2017 Townsville 400

The 2017 Watpac Townsville 400 was a motor racing event for the Supercars Championship, held on the weekend of 7 to 9 July 2017. The event was held at Townsville Street Circuit near Townsville, Queensland and consisted of two races, both 200 kilometres in length. It is the seventh event of fourteen in the 2017 Supercars Championship and hosted Races 13 and 14 of the season.[1]

2017 Watpac Townsville 400
Event Information
Round 7 of 14 in the 2017 International V8 Supercars Championship
Date7–9 July 2017
LocationTownsville, Queensland
VenueTownsville Street Circuit
Results
Race 1
Distance 70 laps 200 km
Pole position Scott McLaughlin
DJR Team Penske		 1:12.0730
Winner Scott McLaughlin
DJR Team Penske		 1:28:19.7418
Race 2
Distance 70 laps 200 km
Pole position Scott McLaughlin
DJR Team Penske		 1:11.9907
Winner Jamie Whincup
Triple Eight Race Engineering		 1:28:12.5243

Background

Driver changes

Aaren Russell was drafted in to replace Cameron McConville at Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport.[2]

References
  1. "2017 Watpac Townsville 400 Schedule & Results". Supercars.com. Retrieved 11 December 2017.
  2. "Aaren Russell to pilot LDM Commodore - Speedcafe". Speedcafe.com. Retrieved 11 December 2017.
Supercars Championship
Previous race:
2017 CrownBet Darwin Triple Crown		 2017 Supercars Championship Next race:
2017 Coates Hire Ipswich SuperSprint
Previous year:
2016 Castrol Edge Townsville 400		 Townsville 400 Next year:
2018 Townsville 400


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