2011 Trading Post Perth Challenge

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Flag of Western Australia.svg 2011 Trading Post Perth Challenge
Event Information
Round 4 of 14 in the 2011 International V8 Supercars Championship
Barbagallo Raceway AKA Wanneroo Park (Australia) track map.svg
Date29 April–1 May 2011
Location Perth, Western Australia
Venue Barbagallo Raceway
WeatherFine
Results
Race 1
Distance 50 laps 120 km
Pole position Jamie Whincup
Triple Eight Race Engineering
56.0734
Winner Jamie Whincup
Triple Eight Race Engineering
49:38.6955
Race 2
Distance 50 laps 120 km
Pole position Jamie Whincup
Triple Eight Race Engineering
54.9898
Winner Jason Bright
Brad Jones Racing
49:03.8794
Race 3
Distance 50 laps 120 km
Pole position Jamie Whincup
Triple Eight Race Engineering
55.1464
Winner Jamie Whincup
Triple Eight Race Engineering
49:04.0396

The 2011 Trading Post Perth Challenge was a motor race for the Australian sedan-based V8 Supercars racing cars. The Trading Post Perth Challenge was the fourth event of the 2011 International V8 Supercars Championship. It was the 34th time a motor racing event held at Barbagallo Raceway had contributed to the Australian Touring Car Championship and its successors. It was held on the weekend of April 29 to May 1 at Barbagallo Raceway, near Wanneroo, just outside Perth, Western Australia.

Contents

The event hosted races 7, 8 and 9 of the 2011 season in a unique to this event format. Each race was held of 50 laps of the 2.4 kilometre venue, making for race distances of 120 kilometres for each race. An alternative pointscore was used, giving 100 points for each race instead of the usual 150 points, meaning that the extra race would not make the Perth Challenge worth any more than the standard two race event. In keeping with the concept introduced in 2010 that each race is a standalone event, a different qualifying procedure was established. The usual Saturday Top Ten Shootout was abandoned and the grid for the two Sunday races was established by a single qualifying session with each driver's second fastest lap used to establish the grid for Sunday's Race 9. [1]

The meeting was overshadowed by a heavy collision at the start of Race 8 which saw Steve Owen collide with the stalled Holden Commodore of Karl Reindler. The impact ruptured the fuel tank at the rear of Reindler's Brad Jones Racing Commodore, causing the car to erupt into a fireball. Reindler received only minor burns and Owen only minor injuries. [2] It was doubly unfortunate for Reindler after he had finished seventh the previous race, a career best performance. [3]

Jamie Whincup collected the most championship points for the weekend, 292 out of the possible 300, after winning races 7 [3] and 9 [4] and finished second in race 8. Jason Bright was next best performed with 260 points which included second in race 9, and victory in race 8. The race win was additionally notable as it was the first championship race win recorded by a Brad Jones Racing driver, recorded after joining V8 Supercar in 2000. Whincup's team mate Craig Lowndes was third for the weekend having collected 252 points over the three races, including a second in Race 7, making for a 1–2 finish in the race for the Triple Eight Race Engineering team. The best performed Ford driver of the weekend was Stone Brothers Racing lead driver, Shane van Gisbergen, who scored 196 points. The best individual performance by a Ford driver was by Will Davison of Ford Performance Racing with a third-place finish in Race 7, the only Ford podium result for the weekend.

Results

Results as follows: [5]

Qualifying Race 7

Qualifying timesheet: [6]

PosNoNameCarTeamTime
188 Jamie Whincup Holden VE Commodore Triple Eight Race Engineering 56.0734 s
26 Will Davison Ford FG Falcon Ford Performance Racing 56.2865 s
3888 Craig Lowndes Holden VE Commodore Triple Eight Race Engineering 56.6132 s
417 Steven Johnson Ford FG Falcon Dick Johnson Racing 56.6990 s
515 Rick Kelly Holden VE Commodore Kelly Racing 56.7047 s
621 Karl Reindler Holden VE Commodore Britek Motorsport 56.7185 s
71 James Courtney Holden VE Commodore Holden Racing Team 56.7224 s
84 Alex Davison Ford FG Falcon Stone Brothers Racing 56.7279 s
918 James Moffat Ford FG Falcon Dick Johnson Racing 56.7406 s
108 Jason Bright Holden VE Commodore Brad Jones Racing 56.7691 s
1133 Lee Holdsworth Holden VE Commodore Garry Rogers Motorsport 56.8444 s
125 Mark Winterbottom Ford FG Falcon Ford Performance Racing 56.8523 s
1334 Michael Caruso Holden VE Commodore Garry Rogers Motorsport 56.8583 s
1455 Paul Dumbrell Ford FG Falcon Rod Nash Racing 56.8831 s
1516 David Reynolds Holden VE Commodore Kelly Racing 56.8844 s
169 Shane van Gisbergen Ford FG Falcon Stone Brothers Racing 56.9073 s
1749 Steve Owen Holden VE Commodore Paul Morris Motorsport 56.9707 s
1819 Jonathon Webb Ford FG Falcon Tekno Autosports 56.9774 s
1947 Tim Slade Ford FG Falcon James Rosenberg Racing 56.9848 s
2039 Russell Ingall Holden VE Commodore Paul Morris Motorsport 56.9979 s
2114 Jason Bargwanna Holden VE Commodore Brad Jones Racing 57.0046 s
2211 Greg Murphy Holden VE Commodore Kelly Racing 57.0363 s
232 Garth Tander Holden VE Commodore Holden Racing Team 57.0530 s
2412 Dean Fiore Ford FG Falcon Triple F Racing 57.1402 s
257 Todd Kelly Holden VE Commodore Kelly Racing 57.1574 s
2630 Warren Luff Holden Commodore VE Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport 57.1867 s
2761 Fabian Coulthard Holden VE Commodore Walkinshaw Racing 57.2114 s
283 Tony D'Alberto Ford FG Falcon Tony D'Alberto Racing 57.5109 s

Race 7

Race timesheets: [7]

PosNoNameTeamLapsTime/RetiredGridPoints
188 Jamie Whincup Triple Eight Race Engineering 5049 m 38.6955 s1100
2888 Craig Lowndes Triple Eight Race Engineering 50+0.9 s392
36 Will Davison Ford Performance Racing 50+6.7 s686
49 Shane van Gisbergen Stone Brothers Racing 50+8.1 s1680
517 Steven Johnson Dick Johnson Racing 50+11.1 s474
68 Jason Bright Brad Jones Racing 50+14.8 s1068
721 Karl Reindler Britek Motorsport 50+17.6 s664
85 Mark Winterbottom Ford Performance Racing 50+21.1 s1260
915 Rick Kelly Kelly Racing 50+22.0 s556
101 James Courtney Holden Racing Team 50+22.3 s752
1114 Jason Bargwanna Brad Jones Racing 50+30.7 s2548
1234 Michael Caruso Garry Rogers Motorsport 50+32.4 s1346
132 Garth Tander Holden Racing Team 50+32.7 s2344
1439 Russell Ingall Paul Morris Motorsport 50+33.1 s2042
1511 Greg Murphy Kelly Racing 50+33.3 s2240
1633 Lee Holdsworth Garry Rogers Motorsport 50+34.1 s1138
1749 Steve Owen Paul Morris Motorsport 50+34.4 s1736
1818 James Moffat Dick Johnson Racing 50+34.6 s934
1916 David Reynolds Kelly Racing 50+35.8 s1532
2019 Jonathon Webb Tekno Autosports 50+36.5 s1830
214 Alex Davison Stone Brothers Racing 50+40.2 s828
2247 Tim Slade James Rosenberg Racing 50+40.4 s1926
2361 Fabian Coulthard Walkinshaw Racing 50+40.9 s2724
2412 Dean Fiore Triple F Racing 50+50.7 s2422
253 Tony D'Alberto Tony D'Alberto Racing 50+54.9 s2820
2630 Warren Luff Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport 49+ 1 lap2618
277 Todd Kelly Kelly Racing 49+ 1 lap2516
Ret55 Paul Dumbrell Rod Nash Racing 4014

Qualifying Race 8

Qualifying timesheet: [8]

PosNoNameCarTeamTime
188 Jamie Whincup Holden VE Commodore Triple Eight Race Engineering 54.9898 s
28 Jason Bright Holden VE Commodore Brad Jones Racing 55.1614 s
3888 Craig Lowndes Holden VE Commodore Triple Eight Race Engineering 55.3178 s
44 Alex Davison Ford FG Falcon Stone Brothers Racing 55.3445 s
52 Garth Tander Holden VE Commodore Holden Racing Team 55.3548 s
617 Steven Johnson Ford FG Falcon Dick Johnson Racing 55.3631 s
714 Jason Bargwanna Holden VE Commodore Brad Jones Racing 55.3666 s
86 Will Davison Ford FG Falcon Ford Performance Racing 55.4050 s
91 James Courtney Holden VE Commodore Holden Racing Team 55.4377 s
1033 Lee Holdsworth Holden VE Commodore Garry Rogers Motorsport 55.4447 s
115 Mark Winterbottom Ford FG Falcon Ford Performance Racing 55.4461 s
1218 James Moffat Ford FG Falcon Dick Johnson Racing 55.4604 s
1321 Karl Reindler Holden VE Commodore Britek Motorsport 55.5029 s
1415 Rick Kelly Holden VE Commodore Kelly Racing 55.5545 s
153 Tony D'Alberto Ford FG Falcon Tony D'Alberto Racing 55.5648 s
1661 Fabian Coulthard Holden VE Commodore Walkinshaw Racing 55.5788 s
1747 Tim Slade Ford FG Falcon James Rosenberg Racing 55.5830 s
1811 Greg Murphy Holden VE Commodore Kelly Racing 55.5879 s
1934 Michael Caruso Holden VE Commodore Garry Rogers Motorsport 55.6119 s
209 Shane van Gisbergen Ford FG Falcon Stone Brothers Racing 55.6239 s
2155 Paul Dumbrell Ford FG Falcon Rod Nash Racing 55.6656 s
2219 Jonathon Webb Ford FG Falcon Tekno Autosports 55.7658 s
2312 Dean Fiore Ford FG Falcon Triple F Racing 55.8213 s
2439 Russell Ingall Holden VE Commodore Paul Morris Motorsport 55.8815 s
2549 Steve Owen Holden VE Commodore Paul Morris Motorsport 55.8929 s
2616 David Reynolds Holden VE Commodore Kelly Racing 55.8995 s
277 Todd Kelly Holden VE Commodore Kelly Racing 55.9244 s
2830 Warren Luff Holden Commodore VE Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport 55.9347 s

Standings

PosNoNameTeamPoints
188 Jamie Whincup Triple Eight Race Engineering 946
2888 Craig Lowndes Triple Eight Race Engineering 804
32 Garth Tander Holden Racing Team 737
49 Shane van Gisbergen Stone Brothers Racing 730
56 Will Davison Ford Performance Racing 714

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