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2009 Australian V8 Ute Racing Series

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'.

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 V8 Ute Racing Series. The series comprised fifteen races, at five race meetings, held in three states.

TeamCarNoDriver
Crambrook RacingFord BF Falcon XR8 Ute1Layton Crambrook
Howard RacingFord BF Falcon XR8 Ute2Stephen Robinson
Sage Automation RacingHolden VE Ute SS3Gary Baxter
Big Gun RacingFord BF Falcon XR8 Ute4Peter Burnitt
14Brad Patton
16Rohan Barry
Madashell MotorsportFord BF Falcon XR8 Ute5Justin van Twest
Steve McFadden
Miedecke MotorsportFord BF Falcon XR8 Ute7George Miedecke
SEW – Eurodrive RacingFord BF Falcon XR8 Ute8Noel Edge
Jesus. All about life RacingFord BF Falcon XR8 Ute9Andrew Fisher
Wilson Brothers RacingFord BF Falcon XR8 Ute11Jack Elsegood
Holden VE Ute SS32Kurt Wimmer
85Ray Sidebottom
Cameron Wilson
Allan Letcher
West Coast RacingHolden VE Ute SS12Glen McNally
Wollongong Performance RacingHolden VE Ute SS13Gary Carson
Scott Jennings MotorsportHolden VE Ute SS16Brendon Tucker
Michael Kavich
David Turner
Martin Miller
18Scott Jennings
B.V.C. RacingFord BF Falcon XR8 Ute17Robert Jarvis
Nandi Kiss RacingHolden VE Ute SS24Nandi Kiss
Brock Race EngineeringHolden VE Ute SS25Paul Williams
Workhorse RacingFord BF Falcon XR8 Ute26Ben Kavich
Kim Jane RacingHolden VE Ute SS27Kim Jane
Denis Cribbin RacingFord BF Falcon XR8 Ute33Denis Cribbin
Iseek RacingFord BF Falcon XR8 Ute37Jason Gomersall
Kim Jane RacingHolden VE Ute SS41Yanis Derums
Gary MacDonald
ISRI Truck Seats RacingHolden VE Ute SS43Steve Hodges
Grove Juice RacingFord BF Falcon XR8 Ute44Greg Willis
Holden VE Ute SS47Grant Johnson
Vittoria Coffee RacingHolden VE Ute SS55George Elliott
Marshall Brewer
CAMCO Group RacingHolden VE Ute SS58Ryal Harris
Michael Hannan
Wake-Up RacingHolden VE Ute SS65Matthew Holt
88Warren Millett
RED RacingHolden VE Ute SS69Charlie Kovacs
Dunn MotorsportFord BF Falcon XR8 Ute98Colin Dunn
99Ben 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 / stateDateWinner12345678
South Australia Clipsal 500Adelaide Street CircuitAdelaide, South Australia19–22 MarchGary Baxter
Victoria Winton Motor RacewayWinton Motor RacewayBenalla, Victoria2–3 MayJack Elsegood
Tasmania Falken Tasmania ChallengeSymmons Plains RacewayLaunceston, Tasmania30–31 MayLayton Crambrook
Northern Territory Skycity Triple CrownHidden Valley RacewayDarwin, Northern Territory20–21 JuneLayton Crambrook
Queensland Dunlop Townsville 400Townsville Street CircuitTownsville, Queensland11–12 JulyLayton Crambrook
Victoria Norton 360 Sandown ChallengeSandown RacewayMelbourne, Victoria1–2 AugustKim Jane
New South Wales Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000Mount Panorama CircuitBathurst, New South Wales9–11 OctoberGary MacDonald
New South Wales Sydney 500Homebush Street CircuitSydney, New South Wales4–6 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.

PosDriverADEcolspan="4"WINcolspan="4"SYMcolspan="4"HIDcolspan="4"TOWcolspan="4"SANcolspan="4"BATcolspan="4"HOMPtsQR1R2R3QR1R2R3QR1R2R3QR1R2R3QR1R2R3QR1R2R3QR1R2R3QR1R2R31234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132333435363738394041424345
Jack Elsegood5th3rd9th4th1st1st7th1st4th2nd23rd6th8th6th5th5th1st5th7th2nd5th5th23rd3rd3rd26th9th4th4th16th5th**837**
Grant Johnson2nd2ndRetDNS6th5th10th3rd7th6th6th4th1st1st6th3rd6th3rd8th4th2nd14th24th2nd1st6thRet5th7th5th2nd**808**
George Miedecke3rd4th8th5th2nd3rd17th7th6th5th22nd10th4th4th13th8th2nd1stRetDNS3rd2ndRet1st2nd5th5th1st1st10th1st**805**
Kim Jane9th7th2nd3rd11th11th8th5th8th8thRet12th11th7th7th15th5th6th26th8th9th7th1st8th8th1st2nd6th5th6th11th**791**
Layton Crambrook7thRetRet10th5th6th2nd2nd1st1st9th1st5th8th1st2nd4th2nd9th1st1st3rd15th**DSQ**Ret**DSQ****DSQ**2nd2nd9th25th**732**
Andrew Fisher6th6th10th11th3rd4thRetDNS5th4th3rd2nd9th11thRet13th11th14thRet12th7th29th8th6th5th8th6th3rd3rd11th3rd**694**
Glen McNally13th14th4th12th18th15th1st8th10th9th24th11th6th5th2nd12th8th7th5th6th6th4thDNS10th10th7th7th18thRet20th22nd**685**
Craig Dontas8th5th12th6th13thRet21st15th3rd7th25th7th13th13th14th9th10th13th4th16th8th15th4th4th6th9th3rd9th9th4thRet**685**
Charlie Kovacs14th9th6th7th24th16th3rd9th20th14th2ndRet3rd3rd8th4th23rd15th12th9th13th9thRet12th11th17thRet17th15th2nd4th**648**
Kurt Wimmer4thRet11th8th25thDNSDNSDNS13th10th1st5th15th10th9th6th12th9th2nd7th10th6th2nd11th9th4thRet11thRet24th7th**620**
Ryal Harris10th10th1st1st8th7th6th22nd28th19th7th13th13th8th1st5th14th8th3rd14th14th3rd4th25thRet21stRet**589**
Stephen Robinson19th12th5th9th10th9th12th10th2nd3rd8th3rd12th12th10th7th9th11th6th10th11th12thDNS**DSQ**20th28thDNS**555**
Brad Patton27thRet17th17th14th14th11th11th9th28th13th19th19th18th15th28th7th10th21st11th12th11th5th15th13th12th20th8th8th29thDNS**524**
Steve Hodges16th11th16th24th27th22nd19th24th25th21st14th18th16th14th12th11th21st18th13thRet21st17th11th18th16th14th11th20th16th1st9th**514**
Robert Jarvis12th26th27th23rd16th13th4th18th12th15th5th9th25thRet17th20th17th21st14th13th15th24th13th20th18th18th16th14th12th7thRet**503**
Scott Jennings22ndRet28th27th21st20th23rd14th23rd22nd11thRet7th9thRet10th14th12th11th23rd20th22nd10th19th15th10th12th16th13th12th10th**479**
Ben Kavich15th21st20th19th19th19th18th17th14th11thRet15th17th15th11th14th29th23rdDNS14th18th16th6th9thRetDNSDNS13th11thRet12th**461**
Gary Baxter1st1st7th2nd4th2nd9th4th16thRet27th16th2nd2nd4th1st3rd4th10th3rd4th1stRet5th4th11th8th10thRet23rd6th**454**
Nandi Kiss11th8thRet28th17th18th16th20th24th17th12th21st10thRet22nd29th16th19th24thRet16th10th7th30th24thRet21st19th14th3rd8th**436**
Paul Williams17th18th15th14th20th17th14th13th19thRet18th20th20th19th25th18th18th16thRet15th22nd28th16th26th19th16th13th24thRet25th13th**415**
Gary Carson26th22nd23rd20th9th12th15th12th18th20th10th17th27th23rd20th19th23rdRetDNSDNS24th13th17th21st25th19th18th15thRet26th15th**390**
Yanis Derums23rd19th22nd18th12th10th5th6th22nd16thRet24th14th16th3rd17th20th17th15th24th17th18th9th**389**
Justin van Twest18th13th14th29th15thRet22nd19th11th12th19th14th23rd17th16th16th15thRetDNSDNS23rd19th14th16th17th27thRet**345**
Ben Dunn7th8th13th21st15th13th4th8th19th22nd18thRet17th12th15th15th12th10th30thRet**338**
Greg Willis21st16th13th15th26th24th25th23rd30th23rd17th22nd26th27thRetDNS28th24th17th21st26th27th19th25th22nd22nd19th28th21st18th18th**322**
Peter Burnitt31st23rd24th21st30th25th27th25th31st26th21st27th29th25th28th26th31st25th16thRet30th23rd20th27th23rd25th17th23rd18th14th20th**268**
Jason Gomersall29th**DSQ**26th26th28th26thRetDNS17th27th20th25thDNQ28th24th25th24th27th25th19th19thDNSDNS22nd28th23rdRet21st17th13th23rd**240**
Warren Millett24th17th19th25th28th24th21st22nd26thRet19th18th27th25th21st24th27th21st14th29th23rd28th21st**232**
George Elliott25th20th18th16th29th23rdRetDNS27th25th16th23rd18th22nd26thRet27th20th22nd22nd25th21st18th**226**
Gary MacDonald7th7th2nd1st7th6th8thRet**204**
Colin Dunn20th15th3rd13th24th26th19th21stDNQRet22nd22nd20th17th19th**193**
Noel Edge28th24th21stDNS29thRet26th26th31stRet23rd27th30thRet23rd20th29th26thRet29th26th24th23rd31st24th22nd17th**176**
Matthew Holt22nd21st20th16th21stDNS15thRet27th19th15th16th**150**
Marshall Brewer23rd21st13th10th**65**
Denis Cribbin25th26th20th17th32nd26th27thRet**62**
Allan Letcher28th20th12th13thRetDNSDNS**61**
Ray Sidebottom23rdRet24thRet30th21st27th23rd**54**
Steve McFadden26th22nd19th14th**51**
David Turner21stRet18th24th**39**
Rohan Barry28th29th20th22nd**33**
Brendon Tucker30th25th25th22nd**30**
Michael Hannan22nd20thRetRet**26**
Michael Kavich31st27th26th26th**22**
Martin Miller30th25th31st24th**22**
Cameron Wilson26th24thDNSDNS**16**

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References

References

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  2. "Series Standings 2009". V8 Ute Racing Series.
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  4. (3 May 2009). "Winton Motor Raceway 03/05/2009 2009 V8 Supercar Championship Series – Races 5 & 6". National Software.
  5. (31 May 2009). "Symmons Plains International Raceway 31/05/2009 2009 V8 Supercar Championship Series – Races 7 & 8". National Software.
  6. (21 June 2009). "Hidden Valley Raceway 21/06/2009 2009 Skycity Triple Crown – V8 Supercar Championship Series". National Software.
  7. (12 July 2009). "Townsville Street Circuit 12/07/2009 Dunlop Townsville 400 – V8 Supercars Races 11 & 12". National Software.
  8. (2 August 2009). "Sandown International Motor Raceway 02/08/2009 Norton 360 Sandown Challenge – Races 13 & 14". National Software.
  9. (11 October 2009). "Mount Panorama – Bathurst 11/10/2009 Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000–2009 V8 Supercars – Race 18". National Software.
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