2009 V8 Supercar Challenge

The 2009 V8 Supercar Challenge was the eleventh event of the 2009 V8 Supercar Championship Series. It was held on the weekend of the October 22 to 25 at the Surfers Paradise Street Circuit in Queensland. After the cancellation of the A1 Grand Prix event the same weekend, the V8 Supercars became the main event on the program for the Nikon SuperGP carnival. The winner of the event was Mark Winterbottom, winning two of the weekend's four races.

Format change

The V8 Supercar Challenge consists of the 19th and 20th races of the season. After the collapse of A1 Grand Prix's involvement in the Nikon SuperGP, V8 Supercar expanded its involvement in the event. The original program planned for a 44 lap, race to be held on each of Saturday and Sunday. The expanded program saw those two races split into a total of four 34 lap, races, consisting of Races 19a, 19b, 20a and 20b in the 2009 V8 Supercar series. Winner of Race 19 will be decided via points accumulation between races 19a and 19b, with Race 20 calculated in identical manner. Grid positions for Races 19a and 20a to be decided by separate qualifying sessions, with 19b and 20b to be decided by finishing order of the preceding races.
This format changed for the Gold Coast 600 which became a two-driver endurance with two 300 km races one on saturday and one on sunday starting in 2010.

Qualifying

Race 19

Races 19a and 19b were held on Saturday October 24.

Race 20

Races 20a and 20b were held on Sunday October 25.

Race 20a

Fabian Coulthard and Cameron McConville wrecked against the wall before the first corner. Coulthard's car was heavily damaged and would take no further part in the weekend. Steven Richards spun Greg Murphy around further back. Richards was subsequently issued a black flag for a driving infringement. Up front Lowndes out-launched the front row pair of Jason Bargwanna and Rick Kelly to jump into the race lead before the Safety car appeared to clean up the mess left by the opening lap.
Rick Kelly caught and passed Bargwanna at the restart. Bargwanna quickly lost further positions as the car misfired on seven cylinder. A quick pitstop to fix a plug lead got Bargwanna back up to pace, but well back in the pack, a cruel result after his first pole position in ten years. Will Davison dropped to the tail of the field with damage to the front right corner of the car after clipping a dislodged tyre bundle at one of the many chicanes. The car pitted and the HRT crew began to replace the damaged right side steering arm.
Michael Patrizi stopped at the top of the course, safety car sent out to control the field once more. The Safety car was sent out the lap after pitstops began, vaulting the few cars who pitted early to the top of track position. At the subsequent restart Shane van Gisbergen overtook Jamie Whincup prior to passing the start/finish line, incurring an instruction from race control to let Whincup past again. Whincup had slowed approaching to line as he prevented himself from overtaking a pitbound Will Davison.
Lowndes settled into a lead over Rick Kelly, although Kelly was later given a black flag as his Commodore was venting fuel from the back of the car. Kelly eventually pitted on lap 20. The following lap Michael Caruso had a major engine failure, dumping fluid over Seek Turn Three. Lee Holdsworth and Greg Murphy spun at the Beach Esses on lap 27.
Lowndes raced on to take a two-second lead over Winterbottom, Garth Tander, Russell Ingall and the Dick Johnson Racing pair of James Courtney leading Steven Johnson. The sting was the second to last lap retirement of Jamie Whincup, bouncing off the walls exiting Falken Tyres Turn at the top of the circuit.

Results

Results as follows:

Qualifying

Qualifying timesheets:

Pos	No	Name	Car	Team	Shootout	Part 2	Part 1
1	5	Mark Winterbottom	Ford FG Falcon	Ford Performance Racing	1:50.9325	1:49.2866
2	2	Garth Tander	Holden VE Commodore	Holden Racing Team	1:51.2265	1:49.7201
3	1	Jamie Whincup	Ford FG Falcon	Triple Eight Race Engineering	1:51.4058	1:49.4796
4	25	Jason Bright	Ford FG Falcon	Britek Motorsport	1:51.5550	1:49.7725
5	22	Will Davison	Holden VE Commodore	Holden Racing Team	1:51.6711	1:49.7273
6	10	Paul Dumbrell	Holden VE Commodore	Walkinshaw Racing	1:51.7666	1:49.7663
7	888	Craig Lowndes	Ford FG Falcon	Triple Eight Race Engineering	1:51.8405	1:49.8324
8	6	Steven Richards	Ford FG Falcon	Ford Performance Racing	1:52.6938	1:49.7716
9	18	James Courtney	Ford FG Falcon	Dick Johnson Racing	4:17.6760	1:49.6538
10	39	Russell Ingall	Holden VE Commodore	Paul Morris Motorsport	no time	1:49.6480
11	33	Lee Holdsworth	Holden VE Commodore	Garry Rogers Motorsport		1:49.9769
12	51	Greg Murphy	Holden VE Commodore	Tasman Motorsport		1:50.0343
13	8	Jason Richards	Holden VE Commodore	Brad Jones Racing		1:50.1165
14	7	Todd Kelly	Holden VE Commodore	Kelly Racing		1:50.1569
15	3	Jason Bargwanna	Holden VE Commodore	Tasman Motorsport		1:50.3311
16	15	Rick Kelly	Holden VE Commodore	Kelly Racing		1:50.3497
17	111	Fabian Coulthard	Ford FG Falcon	Paul Cruickshank Racing		1:50.3770
18	9	Shane van Gisbergen	Ford FG Falcon	Stone Brothers Racing		1:50.4474
19	17	Steven Johnson	Ford FG Falcon	Dick Johnson Racing		1:50.4558
20	24	David Reynolds	Holden VE Commodore	Walkinshaw Racing		1:50.7162
21	14	Cameron McConville	Holden VE Commodore	Brad Jones Racing			1:50.7488
22	11	Jack Perkins	Holden VE Commodore	Kelly Racing			1:50.7819
23	55	Tony D'Alberto	Holden VE Commodore	Tony D'Alberto Racing			1:50.8088
24	4	Alex Davison	Ford FG Falcon	Stone Brothers Racing			1:50.8323
25	34	Michael Caruso	Holden VE Commodore	Garry Rogers Motorsport			1:51.1242
26	67	Tim Slade	Holden VE Commodore	Paul Morris Motorsport			1:51.2451
27	333	Michael Patrizi	Ford BF Falcon	Paul Cruickshank Racing			1:51.2679
28	12	Dean Fiore	Holden VE Commodore	Triple F Racing			1:51.7650
29	16	Mark McNally	Holden VE Commodore	Kelly Racing			1:53.2264

Race 19a

Race timesheets:

Pos	No	Name	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	5	Mark Winterbottom	Ford Performance Racing	34	1:16:43.8908	1	75
2	2	Garth Tander	Holden Racing Team	34	+1.3s	2	69
3	22	Will Davison	Holden Racing Team	34	+2.4s	5	65
4	888	Craig Lowndes	Triple Eight Race Engineering	34	+3.1s	7	60
5	9	Shane van Gisbergen	Stone Brothers Racing	34	+4.4s	18	56
6	51	Greg Murphy	Tasman Motorsport	34	+5.3s	12	51
7	6	Steven Richards	Ford Performance Racing	34	+6.1s	8	48
8	10	Paul Dumbrell	Walkinshaw Racing	34	+7.9s	6	45
9	39	Russell Ingall	Paul Morris Motorsport	34	+8.1s	10	42
10	17	Steven Johnson	Dick Johnson Racing	34	+8.6s	19	39
11	3	Jason Bargwanna	Tasman Motorsport	34	+9.4s	15	36
12	15	Rick Kelly	Kelly Racing	34	+9.8s	16	35
13	1	Jamie Whincup	Triple Eight Race Engineering	34	+11.4s	3	33
14	11	Jack Perkins	Kelly Racing	34	+11.6s	22	32
15	24	David Reynolds	Walkinshaw Racing	34	+13.1s	20	30
16	4	Alex Davison	Stone Brothers Racing	34	+13.6s	24	29
17	67	Tim Slade	Paul Morris Motorsport	34	+14.3s	26	27
18	14	Cameron McConville	Brad Jones Racing	34	+14.8s	21	26
19	7	Todd Kelly	Kelly Racing	34	+15.0s	14	24
20	55	Tony D'Alberto	Rod Nash Racing	34	+15.6s	23	23
21	16	Mark McNally	Kelly Racing	34	+22.7s	29	21
22	333	Michael Patrizi	Paul Cruickshank Racing	32	+ 2 laps	27	20
Ret	18	James Courtney	Dick Johnson Racing	31	Accident	9
Ret	33	Lee Holdsworth	Garry Rogers Motorsport	27	Accident	11
Ret	34	Michael Caruso	Garry Rogers Motorsport	27	Accident	25
Ret	111	Fabian Coulthard	Paul Cruickshank Racing	14		17
Ret	12	Dean Fiore	Triple F Racing	13	Accident	28
Ret	25	Jason Bright	Britek Motorsport	5		4
Ret	8	Jason Richards	Brad Jones Racing	0	Accident	13

Race 19b

Race timesheets:

Pos	No	Name	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	2	Garth Tander	Holden Racing Team	34	1:04:08.7239	2	75
2	5	Mark Winterbottom	Ford Performance Racing	34	+2.3s	1	69
3	22	Will Davison	Holden Racing Team	34	+3.2s	3	65
4	888	Craig Lowndes	Triple Eight Race Engineering	34	+3.5s	4	60
5	51	Greg Murphy	Tasman Motorsport	34	+10.9s	6	56
6	6	Steven Richards	Ford Performance Racing	34	+11.4s	7	51
7	9	Shane van Gisbergen	Stone Brothers Racing	34	+13.6s	5	48
8	1	Jamie Whincup	Triple Eight Race Engineering	34	+15.5s	13	45
9	15	Rick Kelly	Kelly Racing	34	+16.2s	12	42
10	3	Jason Bargwanna	Tasman Motorsport	34	+31.0s	11	39
11	17	Steven Johnson	Dick Johnson Racing	34	+31.3s	10	36
12	34	Michael Caruso	Garry Rogers Motorsport	27	+31.7s	25	35
13	111	Fabian Coulthard	Paul Cruickshank Racing	14	+36.2s	26	33
14	33	Lee Holdsworth	Garry Rogers Motorsport	27	+44.4s	24	32
15	11	Jack Perkins	Kelly Racing	34	+46.1s	14	30
16	18	James Courtney	Dick Johnson Racing	31	+49.6s	23	29
17	4	Alex Davison	Stone Brothers Racing	34	+52.8s	16	27
18	24	David Reynolds	Walkinshaw Racing	34	+53.2s	15	26
19	14	Cameron McConville	Brad Jones Racing	34	+53.6s	18	24
20	25	Jason Bright	Britek Motorsport	34	+54.7s	28	23
21	67	Tim Slade	Paul Morris Motorsport	34	+56.5s	17	21
22	10	Paul Dumbrell	Walkinshaw Racing	34	+56.9s	8	20
23	7	Todd Kelly	Kelly Racing	34	+63.4s	19	18
24	8	Jason Richards	Brad Jones Racing	34	+76.2s	29	17
25	55	Tony D'Alberto	Rod Nash Racing	34	+97.2s	20	15
26	333	Michael Patrizi	Paul Cruickshank Racing	33	+ 1 lap	22	14
27	16	Mark McNally	Kelly Racing	33	+ 1 lap	21	12
28	12	Dean Fiore	Triple F Racing	32	+ 2 laps	27	11
Ret	39	Russell Ingall	Paul Morris Motorsport	11		9

Qualifying

Qualifying timesheets:

Pos	No	Name	Car	Team	Time
Pole	3	Jason Bargwanna	Holden VE Commodore	Tasman Motorsport	1:49.9887
2	888	Craig Lowndes	Ford FG Falcon	Triple Eight Race Engineering	1:50.0496
3	15	Rick Kelly	Holden VE Commodore	Kelly Racing	1:50.0895
4	1	Jamie Whincup	Ford FG Falcon	Triple Eight Race Engineering	1:50.0989
5	22	Will Davison	Holden VE Commodore	Holden Racing Team	1:50.1172
6	5	Mark Winterbottom	Ford FG Falcon	Ford Performance Racing	1:50.1410
7	39	Russell Ingall	Holden VE Commodore	Paul Morris Motorsport	1:50.2410
8	9	Shane van Gisbergen	Ford FG Falcon	Stone Brothers Racing	1:50.3107
9	34	Michael Caruso	Holden VE Commodore	Garry Rogers Motorsport	1:50.3158
10	51	Greg Murphy	Holden VE Commodore	Tasman Motorsport	1:50.3244
11	10	Paul Dumbrell	Holden VE Commodore	Walkinshaw Racing	1:50.3664
12	2	Garth Tander	Holden VE Commodore	Holden Racing Team	1:50.3902
13	18	James Courtney	Ford FG Falcon	Dick Johnson Racing	1:50.4927
14	6	Steven Richards	Ford FG Falcon	Ford Performance Racing	1:50.6491
15	14	Cameron McConville	Holden VE Commodore	Brad Jones Racing	1:50.6617
16	24	David Reynolds	Holden VE Commodore	Walkinshaw Racing	1:50.7091
17	111	Fabian Coulthard	Ford FG Falcon	Paul Cruickshank Racing	1:50.7187
18	33	Lee Holdsworth	Holden VE Commodore	Garry Rogers Motorsport	1:50.7619
19	17	Steven Johnson	Ford FG Falcon	Dick Johnson Racing	1:50.7777
20	25	Jason Bright	Ford FG Falcon	Britek Motorsport	1:50.8041
21	55	Tony D'Alberto	Holden VE Commodore	Tony D'Alberto Racing	1:50.8562
22	67	Tim Slade	Holden VE Commodore	Paul Morris Motorsport	1:51.0198
23	8	Jason Richards	Holden VE Commodore	Brad Jones Racing	1:51.0580
24	11	Jack Perkins	Holden VE Commodore	Kelly Racing	1:51.0955
25	4	Alex Davison	Ford FG Falcon	Stone Brothers Racing	1:51.3047
26	333	Michael Patrizi	Ford BF Falcon	Paul Cruickshank Racing	1:51.3635
27	12	Dean Fiore	Holden VE Commodore	Triple F Racing	1:51.9868
28	7	Todd Kelly	Holden VE Commodore	Kelly Racing	1:52.1953
29	16	Mark McNally	Holden VE Commodore	Kelly Racing	1:53.5599

Race 20a

Race timesheets:

Pos	No	Name	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	888	Craig Lowndes	Triple Eight Race Engineering	34	1:13:55.2217	2	75
2	5	Mark Winterbottom	Ford Performance Racing	34	+2.2s	6	69
3	2	Garth Tander	Holden Racing Team	34	+3.6s	12	65
4	39	Russell Ingall	Paul Morris Motorsport	34	+6.2s	7	60
5	18	James Courtney	Dick Johnson Racing	34	+11.4s	13	56
6	17	Steven Johnson	Dick Johnson Racing	34	+15.8s	19	51
7	24	David Reynolds	Walkinshaw Racing	34	+17.7s	16	48
8	25	Jason Bright	Britek Motorsport	34	+20.9s	20	45
9	3	Jason Bargwanna	Tasman Motorsport	34	+24.4s	1	42
10	8	Jason Richards	Brad Jones Racing	34	+25.3s	23	39
11	10	Paul Dumbrell	Walkinshaw Racing	34	+26.1s	8	36
12	6	Steven Richards	Ford Performance Racing	34	+26.5s	14	35
13	55	Tony D'Alberto	Tony D'Alberto Racing	34	+27.0s	21	33
14	51	Greg Murphy	Tasman Motorsport	34	+27.5s	10	32
15	12	Dean Fiore	Triple F Racing	34	+35.5s	27	30
16	4	Alex Davison	Stone Brothers Racing	34	+35.9s	25	29
17	67	Tim Slade	Paul Morris Motorsport	34	+40.7s	22	27
18	7	Todd Kelly	Kelly Racing	34	+41.1s	28	26
19	9	Shane Van Gisbergen	Stone Brothers Racing	33	+1 Lap	8	24
20	15	Rick Kelly	Kelly Racing	33	+1 Lap	3	23
21	22	Will Davison	Holden Racing Team	31	+3 Laps	5	21
22	33	Lee Holdsworth	Garry Rogers Motorsport	29	+5 Laps	18	20
Ret	1	Jamie Whincup	Triple Eight Race Engineering	32	Accident	4
Ret	34	Michael Caruso	Garry Rogers Motorsport	19	Accident	9
Ret	16	Mark McNally	Kelly Racing	13	Accident	29
Ret	333	Michael Patrizi	Paul Cruickshank Racing	8	Accident	26
Ret	11	Jack Perkins	Kelly Racing	8	Accident	24
DNS	14	Cameron McConville	Brad Jones Racing			15
DNS	111	Fabian Coulthard	Paul Cruickshank Racing			17

Race 20b

Race timesheets:

Pos	No	Name	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	5	Mark Winterbottom	Ford Performance Racing	34	1:16:02.2312	2	75
2	2	Garth Tander	Holden Racing Team	34	+2.6s	3	69
3	18	James Courtney	Dick Johnson Racing	34	+5.9s	5	65
4	25	Jason Bright	Britek Motorsport	34	+9.6s	8	60
5	17	Steven Johnson	Dick Johnson Racing	34	+9.8s	6	56
6	1	Jamie Whincup	Triple Eight Race Engineering	34	+10.2s	23	51
7	51	Greg Murphy	Tasman Motorsport	34	+11.3s	14	48
8	8	Jason Richards	Brad Jones Racing	34	+12.6s	10	45
9	15	Rick Kelly	Kelly Racing	34	+12.9s	20	42
10	22	Will Davison	Holden Racing Team	34	+14.1s	21	39
11	9	Shane Van Gisbergen	Stone Brothers Racing	34	+15.4s	19	36
12	33	Lee Holdsworth	Garry Rogers Motorsport	34	+15.8s	22	35
13	888	Craig Lowndes	Triple Eight Race Engineering	34	+22.6s	1	33
14	34	Michael Caruso	Garry Rogers Motorsport	34	+25.4s	24	32
15	7	Todd Kelly	Kelly Racing	34	+26.4s	18	30
16	55	Tony D'Alberto	Tony D'Alberto Racing	34	+28.7s	13	29
17	4	Alex Davison	Stone Brothers Racing	34	+31.0s	16	27
18	11	Jack Perkins	Kelly Racing	34	+31.3s	27	26
19	12	Dean Fiore	Triple F Racing	34	+39.9s	15	24
20	10	Paul Dumbrell	Walkinshaw Racing	34	+40.1s	11	23
21	67	Tim Slade	Paul Morris Motorsport	34	+41.2s	17	21
22	16	Mark McNally	Kelly Racing	34	+59.5s	25	20
Ret	3	Jason Bargwanna	Tasman Motorsport	16	Accident	9
Ret	6	Steven Richards	Ford Performance Racing	16	Accident	12
Ret	24	David Reynolds	Walkinshaw Racing	13	Accident	7
Ret	39	Russell Ingall	Paul Morris Motorsport	7	Accident	4
DNS	333	Michael Patrizi	Paul Cruickshank Racing			26
DNS	14	Cameron McConville	Brad Jones Racing
DNS	111	Fabian Coulthard	Paul Cruickshank Racing

Standings

After Race 20 of 26

Pos	No	Name	Team	Points
1	1	Jamie Whincup	Triple Eight Race Engineering	2604
2	22	Will Davison	Holden Racing Team	2572
3	2	Garth Tander	Holden Racing Team	2315
4	888	Craig Lowndes	Triple Eight Race Engineering	2174
5	5	Mark Winterbottom	Ford Performance Racing	1862

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