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**2009 L&H 500**
Event Information
Round 9 of 14 in the 2009 V8 Supercar Championship Series
Date	11–13 September 2009
Location	Phillip Island, Victoria
Venue	Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit
Weather	Fine
Results
Distance
Race 1
Distance	113 laps
Pole position	Mark Winterbottom; Steven Richards; Ford Performance Racing
Winner	Garth Tander; Will Davison; Holden Racing Team

The 2009 L&H 500 was the Race 17 of the 2009 V8 Supercar Championship Series. It was held on the weekend of 11 to 13 September at the Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit in Victoria, Australia. This was the ninth running of the Phillip Island 500 and the second time that Phillip Island had served as the venue for the annual 500 kilometre two-driver V8 Supercar endurance race. Unique to this event, two preliminary 14 lap Qualifying Races were held on Saturday with the two drivers of each car starting one race each. A single pitstop by each car in either race was mandated with the combined results of the two races determining the grid for the main 500 kilometre race. The three races all carried championship points and together constituted "Race 17" of the championship. However the finishing positions at the end of the 500 km race were deemed to be the finishing positions of the "2009 L&H 500" regardless of the total points scored by drivers over the three individual races.^[1]

For the first time since 2004, teams from outside of the V8 Supercar Championship Series were invited to compete in a championship race. Consequently, three single-car teams from the 2009 Fujitsu V8 Supercar Series contested the L&H500, bringing the total entry up to 32 cars.

Qualifying

Qualifying was held on Saturday 12 September 2009. Driver A Qualifying was interrupted by a red flag after Greg Ritter spun his Garry Rogers Motorsport Commodore in a sensitive position at turn 3 in the middle of the session which upset session plans for many teams. Paul Dumbrell set a time early in the session before the red which ended up standing for the session, taking pole position in his first drive for the Holden Racing Team. Todd Kelly worked down to his time, just one hundredth of a second behind Dumbrell. Will Davison and Steven Johnson also set their best laps early in the session to fill the second row of the grid. Warren Luff ably backed up teammate Johnson to be the fastest of the non-full-time V8 Supercar drivers in fifth position alongside the Ford of Steven Richards. David Reynolds was seventh fastest, a career best, ahead of Craig Lowndes with Dean Canto and Cameron McConville completing the tenth fastest drivers. Of the remaining positions the full-time drivers were generally faster. The best of the three wild card entries was Brad Lowe in 27th while at the tail Andrew Fisher was eighth tenths slower than Leanne Tander. Dean Fiore was excluded from qualifying and started the Driver A race from pit lane.

Mark Winterbottom recorded the fastest lap of either session to take Driver B pole position ahead of Fabian Coulthard and Rick Kelly, both of whom were faster than Dumbrell's Driver A pole position. James Courtney, Jason Richards, Jason Bright, Jamie Whincup, Garth Tander, Alex Davison and Jonathon Webb completed the top ten. Webb, matching his co-driver Luff to be the fastest part-time V8 racer. Andrew Thompson was impressive in eleventh. Damian Assaillit was the fastest wildcard driver in 25th, just behind triple touring car world champion Andy Priaulx. The other triple world champ, Superbike's Troy Bayliss was last, the slowest driver of the day and a full second slower than Tony Ricciardello who was 31st in the Driver B session.

Driver A Race

Poor start by both Dick Johnson Racing Falcons, but particularly Steven Johnson made a mess of the start. Todd Kelly took the early lead from Paul Dumbrell and Will Davison. Craig Lowndes forced past Steven Richards into fourth position with David Reynolds and Dean Canto in close company. Dumbrell lost two spots in the next few laps as Lowndes charged through the field.

Karl Reindler was spun by Paul Morris on the opening lap while Brad Lowe pitted with a steering problem. Jason Richards, Steven Johnson and Michael Patrizi pitted early in the race getting the compulsory stop for either race out of the way. For Johnson after dropping 20 positions at the start, he had nothing to lose by pitting.

Kelly and Lowndes raced clear of the field to take the top two positions. Davison was third ahead of Shane van Gisbergen who climbed through the field from outside the top ten to finish fourth. Russell Ingall climbed into fifth while Dumbrell faded to sixth. Reynolds was seventh ahead of Canto, Steve Owen and Dane Allan Simonsen.

Steven Richards and Cameron McConville were the best finishing drivers who made pitstops, finishing 15th and 16th. Johnson recovered to 19th. Lowe finished four laps down, but did finish with all cars making the finish. Morris was subsequently disqualified for his contact with Reindler.

Driver B Race

The first race was held on Saturday 12 September 2009. Jason Richards stalled on the grid, but got going again, Warren Luff was also slow away. Mark Winterbottom led Fabian Coulthard, Rick Kelly, Garth Tander, James Courtney, Jason Bright and Jamie Whincup.

Tony Ricciardello speared off and beached his Commodore at the final turn of the opening lap and Nathan Pretty pitted with damage and retired without completing a lap. A safety car was called to retrieve Ricciardello. Greg Murphy spun at the restart at Siberia after contact with Jason Bargwanna. Tander and Alex Davison were the first to stop. The Stone Brothers Racing team serviced their car faster, but not by enough, and the pair made contact in pitlane.

A broken ballast bracket on Rick Kelly's car broke loose, dragging underneath the car. A black flag was prepared for Kelly and he pitted immediately for repairs.

Winterbottom dominated the race, and combined with Steven Richards result from the Driver A race secured pole position for the 500 kilometre race on Sunday. Fabian Coulthard's second position was a career best with Jason Bright finishing third. James Courtney was fourth ahead of David Besnard (best part-time racer), Jason Bargwanna, Andrew Thompson, John McIntyre, Jonathon Webb with Jason Richards completing the top ten race positions. Jamie Whincup was the best of the pitstop drivers in 19th position, a result good enough the secure the other front row starting position.

500km Race

The 500 km race was held on Sunday 13 September 2009. Dean Fiore broke an alternator, depriving Troy Bayliss of his first V8 Supercar race start. Whincup won the start with Will Davison forcing past Steven Richards into second position. Alex Davison and Coulthard followed. Youlden was slowing early with bodywork rubbing a tyre after contact in the left rear corner. Coulthard had a mechanical failure in the engine bay causing a fire under the bonnet. Several cars following slid off track from spilt oil. Lap 11 contact between Karl Reindler and Dale Wood made contact and spin off track at turn 1.

Steven Richards started losing race positions dropping back to fifth as David Besnard charged through the field in the Garry Rogers Motorsport Commodore, climb to fourth behind the Davison brothers. Greg Murphy pitted early, putting Mark Skaife back into racing in second last position. Alex Davison had a wheel failure due to a loose nut on the front right wheel which has cut the wheel in half causing him to spear off at Lukey Heights whilst defending third from Besnard.

Coming down the front straight Steve Owen and Cameron McConville made contact, breaking the steering on McConville's car who then speared straight off the track at turn 1 at high speed and eventually crossed the track again between turns two and three, almost hitting Besnard. Immediately afterwards on camera McConville blamed Owen for blocking several times on the straight.

Under the ensuing safety car approximately 20 cars pitted. After the restart Lowndes and Tander having taken over their cars charged into the race lead, quickly cutting through the slower cars that had worked through to the front of the safety car queue. Further back as the field sorted itself out Lee Holdsworth left the track at turn two after contact with Allan Simonsen. Simonsen received a drive-through penalty.

On lap 32 Holdsworth with damaged to the front left corner speared off at turn one after contact on the front straight with Brad Jones. Holdsworth pulled the car up short of crossing the track again and the car limped back to the pits. Jones suffered a puncture in the right rear.

Whincup now led from Will Davison, Johnson and Rick Kelly. Lap 48 saw a power steering failure in Jason Bargwanna's Commodore. Lap 52 saw Johnson pit from third and change to Courtney. A lap later Whincup and Will Davison pitted from first and second with Lowndes rejoining ahead of Tander. Tander immediately closed the gap. Bright became the third car to have a big lose at turn one, this one from brake failure. The front right tyre then punctured.

On lap 66 Todd Kelly slowed dramatically. Brad Jones finally retired. As the race approached lap 80 Lowndes had built a small gap over Tander with Winterbottom climbing into the podium positions as Courtney lost ground. Tander pitted on lap 82. Lowndes on lap 83, rejoining still ahead of Tander. Winterbottom pitted on lap 84 from the inherited lead. Courtney pitted on lap 85 again from the lead, handing the lead to Todd Kelly. Lap 88 saw Craig Lowndes leave the circuit at turn 2, causing him to lose the lead to Tander. Ten laps later Lowndes took the lead back on the run towards turn three after the pair had a small moment at turn two.

Lowndes found front right tyre was delaminating with three laps to go. Gradually the car slowed but Tander was able to pounce halfway around the final lap to take the win. Lowndes hung on for second position ahead of Mark Winterbottom and James Courtney. The Kelly brothers finished in fifth position ahead of the best of the part-time combinations, Warren Luff and Jonathon Webb. Russell Ingall and Tim Slade, Craig Baird and Paul Dumbrell, Dean Canto and Luke Youlden and Alex Davison and Shane van Gisbergen completed the top ten race finishers.

Results

Driver A Qualifying

Qualifying timesheet:^[2]

Pos	No	Name	Car	Team	Time
1	22	Paul Dumbrell	Holden VE Commodore	Holden Racing Team	1:33.3204
2	7	Todd Kelly	Holden VE Commodore	Kelly Racing	1:33.3314
3	2	Will Davison	Holden VE Commodore	Holden Racing Team	1:33.4363
4	17	Steven Johnson	Ford FG Falcon	Dick Johnson Racing	1:33.5187
5	18	Warren Luff	Ford FG Falcon	Dick Johnson Racing	1:33.5769
6	6	Steven Richards	Ford FG Falcon	Ford Performance Racing	1:33.7058
7	24	David Reynolds	Holden VE Commodore	Walkinshaw Racing	1:33.7286
8	888	Craig Lowndes	Ford FG Falcon	Triple Eight Race Engineering	1:33.7353
9	5	Dean Canto	Ford FG Falcon	Ford Performance Racing	1:33.7670
10	8	Cameron McConville	Holden VE Commodore	Brad Jones Racing	1:33.8144
11	10	Steve Owen	Holden VE Commodore	Walkinshaw Racing	1:33.8206
12	9	Shane van Gisbergen	Ford FG Falcon	Stone Brothers Racing	1:33.8242
13	33	Lee Holdsworth	Holden VE Commodore	Garry Rogers Motorsport	1:33.8565
14	51	Mark Skaife	Holden VE Commodore	Tasman Motorsport	1:33.8650
15	34	Greg Ritter	Holden VE Commodore	Garry Rogers Motorsport	1:33.9030
16	39	Russell Ingall	Holden VE Commodore	Paul Morris Motorsport	1:33.9917
17	88	Allan Simonsen	Ford FG Falcon	Triple Eight Race Engineering	1:34.1150
18	111	Michael Patrizi	Ford FG Falcon	Paul Cruickshank Racing	1:34.1603
19	67	Paul Morris	Holden VE Commodore	Paul Morris Motorsport	1:34.3819
20	25	Karl Reindler	Ford FG Falcon	Britek Motorsport	1:34.3862
21	4	Daniel Gaunt	Ford FG Falcon	Stone Brothers Racing	1:34.5090
22	15	Ben Collins	Holden VE Commodore	Kelly Racing	1:34.5186
23	11	Dale Wood	Holden VE Commodore	Kelly Racing	1:34.5919
24	55	Tony D'Alberto	Holden VE Commodore	Tony D'Alberto Racing	1:34.6106
25	14	Andrew Jones	Holden VE Commodore	Brad Jones Racing	1:34.7007
26	3	Mark Noske	Holden VE Commodore	Tasman Motorsport	1:34.7842
27	21	Brad Lowe	Ford BF Falcon	MW Motorsport	1:35.0007
28	16	Mark McNally	Holden VE Commodore	Kelly Racing	1:35.0687
29	23	Sam Walter	Holden VE Commodore	Greg Murphy Racing	1:35.1675
30	333	Leanne Tander	Ford BF Falcon	Paul Cruickshank Racing	1:35.3223
31	13	Andrew Fisher	Ford BF Falcon	Sieders Racing Team	1:36.1104
DSQ	12	Dean Fiore	Holden VE Commodore	Triple F Racing

Driver B Qualifying

Qualifying timesheet:^[3]

Pos	No	Name	Car	Team	Time
1	6	Mark Winterbottom	Ford FG Falcon	Ford Performance Racing	1:33.1970
2	111	Fabian Coulthard	Ford FG Falcon	Paul Cruickshank Racing	1:33.2237
3	7	Rick Kelly	Holden VE Commodore	Kelly Racing	1:33.2625
4	17	James Courtney	Ford FG Falcon	Dick Johnson Racing	1:33.3305
5	8	Jason Richards	Holden VE Commodore	Brad Jones Racing	1:33.3969
6	25	Jason Bright	Ford FG Falcon	Britek Motorsport	1:33.4010
7	888	Jamie Whincup	Ford FG Falcon	Triple Eight Race Engineering	1:33.4777
8	2	Garth Tander	Holden VE Commodore	Holden Racing Team	1:33.5145
9	9	Alex Davison	Ford FG Falcon	Stone Brothers Racing	1:33.6643
10	18	Jonathon Webb	Ford FG Falcon	Dick Johnson Racing	1:33.7825
11	55	Andrew Thompson	Holden VE Commodore	Tony D'Alberto Racing	1:34.0372
12	34	David Besnard	Holden VE Commodore	Garry Rogers Motorsport	1:34.0381
13	10	Shane Price	Holden VE Commodore	Walkinshaw Racing	1:34.0838
14	39	Tim Slade	Holden VE Commodore	Paul Morris Motorsport	1:34.1086
15	51	Greg Murphy	Holden VE Commodore	Tasman Motorsport	1:34.1528
16	4	John McIntyre	Ford FG Falcon	Stone Brothers Racing	1:34.2102
17	33	Michael Caruso	Holden VE Commodore	Garry Rogers Motorsport	1:34.2228
18	3	Jason Bargwanna	Holden VE Commodore	Tasman Motorsport	1:34.2643
19	22	Craig Baird	Holden VE Commodore	Holden Racing Team	1:34.3303
20	5	Luke Youlden	Ford FG Falcon	Ford Performance Racing	1:34.4054
21	88	James Thompson	Ford FG Falcon	Triple Eight Race Engineering	1:34.5294
22	11	Jack Perkins	Holden VE Commodore	Kelly Racing	1:34.5566
23	67	Owen Kelly	Holden VE Commodore	Paul Morris Motorsport	1:34.5844
24	24	Andy Priaulx	Holden VE Commodore	Walkinshaw Racing	1:34.8720
25	21	Damian Assaillit	Ford BF Falcon	MW Motorsport	1:35.0740
26	23	Taz Douglas	Holden VE Commodore	Greg Murphy Racing	1:35.1390
27	14	Brad Jones	Holden VE Commodore	Brad Jones Racing	1:35.1396
28	13	David Sieders	Ford BF Falcon	Sieders Racing Team	1:35.1931
29	333	David Wall	Ford BF Falcon	Paul Cruickshank Racing	1:35.3223
30	15	Nathan Pretty	Holden VE Commodore	Kelly Racing	1:35.5797
31	16	Tony Ricciardello	Holden VE Commodore	Kelly Racing	1:35.6164
32	12	Troy Bayliss	Holden VE Commodore	Triple F Racing	1:36.6139

Driver A Race results

Race timesheet:^[4]

Pos	No	Driver	Team	Laps	Grid
1	7	Todd Kelly	Kelly Racing	14	2
2	888	Craig Lowndes	Triple Eight Race Engineering	14	8
3	2	Will Davison	Holden Racing Team	14	3
4	9	Shane van Gisbergen	Stone Brothers Racing	14	12
5	39	Russell Ingall	Paul Morris Motorsport	14	16
6	22	Paul Dumbrell	Holden Racing Team	14	1
7	24	David Reynolds	Walkinshaw Racing	14	7
8	5	Dean Canto	Ford Performance Racing	14	9
9	10	Steve Owen	Walkinshaw Racing	14	11
10	88	Allan Simonsen	Triple Eight Race Engineering	14	17
11	14	Andrew Jones	Brad Jones Racing	14	25
12	16	Mark McNally	Kelly Racing	14	28
13	15	Ben Collins	Kelly Racing	14	22
14	12	Dean Fiore	Triple F Racing	14	32
15	6	Steven Richards	Ford Performance Racing	14	6
16	8	Cameron McConville	Brad Jones Racing	14	10
17	17	Warren Luff	Dick Johnson Racing	14	5
18	33	Lee Holdsworth	Garry Rogers Motorsport	14	13
19	17	Steven Johnson	Dick Johnson Racing	14	4
20	4	Daniel Gaunt	Stone Brothers Racing	14	21
21	51	Mark Skaife	Tasman Motorsport	14	14
22	34	Greg Ritter	Garry Rogers Motorsport	14	15
23	11	Dale Wood	Kelly Racing	14	23
24	111	Michael Patrizi	Paul Cruickshank Racing	14	18
25	3	Mark Noske	Tasman Motorsport	14	26
26	55	Tony D'Alberto	Tony D'Alberto Racing	14	24
27	333	Leanne Tander	Paul Cruickshank Racing	14	30
28	23	Sam Walter	Greg Murphy Racing	13	29
29	13	Andrew Fisher	Sieders Racing Team	13	31
30	25	Karl Reindler	Britek Motorsport	13	20
31	21	Brad Lowe	MW Motorsport	11	27
DSQ	67	Paul Morris	Paul Morris Motorsport	14	19

Driver B Race results

Race timesheet:^[5]

Pos	No	Driver	Team	Laps	Grid
1	6	Mark Winterbottom	Ford Performance Racing	14	1
2	111	Fabian Coulthard	Paul Cruickshank Racing	14	2
3	25	Jason Bright	Britek Motorsport	14	6
4	17	James Courtney	Dick Johnson Racing	14	4
5	34	David Besnard	Garry Rogers Motorsport	14	12
6	3	Jason Bargwanna	Tasman Motorsport	14	18
7	55	Andrew Thompson	Tony D'Alberto Racing	14	11
8	4	John McIntyre	Stone Brothers Racing	14	16
9	18	Jonathon Webb	Dick Johnson Racing	14	10
10	8	Jason Richards	Brad Jones Racing	14	5
11	33	Michael Caruso	Garry Rogers Motorsport	14	17
12	11	Jack Perkins	Kelly Racing	14	22
13	51	Greg Murphy	Tasman Motorsport	14	15
14	21	Damian Assaillit	MW Motorsport	14	25
15	13	David Sieders	Sieders Racing Team	14	28
16	23	Taz Douglas	Greg Murphy Racing	14	26
17	333	David Wall	Paul Cruickshank Racing	14	29
18	888	Jamie Whincup	Triple Eight Race Engineering	14	7
19	2	Garth Tander	Holden Racing Team	14	8
20	9	Alex Davison	Stone Brothers Racing	14	9
21	67	Owen Kelly	Paul Morris Motorsport	14	23
22	10	Shane Price	Walkinshaw Racing	14	13
23	39	Tim Slade	Paul Morris Motorsport	14	14
24	22	Craig Baird	Holden Racing Team	14	19
25	5	Luke Youlden	Ford Performance Racing	14	20
26	88	James Thompson	Triple Eight Race Engineering	14	21
27	14	Brad Jones	Brad Jones Racing	14	27
28	24	Andy Priaulx	Walkinshaw Racing	14	24
29	12	Troy Bayliss	Triple F Racing	13	32
30	7	Rick Kelly	Kelly Racing	11	3
DNF	15	Nathan Pretty	Kelly Racing	0	30
DNF	16	Tony Ricciardello	Kelly Racing	0	31

500km race results

Pos	No	Driver	Team	Laps
1	2	Will Davison Garth Tander	Holden Racing Team	113
2	888	Craig Lowndes Jamie Whincup	Triple Eight Race Engineering	113
3	6	Steven Richards Mark Winterbottom	Ford Performance Racing	113
4	17	James Courtney Steven Johnson	Dick Johnson Racing	113
5	7	Rick Kelly Todd Kelly	Kelly Racing	113
6	18	Warren Luff Jonathon Webb	Dick Johnson Racing	113
7	39	Russell Ingall Tim Slade	Paul Morris Motorsport	113
8	22	Craig Baird Paul Dumbrell	Holden Racing Team	113
9	5	Dean Canto Luke Youlden	Ford Performance Racing	113
10	9	Alex Davison Shane van Gisbergen	Stone Brothers Racing	113
11	51	Greg Murphy Mark Skaife	Tasman Motorsport	113
12	10	Steve Owen Shane Price	Walkinshaw Racing	112
13	34	David Besnard Greg Ritter	Garry Rogers Motorsport	112
14	11	Jack Perkins Dale Wood	Kelly Racing	112
15	55	Tony D'Alberto Andrew Thompson	Tony D'Alberto Racing	112
16	24	Andy Priaulx David Reynolds	Walkinshaw Racing	112
17	4	Daniel Gaunt John McIntyre	Stone Brothers Racing	112
18	15	Ben Collins Nathan Pretty	Kelly Racing	111
19	333	Leanne Tander David Wall	Paul Cruickshank Racing	111
20	13	Andrew Fisher David Sieders	Sieders Racing Team	111
21	88	Allan Simonsen James Thompson	Triple Eight Race Engineering	111
22	16	Mark McNally Tony Ricciardello	Kelly Racing	101
23	21	Damian Assaillit Brad Lowe	MW Motorsport	93
24	23	Taz Douglas Sam Walter	Greg Murphy Racing	92
DNF	25	Jason Bright Karl Reindler	Britek Motorsport	92
DNF	14	Andrew Jones Brad Jones	Brad Jones Racing	80
DNF	67	Owen Kelly Paul Morris	Paul Morris Motorsport	62
DNF	3	Jason Bargwanna Mark Noske	Paul Morris Motorsport	46
DNF	33	Michael Caruso Lee Holdsworth	Garry Rogers Motorsport	31
DNF	8	Cameron McConville Jason Richards	Brad Jones Racing	20
DNF	111	Fabian Coulthard Michael Patrizi	Paul Cruickshank Racing	4
DNS	12	Troy Bayliss Dean Fiore	Triple F Racing

References

^ Supplementary Regulations for 2009 V8 Supercar Championship Series – Race 17 Retrieved from www.webcitation.org on 13 April 2010
^ "L & H 500 - 2009 V8 Supercar Championship - Race 17 Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit V8 Supercars - Driver A Qualifying". 12 September 2009. Archived from the original on 18 March 2012. Retrieved 12 September 2009.
^ "L & H 500 - 2009 V8 Supercar Championship - Race 17 Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit V8 Supercars - Driver B Qualifying". 12 September 2009. Retrieved 12 September 2009.
^ "L & H 500 - 2009 V8 Supercar Championship - Race 17 Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit V8 Supercars - Driver A Race". 12 September 2009. Retrieved 13 September 2009.
^ "L & H 500 - 2009 V8 Supercar Championship - Race 17 Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit V8 Supercars - Driver B Race". 12 September 2009. Retrieved 13 September 2009.

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