2012 Skycity Triple Crown

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Northern Territory 2012 Skycity Triple Crown
Event Information
Round 6 of 15 in the 2012 International V8 Supercars Championship
Date15–17 June 2012
LocationDarwin, Northern Territory
VenueHidden Valley Raceway
WeatherFine
Results
Race 1
Distance 42 laps 120 km
Pole position Will Davison
Ford Performance Racing
1:08:6664
Winner Jamie Whincup
Triple Eight Race Engineering
52:26:0743
Race 2
Distance 69 laps 200 km
Pole position Will Davison
Ford Performance Racing
1:08:5004
Winner Craig Lowndes
Triple Eight Race Engineering
1:29:04:4833

The 2012 Skycity Triple Crown was an Australian touring car motor race for V8 Supercars. It was held from the 15–17 June at the Hidden Valley Raceway in Darwin and was the sixth round of the 2012 International V8 Supercars Championship and the fifteenth time that the Supercars had visited Hidden Valley since the first event in 1998.

The weekend consisted of two races with Jamie Whincup from Triple Eight Race Engineering winning the first race of the weekend while fellow team-mate Craig Lowndes won the longer race of the two during the weekend.


Standings[edit]

  • After 13 of 30 races.
Pos No Name Team Points
1 1 Jamie Whincup Triple Eight Race Engineering 1494
2 6 Will Davison Ford Performance Racing 1456
3 5 Mark Winterbottom Ford Performance Racing 1445
4 888 Craig Lowndes Triple Eight Race Engineering 1247
5 9 Shane van Gisbergen Stone Brothers Racing 1145
Supercars Championship
Previous race:
2012 Phillip Island 300
2012 Supercars Championship Next race:
2012 Sucrogen Townsville 400
Previous year:
2011 Skycity Triple Crown
Skycity Triple Crown Next year:
2013 Skycity Triple Crown