The 2001 V8 Supercar 1000 was the fifth running of the Australia 1000 race, first held after the organisational split over the Bathurst 1000 that occurred in 1997. It was the 44th race that traces its lineage back to the 1960 Armstrong 500 held at Phillip Island.

It was held on 7 October 2001 at the Mount Panorama Circuit just outside Bathurst and was Round 11 of the 2001 Shell Championship Series for V8 Supercars.

The race was left without a naming rights sponsor after the collapse of previous sponsor FAI Insurance in March 2001.

Entry list Drivers Team (Sponsor) Car Drivers Team (Sponsor) Car 00 Craig Lowndes Neil Crompton 24 Paul Romano Owen Kelly 1 Mark Skaife Tony Longhurst 25 Terry Wyhoon Rod Salmon 2 Jason Bright Tomas Mezera 29 Paul Morris Ashley Stichbury 3 Cameron McConville Rick Bates 31 Steven Ellery Geoff Brabham 4 Marcos Ambrose Wayne Wakefield 34 Garth Tander Jason Bargwanna 5 Glenn Seton Steven Richards 35 Paul Dumbrell Leanne Ferrier 6 Jim Richards Dean Canto 37 Bill Attard Roger Hurd 7 Rodney Forbes David Parsons 43 Paul Weel Tim Leahey 8 Adam Macrow Luke Youlden 45 Phillip Scifleet Christian D'Agostin 9 David Besnard Matthew White 46 John Faulkner Peter Doulman 10 Mark Larkham Wayne Gardner 50 Mick Donaher Layton Crambrook 11 Larry Perkins Russell Ingall 51 Nathan Pretty Rick Kelly 14 Steve Owen James Brock 54 Rod Nash Tony Ricciardello 15 Todd Kelly Greg Murphy 61 Ross Halliday Greg Crick 16 Dugal McDougall Andrew Miedecke 75 Anthony Tratt Alan Jones 17 Steven Johnson Paul Radisich 88 Craig Harris Michael Simpson 18 Cameron McLean Greg Ritter 90 Ric Shaw Mike Conway 20 Garry Holt Kevin Mundy 500 Alan Heath Dale Brede 021 Jason Richards Angus Fogg 600 John Bowe Simon Wills 21 Brad Jones John Cleland 888 Mark Noske Craig Baird 23 Steve Reed Trevor Ashby

Results Qualifying Pos No Driver Team Car Time 1 5 Glenn Seton Steven Richards Glenn Seton Racing Ford Falcon (AU) 2:09.6770 2 00 Craig Lowndes Neil Crompton Gibson Motorsport Ford Falcon (AU) 2:09.8533 3 1 Mark Skaife Tony Longhurst Holden Racing Team Holden Commodore (VX) 2:09.9621 4 2 Jason Bright Tomas Mezera Holden Racing Team Holden Commodore (VX) 2:10.2285 5 600 John Bowe Simon Wills Briggs Motor Sport Ford Falcon (AU) 2:10.2441 6 11 Larry Perkins Russell Ingall Perkins Engineering Holden Commodore (VX) 2:10.4869 7 31 Steven Ellery Geoff Brabham Steven Ellery Racing Ford Falcon (AU) 2:10.6664 8 15 Todd Kelly Greg Murphy Kmart Racing Team Holden Commodore (VX) 2:10.6836 9 34 Garth Tander Jason Bargwanna Garry Rogers Motorsport Holden Commodore (VX) 2:10.7412 10 18 Cameron McLean Greg Ritter Dick Johnson Racing Ford Falcon (AU) 2:10.8956 11 4 Marcos Ambrose Wayne Wakefield Stone Brothers Racing Ford Falcon (AU) 2:10.9040 12 17 Steven Johnson Paul Radisich Dick Johnson Racing Ford Falcon (AU) 2:10.9073 13 6 Jim Richards Dean Canto Glenn Seton Racing Ford Falcon (AU) 2:11.3017 14 43 Paul Weel Tim Leahey Paul Weel Racing Ford Falcon (AU) 2:11.3390 15 29 Paul Morris Ashley Stichbury Paul Morris Motorsport Holden Commodore (VT) 2:11.4556 16 9 David Besnard Matthew White Stone Brothers Racing Ford Falcon (AU) 2:11.6542 17 46 John Faulkner Peter Doulman John Faulkner Racing Holden Commodore (VT) 2:11.8804 18 10 Mark Larkham Wayne Gardner Larkham Motor Sport Ford Falcon (AU) 2:11.9038 19 51 Nathan Pretty Rick Kelly Kmart Racing Team Holden Commodore (VX) 2:12.0242 20 021 Jason Richards Angus Fogg Team Kiwi Racing Holden Commodore (VT) 2:12.0676 21 3 Cameron McConville Rick Bates Lansvale Racing Team Holden Commodore (VX) 2:12.1408 22 21 Brad Jones John Cleland Brad Jones Racing Ford Falcon (AU) 2:12.2942 23 16 Dugal McDougall Andrew Miedecke McDougall Motorsport Holden Commodore (VX) 2:12.5184 24 8 Adam Macrow Luke Youlden Perkins Engineering Holden Commodore (VX) 2:12.6301 25 75 Anthony Tratt Alan Jones Paul Little Racing Ford Falcon (AU) 2:12.9820 26 35 Leanne Ferrier Paul Dumbrell Garry Rogers Motorsport Holden Commodore (VX) 2:12.9841 27 888 Mark Noske Craig Baird Prancing Horse Racing Ford Falcon (AU) 2:13.3303 28 54 Rod Nash Tony Ricciardello Rod Nash Racing Holden Commodore (VX) 2:13.6990 29 24 Paul Romano Owen Kelly Romano Racing Holden Commodore (VX) 2:13.7193 30 7 Rodney Forbes David Parsons Gibson Motorsport Ford Falcon (AU) 2:13.9108 31 23 Steve Reed Trevor Ashby Lansvale Racing Team Holden Commodore (VX) 2:14.4264 32 61 Ross Halliday Greg Crick Halliday Motor Sport Ford Falcon (AU) 2:14.5407 33 25 Terry Wyhoon Rod Salmon Terry Wyhoon Racing Ford Falcon (AU) 2:14.5739 34 45 Phillip Scifleet Christian D'Agostin RPM International Racing Ford Falcon (AU) 2:14.7737 35 88 Craig Harris Michael Simpson Harris Racing Ford Falcon (AU) 2:15.6148 36 500 Alan Heath Dale Brede Power Racing Ford Falcon (AU) 2:15.9640 37 14 James Brock Steve Owen Imrie Motorsport Holden Commodore (VX) 2:16.7474 38 20 Garry Holt Kevin Mundy Eastern Creek Kart Racing Ford Falcon (EL) 2:17.5861 39 90 Ric Shaw Mike Conway Ric Shaw Motorsport Holden Commodore (VS) 2:18.0777 40 37 Bill Attard Roger Hurd Scotty Taylor Racing Holden Commodore (VS) 2:20.6454 - 50 Mick Donaher Layton Crambrook Clive Wiseman Racing Holden Commodore (VX) No Time

Top-Fifteen Shootout Pos No Driver Team Car Time Pole 4 Marcos Ambrose Stone Brothers Racing Ford Falcon (AU) 2:09.7785 2 5 Glenn Seton Glenn Seton Racing Ford Falcon (AU) 2:09.9804 3 11 Russell Ingall Perkins Engineering Holden Commodore (VX) 2:09.9912 4 2 Jason Bright Holden Racing Team Holden Commodore (VX) 2:10.1178 5 1 Mark Skaife Holden Racing Team Holden Commodore (VX) 2:10.1599 6 17 Steven Johnson Dick Johnson Racing Ford Falcon (AU) 2:10.3538 7 600 John Bowe Briggs Motor Sport Ford Falcon (AU) 2:10.4338 8 31 Steven Ellery Steven Ellery Racing Ford Falcon (AU) 2:10.4735 9 34 Garth Tander Garry Rogers Motorsport Holden Commodore (VX) 2:10.4999 10 6 Jim Richards Glenn Seton Racing Ford Falcon (AU) 2:10.5180 11 15 Todd Kelly Kmart Racing Team Holden Commodore (VX) 2:10.8654 12 00 Craig Lowndes Gibson Motorsport Ford Falcon (AU) 2:11.0141 13 18 Greg Ritter Dick Johnson Racing Ford Falcon (AU) 2:11.2323 14 29 Paul Morris Paul Morris Motorsport Holden Commodore (VT) 2:11.3743 15 43 Paul Weel Paul Weel Racing Ford Falcon (AU) 2:11.5767

Starting grid 1 4 5 2 3 11 2 4 5 1 17 6 7 600 31 8 9 34 6 10 11 15 00 12 13 18 29 14 15 43 9 16 17 46 10 18 19 51 021 20 21 3 21 22 23 16 8 24 25 75 35 26 27 888 54 28 29 24 7 30 31 23 61 32 33 25 45 34 35 88 500 36 37 14 20 38 39 50

Race

Pos No Drivers Team Car Laps Time Grid 1 1 Mark Skaife Tony Longhurst Holden Racing Team Holden Commodore (VX) 161 6hr 50min 33.1789sec 5 2 21 Brad Jones John Cleland Brad Jones Racing Ford Falcon (AU) 161 + 2.28 s 22 3 15 Todd Kelly Greg Murphy Kmart Racing Team Holden Commodore (VX) 161 + 17.94 s 11 4 18 Cameron McLean Greg Ritter Dick Johnson Racing Ford Falcon (AU) 161 + 26.11 s 13 5 6 Jim Richards Dean Canto Glenn Seton Racing Ford Falcon (AU) 161 + 30.78 s 10 6 34 Garth Tander Jason Bargwanna Garry Rogers Motorsport Holden Commodore (VX) 161 + 34.34 s 9 7 31 Steven Ellery Geoff Brabham Steven Ellery Racing Ford Falcon (AU) 161 + 46.57 s 8 8 11 Larry Perkins Russell Ingall Perkins Engineering Holden Commodore (VX) 161 + 1:22.61 s 3 9 5 Glenn Seton Steven Richards Glenn Seton Racing Ford Falcon (AU) 161 + 2:18.61 s 2 10 3 Cameron McConville Rick Bates Lansvale Racing Team Holden Commodore (VX) 160 + 1 Lap 21 11 23 Steve Reed Trevor Ashby Lansvale Racing Team Holden Commodore (VX) 159 + 2 Laps 31 12 29 Paul Morris Ashley Stichbury Paul Morris Motorsport Holden Commodore (VT) 159 + 2 Laps 14 13 24 Paul Romano Owen Kelly Romano Racing Holden Commodore (VX) 159 + 2 Laps 29 14 51 Nathan Pretty Rick Kelly Kmart Racing Team Holden Commodore (VX) 158 + 3 Laps 19 15 75 Anthony Tratt Alan Jones Paul Little Racing Ford Falcon (AU) 158 + 3 Laps 25 16 021 Jason Richards Angus Fogg Team Kiwi Racing Holden Commodore (VT) 157 + 4 Laps 20 17 00 Craig Lowndes Neil Crompton Gibson Motorsport Ford Falcon (AU) 156 + 5 Laps 12 18 500 Alan Heath Dale Brede Power Racing Ford Falcon (AU) 155 + 6 Laps 36 19 45 Phillip Scifleet Christian D'Agostin RPM International Racing Ford Falcon (AU) 147 + 14 Laps 34 20 16 Dugal McDougall Andrew Miedecke McDougall Motorsport Holden Commodore (VX) 144 + 17 Laps 23 21 7 Rodney Forbes David Parsons Gibson Motorsport Ford Falcon (AU) 132 + 29 Laps 30 Ret 43 Paul Weel Tim Leahey Paul Weel Racing Ford Falcon (AU) 127 Retired 15 Ret 2 Jason Bright Tomas Mezera Holden Racing Team Holden Commodore (VX) 126 Spun off 4 Ret 600 John Bowe Simon Wills Briggs Motor Sport Ford Falcon (AU) 124 Spun off 7 Ret 88 Craig Harris Michael Simpson Harris Racing Ford Falcon (AU) 114 Accident 35 Ret 10 Mark Larkham Wayne Gardner Larkham Motor Sport Ford Falcon (AU) 106 Accident 18 Ret 8 Adam Macrow Luke Youlden Perkins Engineering Holden Commodore (VX) 85 Accident 24 Ret 9 David Besnard Matthew White Stone Brothers Racing Ford Falcon (AU) 84 Fuel Tank Damage 16 Ret 17 Steven Johnson Paul Radisich Dick Johnson Racing Ford Falcon (AU) 63 Engine 6 Ret 54 Rod Nash Tony Ricciardello Rod Nash Racing Holden Commodore (VX) 62 Accident 28 Ret 25 Terry Wyhoon Rod Salmon Terry Wyhoon Racing Ford Falcon (AU) 46 Accident 33 Ret 4 Marcos Ambrose Wayne Wakefield Stone Brothers Racing Ford Falcon (AU) 42 Engine 1 Ret 35 Leanne Ferrier Paul Dumbrell Garry Rogers Motorsport Holden Commodore (VX) 41 Steering 26 Ret 46 John Faulkner Peter Doulman John Faulkner Racing Holden Commodore (VT) 33 Accident 17 Ret 50 Mick Donaher Layton Crambrook Clive Wiseman Racing Holden Commodore (VX) 32 Accident DNQ Ret 61 Ross Halliday Greg Crick Halliday Motor Sport Ford Falcon (AU) 31 Retired 32 Ret 888 Mark Noske Craig Baird Prancing Horse Racing Ford Falcon (AU) 27 Accident 27 Ret 20 Garry Holt Kevin Mundy Eastern Creek Kart Racing Ford Falcon (EL) 26 Accident 38 Ret 14 James Brock Steve Owen Imrie Motorsport Holden Commodore (VX) 12 Deflated Tyre 37 DNQ 90 Ric Shaw Mike Conway Ric Shaw Motorsport Holden Commodore (VS) Did not qualify DNQ 37 Bill Attard Roger Hurd Scotty Taylor Racing Holden Commodore (VS) Did not qualify Fastest Lap: Simon Wills (Briggs Motorsport) - 2:10.2011 on lap 59

Broadcast Network 10 broadcast the race for the fifth consecutive year, dating back to the 1997 5.0L race. Trent Higgs was also part of the coverage providing interviews from pit lane.

Network 10 Host: Bill WoodsBooth: Leigh Diffey, Mark Oastler, Barry SheenePit-lane: Greg Rust, Grant Denyer

Championship points

Round points tally No Driver Team 1 1 Mark Skaife Tony Longhurst Holden Racing Team 552 2 21 Brad Jones John Cleland Brad Jones Racing 480 3 15 Todd Kelly Greg Murphy Tom Walkinshaw Racing Australia 432 4 18 Greg Ritter Cameron McLean Dick Johnson Racing 396 5 6 Dean Canto Jim Richards Glenn Seton Racing 379

Drivers' Championship standings after Round 11 No Driver Team 1 1 Mark Skaife Holden Racing Team 3050 2 8 Russell Ingall Perkins Engineering 2595 3 2 Jason Bright Holden Racing Team 2504 4 17 Steven Johnson Dick Johnson Racing 2276 5 51 Greg Murphy Tom Walkinshaw Racing Australia 2274

References

Statistics Provisional Pole Position - #5 Glenn Seton - 2:09.6770 Pole Position - #4 Marcos Ambrose - 2:09.7785 Fastest Lap - #600 Simon Wills - 2:10.2011 (new lap record) Average Speed - 146 km/h

External links Official race results Official V8 Supercar website CAMS Manual reference to Australian titles race results 2001 V8 Supercar 1000 images from www.v8supercar.com.au