The 2015 Skycity Triple Crown was a motor race for V8 Supercars held on the weekend of 19–21 June 2015. The event was held at Hidden Valley in Darwin, 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 the 2015 International V8 Supercars Championship.
The main 200 kilometres (124 miles) race was won by David Reynolds for Rod Nash Racing, having started from pole position.[4] Mostert again finished on the podium, with a second-place finish, while Fabian Coulthard completed the podium for the Brad 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.
Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.
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^Bartholomaeus, Stefan (20 June 2015). "Mostert wins chaotic Hidden Valley opener". Speedcafe.com. Speedcafe. Retrieved 21 March 2016.
^"Craig Lowndes finally hits 100 V8 Supercars victories at the Hidden Valley circuit". The Sydney Morning Herald. Fairfax Media. 20 June 2015. Retrieved 21 March 2016.
^Dale, Will (22 June 2015). "Craig Lowndes 100 wins: His 10 key milestone victories and the stats behind his V8 Supercars century". Fox Sports. Fox Sports Pty Limited. Retrieved 21 March 2016.
^Bartholomaeus, Stefan (21 June 2015). "Reynolds hangs on for Hidden Valley victory". Speedcafe.com. Speedcafe. Retrieved 21 March 2016.
^"Dutton: Our strategy would have worked". V8 Supercars. V8 Supercars Media. 22 June 2015. Retrieved 21 March 2016. 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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This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources 2015 Skycity Triple Crown news newspapers books scholar JSTOR September 2016 Learn how and when to remove this template message The 2015 Skycity Triple Crown was a motor race for V8 Supercars held on the weekend of 19 21 June 2015 The event was held at Hidden Valley in Darwin 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 the 2015 International V8 Supercars Championship 2015 Skycity Triple CrownEvent InformationRound 5 of 14 in the 2015 International V8 Supercars ChampionshipDate19 21 June 2015LocationDarwin Northern TerritoryVenueHidden Valley RacewayWeatherFineResultsRace 1Distance21 laps60 kmPole positionJames CourtneyHolden Racing Team1 07 1190WinnerChaz MostertProdrive Racing Australia27 48 7583Race 2Distance21 laps60 kmPole positionRick KellyNissan Motorsport1 06 2920WinnerCraig LowndesTriple Eight Race Engineering27 50 5225Race 3Distance70 laps200 kmPole positionDavid ReynoldsRod Nash Racing1 06 2526WinnerDavid ReynoldsRod Nash Racing1 20 42 3270 The two sprint races were shared between Holden and Ford Prodrive Racing Australia driver Chaz Mostert won the opening race by a second ahead of teammate and championship leader Mark Winterbottom 1 while the next three placings were taken by Nissan Motorsport drivers Rick Kelly James Moffat and Michael Caruso In race two Triple Eight Race Engineering s Craig Lowndes led home a Holden 1 2 ahead of Walkinshaw Racing driver Tim 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 the 1996 Australian Touring Car Championship season 2 3 The main 200 kilometres 124 miles race was won by David Reynolds for Rod Nash Racing having started from pole position 4 Mostert again finished on the podium with a second place finish while Fabian Coulthard completed the podium for the Brad 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 Contents 1 Results 1 1 Race 13 1 2 Race 14 1 3 Race 15 2 Championship standings 3 ReferencesResults editRace 13 edit Pos No Driver Car Team Laps Time Retired Grid Points 1 6 nbsp Chaz Mostert Ford FG X Falcon Prodrive Racing Australia 21 27 48 7583 2 75 2 5 nbsp Mark Winterbottom Ford FG X Falcon Prodrive Racing Australia 21 1 0 s 6 69 3 15 nbsp Rick Kelly Nissan Altima L33 Nissan Motorsport 21 2 1 s 7 64 4 99 nbsp James Moffat Nissan Altima L33 Nissan Motorsport 21 2 4 s 8 60 5 23 nbsp Michael Caruso Nissan Altima L33 Nissan Motorsport 21 3 4 s 19 55 6 17 nbsp Scott Pye Ford FG X Falcon DJR Team Penske 21 3 7 s 20 51 7 47 nbsp Tim Slade Holden VF Commodore Walkinshaw Racing 21 4 0 s 10 48 8 21 nbsp Dale Wood Holden VF Commodore Britek Motorsport 21 4 3 s 11 45 9 222 nbsp Nick Percat Holden VF Commodore Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport 21 4 7 s 16 42 10 7 nbsp Todd Kelly Nissan Altima L33 Nissan Motorsport 21 5 0 s 18 39 11 1 nbsp Jamie Whincup Holden VF Commodore Triple Eight Race Engineering 21 5 3 s 3 36 12 97 nbsp Shane van Gisbergen Holden VF Commodore Tekno Autosports 21 5 9 s 5 34 13 18 nbsp Lee Holdsworth Holden VF Commodore Charlie Schwerkolt Racing 21 6 3 s 24 33 14 9 nbsp Will Davison Mercedes Benz E63 AMG Erebus Motorsport 21 6 6 s 21 31 15 34 nbsp David Wall Volvo S60 Garry Rogers Motorsport 21 7 1 s 25 30 16 55 nbsp David Reynolds Ford FG X Falcon Rod Nash Racing 21 7 3 s 12 28 17 3 nbsp Tim Blanchard Holden VF Commodore Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport 21 8 2 s 22 27 18 888 nbsp Craig Lowndes Holden VF Commodore Triple Eight Race Engineering 21 8 5 s 9 25 19 8 nbsp Jason Bright Holden VF Commodore Brad Jones Racing 21 8 8 s 13 24 20 2 nbsp Garth Tander Holden VF Commodore Holden Racing Team 21 9 4 s 15 22 21 4 nbsp Ashley Walsh Mercedes Benz E63 AMG Erebus Motorsport 21 10 0 s 23 21 22 111 nbsp Andre Heimgartner Ford FG X Falcon Super Black Racing 21 10 2 s 17 19 23 22 nbsp James Courtney Holden VF Commodore Holden Racing Team 21 12 1 s 1 18 DNF 14 nbsp Fabian Coulthard Holden VF Commodore Brad Jones Racing 0 4 DNF 33 nbsp Scott McLaughlin Volvo S60 Garry Rogers Motorsport 0 14 Race 14 edit Pos No Driver Car Team Laps Time Retired Grid Points 1 888 nbsp Craig Lowndes Holden VF Commodore Triple Eight Race Engineering 21 27 50 5225 5 75 2 47 nbsp Tim Slade Holden VF Commodore Walkinshaw Racing 21 1 8 s 8 69 3 6 nbsp Chaz Mostert Ford FG X Falcon Prodrive Racing Australia 21 2 4 s 3 64 4 17 nbsp Scott Pye Ford FG X Falcon DJR Team Penske 21 3 9 s 9 60 5 97 nbsp Shane van Gisbergen Holden VF Commodore Tekno Autosports 21 5 3 s 4 55 6 22 nbsp James Courtney Holden VF Commodore Holden Racing Team 21 6 0 s 7 51 7 5 nbsp Mark Winterbottom Ford FG X Falcon Prodrive Racing Australia 21 6 4 s 10 48 8 2 nbsp Garth Tander Holden VF Commodore Holden Racing Team 21 7 7 s 18 45 9 33 nbsp Scott McLaughlin Volvo S60 Garry Rogers Motorsport 21 10 2 s 11 42 10 55 nbsp David Reynolds Ford FG X Falcon Rod Nash Racing 21 10 4 s 13 39 11 99 nbsp James Moffat Nissan Altima L33 Nissan Motorsport 21 11 5 s 12 36 12 7 nbsp Todd Kelly Nissan Altima L33 Nissan Motorsport 21 12 1 s 15 34 13 8 nbsp Jason Bright Holden VF Commodore Brad Jones Racing 21 15 3 s 14 33 14 23 nbsp Michael Caruso Nissan Altima L33 Nissan Motorsport 21 15 6 s 6 31 15 14 nbsp Fabian Coulthard Holden VF Commodore Brad Jones Racing 21 15 9 s 2 30 16 1 nbsp Jamie Whincup Holden VF Commodore Triple Eight Race Engineering 21 16 4 s 17 28 17 34 nbsp David Wall Volvo S60 Garry Rogers Motorsport 21 19 4 s 23 27 18 18 nbsp Lee Holdsworth Holden VF Commodore Charlie Schwerkolt Racing 21 19 8 s 19 25 19 9 nbsp Will Davison Mercedes Benz E63 AMG Erebus Motorsport 21 30 0 s 21 24 20 4 nbsp Ashley Walsh Mercedes Benz E63 AMG Erebus Motorsport 21 30 8 s 25 22 21 15 nbsp Rick Kelly Nissan Altima L33 Nissan Motorsport 21 52 5 s 1 21 22 21 nbsp Dale Wood Holden VF Commodore Britek Motorsport 18 3 laps 24 19 DNF 3 nbsp Tim Blanchard Holden VF Commodore Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport 9 22 DNF 222 nbsp Nick Percat Holden VF Commodore Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport 1 20 DNF 111 nbsp Andre Heimgartner Ford FG X Falcon Super Black Racing 0 16 Race 15 edit Pos No Driver Car Team Laps Time Retired Grid Points 1 55 nbsp David Reynolds Ford FG X Falcon Rod Nash Racing 70 1 20 42 3270 1 150 2 6 nbsp Chaz Mostert Ford FG X Falcon Prodrive Racing Australia 70 0 8 s 4 138 3 14 nbsp Fabian Coulthard Holden VF Commodore Brad Jones Racing 70 1 4 s 2 129 4 97 nbsp Shane van Gisbergen Holden VF Commodore Tekno Autosports 70 9 6 s 3 120 5 5 nbsp Mark Winterbottom Ford FG X Falcon Prodrive Racing Australia 70 13 1 s 6 111 6 222 nbsp Nick Percat Holden VF Commodore Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport 70 15 6 s 8 102 7 22 nbsp James Courtney Holden VF Commodore Holden Racing Team 70 21 6 s 7 96 8 8 nbsp Jason Bright Holden VF Commodore Brad Jones Racing 70 23 4 s 9 90 9 47 nbsp Tim Slade Holden VF Commodore Walkinshaw Racing 70 29 2 s 14 84 10 21 nbsp Dale Wood Holden VF Commodore Britek Motorsport 70 32 3 s 5 78 11 33 nbsp Scott McLaughlin Volvo S60 Garry Rogers Motorsport 70 34 2 s 21 72 12 2 nbsp Garth Tander Holden VF Commodore Holden Racing Team 70 35 0 s 23 69 13 15 nbsp Rick Kelly Nissan Altima L33 Nissan Motorsport 70 38 6 s 17 66 14 99 nbsp James Moffat Nissan Altima L33 Nissan Motorsport 70 39 8 s 16 63 15 888 nbsp Craig Lowndes Holden VF Commodore Triple Eight Race Engineering 70 47 1 s 15 60 16 17 nbsp Scott Pye Ford FG X Falcon DJR Team Penske 70 47 5 s 13 57 17 7 nbsp Todd Kelly Nissan Altima L33 Nissan Motorsport 70 50 8 s 19 54 18 18 nbsp Lee Holdsworth Holden VF Commodore Charlie Schwerkolt Racing 70 53 8 s 18 51 19 111 nbsp Andre Heimgartner Ford FG X Falcon Super Black Racing 70 54 0 s 10 48 20 34 nbsp David Wall Volvo S60 Garry Rogers Motorsport 70 61 9 s 25 45 21 23 nbsp Michael Caruso Nissan Altima L33 Nissan Motorsport 70 67 4 s 11 42 22 1 nbsp Jamie Whincup Holden VF Commodore Triple Eight Race Engineering 69 1 lap 12 39 23 3 nbsp Tim Blanchard Holden VF Commodore Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport 69 1 lap 22 36 24 9 nbsp Will Davison Mercedes Benz E63 AMG Erebus Motorsport 69 1 lap 20 33 DNF 4 nbsp Ashley Walsh Mercedes Benz E63 AMG Erebus Motorsport 33 24Championship standings editAfter Race 15 of 36 Drivers Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 nbsp Mark Winterbottom 1165 2 nbsp Craig Lowndes 1070 3 nbsp Fabian Coulthard 1010 4 nbsp Chaz Mostert 991 5 nbsp Shane van Gisbergen 940 Teams Championship standings Pos Constructor Points 1 Prodrive Racing Australia 2156 2 Triple Eight Race Engineering 1989 3 Holden Racing Team 1845 4 Brad Jones Racing 1719 5 Nissan Motorsport 7 15 1449 Note Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings References edit Bartholomaeus Stefan 20 June 2015 Mostert wins chaotic Hidden Valley opener Speedcafe com Speedcafe Retrieved 21 March 2016 Craig Lowndes finally hits 100 V8 Supercars victories at the Hidden Valley circuit The Sydney Morning Herald Fairfax Media 20 June 2015 Retrieved 21 March 2016 Dale Will 22 June 2015 Craig Lowndes 100 wins His 10 key milestone victories and the stats behind his V8 Supercars century Fox Sports Fox Sports Pty Limited Retrieved 21 March 2016 Bartholomaeus Stefan 21 June 2015 Reynolds hangs on for Hidden Valley victory Speedcafe com Speedcafe Retrieved 21 March 2016 Dutton Our strategy would have worked V8 Supercars V8 Supercars Media 22 June 2015 Retrieved 21 March 2016 While the same issue affected Lowndes the final result wasn t as bad for 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