The series was first held in 2000 as the
2000 Konica V8 Lites Series and this inaugural contest was won by
Dean Canto. Towards the end of the season
Stone Brothers Racing entered a car for
David Besnard as preparation for the long distance races, in the main V8 Supercar series, the
Queensland 500 and the
Bathurst 1000, which unlike the other races require two drivers for each competing vehicle. Since then main series teams have used the series to help get their endurance co-drivers up-to-speed, or have employed drivers competing for other Fujitsu Series teams. While originally Fujitsu Series teams were allowed to enter main series events, this has since been discontinued as all main series events are limited to those teams carrying valid franchise slots for the main series, although in limited circumstances Fujitsu series teams have been able to lease entries from main series teams. The 2007 champion,
Tony D'Alberto, drove for the
Tony D'Alberto Racing team, and like many of his predecessors, graduated to the V8 Supercar series in 2008, again with the family team. From the 2009 Season and onward all Super2 Series rounds have run on the Main Supercars Championship calendar as a support category. This series carries the colloquial title of 'Development Series' which was the name given to the series by V8 Supercar Australia between the 2004 and 2005 seasons. The colloquial title is referred to in many conversations, even though there has never been a Development Series race because a naming rights sponsor was found before the start of the 2005 season. Started during the 2016 year season of the Dunlop Super2 Series (Named as Supercars Dunlop Series) Car of The Future later known as New Generation V8 Supercar specification cars were eligible in the series. In the 2021 season of the series, The Kumho Tyre V8 Touring Car Series (Later named as
Kumho Tyre Super3 Series in 2019 before being named as Dunlop Super3 Series) joined alongside the Dunlop Super2 Series category for the first time as a class racing on track at the same time. Started in the year 2023 season of the Dunlop Super2 & Super3 Series only the Gen2 Specification built cars (
Holden Commodore ZB &
Ford Mustang GT (S550)) were to become eligible in the Super2 Series class. Car of The Future also known as New Generation V8 Supercar specification built cars were sold & sent down to teams in the
Super3 Series class of the Dunlop Super2 & Super3 Series. Starting in the 2025 year season the Dunlop Series will revert down to a single class of the Super2 Series removing the Super3 Series due to low grid numbers with as much as two or three cars in the Super3 Series class during round weekends of the 2024 Dunlop Super2 & Super3 Series season. Cars that were built under Car of The Future (Also Known as New Generation V8 Supercar) Regulations such as the
Holden Commodore VF,
Ford Falcon FG-X and
Nissan Altima are set to be re-eligible back in the Super2 Series in the 2025 Year season. ==Championship format==