# 2009 Darwin Triple Crown

The 2009 Skycity Triple Crown was the fifth race meeting of the 2009 V8 Supercar Championship Series. It contained Races 9 and 10 of the series and was held on the weekend of 19–21 June at Hidden Valley Raceway, in Darwin, in the Northern Territory, Australia.

## Recent changes

With just 103 racing laps all weekend of the 2.9 kilometre venue, the race meeting is significantly shorter than recent V8 Supercar rounds at just 300 kilometres of racing against the 400 kilometre norm. It is also shorter than the 2008 Skycity Triple Crown which raced 360 kilometres over its three races last year.

## Race 9

The first race was held on Saturday 20 June. Tander started well from third grid position to move past polesitter Jason Richards and settled to chase leader Whincup. Jack Perkins was an early retirement with bent steering. Lowndes was the first of the front running cars to pit on lap 7. Tander lost ground during the pitstops, falling behind teammate Davison, and when Jason Richards vaulted past after his later stop.
With the stops completed, Whincup held a clear lead over a tight group of Jason Richards, Mark Winterbottom, Will Davison and Garth Tander. Late in the race with car condition falling away Jason Richards speared off the track at the end of the front straight, dropping behind the HRT pair then lost position to Todd Kelly and Craig Lowndes and kept James Courtney out of seventh position by just a single hundredth of a second.

## Race 10

Race 2 was held on Sunday 21 June.

## Results
### Qualifying Race 9

| Pos | No | Name | Car | Team | Top Ten | Part 2 | Part 1 |
| 1 | 8 | Jason Richards | Holden VE Commodore | Brad Jones Racing | 1:09.4908 | 1:09.3342 | |
| 2 | 1 | Jamie Whincup | Ford FG Falcon | Triple Eight Race Engineering | 1:09.5423 | 1:09.7060 | |
| 3 | 2 | Garth Tander | Holden VE Commodore | Holden Racing Team | 1:09.5595 | 1:09.6419 | |
| 4 | 888 | Craig Lowndes | Ford FG Falcon | Triple Eight Race Engineering | 1:09.6173 | 1:09.4886 | |
| 5 | 7 | Todd Kelly | Holden VE Commodore | Jack Daniel's Racing | 1:09.7586 | 1:09.3957 | |
| 6 | 5 | Mark Winterbottom | Ford FG Falcon | Ford Performance Racing | 1:09.7629 | 1:09.6319 | |
| 7 | 33 | Lee Holdsworth | Holden VE Commodore | Garry Rogers Motorsport | 1:09.9014 | 1:09.5438 | |
| 8 | 10 | Paul Dumbrell | Holden VE Commodore | Walkinshaw Racing | 1:10.0040 | 1:09.6568 | |
| 9 | 22 | Will Davison | Holden VE Commodore | Holden Racing Team | 1:10.0608 | 1:09.6937 | |
| 10 | 14 | Cameron McConville | Holden VE Commodore | Brad Jones Racing | 1:10.3382 | 1:09.7876 | |
| 11 | 25 | Jason Bright | Ford BF Falcon | Stone Brothers Racing | | 1:09.7938 | |
| 12 | 39 | Russell Ingall | Holden VE Commodore | Paul Morris Motorsport | | 1:09.8067 | |
| 13 | 18 | James Courtney | Ford FG Falcon | Dick Johnson Racing | | 1:09.8214 | |
| 14 | 111 | Fabian Coulthard | Ford FG Falcon | Paul Cruickshank Racing | | 1:09.8623 | |
| 15 | 17 | Steven Johnson | Ford FG Falcon | Dick Johnson Racing | | 1:09.8656 | |
| 16 | 24 | David Reynolds | Holden VE Commodore | Walkinshaw Racing | | 1:09.8787 | |
| 17 | 34 | Michael Caruso | Holden VE Commodore | Garry Rogers Motorsport | | 1:09.8802 | |
| 18 | 15 | Rick Kelly | Holden VE Commodore | Jack Daniel's Racing | | 1:09.9567 | |
| 19 | 51 | Greg Murphy | Holden VE Commodore | Tasman Motorsport | | 1:10.0214 | |
| 20 | 3 | Jason Bargwanna | Holden VE Commodore | Tasman Motorsport | | EXC | |
| 21 | 11 | Jack Perkins | Holden VE Commodore | Kelly Racing | | | 1:10.2578 |
| 22 | 6 | Steven Richards | Ford FG Falcon | Ford Performance Racing | | | 1:10.2648 |
| 23 | 9 | Shane van Gisbergen | Ford FG Falcon | Stone Brothers Racing | | | 1:10.2691 |
| 24 | 67 | Tim Slade | Holden VE Commodore | Paul Morris Motorsport | | | 1:10.2906 |
| 25 | 55 | Tony D'Alberto | Holden VE Commodore | Rod Nash Racing | | | 1:10.3115 |
| 26 | 77 | Marcus Marshall | Ford BF Falcon | Team IntaRacing | | | 1:10.3972 |
| 27 | 333 | Michael Patrizi | Ford BF Falcon | Paul Cruickshank Racing | | | 1:10.4910 |
| 28 | 16 | Dale Wood | Holden VE Commodore | Kelly Racing | | | 1:10.7397 |
| 29 | 12 | Dean Fiore | Holden VE Commodore | Triple F Racing | | | 1:10.9267 |
| 30 | 4 | Alex Davison | Ford FG Falcon | Stone Brothers Racing | | | 1:11.3752 |

### Race 9

| Pos | No | Name | Team | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
| 1 | 1 | Jamie Whincup | Triple Eight Race Engineering | 34 | 41:09.7792 | 2 | 150 |
| 2 | 5 | Mark Winterbottom | Ford Performance Racing | 34 | +14.2s | 6 | 138 |
| 3 | 22 | Will Davison | Holden Racing Team | 34 | +15.5s | 9 | 129 |
| 4 | 2 | Garth Tander | Holden Racing Team | 34 | +16.0s | 3 | 120 |
| 5 | 7 | Todd Kelly | Jack Daniels Racing | 34 | +19.6s | 5 | 111 |
| 6 | 888 | Craig Lowndes | Triple Eight Race Engineering | 34 | +22.2s | 4 | 102 |
| 7 | 8 | Jason Richards | Brad Jones Racing | 34 | +23.0s | 1 | 96 |
| 8 | 18 | James Courtney | Dick Johnson Racing | 34 | +23.0s | 13 | 90 |
| 9 | 14 | Cameron McConville | Brad Jones Racing | 34 | +23.1s | 10 | 84 |
| 10 | 33 | Lee Holdsworth | Garry Rogers Motorsport | 34 | +23.8s | 7 | 78 |
| 11 | 34 | Michael Caruso | Garry Rogers Motorsport | 34 | +32.6s | 17 | 72 |
| 12 | 111 | Fabian Coulthard | Paul Cruickshank Racing | 34 | +33.3s | 14 | 69 |
| 13 | 39 | Russell Ingall | Paul Morris Motorsport | 34 | +36.8s | 12 | 66 |
| 14 | 10 | Paul Dumbrell | Walkinshaw Racing | 34 | +45.0s | 8 | 63 |
| 15 | 15 | Rick Kelly | Jack Daniels Racing | 34 | +49.0s | 18 | 60 |
| 16 | 25 | Jason Bright | Stone Brothers Racing | 34 | +49.9s | 11 | 57 |
| 17 | 17 | Steven Johnson | Dick Johnson Racing | 34 | +56.7s | 15 | 54 |
| 18 | 24 | David Reynolds | Walkinshaw Racing | 34 | +1:00.1s | 16 | 51 |
| 19 | 4 | Alex Davison | Stone Brothers Racing | 34 | +1:00.7s | 30 | 48 |
| 20 | 9 | Shane van Gisbergen | Stone Brothers Racing | 34 | +1:01.1s | 23 | 45 |
| 21 | 6 | Steven Richards | Ford Performance Racing | 34 | +1:01.6s | 22 | 42 |
| 22 | 3 | Jason Bargwanna | Tasman Motorsport | 34 | +1:03.5s | 20 | 39 |
| 23 | 51 | Greg Murphy | Tasman Motorsport | 34 | +1:06.9s | 19 | 36 |
| 24 | 333 | Michael Patrizi | Paul Cruickshank Racing | 33 | + 1 lap | 27 | 33 |
| 25 | 16 | Dale Wood | Kelly Racing | 33 | + 1 lap | 28 | 30 |
| 26 | 55 | Tony D'Alberto | Rod Nash Racing | 33 | + 1 lap | 25 | 27 |
| 27 | 67 | Tim Slade | Paul Morris Motorsport | 33 | + 1 lap | 24 | 24 |
| 28 | 77 | Marcus Marshall | Team IntaRacing | 33 | + 1 lap | 26 | 21 |
| 29 | 12 | Dean Fiore | Triple F Racing | 33 | + 1 lap | 29 | 18 |
| DNF | 11 | Jack Perkins | Kelly Racing | 1 | Steering | 21 | |

## Standings

* After round 5 of 14
| Pos | No | Name | Team | Points |
| 1 | 1 | Jamie Whincup | Triple Eight Race Engineering | 1272 |
| 2 | 22 | Will Davison | Holden Racing Team | 1128 |
| 3 | 2 | Garth Tander | Holden Racing Team | 954 |
| 4 | 888 | Craig Lowndes | Triple Eight Race Engineering | 906 |
| 5 | 33 | Lee Holdsworth | Garry Rogers Motorsport | 897 |