Flag: | Victoria |
2009 Sprint Gas V8 Supercars Manufacturers Challenge | |
Non Champ: | yes |
Year: | 2009 |
Series: | V8SC |
Track Map: | Albert Lake Park Street Circuit in Melbourne, Australia.svg |
Date: | 26–29 March |
Location: | Melbourne, Victoria |
Circuit: | Melbourne Grand Prix Circuit |
Weather: | Fine |
Race1 Laps: | 15 |
Race1 Dist: | 80 |
Pole1: | Craig Lowndes |
Pole1 Team: | Triple Eight Race Engineering |
Pole1 Time: | 1:57.7400 |
Winner1: | Craig Lowndes |
Winner1 Team: | Triple Eight Race Engineering |
Winner1 Time: | 29:53.5736 |
Race2 Laps: | 15 |
Race2 Dist: | 80 |
Winner2: | Mark Winterbottom |
Winner2 Team: | Ford Performance Racing |
Winner2 Time: | 31:54.3485 |
Race3 Laps: | 15 |
Race3 Dist: | 80 |
Winner3: | Craig Lowndes |
Winner3 Team: | Triple Eight Race Engineering |
Winner3 Time: | 30:02.1388 |
First Round: | Craig Lowndes |
First Round Team: | Triple Eight Race Engineering |
First Pts: | 286 |
Second Round: | Mark Winterbottom |
Second Round Team: | Ford Performance Racing |
Second Pts: | 284 |
Third Round: | Will Davison |
Third Round Team: | Holden Racing Team |
Third Pts: | 258 |
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 was held on Thursday 26 March.
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 was held on Friday 27 March immediately after the shootout.
Race 2 was held on Saturday 28 March.
Race 3 was held on Sunday 29 March.
Results as follows:[1]