2001 V8 Supercars Winton round

2001 Winton V8 Supercar round

Event Information

Round 10 of 13 in the 2001 Shell Championship Series

Date

7–9 September 2001

Location

Benalla, Victoria

Venue

Winton Motor Raceway

Weather

Fine

Results

Race 1
Distance	28 laps	85 km
Pole position	Russell Ingall Perkins Engineering	1:24.3328
Winner	Greg Murphy Kmart Racing Team	45:02.1401

Race 2
Distance	32 laps	100 km
Winner	Russell Ingall Perkins Engineering	48:54.0840

Round Results
First	Russell Ingall Perkins Engineering	273 pts
Second	Greg Murphy Kmart Racing Team	231 pts
Third	Mark Skaife Holden Racing Team	228 pts

The 2001 Winton V8 Supercar round was the tenth round of the 2001 Shell Championship Series. It was held on the weekend of 8 to 9 September at the Winton Motor Raceway in Benalla, Victoria.

Race report

Russell Ingall took his first round win of the season, which would further help his efforts to win the championship.

The first race was cut short by a few laps after the race was red flagged due to several incidents that warranted the race to be stopped, thereby making Greg Murphy the winner.

Race results

Qualifying

Pos	No	Name	Team	Vehicle	Time
1	34	Garth Tander	Garry Rogers Motorsport	Holden Commodore (VX)	1:26.8443
2	40	Cameron McLean	Paragon Motorsport	Ford Falcon (AU)	1:26.8614
3	8	Russell Ingall	Perkins Engineering	Holden Commodore (VX)	1:27.0949
4	29	Paul Morris	Paul Morris Motorsport	Holden Commodore (VT)	1:27.6587
5	17	Steven Johnson	Dick Johnson Racing	Ford Falcon (AU)	1:27.9589
6	54	Tony Longhurst	Rod Nash Racing	Holden Commodore (VX)	1:28.2574
7	18	Paul Radisich	Dick Johnson Racing	Ford Falcon (AU)	1:28.4970
8	31	Steven Ellery	Steven Ellery Racing	Ford Falcon (AU)	1:28.7429
9	2	Jason Bright	Holden Racing Team	Holden Commodore (VX)	1:29.8535
10	51	Greg Murphy	Kmart Racing Team	Holden Commodore (VX)	1:29.9967
11	21	Brad Jones	Brad Jones Racing	Ford Falcon (AU)	1:30.0137
12	10	Mark Larkham	Larkham Motor Sport	Ford Falcon (AU)	1:30.1214
13	600	John Bowe	Briggs Motor Sport	Ford Falcon (AU)	1:30.3932
14	3	Cameron McConville	Lansvale Racing Team	Holden Commodore (VX)	1:30.4694
15	1	Mark Skaife	Holden Racing Team	Holden Commodore (VX)	1:30.7395
16	15	Todd Kelly	Kmart Racing Team	Holden Commodore (VX)	1:30.8651
17	16	Dugal McDougall	McDougall Motorsport	Holden Commodore (VX)	1:31.0697
18	4	Marcos Ambrose	Stone Brothers Racing	Ford Falcon (AU)	1:31.3546
19	35	Jason Bargwanna	Garry Rogers Motorsport	Holden Commodore (VX)	1:31.5494
20	43	Paul Weel	Paul Weel Racing	Ford Falcon (AU)	1:31.6844
21	5	Glenn Seton	Glenn Seton Racing	Ford Falcon (AU)	1:31.8532
22	11	Larry Perkins	Perkins Engineering	Holden Commodore (VX)	1:31.9287
23	021	Jason Richards	Team Kiwi Racing	Holden Commodore (VT)	1:32.0458
24	9	David Besnard	Stone Brothers Racing	Ford Falcon (AU)	1:32.1047
25	6	Steven Richards	Glenn Seton Racing	Ford Falcon (AU)	1:32.1956
26	24	Paul Romano	Romano Racing	Holden Commodore (VX)	1:32.3247
27	00	Craig Lowndes	Gibson Motorsport	Ford Falcon (AU)	1:32.4058
28	7	Rodney Forbes	Gibson Motorsport	Ford Falcon (AU)	1:33.3639
29	46	John Faulkner	John Faulkner Racing	Holden Commodore (VT)	1:33.5859
30	75	Anthony Tratt	Paul Little Racing	Ford Falcon (AU)	1:33.9583
31	48	Eddie Abelnica	Melbournes Cheapest Cars	Holden Commodore (VT)	1:34.3870
32	14	James Brock	Imrie Motorsport	Holden Commodore (VX)	1:35.1691
Source:

Top Ten Shootout

Pos	No	Name	Team	Vehicle	Time
1	8	Russell Ingall	Perkins Engineering	Holden Commodore (VX)	1:24.3328
2	29	Paul Morris	Paul Morris Motorsport	Holden Commodore (VT)	1:24.9150
3	18	Paul Radisich	Dick Johnson Racing	Ford Falcon (AU)	1:24.9154
4	34	Garth Tander	Garry Rogers Motorsport	Holden Commodore (VX)	1:25.0289
5	40	Cameron McLean	Paragon Motorsport	Ford Falcon (AU)	1:25.4027
6	54	Tony Longhurst	Rod Nash Racing	Holden Commodore (VX)	1:25.5214
7	31	Steven Ellery	Steven Ellery Racing	Ford Falcon (AU)	1:25.6025
8	51	Greg Murphy	Kmart Racing Team	Holden Commodore (VX)	1:26.0698
9	17	Steven Johnson	Dick Johnson Racing	Ford Falcon (AU)	1:27.1293
10	2	Jason Bright	Holden Racing Team	Holden Commodore (VX)	1:31.8195
Source:

Race 1

Pos	No	Driver	Team	Car	Laps	Time	Grid
1	51	Greg Murphy	mart Racing Team	Holden Commodore (VX)	28	45min 02.1401sec	8
2	8	Russell Ingall	Perkins Engineering	Holden Commodore (VX)	28	+ 0.92 s	1
3	1	Mark Skaife	Holden Racing Team	Holden Commodore (VX)	28	+ 1.75 s	15
4	2	Jason Bright	Holden Racing Team	Holden Commodore (VX)	28	+ 2.65 s	10
5	4	Marcos Ambrose	Stone Brothers Racing	Ford Falcon (AU)	28	+ 3.20 s	18
6	29	Paul Morris	Paul Morris Motorsport	Holden Commodore (VT)	28	+ 3.79 s	2
7	35	Jason Bargwanna	Garry Rogers Motorsport	Holden Commodore (VX)	28	+ 6.22 s	19
8	17	Steven Johnson	Dick Johnson Racing	Ford Falcon (AU)	28	+ 8.20 s	9
9	10	Mark Larkham	Larkham Motor Sport	Ford Falcon (AU)	28	+ 9.25 s	12
10	34	Garth Tander	Garry Rogers Motorsport	Holden Commodore (VX)	28	+ 11.06 s	4
11	15	Todd Kelly	Kmart Racing Team	Holden Commodore (VX)	28	+ 11.82 s	16
12	31	Steven Ellery	Steven Ellery Racing	Ford Falcon (AU)	28	+ 13.12 s	7
13	75	Anthony Tratt	Paul Little Racing	Ford Falcon (AU)	28	+ 13.66 s	30
14	40	Cameron McLean	Paragon Motorsport	Ford Falcon (AU)	28	+ 14.56 s	5
15	18	Paul Radisich	Dick Johnson Racing	Ford Falcon (AU)	28	+ 15.73 s	3
16	46	John Faulkner	John Faulkner Racing	Holden Commodore (VT)	28	+ 17.74 s	29
17	16	Dugal McDougall	McDougall Motorsport	Holden Commodore (VX)	28	+ 19.44 s	17
18	14	James Brock	Imrie Motorsport	Holden Commodore (VX)	28	+ 22.19 s	32
19	600	John Bowe	Briggs Motor Sport	Ford Falcon (AU)	28	+ 23.26 s	13
20	6	Steven Richards	Glenn Seton Racing	Ford Falcon (AU)	28	+ 23.91 s	25
21	11	Larry Perkins	Perkins Engineering	Holden Commodore (VX)	27	+ 1 Lap	22
22	24	Paul Romano	Romano Racing	Holden Commodore (VX)	27	+ 1 Lap	26
23	43	Paul Weel	Paul Weel Racing	Ford Falcon (AU)	27	+ 1 Lap	20
24	9	David Besnard	Stone Brothers Racing	Ford Falcon (AU)	27	+ 1 Lap	24
25	48	Eddie Abelnica	Melbournes Cheapest Cars	Holden Commodore (VT)	27	+ 1 Lap	31
26	021	Jason Richards	Team Kiwi Racing	Holden Commodore (VT)	26	+ 2 Laps	23
Ret	54	Tony Longhurst	Rod Nash Racing	Holden Commodore (VX)	26	Accident	6
Ret	3	Cameron McConville	Lansvale Racing Team	Holden Commodore (VX)	24	Accident	14
Ret	7	Rodney Forbes	Gibson Motorsport	Ford Falcon (AU)	10	Retired	28
Ret	00	Craig Lowndes	Gibson Motorsport	Ford Falcon (AU)	4	Spun off	27
Ret	5	Glenn Seton	Glenn Seton Racing	Ford Falcon (AU)	1	Retired	21
Ret	21	Brad Jones	Brad Jones Racing	Ford Falcon (AU)	0	Collision Damage	11
Source:

Race 2

Pos	No	Driver	Team	Car	Laps	Time	Grid
1	8	Russell Ingall	Perkins Engineering	Holden Commodore (VX)	32	48min 54.0840sec	2
2	1	Mark Skaife	Holden Racing Team	Holden Commodore (VX)	32	+ 0.82 s	3
3	4	Marcos Ambrose	Stone Brothers Racing	Ford Falcon (AU)	32	+ 1.24 s	5
4	2	Jason Bright	Holden Racing Team	Holden Commodore (VX)	32	+ 3.27 s	4
5	18	Paul Radisich	Dick Johnson Racing	Ford Falcon (AU)	32	+ 8.87 s	15
6	51	Greg Murphy	Kmart Racing Team	Holden Commodore (VX)	32	+ 12.48 s	1
7	29	Paul Morris	Paul Morris Motorsport	Holden Commodore (VT)	32	+ 13.23 s	6
8	31	Steven Ellery	Steven Ellery Racing	Ford Falcon (AU)	32	+ 15.01 s	12
9	17	Steven Johnson	Dick Johnson Racing	Ford Falcon (AU)	32	+ 15.52 s	8
10	5	Glenn Seton	Glenn Seton Racing	Ford Falcon (AU)	32	+ 15.70 s	31
11	6	Steven Richards	Glenn Seton Racing	Ford Falcon (AU)	32	+ 16.14 s	20
12	43	Paul Weel	Paul Weel Racing	Ford Falcon (AU)	32	+ 21.09 s	23
13	600	John Bowe	Briggs Motor Sport	Ford Falcon (AU)	32	+ 22.25 s	19
14	9	David Besnard	Stone Brothers Racing	Ford Falcon (AU)	32	+ 28.32 s	24
15	75	Anthony Tratt	Paul Little Racing	Ford Falcon (AU)	32	+ 28.53 s	13
16	21	Brad Jones	Brad Jones Racing	Ford Falcon (AU)	32	+ 32.63 s	32
17	021	Jason Richards	Team Kiwi Racing	Holden Commodore (VT)	32	+ 36.52 s	26
18	35	Jason Bargwanna	Garry Rogers Motorsport	Holden Commodore (VX)	32	+ 38.48 s	7
19	00	Craig Lowndes	Gibson Motorsport	Ford Falcon (AU)	32	+ 43.26 s	30
20	24	Paul Romano	Romano Racing	Holden Commodore (VX)	32	+ 45.06 s	22
21	40	Cameron McLean	Paragon Motorsport	Ford Falcon (AU)	32	+ 45.33 s	14
22	48	Eddie Abelnica	Melbournes Cheapest Cars	Holden Commodore (VT)	32	+ 55.89 s	25
23	11	Larry Perkins	Perkins Engineering	Holden Commodore (VX)	32	+ 57.48 s	21
24	34	Garth Tander	Garry Rogers Motorsport	Holden Commodore (VX)	32	+ 58.12 s	10
25	15	Todd Kelly	Kmart Racing Team	Holden Commodore (VX)	32	+ 1:13.08 s	11
26	14	James Brock	Imrie Motorsport	Holden Commodore (VX)	31	+ 1 Lap	18
27	7	Rodney Forbes	Gibson Motorsport	Ford Falcon (AU)	26	+ 6 Laps	29
Ret	10	Mark Larkham	Larkham Motor Sport	Ford Falcon (AU)	25	Spun off	9
Ret	46	John Faulkner	John Faulkner Racing	Holden Commodore (VT)	19	Retired	16
Ret	16	Dugal McDougall	McDougall Motorsport	Holden Commodore (VX)	17	Retired	17
Ret	3	Cameron McConville	Lansvale Racing Team	Holden Commodore (VX)	11	Accident	28
Source:

Championship standings

Pos.	No	Driver	Team	Pts
1	1	Mark Skaife	Holden Racing Team	2498
2	2	Jason Bright	Holden Racing Team	2371
3	8	Russell Ingall	Perkins Engineering	2281
4	17	Steven Johnson	Dick Johnson Racing	2217
5	51	Greg Murphy	Kmart Racing Team	1842

References

"2001 Shell Championship Series – Round 10 – Winton Motor Raceway – V8 Supercars – Qualifying". National Software. Retrieved 24 November 2015.
"2001 Shell Championship Series – Round 10 – Winton Motor Raceway – V8 Supercars – Shootout". National Software. Retrieved 24 November 2015.
"2001 Shell Championship Series – Round 10 – Winton Motor Raceway – V8 Supercars – Race 1". National Software. Retrieved 24 November 2015.
"2001 Shell Championship Series – Round 10 – Winton Motor Raceway – V8 Supercars – Race 2". National Software. Retrieved 25 November 2015.

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