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| Round 10 of 13 in the 2001 Shell Championship Series | ||||||||||||||
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| Date | 7–9 September 2001 | |||||||||||||
| Location | Benalla, Victoria | |||||||||||||
| Venue | Winton Motor Raceway | |||||||||||||
| Weather | Fine | |||||||||||||
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The 2001 Winton V8 Supercar round was the tenth round of the 2001 Shell Championship Series. It was held on the weekend of 8 to 9 September at the Winton Motor Raceway in Benalla, Victoria.
Russell Ingall took his first round win of the season, which would further help his efforts to win the championship.
The first race was cut short by a few laps after the race was red flagged due to several incidents that warranted the race to be stopped, thereby making Greg Murphy the winner.
| Pos | No | Name | Team | Vehicle | Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 8 |  Russell Ingall | Perkins Engineering | Holden Commodore (VX) | 1:24.3328 |
| 2 | 29 | Paul Morris | Paul Morris Motorsport | Holden Commodore (VT) | 1:24.9150 |
| 3 | 18 |  Paul Radisich | Dick Johnson Racing | Ford Falcon (AU) | 1:24.9154 |
| 4 | 34 | Garth Tander | Garry Rogers Motorsport | Holden Commodore (VX) | 1:25.0289 |
| 5 | 40 | Cameron McLean | Paragon Motorsport | Ford Falcon (AU) | 1:25.4027 |
| 6 | 54 | Tony Longhurst | Rod Nash Racing | Holden Commodore (VX) | 1:25.5214 |
| 7 | 31 | Steven Ellery | Steven Ellery Racing | Ford Falcon (AU) | 1:25.6025 |
| 8 | 51 | Greg Murphy | Kmart Racing Team | Holden Commodore (VX) | 1:26.0698 |
| 9 | 17 | Steven Johnson | Dick Johnson Racing | Ford Falcon (AU) | 1:27.1293 |
| 10 | 2 | Jason Bright | Holden Racing Team | Holden Commodore (VX) | 1:31.8195 |
| Source: [2] | |||||
| Pos. | No | Driver | Team | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 1 | 1 | Mark Skaife | Holden Racing Team | 2498 |
| | 2 | 2 | Jason Bright | Holden Racing Team | 2371 |
 | 3 | 8 | Russell Ingall | Perkins Engineering | 2281 |
 | 4 | 17 | Steven Johnson | Dick Johnson Racing | 2217 |
| | 5 | 51 | Greg Murphy | Kmart Racing Team | 1842 |
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