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    FRI

    NOV 05

    • Practice
      09:00
    • Practice
      11:00
    • Practice
      13:00
    • Practice
      15:00

    SAT

    NOV 06

    • Qualifying
      09:00
    • Shootout
      11:00
    • Race
      14:00

    SUN

    NOV 07

    • Qualifying
      10:00
    • Race
      14:00

FALKEN TASMANIA CHALLENGE NOV 12-14


2010 tickets on sale MONDAY APRIL 19


The battle for the title of 2010 V8 Supercar Champion heats up as the drivers contest two tough races, 120km on the Saturday and 200km on the Sunday.

Located 30 minutes out of Launceston, the Falken Tasmania Challenge offers a fantastic weekend of entertainment and the adrenaline pumping action of V8 Supercar racing. Watch all the support categories and experience a variety of off-track activities including a dedicated Family Zone, free with your event ticket.

There are ticket options to suit all budgets. Grandstand ticket holders can access covered seating plus a FREE PIT LANE WALK before the start of the day’s racing on Saturday and Sunday. Family Grandstand passes are also available this year. General Admission tickets are available from as little as $31 and parents with a General Admission ticket can get free entry for their kids aged 12 and under.

Don’t settle for watching the event on TV, grab your friends and family and see the Greatest Show on Wheels live in Tasmania!

2009 falken tasmania challenge

2009 Sunday Podium

2009 Review

2009 saw the event moved from the November date occupied since its return to the calendar in 2004, the Symmons Plains event in 2009 was held in late-May and the cool conditions didn’t stop some hot racing being produced.

Garth Tander took his first win of the year for Toll HRT on Saturday after TeamVodafone had won the first six races of the year, but by less than half a second over Russell Ingall. His Supercheap Auto team boss Paul Morris came up with a brilliant strategy to ‘cross’ his Sprint tyres in the pits rather than replace them and they lasted to the end, only just failing to snatch victory.

Come Sunday and Jamie Whincup was back on top, leading home Will Davison (who scored the most points for the weekend) and first-time podium finisher Fabian Coulthard. Strong qualifying performances couldn’t stop Greg Murphy from becoming involved in dramas, as former team-mate Steve Richards smashed into the Sprint Gas car in the longer 200-kilometre race on Sunday, leaving the Kiwi to finish 22nd.

2009 RESULTS

1st 2nd  3rd
Saturday Qualifying
 Garth Tander
 Greg Murphy
 Steven Johnson
Saturday Race Garth Tander Russell Ingall Steven Johnson
Sunday Qualifying Jamie Whincup Todd Kelly Greg Murphy
Sunday Race Jamie Whincup Will Davison
 Fabian Coulthard
Crowd Attendance 55, 150 (3 days)
Falken Tasmania Challenge Track Map

Track Map and Circuit Details

Circuit Length: 2.4 kilometres

Circuit Direction: Anti - Clockwise

Average Speed: 167km/h

Top Speed: 270km/h

A short yet fast lap characterises the Symmons Plains layout. The turn four hairpin and left hander at the end of the back straight are the two best passing opportunities. Brakes are worked very hard with drivers standing on the ‘middle pedal’ hard twice a lap within half a minute of one another. The banking at the hairpin makes for a unique opportunity to line up a good run out of one of the slowest corners on the V8 Supercar calendar.

View a Larger Version of the Track Map here


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