2017 Auckland SuperSprint

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Flag of New Zealand.svg 2017 ITM Auckland SuperSprint
Event Information
Round 13 of 14 in the 2017 International V8 Supercars Championship
Pukekohe Park Raceway (2013).png
Date3–5 November 2017
Location Pukekohe, New Zealand
Venue Pukekohe Park Raceway
WeatherFriday: Fine
Saturday: Heavy Rain, Overcast
Sunday: Overcast
Results
Race 1
Distance 66 laps 192 km
Pole position Cameron Waters
Prodrive Racing Australia
Winner Shane van Gisbergen
Triple Eight Race Engineering
Race 2
Distance 70 laps 200 km
Pole position Jamie Whincup
Triple Eight Race Engineering
1:02.5148
Winner Jamie Whincup
Triple Eight Race Engineering

The 2017 ITM Auckland SuperSprint was a motor racing event for Supercars, held on the weekend of 3 to 5 November 2017. The event took place at Pukekohe Park Raceway near Pukekohe, New Zealand, and consisted of two races, 200 kilometres in length. It was the 13th event of fourteen in the 2017 Supercars Championship and hosted Races 23 and 24 of the season. It was the twelfth edition of the Auckland SuperSprint.

Contents

Background

Driver changes

Alex Rullo was replaced at Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport with Jack Perkins. [1]

Report

Practice

Practice summary
SessionDayFastest lap
No.DriverTeamCarTime
Practice 1Friday17 Flag of New Zealand.svg Scott McLaughlin DJR Team Penske Ford FG X Falcon 1:02.7153
Practice 2Friday6 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Cameron Waters Prodrive Racing Australia Ford FG X Falcon 1:02.5623

Race 23

Qualifying

Qualifying for Race 23 was abandoned due to torrential rain. Because of this, the grid was set as per the results of second practice, thereby giving Cameron Waters pole position.

The following times were set in the second practice, which set the grid for Race 23.

Pos.No.NameTeamCarTime
16 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Cameron Waters Prodrive Racing Australia Ford FG X Falcon 1:02.5623
288 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jamie Whincup Triple Eight Race Engineering Holden VF Commodore 1:02.7037
35 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Mark Winterbottom Prodrive Racing Australia Ford FG X Falcon 1:02.7097
417 Flag of New Zealand.svg Scott McLaughlin DJR Team Penske Ford FG X Falcon 1:02.7362
555 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Chaz Mostert Rod Nash Racing Ford FG X Falcon 1:02.8039
697 Flag of New Zealand.svg Shane van Gisbergen Triple Eight Race Engineering Holden VF Commodore 1:02.8483
714 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Tim Slade Brad Jones Racing Holden VF Commodore 1:02.9435
89 Flag of Australia (converted).svg David Reynolds Erebus Motorsport Holden VF Commodore 1:03.0114
9888 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Craig Lowndes Triple Eight Race Engineering Holden VF Commodore 1:03.0206
1018 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Lee Holdsworth Team 18 Holden VF Commodore 1:03.0234
1156 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jason Bright Prodrive Racing Australia Ford FG X Falcon 1:03.0407
1215 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Rick Kelly Nissan Motorsport Nissan L33 Altima 1:03.0565
1322 Flag of Australia (converted).svg James Courtney Walkinshaw Racing Holden VF Commodore 1:03.0972
1412 Flag of New Zealand.svg Fabian Coulthard DJR Team Penske Ford FG X Falcon 1:03.1102
1523 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Michael Caruso Nissan Motorsport Nissan L33 Altima 1:03.1104
1633 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Garth Tander Garry Rogers Motorsport Holden VF Commodore 1:03.1355
1702 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Scott Pye Walkinshaw Racing Holden VF Commodore 1:03.1425
188 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Nick Percat Brad Jones Racing Holden VF Commodore 1:03.1452
1934 Flag of Australia (converted).svg James Moffat Garry Rogers Motorsport Holden VF Commodore 1:03.2377
2099 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Dale Wood Erebus Motorsport Holden VF Commodore 1:03.2631
2119 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Will Davison Tekno Autosports Holden VF Commodore 1:03.2695
227 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Todd Kelly Nissan Motorsport Nissan L33 Altima 1:03.5831
2321 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Tim Blanchard Tim Blanchard Racing Holden VF Commodore 1:03.6268
2478 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Simona de Silvestro Nissan Motorsport Nissan L33 Altima 1:03.7813
253 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Aaren Russell Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport Holden VF Commodore 1:03.7876
2662 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jack Perkins Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport Holden VF Commodore 1:04.1665

Race

PosNo.DriverTeamLapsTime / RetiredGridPoints
197 Flag of New Zealand.svg Shane van Gisbergen Triple Eight Race Engineering 661hr23m58.8114s6150
25 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Mark Winterbottom Prodrive Racing Australia 66+0.81733138
317 Flag of New Zealand.svg Scott McLaughlin DJR Team Penske 66+1.42494129
488 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jamie Whincup Triple Eight Race Engineering 66+1.87982120
556 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jason Bright Britek Motorsport 66+2.553012111
614 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Tim Slade Brad Jones Racing 66+3.16038102
733 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Garth Tander Garry Rogers Motorsport 66+3.95131696
8888 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Craig Lowndes Triple Eight Race Engineering 66+4.31471090
96 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Cameron Waters Prodrive Racing Australia 66+4.7580184
1018 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Lee Holdsworth Team 18 66+5.28021178
1115 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Rick Kelly Nissan Motorsport 66+6.47431372
1219 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Will Davison Tekno Autosports 66+6.75622169
1334 Flag of Australia (converted).svg James Moffat Garry Rogers Motorsport 66+7.49681966
1402 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Scott Pye Walkinshaw Racing 66+8.07381763
157 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Todd Kelly Nissan Motorsport 66+8.51932260
168 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Nick Percat Brad Jones Racing 66+9.38121857
1723 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Michael Caruso Nissan Motorsport 66+9.94241554
1878 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Simona de Silvestro Nissan Motorsport 66+10.28362451
1921 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Tim Blanchard Tim Blanchard Racing 66+10.85502348
2099 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Dale Wood Erebus Motorsport 66+12.80352045
213 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Aaren Russell Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport 66+13.77122542
2262 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jack Perkins Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport 66+14.05302639
2355 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Chaz Mostert Rod Nash Racing 66+50.2411536
249 Flag of Australia (converted).svg David Reynolds Erebus Motorsport 63+3 Laps933
2522 Flag of Australia (converted).svg James Courtney Walkinshaw Racing 63+3 Laps1430
DNF12 Flag of New Zealand.svg Fabian Coulthard DJR Team Penske 56Accident7
Source: [2]

Race 24

Qualifying

Pos.No.NameTeamCarTime
188 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jamie Whincup Triple Eight Race Engineering Holden VF Commodore 1:02.515
217 Flag of New Zealand.svg Scott McLaughlin DJR Team Penske Ford FG X Falcon 1:02.520
355 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Chaz Mostert Rod Nash Racing Ford FG X Falcon 1:02.536
45 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Mark Winterbottom Prodrive Racing Australia Ford FG X Falcon 1:02.572
56 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Cameron Waters Prodrive Racing Australia Ford FG X Falcon 1:02.631
614 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Tim Slade Brad Jones Racing Holden VF Commodore 1:02.738
797 Flag of New Zealand.svg Shane van Gisbergen Triple Eight Race Engineering Holden VF Commodore 1:02.777
812 Flag of New Zealand.svg Fabian Coulthard DJR Team Penske Ford FG X Falcon 1:02.833
934 Flag of Australia (converted).svg James Moffat Garry Rogers Motorsport Holden VF Commodore 1:02.861
109 Flag of Australia (converted).svg David Reynolds Erebus Motorsport Holden VF Commodore 1:02.894
1133 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Garth Tander Garry Rogers Motorsport Holden VF Commodore 1:02.909
12888 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Craig Lowndes Triple Eight Race Engineering Holden VF Commodore 1:02.940
1323 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Michael Caruso Nissan Motorsport Nissan L33 Altima 1:02.941
1418 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Lee Holdsworth Team 18 Holden VF Commodore 1:02.965
158 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Nick Percat Brad Jones Racing Holden VF Commodore 1:02.971
1615 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Rick Kelly Nissan Motorsport Nissan L33 Altima 1:02.972
1719 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Will Davison Tekno Autosports Holden VF Commodore 1:02.997
1856 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jason Bright Britek Motorsport Ford FG X Falcon 1:03.018
1902 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Scott Pye Walkinshaw Racing Holden VF Commodore 1:03.022
2022 Flag of Australia (converted).svg James Courtney Walkinshaw Racing Holden VF Commodore 1:03.066
217 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Todd Kelly Nissan Motorsport Nissan L33 Altima 1:03.105
2299 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Dale Wood Erebus Motorsport Holden VF Commodore 1:03.369
2378 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Simona de Silvestro Nissan Motorsport Nissan L33 Altima 1:03.423
2421 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Tim Blanchard Tim Blanchard Racing Holden VF Commodore 1:03.542
2562 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jack Perkins Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport Holden VF Commodore 1:03.655
263 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Aaren Russell Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport Holden VF Commodore 1:03.988

Race

PosNo.DriverTeamLapsTime / RetiredGridPoints
188 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jamie Whincup Triple Eight Race Engineering 701hr17m11.7118s1150
217 Flag of New Zealand.svg Scott McLaughlin DJR Team Penske 70+5.90582138
36 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Cameron Waters Prodrive Racing Australia 70+8.65955129
4888 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Craig Lowndes Triple Eight Race Engineering 70+18.789712120
512 Flag of New Zealand.svg Fabian Coulthard DJR Team Penske 70+25.60588111
633 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Garth Tander Garry Rogers Motorsport 70+29.498011102
755 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Chaz Mostert Rod Nash Racing 70+31.9023396
856 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jason Bright Britek Motorsport 70+32.37881890
934 Flag of Australia (converted).svg James Moffat Garry Rogers Motorsport 70+38.3325984
1002 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Scott Pye Walkinshaw Racing 70+39.30941978
1123 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Michael Caruso Nissan Motorsport 70+39.58201372
1215 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Rick Kelly Nissan Motorsport 70+43.98851669
139 Flag of Australia (converted).svg David Reynolds Erebus Motorsport 70+44.35531066
148 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Nick Percat Brad Jones Racing 70+47.21591563
1514 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Tim Slade Brad Jones Racing 70+59.0428660
1621 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Tim Blanchard Tim Blanchard Racing 70+59.51062457
1778 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Simona de Silvestro Nissan Motorsport 70+59.86072354
187 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Todd Kelly Nissan Motorsport 69+1 Lap2151
195 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Mark Winterbottom Prodrive Racing Australia 69+1 Lap448
2099 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Dale Wood Erebus Motorsport 69+1 Lap2245
213 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Aaren Russell Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport 69+1 Lap2642
2262 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jack Perkins Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport 68+2 Laps2539
2319 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Will Davison Tekno Autosports 67+3 Laps1736
2497 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Shane van Gisbergen Triple Eight Race Engineering 56+14 Laps733
DNF22 Flag of Australia (converted).svg James Courtney Walkinshaw Racing 5Accident damage20
DNF18 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Lee Holdsworth Team 18 1Accident damage14
Source: [3]

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