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2009 V8 Supercar Championship Series
The 2009 V8 Supercar Championship Series was the eleventh V8 Supercar Championship Series and the thirteenth series in which V8 Supercars have contested the premier Australian touring car title. It began on 19 March at the Clipsal 500 on the streets of Adelaide and ended on 6 December at the Homebush Street Circuit and consisted of 26 races over 14 events which were held in all states and the Northern Territory of Australia as well as New Zealand. The 50th Australian Touring Car Championship title was awarded to the winner of the series by the Confederation of Australian Motor Sport.
Triple Eight Race Engineering Ford driver Jamie Whincup won the Championship from Holden drivers Will Davison and Garth Tander. Championship races were also won by Craig Lowndes, Michael Caruso, James Courtney and Mark Winterbottom. The two-driver endurance races, held at the Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit and at the Mount Panorama Circuit, Bathurst, were both won by Tander and Davison.
The following teams and drivers competed in the 2009 championship.
Ford Australia announced that from 2009, it would only offer financial support for Ford Performance Racing and Stone Brothers Racing, having previously provided funding for Triple Eight Race Engineering, Dick Johnson Racing, Britek Motorsport, Paul Cruickshank Racing and Ford Rising Stars Racing. The remaining Ford backed teams retained levels of parts and in-kind support.
Holden also announced that several teams' financial support would be cut, with Garry Rogers Motorsport, Perkins Engineering, Tasman Motorsport and Rod Nash Racing losing direct funding, although they still received technical and parts assistance. The new Kelly Racing team received the funding previously given to the HSV Dealer Team.
Paul Weel Racing shut down at the end of 2008 after failing to strike a deal to sell the team. Their remaining Racing Entitlement Contract (REC) was sold to Walkinshaw Racing
Walkinshaw Racing was set up as a satellite team of the Holden Racing Team, utilising one REC purchased from Paul Weel Racing and the dormant Romano Racing license. This was effectively Walkinshaw Performance's replacement of the HSV Dealer Team, which shut down as the Kelly family took their two RECs to set up Kelly Racing.
The second Paul Weel Racing REC, that had been leased to Ford Rising Stars Racing in 2007, was used to start a new team, Marcus Marshall Motorsport. It utilised a Triple Eight-sourced BF Falcon and equipment and was centered around former Britek Motorsport driver Marcus Marshall.
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2009 V8 Supercar Championship Series
The 2009 V8 Supercar Championship Series was the eleventh V8 Supercar Championship Series and the thirteenth series in which V8 Supercars have contested the premier Australian touring car title. It began on 19 March at the Clipsal 500 on the streets of Adelaide and ended on 6 December at the Homebush Street Circuit and consisted of 26 races over 14 events which were held in all states and the Northern Territory of Australia as well as New Zealand. The 50th Australian Touring Car Championship title was awarded to the winner of the series by the Confederation of Australian Motor Sport.
Triple Eight Race Engineering Ford driver Jamie Whincup won the Championship from Holden drivers Will Davison and Garth Tander. Championship races were also won by Craig Lowndes, Michael Caruso, James Courtney and Mark Winterbottom. The two-driver endurance races, held at the Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit and at the Mount Panorama Circuit, Bathurst, were both won by Tander and Davison.
The following teams and drivers competed in the 2009 championship.
Ford Australia announced that from 2009, it would only offer financial support for Ford Performance Racing and Stone Brothers Racing, having previously provided funding for Triple Eight Race Engineering, Dick Johnson Racing, Britek Motorsport, Paul Cruickshank Racing and Ford Rising Stars Racing. The remaining Ford backed teams retained levels of parts and in-kind support.
Holden also announced that several teams' financial support would be cut, with Garry Rogers Motorsport, Perkins Engineering, Tasman Motorsport and Rod Nash Racing losing direct funding, although they still received technical and parts assistance. The new Kelly Racing team received the funding previously given to the HSV Dealer Team.
Paul Weel Racing shut down at the end of 2008 after failing to strike a deal to sell the team. Their remaining Racing Entitlement Contract (REC) was sold to Walkinshaw Racing
Walkinshaw Racing was set up as a satellite team of the Holden Racing Team, utilising one REC purchased from Paul Weel Racing and the dormant Romano Racing license. This was effectively Walkinshaw Performance's replacement of the HSV Dealer Team, which shut down as the Kelly family took their two RECs to set up Kelly Racing.
The second Paul Weel Racing REC, that had been leased to Ford Rising Stars Racing in 2007, was used to start a new team, Marcus Marshall Motorsport. It utilised a Triple Eight-sourced BF Falcon and equipment and was centered around former Britek Motorsport driver Marcus Marshall.