The 2001 Konica V8 Supercar Series was an Australian motor racing competition for V8 Supercars. It was the second running of the second tier series for V8 Supercars. The series was contested over six rounds held across four different states, commencing on 25 February at Wakefield Park and concluding on 11 August at Mallala Motor Sport Park.

The series was won by Simon Wills who was victorious in ten of the 18 races. Wills finished 82 points clear of Paul Dumbrell.

The following teams and drivers competed during the series.

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Team	Car	No.	Driver	Rounds
Eastern Creek Karts	Ford Falcon (EL)	20	Garry Holt	All
Terry Wyhoon Racing	Holden Commodore (VS)	25	Terry Wyhoon	All
Garry Rogers Motorsport	Holden Commodore (VT)	33	Leanne Ferrier	All
Scotty Taylor Racing	Holden Commodore (VS)	37	Bill Attard	All
South Pacific Motor Sport	Holden Commodore (VS)	38	Peter Field	2, 4
			Wayne Cooper	3
Mal Rose Racing	Holden Commodore (VS)	44	Mal Rose	1–2
Eddie Abelnica	Holden Commodore (VT)	48	Eddie Abelnica	3–6
Ric Shaw Motorsport	Holden Commodore (VS)	49	Ric Shaw	1–5
Garry Willmington Performance	Ford Falcon (EL)	56	Luke Sieders	1–2
John Scotcher Motorsport	Ford Falcon (EL)	59	Adam Wallis	1–2, 4, 6
			Mick Donaher	3, 5
Evers Motorsport	Holden Commodore (VS)	60	Scott March	1–2
			Kenny Habul	5
Halliday Motor Sport	Ford Falcon (EL)	61	Ross Halliday	All
Simon Emerzidis	Ford Falcon (EL)	63	Simon Emerzidis	4–5
Robert Smith Racing	Holden Commodore (VS)	72	Robert Smith	3–4
Team Dynamik	Holden Commodore (VT)	73	Simon Wills	All
V8 Racing	Holden Commodore (VS)	77	Richard Mork	1–2
Gibson Motor Sport	Holden Commodore (VT)	80	Paul Dumbrell	All
		82	David Parsons	All
Rowse Motorsport	Holden Commodore (VS)	81	Tim Rowse	All
Miller Racing	Holden Commodore (VS)	84	Daniel Miller	1–4, 6
Harris Racing	Ford Falcon (AU)	88	Craig Harris	1–3, 5–6
			Michael Simpson	4
		89	Kevin Mundy	All
NRC International	Holden Commodore (VT)	90	Dale Brede	All
Michael Simpson Racing	Ford Falcon (EL)	93	Michael Simpson	1–3, 5–6
John Faulkner Racing	Holden Commodore (VS)	96	Owen Kelly	All
Graphic Skills Racing	Holden Commodore (VS)	97	Wayne Wakefield	5
AJG Racing	Holden Commodore (VS)	99	Wesley May	5
GM Motorsport	Holden Commodore (VS)	111	Phonsy Mullan	1–3
RPM International Racing	Ford Falcon (EL)	145	Geoff Full	1
			Greg Crick	2
			Aaron McGill	3–5
Power Racing	Ford Falcon (AU)	500	Alan Heath	All
Prancing Horse Racing	Ford Falcon (AU)	888	Mark Noske	6

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The series was contested over six rounds with three races per round.^[1]

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Round	Date[1]	Circuit[1]	Location	Winning driver
1	24–25 February	Wakefield Park	Goulburn, New South Wales	Simon Wills
2	17–18 March	Oran Park Raceway	Sydney, New South Wales	David Parsons
3	5–6 May	Winton Motor Raceway	Benalla, Victoria	Owen Kelly
4	26–27 May	Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit	Phillip Island, Victoria	David Parsons
5	7–8 July	Lakeside International Raceway	Brisbane, Queensland	Paul Dumbrell
6	11–12 August	Mallala Motor Sport Park	Mallala, South Australia	Simon Wills

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An additional non-points "special event", the Konica V8 Supercar Challenge, was held at the Mount Panorama Circuit, Bathurst on 6 October as a support race to the 2001 V8 Supercar 1000.

The season consisted of six rounds across four different states. Each round consisted of three races. Points were awarded for all cars who started each race in finishing order and then in order that they retired from the race. Points may have been offered for race positions lower than 24th but at no race during the series did more than 24 cars start.