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| Round 4 of 14 in the 2001 Shell Championship Series | ||||||||||||||
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| Date | 11–13 May 2001 | |||||||||||||
| Location | Darwin, Northern Territory | |||||||||||||
| Venue | Hidden Valley Raceway | |||||||||||||
| Weather | Fine | |||||||||||||
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The 2001 Hidden Valley V8 Supercar round was the fourth round of the 2001 Shell Championship Series. It was held on the weekend of 12 to 13 May at Hidden Valley Raceway in Darwin, Northern Territory.
The first race was won by Russell Ingall after a convincing drive saw him virtually unchallenged throughout most of the race. Mark Skaife initially got the jump, although was given a drive-through penalty shortly afterwards after officials deemed him to have jumped the start. A four-car collision at the start of the race involving Ambrose, Seton, Bowe and Tander. The collision saw Seton sustain significant damage and Tander retiring from the race. Craig Lowndes was also given a drive-through penalty after spinning Larry Perkins at turn four in the later stages of the race. Marcos Ambrose and Mark Larkham rounded out the podium.
The second race was of almost double the length of race two and was won by Greg Murphy. Ingall led most of the race, but encountered a tail-shaft problem with two laps to go, dropping him down the pack. The Holden Racing Team duo of Jason Bright and Mark Skaife rounded out the podium.
| Pos | No | Name | Team | Vehicle | Time |
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| 1 | 1 |  Mark Skaife | Holden Racing Team | Holden VX Commodore | 1:08.4552 |
| 2 | 8 | Russell Ingall | Perkins Engineering | Holden VX Commodore | 1:08.6116 |
| 3 | 4 | Marcos Ambrose | Stone Brothers Racing | Ford AU Falcon | 1:08.6298 |
| 4 | 51 |  Greg Murphy | Kmart Racing Team | Holden VX Commodore | 1:08.7780 |
| 5 | 5 | Glenn Seton | Glenn Seton Racing | Ford AU Falcon | 1:08.8086 |
| 6 | 600 | John Bowe | Briggs Motor Sport | Ford AU Falcon | 1:08.8598 |
| 7 | 34 | Garth Tander | Garry Rogers Motorsport | Holden VX Commodore | 1:09.0763 |
| 8 | 10 | Mark Larkham | Larkham Motor Sport | Ford AU Falcon | 1:09.0978 |
| 9 | 11 | Larry Perkins | Perkins Engineering | Holden VX Commodore | 1:09.2454 |
| 10 | 9 | David Besnard | Stone Brothers Racing | Ford AU Falcon | 1:09.3068 |
| Source: [2] | |||||
| Pos. | No | Driver | Team | Pts | |
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 | 1 | 2 | Jason Bright | Holden Racing Team | 1132 |
| | 1 | 1 | Mark Skaife | Holden Racing Team | 1078 |
 | 3 | 8 | Russell Ingall | Perkins Engineering | 889 |
| | 4 | 4 | Marcos Ambrose | Stone Brothers Racing | 840 |
| | 5 | 51 | Greg Murphy | K-mart Racing Team | 835 |
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