ENTRY LIST: Dunlop Series receives big entry for Clipsal

Thirty Dunlop Series V8 Supercars will hit the track for the opening round of the development series in Adelaide this weekend.

The 30-car Ford and Holden field equals the record set in 2007 of the most Dunlop Series cars to start the opening round in South Australia.

While new Matthew White Motorsport signing Chaz Mostert has been earmarked as the early favourite for the 2013 title, most of the attention this year will surround rookie driver Casey Stoner.

The two-time MotoGP world champion will unveil his Red Bull and Pirtek-sponsored Commodore VE in Adelaide this morning.

Stoner will become the third Australian motorcycling world champion to compete in V8 Supercars, following Wayne Gardner and Troy Bayliss.

Stoner has enjoyed two days of testing prior to the opening event, and while it may take him some time to reach the front of the field, he has the advantage of driving for Australia’s most successful V8 team in recent history – Triple Eight.

But even driving an ex-Bathurst winning chassis (the Craig Lowndes/Mark Skaife Commodore from 2010), it would be too much to expect him to be challenging for wins early.

The wins are largely expected to be fought out between Mostert, his MWM team-mate Dale Wood, Matt Stone Racing’s Ash Walsh, main series refugee Taz Douglas and former class champion Andrew Jones.

While the field is one of the largest seen in some time, those in a position to challenge those above appears thin, however, look for promising signs from a group of fast youngsters, including George Miedecke (MSR), Chris Pither (Brad Jones Racing), Cameron Waters (Minda), Gary Jacobson (Sonic) and Josh Hunter (Finance EZI).

Of the 30 entries, only the #38 entry from Ben Eggleston’s Marque Management team does not have a driver listed.

The Dunlop Series entries will hit the track for the first time on Thursday, with races scheduled for Friday evening and Saturday morning.

#	Team Sponsor Name	CAMS Competitor Name	Driver	Model
10	Image Racing	Image Racing	Taz Douglas	FG
11	Garage Nineteen Rsport	Race Engineering	Aaron Tebb	VE II
20	Advam Racing	Brad Jones Racing	Andrew Jones	VE II
24	Pacific Hoists & Hitachi	Nandi Kiss	Chris Alajajian	VE
26	GB Galvanizing	MW Motorsport	Dale Wood	FG
27	Triple Eight Race Engineering	Triple Eight Race Engineering	Casey Stoner	VE II
28	MW Motorsport	MW Motorsport	Morgan Haber	FG
30	TBC	Bellmont Nominees	Nick McBride	FG
31	Evans Motorsport Group	Evans Motorsport Group	Kristian Lindbom	FG
35	iSeek	Stone Racing	George Miedecke	FG
38	Marque Management	Marque Management	TBC	VE II
42	Icebreak Racing	Brad Jones Racing	Chris Pither	VE II
43	Rockit & Blackchrome Sportswear	Sam Walter	Sam Walter	VE II
44	Finance Ezi	Josh Hunter	Josh Hunter	FG
48	R&J Batteries/NDD	Emery Motorsport	Geoff Emery	VE II
51	Poll Performance	Greg Murphy Racing	Jim Pollicina	VE
54	Eggleston Motorsport	Eggleston Motorsport	Jay Verdnik	VE
58	Go Karts Go	Novocastrian Motorsport	Drew Russell	FG
59	CEG Rentals	Novocastrian Motorsport	Aaren Russell	FG
60	Gulf Western Oil	Novocastrian Motorsport	Michael Hector	FG
62	Warrin Mining	Volvo Construction Equipment	Adam Wallis	VE
64	Finance Ezi	Andre Heimgartner	Andre Heimgartner	FG
71	Action Racing	Action Racing	Marcus Zukanovic	VE
73	Formula Tech Performance	Brett Stewart	Brett Stewart	VE
75	Resi Racing	Auto-Motion Australia	Aaron McGill	VE II
87	Infants Friend	Matt Stone Racing	Ash Walsh	FG
98	Minda Motorsport	Bruin Beasley	Cameron Waters	VE II
99	Sherrin Rentals	MW Motorsport	Chaz Mostert	FG
777	Rodney Jane Racing	Rodney Jane Racing	Rodney Jane	FG
999	Rodney Jane Racing	Rodney Jane Racing	Gary Jacobson	FG