The 2013 Dunlop Series was an Australian motor racing competition for V8 Supercars. It was the fourteenth running of a V8 Supercar Development Series, with all rounds held in support of 2013 International V8 Supercars Championship events.
The introduction of the "New Generation V8 Supercar" regulations to the V8 Supercar Championship resulted in a number of rule changes which affected the Dunlop Series. Teams were only allowed to compete with one model of the cars raced in V8 Supercars. All teams competing with Fords upgraded to the FG Falcon, whilst the Holden teams continued to use the VE Commodore. With all V8 Supercar teams building brand-new chassis for the 2013 season to comply with the New Generation V8 Supercar regulations, many of the cars they used in the 2012 Supercars Championship were sold to Dunlop Series teams.
Dale Wood won the 2013 series driving a Ford FG Falcon for MW Motorsport.
The following teams and drivers competed in the 2013 Dunlop Series:
| Manufacturer | Model | Team | Driver | Rounds | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ford | Falcon FG | Image Racing[1] |  Taz Douglas[2] | All | |
| MW Motorsport | 26 | Dale Wood[3] | All | ||
| 28 | Morgan Haber[4] | All | |||
| 99 | Chaz Mostert[5] | 1 | |||
| Steve Owen[6] | 2–7 | ||||
| Tony D'Alberto Racing | 30 | Nick McBride[7] | All | ||
| Evans Motorsport Group | 31 | Kristian Lindbom[8] | 1–4, 6 | ||
 Daniel Gaunt[9] | 5 | ||||
| Matt Stone Racing | 35 | George Miedecke[10] | All | ||
| 60 | Michael Hector[11] | 3–7 | |||
| 87 | Ashley Walsh[12] | All | |||
| Finance EZI Racing[13] | 44 | Josh Hunter[14] | 1–6 | ||
| Maurice Pickering[15] | 7 | ||||
| 64 | Andre Heimgartner | All | |||
| Novocastrian Motorsport | 58 | Drew Russell | All | ||
| 59 | Aaren Russell[16] | All | |||
| 60 | Michael Hector | 1–2 | |||
| Action Racing | 71 | Marcus Zukanovic[17] | 7 | ||
| Sonic Motor Racing Services | 777 | Rodney Jane[18] | All | ||
| 999 | Garry Jacobson | All | |||
| Holden | Commodore VE | RSport Engineering | 11 | Aaron Tebb | 1–3, 5, 7 |
| Brett Hobson | 6 | ||||
| 16 | Justin Garioch[19] | 3 | |||
| Aaron Tebb[20] | 4, 6 | ||||
| Brett Hobson[21] | 5, 7 | ||||
| Brad Jones Racing | 20 | Andrew Jones[22] | All | ||
| 41 | Luke Youlden[23] | 5 | |||
| 42 | Chris Pither | All | |||
| Nandi Kiss Racing | 24 | Chris Alajajian[24] | 1 | ||
| Nandi Kiss[25] | 2–7 | ||||
| Triple Eight Race Engineering | 27 | Casey Stoner[26] | All | ||
| Evans Motorsport Group | 48 | Geoff Emery | All | ||
| THR Developments | 32 | Josh Kean[27] | 5–6 | ||
| Eggleston Motorsport[28] | 38 | Daniel Gaunt[29] | 1–4 | ||
| Ant Pedersen[30] | 5 | ||||
| 54 | Jay Verdnik[31] | 1 | |||
| Jack Perkins[32] | 2–7 | ||||
| Minda Motorsport[33] | 43 | Sam Walter[34] | All | ||
| 56 | Todd Hazelwood | 7 | |||
| 98 | Cameron Waters | All | |||
| Greg Murphy Racing | 51 | Jim Pollicina[35] | All | ||
| Warrin Mining | 62 | Adam Wallis | 1, 4–6 | ||
| Paul Morris Motorsport | 67 | Paul Morris[36] | 2–7 | ||
| Action Racing | 71 | Marcus Zukanovic | 1–6 | ||
| Formula Tech Performance | 73 | Brett Stewart[37] | All | ||
| McGill Motorsport | 75 | Aaron McGill | All |
The 2013 Dunlop Series comprised nineteen races within seven rounds at seven circuits, all in support of the International V8 Supercars Championship. The calendar remains unchanged from the 2012 season, with only the Winton event being brought forward, reflecting the change in the V8 Supercar Championship calendar.
Points were awarded to the driver of a car that had completed 75% of the race distance and was running at the completion of the final lap. Two different points scales were applied to rounds having two or three races to ensure that a driver would be awarded 300 points for winning all races at any event.
Points were awarded using the following system:
| Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | 11th | 12th | 13th | 14th | 15th | 16th | 17th | 18th | 19th | 20th | 21st | 22nd | 23rd | 24th | 25th | 26th | 27th | 28th | 29th | 30th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Two-race format (All races) | 150 | 138 | 129 | 120 | 111 | 102 | 96 | 90 | 84 | 78 | 72 | 69 | 66 | 63 | 60 | 57 | 54 | 51 | 48 | 45 | 42 | 39 | 36 | 33 | 30 | 27 | 24 | 21 | 18 | 15 |
| Three-race format (Races 1 and 3) | 120 | 110 | 103 | 96 | 89 | 82 | 77 | 72 | 67 | 62 | 57 | 55 | 53 | 51 | 48 | 46 | 43 | 41 | 38 | 36 | 33 | 30 | 28 | 26 | 24 | 21 | 18 | 16 | 13 | 11 |
| Three-race format (Race 2) | 60 | 56 | 52 | 48 | 44 | 40 | 38 | 36 | 34 | 32 | 30 | 28 | 26 | 24 | 23 | 22 | 21 | 20 | 19 | 18 | 17 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 8 |
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