2009 Fujitsu V8 Supercar Series Explained

The 2009 Fujitsu V8 Supercars Series was the tenth running of the V8 Supercar Development series. It supported the 2009 V8 Supercar Championship Series, beginning on 19 March at the Clipsal 500 and ending on 6 December at the Sydney 500 after seven rounds.

With one race to spare, Jonathon Webb secured the series, in doing so becoming the first driver from MW Motorsport to win the title after having competed in the very first series for second-tier V8 Supercars. James Moffat took second place from David Russell at the final race of the series. Ford drivers filled the top seven places with Grant Denyer, Daniel Gaunt, Brad Lowe and Damian Assaillit filling those positions. The first Holden driver was Sam Walter, over 900 points behind Webb.

Webb did not win a race until the fifth round of the series at Queensland Raceway, but from there won every race bar one, where he was second, an irresistible charge for the series that neither Moffat nor Russell had any answer to after the three drivers had been close for the first half of the series.

Calendar

The 2009 Fujitsu V8 Supercar Series on consisted of seven rounds:[1]

Rd.EventCircuitLocationDateWinner
1 Clipsal 500Adelaide Street CircuitAdelaide, South Australia19–22 MarDavid Russell
2 WintonWinton Motor RacewayBenalla, Victoria1–3 May Jonathon Webb
3 Dunlop Townsville 400Townsville Street CircuitTownsville, Queensland10–12 JulJames Moffat
4 Norton 360 Sandown ChallengeSandown RacewayMelbourne, Victoria31 Jul – 2 AugDavid Russell
5 Queensland House & Land 300Queensland RacewayIpswich, Queensland21–23 AugJonathon Webb
6 Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000Mount Panorama CircuitBathurst, New South Wales8–11 OctJonathon Webb
7 Sydney Telstra 500Homebush Street CircuitSydney, New South Wales4–6 DecJonathon Webb

Teams and drivers

The following teams and drivers have competed during the 2009 Fujitsu V8 Supercar Series.

TeamVehicleNoDriverRounds
Sieders Racing TeamFord BF Falcon19 David Sieders1–2, 4
Colin Sieders5–6
Hayden Pullen7
49 David Sieders7
Sonic Motor Racing ServicesFord BF Falcon20 Bryce Washington1–2
Rodney Jane3–7
999 James MoffatAll
MW MotorsportFord BF Falcon26 Jonathon WebbAll
28 Brad LoweAll
Ford BA Falcon29 Damian AssaillitAll
Howard RacingFord BF Falcon27 David RussellAll
Ford BA Falcon35 Mark Howard5
TAG MotorsportHolden VZ Commodore35 Tony Bates2, 4, 6
36 Geoff EmeryAll
Eggleston MotorsportHolden VZ Commodore38 Ben Eggleston1-2
Holden VE Commodore6-7
Jay MotorsportHolden VZ Commodore421–5
6
James Winslow7
43 Chris Alajajian1
7
McGill MotorsportFord BA Falcon43 Aaron McGill6
Greg Murphy RacingHolden VZ Commodore471–5, 7
Andrew Anderson6
Image RacingFord BA Falcon49 Ben McCashney2–6
McElrea RacingFord BF Falcon50 Daniel Gaunt1–6
444 Karl Reindler4–5
Novocastrian MotorsportFord BF Falcon53 Drew Russell6–7
Race Image MotorsportFord BF Falcon60 Drew Russell1–2
5–6
Marcus Marshall7
Paul Morris MotorsportHolden VZ Commodore72 Colin Corkery1
Holden VE Commodore5, 7
Paul Morris3
West Coast RacingHolden VZ Commodore74 Mark McNally1–2
Fastaz MotorsportHolden VZ Commodore92 Taz DouglasAll
Sydney Star RacingFord BA Falcon96 Brett Hobson1
Todd Wanless3
Ryan Hansford7
98 Aaron McGill7
TanderSportFord BF Falcon222 Leanne Tander2, 4–5
Dick Johnson RacingFord BF Falcon777 Grant DenyerAll

Points system

Points are awarded to any driver that completes 75% of race distance and is running on the completion of the final lap. These are the points awarded for each race.

Pos1st2nd3rd4th5th6th7th8th9th10th11th12th13th14th15th16th17th18th19th
Rounds 1, 6 & 715013812912011110296908478726966636057545148
Rounds 2 – 5100928680746864605652484644424038363432

Driver standings

PosDriverRd 1[2] Rd 2[3] Rd 3[4] Rd 4[5] Rd 5[6] Rd 6[7] Rd 7[8] Pts
1Jonathon Webb4th2nd4th3rd3rd2nd2nd4th4th12th3rd1st1st1st1st1st2nd1st1874
2James Moffat1st3rdRet8th7th1st3rd1st1stRet2nd3rd8th3rd9th2nd1st2nd1623
3David Russell2nd1st9th1st2nd3rd12th3rd9th1st1st2nd7th2nd2nd5thRet5th1618
4Grant Denyer11th7th5th6th1st7th1st6th10th2nd4th7th5th6th5thRet3rd3rd1431
5Daniel Gaunt7th4th17th12thRet4th9th2nd5th4th7th5th10th8th3rd4th1179
6Brad LoweRet8th3rd9th4th5th10thRet3rd13th9th6th3rd5th7th3rdRetRet1077
7Damian Assaillit8thRet1st17th5th9thRet10th6th5th5th12thRet11th4th6thRet10th1018
8Sam Walter3rd11th2nd13th17th14th5thRet11th15th6th10th2nd4thRet11th943
9Taz Douglas9th6th6th14th11th6th8th5th8thRet11th16th13th12thDNS15thRet9th926
10Geoff Emery10th12th16th10th8th11thRet7thRet6th10th13th9th19th16thRet6th6th922
11Shane Price6th5th8th2nd9th8th4thRet2ndRet8th4th6th10th913
12Rodney Jane12th7th8th13th9th12th9th16th9th15th11th8th12th757
13Drew Russell5thRet7th5th12th17th10th7th7th619
14David Sieders12thDNS11th15th14th7th3rd13th5th8th594
15Ben McCashney13thRet15th13th6thRet14th7thRet14th12th17th12thRet495
16Ben Eggleston13th10thRet11th13th11th7thRet13th470
17Tony Bates12th16th18thRet11th14th13th13th340
18Gene Rollinson15th11th14th8th8th310
19Karl Reindler12th10thRet8th4th7th302
Leanne Tander15th18th16thRet8thRet11th14th15th302
21Colin CorkeryDNS9th19th18th13th10th14th257
22Marcus Marshall4th4th240
23Colin Sieders16th17th18th14th14th234
24Bryce WashingtonRetDNS10th4th6th200
25Jay Verdnik6th7th186
26Mark McNallyRetDNS14th7th10th158
27Andrew Anderson10th12th147
28Todd Wanless15th11th9th144
29Ryan Hansford13th15th126
30Hayden Pullen12th17th123
Garth Walden11th18th123
32Mark Howard18th15th16th112
33James Winslow9thRet84
34Aaron McGillDNSDNSRet16th57
35Paul Morris10thRetRet52
Brett HobsonRetRet
Chris AlajajianRetDNS

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2009 Fujitsu Series Calendar. Official website of the V8 Supercar Championship Series. 7 October 2008. 12 December 2008. https://web.archive.org/web/20081208141735/http://www.v8supercars.com.au/content/news/2009_fujitsu_series_calendar/. 8 December 2008 . dead.
  2. Web site: Adelaide Parklands Circuit 22/03/2009 2009 Clipsal 500 Adelaide . National Software . 21 March 2009 . 21 March 2009 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090426042842/http://www.natsoft.com.au/cgi-bin/results.cgi?22/03/2009.ADEL . 26 April 2009 . live.
  3. Web site: Winton Motor Raceway 03/05/2009 2009 V8 Supercar Championship Series – Races 5 & 6 . National Software . 3 May 2009 . 3 May 2009 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090725134844/http://www.natsoft.com.au/cgi-bin/results.cgi?03/05/2009.WIN . 25 July 2009 . live.
  4. Web site: Townsville Street Circuit 12/07/2009 Dunlop Townsville 400 – V8 Supercars Races 11 & 12 . National Software . 12 July 2009 . 12 July 2009 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090726022419/http://www.natsoft.com.au/cgi-bin/results.cgi?12/07/2009.TVSC . 26 July 2009 . live.
  5. Web site: Sandown International Motor Raceway 02/08/2009 Norton 360 Sandown Challenge – Races 13 & 14 . natsoft.com.au . 2 August 2009 . 2 August 2009.
  6. Web site: Queensland Raceway Ipswich 23/08/2009 QueenslandHouseandLand.com 300 -2009 V8Supercars Races 15&16 . natsoft.com.au . 23 August 2009 . 31 August 2009 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090920221331/http://www.natsoft.com.au/cgi-bin/results.cgi?23/08/2009.QRI . 20 September 2009 . live.
  7. Web site: Mount Panorama – BATHURST 11/10/2009 Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000 – 2009 V8 Supercars – Race 18 . natsoft.com.au . 10 October 2009 . 10 October 2009 . https://web.archive.org/web/20091016052225/http://www.natsoft.com.au/cgi-bin/results.cgi?11%2F10%2F2009.MOUN . 16 October 2009 . live .
  8. Web site: Sydney Olympic Park Street Circuit 06/12/2009 Sydney Telstra 500 – 2009 V8 Supercars – Race 25 & 26 . natsoft.com.au . 6 December 2009 . 6 December 2009.

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