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.

2017 Coates Hire Ipswich SuperSprint

Event Information
Round 8 of 14 in the 2017 International V8 Supercars Championship
Date	28–30 July 2017
Location	Willowbank, Queensland
Venue	Queensland 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.

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.

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	Team 18	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
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