2009 Australian V8 Ute Racing Series
Introduction 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 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 TwestSteve 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 SidebottomCameron WilsonAllan 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 TuckerMichael KavichDavid TurnerMartin 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 DerumsGary 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 ElliottMarshall Brewer CAMCO Group Racing Holden VE Ute SS 58 Ryal HarrisMichael 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 DunnColin 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  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. Pos DriverADEWINSYMHIDTOWSANBATHOM 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  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  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  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  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  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  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'''
References
External links *  Official series website*  2009 Racing Results Archive