User:V8fan/2013 International V8 Supercars Championship

The 2013 International V8 Supercars Championship will be an FIA-sanctioned international motor sport racing series for V8 Supercars. It will be the fifteenth running of the V8 Supercar Championship Series and the seventeenth series in which V8 Supercars have contested the premier Australian touring car title. The 2013 season will see the introduction of the "Car of the Future", a revision to the regulations designed to cut costs to AUD$250,000 per car through the use of "control" parts. Nissan will return to the series after a twenty-year absence, entering four Nissan Altimas prepared by Kelly Racing. The series' calendar will also expand, travelling to the United States for the first time for a race at the Circuit of the Americas in Austin, Texas.

Race Calendar
The following race calendar was confirmed for 2013.

Calendar changes

 * The V8 Supercars will go to the United States for the first time for two 200km races at the new Circuit of the Americas in Austin, Texas.
 * The V8 Supercars will also return to Pukekohe Park Raceway for the first time since 2007. The event replaces Hamilton as the New Zealand round of the championship.

Teams and drivers
The following teams and drivers have been confirmed for the 2013 series.
 * Notes:
 * — For points-scoring purposes, Nissan Motorsport is recognised as two separate entities: "Jack Daniel's Racing", including car #7 and car #15; and "Kelly Racing", which includes cars #11 and #51.