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Round 3 of 13 in the 2001 Shell Championship Series | ||||||||||||||
Date | 27–29 April 2001 | |||||||||||||
Location | Eastern Creek, New South Wales | |||||||||||||
Venue | Eastern Creek Raceway | |||||||||||||
Weather | Fine | |||||||||||||
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The 2001 Eastern Creek V8 Supercar round was the third round of the 2001 Shell Championship Series. It was held on the weekend of 28 to 29 November at Eastern Creek Raceway in Sydney, New South Wales.
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Craig Lowndes initially won race one, with Marcos Ambrose finishing second. This result was overturned, however after Lowndes and Ambrose were penalized for two separate incidents throughout the race. Lowndes was given a time penalty for passing Greg Murphy under safety car conditions, which saw him relegated to 12th. Ambrose was given a time penalty for an illegal overtake on Murphy which saw the rookie bumped back to 13th for race two. After these penalties were enforced, Murphy was declared the winner.
Mark Skaife took a commanding race two win after Murphy was penalized for a jump-start. Whilst serving his penalty (which was a stop-go), Murphy did not come to a complete stop, which prompted some to query whether he should have to serve the penalty again. The stewards deemed him to have served a penalty and so did not request him to serve the penalty again.
Skaife won the round with team-mate Jason Bright taking second and Murphy in third.
Pos | No | Name | Team | Vehicle | Time |
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1 | 4 | Stone Brothers Racing | Ford AU Falcon | 1:30.8955 | |
2 | 00 | Gibson Motorsport | Ford AU Falcon | 1:31.1996 | |
3 | 6 | Glenn Seton Racing | Ford AU Falcon | 1:31.4387 | |
4 | 5 | Glenn Seton Racing | Ford AU Falcon | 1:31.4998 | |
5 | 51 | Kmart Racing Team | Holden VX Commodore | 1:31.5992 | |
6 | 600 | Briggs Motor Sport | Ford AU Falcon | 1:31.6266 | |
7 | 15 | Kmart Racing Team | Holden VX Commodore | 1:31.7689 | |
8 | 2 | Holden Racing Team | Holden VX Commodore | 1:31.942 | |
9 | 35 | Garry Rogers Motorsport | Holden VX Commodore | 1:32.2104 | |
10 | 1 | Holden Racing Team | Holden VX Commodore | 2:21.6514 | |
Source: [2] | |||||
Pos. | No | Driver | Team | Pts | |
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1 | 2 | Holden Racing Team | 940 | ||
1 | 1 | Holden Racing Team | 890 | ||
3 | 17 | Dick Johnson Racing | 716 | ||
4 | 8 | Perkins Engineering | 713 | ||
5 | 15 | K-mart Racing Team | 633 | ||
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