2001 V8 Supercar 1000

2001 V8 Supercar 1000

Event Information
Round 11 of 13 in the 2001 Shell Championship Series
Date	4–7 October 2001
Location	Bathurst, New South Wales
Venue	Mount Panorama Circuit
Weather	Fine, rain during middle of race
Results
Race 1 Distance 161 laps 1000 km Pole position Marcos Ambrose Stone Brothers Racing 2:09.7785 Winner Mark Skaife Tony Longhurst Holden Racing Team 6:50:33.1789
Round Results First Mark Skaife Tony Longhurst Holden Racing Team 552 pts Second Brad Jones John Cleland Brad Jones Racing 480 pts Third Greg Murphy Todd Kelly Kmart Racing Team 432 pts

The 2001 V8 Supercar 1000 was the fifth running of the Australia 1000 race, first held after the organisational split over the Bathurst 1000 that occurred in 1997. It was the 44th race that traces its lineage back to the 1960 Armstrong 500 held at Phillip Island.

It was held on 7 October 2001 at the Mount Panorama Circuit just outside Bathurst and was Round 11 of the 2001 Shell Championship Series for V8 Supercars.

The race was left without a naming rights sponsor after the collapse of previous sponsor FAI Insurance in March 2001.^[1]