Today’s announcement that the Sydney 400 will be held in December has finalised the 2009 V8 Supercar calendar.
The inaugural race around the streets of the former Olympic precinct will be the Grand Finale of the 2009 series on the weekend of December 4-6.
This means the action-packed 2009 V8 Supercar Championship will be book-ended by street races, with the traditional season opener, the Clipsal 500 in Adelaide, taking place on March 19-22.
The following weekend will see the V8s take to another street race around Melbourne’s Albert Park for the non-championship Australian Formula One Grand Prix support races.
The V8 circus will then head across ‘The Ditch’ for its second race around the streets of Hamilton, New Zealand in April.
The series will then come back to Victoria at the country circuit of Winton in early May before heading south for Symmons Plains, Tasmania later that month.
The V8 show will then travel to Darwin in June, far-north Queensland for the inaugural Townsville street race in July, Melbourne’s Sandown in early August and back up to Queensland Raceway, Ipswich in mid-August.
The endurance races of Phillip Island, in September, and Bathurst, in its traditional timeslot in early October, will follow.
The final four rounds will be Surfers Paradise in late October, Bahrain in early November, while the Barbagallo round at Perth moves to a late November date, with the Sydney 400 closing the season.
2009 V8 Supercar Calendar:
Mar 19-22 Clipsal 500, SA
Mar 26-29 AGP, Vic
Apr 17-19 Hamilton 400 NZ
May 1-3 Winton Raceway, Vic
May 29-31 Tasmania Challenge Symmons Plains, Tas
Jun 19-21 SKYCITY Challenge Hidden Valley, NT
Jul 10-12 Townsville 400, Qld
Jul 31-Aug 2 Sandown, Vic
Aug 21-23 Queensland Raceway, Ipswich, Qld
Sept 11-13 L&H 500 Phillip Island, Vic
Oct 8-11 Supercheap Auto Bathurst, NSW
Oct 22-25 Nikon Indy 300, Surfers Paradise, Qld
Nov 5-7 Gulf Air Desert 400, Bahrain
Nov 20-22 Barbagallo, WA
Dec 4-6 Sydney 400, Homebush, NSW
Interisting. Not sure about Tasmania being at the start of the year though.
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Al88 4:28 pm September 29th 2008
Dont like Barbagallo at the end of the season, but the rest will be ok i think
Grimey 5:54 pm September 29th 2008
So with Oran Park and Eastern Creek now gone, Looks like all I’ll be going to is Bathurst and Homebush. I’d rather a proper track than a Street Race in Homebush though.
heelz. 6:03 pm September 29th 2008
i dont mind street races.
guess im used to as i go to clipsal every year.
clipsal, darwin, ipswich & barbagallo for me next year.
Casey Phoenix 6:27 pm September 29th 2008
Thank god they’ve moved Winton - the weather was crap for us campers this year! (A tree fell on my tent and broke it on the first day - I nearly had to go home!)
Andrew Robinson 10:03 pm September 29th 2008
Clipsal, Bathurst and (hopefully) Townsville.
Jamez Tricksta 10:16 pm September 29th 2008
all venues for me
* Bianca * 8:50 am September 30th 2008
Awesome - We are going to , Winton , Townsville ( thanx dad ) , Sandown , PI & maybe Homebush .
Time to book accom now for Winton LOL
carley merrett 2:34 pm September 30th 2008
Going to the Grand Prix, Townsville (obviously!), QLD Raceway and Bathurst! Biggest year of racing for me
Steph 11:38 pm October 3rd 2008
how does homebush get the finale??? its barbagellos last year next year. oran park gets the final this yr, so why cant perth get it for next year?? peeed offf
heelz. 12:54 am October 4th 2008
my races have changed
Clipsal, Darwin, Townsville & Bahrain.
Mackenzie Price 1:00 am October 4th 2008
Sounds good Heelz
Not to be rude, but the don’t realy do anything at the last round. Just the same as every other one.
Emily Rainbow 9:39 pm October 5th 2008
Hahaha… Tassie’s gonna be FREEZING. Like, worse than Winton. This is me speaking as an ex-pat.
…wonder how Symmons would be for racing with frost and ice on the track?
Anita 10:07 pm October 5th 2008
i will be going to Qld raceway as it is my birthday on the saturday 22nd and hopefully townsville still thinking about NZ.