2001

Shell Championship Series (SCS) — Group 3A 5.0L V8 Supercars

Holden VX Commodore debut season and peak HRT dominance. Series name still commonly the Shell Championship Series (Shell title sponsor); the 'V8 Supercar Championship Series' branding was emerging around this time and became standard for 2002. Last year of the Bridgestone control tyre (Dunlop won the tender for 2002). EXACT 2001 series-name/points transition NOT pinned from a primary source here — flagged.

Champion

Mark Skaife

Holden VX Commodore · Holden Racing Team Grade D

FND-035/036: Skaife won ~7 round wins, 18 podiums across ~29 races — second consecutive VT/VX-era title. The VX carried over the final VT aero package on debut.

Format

Qualifying

Timed qualifying set the grid (multi-race rounds). Qualitative — exact 2001 session structure not sourced here.

Sprint / race format

Multi-race sprint rounds (~13 rounds, ~29 races total). LOW CONFIDENCE on exact race counts/distances.

Calendar

Rd	Event	Circuit	Type
	Queensland 500	Queensland Raceway, Ipswich	endurance
	V8 Supercar 1000 (Bathurst 1000)	Mount Panorama, Bathurst	endurance

~13-round series (grade D). Sprint rounds at the established circuit set (Adelaide/Clipsal 500, Eastern Creek, Barbagallo, Phillip Island, Hidden Valley, Sandown, Queensland Raceway, Calder Park, Symmons Plains, Winton, Oran Park). Exact 2001 per-round order/composition/dates NOT pinned from primary. Only the two enduros listed explicitly.