2009 Dunlop Townsville 400

**2009 Dunlop Townsville 400**
Event Information
	Round 6 of 14 in the 2009 V8 Supercar Championship Series
Date	10–12 July 2009
Location	Townsville, Queensland
Venue	Townsville Street Circuit
Weather	Fine
Results
Race 1
Race 2

The 2009 Dunlop Townsville 400 was the sixth race meeting of the 2009 V8 Supercar Championship Series. It contained Racess 11 and 12 of the series and was held on the weekend of 11–12 July at Townsville Street Circuit, in Townsville in Queensland, Australia.

New event

The 2009 Townsville 400 is the inaugural running of this race. The first time a major motorsport has been held in North Queensland, the race has been assembled around a specially created street circuit, as no permanent racing facilities exist in north Queensland, apart from clay surface speedway circuits. Apart from Speedway racing, the largest event previously held in this part of Australia have been rounds of the Queensland Rally Championship.

The race will follow V8 Supercar's most familiar street circuit format with two races evenly split over the Saturday and Sunday of the event. Similar to the Hamilton 400 event the races will be 200 kilometres in length, rather than those of the Adelaide 500 which are 250 kilometres long.[1]

The 2.85 kilometre Townsville Street Circuit becomes the sixth race track in Queensland to host a round of the Australian Touring Car Championship (of which the V8 Supercars form a part of its history), following Lowood circuit, Lakeside Raceway, Surfers Paradise Raceway, Queensland Raceway and most recently the Surfers Paradise Street Circuit.

The race also represents an important litmus test for V8 Supercar, as this is the second time they have attempted to grow a street race event in a region where motor racing had not previously had a following, after the failure of the Canberra 400.

Changes

Mark McNally makes his V8 Supercar series debut, replacing Dale Wood in the #16 Kelly Racing Holden Commodore. Wood remains with the team, although it has not yet been confirmed that Wood will form part of the team's endurance racing squad.[2]

Jason Bright debuts his new race car, the first built by his new team. Stone Brothers Racing. The Ford FG Falcon replaces the Ford BF Falcon that Bright brought to the team from his former team, Britek Motorsport.[3] The only drivers left in the series still running the older BF Falcons now are PCR's Michael Patrizi and the car of Marcus Marshall whose proposed sale of the team to Grant Sherrin of Sherrin Motorsport fell through since the previous round of the series at Hidden Valley Raceway.[4]

Results

Race 11

Qualifying

Pos	No	Name	Team	Car	Time
1	18	James Courtney	Dick Johnson Racing	Ford FG Falcon	1:12.4747
2	1	Jamie Whincup	Triple Eight Race Engineering	Ford FG Falcon	1:12.6426
3	111	Fabian Coulthard	Paul Cruickshank Racing	Ford FG Falcon	1:12.8161
4	2	Garth Tander	Holden Racing Team	Holden VE Commodore	1:12.8248
5	9	Shane van Gisbergen	Stone Brothers Racing	Ford FG Falcon	1:12.8251
6	34	Michael Caruso	Garry Rogers Motorsport	Holden VE Commodore	1:12.8374
7	17	Steven Johnson	Dick Johnson Racing	Ford FG Falcon	1:12.8520
8	33	Lee Holdsworth	Garry Rogers Motorsport	Holden VE Commodore	1:12.8635
9	22	Will Davison	Holden Racing Team	Holden VE Commodore	1:12.9526
10	8	Jason Richards	Brad Jones Racing	Holden VE Commodore	1:12.9893
11	24	David Reynolds	Walkinshaw Racing	Holden VE Commodore	1:13.0255
12	10	Paul Dumbrell	Walkinshaw Racing	Holden VE Commodore	1:13.0260
13	14	Cameron McConville	Brad Jones Racing	Holden VE Commodore	1:13.0533
14	39	Russell Ingall	Paul Morris Motorsport	Holden VE Commodore	1:13.0584
15	888	Craig Lowndes	Triple Eight Race Engineering	Ford FG Falcon	1:13.1465
16	5	Mark Winterbottom	Ford Performance Racing	Ford FG Falcon	1:13.2002
17	7	Todd Kelly	Kelly Racing	Holden VE Commodore	1:13.4012
18	333	Michael Patrizi	Paul Cruickshank Racing	Ford BF Falcon	1:13.4232
19	15	Rick Kelly	Kelly Racing	Holden VE Commodore	1:13.5178
20	3	Jason Bargwanna	Tasman Motorsport	Holden VE Commodore	1:13.5230
21	6	Steven Richards	Ford Performance Racing	Ford FG Falcon	1:13.5088
22	55	Tony D'Alberto	Rod Nash Racing	Holden VE Commodore	1:13.5341
23	67	Tim Slade	Paul Morris Motorsport	Holden VE Commodore	1:13.5438
24	4	Alex Davison	Stone Brothers Racing	Ford FG Falcon	1:13.7166
25	11	Jack Perkins	Kelly Racing	Holden VE Commodore	1:13.7420
26	51	Greg Murphy	Tasman Motorsport	Holden VE Commodore	1:13.7738
27	25	Jason Bright	Britek Motorsport	Ford FG Falcon	1:13.7867
28	12	Dean Fiore	Triple F Racing	Holden VE Commodore	1:13.8292
29	16	Mark McNally	Kelly Racing	Holden VE Commodore	1:14.9106
Sources:[5][6]

Race 11

[7]

Pos	No	Name	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	1	Jamie Whincup	Triple Eight Race Engineering	71	1:35:37.4475	9	150
2	22	Will Davison	Holden Racing Team	71	+1.4s	5	138
3	2	Garth Tander	Holden Racing Team	71	+1.7s	3	129
4	888	Craig Lowndes	Triple Eight Race Engineering	71	+3.0s	15	120
5	34	Michael Caruso	Garry Rogers Motorsport	71	+4.4s	5	111
6	39	Russell Ingall	Paul Morris Motorsport	71	+4.8s	4	102
7	15	Rick Kelly	Kelly Racing	71	+9.5s	19	96
8	5	Mark Winterbottom	Ford Performance Racing	71	+9.8s	16	90
9	14	Cameron McConville	Brad Jones Racing	71	+10.0s	13	84
10	7	Todd Kelly	Kelly Racing	71	+10.2s	17	78
11	10	Paul Dumbrell	Walkinshaw Racing	71	+10.7s	12	72
12	9	Shane van Gisbergen	Stone Brothers Racing	71	+11.0s	7	69
13	17	Steven Johnson	Dick Johnson Racing	71	+11.3s	8	66
14	3	Jason Bargwanna	Tasman Motorsport	71	+12.9s	20	63
15	111	Fabian Coulthard	Paul Cruickshank Racing	70	+ 1 lap	10	60
16	25	Jason Bright	Stone Brothers Racing	70	+ 1 lap	27	57
17	12	Dean Fiore	Triple F Racing	70	+ 1 lap	15	54
18	11	Jack Perkins	Kelly Racing	70	+ 1 lap	25	51
19	51	Greg Murphy	Tasman Motorsport	69	+ 2 laps	26	48
20	333	Michael Patrizi	Paul Cruickshank Racing	69	+ 2 laps	18	45
21	6	Steven Richards	Ford Performance Racing	68	+ 3 laps	21	42
22	24	David Reynolds	Walkinshaw Racing	66	+ 5 laps	11	39
23	8	Jason Richards	Brad Jones Racing	60	+ 11 laps	6	36
24	16	Mark McNally	Kelly Racing	60	+ 11 laps	29	33
DNF	55	Tony D'Alberto	Rod Nash Racing	67		22
DNF	4	Alex Davison	Stone Brothers Racing	60		24
DNF	67	Tim Slade	Paul Morris Motorsport	42		23
DNF	33	Lee Holdsworth	Garry Rogers Motorsport	28		1
DNF	18	James Courtney	Dick Johnson Racing	5	engine	2

Standings

After round 6 of 14

Pos	No	Name	Team	Points
1	1	Jamie Whincup	Triple Eight Race Engineering	1560
2	22	Will Davison	Holden Racing Team	1386
3	2	Garth Tander	Holden Racing Team	1212
4	888	Craig Lowndes	Triple Eight Race Engineering	1110
5	17	Steven Johnson	Dick Johnson Racing	1050

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References

AVESCO, BigPond. "Dunlop Townsville 400 Event Info". Official site of the Australian V8 Supercar Series. Archived from the original on 25 July 2009. Retrieved 5 July 2009.
Chris Jordan. "Mark McNally to Make V8 Supercar Debut in Townsville". Kelly Racing. Archived from the original on 15 July 2009. Retrieved 2009-07-05.
Briar Gunther (3 June 2009). "Bright to debut FG at Townsville". Official site of the Australian V8 Supercar Series. Archived from the original on 8 June 2009. Retrieved 5 July 2009.
Briar Gunther (30 June 2009). "Back to the drawing board". Official site of the Australian V8 Supercar Series. Archived from the original on 3 July 2009. Retrieved 5 July 2009.
"Dunlop Townsville 400 - V8 Supercars Races 11 & 12 Townsville Street Circuit V8 Supercars - Race 11 Qualifying". natsoft.com.au. 11 July 2009. Archived from the original on 25 July 2009. Retrieved 2009-07-12.
"Dunlop Townsville 400 - V8 Supercars Races 11 & 12 Townsville Street Circuit V8 Supercars - Top Ten Shootout". natsoft.com.au. 11 July 2009. Retrieved 12 July 2009.
"Dunlop Townsville 400 - V8 Supercars Races 11 & 12 Townsville Street Circuit V8 Supercars - Race 11". natsoft.com.au. 12 July 2009. Archived from the original on 25 July 2009. Retrieved 2009-07-13.

External links

Supercars Championship
Previous race: 2009 Skycity Triple Crown	2009 Supercars Championship	Next race: 2009 Norton 360 Sandown Challenge
Previous year: inaugural event	Townsville 400	Next year: 2010 Sucrogen Townsville 400

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[1] AVESCO, BigPond. "Dunlop Townsville 400 Event Info". Official site of the Australian V8 Supercar Series. Archived from the original on 25 July 2009. Retrieved 5 July 2009.

[2] Chris Jordan. "Mark McNally to Make V8 Supercar Debut in Townsville". Kelly Racing. Archived from the original on 15 July 2009. Retrieved 2009-07-05.

[3] Briar Gunther (3 June 2009). "Bright to debut FG at Townsville". Official site of the Australian V8 Supercar Series. Archived from the original on 8 June 2009. Retrieved 5 July 2009.

[4] Briar Gunther (30 June 2009). "Back to the drawing board". Official site of the Australian V8 Supercar Series. Archived from the original on 3 July 2009. Retrieved 5 July 2009.

[5] "Dunlop Townsville 400 - V8 Supercars Races 11 & 12 Townsville Street Circuit V8 Supercars - Race 11 Qualifying". natsoft.com.au. 11 July 2009. Archived from the original on 25 July 2009. Retrieved 2009-07-12.

[6] "Dunlop Townsville 400 - V8 Supercars Races 11 & 12 Townsville Street Circuit V8 Supercars - Top Ten Shootout". natsoft.com.au. 11 July 2009. Retrieved 12 July 2009.

[7] "Dunlop Townsville 400 - V8 Supercars Races 11 & 12 Townsville Street Circuit V8 Supercars - Race 11". natsoft.com.au. 12 July 2009. Archived from the original on 25 July 2009. Retrieved 2009-07-13.