Adelaide 500
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The Adelaide 500 (also known as the Clipsal 500 for naming sponsor Clipsal Electronics) is an annual racing carnival for Touring Cars held on a street circuit in the east end of Adelaide on a shortened form of the former Australian Grand Prix track.
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 rest of the four days are filled with support races for a number of other racing categories, including production cars and Australian Formula 3.
Crowd numbers are very high for a domestic touring car series event, usually in excess of 200,000 people over the four days. It is almost normal for the current event to set a new attendance record over the previous year. The event also features a concert every night, air displays, amusements and social attractions that bring in spectators from Adelaide, interstate and overseas.
The event has won best event of the series every year from 1999 to 2004. In 2005 it was inducted into the V8 Supercars Australia Hall of Fame, the first time an individual event has been inducted.
Previous Winners
- 2006 Jamie Whincup Ford Falcon BA
- 2005 Marcos Ambrose Ford Falcon BA
- 2004 Marcos Ambrose Ford Falcon BA
- 2003 Mark Skaife Holden Commodore VY
- 2002 Mark Skaife Holden Commodore VX
- 2001 Jason Bright Holden Commodore VX
- 2000 Mark Skaife Holden Commodore VT
- 1999 Craig Lowndes Holden Commodore VT
Lap Records
Outright lap record: 2004 Ian Dyk Dallara F3 1:19:4959
V8 Qualifying Record: 2004 Marcose Ambrose Ford Falcon BA 1:21:9363
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