2009 V8 Supercar Challenge

The 2009 V8 Supercar Challenge was the eleventh event of the 2009 V8 Supercar Championship Series. It was held on the weekend of the October 22 to 25 at the Surfers Paradise Street Circuit in Queensland. After the cancellation of the A1 Grand Prix event the same weekend, the V8 Supercars became the main event on the program for the Nikon SuperGP carnival. The winner of the event was Mark Winterbottom, winning two of the weekend's four races.

2009 V8 Supercar Challenge
Event Information
Round 11 of 14 in the 2009 V8 Supercar Championship Series
Date22–25 October 2009
LocationSurfers Paradise, Queensland
VenueSurfers Paradise Street Circuit
WeatherFine
Results
Race 1
Distance 34 laps 150 km
Pole position Mark Winterbottom
Ford Performance Racing		 1:50.9325
Winner Mark Winterbottom
Ford Performance Racing		 1:16:43.8908
Race 2
Distance 34 laps 150 km
Pole position Mark Winterbottom
Ford Performance Racing
Winner Garth Tander
Holden Racing Team		 1:04:08.7239
Race 3
Distance 34 laps 150 km
Pole position Jason Bargwanna
Tasman Motorsport		 1:49.9887
Winner Craig Lowndes
Triple Eight Race Engineering		 1:13:55.2217
Race 4
Distance 34 laps 150 km
Pole position Craig Lowndes
Triple Eight Race Engineering
Winner Mark Winterbottom
Ford Performance Racing		 1:16:02.2312

Format change

The V8 Supercar Challenge consists of the 19th and 20th races of the season. After the collapse of A1 Grand Prix's involvement in the Nikon SuperGP, V8 Supercar expanded its involvement in the event. The original program planned for a 44 lap, 200 kilometres (120 mi) race to be held on each of Saturday (Race 19) and Sunday (Race 20). The expanded program saw those two races split into a total of four 34 lap, 150 kilometres (93 mi) races, consisting of Races 19a, 19b, 20a and 20b in the 2009 V8 Supercar series. Winner of Race 19 will be decided via points accumulation between races 19a and 19b, with Race 20 calculated in identical manner. Grid positions for Races 19a and 20a to be decided by separate qualifying sessions, with 19b and 20b to be decided by finishing order of the preceding races.

This format changed for the Gold Coast 600 which became a two-driver endurance with two 300 km races one on saturday and one on sunday starting in 2010.

Race 19

Races 19a and 19b were held on Saturday October 24.

Race 20

Races 20a and 20b were held on Sunday October 25.

Race 20a

Fabian Coulthard and Cameron McConville wrecked against the wall before the first corner. Coulthard's car was heavily damaged and would take no further part in the weekend. Steven Richards spun Greg Murphy around further back. Richards was subsequently issued a black flag for a driving infringement. Up front Lowndes out-launched the front row pair of Jason Bargwanna and Rick Kelly to jump into the race lead before the Safety car appeared to clean up the mess left by the opening lap.

Rick Kelly caught and passed Bargwanna at the restart. Bargwanna quickly lost further positions as the car misfired on seven cylinder. A quick pitstop to fix a plug lead got Bargwanna back up to pace, but well back in the pack, a cruel result after his first pole position in ten years. Will Davison dropped to the tail of the field with damage to the front right corner of the car after clipping a dislodged tyre bundle at one of the many chicanes. The car pitted and the HRT crew began to replace the damaged right side steering arm.

Michael Patrizi stopped at the top of the course, safety car sent out to control the field once more. The Safety car was sent out the lap after pitstops began, vaulting the few cars who pitted early to the top of track position. At the subsequent restart Shane van Gisbergen overtook Jamie Whincup prior to passing the start/finish line, incurring an instruction from race control to let Whincup past again. Whincup had slowed approaching to line as he prevented himself from overtaking a pitbound Will Davison.

Lowndes settled into a lead over Rick Kelly, although Kelly was later given a black flag as his Commodore was venting fuel from the back of the car. Kelly eventually pitted on lap 20. The following lap Michael Caruso had a major engine failure, dumping fluid over Seek Turn Three. Lee Holdsworth and Greg Murphy spun at the Beach Esses on lap 27.

Lowndes raced on to take a two-second lead over Winterbottom, Garth Tander, Russell Ingall and the Dick Johnson Racing pair of James Courtney leading Steven Johnson. The sting was the second to last lap retirement of Jamie Whincup, bouncing off the walls exiting Falken Tyres Turn at the top of the circuit.

Results

Results as follows:[1]

Qualifying

Qualifying timesheets:[2][3]

Pos No Name Car Team Shootout Part 2 Part 1
1 5 Mark Winterbottom Ford FG Falcon Ford Performance Racing 1:50.9325 1:49.2866
2 2 Garth Tander Holden VE Commodore Holden Racing Team 1:51.2265 1:49.7201
3 1 Jamie Whincup Ford FG Falcon Triple Eight Race Engineering 1:51.4058 1:49.4796
4 25 Jason Bright Ford FG Falcon Britek Motorsport 1:51.5550 1:49.7725
5 22 Will Davison Holden VE Commodore Holden Racing Team 1:51.6711 1:49.7273
6 10 Paul Dumbrell Holden VE Commodore Walkinshaw Racing 1:51.7666 1:49.7663
7 888 Craig Lowndes Ford FG Falcon Triple Eight Race Engineering 1:51.8405 1:49.8324
8 6 Steven Richards Ford FG Falcon Ford Performance Racing 1:52.6938 1:49.7716
9 18 James Courtney Ford FG Falcon Dick Johnson Racing 4:17.6760 1:49.6538
10 39 Russell Ingall Holden VE Commodore Paul Morris Motorsport no time 1:49.6480
11 33 Lee Holdsworth Holden VE Commodore Garry Rogers Motorsport 1:49.9769
12 51 Greg Murphy Holden VE Commodore Tasman Motorsport 1:50.0343
13 8 Jason Richards Holden VE Commodore Brad Jones Racing 1:50.1165
14 7 Todd Kelly Holden VE Commodore Kelly Racing 1:50.1569
15 3 Jason Bargwanna Holden VE Commodore Tasman Motorsport 1:50.3311
16 15 Rick Kelly Holden VE Commodore Kelly Racing 1:50.3497
17 111 Fabian Coulthard Ford FG Falcon Paul Cruickshank Racing 1:50.3770
18 9 Shane van Gisbergen Ford FG Falcon Stone Brothers Racing 1:50.4474
19 17 Steven Johnson Ford FG Falcon Dick Johnson Racing 1:50.4558
20 24 David Reynolds Holden VE Commodore Walkinshaw Racing 1:50.7162
21 14 Cameron McConville Holden VE Commodore Brad Jones Racing 1:50.7488
22 11 Jack Perkins Holden VE Commodore Kelly Racing 1:50.7819
23 55 Tony D'Alberto Holden VE Commodore Tony D'Alberto Racing 1:50.8088
24 4 Alex Davison Ford FG Falcon Stone Brothers Racing 1:50.8323
25 34 Michael Caruso Holden VE Commodore Garry Rogers Motorsport 1:51.1242
26 67 Tim Slade Holden VE Commodore Paul Morris Motorsport 1:51.2451
27 333 Michael Patrizi Ford BF Falcon Paul Cruickshank Racing 1:51.2679
28 12 Dean Fiore Holden VE Commodore Triple F Racing 1:51.7650
29 16 Mark McNally Holden VE Commodore Kelly Racing 1:53.2264

Race 19a

Race timesheets:[4]

Pos No Name Team Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 5 Mark Winterbottom Ford Performance Racing 34 1:16:43.8908 1 75
2 2 Garth Tander Holden Racing Team 34 +1.3s 2 69
3 22 Will Davison Holden Racing Team 34 +2.4s 5 65
4 888 Craig Lowndes Triple Eight Race Engineering 34 +3.1s 7 60
5 9 Shane van Gisbergen Stone Brothers Racing 34 +4.4s 18 56
6 51 Greg Murphy Tasman Motorsport 34 +5.3s 12 51
7 6 Steven Richards Ford Performance Racing 34 +6.1s 8 48
8 10 Paul Dumbrell Walkinshaw Racing 34 +7.9s 6 45
9 39 Russell Ingall Paul Morris Motorsport 34 +8.1s 10 42
10 17 Steven Johnson Dick Johnson Racing 34 +8.6s 19 39
11 3 Jason Bargwanna Tasman Motorsport 34 +9.4s 15 36
12 15 Rick Kelly Kelly Racing 34 +9.8s 16 35
13 1 Jamie Whincup Triple Eight Race Engineering 34 +11.4s 3 33
14 11 Jack Perkins Kelly Racing 34 +11.6s 22 32
15 24 David Reynolds Walkinshaw Racing 34 +13.1s 20 30
16 4 Alex Davison Stone Brothers Racing 34 +13.6s 24 29
17 67 Tim Slade Paul Morris Motorsport 34 +14.3s 26 27
18 14 Cameron McConville Brad Jones Racing 34 +14.8s 21 26
19 7 Todd Kelly Kelly Racing 34 +15.0s 14 24
20 55 Tony D'Alberto Rod Nash Racing 34 +15.6s 23 23
21 16 Mark McNally Kelly Racing 34 +22.7s 29 21
22 333 Michael Patrizi Paul Cruickshank Racing 32 + 2 laps 27 20
Ret 18 James Courtney Dick Johnson Racing 31 Accident 9
Ret 33 Lee Holdsworth Garry Rogers Motorsport 27 Accident 11
Ret 34 Michael Caruso Garry Rogers Motorsport 27 Accident 25
Ret 111 Fabian Coulthard Paul Cruickshank Racing 14 17
Ret 12 Dean Fiore Triple F Racing 13 Accident 28
Ret 25 Jason Bright Britek Motorsport 5 4
Ret 8 Jason Richards Brad Jones Racing 0 Accident 13

Race 19b

Race timesheets:[5]

Pos No Name Team Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 2 Garth Tander Holden Racing Team 34 1:04:08.7239 2 75
2 5 Mark Winterbottom Ford Performance Racing 34 +2.3s 1 69
3 22 Will Davison Holden Racing Team 34 +3.2s 3 65
4 888 Craig Lowndes Triple Eight Race Engineering 34 +3.5s 4 60
5 51 Greg Murphy Tasman Motorsport 34 +10.9s 6 56
6 6 Steven Richards Ford Performance Racing 34 +11.4s 7 51
7 9 Shane van Gisbergen Stone Brothers Racing 34 +13.6s 5 48
8 1 Jamie Whincup Triple Eight Race Engineering 34 +15.5s 13 45
9 15 Rick Kelly Kelly Racing 34 +16.2s 12 42
10 3 Jason Bargwanna Tasman Motorsport 34 +31.0s 11 39
11 17 Steven Johnson Dick Johnson Racing 34 +31.3s 10 36
12 34 Michael Caruso Garry Rogers Motorsport 27 +31.7s 25 35
13 111 Fabian Coulthard Paul Cruickshank Racing 14 +36.2s 26 33
14 33 Lee Holdsworth Garry Rogers Motorsport 27 +44.4s 24 32
15 11 Jack Perkins Kelly Racing 34 +46.1s 14 30
16 18 James Courtney Dick Johnson Racing 31 +49.6s 23 29
17 4 Alex Davison Stone Brothers Racing 34 +52.8s 16 27
18 24 David Reynolds Walkinshaw Racing 34 +53.2s 15 26
19 14 Cameron McConville Brad Jones Racing 34 +53.6s 18 24
20 25 Jason Bright Britek Motorsport 34 +54.7s 28 23
21 67 Tim Slade Paul Morris Motorsport 34 +56.5s 17 21
22 10 Paul Dumbrell Walkinshaw Racing 34 +56.9s 8 20
23 7 Todd Kelly Kelly Racing 34 +63.4s 19 18
24 8 Jason Richards Brad Jones Racing 34 +76.2s 29 17
25 55 Tony D'Alberto Rod Nash Racing 34 +97.2s 20 15
26 333 Michael Patrizi Paul Cruickshank Racing 33 + 1 lap 22 14
27 16 Mark McNally Kelly Racing 33 + 1 lap 21 12
28 12 Dean Fiore Triple F Racing 32 + 2 laps 27 11
Ret 39 Russell Ingall Paul Morris Motorsport 11 9

Qualifying

Qualifying timesheets:[6]

Pos No Name Car Team Time
Pole 3 Jason Bargwanna Holden VE Commodore Tasman Motorsport 1:49.9887
2 888 Craig Lowndes Ford FG Falcon Triple Eight Race Engineering 1:50.0496
3 15 Rick Kelly Holden VE Commodore Kelly Racing 1:50.0895
4 1 Jamie Whincup Ford FG Falcon Triple Eight Race Engineering 1:50.0989
5 22 Will Davison Holden VE Commodore Holden Racing Team 1:50.1172
6 5 Mark Winterbottom Ford FG Falcon Ford Performance Racing 1:50.1410
7 39 Russell Ingall Holden VE Commodore Paul Morris Motorsport 1:50.2410
8 9 Shane van Gisbergen Ford FG Falcon Stone Brothers Racing 1:50.3107
9 34 Michael Caruso Holden VE Commodore Garry Rogers Motorsport 1:50.3158
10 51 Greg Murphy Holden VE Commodore Tasman Motorsport 1:50.3244
11 10 Paul Dumbrell Holden VE Commodore Walkinshaw Racing 1:50.3664
12 2 Garth Tander Holden VE Commodore Holden Racing Team 1:50.3902
13 18 James Courtney Ford FG Falcon Dick Johnson Racing 1:50.4927
14 6 Steven Richards Ford FG Falcon Ford Performance Racing 1:50.6491
15 14 Cameron McConville Holden VE Commodore Brad Jones Racing 1:50.6617
16 24 David Reynolds Holden VE Commodore Walkinshaw Racing 1:50.7091
17 111 Fabian Coulthard Ford FG Falcon Paul Cruickshank Racing 1:50.7187
18 33 Lee Holdsworth Holden VE Commodore Garry Rogers Motorsport 1:50.7619
19 17 Steven Johnson Ford FG Falcon Dick Johnson Racing 1:50.7777
20 25 Jason Bright Ford FG Falcon Britek Motorsport 1:50.8041
21 55 Tony D'Alberto Holden VE Commodore Tony D'Alberto Racing 1:50.8562
22 67 Tim Slade Holden VE Commodore Paul Morris Motorsport 1:51.0198
23 8 Jason Richards Holden VE Commodore Brad Jones Racing 1:51.0580
24 11 Jack Perkins Holden VE Commodore Kelly Racing 1:51.0955
25 4 Alex Davison Ford FG Falcon Stone Brothers Racing 1:51.3047
26 333 Michael Patrizi Ford BF Falcon Paul Cruickshank Racing 1:51.3635
27 12 Dean Fiore Holden VE Commodore Triple F Racing 1:51.9868
28 7 Todd Kelly Holden VE Commodore Kelly Racing 1:52.1953
29 16 Mark McNally Holden VE Commodore Kelly Racing 1:53.5599

Race 20a

Race timesheets:[7]

Pos No Name Team Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 888 Craig Lowndes Triple Eight Race Engineering 34 1:13:55.2217 2 75
2 5 Mark Winterbottom Ford Performance Racing 34 +2.2s 6 69
3 2 Garth Tander Holden Racing Team 34 +3.6s 12 65
4 39 Russell Ingall Paul Morris Motorsport 34 +6.2s 7 60
5 18 James Courtney Dick Johnson Racing 34 +11.4s 13 56
6 17 Steven Johnson Dick Johnson Racing 34 +15.8s 19 51
7 24 David Reynolds Walkinshaw Racing 34 +17.7s 16 48
8 25 Jason Bright Britek Motorsport 34 +20.9s 20 45
9 3 Jason Bargwanna Tasman Motorsport 34 +24.4s 1 42
10 8 Jason Richards Brad Jones Racing 34 +25.3s 23 39
11 10 Paul Dumbrell Walkinshaw Racing 34 +26.1s 8 36
12 6 Steven Richards Ford Performance Racing 34 +26.5s 14 35
13 55 Tony D'Alberto Tony D'Alberto Racing 34 +27.0s 21 33
14 51 Greg Murphy Tasman Motorsport 34 +27.5s 10 32
15 12 Dean Fiore Triple F Racing 34 +35.5s 27 30
16 4 Alex Davison Stone Brothers Racing 34 +35.9s 25 29
17 67 Tim Slade Paul Morris Motorsport 34 +40.7s 22 27
18 7 Todd Kelly Kelly Racing 34 +41.1s 28 26
19 9 Shane Van Gisbergen Stone Brothers Racing 33 +1 Lap 8 24
20 15 Rick Kelly Kelly Racing 33 +1 Lap 3 23
21 22 Will Davison Holden Racing Team 31 +3 Laps 5 21
22 33 Lee Holdsworth Garry Rogers Motorsport 29 +5 Laps 18 20
Ret 1 Jamie Whincup Triple Eight Race Engineering 32 Accident 4
Ret 34 Michael Caruso Garry Rogers Motorsport 19 Accident 9
Ret 16 Mark McNally Kelly Racing 13 Accident 29
Ret 333 Michael Patrizi Paul Cruickshank Racing 8 Accident 26
Ret 11 Jack Perkins Kelly Racing 8 Accident 24
DNS 14 Cameron McConville Brad Jones Racing 15
DNS 111 Fabian Coulthard Paul Cruickshank Racing 17

Race 20b

Race timesheets:[8]

Pos No Name Team Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 5 Mark Winterbottom Ford Performance Racing 34 1:16:02.2312 2 75
2 2 Garth Tander Holden Racing Team 34 +2.6s 3 69
3 18 James Courtney Dick Johnson Racing 34 +5.9s 5 65
4 25 Jason Bright Britek Motorsport 34 +9.6s 8 60
5 17 Steven Johnson Dick Johnson Racing 34 +9.8s 6 56
6 1 Jamie Whincup Triple Eight Race Engineering 34 +10.2s 23 51
7 51 Greg Murphy Tasman Motorsport 34 +11.3s 14 48
8 8 Jason Richards Brad Jones Racing 34 +12.6s 10 45
9 15 Rick Kelly Kelly Racing 34 +12.9s 20 42
10 22 Will Davison Holden Racing Team 34 +14.1s 21 39
11 9 Shane Van Gisbergen Stone Brothers Racing 34 +15.4s 19 36
12 33 Lee Holdsworth Garry Rogers Motorsport 34 +15.8s 22 35
13 888 Craig Lowndes Triple Eight Race Engineering 34 +22.6s 1 33
14 34 Michael Caruso Garry Rogers Motorsport 34 +25.4s 24 32
15 7 Todd Kelly Kelly Racing 34 +26.4s 18 30
16 55 Tony D'Alberto Tony D'Alberto Racing 34 +28.7s 13 29
17 4 Alex Davison Stone Brothers Racing 34 +31.0s 16 27
18 11 Jack Perkins Kelly Racing 34 +31.3s 27 26
19 12 Dean Fiore Triple F Racing 34 +39.9s 15 24
20 10 Paul Dumbrell Walkinshaw Racing 34 +40.1s 11 23
21 67 Tim Slade Paul Morris Motorsport 34 +41.2s 17 21
22 16 Mark McNally Kelly Racing 34 +59.5s 25 20
Ret 3 Jason Bargwanna Tasman Motorsport 16 Accident 9
Ret 6 Steven Richards Ford Performance Racing 16 Accident 12
Ret 24 David Reynolds Walkinshaw Racing 13 Accident 7
Ret 39 Russell Ingall Paul Morris Motorsport 7 Accident 4
DNS 333 Michael Patrizi Paul Cruickshank Racing 26
DNS 14 Cameron McConville Brad Jones Racing
DNS 111 Fabian Coulthard Paul Cruickshank Racing

Standings
  • After Race 20 of 26
Pos No Name Team Points
1 1 Jamie Whincup Triple Eight Race Engineering 2604
2 22 Will Davison Holden Racing Team 2572
3 2 Garth Tander Holden Racing Team 2315
4 888 Craig Lowndes Triple Eight Race Engineering 2174
5 5 Mark Winterbottom Ford Performance Racing 1862

References
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