2009 Sprint Gas V8 Supercars Manufacturers Challenge
# 2009 Sprint Gas V8 Supercars Manufacturers Challenge

The 2009 Sprint Gas V8 Supercars Manufacturers Challenge was the second meeting of the 2009 V8 Supercar season. It was held on the weekend of 26 to 29 March at Albert Park Street Circuit, in the inner suburbs of Melbourne, the capital of Victoria. The meeting was a non-championship affair, conducted under a unique Holden vs Ford format. It was the lead support category for the 2009 Australian Grand Prix.

## Qualifying

Qualifying was held on Thursday 26 March.

## Top Ten shootout

The top ten shootout was held on Friday 27 March immediately before the first race. Craig Lowndes held onto the fastest position from qualifying, setting a new practice record while doing so. Will Davison was second fastest ahead of Jason Richards while the big mover from qualifying was Mark Winterbottom climbing from ninth to fourth, while second fastest from qualifying, the surprising Fabian Coulthard dropped to eighth.

## Race 1

Race 1 was held on Friday 27 March immediately after the shootout.

## Race 2

Race 2 was held on Saturday 28 March.

## Race 3

Race 3 was held on Sunday 29 March.

## Results

Results as follows:

### Race 1 results

| Pos | No | Name | Team | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 888 | Craig Lowndes | Triple Eight Race Engineering | 15 | 29:53.5736 | 1 | 100 |
| 2 | 5 | Mark Winterbottom | Ford Performance Racing | 15 | +5.8s | 8 | 92 |
| 3 | 22 | Will Davison | Holden Racing Team | 15 | +9.5s | 2 | 86 |
| 4 | 17 | Steven Johnson | Dick Johnson Racing | 15 | +10.0s | 7 | 80 |
| 5 | 8 | Jason Richards | Brad Jones Racing | 15 | +10.5s | 3 | 74 |
| 6 | 111 | Fabian Coulthard | Paul Cruickshank Racing | 15 | +15.3s | 8 | 68 |
| 7 | 1 | Jamie Whincup | Triple Eight Race Engineering | 15 | +18.4s | 19 | 64 |
| 8 | 9 | Shane van Gisbergen | Stone Brothers Racing | 15 | +18.9s | 10 | 60 |
| 9 | 7 | Todd Kelly | Kelly Racing | 15 | +21.9s | 5 | 56 |
| 10 | 10 | Paul Dumbrell | Walkinshaw Racing | 15 | +22.5s | 9 | 52 |
| 11 | 14 | Cameron McConville | Brad Jones Racing | 15 | +25.4s | 14 | 48 |
| 12 | 77 | Marcus Marshall | Team IntaRacing | 15 | +27.5s | 15 | 46 |
| 13 | 25 | Jason Bright | Britek Motorsport | 15 | +30.9s | 20 | 44 |
| 14 | 3 | Jason Bargwanna | Sprint Gas Racing | 15 | +39.7s | 25 | 42 |
| 15 | 18 | James Courtney | Dick Johnson Racing | 15 | +40.1s | 26 | 40 |
| 16 | 55 | Tony D'Alberto | Rod Nash Racing | 15 | +40.9s | 23 | 38 |
| 17 | 24 | David Reynolds | Walkinshaw Racing | 15 | +41.5s | 18 | 36 |
| 18 | 6 | Steven Richards | Ford Performance Racing | 15 | +41.8s | 11 | 34 |
| 19 | 11 | Jack Perkins | Kelly Racing | 15 | +45.0s | 27 | 32 |
| 20 | 51 | Greg Murphy | Sprint Gas Racing | 15 | +48.8s | 13 | 30 |
| 21 | 9 | Alex Davison | Stone Brothers Racing | 15 | +49.5s | 21 | 28 |
| 22 | 67 | Tim Slade | Paul Morris Motorsport | 15 | +56.3s | 24 | 26 |
| 23 | 021 | Dean Fiore | Team Kiwi Racing | 15 | +57.3s | 28 | 24 |
| 24 | 34 | Michael Caruso | Garry Rogers Motorsport | 14 | +1 lap | 17 | 22 |
| 25 | 33 | Lee Holdsworth | Garry Rogers Motorsport | 14 | +1 lap | 22 | 20 |
| DNF | 2 | Garth Tander | Holden Racing Team | 13 | | 5 | |
| DNF | 15 | Rick Kelly | Kelly Racing | 6 | | 12 | |
| DNF | 39 | Russell Ingall | Paul Morris Motorsport | 5 | | 16 | |
| DNF | 16 | Dale Wood | Kelly Racing | 4 | | 30 | |
| DSQ | 333 | Michael Patrizi | Paul Cruickshank Racing | | | 29 | |
