2009 Winton V8 Supercar Event

Race details
Round 3 of 14 in the 2009 V8 Supercar Championship Series on the Winton Motor Raceway at Benalla, Victoria.
Date 1–3 May 2009
Location Benalla, Victoria
Course Winton Motor Raceway
3.0 km
Distance 99 (33 + 66) laps, 297 km
Weather
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Driver R5 Mark Winterbottom
R6 Jamie Whincup
R5 Ford Performance Racing
R6 Team Vodafone
Time R5 1:23.0906
R6 1:23.1687
Race 1
First Craig Lowndes 49:26.6167 Team Vodafone
Second Jamie Whincup 49:30.7838 Team Vodafone
Third Steven Richards 49:31.0035 Ford Performance Racing
Race 2
First Craig Lowndes 1:37:06.3464 Team Vodafone
Second Mark Winterbottom 1:37:08.8584 Ford Performance Racing
Third Garth Tander 1:37:25.417 Holden Racing Team

The 2009 Winton V8 Supercar Event was the third race meeting of the 2009 V8 Supercar Championship Series. It contained Rounds 5 and 6 of the series and was held on the weekend of May 13 at Winton Motor Raceway, near Benalla, in rural Victoria.

Rule change

The new race formats for 2009 saw two Rounds to be held over the weekend, with a 99 kilometre race held as Round 5 on Saturday, with a 198 kilometre race held on Sunday as Round 6.

Round 5

Race 1 was held on Saturday May 2.

Round 6

Race 2 was held on Sunday May 3.

Results

Qualifying Round 5

Pos No Name Car Team Top Ten Part 2 Part 1
Pole 5 Mark Winterbottom Ford FG Falcon Ford Performance Racing 1:23.0906 1:23.5171
2 2 Garth Tander Holden VE Commodore Holden Racing Team 1:23.1564 1:23.7006
3 888 Craig Lowndes Ford FG Falcon Team Vodafone 1:23.1677 1:23.3646
4 1 Jamie Whincup Ford FG Falcon Team Vodafone 1:23.4585 1:23.4457
5 111 Fabian Coulthard Ford FG Falcon Paul Cruickshank Racing 1:23.4591 1:23.5494
6 34 Michael Caruso Holden VE Commodore Garry Rogers Motorsport 1:23.5985 1:23.6167
7 18 James Courtney Ford FG Falcon Dick Johnson Racing 1:23.6198 1:23.4825
8 33 Lee Holdsworth Holden VE Commodore Garry Rogers Motorsport 1:23.6836 1:23.4474
9 7 Todd Kelly Holden VE Commodore Jack Daniel's Racing 1:23.7534 1:23.7100
10 6 Steven Richards Ford FG Falcon Ford Performance Racing 1:23.8460 1:23.4261
11 15 Rick Kelly Holden VE Commodore Jack Daniel's Racing 1:23.7797
12 14 Cameron McConville Holden VE Commodore Brad Jones Racing 1:23.8041
13 17 Steven Johnson Ford FG Falcon Dick Johnson Racing 1:23.8116
14 39 Russell Ingall Holden VE Commodore Paul Morris Motorsport 1:23.8357
15 8 Jason Richards Holden VE Commodore Brad Jones Racing 1:23.8737
16 10 Paul Dumbrell Holden VE Commodore Walkinshaw Racing 1:23.9062
17 25 Jason Bright Ford BF Falcon Stone Brothers Racing 1:23.9167
18 11 Jack Perkins Holden VE Commodore Kelly Racing 1:24.0492
19 24 David Reynolds Holden VE Commodore Walkinshaw Racing 1:24.0550
20 77 Marcus Marshall Ford BF Falcon Team IntaRacing 1:24.1010
21 55 Tony D'Alberto Holden VE Commodore Rod Nash Racing 1:24.4634
22 22 Will Davison Holden VE Commodore Holden Racing Team 1:24.4739
23 4 Alex Davison Ford FG Falcon Stone Brothers Racing 1:24.5071
24 51 Greg Murphy Holden VE Commodore Tasman Motorsport 1:24.5288
25 333 Michael Patrizi Ford BF Falcon Paul Cruickshank Racing 1:24.5779
26 67 Tim Slade Holden VE Commodore Paul Morris Motorsport 1:24.8011
27 9 Shane Van Gisbergen Ford FG Falcon Stone Brothers Racing 1:24.8545
28 16 Dale Wood Holden VE Commodore Kelly Racing 1:25.0177
29 3 Jason Bargwanna Holden VE Commodore Tasman Motorsport 1:25.5126
30 021 Dean Fiore Holden VE Commodore Triple F Racing 1:25.7421

Standings

Pos No Name Team Points
1 1 Jamie Whincup Team Vodafone 804
2 22 Will Davison Holden Racing Team 690
3 17 Steven Johnson Dick Johnson Racing 573
4 33 Lee Holdsworth Garry Rogers Motorsport 534
5 15 Rick Kelly Kelly Racing 531

References

    External links

    V8 Supercar
    Previous race:
    2009 Hamilton 400
    2009 V8 Supercar Championship Series Next race:
    2009 Falken Tasmania Challenge
    Previous year:
    2008 Winton round of the V8 Supercar Championship
    Winton V8 Supercar Round Next year:
    2010 Winton V8 Supercar Event