2001 V8 Supercar 1000 Explained

Flag:	New South Wales
2001 V8 Supercar 1000
Round No:	11
Season No:	13
Year:	2001
Series:	SCS
Track Map:	Mount Panorama Circuit Map Overview.PNG
Date:	4–7 October
Location:	Bathurst, New South Wales
Circuit:	Mount Panorama Circuit
Weather:	Fine, rain during middle of race
Race1 Laps:	161
Race1 Dist:	1000
Pole1:	Marcos Ambrose
Pole1 Team:	Stone Brothers Racing
Pole1 Time:	2:09.7785
Winner1:	Mark Skaife Tony Longhurst
Winner1 Team:	Holden Racing Team
Winner1 Time:	6:50:33.1789
First Round:	Mark Skaife Tony Longhurst
First Round Team:	Holden Racing Team
First Pts:	552
Second Round:	Brad Jones John Cleland
Second Round Team:	Brad Jones Racing
Second Pts:	480
Third Round:	Greg Murphy Todd Kelly
Third Round Team:	Kmart Racing Team
Third Pts:	432

The 2001 V8 Supercar 1000 was the fifth running of the Australia 1000 race, first held after the organisational split over the Bathurst 1000 that occurred in 1997. It was the 44th race that traces its lineage back to the 1960 Armstrong 500 held at Phillip Island.

It was held on 7 October 2001 at the Mount Panorama Circuit just outside Bathurst and was Round 11 of the 2001 Shell Championship Series for V8 Supercars.

The race was left without a naming rights sponsor after the collapse of previous sponsor FAI Insurance in March 2001.^[1]

Entry List

	Drivers	Team (Sponsor)	Car			Drivers	Team (Sponsor)	Car
00	Craig Lowndes Neil Crompton				24	Paul Romano Owen Kelly
1	Mark Skaife Tony Longhurst				25	Terry Wyhoon Rod Salmon
2	Jason Bright Tomas Mezera				29	Paul Morris Ashley Stichbury
3	Cameron McConville Rick Bates				31	Steven Ellery Geoff Brabham
4	Marcos Ambrose Wayne Wakefield				34	Garth Tander Jason Bargwanna
5	Glenn Seton Steven Richards				35	Paul Dumbrell Leanne Ferrier
6	Jim Richards Dean Canto				37	Bill Attard Roger Hurd
7	Rodney Forbes David Parsons				43	Paul Weel Tim Leahey
8	Adam Macrow Luke Youlden				45	Phillip Scifleet Christian D'Agostin
9	David Besnard Matthew White				46	John Faulkner Peter Doulman
10	Mark Larkham Wayne Gardner				50	Mick Donaher Layton Crambrook
11	Larry Perkins Russell Ingall				51	Nathan Pretty Rick Kelly
14	Steve Owen James Brock				54	Rod Nash Tony Ricciardello
15	Todd Kelly Greg Murphy				61	Ross Halliday Greg Crick
16	Dugal McDougall Andrew Miedecke				75	Anthony Tratt Alan Jones
17	Steven Johnson Paul Radisich				88	Craig Harris Michael Simpson
18	Cameron McLean Greg Ritter				90	Ric Shaw Mike Conway
20	Garry Holt Kevin Mundy				500	Alan Heath Dale Brede
021	Jason Richards Angus Fogg				600	John Bowe Simon Wills
21	Brad Jones John Cleland				888	Mark Noske Craig Baird
23	Steve Reed Trevor Ashby

Results

Qualifying

Pos	No	Driver	Team	Car	Time
1	align=center	5	Glenn Seton Steven Richards	Glenn Seton Racing	Ford Falcon (AU)	2:09.6770
2	align=center	00	Craig Lowndes Neil Crompton	Gibson Motorsport	Ford Falcon (AU)	2:09.8533
3	align=center	1	Mark Skaife Tony Longhurst	Holden Racing Team	Holden Commodore (VX)	2:09.9621
4	align=center	2	Jason Bright Tomas Mezera	Holden Racing Team	Holden Commodore (VX)	2:10.2285
5	align=center	600	John Bowe Simon Wills	Briggs Motor Sport	Ford Falcon (AU)	2:10.2441
6	align=center	11	Larry Perkins Russell Ingall	Perkins Engineering	Holden Commodore (VX)	2:10.4869
7	align=center	31	Steven Ellery Geoff Brabham	Steven Ellery Racing	Ford Falcon (AU)	2:10.6664
8	align=center	15	Todd Kelly Greg Murphy	Kmart Racing Team	Holden Commodore (VX)	2:10.6836
9	align=center	34	Garth Tander Jason Bargwanna	Garry Rogers Motorsport	Holden Commodore (VX)	2:10.7412
10	align=center	18	Cameron McLean Greg Ritter	Dick Johnson Racing	Ford Falcon (AU)	2:10.8956
11	align=center	4	Marcos Ambrose Wayne Wakefield	Stone Brothers Racing	Ford Falcon (AU)	2:10.9040
12	align=center	17	Steven Johnson Paul Radisich	Dick Johnson Racing	Ford Falcon (AU)	2:10.9073
13	align=center	6	Jim Richards Dean Canto	Glenn Seton Racing	Ford Falcon (AU)	2:11.3017
14	align=center	43	Paul Weel Tim Leahey	Paul Weel Racing	Ford Falcon (AU)	2:11.3390
15	align=center	29	Paul Morris Ashley Stichbury	Paul Morris Motorsport	Holden Commodore (VT)	2:11.4556
16	align=center	9	David Besnard Matthew White	Stone Brothers Racing	Ford Falcon (AU)	2:11.6542
17	align=center	46	John Faulkner Peter Doulman	John Faulkner Racing	Holden Commodore (VT)	2:11.8804
18	align=center	10	Mark Larkham Wayne Gardner	Larkham Motor Sport	Ford Falcon (AU)	2:11.9038
19	align=center	51	Nathan Pretty Rick Kelly	Kmart Racing Team	Holden Commodore (VX)	2:12.0242
20	align=center	021	Jason Richards Angus Fogg	Team Kiwi Racing	Holden Commodore (VT)	2:12.0676
21	align=center	3	Cameron McConville Rick Bates	Lansvale Racing Team	Holden Commodore (VX)	2:12.1408
22	align=center	21	Brad Jones John Cleland	Brad Jones Racing	Ford Falcon (AU)	2:12.2942
23	align=center	16	Dugal McDougall Andrew Miedecke	McDougall Motorsport	Holden Commodore (VX)	2:12.5184
24	align=center	8	Adam Macrow Luke Youlden	Perkins Engineering	Holden Commodore (VX)	2:12.6301
25	align=center	75	Anthony Tratt Alan Jones	Paul Little Racing	Ford Falcon (AU)	2:12.9820
26	align=center	35	Leanne Ferrier Paul Dumbrell	Garry Rogers Motorsport	Holden Commodore (VX)	2:12.9841
27	align=center	888	Mark Noske Craig Baird	Prancing Horse Racing	Ford Falcon (AU)	2:13.3303
28	align=center	54	Rod Nash Tony Ricciardello	Rod Nash Racing	Holden Commodore (VX)	2:13.6990
29	align=center	24	Paul Romano Owen Kelly	Romano Racing	Holden Commodore (VX)	2:13.7193
30	align=center	7	Rodney Forbes David Parsons	Gibson Motorsport	Ford Falcon (AU)	2:13.9108
31	align=center	23	Steve Reed Trevor Ashby	Lansvale Racing Team	Holden Commodore (VX)	2:14.4264
32	align=center	61	Ross Halliday Greg Crick	Halliday Motor Sport	Ford Falcon (AU)	2:14.5407
33	align=center	25	Terry Wyhoon Rod Salmon	Terry Wyhoon Racing	Ford Falcon (AU)	2:14.5739
34	align=center	45	Phillip Scifleet Christian D'Agostin	RPM International Racing	Ford Falcon (AU)	2:14.7737
35	align=center	88	Craig Harris Michael Simpson	Harris Racing	Ford Falcon (AU)	2:15.6148
36	align=center	500	Alan Heath Dale Brede	Power Racing	Ford Falcon (AU)	2:15.9640
37	align=center	14	James Brock Steve Owen	Imrie Motorsport	Holden Commodore (VX)	2:16.7474
38	align=center	20	Garry Holt Kevin Mundy	Eastern Creek Kart Racing	Ford Falcon (EL)	2:17.5861
39	align=center	90	Ric Shaw Mike Conway	Ric Shaw Motorsport	Holden Commodore (VS)	2:18.0777
40	align=center	37	Bill Attard Roger Hurd	Scotty Taylor Racing	Holden Commodore (VS)	2:20.6454
-	align=center	50	Mick Donaher Layton Crambrook	Clive Wiseman Racing	Holden Commodore (VX)	No Time

Top-Fifteen Shootout

Pos	No	Driver	Team	Car	Time
Pole	align=center	4	Marcos Ambrose	Stone Brothers Racing	Ford Falcon (AU)	2:09.7785
2	align=center	5	Glenn Seton	Glenn Seton Racing	Ford Falcon (AU)	2:09.9804
3	align=center	11	Russell Ingall	Perkins Engineering	Holden Commodore (VX)	2:09.9912
4	align=center	2	Jason Bright	Holden Racing Team	Holden Commodore (VX)	2:10.1178
5	align=center	1	Mark Skaife	Holden Racing Team	Holden Commodore (VX)	2:10.1599
6	align=center	17	Steven Johnson	Dick Johnson Racing	Ford Falcon (AU)	2:10.3538
7	align=center	600	John Bowe	Briggs Motor Sport	Ford Falcon (AU)	2:10.4338
8	align=center	31	Steven Ellery	Steven Ellery Racing	Ford Falcon (AU)	2:10.4735
9	align=center	34	Garth Tander	Garry Rogers Motorsport	Holden Commodore (VX)	2:10.4999
10	align=center	6	Jim Richards	Glenn Seton Racing	Ford Falcon (AU)	2:10.5180
11	align=center	15	Todd Kelly	Kmart Racing Team	Holden Commodore (VX)	2:10.8654
12	align=center	00	Craig Lowndes	Gibson Motorsport	Ford Falcon (AU)	2:11.0141
13	align=center	18	Greg Ritter	Dick Johnson Racing	Ford Falcon (AU)	2:11.2323
14	align=center	29	Paul Morris	Paul Morris Motorsport	Holden Commodore (VT)	2:11.3743
15	align=center	43	Paul Weel	Paul Weel Racing	Ford Falcon (AU)	2:11.5767

Starting grid

1		4		5				2
3			11		2			4
5		1		17				6
7			600		31			8
9		34		6				10
11			15		00			12
13		18		29				14
15			43		9			16
17		46		10				18
19			51		021			20
21		3		21				22
23			16		8			24
25		75		35				26
27			888		54			28
29		24		7				30
31			23		61			32
33		25		45				34
35			88		500			36
37		14		20				38
39			50

Race

Pos	No	Drivers	Team	Car	Laps	Time	Grid
1	align=center	1	Mark Skaife Tony Longhurst	Holden Racing Team	Holden Commodore (VX)	align=center	161	6hr 50min 33.1789sec	align=center	5
2	align=center	21	Brad Jones John Cleland	Brad Jones Racing	Ford Falcon (AU)	align=center	161	+ 2.28 s	align=center	22
3	align=center	15	Todd Kelly Greg Murphy	Kmart Racing Team	Holden Commodore (VX)	align=center	161	+ 17.94 s	align=center	11
4	align=center	18	Cameron McLean Greg Ritter	Dick Johnson Racing	Ford Falcon (AU)	align=center	161	+ 26.11 s	align=center	13
5	align=center	6	Jim Richards Dean Canto	Glenn Seton Racing	Ford Falcon (AU)	align=center	161	+ 30.78 s	align=center	10
6	align=center	34	Garth Tander Jason Bargwanna	Garry Rogers Motorsport	Holden Commodore (VX)	align=center	161	+ 34.34 s	align=center	9
7	align=center	31	Steven Ellery Geoff Brabham	Steven Ellery Racing	Ford Falcon (AU)	align=center	161	+ 46.57 s	align=center	8
8	align=center	11	Larry Perkins Russell Ingall	Perkins Engineering	Holden Commodore (VX)	align=center	161	+ 1:22.61 s	align=center	3
9	align=center	5	Glenn Seton Steven Richards	Glenn Seton Racing	Ford Falcon (AU)	align=center	161	+ 2:18.61 s	align=center	2
10	align=center	3	Cameron McConville Rick Bates	Lansvale Racing Team	Holden Commodore (VX)	align=center	160	+ 1 Lap	align=center	21
11	align=center	23	Steve Reed Trevor Ashby	Lansvale Racing Team	Holden Commodore (VX)	align=center	159	+ 2 Laps	align=center	31
12	align=center	29	Paul Morris Ashley Stichbury	Paul Morris Motorsport	Holden Commodore (VT)	align=center	159	+ 2 Laps	align=center	14
13	align=center	24	Paul Romano Owen Kelly	Romano Racing	Holden Commodore (VX)	align=center	159	+ 2 Laps	align=center	29
14	align=center	51	Nathan Pretty Rick Kelly	Kmart Racing Team	Holden Commodore (VX)	align=center	158	+ 3 Laps	align=center	19
15	align=center	75	Anthony Tratt Alan Jones	Paul Little Racing	Ford Falcon (AU)	align=center	158	+ 3 Laps	align=center	25
16	align=center	021	Jason Richards Angus Fogg	Team Kiwi Racing	Holden Commodore (VT)	align=center	157	+ 4 Laps	align=center	20
17	align=center	00	Craig Lowndes Neil Crompton	Gibson Motorsport	Ford Falcon (AU)	align=center	156	+ 5 Laps	align=center	12
18	align=center	500	Alan Heath Dale Brede	Power Racing	Ford Falcon (AU)	align=center	155	+ 6 Laps	align=center	36
19	align=center	45	Phillip Scifleet Christian D'Agostin	RPM International Racing	Ford Falcon (AU)	align=center	147	+ 14 Laps	align=center	34
20	align=center	16	Dugal McDougall Andrew Miedecke	McDougall Motorsport	Holden Commodore (VX)	align=center	144	+ 17 Laps	align=center	23
21	align=center	7	Rodney Forbes David Parsons	Gibson Motorsport	Ford Falcon (AU)	align=center	132	+ 29 Laps	align=center	30
Ret	align=center	43	Paul Weel Tim Leahey	Paul Weel Racing	Ford Falcon (AU)	align=center	127	Retired	align=center	15
Ret	align=center	2	Jason Bright Tomas Mezera	Holden Racing Team	Holden Commodore (VX)	align=center	126	Spun off	align=center	4
Ret	align=center	600	John Bowe Simon Wills	Briggs Motor Sport	Ford Falcon (AU)	align=center	124	Spun off	align=center	7
Ret	align=center	88	Craig Harris Michael Simpson	Harris Racing	Ford Falcon (AU)	align=center	114	Accident	align=center	35
Ret	align=center	10	Mark Larkham Wayne Gardner	Larkham Motor Sport	Ford Falcon (AU)	align=center	106	Accident	align=center	18
Ret	align=center	8	Adam Macrow Luke Youlden	Perkins Engineering	Holden Commodore (VX)	align=center	85	Accident	align=center	24
Ret	align=center	9	David Besnard Matthew White	Stone Brothers Racing	Ford Falcon (AU)	align=center	84	Fuel Tank Damage	align=center	16
Ret	align=center	17	Steven Johnson Paul Radisich	Dick Johnson Racing	Ford Falcon (AU)	align=center	63	Engine	align=center	6
Ret	align=center	54	Rod Nash Tony Ricciardello	Rod Nash Racing	Holden Commodore (VX)	align=center	62	Accident	align=center	28
Ret	align=center	25	Terry Wyhoon Rod Salmon	Terry Wyhoon Racing	Ford Falcon (AU)	align=center	46	Accident	align=center	33
Ret	align=center	4	Marcos Ambrose Wayne Wakefield	Stone Brothers Racing	Ford Falcon (AU)	align=center	42	Engine	align=center	1
Ret	align=center	35	Leanne Ferrier Paul Dumbrell	Garry Rogers Motorsport	Holden Commodore (VX)	align=center	41	Steering	align=center	26
Ret	align=center	46	John Faulkner Peter Doulman	John Faulkner Racing	Holden Commodore (VT)	align=center	33	Accident	align=center	17
Ret	align=center	50	Mick Donaher Layton Crambrook	Clive Wiseman Racing	Holden Commodore (VX)	align=center	32	Accident	align=center	DNQ
Ret	align=center	61	Ross Halliday Greg Crick	Halliday Motor Sport	Ford Falcon (AU)	align=center	31	Retired	align=center	32
Ret	align=center	888	Mark Noske Craig Baird	Prancing Horse Racing	Ford Falcon (AU)	align=center	27	Accident	align=center	27
Ret	align=center	20	Garry Holt Kevin Mundy	Eastern Creek Kart Racing	Ford Falcon (EL)	align=center	26	Accident	align=center	38
Ret	align=center	14	James Brock Steve Owen	Imrie Motorsport	Holden Commodore (VX)	align=center	12	Deflated Tyre	align=center	37
DNQ	align=center	90	Ric Shaw Mike Conway	Ric Shaw Motorsport	Holden Commodore (VS)		Did not qualify
DNQ	align=center	37	Bill Attard Roger Hurd	Scotty Taylor Racing	Holden Commodore (VS)		Did not qualify

Championship Standings

		No	Driver	Team
	1	1	Mark Skaife	Holden Racing Team	3050
	2	8	Russell Ingall	Perkins Engineering	2595
	3	2	Jason Bright	Holden Racing Team	2504
	4	17	Steven Johnson	Dick Johnson Racing	2276
	5	51	Greg Murphy	Kmart Racing Team	2274

Statistics

• Provisional Pole Position - #5 Glenn Seton - 2:09.6770
• Pole Position - #4 Marcos Ambrose - 2:09.7785
• Fastest Lap - #600 Simon Wills - 2:10.2011 (new lap record)
• Average Speed - 146 km/h

External links

• Official race results
• Official V8 Supercar website
• CAMS Manual reference to Australian titles
• race results
• 2001 V8 Supercar 1000 images from www.v8supercar.com.au

Notes and References

1. Web site: Joyce . Adam . 2001-03-18 . FAI permanently ends Bathurst 1000 race sponsorship . 2024-10-13 . Western Advocate . en-AU.