2001 V8 Supercar 1000

2001 V8 Supercar 1000
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The 2001 V8 Supercar 1000 was the fifth running of the Australia 1000 race, first held after the organisational split over the Bathurst 1000 that occurred in 1997. It was the 45th race that traces its lineage back to the 1960 Armstrong 500 held at Phillip Island.

It was held on 7 October 2001 at the Mount Panorama Circuit just outside Bathurst and was Round 11 of the 2001 Shell Championship Series for V8 Supercars.

Contents

Top fifteen shootout

Pos No Team Driver Car Time
Pole 4 Stone Brothers Racing Marcos Ambrose Ford AU Falcon 2:09.7785
2 5 Ford Tickford Racing Glenn Seton Ford AU Falcon 2:09.9804
3 11 Castrol Perkins Racing Russell Ingall Holden VX Commodore 2:09.9912
4 2 Holden Racing Team Jason Bright Holden VX Commodore 2:10.1178
5 1 Holden Racing Team Mark Skaife Holden VX Commodore 2:10.1599
6 17 Dick Johnson Racing Paul Radisich Ford AU Falcon 2:10.3538
7 600 Briggs Motor Sport John Bowe Ford AU Falcon 2:10.4338
8 31 Supercheap Auto Racing Steven Ellery Ford AU Falcon 2:10.4735
9 34 Garry Rogers Motorsport Garth Tander Holden VX Commodore 2:10.4999
10 6 Ford Tickford Racing Jim Richards Ford AU Falcon 2:10.5180
11 15 K-Mart Racing Todd Kelly Holden VX Commodore 2:10.8654
12 00 Gibson Motor Sport Craig Lowndes Ford AU Falcon 2:11.0141
13 18 Dick Johnson Racing Greg Ritter Ford AU Falcon 2:11.2323
14 29 Team Sirromet Wines Paul Morris Holden VT Commodore 2:11.3743
15 43 Paul Weel Racing Paul Weel Ford AU Falcon 2:11.5767

Official results

Pos No Team Drivers Car Laps Qual
Pos
Shootout
Pos
Series
Points
1 1 Holden Racing Team Mark Skaife
Tony Longhurst
Holden VX Commodore 161 3 5 552
2 21 Brad Jones Racing Brad Jones
John Cleland
Ford AU Falcon 161 22 480
3 15 K-Mart Racing Greg Murphy
Todd Kelly
Holden VX Commodore 161 8 11 432
4 18 Dick Johnson Racing Cameron McLean
Greg Ritter
Ford AU Falcon 161 10 13 396
5 6 Ford Tickford Racing Jim Richards
Dean Canto
Ford AU Falcon 161 13 10 379
6 34 Garry Rogers Motorsport Garth Tander
Jason Bargwanna
Holden VX Commodore 161 9 9 356
7 31 Supercheap Auto Racing Steven Ellery
Geoff Brabham
Ford AU Falcon 161 7 8 333
8 11 Castrol Perkins Racing Russell Ingall
Larry Perkins
Holden VX Commodore 161 6 3 314
9 5 Ford Tickford Racing Glenn Seton
Steven Richards
Ford AU Falcon 161 1 2 304
10 3 Lansvale Racing Team Cameron McConville
Rick Bates
Holden VX Commodore 160 21 276
11 23 Lansvale Racing Team Steve Reed
Trevor Ashby
Holden VX Commodore 159 31 264
12 29 Team Sirromet Wines Paul Morris
Ashley Stichbury
Holden VT Commodore 159 15 14 252
13 24 Holden Young Lions Paul Romano
Owen Kelly
Holden VX Commodore 159 29 240
14 51 K-Mart Racing Nathan Pretty
Rick Kelly
Holden VX Commodore 158 19 228
15 75 Toll Racing Anthony Tratt
Alan Jones
Ford AU Falcon 158 25 216
16 021 Team Kiwi Racing Jason Richards
Angus Fogg
Holden VX Commodore [1] 157 20 204
17 00 Gibson Motor Sport Craig Lowndes
Neil Crompton
Ford AU Falcon 156 2 12 192
18 500 Power Racing Alan Heath
Dale Brede
Ford AU Falcon 155 36 180
19 45 RPM International Racing Phillip Scifleet
Christian D'Agostin
Ford AU Falcon 147 34 168
20 16 Pepsi-Cola Racing Dugal McDougall
Andrew Miedecke
Holden VX Commodore 144 23 156
21 7 Gibson Motor Sport Rodney Forbes
David J. Parsons
Ford AU Falcon 132 30 144
DNF 43 Paul Weel Racing Paul Weel
Tim Leahey
Ford AU Falcon 127 14 15 132
DNF 2 Holden Racing Team Jason Bright
Tomas Mezera
Holden VX Commodore 126 4 4 133
DNF 600 Briggs Motor Sport John Bowe
Simon Wills
Ford AU Falcon 124 5 7 118
DNF 88 Harris Racing Craig Harris
Michael Simpson
Ford AU Falcon 114 35 96
DNF 10 Larkham Motor Sport Mark Larkham
Wayne Gardner
Ford AU Falcon 106 18 84
DNF 8 Castrol Perkins Racing Adam Macrow
Luke Youlden
Holden VX Commodore 85 24 72
DNF 9 Stone Brothers Racing David Besnard
Matthew White
Ford AU Falcon 84 16 60
DNF 17 Dick Johnson Racing Paul Radisich
Steven Johnson
Ford AU Falcon 63 12 6 59
DNF 54 Rod Nash Racing Rod Nash
Tony Ricciardello
Holden VX Commodore 62 28 36
DNF 25 Terry Wyhoon Racing Terry Wyhoon
Rod Salmon
Ford AU Falcon 46 33 24
DNF 4 Stone Brothers Racing Marcos Ambrose
Wayne Wakefield
Ford AU Falcon 42 11 1 30
DNF 35 Garry Rogers Motorsport Paul Dumbrell
Leanne Ferrier
Holden VX Commodore 41 26
DNF 46 John Faulkner Racing John Faulkner
Peter Doulman
Holden VX Commodore 33 17
DNF 50 Clive Wiseman Racing Mick Donaher
Layton Crambrook
Holden VX Commodore [2] 32 39
DNF 61 Halliday Motor Sport Ross Halliday
Greg Crick
Ford AU Falcon 31 32
DNF 888 Prancing Horse Racing Mark Noske
Craig Baird
Ford AU Falcon 27 27
DNF 20 Eastern Creek Kart Racing Garry Holt
Kevin Mundy
Ford EL Falcon 26 38
DNF 14 Imrie Motor Sport James Brock
Steve Owen
Holden VX Commodore 12 37
DNQ 90 Ric Shaw Motorsport Ric Shaw
Mike Conway
Holden VS Commodore
DNQ 37 Scotty Taylor Racing Roger Hurd
Bill Attard
Holden VS Commodore

References

  1. ^ The Great Race 2001, image on page 179
  2. ^ The Great Race 2001, image on page 133

Statistics

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