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'.

2009 V8 Ute Racing Series

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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 V8 Ute Racing Series. The series comprised fifteen races, at five race meetings, held in three states.^[1]

Team	Car	No	Driver
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 title	Circuit	City / state	Date	Winner
1	Clipsal 500	Adelaide Street Circuit	Adelaide, South Australia	19–22 March	Gary Baxter
2	Winton Motor Raceway	Winton Motor Raceway	Benalla, Victoria	2–3 May	Jack Elsegood
3	Falken Tasmania Challenge	Symmons Plains Raceway	Launceston, Tasmania	30–31 May	Layton Crambrook
4	Skycity Triple Crown	Hidden Valley Raceway	Darwin, Northern Territory	20–21 June	Layton Crambrook
5	Dunlop Townsville 400	Townsville Street Circuit	Townsville, Queensland	11–12 July	Layton Crambrook
6	Norton 360 Sandown Challenge	Sandown Raceway	Melbourne, Victoria	1–2 August	Kim Jane
7	Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000	Mount Panorama Circuit	Bathurst, New South Wales	9–11 October	Gary MacDonald
8	Sydney 500	Homebush Street Circuit	Sydney, New South Wales	4–6 December	George 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]

Pos Driver ADE[3] WIN[4] SYM[5] HID[6] TOW[7] SAN[8] BAT[9] HOM[10] Pts Q R1 R2 R3 Q R1 R2 R3 Q R1 R2 R3 Q R1 R2 R3 Q R1 R2 R3 Q R1 R2 R3 Q R1 R2 R3 Q R1 R2 R3 1 Jack Elsegood 5th 3rd 9th 4th 1st 1st 7th 1st 4th 2nd 23rd 6th 8th 6th 5th 5th 1st 5th 7th 2nd 5th 5th 23rd 3rd 3rd 26th 9th 4th 4th 16th 5th 837 2 Grant Johnson 2nd 2nd Ret DNS 6th 5th 10th 3rd 7th 6th 6th 4th 1st 1st 6th 3rd 6th 3rd 8th 4th 2nd 14th 24th 2nd 1st 6th Ret 5th 7th 5th 2nd 808 3 George Miedecke 3rd 4th 8th 5th 2nd 3rd 17th 7th 6th 5th 22nd 10th 4th 4th 13th 8th 2nd 1st Ret DNS 3rd 2nd Ret 1st 2nd 5th 5th 1st 1st 10th 1st 805 4 Kim Jane 9th 7th 2nd 3rd 11th 11th 8th 5th 8th 8th Ret 12th 11th 7th 7th 15th 5th 6th 26th 8th 9th 7th 1st 8th 8th 1st 2nd 6th 5th 6th 11th 791 5 Layton Crambrook 7th Ret Ret 10th 5th 6th 2nd 2nd 1st 1st 9th 1st 5th 8th 1st 2nd 4th 2nd 9th 1st 1st 3rd 15th DSQ Ret DSQ DSQ 2nd 2nd 9th 25th 732 6 Andrew Fisher 6th 6th 10th 11th 3rd 4th Ret DNS 5th 4th 3rd 2nd 9th 11th Ret 13th 11th 14th Ret 12th 7th 29th 8th 6th 5th 8th 6th 3rd 3rd 11th 3rd 694 7 Glen McNally 13th 14th 4th 12th 18th 15th 1st 8th 10th 9th 24th 11th 6th 5th 2nd 12th 8th 7th 5th 6th 6th 4th DNS 10th 10th 7th 7th 18th Ret 20th 22nd 685 8 Craig Dontas 8th 5th 12th 6th 13th Ret 21st 15th 3rd 7th 25th 7th 13th 13th 14th 9th 10th 13th 4th 16th 8th 15th 4th 4th 6th 9th 3rd 9th 9th 4th Ret 685 9 Charlie Kovacs 14th 9th 6th 7th 24th 16th 3rd 9th 20th 14th 2nd Ret 3rd 3rd 8th 4th 23rd 15th 12th 9th 13th 9th Ret 12th 11th 17th Ret 17th 15th 2nd 4th 648 10 Kurt Wimmer 4th Ret 11th 8th 25th DNS DNS DNS 13th 10th 1st 5th 15th 10th 9th 6th 12th 9th 2nd 7th 10th 6th 2nd 11th 9th 4th Ret 11th Ret 24th 7th 620 11 Ryal Harris 10th 10th 1st 1st 8th 7th 6th 22nd 28th 19th 7th 13th 13th 8th 1st 5th 14th 8th 3rd 14th 14th 3rd 4th 25th Ret 21st Ret 589 12 Stephen Robinson 19th 12th 5th 9th 10th 9th 12th 10th 2nd 3rd 8th 3rd 12th 12th 10th 7th 9th 11th 6th 10th 11th 12th DNS DSQ 20th 28th DNS 555 13 Brad Patton 27th Ret 17th 17th 14th 14th 11th 11th 9th 28th 13th 19th 19th 18th 15th 28th 7th 10th 21st 11th 12th 11th 5th 15th 13th 12th 20th 8th 8th 29th DNS 524 14 Steve Hodges 16th 11th 16th 24th 27th 22nd 19th 24th 25th 21st 14th 18th 16th 14th 12th 11th 21st 18th 13th Ret 21st 17th 11th 18th 16th 14th 11th 20th 16th 1st 9th 514 15 Robert Jarvis 12th 26th 27th 23rd 16th 13th 4th 18th 12th 15th 5th 9th 25th Ret 17th 20th 17th 21st 14th 13th 15th 24th 13th 20th 18th 18th 16th 14th 12th 7th Ret 503 16 Scott Jennings 22nd Ret 28th 27th 21st 20th 23rd 14th 23rd 22nd 11th Ret 7th 9th Ret 10th 14th 12th 11th 23rd 20th 22nd 10th 19th 15th 10th 12th 16th 13th 12th 10th 479 17 Ben Kavich 15th 21st 20th 19th 19th 19th 18th 17th 14th 11th Ret 15th 17th 15th 11th 14th 29th 23rd DNS 14th 18th 16th 6th 9th Ret DNS DNS 13th 11th Ret 12th 461 18 Gary Baxter 1st 1st 7th 2nd 4th 2nd 9th 4th 16th Ret 27th 16th 2nd 2nd 4th 1st 3rd 4th 10th 3rd 4th 1st Ret 5th 4th 11th 8th 10th Ret 23rd 6th 454 19 Nandi Kiss 11th 8th Ret 28th 17th 18th 16th 20th 24th 17th 12th 21st 10th Ret 22nd 29th 16th 19th 24th Ret 16th 10th 7th 30th 24th Ret 21st 19th 14th 3rd 8th 436 20 Paul Williams 17th 18th 15th 14th 20th 17th 14th 13th 19th Ret 18th 20th 20th 19th 25th 18th 18th 16th Ret 15th 22nd 28th 16th 26th 19th 16th 13th 24th Ret 25th 13th 415 21 Gary Carson 26th 22nd 23rd 20th 9th 12th 15th 12th 18th 20th 10th 17th 27th 23rd 20th 19th 23rd Ret DNS DNS 24th 13th 17th 21st 25th 19th 18th 15th Ret 26th 15th 390 22 Yanis Derums 23rd 19th 22nd 18th 12th 10th 5th 6th 22nd 16th Ret 24th 14th 16th 3rd 17th 20th 17th 15th 24th 17th 18th 9th 389 23 Justin van Twest 18th 13th 14th 29th 15th Ret 22nd 19th 11th 12th 19th 14th 23rd 17th 16th 16th 15th Ret DNS DNS 23rd 19th 14th 16th 17th 27th Ret 345 24 Ben Dunn 7th 8th 13th 21st 15th 13th 4th 8th 19th 22nd 18th Ret 17th 12th 15th 15th 12th 10th 30th Ret 338 25 Greg Willis 21st 16th 13th 15th 26th 24th 25th 23rd 30th 23rd 17th 22nd 26th 27th Ret DNS 28th 24th 17th 21st 26th 27th 19th 25th 22nd 22nd 19th 28th 21st 18th 18th 322 26 Peter Burnitt 31st 23rd 24th 21st 30th 25th 27th 25th 31st 26th 21st 27th 29th 25th 28th 26th 31st 25th 16th Ret 30th 23rd 20th 27th 23rd 25th 17th 23rd 18th 14th 20th 268 27 Jason Gomersall 29th DSQ 26th 26th 28th 26th Ret DNS 17th 27th 20th 25th DNQ 28th 24th 25th 24th 27th 25th 19th 19th DNS DNS 22nd 28th 23rd Ret 21st 17th 13th 23rd 240 28 Warren Millett 24th 17th 19th 25th 28th 24th 21st 22nd 26th Ret 19th 18th 27th 25th 21st 24th 27th 21st 14th 29th 23rd 28th 21st 232 29 George Elliott 25th 20th 18th 16th 29th 23rd Ret DNS 27th 25th 16th 23rd 18th 22nd 26th Ret 27th 20th 22nd 22nd 25th 21st 18th 226 30 Gary MacDonald 7th 7th 2nd 1st 7th 6th 8th Ret 204 31 Colin Dunn 20th 15th 3rd 13th 24th 26th 19th 21st DNQ Ret 22nd 22nd 20th 17th 19th 193 32 Noel Edge 28th 24th 21st DNS 29th Ret 26th 26th 31st Ret 23rd 27th 30th Ret 23rd 20th 29th 26th Ret 29th 26th 24th 23rd 31st 24th 22nd 17th 176 33 Matthew Holt 22nd 21st 20th 16th 21st DNS 15th Ret 27th 19th 15th 16th 150 34 Marshall Brewer 23rd 21st 13th 10th 65 35 Denis Cribbin 25th 26th 20th 17th 32nd 26th 27th Ret 62 36 Allan Letcher 28th 20th 12th 13th Ret DNS DNS 61 37 Ray Sidebottom 23rd Ret 24th Ret 30th 21st 27th 23rd 54 38 Steve McFadden 26th 22nd 19th 14th 51 39 David Turner 21st Ret 18th 24th 39 40 Rohan Barry 28th 29th 20th 22nd 33 41 Brendon Tucker 30th 25th 25th 22nd 30 42 Michael Hannan 22nd 20th Ret Ret 26 43 Michael Kavich 31st 27th 26th 26th 22 Martin Miller 30th 25th 31st 24th 22 45 Cameron Wilson 26th 24th DNS DNS 16

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver Second place Bronze Third place Green Points classification Blue Non-points classification Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired, not classified (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Withdrew (WD) Race cancelled (C) Blank Did not practice (DNP) Did not arrive (DNA) Excluded (EX)