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| Round 3 of 13 in the 2001 Shell Championship Series | ||||||||||||||
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| 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.
Following the Clipsal 500, there was controversy in relation to incidents going unpunished by race officials. For this event, the officials commented that they would be more strict on any offences.
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 |  Marcos Ambrose | Stone Brothers Racing | Ford Falcon (AU) | 1:30.8955 |
| 2 | 00 | Craig Lowndes | Gibson Motorsport | Ford Falcon (AU) | 1:31.1996 |
| 3 | 6 |  Steven Richards | Glenn Seton Racing | Ford Falcon (AU) | 1:31.4387 |
| 4 | 5 | Glenn Seton | Glenn Seton Racing | Ford Falcon (AU) | 1:31.4998 |
| 5 | 51 | Greg Murphy | Kmart Racing Team | Holden Commodore (VX) | 1:31.5992 |
| 6 | 600 | John Bowe | Briggs Motor Sport | Ford Falcon (AU) | 1:31.6266 |
| 7 | 15 | Todd Kelly | Kmart Racing Team | Holden Commodore (VX) | 1:31.7689 |
| 8 | 2 | Jason Bright | Holden Racing Team | Holden Commodore (VX) | 1:31.942 |
| 9 | 35 | Jason Bargwanna | Garry Rogers Motorsport | Holden Commodore (VX) | 1:32.2104 |
| 10 | 1 | Mark Skaife | Holden Racing Team | Holden Commodore (VX) | 2:21.6514 |
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| Pos. | No | Driver | Team | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 1 | 2 | Jason Bright | Holden Racing Team | 940 |
| | 1 | 1 | Mark Skaife | Holden Racing Team | 890 |
 | 3 | 17 | Steven Johnson | Dick Johnson Racing | 716 |
 | 4 | 8 | Russell Ingall | Perkins Engineering | 713 |
| | 5 | 15 | Todd Kelly | Kmart Racing Team | 633 |
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| Supercars Championship | ||
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| Previous race: 2001 Clipsal 500 | 2001 Supercars Championship | Next race: 2001 Hidden Valley V8 Supercar round |
| Previous year: 2000 Eastern Creek V8 Supercar round | Eastern Creek Raceway | Next year: 2002 Eastern Creek V8 Supercar round |
