# 2009 Clipsal 500

The 2009 Clipsal 500 was the first race of the 2009 V8 Supercar Championship Series. It was held on the weekend of 20–22 March around the inner city streets of Adelaide, the capital of South Australia.

## Qualifying

Qualifying was held on Friday 20 March, and was split into two sessions. Session one lasted for 34 minutes, 15 seconds and saw the top ten drivers qualifying for the Top Ten Shootout, with positions 11–30 being set by times in the session. In this first session, reigning series champion Jamie Whincup set the pace, setting a new qualifying lap record of 1:21.2773. Although he was some half a second slower in the Shootout, Whincup was still quick enough to lead a Triple Eight Race Engineering 1–2 with Craig Lowndes 0.2545 seconds behind. Mark Winterbottom and Lee Holdsworth had both gone faster than Lowndes but both drivers lost their respective times due to excessive use of kerbing during their hot laps. Garth Tander was top Holden in third, with James Courtney qualifying fourth, in his first session as a Dick Johnson Racing driver.

## Race 1

Race 1 was held on Saturday 21 March.

## Race 2

Race 2 was held on Sunday 22 March.

## Results
### Race 1 results

| Pos | No | Name | Team | Laps | Time/retired | Grid | Points |
| 1 | 1 | Jamie Whincup | Triple Eight Race Engineering | 78 | 1:59:06.5279 | 1 | 150 |
| 2 | 33 | Lee Holdsworth | Garry Rogers Motorsport | 78 | +14.0s | 10 | 138 |
| 3 | 22 | Will Davison | Holden Racing Team | 78 | +26.1s | 7 | 129 |
| 4 | 17 | Steven Johnson | Dick Johnson Racing | 78 | +28.9s | 14 | 120 |
| 5 | 8 | Jason Richards | Brad Jones Racing | 78 | +30.5s | 8 | 111 |
| 6 | 9 | Shane van Gisbergen | Stone Brothers Racing | 78 | +35.9s | 12 | 102 |
| 7 | 7 | Todd Kelly | Jack Daniels Racing | 78 | +36.3s | 24 | 96 |
| 8 | 39 | Russell Ingall | Paul Morris Motorsport | 78 | +41.5s | 16 | 90 |
| 9 | 14 | Cameron McConville | Brad Jones Racing | 78 | +43.2s | 29 | 84 |
| 10 | 15 | Rick Kelly | Jack Daniels Racing | 78 | +47.6s | 17 | 78 |
| 11 | 111 | Fabian Coulthard | Paul Cruickshank Racing | 78 | +48.7s | 5 | 72 |
| 12 | 25 | Jason Bright | Stone Brothers Racing | 78 | +53.0s | 13 | 69 |
| 13 | 24 | David Reynolds | Walkinshaw Racing | 78 | +1m7.6s | 22 | 66 |
| 14 | 16 | Dale Wood | Kelly Racing | 78 | +1m14.7s | 30 | 63 |
| 15 | 4 | Alex Davison | Stone Brothers Racing | 77 | + 1 lap | 26 | 60 |
| 16 | 021 | Dean Fiore | Team Kiwi Racing | 76 | + 2 laps | 28 | 57 |
| 17 | 10 | Paul Dumbrell | Walkinshaw Racing | 76 | + 2 laps | 6 | 54 |
| 18 | 5 | Mark Winterbottom | Ford Performance Racing | 76 | + 2 laps | 9 | 51 |
| 19 | 888 | Craig Lowndes | Triple Eight Race Engineering | 75 | + 3 laps | 2 | 48 |
| 20 | 18 | James Courtney | Dick Johnson Racing | 70 | + 8 laps | 4 | 45 |
| DNF | 2 | Garth Tander | Holden Racing Team | 67 | Power steering | 3 | |
| DNF | 6 | Steven Richards | Ford Performance Racing | 65 | | 11 | |
| DNF | 3 | Jason Bargwanna | Tasman Motorsport | 65 | | 23 | |
| DNF | 77 | Marcus Marshall | Team IntaRacing | 54 | | 21 | |
| DNF | 67 | Tim Slade | Paul Morris Motorsport | 48 | | 19 | |
| DNF | 51 | Greg Murphy | Tasman Motorsport | 34 | | 18 | |
| DNF | 11 | Jack Perkins | Kelly Racing | 27 | | 25 | |
| DNF | 333 | Michael Patrizi | Paul Cruickshank Racing | 12 | | 27 | |
| DNF | 34 | Michael Caruso | Garry Rogers Motorsport | 7 | Accident | 15 | |
| DNF | 55 | Tony D'Alberto | Rod Nash Racing | 0 | | 20 |

### Race 2 results

| Pos | No | Name | Team | Laps | Time/retired | Grid | Points |
| 1 | 1 | Jamie Whincup | Triple Eight Race Engineering | 78 | 2:00:39.5887 | 1 | 150 |
| 2 | 22 | Will Davison | Holden Racing Team | 78 | +0.7s | 7 | 138 |
| 3 | 2 | Garth Tander | Holden Racing Team | 78 | +4.4s | 3 | 129 |
| 4 | 888 | Craig Lowndes | Triple Eight Race Engineering | 78 | +4.9s | 2 | 120 |
| 5 | 33 | Lee Holdsworth | Garry Rogers Motorsport | 78 | +6.9s | 10 | 111 |
| 6 | 17 | Steven Johnson | Dick Johnson Racing | 78 | +8.7s | 14 | 102 |
| 7 | 8 | Jason Richards | Brad Jones Racing | 78 | +14.8s | 8 | 96 |
| 8 | 51 | Greg Murphy | Tasman Motorsport | 78 | +15.6s | 29 | 90 |
| 9 | 6 | Steven Richards | Ford Performance Racing | 78 | +16.2s | 12 | 84 |
| 10 | 15 | Rick Kelly | Jack Daniels Racing | 78 | +21.2s | 17 | 78 |
| 11 | 25 | Jason Bright | Stone Brothers Racing | 78 | +21.8s | 13 | 72 |
| 12 | 111 | Fabian Coulthard | Paul Cruickshank Racing | 78 | +22.3s | 5 | 69 |
| 13 | 9 | Shane van Gisbergen | Stone Brothers Racing | 78 | +24.3s | 12 | 66 |
| 14 | 77 | Marcus Marshall | Team IntaRacing | 78 | +24.9s | 20 | 63 |
| 15 | 39 | Russell Ingall | Paul Morris Motorsport | 78 | +26.5s | 16 | 60 |
| 16 | 34 | Michael Caruso | Garry Rogers Motorsport | 78 | +28.0s | 15 | 57 |
| 17 | 10 | Paul Dumbrell | Walkinshaw Racing | 78 | +43.9s | 6 | 54 |
| 18 | 021 | Dean Fiore | Team Kiwi Racing | 78 | +53.5s | 27 | 51 |
| 19 | 333 | Michael Patrizi | Paul Cruickshank Racing | 78 | +1:06.0s | 26 | 48 |
| 20 | 3 | Jason Bargwanna | Tasman Motorsport | 76 | + 2 laps | 22 | 45 |
| 21 | 14 | Cameron McConville | Brad Jones Racing | 76 | + 2 laps | 28 | 42 |
| 22 | 5 | Mark Winterbottom | Ford Performance Racing | 68 | + 10 laps | 9 | 39 |
| 23 | 55 | Tony D'Alberto | Rod Nash Racing | 67 | + 11 laps | 19 | 36 |
| 24 | 18 | James Courtney | Dick Johnson Racing | 63 | + 15 laps | 4 | 33 |
| 25 | 4 | Alex Davison | Stone Brothers Racing | 62 | + 16 laps | 25 | 30 |
| DNF | 7 | Todd Kelly | Jack Daniels Racing | 69 | | 23 | |
| DNF | 24 | David Reynolds | Walkinshaw Racing | 68 | | 21 | |
| DNF | 16 | Dale Wood | Kelly Racing | 57 | | 30 | |
| DNF | 67 | Tim Slade | Paul Morris Motorsport | 22 | | 18 | |
| DNF | 11 | Jack Perkins | Kelly Racing | 0 | | 24 | |

## Post-race

Russell Ingall and James Courtney were given ten-point deductions after the weekend for careless driving.

## Standings

* After Round 1 of 14
| Pos | No | Name | Team | Points |
| 1 | 1 | Jamie Whincup | Triple Eight Race Engineering | 300 |
| 2 | 22 | Will Davison | Toll Holden Racing Team | 267 |
| 3 | 33 | Lee Holdsworth | Garry Rogers Motorsport | 249 |
| 4 | 17 | Steven Johnson | Jim Beam Racing | 222 |
| 5 | 8 | Jason Richards | Brad Jones Racing | 207 |

## Support categories

The 2009 Clipsal 500 had five support categories.
| Category | Round winner |
| Fujitsu V8 Supercars Series | David Russell (Ford BA Falcon) |
| Formula 3 | Joey Foster (Dallara F307 Mercedes-Benz) |
| Australian GT Championship | Craig Baird (Mosler MT900R GT3) |
| V8 Utes | Gary Baxter (Holden VE Ute SS) |
| Touring Car Masters | Gavin Bullas (Ford Boss Mustang) |