2009 Sprint Gas V8 Supercars Manufacturers Challenge
{{Short description|Motor racing event}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2020}}
{{ Infobox V8 Supercar race report
| flag = Victoria
| title = 2009 Sprint Gas V8 Supercars Manufacturers Challenge
| non_champ = yes
| year = 2009
| series = V8SC
| track_map = Albert Lake Park Street Circuit in Melbourne, Australia.svg
| date = 26–29 March
| location = Melbourne, Victoria
| circuit = Melbourne Grand Prix Circuit
| weather = Fine
| race1_laps = 15
| race1_dist = 80
| pole1 = Craig Lowndes
| pole1_team = Triple Eight Race Engineering
| pole1_time = 1:57.7400
| winner1 = Craig Lowndes
| winner1_team = Triple Eight Race Engineering
| winner1_time = 29:53.5736
| race2_laps = 15
| race2_dist = 80
| winner2 = Mark Winterbottom
| winner2_team = Ford Performance Racing
| winner2_time = 31:54.3485
| race3_laps = 15
| race3_dist = 80
| winner3 = Craig Lowndes
| winner3_team = Triple Eight Race Engineering
| winner3_time = 30:02.1388
| first_round = Craig Lowndes
| first_round_team = Triple Eight Race Engineering
| first_pts = 286
| second_round = Mark Winterbottom
| second_round_team = Ford Performance Racing
| second_pts = 284
| third_round = Will Davison
| third_round_team = Holden Racing Team
| third_pts = 258
}}
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.
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
=Race 1 results=
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Pos
! No ! Name ! Team ! Laps ! Time/Retired ! Grid ! Points |
---|
1
|888 |Triple Eight Race Engineering |15 |29:53.5736 |1 |100 |
2
|5 |15 | |8 |92 |
3
|22 |15 | |2 |86 |
4
|17 |15 | |7 |80 |
5
|8 |15 | |3 |74 |
6
|111 |15 | |8 |68 |
7
|1 |Triple Eight Race Engineering |15 | |19 |64 |
8
|9 |15 | |10 |60 |
9
|7 |15 | |5 |56 |
10
|10 |15 | |9 |52 |
11
|14 |15 | |14 |48 |
12
|77 |15 | |15 |46 |
13
|25 |15 | |20 |44 |
14
|3 |15 | |25 |42 |
15
|18 |15 | |26 |40 |
16
|55 |15 | |23 |38 |
17
|24 |15 | |18 |36 |
18
|6 |15 | |11 |34 |
19
|11 |15 | |27 |32 |
20
|51 |15 | |13 |30 |
21
|9 |15 | |21 |28 |
22
|67 |15 | |24 |26 |
23
|021 |15 | |28 |24 |
24
|34 |14 | |17 |22 |
25
|33 |14 | |22 |20 |
DNF
|2 |13 | |5 | |
DNF
|15 |6 | |12 | |
DNF
|39 |5 | |16 | |
DNF
|16 |4 | |30 | |
DSQ
|333 | | |29 | |
See also
References
External links
- [http://www.grandprix.com.au/ Official site for Australian Grand Prix]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20020928161349/http://www.v8supercar.com.au/ Official site for V8 Supercar]
- [http://www.natsoft.com.au/cgi-bin/results.cgi?29/03/2009.APGP Official timing and results]
{{V8 race report|
Name_of_race = V8 Supercars Challenge |
Year_of_race = 2009 |
Previous_race_in_season = 2009 Clipsal 500 |
Next_race_in_season = 2009 Hamilton 400 |
Previous_year's_race = 2008 V8 Supercars Manufacturers Challenge |
Next_year's_race = 2010 BRC IMPCO V8 Supercars GP Challenge
}}