2009 V8 Supercar Championship Season

The 2009 V8 Supercar Championship Season was the eleventh V8 Supercar Championship Season and the thirteenth season in which V8 Supercars have contested the premier Australian touring car title. It was also the first season of new management, where the running of the series was transferred from the Confederation of Australian Motor Sport (CAMS) to a new organisation; V8 Supercars Australasia (V8SCA).

Teams & Drivers

Team	Car	No.	Drivers	Rounds	Co-Driver
Triple 8 Race Engineering	Ford FG Falcon	1	Jamie Whincup	1-	TBA
		888	Craig Lowndes	1-	TBA
Holden Racing Team	Holden VE II Commodore	2	Garth Tander	1-	Mark Skaife
		22	Will Davison	1-	Owen Kelly
Tasman Motorsport	Holden VE II Commodore	3	Jason Bargwanna	1-	Gabriele Tarquini
		51	Greg Murphy	1-
Stone Brothers Racing	Ford FG Falcon	4	Alex Davison	1-	TBA
		9	Fabian Coulthard	1-	TBA
Ford Performance Racing	Ford FG Falcon	5	Jorg Bergmeister	1-	Ben Collins Alex Zanardi
		6	Steven Richards	1-
Kelly Racing	Holden VE II Commodore	7	Todd Kelly	1-	TBA
		15	Rick Kelly	1-	TBA
Brad Jones Racing	Holden VE II Commodore	8	Jason Richards	1-	Andrew Jones Brad Jones
	Holden VE I Commodore	12	Tim Slade	1-
Walkinshaw Racing	Holden VE II Commodore	10	James Thompson	1-	Steve Owen
		24	Shane van Gisbergen	1-	Cameron McConville
Perkins Motorsport	Holden VE II Commodore	11	Jack Perkins	1-	Fabrizio Giovanardi Troy Bayliss
		16	Mark Winterbottom	1-
Greg Murphy Racing	Holden VE II Commodore	14	Paul Dumbrell	1-	TBA
Dick Johnson Racing	Ford FG Falcon	17	Steven Johnson	1-	Mat Jackson Craig Baird
		18	James Courtney	1-
Triple F Team Kiwi Racing	Holden VE II Commodore	021	Dean Fiore	1-	Paul Tracy
Britek Motorsport	Ford FG Falcon	25	David Reynolds	1-	Matt Neal Yvan Muller
	Ford BF Falcon	26	Jason Bright	1-
Garry Rogers Motorsport	Holden VE II Commodore	33	Lee Holdsworth	1-	Taz Douglas Warren Luff
		34	Michael Caruso	1-
Paul Morris Motorsport	Holden VE II Commodore	39	Russell Ingall	1-	J.R. Fitzpatrick
		67	Ralph Firman	1-	Marcus Zukanovic
Paul Weel Racing	Holden VE I Commodore	50	Jonathon Webb	1-	Alexandre Premat
Rod Nash Racing	Holden VE II Commodore	55	Tony D'Alberto	1-	TBA
Paul Cruickshank Racing	Ford FG Falcon	111	Kayne Scott	1-	Mika Salo
Speed FX Racing	Ford BF Falcon	777	Michael Patrizi	1-2
			Dean Canto	3-
Part-Time Entries
HSV Racing (HRT)	Holden VE I Commodore	23		11-13	Trevor Ashby Steve Reed
		222	Mark Skaife	1, 4-5
Garry Rogers Motorsport	Holden VE I Commodore	35	Allan Simonsen	4-5, 11-13	Max Wilson Nathan Pretty
James Rosenberg Racing	Ford BF Falcon	47	John McIntyre	4-5	Glenn Seton
Thexton Motor Sport (T8)	Ford BF Falcon	88	David Thexton	1, 4-5	TBA

Team Budgets

Team	Starting Budget	Current Funds
Triple 8 Race Engineering	$2,000,000	$776,000
Holden Racing Team	$1,900,000	$921,000
Ford Performance Racing	$1,900,000	$1,136,000
Stone Brothers Racing	$1,800,000	$1,396,000
Dick Johnson Racing	$1,700,000	$1,224,500
Kelly Racing	$1,600,000	$1,428,500
Perkins Motorsport	$1,600,000	$943,000
Tasman Motorsport	$1,200,000	$439,000
Walkinshaw Performance	$1,200,000	$800,000
Brad Jones Racing	$1,100,000	$479,500
Garry Rogers Motorsport	$1,100,000	$638,000
Britek Motorsport	$1,000,000	$805,000
Paul Morris Motorsport	$1,000,000	$543,000
Greg Murphy Racing	$700,000	$639,500
Rod Nash Racing	$700,000	$752,500
Paul Weel Racing	$600,000	$555,500
Paul Cruickshank Racing	$600,000	$443,500
Triple F Racing	$500,000	$510,500
Speed FX Racing	$500,000	$391,500
James Rosenberg Racing	$400,000	$259,000

Season Calendar

Round	Event	Circuit	Date	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winner	Winning Team	Round Winner
1	Clipsal 500	Adelaide Street Circuit, Adelaide	12-15 March	James Courtney	Will Davison	Will Davison	Holden Racing Team	Todd Kelly
2				James Courtney	Todd Kelly	Rick Kelly	Kelly Racing
3	Australian Grand Prix Challenge	Albert Park, Melbourne	26-29 March	Jamie Whincup	Mark Winterbottom	Craig Lowndes	Triple 8 Race Engineering	Craig Lowndes
4				Craig Lowndes	Jamie Whincup	Craig Lowndes	Triple 8 Race Engineering
5				Craig Lowndes	Rick Kelly	Jamie Whincup	Triple 8 Race Engineering
6	Falken Tasmania Challenge	Symmons Plains Raceway, Launceston	10-12 April	Steven Johnson	Jamie Whincup	Steven Johnson	Dick Johnson Racing	Craig Lowndes
7				Steven Johnson	Garth Tander	Craig Lowndes	Triple 8 Race Engineering
8				Craig Lowndes	Jamie Whincup	James Courtney	Dick Johnson Racing
9	ITM Auckland 300	Pukekohe Park Raceway, Pukekohe	1-3 May	Russell Ingall	Craig Lowndes	James Courtney	Dick Johnson Racing	Craig Lowndes
10				James Courtney	Craig Lowndes	Garth Tander	Holden Racing Team
11				Garth Tander	Shane van Gisbergen	Shane van Gisbergen	Walkinshaw Racing
12	Christchurch 300	Powerbuilt Tools International Raceway, Christchurch	8-10 May	Steven Johnson	Jorg Bergmeister	Craig Lowndes	Triple 8 Race Engineering	Jamie Whincup
13				Craig Lowndes	Jamie Whincup	Jason Richards	Brad Jones Racing
14	Skycity Triple Crown	Hidden Valley Raceway, Darwin	29-31 May
15
16
17	Dunlop Townsville 400	Townsville Street Circuit, Townsville	12-14 June
18
19	Toll Brisbane Cup	Lakeside Park, Brisbane	26-28 June
20
21
22	Bigpond 400	Eastern Creek Raceway, Sydney	17-19 July
23
24
25	Xbox 360 Challenge	Barbagallo Raceway, Perth	7-9 August
26
27
28	L&H Sandown 500	Sandown Raceway, Melbourne	3-6 September
29	Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000	Mount Panorama Circuit, Bathurst	2-5 October
30	ArmorAll Gold Coast 500	Surfers Paradise Street Circuit, Surfers Paradise	16-18 October
31	The Island 300	Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit, Phillip Island	30 October-1 November
32
33	Midas 300	Winton Motor Raceway, Benalla	13-15 November
34
35
36	Sydney Telstra 400	Oran Park Raceway, Sydney	27-29 November
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Championship Standings

Points system

Position	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32
1 Race Format	192	186	180	174	168	162	156	150	144	138	132	126	120	114	108	102	96	90	84	78	72	66	60	54	48	42	36	30	24	18	12	6
2 Race Format	96	93	90	87	84	81	78	75	72	69	66	63	60	57	54	51	48	45	42	39	36	33	30	27	24	21	18	15	12	9	6	3
3 Race Format	64	62	60	58	56	54	52	50	48	46	44	42	40	38	36	34	32	30	28	26	24	22	20	18	16	14	12	10	8	6	4	2

Drivers Standings

Pos	Driver	Make	No.	ADE		AGP			SYM			PUK			RAU		HID			TOW		LAK			EAS			BAR			SAN	BAT	SUR	PHI		WIN			ORA		Pen	Points
1	Craig Lowndes		888	4	Ret	1	1	2	2	1	3	3	2	2	1	Ret																										743
2	Steven Johnson		17	6	7	5	3	7	1	3	7	5	Ret	8	6	Ret																										690
3	Shane van Gisbergen		24	11	2	12	15	5	15	Ret	16	4	17	1	5	6																										682
4	Russell Ingall		39	5	8	4	6	9	16	12	8	9	6	4	Ret	13																										665
5	Garth Tander		2	17	28	3	4	6	8	5	6	2	1	5	4	Ret																										664
6	Jamie Whincup		1	Ret	Ret	2	2	1	3	2	2	17	Ret	21	2	2																										614
7	James Courtney		18	12	18	7	8	11	4	4	1	1	3	7	Ret	Ret																										610
8	Mark Winterbottom		16	14	3	6	5	3	18	14	18	18	Ret	12	7	Ret																										565
9	Rick Kelly		15	Ret	1	9	7	4	12	8	5	8	Ret	14	16	Ret																										541
10	Jorg Bergmeister		5	9	21	10	18	12	9	13	14	26	13	10	Ret	8																										527
11	Will Davison		22	1	12	16	10	8	29	23	22	7	Ret	17	Ret	3																										513
12	Todd Kelly		7	3	4	21	21	25	6	11	13	20	15	20	18	Ret																										512
13	David Reynolds		25	13	11	18	16	19	10	6	11	25	10	22	Ret	14																										503
14	Greg Murphy		51	23	9	14	12	10	17	17	9	10	4	6	Ret	Ret																										498
15	Paul Dumbrell		14	Ret	6	11	11	14	11	15	19	15	16	11	15	Ret																										483
16	Lee Holdsworth		33	16	10	25	23	18	7	9	4	12	Ret	25	10	Ret																										465
17	Jason Bargwanna		3	25	5	24	19	28	21	18	17	13	18	3	13	Ret																										440
18	Jason Richards		8	24	13	29	25	15	30	21	15	16	9	15	Ret	1																										427
19	Michael Caruso		34	7	15	20	14	13	19	19	27	31	20	26	9	Ret																										420
20	Fabian Coulthard		9	18	14	23	26	21	5	7	12	6	Ret	Ret	Ret	15																										418
21	Tony D'Alberto		55	19	16	30	29	30	14	29	25	19	21	19	12	4																										405
22	Alex Davison		4	2	24	8	9	20	Ret	25	20	22	Ret	23	Ret	11																										394
23	Kayne Scott		111	15	20	15	22	23	26	24	23	34	Ret	30	11	9																										367
24	James Thompson		10	8	17	13	13	27	20	Ret	26	28	19	28	17	Ret																										351
25	Ralph Firman		67	20	23	28	32	22	25	22	24	33	8	33	8	12																										347
26	Steven Richards		6	26	22	22	27	16	24	16	21	14	5	9	Ret	Ret																										340
27	Jack Perkins		11	10	19	26	30	26	27	28	28	35	12	34	19	7																										339
28	Tim Slade		12	27	27	27	31	31	28	27	Ret	29	14	31	3	5																										302
29	Dean Canto		777						13	10	10	24	7	13	Ret	Ret																										242
30	Jason Bright		26	Ret	Ret	17	17	17	31	20	30	11	23	24	Ret	Ret																										234
31	Jonathon Webb		50	28	Ret	19	20	24	23	26	31	27	22	32	14	Ret																										218
32	Dean Fiore		021	22	25	32	24	29	22	30	29	32	24	18	21	Ret																										207
33	Mark Skaife		222	21	26							23	11	16	Ret	Ret																										155
34	John McIntyre		47									30	Ret	27	20	10																										126
35	Allan Simonsen		35									21	25	29	Ret	Ret																										48
36	David Thexton		88	29	DNQ							36	Ret	35	22	Ret																									-25	20
37	Michael Patrizi		777	Ret	Ret	31	28	32																																	-25	-9

Teams Standings

Pos	Driver	No.	ADE		AGP			SYM			PUK			RAU		HID			TOW		LAK			EAS			BAR			SAN	BAT	SUR	PHI		WIN			ORA		Points
1	Dick Johnson Racing	17	6	7	5	3	7	1	3	7	5	Ret	8	6	Ret																									1300
		18	12	18	7	8	11	4	4	1	1	3	7	Ret	Ret
2	Triple 8 Race Engineering	1	Ret	Ret	2	2	1	3	2	2	17	Ret	21	2	2																									1357
		888	4	Ret	1	1	2	2	1	3	3	2	2	1	Ret
3	Holden Racing Team	2	17	28	3	4	6	8	5	6	2	1	5	4	Ret																									1177
		22	1	12	16	10	8	29	23	22	7	Ret	17	Ret	3
4	Kelly Racing	7	3	4	21	21	25	6	11	13	20	15	20	18	Ret																									1053
		15	Ret	1	9	7	4	12	8	5	8	Ret	14	16	Ret
5	Tasman Motorsport	3	25	5	24	19	28	21	18	17	13	18	3	13	Ret																									938
		51	23	9	14	12	10	17	17	9	10	4	6	Ret	Ret
6	Walkinshaw Performance	10	8	17	13	13	27	20	Ret	26	28	19	28	17	Ret																									1033
		24	11	2	12	15	5	15	Ret	16	4	17	1	5	6
7	Paul Morris Motorsport	39	5	8	4	6	9	16	12	8	9	6	4	Ret	13																									1012
		67	20	23	28	32	22	25	22	24	33	8	33	8	12
8	Ford Performance Racing	5	9	21	10	18	12	9	13	14	26	13	10	Ret	8																									867
		6	26	22	22	27	16	24	16	21	14	5	9	Ret	Ret
9	Garry Rogers Motorsport	33	16	10	25	23	18	7	9	4	12	Ret	25	10	Ret																									885
		34	7	15	20	14	13	19	19	27	31	20	26	9	Ret
10	Perkins Motorsport	11	10	19	26	30	26	27	28	28	35	12	34	19	7																									904
		16	14	3	6	5	3	18	14	18	18	Ret	12	7	Ret
11	Stone Brothers Racing	4	2	24	8	9	20	Ret	25	20	22	Ret	23	Ret	11																									812
		9	18	14	23	26	21	5	7	12	6	Ret	Ret	Ret	15
12	Britek Motorsport	25	13	11	18	16	19	10	6	11	25	10	22	Ret	14																									737
		26	Ret	Ret	17	17	17	31	20	30	11	23	24	Ret	Ret
13	Brad Jones Racing	8	24	13	29	25	15	30	21	15	16	9	15	Ret	1																									729
		12	27	27	27	31	31	28	27	Ret	29	14	31	3	5
14	Greg Murphy Racing	14	Ret	6	11	11	14	11	15	19	15	16	11	15	Ret																									483
15	Ford Rising Stars	777	Ret	Ret	31	28	32	13	10	10	24	7	13	Ret	Ret																									258
16	Rod Nash Racing	55	19	16	30	29	30	14	29	25	19	21	19	12	4																									405
17	Paul Cruickshank Racing	111	15	20	15	22	23	26	24	23	34	Ret	30	11	9																									367
18	Triple F Racing	021	22	25	32	24	29	22	30	29	32	24	18	21	Ret																									207
19	Paul Weel Racing	50	28	Ret	19	20	24	23	26	31	27	22	32	14	Ret																									218
20	HSV Racing	222	21	26							23	11	16	Ret	Ret																									155
21	Valvoline Cummins Racing	35									21	25	29	Ret	Ret																									48
22	James Rosenberg Racing	47									30	Ret	27	20	10																									126
23	Thexton Motor Sport	88	29	DNQ							36	Ret	35	22	Ret																									45