2009 V8 Supercar season

October 2020 January 2012 2009 V8 Supercar season 2008 2010 The 2009 V8 Supercar season was the thirteenth season in which V8 Supercars contested the premier Australian motor racing series for touring cars. It was the 50th season of touring car racing in Australia from the first Australian Touring Car Championship, latter to become the V8 Supercar Championship Series, and the first Armstrong 500, which would evolve into the Bathurst 1000. The season featured the thirteenth V8 Supercar Championship Series which began on 21 March at the Clipsal 500 on the streets of Adelaide and finished on 6 December at the Homebush Street Circuit. The championship comprised 26 races held at 14 events, visiting all states and the Northern Territory of Australia as well as New Zealand. A non-championship event supported the 2009 Australian Grand Prix. The season also included the tenth second tier Development Series, promoted as the Fujitsu V8 Supercar Series, with all seven rounds held as support races for the V8 Supercar Championship Series. For the second year, a third tier series was run, as the Shannons V8 Touring Car National Series. Its five rounds were held at rounds of the Shannons Nationals Motor Racing Championships. Review The 2009 V8 Supercar Championship Series was dominated by the season long rivalry between the leading Ford team, Triple Eight Race Engineering and its drivers Jamie Whincup and Craig Lowndes and the leading Holden team, the Holden Racing Team and its drivers, Will Davison and Garth Tander. Between them they won 22 of the seasons 26-point scoring races. HRT won most of the seasons prizes, winning the teams prize, leading the charge to Holden regaining the manufacturers prize, the drivers combining to win the Bathurst 1000 and the Phillip Island 500, but Triple Eight won the biggest prize with Jamie Whincup retaining the drivers' championship. Whincup personally won half of the 22 races the two teams won together, the backbone of his title retention with his season beginning Adelaide 500 as his centrepiece and Lowndes chipped in by dominating Winton and winning the non-championship event held on the Australian Grand Prix support program. Lowndes was fourth in the championship behind Tander, but Davison was the revelation of the season, stepping up to HRT after a strong season with Dick Johnson Racing in 2008, Davison pushed Whincup almost all the way to the title until Davison faded over the final two events at Barbagallo and the new Sydney 500. Best of the rest was a battle between two Ford teams. Mark Winterbottom won at Surfers Paradise and finished fifth in the drivers championship for Ford Performance Racing while at Dick Johnson Racing, Steven Johnson finished sixth and his teammate James Courtney took two street circuit victories at the Townsville 400 and Sydney 500. The only upset win was Michael Caruso's debut win at Hidden Valley Raceway. Caruso's win for Garry Rogers Motorsport was also the only Holden race win not scored by the Holden Racing Team as the three top Ford team shared honours. Ford also had success in the second tier series with MW Motorsport driver Jonathon Webb charging to the series crown, utterly dominant in the second half of the series as Ford drivers swamped the top seven positions in the development series. James Moffat was series runner up from David Russell with TV personality racer Grant Denyer putting his best ever season to finish a strong fourth position. The emerging third tier series was won strongly by Adam Wallis in his self-run Holden Commodore. Race calendar Race titleCircuitCity / stateDateSeriesWinnerTeamReport South Australia Clipsal 500 Adelaide Street Circuit Adelaide, South Australia 19 - 22 Mar VSC 1VSC 2 Jamie WhincupJamie Whincup Triple Eight Race EngineeringTriple Eight Race Engineering report FVS 1 David Russell Howard Racing Victoria Sprint Gas V8 Supercars Manufacturers Challenge Albert Park Melbourne, Victoria 26 - 29 Mar Craig Lowndes Triple Eight Race Engineering report New Zealand Hamilton 400 Hamilton Street Circuit Hamilton, New Zealand 17 - 19 Apr VSC 3VSC 4 Jamie WhincupJamie Whincup Triple Eight Race EngineeringTriple Eight Race Engineering report New South Wales Goulburn Wakefield Park Goulburn, New South Wales 25 - 26 Apr STCS 1 Adam Wallis Warrin Mining Victoria Winton Winton Motor Raceway Benalla, Victoria 1–3 May VSC 5VSC 6 Craig LowndesCraig Lowndes Triple Eight Race EngineeringTriple Eight Race Engineering report FVS 2 Jonathon Webb MW Motorsport Tasmania Falken Tasmania Challenge Symmons Plains Raceway Launceston, Tasmania 29–31 May VSC 7VSC 8 Garth TanderJamie Whincup Holden Racing TeamTriple Eight Race Engineering report South Australia Mallala Mallala Motor Sport Park Adelaide, South Australia 6 - 7 Jun STCS 2 Adam Wallis Warrin Mining Northern Territory Skycity Triple Crown Hidden Valley Raceway Darwin, Northern Territory 19 - 21 Jun VSC 9VSC 10 Jamie WhincupMichael Caruso Triple Eight Race EngineeringGarry Rogers Motorsport report Victoria Winton Winton Motor Raceway Benalla, Victoria 27 - 28 Jun STCS 3 Terry Wyhoon Image Racing Queensland Dunlop Townsville 400 Townsville Street Circuit Townsville, Queensland 10 - 12 Jul VSC 11VSC 12 Jamie Whincup James Courtney Triple Eight Race Engineering Dick Johnson Racing report FVS 3 James Moffat Sonic Motor Racing Services Victoria Norton 360 Sandown Challenge Sandown Raceway Melbourne, Victoria 31 Jul - 2 Aug VSC 13VSC 14 Will DavisonGarth Tander Holden Racing TeamHolden Racing Team report FVS 4 David Russell Howard Racing Queensland Queensland House and Land.com 300 Queensland Raceway Ipswich, Queensland 21 - 23 Aug VSC 15VSC 16 Jamie WhincupWill Davison Triple Eight Race EngineeringHolden Racing Team report FVS 5 Jonathon Webb MW Motorsport New South Wales Oran Park Oran Park Raceway Sydney, New South Wales 29 - 30 Aug STCS 4 Shane Beikoff Turbo Brisbane Victoria L&H 500 Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit Phillip Island, Victoria 11 - 13 Sep VSC 17 Garth TanderWill Davison Holden Racing Team report New South Wales Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000 Mount Panorama Circuit Bathurst, New South Wales 8 - 11 Oct VSC 18 Garth TanderWill Davison Holden Racing Team report FVS 6 Jonathon Webb MW Motorsport Queensland Gold Coast Nikon SuperGPhttp://www.v8supercars.com.au/calendars/clndrevent.asp?eid=279&ind=M V8 Supercar Challenge - v8supercars.com.au 18 October 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20091019074906/http://www.v8supercars.com.au/calendars/clndrevent.asp?eid=279&ind=M 19 October 2009 dead Surfers Paradise Street Circuit Surfers Paradise, Queensland 22 - 25 Oct VSC 19VSC 20 Garth TanderMark Winterbottom Holden Racing TeamFord Performance Racing report Bahrain Desert 400 Bahrain International Circuit Manama, Bahrain 5 - 7 Nov VSC 21VSC 22 event cancelledhttp://www.v8supercars.com.au/content/hero_news/september_2009/abu_dhabi_start_confirmed/ Abu Dhabi start confirmed 2010-12-20 9 September 2009 Briar Gunther Official site of the Australian V8 Supercar Championship Series https://web.archive.org/web/20090914045535/http://www.v8supercars.com.au/content/hero%5Fnews/september%5F2009/abu%5Fdhabi%5Fstart%5Fconfirmed/ 14 September 2009 dead Victoria The Island 300 Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit Phillip Island, Victoria 7 - 8 Nov VSC 21VSC 22 Jamie WhincupJamie Whincup Triple Eight Race EngineeringTriple Eight Race Engineering report Western Australia BigPond 300 Barbagallo Raceway Perth, Western Australia 21 - 23 Nov VSC 23VSC 24 Jamie WhincupCraig Lowndes Triple Eight Race EngineeringTriple Eight Race Engineering report Victoria Sandown Sandown Raceway Melbourne, Victoria 28 - 29 Nov STCS 5 Steve Owen Power Plus 98 New South Wales Sydney Telstra 500 Homebush Street Circuit Sydney, New South Wales 4 - 6 Dec VSC 25VSC 26 Garth TanderJames Courtney Holden Racing TeamDick Johnson Racing report FVS 7 Jonathon Webb MW Motorsport * - fastest lap of official pre-season test days VSC - V8 Supercar Championship Series FVS - Fujitsu V8 Supercar Series STCS - Shannons V8 Touring Car National Series V8 Supercar Championship Series 2009 V8 Supercar Championship Series Fujitsu V8 Supercar Series 2009 Fujitsu V8 Supercar Series V8 Supercars Manufacturers Challenge 2009 Sprint Gas V8 Supercars Manufacturers Challenge Shannons V8 Touring Car National Series 2009 Shannons V8 Touring Car National Series References Linked articles contain additional references. External links Official V8 Supercar website 2009 Racing Results Archive https://web.archive.org/web/20120304211419/http://www.natsoft.com.au/cgi-bin/results.cgi?2009 4 March 2012 Category:Supercar seasons