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| Round 5 of 14 in the2015 International V8 Supercars Championship | ||||||||||||||
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| Date | 19–21 June 2015 | |||||||||||||
| Location | Darwin,Northern Territory | |||||||||||||
| Venue | Hidden Valley Raceway | |||||||||||||
| Weather | Fine | |||||||||||||
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The2015 Skycity Triple Crown was a motor race forV8 Supercars held on the weekend of 19–21 June 2015. The event was held atHidden Valley inDarwin,Northern Territory, and consisted of two sprint races, each over a distance of 60 kilometres (37 miles) and one endurance race over a distance of 200 kilometres (124 miles). It was the fifth round of fourteen in the2015 International V8 Supercars Championship.
The two sprint races were shared between Holden and Ford;Prodrive Racing Australia driverChaz Mostert won the opening race by a second ahead of teammate, and championship leader,Mark Winterbottom,[1] while the next three placings were taken byNissan Motorsport driversRick Kelly,James Moffat andMichael Caruso. In race two,Triple Eight Race Engineering'sCraig Lowndes led home a Holden 1–2 ahead ofWalkinshaw Racing driverTim Slade, while Mostert completed the podium. With victory, Lowndes became the first V8 Supercar driver to win 100 championship races, spanning 19 years from his maiden win during the1996 Australian Touring Car Championship season.[2][3]
The main 200 kilometres (124 miles) race was won byDavid Reynolds forRod Nash Racing, having started from pole position.[4] Mostert again finished on the podium, with a second-place finish, whileFabian Coulthard completed the podium for theBrad Jones Racing team. In the championship standings, the top three drivers remained the same; however, Winterbottom extended his championship lead from 12 to 95 ahead of Lowndes,[5] while Coulthard moved closer to Lowndes, trailing by 60 points. Mostert's triple podium finish moved him up to fourth in the standings.
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While the same issue affected Lowndes, the final result wasn't as bad for the #888 driver - the Championship margin to leader Mark Winterbottom has expanded to 95 points.
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