2009 Fujitsu V8 Supercar Series

The 2009 Fujitsu V8 Supercars Series was the tenth running of the V8 Supercar Development series. It supported the 2009 V8 Supercar Championship Series, beginning on 19 March at the Clipsal 500 and ending on 6 December at the Sydney 500 after seven rounds.

With one race to spare, Jonathon Webb secured the series, in doing so becoming the first driver from MW Motorsport to win the title after having competed in the very first series for second-tier V8 Supercars. James Moffat took second place from David Russell at the final race of the series. Ford drivers filled the top seven places with Grant Denyer, Daniel Gaunt, Brad Lowe and Damian Assaillit filling those positions. The first Holden driver was Sam Walter, over 900 points behind Webb.

Webb did not win a race until the fifth round of the series at Queensland Raceway, but from there won every race bar one, where he was second, an irresistible charge for the series that neither Moffat nor Russell had any answer to after the three drivers had been close for the first half of the series.

Calendar

The 2009 Fujitsu V8 Supercar Series on consisted of seven rounds:^[1]

Rd.	Event	Circuit	Location	Date	Winner
1	Clipsal 500	Adelaide Street Circuit	Adelaide, South Australia	19–22 Mar	David Russell
2	Winton	Winton Motor Raceway	Benalla, Victoria	1–3 May	Jonathon Webb
3	Dunlop Townsville 400	Townsville Street Circuit	Townsville, Queensland	10–12 Jul	James Moffat
4	Norton 360 Sandown Challenge	Sandown Raceway	Melbourne, Victoria	31 Jul – 2 Aug	David Russell
5	Queensland House & Land 300	Queensland Raceway	Ipswich, Queensland	21–23 Aug	Jonathon Webb
6	Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000	Mount Panorama Circuit	Bathurst, New South Wales	8–11 Oct	Jonathon Webb
7	Sydney Telstra 500	Homebush Street Circuit	Sydney, New South Wales	4–6 Dec	Jonathon Webb

Teams and drivers

The following teams and drivers have competed during the 2009 Fujitsu V8 Supercar Series.

Team	Vehicle	No	Driver	Rounds
Sieders Racing Team	Ford BF Falcon	19	David Sieders	1–2, 4
			Colin Sieders	5–6
			Hayden Pullen	7
		49	David Sieders	7
Sonic Motor Racing Services	Ford BF Falcon	20	Bryce Washington	1–2
		20	Rodney Jane	3–7
		999	James Moffat	All
MW Motorsport	Ford BF Falcon	26	Jonathon Webb	All
	Ford BF Falcon	28	Brad Lowe	All
	Ford BA Falcon	29	Damian Assaillit	All
Howard Racing	Ford BF Falcon	27	David Russell	All
Howard Racing	Ford BA Falcon	35	Mark Howard	5
TAG Motorsport	Holden VZ Commodore	35	Tony Bates	2, 4, 6
TAG Motorsport	Holden VZ Commodore	36	Geoff Emery	All
Eggleston Motorsport	Holden VZ Commodore	38	Ben Eggleston	1-2
Eggleston Motorsport	Holden VE Commodore	38	Ben Eggleston	6-7
Jay Motorsport	Holden VZ Commodore	42	Shane Price	1–5
			Jay Verdnik	6
			James Winslow	7
		43	Chris Alajajian	1
		43	Garth Walden	7
McGill Motorsport	Ford BA Falcon	43	Aaron McGill	6
Greg Murphy Racing	Holden VZ Commodore	47	Sam Walter	1–5, 7
Greg Murphy Racing	Holden VZ Commodore	47	Andrew Anderson	6
Image Racing	Ford BA Falcon	49	Ben McCashney	2–6
McElrea Racing	Ford BF Falcon	50	Daniel Gaunt	1–6
McElrea Racing	Ford BF Falcon	444	Karl Reindler	4–5
Novocastrian Motorsport	Ford BF Falcon	53	Drew Russell	6–7
Race Image Motorsport	Ford BF Falcon	60	Drew Russell	1–2
			Gene Rollinson	5–6
			Marcus Marshall	7
Paul Morris Motorsport	Holden VZ Commodore	72	Colin Corkery	1
	Holden VE Commodore		Colin Corkery	5, 7
	Holden VE Commodore		Paul Morris	3
West Coast Racing	Holden VZ Commodore	74	Mark McNally	1–2
Fastaz Motorsport	Holden VZ Commodore	92	Taz Douglas	All
Sydney Star Racing	Ford BA Falcon	96	Brett Hobson	1
			Todd Wanless	3
			Ryan Hansford	7
		98	Aaron McGill	7
TanderSport	Ford BF Falcon	222	Leanne Tander	2, 4–5
Dick Johnson Racing	Ford BF Falcon	777	Grant Denyer	All

Points system

Points are awarded to any driver that completes 75% of race distance and is running on the completion of the final lap. These are the points awarded for each race.

Pos	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	11th	12th	13th	14th	15th	16th	17th	18th	19th
Rounds 1, 6 & 7	150	138	129	120	111	102	96	90	84	78	72	69	66	63	60	57	54	51	48
Rounds 2 – 5	100	92	86	80	74	68	64	60	56	52	48	46	44	42	40	38	36	34	32

Driver standings

Pos	Driver	Rd 1^[2]		Rd 2^[3]			Rd 3^[4]			Rd 4^[5]			Rd 5^[6]			Rd 6^[7]		Rd 7^[8]		Pts
1	Jonathon Webb	4th	2nd	4th	3rd	3rd	2nd	2nd	4th	4th	12th	3rd	1st	1st	1st	1st	1st	2nd	1st	1874
2	James Moffat	1st	3rd	Ret	8th	7th	1st	3rd	1st	1st	Ret	2nd	3rd	8th	3rd	9th	2nd	1st	2nd	1623
3	David Russell	2nd	1st	9th	1st	2nd	3rd	12th	3rd	9th	1st	1st	2nd	7th	2nd	2nd	5th	Ret	5th	1618
4	Grant Denyer	11th	7th	5th	6th	1st	7th	1st	6th	10th	2nd	4th	7th	5th	6th	5th	Ret	3rd	3rd	1431
5	Daniel Gaunt	7th	4th	17th	12th	Ret	4th	9th	2nd	5th	4th	7th	5th	10th	8th	3rd	4th			1179
6	Brad Lowe	Ret	8th	3rd	9th	4th	5th	10th	Ret	3rd	13th	9th	6th	3rd	5th	7th	3rd	Ret	Ret	1077
7	Damian Assaillit	8th	Ret	1st	17th	5th	9th	Ret	10th	6th	5th	5th	12th	Ret	11th	4th	6th	Ret	10th	1018
8	Sam Walter	3rd	11th	2nd	13th	17th	14th	5th	Ret	11th	15th	6th	10th	2nd	4th			Ret	11th	943
9	Taz Douglas	9th	6th	6th	14th	11th	6th	8th	5th	8th	Ret	11th	16th	13th	12th	DNS	15th	Ret	9th	926
10	Geoff Emery	10th	12th	16th	10th	8th	11th	Ret	7th	Ret	6th	10th	13th	9th	19th	16th	Ret	6th	6th	922
11	Shane Price	6th	5th	8th	2nd	9th	8th	4th	Ret	2nd	Ret	8th	4th	6th	10th					913
12	Rodney Jane						12th	7th	8th	13th	9th	12th	9th	16th	9th	15th	11th	8th	12th	757
13	Drew Russell	5th	Ret	7th	5th	12th										17th	10th	7th	7th	619
14	David Sieders	12th	DNS	11th	15th	14th				7th	3rd	13th						5th	8th	594
15	Ben McCashney			13th	Ret	15th	13th	6th	Ret	14th	7th	Ret	14th	12th	17th	12th	Ret			495
16	Ben Eggleston	13th	10th	Ret	11th	13th										11th	7th	Ret	13th	470
17	Tony Bates			12th	16th	18th				Ret	11th	14th				13th	13th			340
18	Gene Rollinson												15th	11th	14th	8th	8th			310
19	Karl Reindler									12th	10th	Ret	8th	4th	7th					302
19	Leanne Tander			15th	18th	16th				Ret	8th	Ret	11th	14th	15th					302
21	Colin Corkery	DNS	9th										19th	18th	13th			10th	14th	257
22	Marcus Marshall																	4th	4th	240
23	Colin Sieders												16th	17th	18th	14th	14th			234
24	Bryce Washington	Ret	DNS	10th	4th	6th														200
25	Jay Verdnik															6th	7th			186
26	Mark McNally	Ret	DNS	14th	7th	10th														158
27	Andrew Anderson															10th	12th			147
28	Todd Wanless						15th	11th	9th											144
29	Ryan Hansford																	13th	15th	126
30	Hayden Pullen																	12th	17th	123
30	Garth Walden																	11th	18th	123
32	Mark Howard												18th	15th	16th					112
33	James Winslow																	9th	Ret	84
34	Aaron McGill															DNS	DNS	Ret	16th	57
35	Paul Morris						10th	Ret	Ret											52
	Brett Hobson	Ret	Ret
	Chris Alajajian	Ret	DNS

Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	Second place
Bronze	Third place
Green	Points finish
Blue	Non-points finish
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Retired (Ret)
Red	Did not qualify (DNQ)
Red	Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black	Disqualified (DSQ)
White	Did not start (DNS)
	Withdrew (WD)
	Race cancelled (C)
Blank	Did not practice (DNP)
	Did not arrive (DNA)
	Excluded (EX)

References

^ "2009 Fujitsu Series Calendar". Official website of the V8 Supercar Championship Series. 7 October 2008. Archived from the original on 8 December 2008. Retrieved 12 December 2008.
^ "Adelaide Parklands Circuit 22/03/2009 2009 Clipsal 500 Adelaide". National Software. 21 March 2009. Archived from the original on 26 April 2009. Retrieved 21 March 2009.
^ "Winton Motor Raceway 03/05/2009 2009 V8 Supercar Championship Series – Races 5 & 6". National Software. 3 May 2009. Archived from the original on 25 July 2009. Retrieved 3 May 2009.
^ "Townsville Street Circuit 12/07/2009 Dunlop Townsville 400 – V8 Supercars Races 11 & 12". National Software. 12 July 2009. Archived from the original on 26 July 2009. Retrieved 12 July 2009.
^ "Sandown International Motor Raceway 02/08/2009 Norton 360 Sandown Challenge – Races 13 & 14". natsoft.com.au. 2 August 2009. Retrieved 2 August 2009.
^ "Queensland Raceway Ipswich 23/08/2009 QueenslandHouseandLand.com 300 -2009 V8Supercars Races 15&16". natsoft.com.au. 23 August 2009. Archived from the original on 20 September 2009. Retrieved 31 August 2009.
^ "Mount Panorama – BATHURST 11/10/2009 Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000 – 2009 V8 Supercars – Race 18". natsoft.com.au. 10 October 2009. Archived from the original on 16 October 2009. Retrieved 10 October 2009.
^ "Sydney Olympic Park Street Circuit 06/12/2009 Sydney Telstra 500 – 2009 V8 Supercars – Race 25 & 26". natsoft.com.au. 6 December 2009. Retrieved 6 December 2009.

[1] "2009 Fujitsu Series Calendar". Official website of the V8 Supercar Championship Series. 7 October 2008. Archived from the original on 8 December 2008. Retrieved 12 December 2008.

[2] "Adelaide Parklands Circuit 22/03/2009 2009 Clipsal 500 Adelaide". National Software. 21 March 2009. Archived from the original on 26 April 2009. Retrieved 21 March 2009.

[3] "Winton Motor Raceway 03/05/2009 2009 V8 Supercar Championship Series – Races 5 & 6". National Software. 3 May 2009. Archived from the original on 25 July 2009. Retrieved 3 May 2009.

[4] "Townsville Street Circuit 12/07/2009 Dunlop Townsville 400 – V8 Supercars Races 11 & 12". National Software. 12 July 2009. Archived from the original on 26 July 2009. Retrieved 12 July 2009.

[5] "Sandown International Motor Raceway 02/08/2009 Norton 360 Sandown Challenge – Races 13 & 14". natsoft.com.au. 2 August 2009. Retrieved 2 August 2009.

[6] "Queensland Raceway Ipswich 23/08/2009 QueenslandHouseandLand.com 300 -2009 V8Supercars Races 15&16". natsoft.com.au. 23 August 2009. Archived from the original on 20 September 2009. Retrieved 31 August 2009.

[7] "Mount Panorama – BATHURST 11/10/2009 Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000 – 2009 V8 Supercars – Race 18". natsoft.com.au. 10 October 2009. Archived from the original on 16 October 2009. Retrieved 10 October 2009.

[8] "Sydney Olympic Park Street Circuit 06/12/2009 Sydney Telstra 500 – 2009 V8 Supercars – Race 25 & 26". natsoft.com.au. 6 December 2009. Retrieved 6 December 2009.

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