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 (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.

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 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:

Race 11

Pos No Name Team Laps Time/Retired Grid Points11Jamie WhincupTriple Eight Race Engineering711:35:37.44759150222Will DavisonHolden Racing Team71+1.4s513832Garth TanderHolden Racing Team71+1.7s31294888Craig LowndesTriple Eight Race Engineering71+3.0s15120534Michael CarusoGarry Rogers Motorsport71+4.4s5111639Russell IngallPaul Morris Motorsport71+4.8s4102715Rick KellyKelly Racing71+9.5s199685Mark WinterbottomFord Performance Racing71+9.8s1690914Cameron McConvilleBrad Jones Racing71+10.0s1384107Todd KellyKelly Racing71+10.2s17781110Paul DumbrellWalkinshaw Racing71+10.7s1272129Shane van GisbergenStone Brothers Racing71+11.0s7691317Steven JohnsonDick Johnson Racing71+11.3s866143Jason BargwannaTasman Motorsport71+12.9s206315111Fabian CoulthardPaul Cruickshank Racing70+ 1 lap10601625Jason BrightStone Brothers Racing70+ 1 lap27571712Dean FioreTriple F Racing70+ 1 lap15541811Jack PerkinsKelly Racing70+ 1 lap25511951Greg MurphyTasman Motorsport69+ 2 laps264820333Michael PatriziPaul Cruickshank Racing69+ 2 laps1845216Steven RichardsFord Performance Racing68+ 3 laps21422224David ReynoldsWalkinshaw Racing66+ 5 laps1139238Jason RichardsBrad Jones Racing60+ 11 laps6362416Mark McNallyKelly Racing60+ 11 laps2933DNF55Tony D'AlbertoRod Nash Racing6722DNF4Alex DavisonStone Brothers Racing6024DNF67Tim SladePaul Morris Motorsport4223DNF33Lee HoldsworthGarry Rogers Motorsport281DNF18James CourtneyDick Johnson Racing5engine2

Standings After round 6 of 14 Pos No Name Team Points11Jamie WhincupTriple Eight Race Engineering 1560222Will DavisonHolden Racing Team 138632Garth TanderHolden Racing Team 12124888Craig LowndesTriple Eight Race Engineering 1110517Steven JohnsonDick Johnson Racing 1050

References

External links Official event website Official series website Official timing and results