2011 Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000

The 2011 Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000 was an Australian touring car motor race for V8 Supercars. The race was on Sunday, 9 October 2011 at the Mount Panorama Circuit just outside Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia and was Race 20 of the 2011 International V8 Supercars Championship. It was the fifteenth running of the Australian 1000 race, first held after the organisational split over the Bathurst 1000 that occurred in 1997. It was also the 55th race for which the lineage can be traced back to the 1960 Armstrong 500 held at Phillip Island.

2011 Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000
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2011 Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000

Event Information
Round 10 of 14 in the 2011 International V8 Supercars Championship
Date	6–9 October 2011
Location	Bathurst, New South Wales
Venue	Mount Panorama Circuit
Weather	Overcast, occasional showers
Results
Race 1 Distance 161 laps 1000 km Pole position Greg Murphy Kelly Racing 2:08.8009 Winner Garth Tander Nick Percat Holden Racing Team 6:26:52.2691

The race was won by Garth Tander and Nick Percat of the Holden Racing Team by 0.3 of a second over defending race winners Craig Lowndes and Mark Skaife of the Triple Eight Race Engineering team. Tander was forced to resist a last minute charge from Lowndes as Tander's car faded in the closing laps. The Kelly Racing car of Greg Murphy and Allan Simonsen finished third, completing a Holden Commodore clean sweep of the podium positions. Percat became the first South Australian born driver to win the Bathurst 1000, although South Australian raised Russell Ingall had won the race previously.

Background

The race saw expanded international television coverage with United States-based cable channel Speed broadcast the race live throughout North America,[1] the first time a V8 Supercar race had been televised live on the continent. The network sent its own commentary team, with well-regarded lead Mike Joy, three-time Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series champion Darrell Waltrip, pit reporters Calvin Fish, and former Network Ten commentator Leigh Diffey (who led Ten's coverage of the race in the late 1990s and early 2000s).[2] The network's decision to broadcast this race, as well as the Gold Coast 600, came on the heels of the series' announcement that it would stage a round in the United States, beginning in 2013.[3]

Entry List

The race saw the entry of one wildcard, through Kelly Racing's Shannons Supercar Showdown television show. Cameron Waters, one of the drivers of the wildcard entry, would become the youngest ever Bathurst 1000 starter at 17 years, 2 months and 6 days old - beating the previous record (set by Paul Dumbrell in 1999) by 8 days.

No.	Drivers	Team	Car		No.	Drivers	Team	Car
1	James Courtney Cameron McConville	Holden Racing Team	Holden VE Commodore		18	James Moffat Matthew Halliday	Dick Johnson Racing	Ford FG Falcon
2	Garth Tander Nick Percat	Holden Racing Team	Holden VE Commodore		19	Jonathon Webb Richard Lyons	Tekno Autosports	Ford FG Falcon
3	Tony D'Alberto Dale Wood	Tony D'Alberto Racing	Ford FG Falcon		21	Karl Reindler David Wall	Britek Motorsport	Holden VE Commodore
4	Alex Davison David Brabham	Stone Brothers Racing	Ford FG Falcon		30	Warren Luff Nathan Pretty	Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport	Holden VE Commodore
5	Mark Winterbottom Steven Richards	Ford Performance Racing	Ford FG Falcon		33	Lee Holdsworth Greg Ritter	Garry Rogers Motorsport	Holden VE Commodore
6	Will Davison Luke Youlden	Ford Performance Racing	Ford FG Falcon		34	Michael Caruso Marcus Marshall	Garry Rogers Motorsport	Holden VE Commodore
7	Todd Kelly David Russell	Kelly Racing	Holden VE Commodore		47	Tim Slade Daniel Gaunt	James Rosenberg Racing	Ford FG Falcon
8	Jason Bright Andrew Jones	Brad Jones Racing	Holden VE Commodore		49	Steve Owen Paul Morris	Paul Morris Motorsport	Holden VE Commodore
9	Shane van Gisbergen John McIntyre	Stone Brothers Racing	Ford FG Falcon		55	Paul Dumbrell Dean Canto	Rod Nash Racing	Ford FG Falcon
11	Greg Murphy Allan Simonsen	Kelly Racing	Holden VE Commodore		61	Fabian Coulthard Craig Baird	Walkinshaw Racing	Holden VE Commodore
12	Dean Fiore Michael Patrizi	Triple F Racing	Ford FG Falcon		77	Grant Denyer Cameron Waters	Kelly Racing	Holden VE Commodore
14	Jason Bargwanna Shane Price	Brad Jones Racing	Holden VE Commodore		88	Jamie Whincup Andrew Thompson	Triple Eight Race Engineering	Holden VE Commodore
15	Rick Kelly Owen Kelly	Kelly Racing	Holden VE Commodore		200	Russell Ingall Jack Perkins	Paul Morris Motorsport	Holden VE Commodore
16	David Reynolds Tim Blanchard	Kelly Racing	Holden VE Commodore		888	Craig Lowndes Mark Skaife	Triple Eight Race Engineering	Holden VE Commodore
17	Steven Johnson David Besnard	Dick Johnson Racing	Ford FG Falcon

*Entries with a grey background were wildcard entries which did not compete in the full championship season.

Practice

Thursday practice was plagued by rain and rumours over the condition of Dunlop's supply of wet weather tyres.[4] Fog caused the third practice session to be cancelled while the tyre supply situation was clarified.[5]

Tim Slade in the James Rosenberg Racing Falcon was fastest in the first session on Thursday, setting a 2:24.2255 lap time in damp conditions. Slade's Stone Brothers Racing teammate Shane van Gisbergen was second fastest ahead of James Moffat. Reigning series champion James Courtney was the fastest Holden, 1.4 seconds behind Slade.[6] The second session, only for co-drivers, was slower and wetter. Ford Performance Racing's Steven Richards was fastest at 2:27.8960, over three seconds behind the previous session. David Besnard (Dick Johnson Racing) was second fastest ahead of the first Holden, David Russell of Kelly Racing who was just ahead of 2010 Bathurst winner, Mark Skaife.

The Friday morning session gained new importance when V8 Supercar series points leader Jamie Whincup crashed at the Cutting, crashing hard enough to bend his car's chassis rails.[7] Cameron McConville took his Holden Racing Team Commodore to the top of the co-driver practice session ahead of Skaife and Richards, with McConville setting a 2:09.8765 in the dry,[8] while Shane van Gisbergen set the fastest time of the meeting thus far at 2:07.6035, ahead of Whincup prior to his crash and Mark Winterbottom,[9] while Brad Jones Racing left the #14 Holden of Jason Bargwanna and Shane Price on the sidelines, changing an engine.[10]

Qualifying

Holden Racing Team's Garth Tander set the fastest lap time during the qualifying session on Friday. Tander set a 2:07.6640 lap time to secure the prime final position in the Top Ten Shootout to be held on Saturday morning. Tander set the time late in the session and was good enough to hold off a last lap effort from Mark Winterbottom. Winterbottom was five hundredths of a second slower than Tander with Jamie Whincup three hundredths further away in his repaired Commodore. David Reynolds and Kelly Racing teammate Greg Murphy climbed up the order on their final laps. Craig Lowndes (Triple Eight Race Engineering), James Courtney, Lee Holdsworth (Garry Rogers Motorsport), Shane van Gisbergen and Steve Owen (Paul Morris Motorsport) secured the other positions in the top ten shootout. Will Davison just missed out on the top ten by five hundredths of a second with his Ford Performance Racing teammate Paul Dumbrell also just missing out in the final moments. Alex Davison (Stone Brothers Racing), Michael Caruso (Garry Rogers Motorsport) and Tim Slade completed the top 15.[11] Following the session, Lee Holdsworth was demoted five grid positions after he missed the scales at the end of qualifying. The penalty sees Will Davison move into the top ten shootout.[12]

29th and last was the Kelly Racing Commodore of TV weather presenter Grant Denyer who made a return to racing after a long layoff to mentor the winner of a reality TV competition aimed at discovering young racing drivers. The winner, Cameron Waters, became the youngest driver to ever compete for the race.[13]

The only serious set-back in qualifying was a last lap crash when Jason Bargwanna hit the wall at the Esses, heavily damaging the front end of his Brad Jones Racing Commodore.[14]

Shootout

Will Davison was the first driver out in the shootout, setting a time of 2:08.8821. Steve Owen, Shane van Gisbergen, James Courtney and Craig Lowndes all failed to better Davison's time, Lowndes coming closest with a 2:09.2197. 2003 pole-sitter Greg Murphy was three tenths up at the first split and went on to beat Davison by eight one hundredths of a second with a 2:08.8009, which would prove to be the pole time. Murphy's teammate David Reynolds complained of smoke in the cabin from a gearbox issue at the start of his lap, going slowest with a 2:10.1570. Jamie Whincup, Mark Winterbottom and Garth Tander all had their laps ruined when rain started to fall, Whincup having a few moments on his lap. Winterbottom coasted around to take tenth place while Tander pushed a bit harder to take ninth.[15][16]

Results

Qualifying

Pos	No	Name	Car	Team	Time
1	2	Garth Tander Nick Percat	Holden VE Commodore	Holden Racing Team	2:07.6640
2	5	Mark Winterbottom Steven Richards	Ford FG Falcon	Ford Performance Racing	2:07.7187
3	88	Jamie Whincup Andrew Thompson	Holden VE Commodore	Triple Eight Race Engineering	2:07.7408
4	16	David Reynolds Tim Blanchard	Holden VE Commodore	Kelly Racing	2:07.8371
5	11	Greg Murphy Allan Simonsen	Holden VE Commodore	Kelly Racing	2:07.9126
6	888	Craig Lowndes Mark Skaife	Holden VE Commodore	Triple Eight Race Engineering	2:08.0024
7	1	James Courtney Cameron McConville	Holden VE Commodore	Holden Racing Team	2:08.0035
8	9	Shane van Gisbergen John McIntyre	Ford FG Falcon	Stone Brothers Racing	2:08.0955
9	49	Steve Owen Paul Morris	Holden VE Commodore	Paul Morris Motorsport	2:08.1411
10	6	Will Davison Luke Youlden	Ford FG Falcon	Ford Performance Racing	2:08.1982
11	55	Paul Dumbrell Dean Canto	Ford FG Falcon	Rod Nash Racing	2:08.2443
12	4	Alex Davison David Brabham	Ford FG Falcon	Stone Brothers Racing	2:08.2887
13	33	Lee Holdsworth Greg Ritter	Holden VE Commodore	Garry Rogers Motorsport	2:08.0942^1
14	34	Michael Caruso Marcus Marshall	Holden VE Commodore	Garry Rogers Motorsport	2:08.4464
15	47	Tim Slade Daniel Gaunt	Ford FG Falcon	James Rosenberg Racing	2:08.4721
16	15	Rick Kelly Owen Kelly	Holden VE Commodore	Kelly Racing	2:08.5250
17	18	James Moffat Matt Halliday	Ford FG Falcon	Dick Johnson Racing	2:08.6631
18	8	Jason Bright Andrew Jones	Holden VE Commodore	Brad Jones Racing	2:08.6681
19	7	Todd Kelly David Russell	Holden VE Commodore	Kelly Racing	2:08.7271
20	61	Fabian Coulthard Craig Baird	Holden VE Commodore	Walkinshaw Racing	2:08.7746
21	14	Jason Bargwanna Shane Price	Holden VE Commodore	Brad Jones Racing	2:09.1155
22	30	Warren Luff Nathan Pretty	Holden VE Commodore	Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport	2:09.1503
23	3	Tony D'Alberto Dale Wood	Ford FG Falcon	Tony D'Alberto Racing	2:09.1503
24	17	Steven Johnson David Besnard	Ford FG Falcon	Dick Johnson Racing	2:09.3076
25	200	Russell Ingall Jack Perkins	Holden VE Commodore	Paul Morris Motorsport	2:09.3328
26	19	Jonathon Webb Richard Lyons	Ford FG Falcon	Tekno Autosports	2:09.4017
27	21	Karl Reindler David Wall	Holden VE Commodore	Britek Motorsport	2:09.4020
28	12	Dean Fiore Michael Patrizi	Ford FG Falcon	Triple F Racing	2:10.0191
29	77	Grant Denyer Cameron Waters	Holden VE Commodore	Kelly Racing—Shannons-Mars Racing	2:11.7371
source[17]

Notes:

^1 – Lee Holdsworth qualified eighth and was eligible to take part in the Top Ten Shootout, but failed to present his car to the race stewards after qualifying and was given a five-place grid penalty. Will Davison was promoted to tenth and the Shootout in his place.[12]

Top ten shootout

Pos	No	Driver	Team	Time
1	11	Greg Murphy	Kelly Racing	2:08.8009
2	6	Will Davison	Ford Performance Racing	2:08.8821
3	888	Craig Lowndes	Triple Eight Race Engineering	2:09.2197
4	1	James Courtney	Holden Racing Team	2:09.2359
5	9	Shane van Gisbergen	Stone Brothers Racing	2:09.3820
6	49	Steve Owen	Paul Morris Motorsport	2:09.5177
7	16	David Reynolds	Kelly Racing	2:10.1570
8	88	Jamie Whincup	Triple Eight Race Engineering	2:26.6012
9	2	Garth Tander	Holden Racing Team	2:31.3934
10	5	Mark Winterbottom	Ford Performance Racing	2:52.0682
source[18]

Starting grid

The following table represents the final starting grid for the race on Sunday:

Inside row				Outside row
1	Greg Murphy Allan Simonsen	11		6	Will Davison Luke Youlden	2
	Kelly Racing (Holden Commodore VE)			Ford Performance Racing (Ford Falcon FG)
3	Craig Lowndes Mark Skaife	888		1	James Courtney Cameron McConville	4
	Triple Eight Race Engineering (Holden Commodore VE)			Holden Racing Team (Holden Commodore VE)
5	Shane van Gisbergen John McIntyre	9		49	Steve Owen Paul Morris	6
	Stone Brothers Racing (Ford Falcon FG)			Paul Morris Motorsport (Holden Commodore VE)
7	David Reynolds Tim Blanchard	16		88	Jamie Whincup Andrew Thompson	8
	Kelly Racing (Holden Commodore VE)			Triple Eight Race Engineering (Holden Commodore VE)
9	Garth Tander Nick Percat	2		5	Mark Winterbottom Steven Richards	10
	Holden Racing Team (Holden Commodore VE)			Ford Performance Racing (Ford Falcon FG)
11	Paul Dumbrell Dean Canto	55		4	Alex Davison David Brabham	12
	Rod Nash Racing (Ford Falcon FG)			Stone Brothers Racing (Ford Falcon FG)
13	Lee Holdsworth Greg Ritter	33		34	Michael Caruso Marcus Marshall	14
	Garry Rogers Motorsport (Holden Commodore VE)			Garry Rogers Motorsport (Holden Commodore VE)
15	Tim Slade Daniel Gaunt	47		15	Rick Kelly Owen Kelly	16
	James Rosenberg Racing (Ford Falcon FG)			Kelly Racing (Holden Commodore VE)
17	James Moffat Matthew Halliday	18		8	Jason Bright Andrew Jones	18
	Dick Johnson Racing (Ford Falcon FG)			Brad Jones Racing (Holden Commodore VE)
19	Todd Kelly David Russell	7		61	Fabian Coulthard Craig Baird	20
	Kelly Racing (Holden Commodore VE)			Walkinshaw Racing (Holden Commodore VE)
21	Jason Bargwanna Shane Price	14		30	Warren Luff Nathan Pretty	22
	Brad Jones Racing (Holden Commodore VE)			Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport (Holden Commodore VE)
23	Tony D'Alberto Dale Wood	3		17	Steven Johnson David Besnard	24
	Tony D'Alberto Racing (Ford Falcon FG)			Dick Johnson Racing (Ford Falcon FG)
25	Russell Ingall Jack Perkins	200		19	Jonathon Webb Richard Lyons	26
	Paul Morris Motorsport (Holden Commodore VE)			Tekno Autosports (Ford Falcon FG)
27	Karl Reindler David Wall	21		12	Dean Fiore Michael Patrizi	28
	Britek Motorsport (Holden Commodore VE)			Triple F Racing (Ford Falcon FG)
29	Grant Denyer Cameron Waters	77
	Kelly Racing (Holden Commodore VE)
Source:[19]

Race results

Pos	No	Driver	Car	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	2	Garth Tander Nick Percat	Holden VE Commodore	Holden Racing Team	161	6:26:52.2691	9	300
2	888	Craig Lowndes Mark Skaife	Holden VE Commodore	Triple Eight Race Engineering	161	+0.3s	3	276
3	11	Greg Murphy Allan Simonsen	Holden VE Commodore	Kelly Racing	161	+11.8s	1	258
4	5	Mark Winterbottom Steven Richards	Ford FG Falcon	Ford Performance Racing	161	+19.5s	10	240
5	8	Jason Bright Andrew Jones	Holden VE Commodore	Brad Jones Racing	161	+19.9s	18	222
6	9	Shane van Gisbergen John McIntyre	Ford FG Falcon	Stone Brothers Racing	161	+33.6s	5	204
7	1	James Courtney Cameron McConville	Holden VE Commodore	Holden Racing Team	161	+36.2s	4	192
8	200	Russell Ingall Jack Perkins	Holden VE Commodore	Paul Morris Motorsport	161	+37.2s	25	180
9	3	Tony D'Alberto Dale Wood	Ford FG Falcon	Tony D'Alberto Racing	161	+41.6s	23	168
10	34	Michael Caruso Marcus Marshall	Holden VE Commodore	Garry Rogers Motorsport	161	+47.8s	14	156
11	49	Steve Owen Paul Morris	Holden VE Commodore	Paul Morris Motorsport	161	+49.7s	6	144
12	47	Tim Slade Daniel Gaunt	Ford FG Falcon	James Rosenberg Racing	161	+50.1s	15	138
13	19	Jonathon Webb Richard Lyons	Ford FG Falcon	Tekno Autosports	161	+50.9s	26	132
14	21	Karl Reindler David Wall	Holden VE Commodore	Britek Motorsport	161	+55.3s	27	126
15	30	Warren Luff Nathan Pretty	Holden VE Commodore	Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport	161	+1m 4.8s	22	120
16	4	Alex Davison David Brabham	Ford FG Falcon	Stone Brothers Racing	161	+1m 11.8s	12	114
17	33	Lee Holdsworth Greg Ritter	Holden VE Commodore	Garry Rogers Motorsport	161	+1m 37.6s	13	108
18	6	Will Davison Luke Youlden	Ford FG Falcon	Ford Performance Racing	161	+1m 48.3s	2	102
19	16	David Reynolds Tim Blanchard	Holden VE Commodore	Kelly Racing	161	+2m 3.3s	7	96
20	12	Dean Fiore Michael Patrizi	Ford FG Falcon	Triple F Racing	160	+ 1 lap	28	90
21	88	Jamie Whincup Andrew Thompson	Holden VE Commodore	Triple Eight Race Engineering	160	+ 1 lap	8	84
22	15	Rick Kelly Owen Kelly	Holden VE Commodore	Kelly Racing	159	+ 2 laps	16	78
23	14	Jason Bargwanna Shane Price	Holden VE Commodore	Brad Jones Racing	158	+ 3 laps	21	72
24	7	Todd Kelly David Russell	Holden VE Commodore	Kelly Racing	154	+ 7 laps	19	66
25	18	James Moffat Matt Halliday	Ford FG Falcon	Dick Johnson Racing	146	+ 15 laps	17	60
Ret	55	Paul Dumbrell Dean Canto	Ford FG Falcon	Ford Performance Racing	144	Accident	11
Ret	17	Steven Johnson David Besnard	Ford FG Falcon	Dick Johnson Racing	112	Accident	24
Ret	77	Grant Denyer Cameron Waters	Holden VE Commodore	Kelly Racing	95	Accident damage	29
Ret	61	Fabian Coulthard Craig Baird	Holden VE Commodore	Walkinshaw Racing	13	Accident	20
source[20]

Championship standings

• After 20 of 28 races, the top five positions in the 2011 V8 Supercars Championship drivers standings were as follows:

Pos	No	Name	Team	Points
1	888	Craig Lowndes	Triple Eight Race Engineering	2329
2	88	Jamie Whincup	Triple Eight Race Engineering	2229
3	9	Shane van Gisbergen	Stone Brothers Racing	1920
4	2	Garth Tander	Holden Racing Team	1848
5	5	Mark Winterbottom	Ford Performance Racing	1687

References

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18. http://www.natsoft.com.au/cgi-bin/results.cgi?09/10/2011.MOUN.Q7 Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000 - 2011 V8 Supercars - Race 20 Mount Panorama - Bathurst V8 Supercars - Top 10 Shoot Out
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20. http://www.natsoft.com.au/cgi-bin/results.cgi?09/10/2011.MOUN.R14 Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000 - 2011 V8 Supercars - Race 20 Mount Panorama - Bathurst - V8 Supercars - Race 20

External links

• Official race website
• Official timing and results
• Official series website

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