2001 Clipsal 500

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. The 2001 Clipsal 500 was the third running of the Adelaide 500 race. Racing was held form Friday April 6 until Sunday April 8, 2001. The race was held for V8 Supercars and was Round 2 of the 2001 V8 Supercar Championship Series. The Clipsal 500 is an annual racing carnival for Touring Cars held in the east end of Adelaide on a shortened form of the Adelaide Street Circuit, the former Australian Grand Prix track. The event is named for naming rights sponsor Clipsal Electronics. Usually held over four days in early March, the main event is the 500 km V8 Supercar race split over the last two days of the event. The format of this two race event is unique in V8 Supercars, in that the winner of the second race is declared the winner of the Clipsal 500 Adelaide, regardless of whether they scored the most points for the championship. The rest of the four days are filled with practice, qualifying, and support races for a number of other racing categories, including production cars and Australian Formula 3.