Skycity Triple Crown

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Skycity Triple Crown
Venue Hidden Valley Raceway
Race Format
Race 1
   - Laps 34
   - Distance 100 km
Race 2
   - Laps 69
   - Distance 200 km
Last Race (2012)
Winning Driver Jamie Whincup
Winning Team Triple Eight Race Engineering
Winning Manufacturer Holden


The Skycity Triple Crown[1] is a V8 Supercar event held annually at Hidden Valley Raceway near Darwin in the Northern Territory, Australia.

Australia's northernmost racetrack had existed for several years prior to its upgrade for its national championship debut in 1998.

The event is staged over a three-day weekend (Friday-Sunday). Practice is held on Friday. During most of its history the meeting was held to a three race format with the first race held on Saturday and two on Sunday. 2009 saw the adoption of the two stand alone races format with individual qualifying each day for each race.

Past winners [edit]

Year Driver Car model Team
1998 Australia Russell Ingall Holden VT Commodore Perkins Engineering
1999 Australia Jason Bright Ford AU Falcon Stone Brothers Racing
2000 Australia Mark Skaife Holden VT Commodore Holden Racing Team
2001 Australia Marcos Ambrose Ford AU Falcon Stone Brothers Racing
2002 Australia Mark Skaife Holden VX Commodore Holden Racing Team
2003 Australia Marcos Ambrose Ford BA Falcon Stone Brothers Racing
2004 Australia Todd Kelly Holden VY Commodore Holden Racing Team
2005 Australia Todd Kelly Holden VZ Commodore Holden Racing Team
2006 Australia Craig Lowndes Ford BA Falcon Triple Eight Race Engineering
2007 Australia Craig Lowndes Ford BF Falcon Triple Eight Race Engineering
2008 New Zealand Steven Richards Ford BF Falcon Ford Performance Racing
2009 Australia Craig Lowndes Ford FG Falcon Triple Eight Race Engineering
2010 Australia Jamie Whincup Holden VE Commodore Triple Eight Race Engineering
2011 Australia Craig Lowndes Holden VE Commodore Triple Eight Race Engineering
2012 Australia Jamie Whincup Holden VE Commodore Triple Eight Race Engineering

References [edit]

  1. ^ "V8 Supercars Championship Calendar". V8Supercars.com.au. V8 Supercars. Retrieved 13 February 2013. 

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