2009 Darwin Triple Crown

**2009 Skycity Triple Crown**
Event Information
Round 5 of 14 in the 2009 V8 Supercar Championship Series
Date	19–21 June 2009
Location	Darwin, Northern Territory
Venue	Hidden Valley Raceway
Weather	Fine
Results
Distance
Race 1
Distance	34 laps
Pole position	Jason Richards; Brad Jones Racing
Winner	Jamie Whincup; Triple Eight Race Engineering
Distance
Race 2
Distance	69 laps
Pole position	Garth Tander; Holden Racing Team
Winner	Michael Caruso; Garry Rogers Motorsport

The 2009 Skycity Triple Crown was the fifth race meeting of the 2009 V8 Supercar Championship Series. It contained Races 9 and 10 of the series and was held on the weekend of 19–21 June at Hidden Valley Raceway, in Darwin, in the Northern Territory, Australia.

Recent changes

With just 103 racing laps all weekend of the 2.9 kilometre venue, the race meeting is significantly shorter than recent V8 Supercar rounds at just 300 kilometres of racing against the 400 kilometre norm.^[1] It is also shorter than the 2008 Skycity Triple Crown which raced 360 kilometres over its three races last year.

Race 9

The first race was held on Saturday 20 June. Tander started well from third grid position to move past polesitter Jason Richards and settled to chase leader Whincup. Jack Perkins was an early retirement with bent steering. Lowndes was the first of the front running cars to pit on lap 7. Tander lost ground during the pitstops, falling behind teammate Davison, and when Jason Richards vaulted past after his later stop.

With the stops completed, Whincup held a clear lead over a tight group of Jason Richards, Mark Winterbottom, Will Davison and Garth Tander. Late in the race with car condition falling away Jason Richards speared off the track at the end of the front straight, dropping behind the HRT pair then lost position to Todd Kelly and Craig Lowndes and kept James Courtney out of seventh position by just a single hundredth of a second.

Race 10

Race 2 was held on Sunday 21 June.

Results

Qualifying Race 9

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Pos	No	Name	Car	Team	Top Ten	Part 2	Part 1
1	8	Jason Richards	Holden VE Commodore	Brad Jones Racing	1:09.4908	1:09.3342
2	1	Jamie Whincup	Ford FG Falcon	Triple Eight Race Engineering	1:09.5423	1:09.7060
3	2	Garth Tander	Holden VE Commodore	Holden Racing Team	1:09.5595	1:09.6419
4	888	Craig Lowndes	Ford FG Falcon	Triple Eight Race Engineering	1:09.6173	1:09.4886
5	7	Todd Kelly	Holden VE Commodore	Jack Daniel's Racing	1:09.7586	1:09.3957
6	5	Mark Winterbottom	Ford FG Falcon	Ford Performance Racing	1:09.7629	1:09.6319
7	33	Lee Holdsworth	Holden VE Commodore	Garry Rogers Motorsport	1:09.9014	1:09.5438
8	10	Paul Dumbrell	Holden VE Commodore	Walkinshaw Racing	1:10.0040	1:09.6568
9	22	Will Davison	Holden VE Commodore	Holden Racing Team	1:10.0608	1:09.6937
10	14	Cameron McConville	Holden VE Commodore	Brad Jones Racing	1:10.3382	1:09.7876
11	25	Jason Bright	Ford BF Falcon	Stone Brothers Racing		1:09.7938
12	39	Russell Ingall	Holden VE Commodore	Paul Morris Motorsport		1:09.8067
13	18	James Courtney	Ford FG Falcon	Dick Johnson Racing		1:09.8214
14	111	Fabian Coulthard	Ford FG Falcon	Paul Cruickshank Racing		1:09.8623
15	17	Steven Johnson	Ford FG Falcon	Dick Johnson Racing		1:09.8656
16	24	David Reynolds	Holden VE Commodore	Walkinshaw Racing		1:09.8787
17	34	Michael Caruso	Holden VE Commodore	Garry Rogers Motorsport		1:09.8802
18	15	Rick Kelly	Holden VE Commodore	Jack Daniel's Racing		1:09.9567
19	51	Greg Murphy	Holden VE Commodore	Tasman Motorsport		1:10.0214
20	3	Jason Bargwanna	Holden VE Commodore	Tasman Motorsport		EXC
21	11	Jack Perkins	Holden VE Commodore	Kelly Racing			1:10.2578
22	6	Steven Richards	Ford FG Falcon	Ford Performance Racing			1:10.2648
23	9	Shane van Gisbergen	Ford FG Falcon	Stone Brothers Racing			1:10.2691
24	67	Tim Slade	Holden VE Commodore	Paul Morris Motorsport			1:10.2906
25	55	Tony D'Alberto	Holden VE Commodore	Rod Nash Racing			1:10.3115
26	77	Marcus Marshall	Ford BF Falcon	Team IntaRacing			1:10.3972
27	333	Michael Patrizi	Ford BF Falcon	Paul Cruickshank Racing			1:10.4910
28	16	Dale Wood	Holden VE Commodore	Kelly Racing			1:10.7397
29	12	Dean Fiore	Holden VE Commodore	Triple F Racing			1:10.9267
30	4	Alex Davison	Ford FG Falcon	Stone Brothers Racing			1:11.3752

Race 9

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Pos	No	Name	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	1	Jamie Whincup	Triple Eight Race Engineering	34	41:09.7792	2	150
2	5	Mark Winterbottom	Ford Performance Racing	34	+14.2s	6	138
3	22	Will Davison	Holden Racing Team	34	+15.5s	9	129
4	2	Garth Tander	Holden Racing Team	34	+16.0s	3	120
5	7	Todd Kelly	Jack Daniels Racing	34	+19.6s	5	111
6	888	Craig Lowndes	Triple Eight Race Engineering	34	+22.2s	4	102
7	8	Jason Richards	Brad Jones Racing	34	+23.0s	1	96
8	18	James Courtney	Dick Johnson Racing	34	+23.0s	13	90
9	14	Cameron McConville	Brad Jones Racing	34	+23.1s	10	84
10	33	Lee Holdsworth	Garry Rogers Motorsport	34	+23.8s	7	78
11	34	Michael Caruso	Garry Rogers Motorsport	34	+32.6s	17	72
12	111	Fabian Coulthard	Paul Cruickshank Racing	34	+33.3s	14	69
13	39	Russell Ingall	Paul Morris Motorsport	34	+36.8s	12	66
14	10	Paul Dumbrell	Walkinshaw Racing	34	+45.0s	8	63
15	15	Rick Kelly	Jack Daniels Racing	34	+49.0s	18	60
16	25	Jason Bright	Stone Brothers Racing	34	+49.9s	11	57
17	17	Steven Johnson	Dick Johnson Racing	34	+56.7s	15	54
18	24	David Reynolds	Walkinshaw Racing	34	+1:00.1s	16	51
19	4	Alex Davison	Stone Brothers Racing	34	+1:00.7s	30	48
20	9	Shane van Gisbergen	Stone Brothers Racing	34	+1:01.1s	23	45
21	6	Steven Richards	Ford Performance Racing	34	+1:01.6s	22	42
22	3	Jason Bargwanna	Tasman Motorsport	34	+1:03.5s	20	39
23	51	Greg Murphy	Tasman Motorsport	34	+1:06.9s	19	36
24	333	Michael Patrizi	Paul Cruickshank Racing	33	+ 1 lap	27	33
25	16	Dale Wood	Kelly Racing	33	+ 1 lap	28	30
26	55	Tony D'Alberto	Rod Nash Racing	33	+ 1 lap	25	27
27	67	Tim Slade	Paul Morris Motorsport	33	+ 1 lap	24	24
28	77	Marcus Marshall	Team IntaRacing	33	+ 1 lap	26	21
29	12	Dean Fiore	Triple F Racing	33	+ 1 lap	29	18
DNF	11	Jack Perkins	Kelly Racing	1	Steering	21

Standings

After round 5 of 14

Pos	No	Name	Team	Points
1	1	Jamie Whincup	Triple Eight Race Engineering	1272
2	22	Will Davison	Holden Racing Team	1128
3	2	Garth Tander	Holden Racing Team	954
4	888	Craig Lowndes	Triple Eight Race Engineering	906
5	33	Lee Holdsworth	Garry Rogers Motorsport	897

References

^ "Skycity Triple Crown, 19 Jun - 21 Jun 2009: Race Details". Official site of the Australian V8 Supercar Championship Series. Archived from the original on 22 August 2009. Retrieved 19 June 2009.
^ "2009 Skycity Triple Crown - V8 Supercar Championship Series Hidden Valley Raceway V8 Supercars - Race 9 Qualifying". natsoft.com.au. 20 June 2009. Archived from the original on 4 March 2012. Retrieved 20 June 2009.
^ "2009 Skycity Triple Crown - V8 Supercar Championship Series Hidden Valley Raceway V8 Supercars - Shootout". natsoft.com.au. 20 June 2009. Retrieved 20 June 2009.
^ "2009 Skycity Triple Crown - V8 Supercar Championship Series Hidden Valley Raceway V8 Supercars - Race 9". natsoft.com.au. 20 June 2009. Archived from the original on 4 March 2012. Retrieved 20 June 2009.

External links

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[1] "Skycity Triple Crown, 19 Jun - 21 Jun 2009: Race Details". Official site of the Australian V8 Supercar Championship Series. Archived from the original on 22 August 2009. Retrieved 19 June 2009.

[2] "2009 Skycity Triple Crown - V8 Supercar Championship Series Hidden Valley Raceway V8 Supercars - Race 9 Qualifying". natsoft.com.au. 20 June 2009. Archived from the original on 4 March 2012. Retrieved 20 June 2009.

[3] "2009 Skycity Triple Crown - V8 Supercar Championship Series Hidden Valley Raceway V8 Supercars - Shootout". natsoft.com.au. 20 June 2009. Retrieved 20 June 2009.

[4] "2009 Skycity Triple Crown - V8 Supercar Championship Series Hidden Valley Raceway V8 Supercars - Race 9". natsoft.com.au. 20 June 2009. Archived from the original on 4 March 2012. Retrieved 20 June 2009.

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