2015 Skycity Triple Crown


The 2015 Skycity Triple Crown was a motor race for V8 Supercars held on the weekend of 19–21 June 2015. The event was held at Hidden Valley in Darwin, Northern Territory, and consisted of two sprint races, each over a distance of and one endurance race over a distance of. It was the fifth round of fourteen in the 2015 International V8 Supercars Championship.
The two sprint races were shared between Holden and Ford; Prodrive Racing Australia driver Chaz Mostert won the opening race by a second ahead of teammate, and championship leader, Mark Winterbottom, while the next three placings were taken by Nissan Motorsport drivers Rick Kelly, James Moffat and Michael Caruso. In race two, Triple Eight Race Engineering's Craig Lowndes led home a Holden 1–2 ahead of Walkinshaw Racing driver Tim Slade, while Mostert completed the podium. With victory, Lowndes became the first V8 Supercar driver to win 100 championship races, spanning 19 years from his maiden win during the 1996 Australian Touring Car Championship season.
The main race was won by David Reynolds for Rod Nash Racing, having started from pole position. Mostert again finished on the podium, with a second-place finish, while Fabian Coulthard completed the podium for the Brad Jones Racing team. In the championship standings, the top three drivers remained the same; however, Winterbottom extended his championship lead from 12 to 95 ahead of Lowndes, while Coulthard moved closer to Lowndes, trailing by 60 points. Mostert's triple podium finish moved him up to fourth in the standings.

Results

Race 13

Race 14

Race 15

Championship standings

;Drivers' Championship standings
DriverPoints
1 Mark Winterbottom1165
2 Craig Lowndes1070
3 Fabian Coulthard1010
4 Chaz Mostert991
5 Shane van Gisbergen940

;Teams' Championship standings
ConstructorPoints
1Prodrive Racing Australia2156
2Triple Eight Race Engineering1989
3Holden Racing Team1845
4Brad Jones Racing1719
5Nissan Motorsport 1449