2011 Trading Post Perth Challenge


The 2011 Trading Post Perth Challenge was a motor race for the Australian sedan-based V8 Supercars racing cars. The Trading Post Perth Challenge was the fourth event of the 2011 International V8 Supercars Championship. It was the 34th time a motor racing event held at Barbagallo Raceway had contributed to the Australian Touring Car Championship and its successors. It was held on the weekend of April 29 to May 1 at Barbagallo Raceway, near Wanneroo, just outside Perth, Western Australia.
The event hosted races 7, 8 and 9 of the 2011 season in a unique to this event format. Each race was held of 50 laps of the 2.4 kilometre venue, making for race distances of 120 kilometres for each race. An alternative pointscore was used, giving 100 points for each race instead of the usual 150 points, meaning that the extra race would not make the Perth Challenge worth any more than the standard two race event. In keeping with the concept introduced in 2010 that each race is a standalone event, a different qualifying procedure was established. The usual Saturday Top Ten Shootout was abandoned and the grid for the two Sunday races was established by a single qualifying session with each driver's second fastest lap used to establish the grid for Sunday's Race 9.
The meeting was overshadowed by a heavy collision at the start of Race 8 which saw Steve Owen collide with the stalled Holden Commodore of Karl Reindler. The impact ruptured the fuel tank at the rear of Reindler's Brad Jones Racing Commodore, causing the car to erupt into a fireball. Reindler received only minor burns and Owen only minor injuries. It was doubly unfortunate for Reindler after he had finished seventh the previous race, a career best performance.
Jamie Whincup collected the most championship points for the weekend, 292 out of the possible 300, after winning races 7 and 9 and finished second in race 8. Jason Bright was next best performed with 260 points which included second in race 9, and victory in race 8. The race win was additionally notable as it was the first championship race win recorded by a Brad Jones Racing driver, recorded after joining V8 Supercar in 2000. Whincup's team mate Craig Lowndes was third for the weekend having collected 252 points over the three races, including a second in Race 7, making for a 1–2 finish in the race for the Triple Eight Race Engineering team. The best performed Ford driver of the weekend was Stone Brothers Racing lead driver, Shane van Gisbergen, who scored 196 points. The best individual performance by a Ford driver was by Will Davison of Ford Performance Racing with a third-place finish in Race 7, the only Ford podium result for the weekend.

Results

Results as follows:

Qualifying Race 7

Qualifying timesheet:
PosNoNameCarTeamTime
188Jamie WhincupHolden VE CommodoreTriple Eight Race Engineering56.0734 s
26Will DavisonFord FG FalconFord Performance Racing56.2865 s
3888Craig LowndesHolden VE CommodoreTriple Eight Race Engineering56.6132 s
417Steven JohnsonFord FG FalconDick Johnson Racing56.6990 s
515Rick KellyHolden VE CommodoreKelly Racing56.7047 s
621Karl ReindlerHolden VE CommodoreBritek Motorsport56.7185 s
71James CourtneyHolden VE CommodoreHolden Racing Team56.7224 s
84Alex DavisonFord FG FalconStone Brothers Racing56.7279 s
918James MoffatFord FG FalconDick Johnson Racing56.7406 s
108Jason BrightHolden VE CommodoreBrad Jones Racing56.7691 s
1133Lee HoldsworthHolden VE CommodoreGarry Rogers Motorsport56.8444 s
125Mark WinterbottomFord FG FalconFord Performance Racing56.8523 s
1334Michael CarusoHolden VE CommodoreGarry Rogers Motorsport56.8583 s
1455Paul DumbrellFord FG FalconRod Nash Racing56.8831 s
1516David ReynoldsHolden VE CommodoreKelly Racing56.8844 s
169Shane van GisbergenFord FG FalconStone Brothers Racing56.9073 s
1749Steve OwenHolden VE CommodorePaul Morris Motorsport56.9707 s
1819Jonathon WebbFord FG FalconTekno Autosports56.9774 s
1947Tim SladeFord FG FalconJames Rosenberg Racing56.9848 s
2039Russell IngallHolden VE CommodorePaul Morris Motorsport56.9979 s
2114Jason BargwannaHolden VE CommodoreBrad Jones Racing57.0046 s
2211Greg MurphyHolden VE CommodoreKelly Racing57.0363 s
232Garth TanderHolden VE CommodoreHolden Racing Team57.0530 s
2412Dean FioreFord FG FalconTriple F Racing57.1402 s
257Todd KellyHolden VE CommodoreKelly Racing57.1574 s
2630Warren LuffHolden Commodore VELucas Dumbrell Motorsport57.1867 s
2761Fabian CoulthardHolden VE CommodoreWalkinshaw Racing57.2114 s
283Tony D'AlbertoFord FG FalconTony D'Alberto Racing57.5109 s

Race 7

Race timesheets:
PosNoNameTeamLapsTime/RetiredGridPoints
188Jamie WhincupTriple Eight Race Engineering5049 m 38.6955 s1100
2888Craig LowndesTriple Eight Race Engineering50+0.9 s392
36Will DavisonFord Performance Racing50+6.7 s686
49Shane van GisbergenStone Brothers Racing50+8.1 s1680
517Steven JohnsonDick Johnson Racing50+11.1 s474
68Jason BrightBrad Jones Racing50+14.8 s1068
721Karl ReindlerBritek Motorsport50+17.6 s664
85Mark WinterbottomFord Performance Racing50+21.1 s1260
915Rick KellyKelly Racing50+22.0 s556
101James CourtneyHolden Racing Team50+22.3 s752
1114Jason BargwannaBrad Jones Racing50+30.7 s2548
1234Michael CarusoGarry Rogers Motorsport50+32.4 s1346
132Garth TanderHolden Racing Team50+32.7 s2344
1439Russell IngallPaul Morris Motorsport50+33.1 s2042
1511Greg MurphyKelly Racing50+33.3 s2240
1633Lee HoldsworthGarry Rogers Motorsport50+34.1 s1138
1749Steve OwenPaul Morris Motorsport50+34.4 s1736
1818James MoffatDick Johnson Racing50+34.6 s934
1916David ReynoldsKelly Racing50+35.8 s1532
2019Jonathon WebbTekno Autosports50+36.5 s1830
214Alex DavisonStone Brothers Racing50+40.2 s828
2247Tim SladeJames Rosenberg Racing50+40.4 s1926
2361Fabian CoulthardWalkinshaw Racing50+40.9 s2724
2412Dean FioreTriple F Racing50+50.7 s2422
253Tony D'AlbertoTony D'Alberto Racing50+54.9 s2820
2630Warren LuffLucas Dumbrell Motorsport49+ 1 lap2618
277Todd KellyKelly Racing49+ 1 lap2516
Ret55Paul DumbrellRod Nash Racing4014

Qualifying Race 8

Qualifying timesheet:
PosNoNameCarTeamTime
188Jamie WhincupHolden VE CommodoreTriple Eight Race Engineering54.9898 s
28Jason BrightHolden VE CommodoreBrad Jones Racing55.1614 s
3888Craig LowndesHolden VE CommodoreTriple Eight Race Engineering55.3178 s
44Alex DavisonFord FG FalconStone Brothers Racing55.3445 s
52Garth TanderHolden VE CommodoreHolden Racing Team55.3548 s
617Steven JohnsonFord FG FalconDick Johnson Racing55.3631 s
714Jason BargwannaHolden VE CommodoreBrad Jones Racing55.3666 s
86Will DavisonFord FG FalconFord Performance Racing55.4050 s
91James CourtneyHolden VE CommodoreHolden Racing Team55.4377 s
1033Lee HoldsworthHolden VE CommodoreGarry Rogers Motorsport55.4447 s
115Mark WinterbottomFord FG FalconFord Performance Racing55.4461 s
1218James MoffatFord FG FalconDick Johnson Racing55.4604 s
1321Karl ReindlerHolden VE CommodoreBritek Motorsport55.5029 s
1415Rick KellyHolden VE CommodoreKelly Racing55.5545 s
153Tony D'AlbertoFord FG FalconTony D'Alberto Racing55.5648 s
1661Fabian CoulthardHolden VE CommodoreWalkinshaw Racing55.5788 s
1747Tim SladeFord FG FalconJames Rosenberg Racing55.5830 s
1811Greg MurphyHolden VE CommodoreKelly Racing55.5879 s
1934Michael CarusoHolden VE CommodoreGarry Rogers Motorsport55.6119 s
209Shane van GisbergenFord FG FalconStone Brothers Racing55.6239 s
2155Paul DumbrellFord FG FalconRod Nash Racing55.6656 s
2219Jonathon WebbFord FG FalconTekno Autosports55.7658 s
2312Dean FioreFord FG FalconTriple F Racing55.8213 s
2439Russell IngallHolden VE CommodorePaul Morris Motorsport55.8815 s
2549Steve OwenHolden VE CommodorePaul Morris Motorsport55.8929 s
2616David ReynoldsHolden VE CommodoreKelly Racing55.8995 s
277Todd KellyHolden VE CommodoreKelly Racing55.9244 s
2830Warren LuffHolden Commodore VELucas Dumbrell Motorsport55.9347 s

Standings

PosNoNameTeamPoints
188Jamie WhincupTriple Eight Race Engineering946
2888Craig LowndesTriple Eight Race Engineering804
32Garth TanderHolden Racing Team737
49Shane van GisbergenStone Brothers Racing730
56Will DavisonFord Performance Racing714