2009 Sprint Gas V8 Supercars Manufacturers Challenge

The 2009 Sprint Gas V8 Supercars Manufacturers Challenge was the second meeting of the 2009 V8 Supercar season. It was held on the weekend of 26 to 29 March at Albert Park Street Circuit, in the inner suburbs of Melbourne, the capital of Victoria. The meeting was a non-championship affair, conducted under a unique Holden vs Ford format. It was the lead support category for the 2009 Australian Grand Prix.

2009 Sprint Gas V8 Supercars Manufacturers Challenge
Event Information
Date26–29 March 2009
LocationMelbourne, Victoria
VenueMelbourne Grand Prix Circuit
WeatherFine
Results
Race 1
Distance 15 laps 80 km
Pole position Craig Lowndes
Triple Eight Race Engineering		 1:57.7400
Winner Craig Lowndes
Triple Eight Race Engineering		 29:53.5736
Race 2
Distance 15 laps 80 km
Winner Mark Winterbottom
Ford Performance Racing		 31:54.3485
Race 3
Distance 15 laps 80 km
Winner Craig Lowndes
Triple Eight Race Engineering		 30:02.1388
Round Results
First
286 pts
Second
284 pts
Third
258 pts

Qualifying

Qualifying was held on Thursday 26 March.

Top Ten shootout

The top ten shootout was held on Friday 27 March immediately before the first race. Craig Lowndes held onto the fastest position from qualifying, setting a new practice record while doing so. Will Davison was second fastest ahead of Jason Richards while the big mover from qualifying was Mark Winterbottom climbing from ninth to fourth, while second fastest from qualifying, the surprising Fabian Coulthard dropped to eighth.

Race 1

Race 1 was held on Friday 27 March immediately after the shootout.

Race 2

Race 2 was held on Saturday 28 March.

Race 3

Race 3 was held on Sunday 29 March.

Results

Results as follows:[1]

Race 1 results
Pos No Name Team Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 888 Craig Lowndes Triple Eight Race Engineering 15 29:53.5736 1 100
2 5 Mark Winterbottom Ford Performance Racing 15 +5.8s 8 92
3 22 Will Davison Holden Racing Team 15 +9.5s 2 86
4 17 Steven Johnson Dick Johnson Racing 15 +10.0s 7 80
5 8 Jason Richards Brad Jones Racing 15 +10.5s 3 74
6 111 Fabian Coulthard Paul Cruickshank Racing 15 +15.3s 8 68
7 1 Jamie Whincup Triple Eight Race Engineering 15 +18.4s 19 64
8 9 Shane van Gisbergen Stone Brothers Racing 15 +18.9s 10 60
9 7 Todd Kelly Kelly Racing 15 +21.9s 5 56
10 10 Paul Dumbrell Walkinshaw Racing 15 +22.5s 9 52
11 14 Cameron McConville Brad Jones Racing 15 +25.4s 14 48
12 77 Marcus Marshall Team IntaRacing 15 +27.5s 15 46
13 25 Jason Bright Britek Motorsport 15 +30.9s 20 44
14 3 Jason Bargwanna Sprint Gas Racing 15 +39.7s 25 42
15 18 James Courtney Dick Johnson Racing 15 +40.1s 26 40
16 55 Tony D'Alberto Rod Nash Racing 15 +40.9s 23 38
17 24 David Reynolds Walkinshaw Racing 15 +41.5s 18 36
18 6 Steven Richards Ford Performance Racing 15 +41.8s 11 34
19 11 Jack Perkins Kelly Racing 15 +45.0s 27 32
20 51 Greg Murphy Sprint Gas Racing 15 +48.8s 13 30
21 9 Alex Davison Stone Brothers Racing 15 +49.5s 21 28
22 67 Tim Slade Paul Morris Motorsport 15 +56.3s 24 26
23 021 Dean Fiore Team Kiwi Racing 15 +57.3s 28 24
24 34 Michael Caruso Garry Rogers Motorsport 14 +1 lap 17 22
25 33 Lee Holdsworth Garry Rogers Motorsport 14 +1 lap 22 20
DNF 2 Garth Tander Holden Racing Team 13 5
DNF 15 Rick Kelly Kelly Racing 6 12
DNF 39 Russell Ingall Paul Morris Motorsport 5 16
DNF 16 Dale Wood Kelly Racing 4 30
DSQ 333 Michael Patrizi Paul Cruickshank Racing 29

See also

2009 Australian Grand Prix

References
  1. "Albert Park Grand Prix Circuit 29/03/2009 2009 Formula 1 ING Australian Grand Prix". National Software. 29 March 2009. Archived from the original on 20 June 2009. Retrieved 29 March 2009.
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