2011 Clipsal 500

{{Short description|2011 Adelaide V8 supercar race}}

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| flag = South Australia

| title = 2011 Clipsal 500

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| round_no = 2

| season_no = 14

| year = 2011

| series = IVSC

| track_map = Adelaide (short route).svg

| date = 17–20 March

| location = Adelaide, South Australia

| circuit = Adelaide Street Circuit

| weather = Fine, rain at beginning of second race

| race1_laps = 78

| race1_dist = 250

| pole1 = Garth Tander

| pole1_team = Holden Racing Team

| pole1_time = 1:22.3830

| winner1 = Garth Tander

| winner1_team = Holden Racing Team

| winner1_time = 2:07:57.1302

| race2_laps = 78

| race2_dist = 250

| pole2 = Will Davison

| pole2_team = Ford Performance Racing

| pole2_time = 1:21.2978

| winner2 = Jamie Whincup

| winner2_team = Triple Eight Race Engineering

| winner2_time = 2:08:50.3685

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The 2011 Clipsal 500 was a motor race for the Australian sedan-based V8 Supercars. It was the second event of the 2011 International V8 Supercars Championship. It was held on the weekend of 17–20 March at the Adelaide Street Circuit, in Adelaide, South Australia.{{cite web|url=http://www.natsoft.com.au/cgi-bin/results.cgi?20/03/2011.ADEL |title=ADELAIDE PARKLANDS CIRCUIT 20/03/2011 – 2011 CLIPSAL 500 Adelaide |publisher=National Software |date=2011-03-20 |accessdate=2011-05-20 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110706110441/http://www.natsoft.com.au/cgi-bin/results.cgi?20%2F03%2F2011.ADEL |archivedate=6 July 2011 |df=dmy }} It was the thirteenth running of the Clipsal 500.

The event hosted races 3 and 4 of the 2011 season. The Saturday race was won from pole by 2010 Clipsal 500 winner, Garth Tander of the Holden Racing Team. The race was shortened by two laps after extended safety car periods for crashes involving Steve Owen, James Moffat and Russell Ingall. Owen crashed heavily into the infamous turn 8 wall on lap 45. Championship leader Jamie Whincup came home in second, with his Triple Eight Race Engineering teammate Craig Lowndes taking the last podium position.{{cite web | url=http://www.natsoft.com.au/cgi-bin/results.cgi?20/03/2011.ADEL.R13 | title=ADELAIDE PARKLANDS CIRCUIT 20/03/2011 – 2011 CLIPSAL 500 Adelaide – V8 SUPERCARS – RACE 3 | publisher=National Software | date=2011-03-19 | accessdate=2011-05-20 }}

Will Davison took his first pole position for Ford Performance Racing on Sunday. Steve Owen would not take part in the race due to the amount of damage sustained by his car in his Saturday crash. The race start was wet, with Whincup sliding backwards from second to fourth while Davison led Lee Holdsworth and Mark Winterbottom into turn 1. The first 20 laps involved much passing among the top eight cars. The track had dried out to a stage where slick tyres looked like a better option than wet tyres. The leaders began to pit around lap 25, just as the rain began to come down heavily. Holdsworth took on slick tyres in his pit stop and subsequently crashed into the turn 8 wall. Whincup went on to win the race from Rick Kelly and Winterbottom, extending his lead in the championship to 144 points.{{cite web | url=http://www.natsoft.com.au/cgi-bin/results.cgi?20/03/2011.ADEL.R19 | title=ADELAIDE PARKLANDS CIRCUIT 20/03/2011 – 2011 CLIPSAL 500 Adelaide – V8 SUPERCARS – RACE 4 | publisher=National Software | date=2011-03-20 | accessdate=2011-05-20 }}{{cite web | url=http://www.natsoft.com.au/cgi-bin/results.cgi?20/03/2011.ADEL.V8S.S | title=ADELAIDE PARKLANDS CIRCUIT 20/03/2011 – 2011 CLIPSAL 500 Adelaide – V8 SUPERCARS – RACE 4 – SERIES POINTS REPORT| publisher=National Software | date=2011-03-20 | accessdate=2011-05-20 }}