2009 Winton V8 Supercar Event
# 2009 Winton V8 Supercar Event

The 2009 Winton V8 Supercar Event was the third race meeting of the 2009 V8 Supercar Championship Series. It contained Races 5 and 6 of the series and was held on the weekend of May 1–3 at Winton Motor Raceway, near Benalla, in rural Victoria.

## Rule change

The new race formats for 2009 saw two races to be held over the weekend, with a 100 kilometre race held as Race 5 on Saturday, with a 200 kilometre race held on Sunday as Race 6.

## Race 5

Race 1 was held on Saturday May 2.

## Race 6

Race 2 was held on Sunday May 3.

## Results

### Qualifying Race 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 | Triple Eight Race Engineering | 1:23.1677 | 1:23.3646 | |
| 4 | 1 | Jamie Whincup | Ford FG Falcon | Triple Eight Race Engineering | 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

* After Round 3 of 14

| Pos | No | Name | Team | Points |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 1 | Jamie Whincup | Triple Eight Race Engineering | 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 |
