2009 Dunlop Townsville 400


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.
The 2.85 kilometre Townsville Street Circuit becomes the sixth race track in Queensland to host a round of the Australian Touring Car Championship, 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

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.
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. 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.

Results

Race 11

Qualifying

Race 11

PosNoNameTeamLapsTime/RetiredGridPoints
11Jamie WhincupTriple Eight Race Engineering711:35:37.44759150
222Will DavisonHolden Racing Team71+1.4s5138
32Garth TanderHolden Racing Team71+1.7s3129
4888Craig LowndesTriple Eight Race Engineering71+3.0s15120
534Michael CarusoGarry Rogers Motorsport71+4.4s5111
639Russell IngallPaul Morris Motorsport71+4.8s4102
715Rick KellyKelly Racing71+9.5s1996
85Mark WinterbottomFord Performance Racing71+9.8s1690
914Cameron McConvilleBrad Jones Racing71+10.0s1384
107Todd KellyKelly Racing71+10.2s1778
1110Paul DumbrellWalkinshaw Racing71+10.7s1272
129Shane van GisbergenStone Brothers Racing71+11.0s769
1317Steven JohnsonDick Johnson Racing71+11.3s866
143Jason BargwannaTasman Motorsport71+12.9s2063
15111Fabian CoulthardPaul Cruickshank Racing70+ 1 lap1060
1625Jason BrightStone Brothers Racing70+ 1 lap2757
1712Dean FioreTriple F Racing70+ 1 lap1554
1811Jack PerkinsKelly Racing70+ 1 lap2551
1951Greg MurphyTasman Motorsport69+ 2 laps2648
20333Michael PatriziPaul Cruickshank Racing69+ 2 laps1845
216Steven RichardsFord Performance Racing68+ 3 laps2142
2224David ReynoldsWalkinshaw Racing66+ 5 laps1139
238Jason RichardsBrad Jones Racing60+ 11 laps636
2416Mark McNallyKelly Racing60+ 11 laps2933
DNF55Tony D'AlbertoRod Nash Racing6722
DNF4Alex DavisonStone Brothers Racing6024
DNF67Tim SladePaul Morris Motorsport4223
DNF33Lee HoldsworthGarry Rogers Motorsport281
DNF18James CourtneyDick Johnson Racing5engine2

Standings

PosNoNameTeamPoints
11Jamie WhincupTriple Eight Race Engineering1560
222Will DavisonHolden Racing Team1386
32Garth TanderHolden Racing Team1212
4888Craig LowndesTriple Eight Race Engineering1110
517Steven JohnsonDick Johnson Racing1050