2009 Australian V8 Ute Racing Series

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The 2009 Yokohama V8 Ute Racing Series was a motor racing series for Ford Falcon and Holden Utility Trucks built and conforming to V8 Utes series regulations and those holding valid licence to compete as issued by series organisers Spherix and Australian V8 Ute Racing Pty. Ltd. The series formed the ninth running of a national series for V8 Utes in Australia. The series began on 19 March 2009 at the Adelaide Street Circuit and ended on 6 December at the Homebush Street Circuit after 24 races, although one was declared a 'no-race'.

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Former Rugby League footballer Jack Elsegood, driving a Ford Falcon XR8 Ute prepared by Wilson Brothers Racing, won his first national series.

Teams and drivers

The following drivers competed in the 2009 Australian Sports Sedan Series. The series will consist of fifteen races, at five race meetings, held in three states. [1]

TeamCarNoDriver
Crambrook Racing Ford BF Falcon XR8 Ute 1 Layton Crambrook
Howard Racing Ford BF Falcon XR8 Ute 2 Stephen Robinson
Sage Automation Racing Holden VE Ute SS 3 Gary Baxter
Big Gun Racing Ford BF Falcon XR8 Ute 4 Peter Burnitt
14 Brad Patton
16 Rohan Barry
Madashell Motorsport Ford BF Falcon XR8 Ute 5 Justin van Twest
Steve McFadden
Miedecke Motorsport Ford BF Falcon XR8 Ute 7 George Miedecke
SEW – Eurodrive Racing Ford BF Falcon XR8 Ute 8 Noel Edge
Jesus. All about life Racing Ford BF Falcon XR8 Ute 9 Andrew Fisher
Wilson Brothers Racing Ford BF Falcon XR8 Ute 11 Jack Elsegood
Holden VE Ute SS 32 Kurt Wimmer
85 Ray Sidebottom
Cameron Wilson
Allan Letcher
West Coast Racing Holden VE Ute SS 12 Glen McNally
Wollongong Performance Racing Holden VE Ute SS 13 Gary Carson
Scott Jennings Motorsport Holden VE Ute SS 16 Brendon Tucker
Michael Kavich
David Turner
Martin Miller
18 Scott Jennings
B.V.C. Racing Ford BF Falcon XR8 Ute 17 Robert Jarvis
Nandi Kiss Racing Holden VE Ute SS 24 Nandi Kiss
Brock Race Engineering Holden VE Ute SS 25 Paul Williams
Workhorse Racing Ford BF Falcon XR8 Ute 26 Ben Kavich
Kim Jane Racing Holden VE Ute SS 27 Kim Jane
Denis Cribbin Racing Ford BF Falcon XR8 Ute 33 Denis Cribbin
Iseek Racing Ford BF Falcon XR8 Ute 37 Jason Gomersall
Kim Jane Racing Holden VE Ute SS 41 Yanis Derums
Gary MacDonald
ISRI Truck Seats Racing Holden VE Ute SS 43 Steve Hodges
Grove Juice Racing Ford BF Falcon XR8 Ute 44 Greg Willis
Holden VE Ute SS 47 Grant Johnson
Vittoria Coffee Racing Holden VE Ute SS 55 George Elliott
Marshall Brewer
CAMCO Group Racing Holden VE Ute SS 58 Ryal Harris
Michael Hannan
Wake-Up Racing Holden VE Ute SS 65 Matthew Holt
88 Warren Millett
RED Racing Holden VE Ute SS 69 Charlie Kovacs
Dunn Motorsport Ford BF Falcon XR8 Ute 98 Colin Dunn
99 Ben Dunn
Colin Dunn

Results and standings

Race calendar

The 2009 V8 Utes Series consisted of eight rounds, all of which were held on the support programme of the V8 Supercar Championship Series.

Rd.Race titleCircuitCity / stateDateWinner
1 Flag of South Australia.svg Clipsal 500 Adelaide Street Circuit Adelaide, South Australia 19–22 MarchGary Baxter
2 Flag of Victoria (Australia).svg Winton Motor Raceway Winton Motor Raceway Benalla, Victoria 2–3 MayJack Elsegood
3 Flag of Tasmania.svg Falken Tasmania Challenge Symmons Plains Raceway Launceston, Tasmania 30–31 MayLayton Crambrook
4 Flag of the Northern Territory.svg Skycity Triple Crown Hidden Valley Raceway Darwin, Northern Territory 20–21 JuneLayton Crambrook
5 Flag of Queensland.svg Dunlop Townsville 400 Townsville Street Circuit Townsville, Queensland 11–12 JulyLayton Crambrook
6 Flag of Victoria (Australia).svg Norton 360 Sandown Challenge Sandown Raceway Melbourne, Victoria 1–2 AugustKim Jane
7 Flag of New South Wales.svg Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000 Mount Panorama Circuit Bathurst, New South Wales 9–11 OctoberGary MacDonald
8 Flag of New South Wales.svg Sydney 500 Homebush Street Circuit Sydney, New South Wales 4–6 DecemberGeorge Miedecke

Drivers' points

The V8 Utes series is rare, in that qualifying carries as many points as each of the three races that occur for each round. [2]

PosDriver ADE [3] WIN [4] SYM [5] HID [6] TOW [7] SAN [8] BAT [9] HOM [10] Pts
QR1R2R3QR1R2R3QR1R2R3QR1R2R3QR1R2R3QR1R2R3QR1R2R3QR1R2R3
1 Jack Elsegood 5th3rd9th4th1st1st7th1st4th2nd23rd6th8th6th5th5th1st5th7th2nd5th5th23rd3rd3rd26th9th4th4th16th5th837
2 Grant Johnson 2nd2ndRetDNS6th5th10th3rd7th6th6th4th1st1st6th3rd6th3rd8th4th2nd14th24th2nd1st6thRet5th7th5th2nd808
3 George Miedecke 3rd4th8th5th2nd3rd17th7th6th5th22nd10th4th4th13th8th2nd1stRetDNS3rd2ndRet1st2nd5th5th1st1st10th1st805
4 Kim Jane 9th7th2nd3rd11th11th8th5th8th8thRet12th11th7th7th15th5th6th26th8th9th7th1st8th8th1st2nd6th5th6th11th791
5 Layton Crambrook 7thRetRet10th5th6th2nd2nd1st1st9th1st5th8th1st2nd4th2nd9th1st1st3rd15thDSQRetDSQDSQ2nd2nd9th25th732
6 Andrew Fisher 6th6th10th11th3rd4thRetDNS5th4th3rd2nd9th11thRet13th11th14thRet12th7th29th8th6th5th8th6th3rd3rd11th3rd694
7 Glen McNally 13th14th4th12th18th15th1st8th10th9th24th11th6th5th2nd12th8th7th5th6th6th4thDNS10th10th7th7th18thRet20th22nd685
8 Craig Dontas 8th5th12th6th13thRet21st15th3rd7th25th7th13th13th14th9th10th13th4th16th8th15th4th4th6th9th3rd9th9th4thRet685
9 Charlie Kovacs 14th9th6th7th24th16th3rd9th20th14th2ndRet3rd3rd8th4th23rd15th12th9th13th9thRet12th11th17thRet17th15th2nd4th648
10 Kurt Wimmer 4thRet11th8th25thDNSDNSDNS13th10th1st5th15th10th9th6th12th9th2nd7th10th6th2nd11th9th4thRet11thRet24th7th620
11 Ryal Harris 10th10th1st1st8th7th6th22nd28th19th7th13th13th8th1st5th14th8th3rd14th14th3rd4th25thRet21stRet589
12 Stephen Robinson 19th12th5th9th10th9th12th10th2nd3rd8th3rd12th12th10th7th9th11th6th10th11th12thDNSDSQ20th28thDNS555
13 Brad Patton 27thRet17th17th14th14th11th11th9th28th13th19th19th18th15th28th7th10th21st11th12th11th5th15th13th12th20th8th8th29thDNS524
14 Steve Hodges 16th11th16th24th27th22nd19th24th25th21st14th18th16th14th12th11th21st18th13thRet21st17th11th18th16th14th11th20th16th1st9th514
15 Robert Jarvis 12th26th27th23rd16th13th4th18th12th15th5th9th25thRet17th20th17th21st14th13th15th24th13th20th18th18th16th14th12th7thRet503
16 Scott Jennings 22ndRet28th27th21st20th23rd14th23rd22nd11thRet7th9thRet10th14th12th11th23rd20th22nd10th19th15th10th12th16th13th12th10th479
17 Ben Kavich 15th21st20th19th19th19th18th17th14th11thRet15th17th15th11th14th29th23rdDNS14th18th16th6th9thRetDNSDNS13th11thRet12th461
18 Gary Baxter 1st1st7th2nd4th2nd9th4th16thRet27th16th2nd2nd4th1st3rd4th10th3rd4th1stRet5th4th11th8th10thRet23rd6th454
19 Nandi Kiss 11th8thRet28th17th18th16th20th24th17th12th21st10thRet22nd29th16th19th24thRet16th10th7th30th24thRet21st19th14th3rd8th436
20 Paul Williams 17th18th15th14th20th17th14th13th19thRet18th20th20th19th25th18th18th16thRet15th22nd28th16th26th19th16th13th24thRet25th13th415
21 Gary Carson 26th22nd23rd20th9th12th15th12th18th20th10th17th27th23rd20th19th23rdRetDNSDNS24th13th17th21st25th19th18th15thRet26th15th390
22 Yanis Derums 23rd19th22nd18th12th10th5th6th22nd16thRet24th14th16th3rd17th20th17th15th24th17th18th9th389
23 Justin van Twest 18th13th14th29th15thRet22nd19th11th12th19th14th23rd17th16th16th15thRetDNSDNS23rd19th14th16th17th27thRet345
24 Ben Dunn 7th8th13th21st15th13th4th8th19th22nd18thRet17th12th15th15th12th10th30thRet338
25 Greg Willis 21st16th13th15th26th24th25th23rd30th23rd17th22nd26th27thRetDNS28th24th17th21st26th27th19th25th22nd22nd19th28th21st18th18th322
26 Peter Burnitt 31st23rd24th21st30th25th27th25th31st26th21st27th29th25th28th26th31st25th16thRet30th23rd20th27th23rd25th17th23rd18th14th20th268
27 Jason Gomersall 29thDSQ26th26th28th26thRetDNS17th27th20th25thDNQ28th24th25th24th27th25th19th19thDNSDNS22nd28th23rdRet21st17th13th23rd240
28 Warren Millett 24th17th19th25th28th24th21st22nd26thRet19th18th27th25th21st24th27th21st14th29th23rd28th21st232
29 George Elliott 25th20th18th16th29th23rdRetDNS27th25th16th23rd18th22nd26thRet27th20th22nd22nd25th21st18th226
30 Gary MacDonald 7th7th2nd1st7th6th8thRet204
31 Colin Dunn 20th15th3rd13th24th26th19th21stDNQRet22nd22nd20th17th19th193
32 Noel Edge 28th24th21stDNS29thRet26th26th31stRet23rd27th30thRet23rd20th29th26thRet29th26th24th23rd31st24th22nd17th176
33 Matthew Holt 22nd21st20th16th21stDNS15thRet27th19th15th16th150
34 Marshall Brewer 23rd21st13th10th65
35 Denis Cribbin 25th26th20th17th32nd26th27thRet62
36 Allan Letcher 28th20th12th13thRetDNSDNS61
37 Ray Sidebottom 23rdRet24thRet30th21st27th23rd54
38 Steve McFadden 26th22nd19th14th51
39 David Turner 21stRet18th24th39
40 Rohan Barry 28th29th20th22nd33
41 Brendon Tucker 30th25th25th22nd30
42 Michael Hannan 22nd20thRetRet26
43 Michael Kavich 31st27th26th26th22
Martin Miller 30th25th31st24th22
45 Cameron Wilson 26th24thDNSDNS16
ColourResult
GoldWinner
SilverSecond place
BronzeThird place
GreenPoints finish
BlueNon-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
PurpleRetired (Ret)
RedDid not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
BlackDisqualified (DSQ)
WhiteDid not start (DNS)
Withdrew (WD)
Race cancelled (C)
BlankDid not practice (DNP)
Did not arrive (DNA)
Excluded (EX)

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