and
Scott McLaughlin finished second on Sunday ahead of Fiore and
Michael Caruso.
Scott McLaughlin won the first of the Saturday races ahead of
Craig Lowndes and Whincup, while Whincup's closest championship rival,
Mark Winterbottom, finished twenty-fourth after going off the circuit. Winterbottom recovered to finish third behind Whincup and Lowndes in the second race, his first podium finish since Hidden Valley.
Garth Tander was on course to take victory in the Sunday race before running out of fuel coming out of the final corner, allowing McLaughlin to take the win. Tander finished second ahead of Winterbottom and Whincup. The final round of the championship was affected by storms in and around Sydney, with heavy rain causing two of the three races to be stopped just after half distance. Former series champion
Marcos Ambrose returned to the series as a wildcard entry, having last competed in
2005. Ambrose and
Craig Lowndes crashed in the first qualifying session. The resulting red flag gave
Erebus Motorsport its first pole position, with
Will Davison going quickest ahead of
Jamie Whincup. Whincup won the first race in dry conditions ahead of
Tim Slade and
David Reynolds. Despite starting fourth in the second race, Whincup took the lead at the first corner from polesitter
Jason Bright. The race was red-flagged after 19 of the 37 laps due to heavy rain before being restarted under safety car conditions to allow the field to complete enough laps for full championship points to be awarded.
Shane van Gisbergen and
Scott McLaughlin rounded out the podium with Bright in fourth. McLaughlin took his tenth pole position of the season for the Sunday race but could only manage to finish eighth. Conditions similar to those in the second race caused another red flag after 44 of the 74 laps. The race was eventually abandoned and van Gisbergen was declared the winner ahead of
Garth Tander and
James Courtney. The result saw van Gisbergen take second in the championship ahead of
Mark Winterbottom and Lowndes. ==Results and standings==