2012 Skycity Triple Crown Explained

Flag:Northern Territory
2012 Skycity Triple Crown
Round No:6
Season No:15
Year:2012
Series:IVSC
Track Map:Hidden Valley Raceway (Australia) track map.svg
Date:15–17 June
Location:Darwin, Northern Territory
Circuit:Hidden Valley Raceway
Weather:Fine
Race1 Laps:42
Race1 Dist:120
Pole1:Will Davison
Pole1 Team:Ford Performance Racing
Pole1 Time:1:08:6664
Winner1:Jamie Whincup
Winner1 Team:Triple Eight Race Engineering
Winner1 Time:52:26:0743
Race2 Laps:69
Race2 Dist:200
Pole2:Will Davison
Pole2 Team:Ford Performance Racing
Pole2 Time:1:08:5004
Winner2:Craig Lowndes
Winner2 Team:Triple Eight Race Engineering
Winner2 Time:1:29:04:4833

The 2012 Skycity Triple Crown was an Australian touring car motor race for V8 Supercars. It was held from the 15–17 June at the Hidden Valley Raceway in Darwin and was the sixth round of the 2012 International V8 Supercars Championship and the fifteenth time that the Supercars had visited Hidden Valley since the first event in 1998.

The weekend consisted of two races with Jamie Whincup from Triple Eight Race Engineering winning the first race of the weekend while fellow team-mate Craig Lowndes won the longer race of the two during the weekend.

Standings

PosNoNameTeamPoints
11Jamie WhincupTriple Eight Race Engineering1494
26Will DavisonFord Performance Racing1456
35Mark WinterbottomFord Performance Racing1445
4888Craig LowndesTriple Eight Race Engineering1247
59Shane van GisbergenStone Brothers Racing1145