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| Race Information | |
| Venue | Hidden Valley Raceway |
| Number of times held | 29 |
| First held | 1998 |
| Race Format | |
| Race 1 | |
| Laps | 42 |
| Distance | 120 km |
| Race 2 | |
| Laps | 42 |
| Distance | 120 km |
| Race 3 | |
| Laps | 70 |
| Distance | 200 km |
| Last Event (2025) | |
| Overall Winner | |
 Broc Feeney | Triple Eight Race Engineering |
| Race Winners | |
| Broc Feeney | Triple Eight Race Engineering |
| Broc Feeney | Triple Eight Race Engineering |
| Broc Feeney | Triple Eight Race Engineering |
TheDarwin Triple Crown (formally known as theBetr Darwin Triple Crown) is an annualmotor racing event forSupercars, held atHidden Valley Raceway inDarwin, Northern Territory. The event has been a regular part of the Supercars Championship—and its previous incarnations, theAustralian Touring Car Championship,Shell Championship Series and V8 Supercars Championship—since1998.
The event is held over three days, from Friday to Sunday. On Friday, two thirty-minute practice sessions are held. On Saturday, a three-part knock-out qualifying session is then held, determining the grid for the 100 kilometre race to follow. Sunday features two fifteen-minute qualifying sessions that set the grid for each of the day's two 100 km races.[1]
The event has been known as the Triple Crown since 2006, which originally referred to the three races in the weekend format of the time. Currently, the title refers to the two races during the event and the first qualifying session.[2] The Triple Crown remained elusive untilScott McLaughlin was fastest in the top ten shootout and won both races in2019.[3] From 2020, the Triple Crown trophy was awarded to the driver that scored the most points across the weekend.[4]
Hidden Valley Raceway had existed for several years prior to being upgraded for its first national championship event in 1998, a round of the Australian Touring Car Championship (ATCC).Mark Skaife had been on course to take victory in the opening race when an engine issue on the final lap allowed teammateCraig Lowndes past, with Skaife finishing 2nd.[5] Lowndes' car then failed to fire prior to the start of the second race and both he and Skaife failed to make the grid, leaving the front row empty.Russell Ingall, who had a stop-go penalty in the first race for spinningJason Bright, charged from 13th on the grid to take victory and went on to win the inaugural round with another win in race three of the weekend.[2] In 1999, Bright took his first career round win in what was Ford's only round win of the year.[6] It was also the first round win forStone Brothers Racing, who saw further success at the event in 2001 whenMarcos Ambrose scored his first round win, despite not winning a race over the weekend.[7]
In 2004, Ambrose made contact while attempting to overtake Skaife for the lead on the final corner of the race, delaying both and granting victory to Ambrose's teammate Ingall. In the following race, Ambrose then spun Ingall off on the first corner of the race.[8]Todd Kelly went on to win the round, his first of two consecutive event wins.Michael Caruso took his first Supercars race win at the event in 2009, holding off a late charge fromAlex Davison.[6] At a latesafety car restart in the first race of the 2011 event, the top four tangled into turn one, allowing fifth-placedRick Kelly to take the race win.[8] In 2013Jonathon Webb, driving for his family teamTekno Autosports, won his first career round.[9] At the 2015 event, Lowndes became the first to achieve 100 race wins in ATCC and Supercars, capitalising on a collision between Rick Kelly andFabian Coulthard on the opening lap.[10] In 2016, Caruso providedNissan with their first round victory since1992. At the same event,Lee Holdsworth suffered a broken pelvis in a first lap accident, forcing him out of the next three events.[11]
From 2017 to 2019,Scott McLaughlin became the first driver to win three consecutive events in Darwin. Most notably, this included McLaughlin becoming the first driver to win the Triple Crown in 2019, qualifying fastest in the top ten shootout (albeit only by a margin of under two hundredths of a second) and winning both races forDJR Team Penske.[3] The Triple Crown was again awarded in 2020 but only due to a change in criteria which saw the trophy guaranteed to be awarded to the round winner.[4]Jamie Whincup tied for points with Fabian Coulthard but won the trophy on countback, meanwhileAnton de Pasquale won his first championship race in the first race of the weekend.[12] In addition to the Triple Crown, Hidden Valley hosted a second event in consecutive weeks, known as the Darwin SuperSprint, as part of the calendar changes caused by theCOVID-19 pandemic.[13] In 2021, it was announced the event would become the championship'sIndigenous Round, with some teams running special liveries for the event.[14] Over the weekend, the event also incorporatedSuperbikes anddrag racing with Supercars, for the first time since theWinfield Triple Challenge events atSydney Motorsport Park in the early 1990s.[15]
In 2025, the rules again changed to guarantee the award of the Triple Crown - howeverBroc Feeney won all three races and took three pole positions to win the award by both the existing and new definition.[16]
| Wins | Driver | Years |
|---|---|---|
| 4 | Craig Lowndes | 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011 |
| Jamie Whincup | 2010, 2012, 2014, 2020-1 | |
 Scott McLaughlin | 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020-2 | |
| 3 | Broc Feeney | 2023, 2024, 2025 |
| 2 | Mark Skaife | 2000, 2002 |
| Marcos Ambrose | 2001, 2003 | |
| Todd Kelly | 2004, 2005 | |
| Chaz Mostert | 2015, 2021 |
| Wins | Team |
|---|---|
| 11 | Triple Eight Race Engineering |
| 5 | Walkinshaw Andretti United2 |
| Dick Johnson Racing3 | |
| 3 | Stone Brothers Racing |
| 2 | Prodrive Racing Australia4 |
| Wins | Manufacturer |
|---|---|
| 13 | Ford |
| 12 | Holden |
| 3 | Chevrolet |
