2017 Ipswich SuperSprint

The 2017 Coates Hire Ipswich SuperSprint was a motor racing event for the Supercars Championship, held on the weekend of 28 to 30 July 2017. The event was held at Queensland Raceway near Ipswich, Queensland and consisted of two races, 120 and 200 kilometres in length. It is the eighth event of fourteen in the 2017 Supercars Championship and hosted Races 15 and 16 of the season.[1]

2017 Coates Hire Ipswich SuperSprint
Event Information
Round 8 of 14 in the 2017 International V8 Supercars Championship
Date28–30 July 2017
LocationWillowbank, Queensland
VenueQueensland Raceway
Results
Race 1
Distance 39 laps 120 km
Pole position Scott McLaughlin
DJR Team Penske		 1:08.8167
Winner Scott McLaughlin
DJR Team Penske		 46:36.5252
Race 2
Distance 65 laps 200 km
Pole position Scott McLaughlin
DJR Team Penske		 1:08.4208
Winner Chaz Mostert
Rod Nash Racing		 1:21:42.7651

Background

Driver changes

Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport replaced Aaren Russell with Alex Davison for this and the following event.[2]

This was the fourth and final round in which Super2 Series wildcards were allowed to compete in the main class. Shae Davies, Todd Hazelwood, Jack Le Brocq and James Golding were the four drivers to step up for this round.[3]

Results

Race 15

Race
Pos No. Driver Team Car Laps Time / Retired Grid Points
1 17 Scott McLaughlin DJR Team Penske Ford FG X Falcon 39 46:36.5252 1 150
2 55 Chaz Mostert Rod Nash Racing Ford FG X Falcon 39 +3.2471 3 138
3 97 Shane van Gisbergen Triple Eight Race Engineering Holden VF Commodore 39 +4.7006 7 129
4 14 Tim Slade Brad Jones Racing Holden VF Commodore 39 +5.1590 4 120
5 888 Craig Lowndes Triple Eight Race Engineering Holden VF Commodore 39 +9.0852 2 111
6 12 Fabian Coulthard DJR Team Penske Ford FG X Falcon 39 +9.5798 13 102
7 8 Nick Percat Brad Jones Racing Holden VF Commodore 39 +14.4562 10 96
8 15 Rick Kelly Nissan Motorsport Nissan L33 Altima 39 +17.2440 6 90
9 5 Mark Winterbottom Prodrive Racing Australia Ford FG X Falcon 39 +17.4373 5 84
10 9 David Reynolds Erebus Motorsport Holden VF Commodore 39 +20.6651 11 78
11 33 Garth Tander Garry Rogers Motorsport Holden VF Commodore 39 +21.2536 17 72
12 18 Lee Holdsworth Charlie Schwerkolt Racing Holden VF Commodore 39 +21.7482 21 69
13 2 Scott Pye Walkinshaw Racing Holden VF Commodore 39 +23.0767 16 66
14 22 James Courtney Walkinshaw Racing Holden VF Commodore 39 +24.7500 19 63
15 23 Michael Caruso Nissan Motorsport Nissan L33 Altima 39 +26.6376 8 60
16 6 Cameron Waters Prodrive Racing Australia Ford FG X Falcon 39 +27.5144 9 57
17 19 Will Davison Tekno Autosports Holden VF Commodore 39 +32.0938 15 54
18 7 Todd Kelly Nissan Motorsport Nissan L33 Altima 39 +33.1718 23 51
19 28 Jack Le Brocq MW Motorsport Nissan L33 Altima 39 +39.1977 24 48
20 88 Jamie Whincup Triple Eight Race Engineering Holden VF Commodore 39 +39.5466 14 45
21 21 Tim Blanchard Tim Blanchard Racing Holden VF Commodore 39 +40.1064 22 42
22 35 Todd Hazelwood Matt Stone Racing Holden VF Commodore 39 +41.7361 20 39
23 99 Dale Wood Erebus Motorsport Holden VF Commodore 39 +42.9319 18 36
24 31 James Golding Garry Rogers Motorsport Holden VF Commodore 39 +44.1120 25 33
25 26 Shae Davies MW Motorsport Nissan L33 Altima 39 +45.4063 26 30
26 3 Alex Davison Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport Holden VF Commodore 39 +48.5001 29 27
27 78 Simona de Silvestro Nissan Motorsport Nissan L33 Altima 37 +2 Laps 27 24
28 34 James Moffat Garry Rogers Motorsport Holden VF Commodore 31 +8 Laps 28 21
DNF 56 Jason Bright Britek Motorsport Ford FG X Falcon 33 Engine 12
DNF 62 Alex Rullo Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport Holden VF Commodore 0 Accident Damage 30
Source:[4]

References
  1. "2017 Coates Hire Ipswich SuperSprint Schedule & Results". Supercars.com. Retrieved 11 December 2017.
  2. "Alex Davison lands LDM Supercars drive". Speedcafe.com. Retrieved 11 December 2017.
  3. "Wildcards locked in for Winton, Darwin, Ipswich". Speedcafe.com. Retrieved 11 December 2017.
  4. "Race 15". Supercars.com. Retrieved 11 December 2017.
Supercars Championship
Previous race:
2017 Watpac Townsville 400		 2017 Supercars Championship Next race:
2017 Red Rooster Sydney SuperSprint
Previous year:
2016 Coates Hire Ipswich SuperSprint		 Ipswich SuperSprint Next year:
2018 Ipswich SuperSprint
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