2001 Clipsal 500

{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2021}}

{{Use Australian English|date=April 2011}}

{{ Infobox V8 Supercar race report

| flag = South Australia

| title = 2001 Clipsal 500

| round_no = 2

| season_no = 13

| year = 2001

| series = SCS

| track_map = Adelaide (short route).svg

| date = 6–8 April

| location = Adelaide, South Australia

| circuit = Adelaide Street Circuit

| weather = Overcast, Fine

| race1_laps = 78

| race1_dist = 250

| pole1 = Greg Murphy

| pole1_team = Tom Walkinshaw Racing Australia

| pole1_time = 1:25.9204

| winner1 = Craig Lowndes

| winner1_team = Gibson Motorsport

| winner1_time = 2:02:49.1189

| race2_laps = 78

| race2_dist = 250

| winner2 = Jason Bright

| winner2_team = Holden Racing Team

| winner2_time = 2:06:34.5914

| first_round = Jason Bright

| first_round_team = Holden Racing Team

| first_pts = 468

| second_round = Russell Ingall

| second_round_team = Perkins Engineering

| second_pts = 464

| third_round = Steven Johnson

| third_round_team = Dick Johnson Racing

| third_pts = 455

}}

The 2001 Adelaide 500 was the third running of the Adelaide 500 race. Racing was held form Friday 6 April until Sunday 8 April 2001. The race was held for V8 Supercars and was Round 2 of the 2001 Shell Championship Series.

==Format==

The format, unique to V8 Supercar and loosely similar to the Pukekohe 500 format, splits the 500 kilometres into two separate 250 kilometres races each held on a different day. Points were assigned separately to the races, with more points allocated for Race 2 over Race 1, and they combined to award a round result.

==Official results==

=Top fifteen shootout=

class="wikitable" style="font-size: 87%;"

! Pos

! No

! Driver

! Team

! Car

! Time

! Points

1

| align=center | 51

| {{flagicon|NZL}} Greg Murphy

| Tom Walkinshaw Racing Australia

| Holden Commodore (VX)

| 1:25.9204

|align=center| 18

2

| align=center | 1

| {{flagicon|AUS}} Mark Skaife

| Holden Racing Team

| Holden Commodore (VX)

| 1:25.9746

|align=center| 16

3

| align=center | 15

| {{flagicon|AUS}} Todd Kelly

| Tom Walkinshaw Racing Australia

| Holden Commodore (VX)

| 1:25.9959

|align=center| 14

4

| align=center | 18

| {{flagicon|NZL}} Paul Radisich

| Dick Johnson Racing

| Ford Falcon (AU)

| 1:26.0485

|align=center| 13

5

| align=center | 5

| {{flagicon|AUS}} Glenn Seton

| Glenn Seton Racing

| Ford Falcon (AU)

| 1:26.0818

|align=center| 12

6

| align=center | 4

| {{flagicon|AUS}} Marcos Ambrose

| Stone Brothers Racing

| Ford Falcon (AU)

| 1:26.0956

|align=center| 11

7

| align=center | 34

| {{flagicon|AUS}} Garth Tander

| Garry Rogers Motorsport

| Holden Commodore (VX)

| 1:26.2867

|align=center| 10

8

| align=center | 00

| {{flagicon|AUS}} Craig Lowndes

| Gibson Motorsport

| Ford Falcon (AU)

| 1:26.3214

|align=center| 9

9

| align=center | 600

| {{flagicon|AUS}} John Bowe

| Briggs Motorsport

| Ford Falcon (AU)

| 1:26.3487

|align=center| 8

10

| align=center | 17

| {{flagicon|AUS}} Steven Johnson

| Dick Johnson Racing

| Ford Falcon (AU)

| 1:26.4200

|align=center| 7

11

| align=center | 2

| {{flagicon|AUS}} Jason Bright

| Holden Racing Team

| Holden Commodore (VX)

| 1:26.5112

|

12

| align=center | 8

| {{flagicon|AUS}} Russell Ingall

| Perkins Engineering

| Holden Commodore (VX)

| 1:26.5896

|

13

| align=center | 6

| {{flagicon|NZL}} Steven Richards

| Glenn Seton Racing

| Ford Falcon (AU)

| 1:26.6529

|

14

| align=center | 10

| {{flagicon|AUS}} Mark Larkham

| Larkham Motorsport

| Ford Falcon (AU)

| 1:26.7261

|

15

| align=center | 11

| {{flagicon|AUS}} Larry Perkins

| Perkins Engineering

| Holden Commodore (VX)

| 1:27.2622

|

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=Race 1=

class="wikitable" style="font-size: 85%;"

! Pos

! No

! Driver

! Team

! Car

! Laps

! Time

! Grid

! Points

1

| align=center | 00

| {{flagicon|Australia}} Craig Lowndes

| Gibson Motorsport

| Ford Falcon (AU)

|align=center | 78

| 2hr 2min 49.1189sec

| align=center | 8

|align=center| 180

2

| align=center | 17

| {{flagicon|Australia}} Steven Johnson

| Dick Johnson Racing

| Ford Falcon (AU)

| align=center | 78

| + 10.20 s

| align=center | 10

|align=center| 160

3

| align=center | 8

| {{flagicon|Australia}} Russell Ingall

| Perkins Engineering

| Holden Commodore (VX)

| align=center | 78

| + 14.33 s

| align=center | 12

|align=center| 144

4

| align=center | 1

| {{flagicon|Australia}} Mark Skaife

| Holden Racing Team

| Holden Commodore (VX)

| align=center | 78

| + 18.96 s

| align=center | 2

|align=center| 132

5

| align=center | 31

| {{flagicon|Australia}} Steven Ellery

| Steven Ellery Racing

| Ford Falcon (AU)

| align=center | 78

| + 23.99 s

| align=center | 16

|align=center| 124

6

| align=center | 34

| {{flagicon|Australia}} Garth Tander

| Garry Rogers Motorsport

| Holden Commodore (VX)

| align=center | 78

| + 29.22 s

| align=center | 7

|align=center| 116

7

| align=center | 2

| {{flagicon|Australia}} Jason Bright

| Holden Racing Team

| Holden Commodore (VX)

| align=center | 78

| + 30.03 s

| align=center | 11

|align=center| 108

8

| align=center | 600

| {{flagicon|Australia}} John Bowe

| Briggs Motorsport

| Ford Falcon (AU)

| align=center | 78

| + 31.25 s

| align=center | 9

|align=center| 100

9

| align=center | 35

| {{flagicon|Australia}} Jason Bargwanna

| Garry Rogers Motorsport

| Holden Commodore (VX)

| align=center | 78

| + 39.26 s

| align=center | 17

|align=center| 96

10

| align=center | 45

| {{flagicon|Australia}} Dean Canto

| RPM International Racing

| Ford Falcon (AU)

| align=center | 78

| + 40.46 s

| align=center | 20

|align=center| 92

11

| align=center | 10

| {{flagicon|Australia}} Mark Larkham

| Larkham Motorsport

| Ford Falcon (AU)

| align=center | 78

| + 45.05 s

| align=center | 14

|align=center| 88

12

| align=center | 46

| {{flagicon|New Zealand}} John Faulkner

| John Faulkner Racing

| Holden Commodore (VT)

| align=center | 78

| + 46.24 s

| align=center | 23

|align=center| 84

13

| align=center | 54

| {{flagicon|Australia}} Tony Longhurst

| Rod Nash Racing

| Holden Commodore (VX)

| align=center | 78

| + 56.19 s

| align=center | 27

|align=center| 80

14

| align=center | 29

| {{flagicon|Australia}} Paul Morris

| Paul Morris Motorsport

| Holden Commodore (VT)

| align=center | 77

| + 1 Lap

| align=center | 40

|align=center| 76

15

| align=center | 15

| {{flagicon|Australia}} Todd Kelly

| Tom Walkinshaw Racing Australia

| Holden Commodore (VX)

| align=center | 77

| + 1 Lap

| align=center | 3

|align=center| 72

16

| align=center | 6

| {{flagicon|New Zealand}} Steven Richards

| Glenn Seton Racing

| Ford Falcon (AU)

| align=center | 77

| + 1 Lap

| align=center | 13

|align=center| 68

17

| align=center | 11

| {{flagicon|Australia}} Larry Perkins

| Perkins Engineering

| Holden Commodore (VX)

| align=center | 77

| + 1 Lap

| align=center | 15

|align=center| 64

18

| align=center | 75

| {{flagicon|Australia}} Anthony Tratt

| Paul Little Racing

| Ford Falcon (AU)

| align=center | 77

| + 1 Lap

| align=center | 29

|align=center| 60

19

| align=center | 16

| {{flagicon|Australia}} Dugal McDougall

| McDougall Motorsport

| Holden Commodore (VT)

| align=center | 77

| + 1 Lap

| align=center | 21

|align=center| 56

20

| align=center | 50

| {{flagicon|Australia}} Tyler Mecklem

| Clive Wiseman Racing

| Holden Commodore (VT)

| align=center | 77

| + 1 Lap

| align=center | 30

|align=center| 52

21

| align=center | 23

| {{flagicon|Australia}} Trevor Ashby

| Lansvale Racing Team

| Holden Commodore (VS)

| align=center | 76

| + 2 Laps

| align=center | 24

|align=center| 48

22

| align=center | 777

| {{flagicon|New Zealand}} Angus Fogg

| Team Kiwi Racing

| Holden Commodore (VT)

| align=center | 76

| + 2 Laps

| align=center | 38

|align=center| 44

23

| align=center | 14

| {{flagicon|Australia}} Greg Ritter

| Imrie Motor Sport

| Holden Commodore (VX)

| align=center | 74

| + 4 Laps

| align=center | 37

|align=center| 40

24

| align=center | 61

| {{flagicon|Australia}} Ross Halliday

| Halliday Motor Sport

| Ford Falcon (EL)

| align=center | 73

| + 5 Laps

| align=center | 39

|align=center| 36

DNF

| align=center | 5

| {{flagicon|Australia}} Glenn Seton

| Glenn Seton Racing

| Ford Falcon (AU)

| align=center | 74

| Accident

| align=center | 5

|

DNF

| align=center | 76

| {{flagicon|Australia}} Matthew White

| Matthew White Racing

| Holden Commodore (VS)

| align=center | 67

| Retired

| align=center | 26

|

DNF

| align=center | 21

| {{flagicon|Australia}} Brad Jones

| Brad Jones Racing

| Ford Falcon (AU)

| align=center | 66

| Retired

| align=center | 25

|

DNF

| align=center | 43

| {{flagicon|Australia}} Paul Weel

| Paul Weel Racing

| Ford Falcon (AU)

| align=center | 64

| Retired

| align=center | 33

|

DNF

| align=center | 18

| {{flagicon|New Zealand}} Paul Radisich

| Dick Johnson Racing

| Ford Falcon (AU)

| align=center | 63

| Suspension

| align=center | 4

|

DNF

| align=center | 32

| {{flagicon|Australia}} Tomas Mezera

| Tomas Mezera Motorsport

| Holden Commodore (VX)

| align=center | 57

| Retired

| align=center | 28

|

DNF

| align=center | 51

| {{flagicon|New Zealand}} Greg Murphy

| Tom Walkinshaw Racing Australia

| Holden Commodore (VX)

| align=center | 47

| Steering

| align=center | 1

|

DNF

| align=center | 9

| {{flagicon|Australia}} David Besnard

| Stone Brothers Racing

| Ford Falcon (AU)

| align=center | 42

| Retired

| align=center | 19

|

DNF

| align=center | 24

| {{flagicon|Australia}} Paul Romano

| Romano Racing

| Holden Commodore (VT)

| align=center | 39

| Wheel

| align=center | 32

|

DNF

| align=center | 7

| {{flagicon|Australia}} Rodney Forbes

| Gibson Motorsport

| Ford Falcon (AU)

| align=center | 37

| Retired

| align=center | 22

|

DNF

| align=center | 20

| {{flagicon|Australia}} Garry Holt

| Eastern Creek Kart Racing

| Ford Falcon (EL)

| align=center | 20

| Retired

| align=center | 36

|

DNF

| align=center | 500

| {{flagicon|Australia}} Alan Heath

| Power Racing

| Ford Falcon (AU)

| align=center | 16

| Retired

| align=center | 35

|

DNF

| align=center | 4

| {{flagicon|Australia}} Marcos Ambrose

| Stone Brothers Racing

| Ford Falcon (AU)

| align=center | 8

| Accident

| align=center | 6

|

DNF

| align=center | 3

| {{flagicon|Australia}} Cameron McConville

| Lansvale Racing Team

| Holden Commodore (VX)

| align=center | 4

| Retired

| align=center | 24

|

DNF

| align=center | 40

| {{flagicon|Australia}} Cameron McLean

| Paragon Motorsport

| Ford Falcon (AU)

| align=center | 1

| Retired

| align=center | 18

|

DNF

| align=center | 021

| {{flagicon|New Zealand}} Jason Richards

| Team Kiwi Racing

| Holden Commodore (VT)

| align=center | 0

| Accident

| align=center | 31

|

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=Race 2=

class="wikitable" style="font-size: 85%;"

! Pos

! No

! Driver

! Team

! Car

! Laps

! Time

! Grid

! Points

1

| align=center| 2

| {{flagicon|Australia}} Jason Bright

| Holden Racing Team

| Holden Commodore (VX)

| align=center| 78

| 2hr 6min 34.5914sec

| align=center| 7

|align=center| 360

2

| align=center| 8

| {{flagicon|Australia}} Russell Ingall

| Perkins Engineering

| Holden Commodore (VX)

| align=center| 78

| + 1.25 s

| align=center| 3

|align=center| 320

3

| align=center| 17

| {{flagicon|Australia}} Steven Johnson

| Dick Johnson Racing

| Ford Falcon (AU)

| align=center| 78

| + 16.28 s

| align=center| 2

|align=center| 288

4

| align=center| 5

| {{flagicon|Australia}} Glenn Seton

| Glenn Seton Racing

| Ford Falcon (AU)

| align=center| 78

| + 17.65 s

| align=center| 25

|align=center| 264

5

| align=center| 15

| {{flagicon|Australia}} Todd Kelly

| Tom Walkinshaw Racing Australia

| Holden Commodore (VX)

| align=center| 78

| + 19.16 s

| align=center| 15

|align=center| 248

6

| align=center| 4

| {{flagicon|Australia}} Marcos Ambrose

| Stone Brothers Racing

| Ford Falcon (AU)

| align=center| 78

| + 23.32

| align=center| 36

|align=center| 232

7

| align=center| 6

| {{flagicon|New Zealand}} Steven Richards

| Glenn Seton Racing

| Ford Falcon (AU)

| align=center| 78

| + 27.47 s

| align=center| 16

|align=center| 216

8

| align=center| 11

| {{flagicon|Australia}} Larry Perkins

| Perkins Engineering

| Holden Commodore (VX)

| align=center| 78

| + 42.92 s

| align=center| 17

|align=center| 200

9

| align=center| 1

| {{flagicon|Australia}} Mark Skaife

| Holden Racing Team

| Holden Commodore (VX)

| align=center| 78

| + 52.43 s

| align=center| 4

|align=center| 192

10

| align=center| 51

| {{flagicon|New Zealand}} Greg Murphy

| Tom Walkinshaw Racing Australia

| Holden Commodore (VX)

| align=center| 78

| + 53.22 s

| align=center| 30

|align=center| 184

11

| align=center| 54

| {{flagicon|Australia}} Tony Longhurst

| Rod Nash Racing

| Holden Commodore (VX)

| align=center| 78

| + 1:09.44 s

| align=center| 13

|align=center| 176

12

| align=center| 46

| {{flagicon|New Zealand}} John Faulkner

| John Faulkner Racing

| Holden Commodore (VT)

| align=center| 78

| + 1:20.78 s

| align=center| 12

|align=center| 168

13

| align=center| 23

| {{flagicon|Australia}} Trevor Ashby

| Lansvale Racing Team

| Holden Commodore (VS)

| align=center| 77

| + 1 Lap

| align=center| 21

|align=center| 160

14

| align=center| 35

| {{flagicon|Australia}} Jason Bargwanna

| Garry Rogers Motorsport

| Holden Commodore (VX)

| align=center| 77

| + 1 Lap

| align=center| 9

|align=center| 152

15

| align=center| 32

| {{flagicon|Australia}} Tomas Mezera

| Tomas Mezera Motorsport

| Holden Commodore (VX)

| align=center| 77

| + 1 Lap

| align=center| 29

|align=center| 144

16

| align=center| 021

| {{flagicon|New Zealand}} Jason Richards

| Team Kiwi Racing

| Holden Commodore (VT)

| align=center| 77

| + 1 Lap

| align=center| 38

|align=center| 136

17

| align=center| 50

| {{flagicon|Australia}} Tyler Mecklem

| Clive Wiseman Racing

| Holden Commodore (VT)

| align=center| 77

| + 1 Lap

| align=center| 20

|align=center| 128

18

| align=center| 75

| {{flagicon|Australia}} Anthony Tratt

| Paul Little Racing

| Ford Falcon (AU)

| align=center| 77

| + 1 Lap

| align=center| 18

|align=center| 120

19

| align=center| 34

| {{flagicon|Australia}} Garth Tander

| Garry Rogers Motorsport

| Holden Commodore (VX)

| align=center| 76

| + 2 Laps

| align=center| 6

|align=center| 112

20

| align=center| 24

| {{flagicon|Australia}} Paul Romano

| Romano Racing

| Holden Commodore (VT)

| align=center| 75

| + 3 Laps

| align=center| 32

|align=center| 104

21

| align=center| 31

| {{flagicon|Australia}} Steven Ellery

| Steven Ellery Racing

| Ford Falcon (AU)

| align=center| 75

| + 3 Laps

| align=center| 5

|align=center| 96

22

| align=center| 14

| {{flagicon|Australia}} Greg Ritter

| Imrie Motor Sport

| Holden Commodore (VX)

| align=center| 74

| + 4 Laps

| align=center| 23

|align=center| 88

23

| align=center| 61

| {{flagicon|Australia}} Ross Halliday

| Halliday Motor Sport

| Ford Falcon (EL)

| align=center| 73

| + 5 Laps

| align=center| 24

|align=center| 80

24

| align=center| 10

| {{flagicon|Australia}} Mark Larkham

| Larkham Motorsport

| Ford Falcon (AU)

| align=center| 72

| + 6 Laps

| align=center| 11

|align=center| 72

25

| align=center| 21

| {{flagicon|Australia}} Brad Jones

| Brad Jones Racing

| Ford Falcon (AU)

| align=center| 69

| + 9 Laps

| align=center| 26

|align=center| 64

26

| align=center| 500

| {{flagicon|Australia}} Alan Heath

| Power Racing

| Ford Falcon (AU)

| align=center| 66

| + 12 Laps

| align=center| 35

|align=center| 56

27

| align=center| 20

| {{flagicon|Australia}} Garry Holt

| Eastern Creek Kart Racing

| Ford Falcon (EL)

| align=center| 62

| + 16 Laps

| align=center| 34

|align=center| 48

NC

| align=center| 18

| {{flagicon|New Zealand}} Paul Radisich

| Dick Johnson Racing

| Ford Falcon (AU)

| align=center| 50

| Not Classified

| align=center| 28

|

DNF

| align=center| 16

| {{flagicon|Australia}} Dugal McDougall

| McDougall Motorsport

| Holden Commodore (VT)

| align=center| 71

| Wheel

| align=center| 19

|

DNF

| align=center| 00

| {{flagicon|Australia}} Craig Lowndes

| Gibson Motorsport

| Ford Falcon (AU)

| align=center| 58

| Accident

| align=center| 1

|

DNF

| align=center| 43

| {{flagicon|Australia}} Paul Weel

| Paul Weel Racing

| Ford Falcon (AU)

| align=center| 42

| Retired

| align=center| 27

|

DNF

| align=center| 777

| {{flagicon|New Zealand}} Angus Fogg

| Team Kiwi Racing

| Holden Commodore (VT)

| align=center| 42

| Retired

| align=center| 22

|

DNF

| align=center| 45

| {{flagicon|Australia}} Dean Canto

| RPM International Racing

| Ford Falcon (AU)

| align=center| 37

| Accident

| align=center| 10

|

DNF

| align=center| 29

| {{flagicon|Australia}} Paul Morris

| Paul Morris Motorsport

| Holden Commodore (VT)

| align=center| 21

| Exhaustion

| align=center| 14

|

DNF

| align=center| 9

| {{flagicon|Australia}} David Besnard

| Stone Brothers Racing

| Ford Falcon (AU)

| align=center| 5

| Retired

| align=center| 31

|

DNF

| align=center| 7

| {{flagicon|Australia}} Rodney Forbes

| Gibson Motorsport

| Ford Falcon (AU)

| align=center| 5

| Accident

| align=center| 33

|

DNF

| align=center| 3

| {{flagicon|Australia}} Cameron McConville

| Lansvale Racing Team

| Holden Commodore (VX)

| align=center| 5

| Accident

| align=center| 37

|

DNF

| align=center| 600

| {{flagicon|Australia}} John Bowe

| Briggs Motorsport

| Ford Falcon (AU)

| align=center| 0

| Accident

| align=center| 8

|

DNS

| align=center| 40

| {{flagicon|Australia}} Cameron McLean

| Paragon Motorsport

| Ford Falcon (AU)

| align=center|

| Did Not Start

| align=center|

|

DNS

| align=center| 76

| {{flagicon|Australia}} Matthew White

| Matthew White Racing

| Holden Commodore (VS)

| align=center|

| Did Not Start

| align=center|

|

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Championship Standings

class="wikitable" style="font-size:87%;"
! {{Tooltip|Pos.|Position}}

! No

! Driver

! Team

! {{Tooltip|Pts|Points}}

align="left" | 10px

| align="center" | 1

| align="center" | 2

| {{flagicon|AUS}} Jason Bright

| Holden Racing Team

| align="left" | 703

align="left" | 10px

| align="center" | 1

| align="center" | 1

| {{flagicon|AUS}} Mark Skaife

| Holden Racing Team

| align="left" | 628

align="left" | 10px

| align="center" | 3

| align="center" | 8

| {{flagicon|AUS}} Russell Ingall

| Perkins Engineering

| align="left" | 622

align="left" | 10px

| align="center" | 4

| align="center" | 17

| {{flagicon|AUS}} Steven Johnson

| Dick Johnson Racing

| align="left" | 607

align="left" | 10px

| align="center" | 5

| align="center" | 15

| {{flagicon|AUS}} Todd Kelly

| Tom Walkinshaw Racing Australia

| align="left" | 497

References

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